UL adds defensive consultant to staff

[AstroCajun]

I swear some of you will _____ about just about anything.

Hud still has some (if not plenty) benefit of the doubt left that he has earned.

[ManAboutTown]

Nearly half of Bustle's time here were 11 game seasons, not 12. 1 less game per year to win.

Bustle played a tougher schedule with more P5 games.

The NOLA Bowl and the SBC changed the rules on who gets to go to the bowl. Bustle had to win the league outright to go. 1 more less game per year to win.

Bustle inherited a shell of a roster. Hudspeth inherited a fully stocked cupboard with future pro players on it.


I've studied this for a while. I could go on and on with statistics, but the environments surrounding this program were decidedly different for both coaches.

Records are not completely comparable.

Don't forget, if Des, Fenroy and Chery stay healthy that year, we might have won 10 games.. Including Illionois and K State, where we were robbed. He never recovered from that either.

[CajunJack55]

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't both Charles Tillman and Ike Taylor here before Bustle?

[CajunAmos]

Yep. Toothpick era.

[CajunRage]

Yep. Toothpick era.

Well ____. Why don't we just hire him back?!

[CrazyCajun]

The sunbelt was loose butthole back them too...HUD might still not have a conference loss if he had this team during those years. North texas used to dominate the sunbelt with a 5-6 record.

[CajunJack55]

Lol Bustle had 9 seasons here and could not win more than 6 stinking games....Hud won 9 his first season here and has won 9 every season he is here. You can come up with as many excuses as you want as to why Bustle never won but 9 seasons is a pretty large sample size.

[CajunNation]

The sunbelt was loose butthole back them too...HUD might still not have a conference loss if he had this team during those years. North texas used to dominate the sunbelt with a 5-6 record.

UNT

Was co-champions in 2001, the first year of SBC football, with a 5-6 record.

Toothpick was still here.

2002 they won 8 and beat Cincinatti

2003 they won 9 and beat Baylor.


MT

2001, won 8 games, beat Vanderbilt, lost to LSU by 16.

2002, beat Vanderbilt, lost to Alabama by 5


ASU

2002, beat Tulsa

2003, lost to Texas A&M by 15

2004, lost to Ole Miss by 7


Troy

2004, won 7 games, beat Marshall, beat Missouri, lost to South Carolina by 10, lost to LSU by 4


NMSU

2001, lost to Oregon State by 5, beat Tulsa

2002, won 7 games, lost to South Carolina by 10, beat New Mexico, beat UTEP




With the team Bustle inherited, Hudspeth would have struggled for a few years too. Don't fool yourself.

Bustle arrived in 2002. By year 4, we were conference co-champions.

[CajunJack55]

UNT

With the team Bustle inherited, Hudspeth would have struggles for a few years too. Don't fool yourself.

Bustle arrived in 2002. By year 4, we were conference co-champions.

That may or not be so but he had 9 seasons here and could not get past the 6 win mark...with HIS own players. Hud had Bustles players and won 9 games his first year here.

[CajunRage]

Bustle arrived in 2002. By year 4, we were conference co-champions.

Both inherited 3 win teams.

Hudspeth did it in year 3. Oh, and he got us to a bowl game in all 3 of his first years.

Bustle also led that conference co-champion to a 1-5 start with the only win against an FCS school.

Let the damn season play out.

I swear we have one of the most fickle fanbases on the planet.

[CajunNation]

Both inherited 3 win teams.

Dude, if you think those 2 rosters were comparable, then I can not help you.

[CrazyCajun]

UNT

Was co-champions in 2001, the first year of SBC football, with a 5-6 record.

Toothpick was still here.

2002 they won 8 and beat Cincinatti

2003 they won 9 and beat Baylor.


MT

2001, won 8 games, beat Vanderbilt, lost to LSU by 16.

2002, beat Vanderbilt, lost to Alabama by 5


ASU

2002, beat Tulsa

2003, lost to Texas A&M by 15

2004, lost to Ole Miss by 7


Troy

2004, won 7 games, beat Marshall, beat Missouri, lost to South Carolina by 10, lost to LSU by 4


NMSU

2001, lost to Oregon State by 5, beat Tulsa

2002, won 7 games, lost to South Carolina by 10, beat New Mexico, beat UTEP


With the team Bustle inherited, Hudspeth would have struggles for a few years too. Don't fool yourself.

Bustle arrived in 2002. By year 4, we were conference co-champions.

You are right, the sunbelt has been a powerhouse conference since it's inception. Bustle was better, let's fire HUD and bring back Ricky.