aPaladin Negative Nancy Thread for the 2025 Football Season

[gofurman]

I've been meaning to bring this up, and I feel like it's of particular importance before we carry on with the pressing topic at hand...

Are we talking about possums or opossums? To this point, the marsupial in question has been the possum. In this day and age, money is tight for most programs in the FCS so it doesn't make much sense to be importing possums from Australia, New Zealand, or China when we have a seemingly endless supply of opossums here in the upstate. Also opossums, being larger and having a hairless tail, seem to be better suited for the firecracker experiment than the smaller bushtail possum. I just want to make sure we're being smart about this and there are no errors due to differences in how we name the above mentioned marsupials. The 2025 season potentially depends on this.

Now, back to the less serious stuff...

I hope that means Stephens waiver has been approved (I have no idea if they would have handled it that quickly). Getting Stephens back would be huge for next year.

With Odom and Gonzalez going into the portal, there are not many QB's coming back with a full year of starting experience (meaning they have 11-12 starts). Crittendon is probably the most experienced QB returning at this point. I guess if Wofford sticks with Sealy he's played a decent amount but not sure how many starts. He's been in and out of the lineup. VMI has several guys with around 1/3 of a year of starting experience at this point I think. Shannon is probably the best of the 3 but he can't seem to stay healthy. Not sure what citadel will do. Maybe another portal guy. One of the young guys from ETSU played a little but I would think the new coach will go after a portal QB there as well. UTC will likely go with Schomberg. WCU would go with Dickens with how the year ended most likely. Mercer most likely sticking with Newbauer, and Furman will have Hedden or Jones most likely who both have 0.5-1 year of starts.

Ok so it sounds like we are not sure about Xavier Stephens? Is that right? Seemed to be a little back and forth there? I sure hope we get him back. Great player.

Super glad to see that Odom left Wofford !!! It appears he is officially gone and at KSU. please correct me if I am wrong !!! That one makes my day. They were a better team with Odom

My understanding is we might not know about X for some time.

FUATT, thanks !

[FUTex]

Just a short note to let you know why I think our next season is shaping up nicely...

I was at Scheels (kinda like a Bass Pro World, but more focus on hunting than fishing) near Dallas on Sunday and it was lousy with MSU and NDS fans here for that football game we should have been in if not for our rather modest W/L record. There they all were, just walking around dressed in their respective fan gear, looking at this and that, all "what's that dang deal" and "what in the heck is that thang" and "kids, don't put your lips on it" just a meandering around in a mental chasm of banality. I engaged a few in rigorous social intercourse, and I learned two things:

1-They know nothing of possumry. It was pitiful.
2-They will call you a weirdo if you go up to them and quiz them on the fly regarding possums.

I bought a SIG Sauer AR10 in 7.62 at Scheels. It promises to be a sweet sweet Artiodactyla Suida killing machine, specifically for the Sus Scrofa. I figure the more wild hogs one kills the more room there is for possums. There's just a lot more fun things to do with a possum than a hog.