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With how the roster was constructed by spring time, the coaches had to be banking on some scholarship guys entering the portal so they could grab defensive lineman and fill other holes from spring evals. Seems to be part of the plan, but we will see how it pays off.

Almost certain we offered him out of high school.

Once you enter the portal the coach has no obligation to offer you your scholarship back.

No brophy on the recruitment, I imagine athlete.

So one of the last two spots is for a wing, what do you think we are looking for in the other? We already pulled a lot of guards.

Every time alternate uniform colors or changes are made:

I would say Benford had a greater affect on attendance than style of play. Second to benford, things are just different post covid and i think the AD is still figuring that out.

Wren Baker said on his post NIT interview on the Green Room that as many offers as Mac had turned down, Hodge had turned down plenty of jobs at p5 schools for double the money.

I will say, i have heard privately from a players parent that there are payments going out of the fund to some players. So something is going on, i'm just not certain why we wouldn't be more active about promoting it and the good it's doing.

Does anyone have a single update from the Light the Tower NIL collective since the meeting ? Seems like we are being left in the dust. Losing guys like Gumms to the portal is where other schools are finding ways to step up with NIL. Tylor Perry would be a great NIL investment trying to keep him for next season. My last post about the collective asking about its social media presence and volunteering to help was deleted and I wasn’t given a reason why, so hopefully that doesn’t happen again. Have we given out deals? Have they taken in money? Are they actually operating?

Yeah but Jordan Williams had to be dragged down by benford's abysmal coaching and rotations. So he gets extra bonus points.

outside of Houston the AAC was about as good as CUSA maybe worse... Memphis lost to FAU so they would definitely been in the top 4 but...

Absolutely recruit him. May be the best center we would have under the mccasland era IMO.

I enjoy a good debate, so here's my counter. I'm basing my recruiting on the overall metrics and rankings on popular sites like 247, ON3, Rivals, etc. I never said Litrell got every drop out of what he has to offer. But you can't argue that he didn't compete and beat most of his competition in the realm of of recruiting. Not on field performance, in-game decisions, staffing choices, etc. I'm isolating my argument to recruiting. Which, by G5 standards was above average and by conference standards he was in the upper echelon. North Texas was behind UTSA in 2022 but... the three years prior UNT's class was all ranked ahead. This is the exact revisionist mindset i'm talking about. They might not have maximized that potential, but by all exterior metrics the class was considered better year over year at UNT. Hell last season we had 5 All-CUSA first teamers Horton, Gummes, Mose, KD, Texada. We have an elite receiving core still in the building and had one of the better o-lines in the country. Running back room has been more than full the entire time he was here. Litrell didn't lose his seasons in the offseason recruiting periods it was in player development, and in some of his coordinator hires.