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6 minutes ago, elfenix said:
6 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

How did Troy get the ball at the UTSA 20 after the interception?  I missed that part.  

 

The game's officiating crew, from the Mountain West Conference, was led by referee Christian Watson and umpire Ian Malepleai.

 

It was called incomplete, but then they reviewed it and called it interception with a fumble recovered by Troy. 

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1 minute ago, Blotto said:

lookin like a nice choke job by UTSA. Not scoring a TD when they were 1st and goal a few minutes ago was turrrrible

and why they failed to being even worse.

I haven't been this mad a playcalling since Mackovic in 1997. "OK, lemme get this straight. You're running the ball so effectively, you get from one end of the field to the other by handing the ball off to your star. Then for some godforsaken reason, you throw 3 incomplete shit passes to end up scoreless. why"

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5 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

and why they failed to being even worse.

I haven't been this mad a playcalling since Mackovic in 1997. "OK, lemme get this straight. You're running the ball so effectively, you get from one end of the field to the other by handing the ball off to your star. Then for some godforsaken reason, you throw 3 incomplete shit passes to end up scoreless. why"

yeah, you can argue that the dropped TD was a decent play call, but 3rd and 4th down calls were shit. 2nd down from the 3 yd line and three straight passes, wtf. We'll see if they can pull it off on this last drive.

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This game had some horrendous officiating. On Troy’s go ahead scoring drive did anyone catch an explanation for the personal foul that was called on UTSA before the ball was even snapped? I never heard the announcers address it, other than some flimsy “ and that’s gonna be another Troy first down” remark.

What actually happened there?

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Traylor may lose another staff member...

Sources: Purdue targeting one of top Group of 5 offensive line coaches

Matt Mattox could become the third UTSA coordinator to take a Power 5 job in the past two years.

ZACH BARNETT     JAN 7, 2023

Purdue is targeting UTSA co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Matt Mattox to coach its offensive line, sources told FootballScoop on Saturday.  A deal is not in place as of this writing but both sides are moving in that direction, sources said.

Mattox has been on Jeff Traylor's staff all three seasons as offensive line coach and run game coordinator. He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator ahead of this season. 

The Roadrunners boasted one of the nation's most balanced and explosive offenses in college football this season. UTSA rushed for 175 yards per game and threw for 300, averaging 6.37 yards per play (t-26th nationally) and 36.8 points per game (14th). UTSA also ranked in the top 30 in FBS with 4.5 tackles for loss allowed per game. The back-to-back Conference USA champions have won 23 games over the past two seasons, trailing only Georgia, Alabama and Michigan nationally. 

New Purdue head coach Ryan Walters has moved aggressively to fill out his offense. He hired former North Texas, USC and West Virginia offensive coordinator Graham Harrell to bring the Air Raid to West Lafayette, then secured Texas transfer quarterback Hudson Card to run it.

Walters inherited a team fresh off its first Big Ten West championship, so the expectation will be to hit the ground sprinting. 

UTSA coordinators have been in demand of late. Traylor's first offensive coordinator, Barry Lunney, Jr., left last offseason to coordinate the offense at Illinois. His replacement, Will Stein, left to replace Kenny Dillingham as Dan Lanning's offensive coordinator at Oregon.

Prior to UTSA, Mattox was the offensive coordinator and O-line coach at McNeese. The Houston graduate has coached offensive lines at Butler Community College, Coffeyville Community College, Eastern Illinois, Bowling Green, Tulsa, Texas, and South Florida.

 

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Update at UTSA

With Matt Mattox set to leave for Purdue and Will Stein already gone to Oregon, Jeff Traylor is preparing to continue his practice of promoting from within.

ZACH BARNETT          17 HOURS AGO

Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Will Stein is off to Oregon, and co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Matt Mattox is in the process of leaving for Purdue. This comes a year after the staff's original offensive coordinator, Barry Lunney, Jr., left for Illinois.

Such is life at the Group of 5 level in college football, especially when you're successful. And UTSA has been successful. The two-time defending Conference USA champions' 23 wins over the past two seasons trail only Georgia, Michigan and Alabama nationally.

Jeff Traylor promoted tight ends coach Justin Burke to co-offensive coordinator following Stein's departure, and the expectation is, once Mattox leaves, he will become the sole offensive coordinator in title with wide receivers coach Joe Price becoming passing game coordinator and assistant offensive line coach Kurt Traylor adding run game coordinator duties.

