The Mason Fine Story

Harry · August 30, 2016

I don't post this to take anything away from our starter and the main man Alec Morris. He's the guy and I'm thrilled to have him here. After watching the Littrell press conference though, I remain extremely intrigued by true freshman QB Mason Fine.

Littrell is an honest read, and I felt like his description of Fine was sincere. Litrell has seen some good QB's in his time and today for him to say "I was as impressed with him as I was any freshman quarterback I have been around in a long time" speaks volumes. This is a kid who has really made an impression on Littrell and the rest of the staff. It's exciting to think of his potential in this offense especially in 2-3-4 years. In fact, it's damn exciting.

Went back and looked up some old articles from when Fine committed. There was one that really jumped out from an Oklahoma paper. John Hoover of Tulsa World wrote, "Sooners interested in Locust Grove QB Mason Fine, but he says 'no thanks'". The articles verifies that his dream school OU came in late with a preferred walk-on offer, and OSU had done the same prior. So maybe it was the right thing for them to do. He was of course a repeat winner of the Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year. Or perhaps, OU and OSU thought he had a little something.

I know from watching him in the scrimmage, he's a fun player to watch. He knows this offense cause he ran it in high school. His UNT teammates say he is a "worker". He is also an honor student. I look forward to following his career at UNT.

MeanGreen01 · August 30, 2016

Noticed this too! You could tell from Littrell's press conference today that he is clearly #2 at this point and might be as good as Alec Morris. Very exciting to say the least since he has seen and coached some pretty good QB's. From what we are hearing, this kid has tremendous upside and thank God he is here! This coaching staff has done an amazing job, especially coming in so late in the recruiting battle!!

Everyone needs to show up and support these kids Saturday! Let's also remember, this is their first year, with a totally new system, and it may take a couple years to get it really turned around. NT admin deserves a huge thank you for stepping up like they have....Now it's our turn to show our appreciation and support!!

Go Mean Green

Edited August 30, 2016 by MeanGreen01
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MGNation92 · August 30, 2016

Johnny Manziel lit up the SEC in a similar offense at 5'11". If he continues on this trajectory and packs on a little more weight Mr Fine could very well be our Johnny Football (minus all the douchebaggery)

Ben Gooding · August 30, 2016

He is definitely as good as Morris going off of only the rhetoric Littrell speaks with in that presser. Alec gets the nod because he was brought here to get the nod. This is very exciting to have a reasonably high caliber QB and he's actually waiting in the wings. What makes it more exciting, we'll have just about the entire offense returning around him.

UNT90 · August 30, 2016

19 minutes ago, dd992emo said:

As I have posted more than once, at the end of the day you will be more impressed by Mason Fine the person than Mason Fine the QB.

Coach?

But seriously, we all hope you are dead on.

Wag Tag · August 30, 2016

1 hour ago, Harry said:

I don't post this to take anything away from our starter and the main man Alec Morris. He's the guy and I'm thrilled to have him here. After watching the Littrell press conference though, I remain extremely intrigued by true freshman QB Mason Fine.

Littrell is an honest read, and I felt like his description of Fine was sincere. Litrell has seen some good QB's in his time and today for him to say "I was as impressed with him as I was any freshman quarterback I have been around in a long time" speaks volumes. This is a kid who has really made an impression on Littrell and the rest of the staff. It's exciting to think of his potential in this offense especially in 2-3-4 years. In fact, it's damn exciting.

Went back and looked up some old articles from when Fine committed. There was one that really jumped out from an Oklahoma paper. John Hoover of Tulsa World wrote, "Sooners interested in Locust Grove QB Mason Fine, but he says 'no thanks'". The articles verifies that his dream school OU came in late with a preferred walk-on offer, and OSU had done the same prior. So maybe it was the right thing for them to do. He was of course a repeat winner of the Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year. Or perhaps, OU and OSU thought he had a little something.

I know from watching him in the scrimmage, he's a fun player to watch. He knows this offense cause he ran it in high school. His UNT teammates say he is a "worker". He is also an honor student. I look forward to following his career at UNT.

How can there be such a drastic change in one season at qb???? Could it be the system. This young man is not only a good qb but he is a very strong leader! I hope we don't need him this year,if we do it could have a major impact for qb recruiting next year! "F" potential! GMG

Christopher Walker · August 30, 2016

34 minutes ago, dd992emo said:

As I have posted more than once, at the end of the day you will be more impressed by Mason Fine the person than Mason Fine the QB.

