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Man, can you imagine how sick the folks in Ames are going to get from hearing Denton, Denton, Denton and look at this big ass ring I got in Denton?

Roosters Roadhouse. Hands down my favorite restaurant in Denton.

They're gonna recruit the HELL out of 1988 Dallas Carter High School! UAB has passed us by!

See how a 5-8 "bowl" team is perceived?? SEE???!!! Even by lowly UAB fans. They are very confident and need to be knocked down to reality. I don't think they are aware of how difficult this little comeback of theirs is going to be moving forward. Like a said, this is a must win Saturday.

Know what I've come to hate more than just about anything during the Littrell era? 3rd Downs. Offensive, Defensive, doesn't matter. 3rd down has proven extremely frustrating over the past season+.

Reminded me of K-State '12 and Georgia in '13. Mean Green can play straight up with the big dogs, just needs better bounces here and there.

If you haven't heard the latest about what one of our tennis ladies just recently did you gotta read this. Hat tip to the M & G board. http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/mean-green/2017/09/18/notebook-last-minute-invite-leads-tourney-win-kononova Rick

Rod Young now starting at Nose. Knew that was just going to be a matter of time. He's going to be a serious force when he gets to the outside once Bryce returns. It's nice because Sid Moore is playing so well, so we don't have to worry about being thin out there. Just hold down the fort DL! The cavalry is coming.

You know what I did notice on their board.......NOBODY was criticizing the hell out of players, coaches, the University, Administration, the AD and AD Department.... They talked about winning, why we can't/shouldn't beat them, what they need to do to be better in the future....but absolutely NO BASHING..... We could certainly learn a lot from the UAB faithful... #GOMEANGREEN!!!!

Against Alabama A&M, Ball State, and Coastal Carolina. Feel better now?

this more than anything else. it's so mentally deflating on both sides of the ball to do good work on first and second and then piss it away on third. Iowa converted on 61% of their third downs...and 80% of their fourth downs. UNT converted 0% on either. SMU converted 50% of their third downs...and 100% of their fourth downs. UNT converted a combined 39% on third and fourth hell...get those ratios to 50% on either side and I'll be relatively happy and can live with some aggressive penalties. I realize that's still a decent opponents conversion rate, but I don't want to go getting too good on third down defensively...means we'll see more punt returns. those make me too nervous.

We have depth there. However, in light of the depth, your concern is valid in that leaving Fine in the whole game regardless of the score is dangerous to Fine's physical well being.

I certainly got my feelings hurt Saturday.

Week 3 was a tough matchup for the Mean Green, and I think a lot of us came away rather impressed with the effort. Now, it's time to kick-off conference play, and lucky-for-us, we draw the feel-good-story Blazers of UAB! After 2 different weeks of extreme challenges for our defense, it will be nice to draw a squad that doesn't have an incredible <fill-in-the-blank player/unit>. They'll be very well coached, but they'll be overmatched by the Mean Green this week. There is 2 weeks worth of frustration built up for our guys. If they can keep that extra motivation under control and stay focused, they should come out and immediately impose their will against UAB. If they're overly-amped, look for the costly mistakes/penalties to continue to pile up, and the game will be sloppy & closer than it should be. Offensively, I look for Wilson to get rolling again, and for Mason to continue working on stretching the field with Guyton. Should be a pretty big day offensively. Defensively, I expect a shaky UAB OL to have a tough time with UNT's defensive front 7 with all the blitzes/stunts/uncertainty about where pressure is coming from. Should be a field day for Ejiya again. Not saying I expect this to be a blowout because UAB will score some... because they'll likely get some 3rd down conversions offensively while we shoot ourselves in the foot on 3rd down offensively. But it should be apparent throughout the game which team is superior. UNT: 38 UAB: 24

Good: Iowa game reminds me a lot of Florida game last year, but with a much better offense Despite lopsided loss, overall this was one of Littrell's best games Shanbour looked really solid, backup QB will see a lot of action Linebackers, a big question mark, played very well and are proving to be a plus unit Pass defense was substantially improved Defensive line played very well for most of the game Overall defense got gassed in the second half, still gave up few big plays DL Young had lb number of tackles, super game Mohammad is an unexpected force Great run by Wilson Fine continues to grow, one tough player Nine receivers had receptions Best offensive pass blocking in recent memory Bad: Iowa completely controlled game in second half Lack of defensive depth was evidence NT offense can't score if they are not on the field As a P5 program, Iowa was just much deeper Another loss in a guarantee game Ugly: Penalties, this game could have been a lot closer Many penalties were of the stupid variety NT discipline has to improve Punting, NT should forget about the rugby kicks

"We're excited to have coach McCarney and the 2013 team here... to get their rings." Huh? Anyone else heard this?

When the quarter started down by 3 points = A chance to win the game Later in the 4th Quarter down by 10 points = A chance to win the game again, you don't seem to understand the wording of a "chance" to win the game, and "close" to winning the game. As the 4th quarter winded down our "chances" became less and less, but down 3 points going into the 4th quarter by any metric known to man, is a giving yourself a "chance" to win the game.

