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UTSA fans can kick rocks, their TE straight up blocked our LB who had the RB in man coverage in their last TD. Like not even pretended to run a route. I hate how much the game favors offenses. Can you tell I coach defense? Id also like to go in record saying I'm not a fan of any of the zoom motions where we hand the pop off to Guyton, he runs good routes and has good speed. Just throw it to him. also like to go on record and say Jeffrey Wilson won us this game, not with his legs, but with his pass pro. Dude picked up damn near every extra rusher last drive, and several other times in the game. Wow, I missed that the first time watching the game.

Dallas is a town southeast of Denton.

1. We ran a twist away from the B gap that opened up and he ran through. We were in cover 1 behind it and the free safety turned to run with a WR running a fade. Leaving Garner alone with Sturm and somehow Garner ends up getting caught in trash of the OL/DL and can't get there. By the time the DB's realized it was to late. I screamed like a toddler when that play was happening.

As a coach I love to learn from people with more experience than me, as a fan I like to see what we did well and what we did not do well. When I watch in the heat of the moment it is hard to remove the fan in me and see the game as a coach.

You could almost say Jeff’s blocks were key to this win. They were huge.

http://biletnikoffaward.com/fan-vote Guyton is midway down! Let's get our boy some love!!

Not sure, but it does remind me when we had two different NCAA rushing leaders sharing the same backfield in Denton.

I agree with almost everything your saying. The exception being I loved the motion pop to Guyton. I think plays like the pop as well as the QB sweeps on goal line really caught UTSA off gaurd and, to some extent, kept them from completely packing the box and overloading the A and B gaps (which they still did anyways). I think it was a moderately successful attempt at keeping the defense honest. I love talking the X's and O's!!! So much to discuss and learn from! GMG!

DRC: http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/mean-green/2017/10/17/notebook-unt-try-keep-even-keel-big-win-utsa

Denton is not a suburb of Dallas.

Tell that to an Army drill sergeant. Tell that to your boss when/if you seek gainful employment. The most important thing you can learn is to learn to do what you have to do in life.

I disagree. The gist of his article is that people have consistently doubted him due to his stature...to their own peril

THIS JUST IN !! Psychologists say that Owls suffer from "Beak Envy" when comparing themselves to Eagles.

Texas, Penn St, Wisconsin, Nebraska, etc. would like to have a word with you...

What an emotional roller coaster last Saturday. If you were angry enough to leave the game after one of the poorest-executed 4th down plays ever, you were not alone. If you stayed and got your hopes up slightly when the defense held, you probably felt like your loyalty was rewarded with a gut-punch when they perfectly executed their punt, downing it at the 2-yd line. If you STILL believed... you were in for a memorable/elating finish. This week, NT travels to the Florida coast to take on the "other" Owls of Florida Atlantic. This is a team that is on the upswing, running the ball extremely well. Oh, and former UNT recruiting target DeAndre McNeal leads the team in receiving. Their defense appears to be porous against the run, giving up a whopping 258yds/game on average! That is good for Mr. Jeffrey Wilson, who should have a monster day against these guys. Problem is, their rush offense is also very potent. So our defense is going to need to stack the box a little and *gulp* trust the corners to cover. Their QB (another Driskel) appears to be similar to UAB's Erdley (who didn't have a very good day running against us) with some wheels. Going to need Ejiya or Garner to spy him (or do whatever we were doing against Erdley, because it worked beautifully). Preseason, I had this one as a sure-win, as I figured FAU would have taken a few conference L's by now and start to unravel/become undisciplined. That does not appear to be the case, and they, along with Marshall & WKY, are looking like the only real threats in the East right now. The weather is forecasting to be rainy on Saturday in Boca Raton, so I would not expect our offense to be as explosive as usual. Much more running the ball than normal (which should work out nicely against this poor FAU rush D)... I expect a big day from Wilson/Smith/Fine (&Darden/Guyton on the jet sweeps) running the ball. Give me another Mean Green Win. UNT: 31 FAU: 21

Green White Green for this week vs FAU. What do yall think? I like it.

7. Lane Kiffen has an alias on dating websites, known as Joey Freshwater...

Congrats. I don't know what is more entertaining. Watching him play or watching him being interviewed.

Admitted. Foot in mouth. Awesome. My apologies.

