From the Athletic Director's Desk

[norcal cat]

Vol. 1 of what is suppose to be a monthly newsletter. http://www.msubobcats.com/documents/201 ... df?id=2064

[Phat Daddy]

I hope to be proven wrong, but I'll be a pessimist and say this feature will last about as long as the daily fall camp reports and the players by number. This will likely be done with the same frequency as the player bios are updated.

[SonomaCat]

I imagine if a lot of people read it and they get positive feedback from doing it, they will continue doing it. Otherwise, I'd assume it would fade away.

Sending them lots of topics for future newsletters as they requested is probably the best way to assure that future issues will come out.

[allcat]

They are asking you to send it questions, how about the whole serenity thread? If they want to know how, when and who updates that thing, ask him.

[FTG06']

The explanation of building the football schedule seems pretty flimsy to me.


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[allcat]

The explanation of building the football schedule seems pretty flimsy to me.


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I guess i can't quite figure out why they would lie about it.

[FTG06']

The explanation of building the football schedule seems pretty flimsy to me.


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I guess i can't quite figure out why they would lie about it.

Before I say anything else, I like that the AD is doing this. It shows openness in communicating with boosters and fans, which has been lacking during Field's tenure.

I think the scheduling problem is due to a lack of strategically looking ahead. Yes, it is hard to schedule teams, but it can be done with proper planning and forethought. We aren't the only team in the west that has a scheduling issue.


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[[cat_bracket]]

I like the schedule and am not too concerned about how it gets done. You can't predict when you're going to need a bye week. Sometimes the bye hurts because you're on a roll and get stagnant.

Last year we were 6-1 going into the bye and 2-3 coming out of it. Lost to Poly after the bye. In 2013 we crushed NAU prior to the bye then played flat vs WSU coming out. 2011 we were on a nine game winning streak, but lost grizz after the bye. We won 7 of 8 in 2010, then barely beat the grizz after a bye, then lost to NDSU after another bye.

Nothing shows that bye weeks help us.

[77matcat]

Hmmmm.

If you think we perform poorly after a bye week, what's that tell you????


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[catatac]

Hmmmm.

If you think we perform poorly after a bye week, what's that tell you????


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In my humble opinion, we don't play any better or worse coming off a bye. Ya, you get more time to prepare for the next opponent, and maybe get some players healthier.... but on the flip side of that you might kind of fall out of a groove, tough to keep focused in practice for two weeks, etc. Probably just balances out. Nothing against Tapatalk here but if our examples of us coming off a bye are.... beating WSU, beating the Griz, then losing to the Griz and losing to NDSU.... it is what it is.

[Hawks86]

Just a quick look, but under Ash, we are 6-2 the week after a bye during the regular season and 2-1 after a bye week going into the play-offs.

[[cat_bracket]]

Hmmmm.

If you think we perform poorly after a bye week, what's that tell you????


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In my humble opinion, we don't play any better or worse coming off a bye. Ya, you get more time to prepare for the next opponent, and maybe get some players healthier.... but on the flip side of that you might kind of fall out of a groove, tough to keep focused in practice for two weeks, etc. Probably just balances out. Nothing against Tapatalk here but if our examples of us coming off a bye are.... beating WSU, beating the Griz, then losing to the Griz and losing to NDSU.... it is what it is.

Yeah it's neither here nor there. A lot of folks think the bye week is this magic potion and we need one somewhere in the middle or late-middle of the season. Maybe, maybe not.

[[cat_bracket]]

Just a quick look, but under Ash, we are 6-2 the week after a bye during the regular season and 2-1 after a bye week going into the play-offs.

8-3, which is comparable to our overall record under Ash. It would be interesting to see our record for all games after the bye week. I think we're 5-6 the last two years. Not much out there to support the bye being good or bad for us.

[KittieKop]

Just a quick look, but under Ash, we are 6-2 the week after a bye during the regular season and 2-1 after a bye week going into the play-offs.

8-3, which is comparable to our overall record under Ash. It would be interesting to see our record for all games after the bye week. I think we're 5-6 the last two years. Not much out there to support the bye being good or bad for us.

?? We've played 11 games in two years after bye weeks? I don't understand what you're getting at here.

[TomCat88]

Just a quick look, but under Ash, we are 6-2 the week after a bye during the regular season and 2-1 after a bye week going into the play-offs.

8-3, which is comparable to our overall record under Ash. It would be interesting to see our record for all games after the bye week. I think we're 5-6 the last two years. Not much out there to support the bye being good or bad for us.

?? We've played 11 games in two years after bye weeks? I don't understand what you're getting at here.

I think he means all games after the open weeks. Last year we were 2-3. Year before 3-3. So 5-6 the last two years. ???

Maybe MSU reads too many press clippings over the open week.

Why does anyone call it a bye week? You get byes in tournaments and playoffs.

[[cat_bracket]]

Just a quick look, but under Ash, we are 6-2 the week after a bye during the regular season and 2-1 after a bye week going into the play-offs.

8-3, which is comparable to our overall record under Ash. It would be interesting to see our record for all games after the bye week. I think we're 5-6 the last two years. Not much out there to support the bye being good or bad for us.

?? We've played 11 games in two years after bye weeks? I don't understand what you're getting at here.

I think he means all games after the open weeks. Last year we were 2-3. Year before 3-3. So 5-6 the last two years. ???

Maybe MSU reads too many press clippings over the open week.

Why does anyone call it a bye week? You get byes in tournaments and playoffs.

We were 5-2 going into the bye week in 2013 coming off a huge win over NAU. We went 2-3 after the bye and finished 7-5. Last year we were 5-2 (losses to EWU and Arkansas St.) going into bye and went 3-3 after. I'm not saying the bye is the reason, but it doesn't seem like it makes much difference.