Industry sources expect Traylor to promote analyst Sean Davis to quarterbacks coach, replacing Stein. 

The moves continue Traylor's philosophy of promoting from within. Davis will become the fourth analyst to moving to the 10-man, on-the-field staff in the past three years. Price was previously UTSA's director of player personnel; defensive line coach Siddiq Haynes was previously an analyst, as was Burke. 

To fill Mattox's spot, sources expect Traylor to hire longtime TCU offensive line coach Jarrett Anderson.  Anderson joined TCU's staff as a graduate assistant in 1998 and coached every position on TCU's offense other than quarterbacks at one point or another in his near quarter century on the staff. He helped BJ Catalon become an honorable mention Big 12 Freshman of the Year as a running back, aided KaVontae Turpin into an All-Big 12 wide receiver, and developed multiple all-conference and NFL draft picks on the offensive line.

 

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On 1/8/2023 at 9:35 AM, LTtxfan said:

Traylor may lose another staff member...

Sources: Purdue targeting one of top Group of 5 offensive line coaches

Matt Mattox could become the third UTSA coordinator to take a Power 5 job in the past two years.

ZACH BARNETT     JAN 7, 2023

Purdue is targeting UTSA co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Matt Mattox to coach its offensive line, sources told FootballScoop on Saturday.  A deal is not in place as of this writing but both sides are moving in that direction, sources said.

Mattox has been on Jeff Traylor's staff all three seasons as offensive line coach and run game coordinator. He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator ahead of this season. 

The Roadrunners boasted one of the nation's most balanced and explosive offenses in college football this season. UTSA rushed for 175 yards per game and threw for 300, averaging 6.37 yards per play (t-26th nationally) and 36.8 points per game (14th). UTSA also ranked in the top 30 in FBS with 4.5 tackles for loss allowed per game. The back-to-back Conference USA champions have won 23 games over the past two seasons, trailing only Georgia, Alabama and Michigan nationally. 

New Purdue head coach Ryan Walters has moved aggressively to fill out his offense. He hired former North Texas, USC and West Virginia offensive coordinator Graham Harrell to bring the Air Raid to West Lafayette, then secured Texas transfer quarterback Hudson Card to run it.

Walters inherited a team fresh off its first Big Ten West championship, so the expectation will be to hit the ground sprinting. 

UTSA coordinators have been in demand of late. Traylor's first offensive coordinator, Barry Lunney, Jr., left last offseason to coordinate the offense at Illinois. His replacement, Will Stein, left to replace Kenny Dillingham as Dan Lanning's offensive coordinator at Oregon.

Prior to UTSA, Mattox was the offensive coordinator and O-line coach at McNeese. The Houston graduate has coached offensive lines at Butler Community College, Coffeyville Community College, Eastern Illinois, Bowling Green, Tulsa, Texas, and South Florida.

 

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Transfer running back from Vanderbilt … rushed for 695 yards and five touchdowns and caught 11 passes for 44 yards in 22 career games for the Commodores … led the team in 2021 with 511 rushing yards and four TDs … logged a pair of 100-yard games, with 107 versus Stanford and 117 yards against Ole Miss … piled up 98 yards and a score at Tennessee … three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals out of South Effingham High School in Georgia … had 1,907 all-purpose yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior en route to first-team all-region honors … rushed for 894 yards and 16 scores in 2019 … second-team all-region selection at Calvary Day High School earlier in his prep career … rushed for 763 yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior … also starred on the track, including finishing as runner-up in the 100 meters as a senior.

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9 of the ugliest, most hated buildings in the world

Lindsay Mack & Elana Klein     Jan 27, 2023

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The Alamodome — which cost $186 million to construct — opened its doors in 1993.

Despite its hefty price tag, San Antonians aren't impressed with the stadium's aesthetic.

According to the San Antonio Current, "Locals have long referred to the 64,000-seat arena by nicknames including the 'Dead Armadillo' and the 'Doo Doo Dome.'"

