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It's so hard to stay interested when this kind of stuff keeps happening.

Bye And people wonder why interest is lagging and people don't want to go. Donate to the scholarship fund, donate to the facility's fund, donate to this collective or that for what? A kid that is just using us to move along? Getting more difficult to donate, to spend money on season tickets and to carve out time to travel to and from Denton for the games. This doesn't help. Love, A Scott. One of my all-time favorites because of the little things he does, but I honestly don't know where he thinks he will go to get more playing time.

Cheer for the name on the front not the name on the back.

Rubin has graduated right? Trying out somewhere else with his extra year sucks, but we got the full four years out of him. It's only because of covid that he even has this.

Lawyers going to take fans to court? The schools and/or the NCAA do not pay NIL bills.

As I said a couple of weeks ago, having a former coach from the JUCO ranks should help us navigate this current environment well. Not sure if that ever entered into the hire at all, but JUCO coaches constantly have to rework their rosters since kids never stay longer than a couple of years, and sometimes not even that long.

This one hurts. I don’t fault the player. That guy has been a rock for us and about as loyal as you can expect in this era. The system is broken.

If they don't change NIL rules, look for college sports to continue to die. It is always been a monopoly at the top, but that may change as all the lower tier competition is eliminated. The SEC, PAC whatever, and Big Ten maybe have to schedule each other in the non-conference and they all have feasted on basically home only oc seasons. I assume Scott has graduated, if so I can't fault anyone who wants a different school on the next diploma. Yes, I recognize it is likely; some other school has offered and he has accepted a much larger NIL deal.

Agreed. The winningest player in our history isn't a testament to him, but the era in which he played at UNT. Outside of that team stat, what statistic does he have that makes his athletic resume pop? As far as shunning him due to transferring... no. He's been here for a good while, was loyal last year when he didn't have to be, and wants to test the waters his last year. I don't like it. I actually hate it. But I understand it. I think graduates of our university, in theory, should be hof eligible.

Of course he's eligible. As far as I know, anyone who has ever played for North Texas is eligible. The question is, do they have the resume? The fact that Rewbuhn is transferring is a minor strike against him, but I don't see him having a HOF-worthy resume regardless of transferring.

Hairline? The foundation of collegiate athletics is crumbling.

I get a good laugh every time you have to get on to someone for this LMAO. Reuben deserves better.

Damn, losing Aaron and Rubin even bumped the basketball subforum down below football again...

Even after seeing his name written correctly and you still can't spell it right. And we wonder why he is leaving.

And Now, The Larch. And Now for Something Completely Different..

Hard to follow, but I assume right now, and probably not for long; NT is expected these players to return Buggs Cotton Walker Sissoko Noland Stone With two high schoolers signed, that leaves 5 ships Assuming Hodge doesn't bolt too, I hope his juco connections work again.

I think Ruben should still be eligible for it since he played here for four years and got his degree.

How long until this gets brought up? You only have a handful of women college athletes that are making big NIL money. Clark and Reese in basketball and Dunne at LSU in gymnastics. This isn't going away and I'm sure lawyers are chomping at the bit to take the NCAA to court.

Yep. The NCAA (rightfully, in this case) fought against NIL tooth and nail, and were forced by politicians to allow it.

Most men aren't getting anything either. Just like every other profession.

I suppose that's true if you're a generic sports fan who doesn't make an emotional investment in your favorite team/school. Perhaps in this new Era that's a mistake. Where we sit, we make it a point to cheer and encourage the players by name And I know they hear us. We care about them as people, not some nameless player wearing the uniform. They are like family to us. As fans we buy tickets, attend as many games as possible, donate to the scholarship fund and collective and anything else we can do to help the team. It's a financial, time and emotional investment that takes a toll on us and losing our team like this is like losing a family member to a cross country job promotion. This sucks big time and it hurts. I suppose I'll have to adapt or get out all together.

https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/cal-spring-practice-offensive-questions-2024 Update on Cal QB battle. Call it off topic, I don't give a shit. This guy left us and a sure QB1 position to fight for the starting job at a barely P5 school. I hope he rides that GD bench all year and doesn't see a dime from the money they said he was getting.