14 minutes ago, UNT90 said:

Coach?

Mean_Green09 · August 30, 2016

27 minutes ago, Wag Tag said:

How can there be such a drastic change in one season at qb???? Could it be the system. This young man is not only a good qb but he is a very strong leader! I hope we don't need him this year,if we do it could have a major impact for qb recruiting next year! "F" potential! GMG

It's all about evaluation of talent. The last staff was looking for a woman stripper in a male club. They had no clue on what they were doing. This staff has more of an idea when it comes to modern day QB play.

Edited August 30, 2016 by Mean_Green09

Ben Gooding · August 30, 2016

3 minutes ago, Mean_Green09 said:

It's all about evaluation of talent. The last staff was looking for a woman stripper in a male club. They had no clue on what they were doing. This staff has more of an idea when it comes to modern day QB play.

So the old staff were into hermaphrodites? I can kind of picture that.

Monkeypox · August 30, 2016

I'm looking forward to "The Unauthorized Mason Fine Story" on Lifetime in 2032.

DeepGreen · August 30, 2016

I'm looking forward to watching Mason Fine play..........this season. Yes, this season, not as our starter, but #2 QB behind Alec Morris. People, hear me out. We need to get Fine some real game reps so that he'll be "battled hardened" for next year. UNT needs wins in the worst way, over the next several years, to turn around the perception that people see in UNT football. And the perception is one winning season in the last 10. Is that correct? Burn Mason's shirt if we have to. A decent record for UNT football this season with Littrells high octane offense could lead a top rated 2016 prospect to head up to Denton next season. That's the guy you redshirt.

Just my humble opinion.

Edited August 30, 2016 by DeepGreen

MeanGreenTexan · August 30, 2016

I really don't mean this to poo-poo Fine, but I think we've been burned over the past few years with sub-par (really, what's below sub-par?) QB recruiting, and now that we have a legit QB prospect, we're all expecting huge things from him. Expectations seem a little high for him, and I wonder if it's simply because we've been burned so many times.

I hope he delivers (and in this type of offense, I think he can), but I'm not going to expect record-breaking numbers from him.

MGNation92 · August 30, 2016

Southern Miss played Nick Mullens as a true Freshman and see how well that worked out for them

Edited August 30, 2016 by MGNation92

cdizzle86 · August 30, 2016

8 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

I'm looking forward to watching Mason Fine play..........this season. Yes, this season, not as our starter, but #2 QB behind Alec Morris. People, hear me out. We need to get Fine some real game reps so that he'll be "battled hardened" for next year. UNT needs wins in the worst way, over the next several years, to turn around the perception that people see in UNT football. And the perception is one winning season in the last 10. Is that correct? Burn Mason's shirt if we have to. A decent record for UNT football this season with Littrells high octane offense could lead a top rated 2016 prospect to head up to Denton next season. That's the guy you redshirt.

Just my humble opinion.

100% agree with this. Don't worry about "wasting" his redshirt. We need wins now! If he is the best option after Morris, then we need to be using him as such. If he is as good as advertised, we will be able to pull in other highly regarded recruits. We have to strike while the anvil is hot. The worst thing we can do is play it safe.

TIgreen01 · August 30, 2016

From Littrell's comment about talking to Fine and his family later in the year about burning his shirt, it sounds like he's going to keep him on the bench as long as Morris is healthy. I don't think he even gets in should we be winning or losing in a blowout. Its going to take an injury to Morris for him to see the field, or a lost season. Neither of those are appealing. As much as I'd love to see what everyone is talking about in this kid, I'm hoping that the first time we see him in a live game is 2017.

Cr1028 · August 30, 2016

12 hours ago, UNT90 said:

Coach?

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10 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

I'm looking forward to watching Mason Fine play..........this season. Yes, this season, not as our starter, but #2 QB behind Alec Morris. People, hear me out. We need to get Fine some real game reps so that he'll be "battled hardened" for next year. UNT needs wins in the worst way, over the next several years, to turn around the perception that people see in UNT football. And the perception is one winning season in the last 10. Is that correct? Burn Mason's shirt if we have to. A decent record for UNT football this season with Littrells high octane offense could lead a top rated 2016 prospect to head up to Denton next season. That's the guy you redshirt.

Just my humble opinion.

Don't forget Cade Pearson and Ernie's grandson coming in the next few years.