In 2018, San Antonio Culture Map reported that Judge Nelson Wolff, who was San Antonio's mayor during the Alamodome's construction, explained that San Antonio residents referred to the stadium as "four telephone poles on an airplane hangar" and "an upside-down armadillo."

https://www.insider.com/the-ugliest-most-hated-buildings-in-the-world

 

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As a guy who was just merely a child when the dome was erected and as a current bexar county resident... In retrospect the dome was a dumb ducking idea.  It was like a dorky virgin in his early 20s buying a 5 bedroom 4000sqft house for a family he'll never have.  

At the same time the alamo bowl has turned into a pretty decent second tier bowl destination.  And as a part time UTSA fan it is nice not having to worry about the heat or weather.  Still, for those living in the UTSA area and for students it's a pain in the ass to get there.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

As a guy who was just merely a child when the dome was erected and as a current bexar county resident... In retrospect the dome was a dumb ducking idea.  It was like a dorky virgin in his early 20s buying a 5 bedroom 4000sqft house for a family he'll never have.  

At the same time the alamo bowl has turned into a pretty decent second tier bowl destination.  And as a part time UTSA fan it is nice not having to worry about the heat or weather.  Still, for those living in the UTSA area and for students it's a pain in the ass to get there. 

it is said to be one of the great legacies of Henry Cisneros, but really it is a fail

there was little (no) chance that SA was going to get an NFL team when it was built, but if they had a brain they would have built it large enough to host a Super Bowl and at the time it was built even though the "rules" say it has to be an NFL city to host they would have let SA into the rotation without a doubt

at the time Miami was a shit hole stajium, the Dome was a shit hole, Texas Stajium was a shit hole and too small, The Super Dome was on it's way to becoming a shit hole and yet was getting Super Bowls left and right, LA Stajiums were shit holes, but were getting Super Bowls because "LA" and SA would have been an easy choice every 5 years or so for two decades at least

the fucking thing can hold 64,000 for football and it really only needs 70,000 by the rules, but if thy did it like Jerry World and had regular seating of 69,000 to 70,000 and then cram 6,000 to 7,000 people in standing room only or other shit they would have been golden to host at least 3 if not 4 Super Bowls over the life it has had so far

instead SA was so fucking broke at the time and so stupid and so desperate they built it half assed and thought the NFL would cut them a break.....they are lucky they fell ass backwards into the final four becoming such a big deal and landed some of those

it is also a shit location and while I do not think the outside looks terrible the inside looks dumb as fuck with those upper deck corners (areas that could have been squared up and held more shitty cheap seats to get closer to 70,000 total seats

the sad thing is even if they get rid of it and do it over again they will till fuck up because well SA

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8 hours ago, ButtFumble said:

it is said to be one of the great legacies of Henry Cisneros, but really it is a fail.  SA was so fucking broke at the time and so stupid and so desperate they built it half assed and thought the NFL would cut them a break....

the sad thing is even if they get rid of it and do it over again they will till fuck up because well SA

 

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On 2/3/2023 at 9:12 PM, dingleberryswitzer said:

As a guy who was just merely a child when the dome was erected and as a current bexar county resident... In retrospect the dome was a dumb ducking idea.  It was like a dorky virgin in his early 20s buying a 5 bedroom 4000sqft house for a family he'll never have.  

At the same time the alamo bowl has turned into a pretty decent second tier bowl destination.  And as a part time UTSA fan it is nice not having to worry about the heat or weather.  Still, for those living in the UTSA area and for students it's a pain in the ass to get there.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's why UTSA has shuttles that drive the students to the Alamo Dome. Also, free admission, just show your ID.

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On 2/3/2023 at 11:35 PM, ButtFumble said:

it is said to be one of the great legacies of Henry Cisneros, but really it is a fail

there was little (no) chance that SA was going to get an NFL team when it was built, but if they had a brain they would have built it large enough to host a Super Bowl and at the time it was built even though the "rules" say it has to be an NFL city to host they would have let SA into the rotation without a doubt

at the time Miami was a shit hole stajium, the Dome was a shit hole, Texas Stajium was a shit hole and too small, The Super Dome was on it's way to becoming a shit hole and yet was getting Super Bowls left and right, LA Stajiums were shit holes, but were getting Super Bowls because "LA" and SA would have been an easy choice every 5 years or so for two decades at least

the fucking thing can hold 64,000 for football and it really only needs 70,000 by the rules, but if thy did it like Jerry World and had regular seating of 69,000 to 70,000 and then cram 6,000 to 7,000 people in standing room only or other shit they would have been golden to host at least 3 if not 4 Super Bowls over the life it has had so far

instead SA was so fucking broke at the time and so stupid and so desperate they built it half assed and thought the NFL would cut them a break.....they are lucky they fell ass backwards into the final four becoming such a big deal and landed some of those

it is also a shit location and while I do not think the outside looks terrible the inside looks dumb as fuck with those upper deck corners (areas that could have been squared up and held more shitty cheap seats to get closer to 70,000 total seats

the sad thing is even if they get rid of it and do it over again they will till fuck up because well SA