If you want to feel better about our situation.......follow some of the Portal sites on Twitter (or X). Because this is hitting everybody. All schools. As I recall......there were 200 names in the portal....two days into the process. (when it started a few weeks ago). About the Portal.....it's a gut punch when you lose guys. (like Aaron, Rubin and Jason). But in a week....or two....or three....when we start adding some from the portal (or juco or h.s. recruits)...it's easy to get excited again.

We have had season tickets for like 30 years. I won’t give football or basketball up. Will continue it with my kids just like when I was kid; however I’m never giving to any form of NIL collective. and yes I could make many players. I would have to really think though haha. Maybe Eric Jackson to George King were some of the firsts as I would be them in the driveway at home after games shooting hoops.

So I’m still unsure if all this isn’t just an April fools joke because transferring benefits neither of them; however of all the players who could transfer they should be allowed. Neither has previously transferred. 3-4 years respectably. Ruben yes Scott idk if he had stayed 4 then yes. I think it should be only for players who end their career for UNT but that’s not written in stone anywhere.

This is really bad news, we will basically be starting over next season.

I will always be a fan of Aaron and Rubin but with the last two high school recruits-turned-stars for us leaving, I am 100% on board with majority focus on recruiting scorers out of JUCO/D2. They may leave after a year or two as well but at least we know they are proven at the collegiate level.

And here’s the self fulfilling prophecy of “you can’t get drafted from UNT” because when we do have a guy with the potential, they’ll be moving on before it happens.

Devastating news. My favorite player!

Consider the source.

A class for settling? That's wild.

Meanwhile, you can’t post on a UH fan board because your own don’t like you.

Obviously you do. Thank you for following UNT.

I don't know why we keep ripping guys that contributed from day 1. There's a very good chance that this team would not have achieved what it did without Jason Edwards. If he was the complete package when he came here he wouldn't have came here. Again, this fanbase/board needs to come to grips with the age of NIL and the transfer portal. We love our guys until they leave.

Stone might get some more playing time

This doesn't have anything to do with playing time. He is probably looking to play his final year in a bigger conference and make some money from the NIL. Don't blame him at all. He has earned that right and I wish he was staying but hope he finds what he is looking for. He can be a great role player on a top ten level team.

Meanwhile, back on topic, does anyone find it interesting that neither Jason nor the team has announced his decision?

Evidently you think highly enough about it to name yourself that.

1990s CFB was so, so incredible. Miss them.

Hayden Fry, of course! Bill Snyder wouldn't have done what he did without being part of Hayden's coaching tree...

How sad must your life be to make anime your entire personality?

The school just hasn’t figured out how to engage a bigger percentage of the student body. Getting them to care while they’re on campus is so important because once they graduate, it’s much harder. For every 10 people I knew while in school, maybe 7 of them watched any college sports and probably 2-3 of them cared about UNT sports. So how do they bridge that gap is the question.

Defense was ok. Not great, but not bad. Showed flashes of stopping the run. Secondary was aggressive in the run game. D-Line and linebackers need to get more involved. More pass rush also. But didn't give up any big plays. Offense 1st team looked good. Scored almost every possession. Running backs a little banged up so didn't see them all. Stone was with 1st team QB. Looked accurate. Ran the offense well. Good timing with receivers. Cash was 2nd team QB. Looked solid. Good arm, but a little late on a couple of throws. Ran the ball well when he had to scramble. Reese was 3rd QB. Didn't do much. Missed some receivers and completed a couple of short passes. Overall a good scrimmage. Looked better than this time last year. O-Line will be solid. Kicker made a 51 yarder during live scrimmage. So that's good. Saw Chandler Morris there watching. Not very big. Smaller than Stone. Will be interesting to see how things play out this summer.

My whole rant is not totally towards Perry. I’m just saddened at what collegiate sports has become.

i am always disappointed in the North Texas commercials. they always look cheap, thrown together, and not focusing of the best parts of the school. during conference tournament times, it's cool seeing the other schools videos....those campuses look nice.

The school administration has to change the profile of the type student they market to. Period. Until then, the "Director of Marketing and Fan Engagement" is going to have an uphill climb.