"...We lost a great punter last year, and we brought in a guy this year, and he's gotta get comfortable..." #JAG #Idunnohisname #CrymyselftosleepmissingKeena

Seneca Wallace was no Derek Thompson

UTEP has beat us 3 years in a row. I am sure they have us penciled in as a win. Who could blame them?

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True, they could have but they didn't. There isn't a special column on the stat sheet to tell everyone that a player was pulled because he was injured, or the coach wanted to rest him, or whatever. You, as an individual, can discount every single stat that exists for whatever reason but the fact still stands ... there has not been a single opposing rusher that has run for more than 100 yards.

long time eating drives are bad for anyone. Iowa made a conscious and concerted effort to keep the ball. a big 10 school played as stereotypical big 10 football as possible in the second half because they both knew they could and that they had to. Iowa has 12, mostly generic white dude OLs all tipping the scales at 280 or better...and all but 3 of them are from Iowa, in case anyone thought we were losing recruiting battles...they just kept cycling in zone-blocking fatties and wore down our smaller line

it's easier when you're drawing a lot of modern punters from soccer backgrounds...also...when have you ever seen a blocked rugby-style punt? that's actually the whole point of the utilization of that technique...it may not be the prettiest, but it's going to have top-spin and it's going to give the punter time and space in almost all circumstances.

Coaching to give his team a chance to get the ball back and try and score. I imagine he could care less about the score in that situation.

http://www.uabsports.com/news/2017/9/18/football-bill-clark-previews-c-usa-opener-at-north-texas.aspx He seems thoroughly impressed with our offense.

yeah, i give the defense 5 stars for this game, they are the reason we were in it... and yes, they wore down in the second half, but that's because our offense was hardly able to sustain a drive in the second half (maybe three first downs?) so they were constantly on the field, facing Iowa's fresh 3rd and 4th RB... I'm a little disappointed we didnt take some more risks offensively in the second half with maybe a trick play or going for it on fourth down.

Bourbon

ALERT: Iowa is a vanilla team.

Apparently they don't have knee or ankle requirements either.

There isn't a game on our schedule we can't win, period. I'm just not seeing Southern Miss as a loss. Sure, they will be coming off of a bye week, but what have they done? *UTSA and *La Tech will be the two toughest games, but outside of those two, we should win the rest. * There is not any reason that we can't win these games.

It's WAY to early to say where (or if) we are gong to a bowl game. But I certainly wouldn't mind a return to trip to New Orleans!

I do and actually like calf fries, but I had a friend from out of state that used to always say that and it made me laugh.

North Texas leads the conference in passing/game and in total offense/game North Texas leads the conference in scoring/game North Texas leads the conference in - wait a minute - yards per play?? and only behind UAB rushing/game

"Bamanblazerfan" seems to have the right mentality for their fan base: Expect to lose, grow & get better this season, and let Clark continue to do his thing. Clark is probably a top 5 coach in the league. Lots of talk about history on there (mentions of Portland St., 2014?)... which is understandable since they haven't played, but this is year 2 of a completely different regime.

That was the first thing I noticed as well.

This & promotions is why boxing is dying a slow death.

I feel a lot better going into this conference season than I did last year. That said, our team simply can't afford to overlook anyone on the schedule including UAB. I know we have the talent to beat them, but will we? From UAB standpoint, THEY want this game badly. We really need to get them down quickly and keep them there. I honestly don't see any team left on the schedule that we simply can't beat, but several will require us to play very, very, VERY well. We can't afford terrible special teams play against La Tech. We can't have continuous stupid penalties against Southern Miss. We must have better 3rd down production on both sides of the ball against UTSA. While we can beat any team left on the schedule, we can also lose to any team left if we don't play our best.

I like coaching for a miracle come back a LOT better than "Remember our check when you look at the scoreboard." I don't think we ever stopped trying to win, at least we weren't obvious about it. And our players will learn the never quit attitude which is going to help in close games both later this season and years from now.

Rooster's is amazing, LSA is always fun to go to for the atmosphere, and the burgers are pretty good. I'd also suggest Crooked Crust right off campus, it can get cramped easily, but its always a good time going there and its great pizza for pretty cheap too!

Rooster's is where I always take people who are new to town. Better than LSA by far. Dick's is also good though.

Winning

We can go 5-4 in the remaining games. We can, doesn't mean we will. If we lose Saturday, the boat is officially taking on water. Saturday is a no excuse better win kind of Saturday.

Best answer I can give -- I feel like a North Texas fan.

Rugby style kicking is perfect for punters with shitty form. As you saw during one of the only traditional punts (something like 20 yards), our punter completely sucks at traditional punts. Keep with the rugby style, please.

If he can get back in time for UTSA, and can help win games, we need to play him. That's only 2 conference games missed, and I think he will make a huge difference against Army. Play him if you can.

We either have to get the ball out quick or take deep shots. /s This air raid team is built to pass short to deep. Conference play is coming up and we are about to start taking names.

Just another awful decision by this crackpot AD. We were told they couldn't set the pole because of moisture in the soil... Come to find out, it was because they were still trying to purchase the used utility truck. LIES! GLOBALLY speaking? This is America!

Quinn mother f'n Shanbour!! Adoption success.