Agreed on the upper corners. Fucking stupid looking. As for location, I do like that I can literally walk to it from the river walk. That's about it for me. 

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I saw the Spurs play the Hornets in the Alamodome when I was in college, back when Dennis Rodman played for the Spurs and Alonzo Mourning played for the Hornets.  That place absolutely sucked for a basketball game. 

I saw the Horns play Oregon State in the 2012 Alamobowl, and it was an okay place for a football game.  I've been to much worse.  As Longboard Horn said, it was an easy walk to and from my hotel.

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22 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said:

That's why UTSA has shuttles that drive the students to the Alamo Dome. Also, free admission, just show your ID.

Free?

How much are UTSA students paying in "athletic fees" each semester? I have no idea, but I'm curious. I doubt admission is really free.

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36 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Free?

How much are UTSA students paying in "athletic fees" each semester? I have no idea, but I'm curious. I doubt admission is really free.

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A charge of $20 per semester credit hour with a maximum of $240 per semester is assessed all students to provide funding for UTSA athletic programs.

 

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On 2/3/2023 at 11:35 PM, ButtFumble said:

it is said to be one of the great legacies of Henry Cisneros, but really it is a fail

there was little (no) chance that SA was going to get an NFL team when it was built, but if they had a brain they would have built it large enough to host a Super Bowl and at the time it was built even though the "rules" say it has to be an NFL city to host they would have let SA into the rotation without a doubt

at the time Miami was a shit hole stajium, the Dome was a shit hole, Texas Stajium was a shit hole and too small, The Super Dome was on it's way to becoming a shit hole and yet was getting Super Bowls left and right, LA Stajiums were shit holes, but were getting Super Bowls because "LA" and SA would have been an easy choice every 5 years or so for two decades at least

the fucking thing can hold 64,000 for football and it really only needs 70,000 by the rules, but if thy did it like Jerry World and had regular seating of 69,000 to 70,000 and then cram 6,000 to 7,000 people in standing room only or other shit they would have been golden to host at least 3 if not 4 Super Bowls over the life it has had so far

instead SA was so fucking broke at the time and so stupid and so desperate they built it half assed and thought the NFL would cut them a break.....they are lucky they fell ass backwards into the final four becoming such a big deal and landed some of those

it is also a shit location and while I do not think the outside looks terrible the inside looks dumb as fuck with those upper deck corners (areas that could have been squared up and held more shitty cheap seats to get closer to 70,000 total seats

the sad thing is even if they get rid of it and do it over again they will till fuck up because well SA

How is walking distance from all the downtown attractions a “shit location”? The neighborhood directly to the east was a little bit rough (tame by SA standards) but hasn’t really been dangerous since the early 2010s. The design sucks but the location is great all things considered.

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5 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

The location is fine.  The aesthetic outside is not horrible.  It was built too small for the NFL or for Super Bowls, and that was dumb.  The aisles and concourses are way too small.  The seats are too small.  No escalators to the upper level is stupid.

It was dated as soon as it was completed.

It was built in the early 90's  (planning probably started earlier than that)  way before Jerry built AT&T and it became the standard for NFL stadiums.   I wouldn't say it was dated as soon as it was completed.   Plenty of NFL teams played in much older venues and non football friendly ones at that  until the 2000's and later.   See the Oakland Coliseum, Metrodome, the former  dump in Philly, etc for examples.     I don't think the NFL became such a big advocate or demanded  bling for stadiums until Goodell became Commish and like so many things he's touched it ends up being a screw job for someone else.  That's not to say the road for these taxpayer funded gifts to NFL billionaires and the such would not be a thing right now.   But who knows it might not have forced some teams to try to move the  populations of NFL cites to finance a new one or lose their teams via a threat.