The FIRST man needs to tackle him. The SECOND man needs to try to rip the ball loose.

I sat down and watched it again to because I wanted to watch specifics other than where the ball is. I do it for UNT and the Cowboys a lot. It helps you know your team much better.

Yeah. I would like to see Darden run that jet sweep more than Guyton.

Denton is the apex of The Golden Triangle. She’s a flyer not a base.

I miss this helmet (green w/ black SOW). And I would love to see this concept helmet made a reality.

Looks like Fine has 20 career TDs (Rushing + Passing) at UNT. I would be alright with him accounting for another 143 to match his HS career. Get to work, sir.

Littrell himself said it when we were recruiting Fine. I don't thinks it's crap perception. I think it's reality for G5 programs. Good high school quarterbacks who have good size get bombarded with P5 offers. Most G5s have to choose between short QBs like Fine, Rakeem Cato, Blake Bogenschutz, etc. or try to develop tall QBs who don't have great production, like Connor Means (50% completion percentage in high school) or Josh Greer types.

Tepper is a Fine fan. It’s meant as a chastising dig at others.

“Then again, if Mason Fine were a little bigger, he probably wouldn’t be at North Texas. After all, that would’ve given you a reason to believe in him.” This is the kind of funk, crap perception we have overcome. We just have to.

ESPN Link

Here's a link to the ESPN article with more details. Logan is really complimentary about the coaching staff here! :) http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/21056794/logan-holgorsen-commits-north-texas-mean-green

That is just awesome. Well done.. Well lived. I am always a little sad at what Voertman's store has turned into in the last 15 years.

Nope, that would be the all whites. I really dig these though!

Dale Hansen, you old rascal you

The buzz is starting to spread. I've had friends unconnected to the program ask me about Mason & SL recently. Really need to keep the momentum going and move toward a signature bowl win, hopefully against a P5 in or close to our own backyard. One week at a time for now.

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/10/18/16496096/college-football-playoff-wisconsin-washington-oklahoma-ohio-state-auburn-south-florida Starts at about 13:45

Given our luck (and CUSA officials), I was afraid the replay would come back with a foul/ejection being called. It wasn't, but I still expected it.

As an aside, it's interesting how Flantic has "borrowed" Florida State's helmet design from the mid-70's.

I had to go home that night and rewatch parts of it. I wanted to watch the last 2 minutes of the first half. There were a couple calls I thought were suspect. I wanted clarification on the Sturm fumble TD. I think that's also when the personal foul against Jordan Murray was called. I wanted to be able to see that again. If he's not 18 inches taller than everyone else on the field, I don't think he gets that call. Haha They teased the halftime show with interviews from Neal and Wren so I watched that too. Those guys are worried about SL leaving. They both mentioned in their interviews that keeping him is a top priority. And I had to watch the final drive as well just for kicks.

That would be a fun game to rewatch now. But, there are 2 plays in particular that I don't want to revisit. The 3rd and 17 when we somehow allowed Sturm to run for the first down. I could not believe that and it nearly cost us the game. Sturm's fumble at the goal line when all our guy had to do was fall on the ball and save a TD., instead of trying to pick it up. Of course, if those things didn't happen we would not have had a chance to experience those last 67 seconds.

Will be illegal under NCAA rules starting next year.

Yeah you just go up like you’re ordering and say you’re getting the coaches show buffet. It’s 9.99 and they just hand you a plate. Drink is extra

They are not involved. The store sucks so bad they should be forced to remove the name.

I don't think so. His statement before that was that if Fine were bigger, the hit he took at the end wouldn't have hurt him as much. But, in the proposed hypothetical where Mason Fine is bigger you also would have to consider that he would have had P5 offers. That's what Tepper was getting at.

I honestly for the life of me can't figure out who Mac's group was interested in. Seemed like pretty much nobody. Weren't we down to something like 56 scholarship players when he left? That guy just flat out refused to recruit.

All I'm gonna say is that if we win this game, we are playoff bound: We beat FAU FAU beat MTSU MTSU beat Syracuse Syracuse beat Clemson Lock it and get your plane tickets and hotel rooms, folks.

Dale is stale and corney. But, he had a huge part in exposing SMUt. So I’m willing to let him hang around as long as he wants.