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23 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

Free?

How much are UTSA students paying in "athletic fees" each semester? I have no idea, but I'm curious. I doubt admission is really free.

When my buddy was an undergrad there student admission was free. Just like at the University of Houston when I was there briefly students got to attend games for free. Just bring a valid student ID for the gate people to scan and you're good to go. 

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If San Antonio had a best case scenario regarding their stadiums and potential pro franchises, this is what they should do.

1)    If they had an iron clad guarantee an MLB team was going to move or start from scratch in San Antonio, they should tear down the Alamodome and locate an MLB Park in it's place.   See Petco Field in San Diego for something that would work there.

2)  The Alamodome replacement could go out towards UTSA around the La Cantera / Fiesta Texas area.   Nothing wrong with NFL quality stadiums being built away from city centers as we see with a number of pro teams.    I'm not certain I'd go all in with a domed stadium though.   Does this get SA an NFL team?  Who knows?  But it gives them a better shot than they have right now.  Plus it's closer to UTSA and the student fan base and a good chunk of SA that has disposable income for entertainment.     

 

 

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23 hours ago, South Austin said:

I saw the Spurs play the Hornets in the Alamodome when I was in college, back when Dennis Rodman played for the Spurs and Alonzo Mourning played for the Hornets.  That place absolutely sucked for a basketball game. 

I saw the Horns play Oregon State in the 2012 Alamobowl, and it was an okay place for a football game.  I've been to much worse.  As Longboard Horn said, it was an easy walk to and from my hotel.

Compared to the Hemisphere Arena, the Alamodome was a great place to watch basketball if you got seats closer to the court.  The Hemisphere was relatively small and had like hundreds of obstructed view seats on the lower level.    It was a cheap ticket if you wanted to be there and look at a column most of the game.

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1 hour ago, Helobious said:

How is walking distance from all the downtown attractions a “shit location”? The neighborhood directly to the east was a little bit rough (tame by SA standards) but hasn’t really been dangerous since the early 2010s. The design sucks but the location is great all things considered.

it is a shit location because it is over there in the other side of the freeway on it's own

at the time it was suppose to be this major transformative project and something to really move SA forward, but they just half assed everything

it should have been placed just north of the Tower where the HBG Convention Center is now

but at the time they had the shit part of the HBGC and a small new part they had built and they were keeping that shitty arena as part of the HBGC even though it was dated and a shit hole

there was room to place it where the convention center is now and probably keep the newer part of that center, but they just did not have the vision or the budget (or the will to have the budget)

having the dome there as a part of the HBGC would have made it unique at the time when conventions were major business, but instead they kept the old ass dated part that is gone now, built the dome where it could not function with conventions , and built it too small

with proper vision the dome would be hooked to the riverwalk, it would be across the street from the river center and hotel, and a part of the convention center and of course big enough for superbowls

now it is none of those things

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49 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

It was built in the early 90's  (planning probably started earlier than that)  way before Jerry built AT&T and it became the standard for NFL stadiums.   I wouldn't say it was dated as soon as it was completed.   Plenty of NFL teams played in much older venues and non football friendly ones at that  until the 2000's and later.   See the Oakland Coliseum, Metrodome, the former  dump in Philly, etc for examples.     I don't think the NFL became such a big advocate or demanded  bling for stadiums until Goodell became Commish and like so many things he's touched it ends up being a screw job for someone else.  That's not to say the road for these taxpayer funded gifts to NFL billionaires and the such would not be a thing right now.   But who knows it might not have forced some teams to try to move the  populations of NFL cites to finance a new one or lose their teams via a threat.

The proper comparison points would be stadiums built around the same time, not old-ass stadiums in use at the time.

The contemporaries would be Jacksonville and Charlotte.  I know nothing about either stadium - somebody who does can pipe in.

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3 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

The proper comparison points would be stadiums built around the same time, not old-ass stadiums in use at the time.

The contemporaries would be Jacksonville and Charlotte.  I know nothing about either stadium - somebody who does can pipe in.

Point taken.   Mine was more along the lines the NFL wasn't as focused on the bling with stadium like they are now.   Unless the stadium doesn't have some deep historic roots like KC or Green Bay.    Look how they are holding a gun to Nashville and Buffalo's head to make them build a new stadium.

 

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