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Regardless of all of this.... Patrick Cobbs is still a really cool, really good dude. And the kids at Ryan are lucky to have him as a coach and role model.

What is funny is that the “experts” will now say that UCF clearly doesn’t belong because of an 8 point loss to LSU. Strangely, they will leave out that Baylor lost a TON of games for years in Big XII play, Kansas loses the majority of their league games, Vanderbilt doesn’t sniff conference titles, Arizona is no perennial winner, and the P5 is littered with teams that would have lost by 8+ to LSU...yet they are all still afforded a “legitimate” seat at the table.

Again...this is like giving Alabama a pass for not being up for Utah when they had a chance to play for the National Title. Or Auburn vs UCF last year. Or Boise State versus an OU years ago. When people would say that all of the G5 schools would howl in anger and rightly so. We can't then turn around and then say Georgia has that excuse because next time a school "like us" beats a big boy in one of these, they'll use that same damn line on us.

And they played without their starting QB Milton. I think the outcome would have been different with him in the game.

With the NFL playoffs starting this week and the BCS wrapping up whatever it does, I thought I would write out a thought I had over the weekend of what the NFL Playoffs would look like if they followed the model used by the NCAA and the BCS. =========================================== First of all,. the playoffs would only be represented by the NFC EAST, the NFC North, the NFC West, and the AFC West. These are the automatic qualifier conferences. The other conferences just don't get enough TV time to be considered competitive so they are out. The Patriots, Steelers, and Saints might be allowed in but only if they are really, really good (undefeated for like two years in a row). So the first round of the playoffs will look like this. The first semifinal will be the Bears vs the Rams . The second semifinal will be the Cowboys vs. the Chiefs. Sorry, that is how they got ranked. The Super Bowl will the winners of the Bears/Rams game and the Cowboys/Chiefs game. There will also be playoff games featuring the Saints against the Seahawks, the Vikings against the Eagles, and the Chargers against the Redskins. These games don't really mean anything but they are playoff games in our system. Just be happy you got to play in an extra game. The Patriots, Ravens, Texans, Colts, and Steelers had good seasons as well and while their records were better than the Redskins, the Saints claimed the spot from the non-qualifying conferences so there were no other opportunities. Yes, the Redskins only had 7 wins, but they were legitimate wins. Also, next year the NFL will reduce the money allocated to the conferences of the non-automatic qualifier conferences to amount normally given to one team in an automatic qualifier conference. You still have follow the same rules and provide the same benefits, but do it will less money. And if you are really good, we might let you play in a playoff game. And don't complain to the NFL - this is how TV wanted it.

glad u reminded it is only Wed, when u retire you lose track of days.....lol. I most likely would have shown up tonight.

I agree, but they probably think the same of us and some of our conference mates.

No, you cannot use this excuse. It's the same one schools like Alabama used to make after losing to a Utah in the Sugar Bowl. Texas is just whipping Georgia right now. I don't much like it either, but the Bulldogs have no excuse at all.

Yeah...It's a testament to their overall team. We played our freshman QB 2 1/2 quarters and got mopped by USU. UCF started theirs and dropped 32 points vs LSU. For the LSU fans and "P5" cronies stating that the G5 argument is dead. To that I say UCF competed vs an SEC power and had the ball late in the 4th quarter down 1 possession with a freshman QB playing pretty poorly. To note, LSU rushed 2.9 ypc on something like 50 attempts. They tried to lean on UCF defense and they did in the 4th quarter, but their passing game created the separation. It also helps LSU that UCF went 3 and out eight times due to their QB just not seeing his reads. A healthy Milton on his game carves them up for 50 points while at least cutting out half of those 3 and outs, book that.

Georgia got their ass kicked.

0-3 is a tough way to start a new job.

UCF and USF are VERY similar to UNT in a lot of ways.

Whataburger has higher standards than him.

Sigh....La Tech didn’t do anything....North Texas shot itself in the foot.

My crystal ball says he will go to Houston in the end 😉

I will be there with the wife and two kids! Second game of the season for us! Proud to say I did not attend a single game of the Benford error.

"What's the difference?" - Todd Dodge

Taking an official visit this week per Vito. Signed in 2017 with Buffalo and spent his true freshman season there. Currently playing at Odessa College. http://www.wranglersports.com/Sports/mbkb/2018-19/bios/reese_james_emif https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/james-reese https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/10797

Cement City needed to be knockdown in the late 1970's. It sucked bad when I lived on Louise Street. Still, remember the slum lords company Fox&Jacobson. The University should annex the land and knock it all down. It has become a high crime area.

DRC: Big outing in win over Rice by Smart a good sign for UNT https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/men-s-basketball-smart-finding-groove-at-just-the-right/article_3c348018-dabd-5b45-a300-933394c3f0c9.html Chalk talk: Louisiana Tech at UNT https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/chalk-talk----louisiana-tech-at-north-texas/article_298e90e1-cd14-5642-bfbf-390a48438b45.html

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This is a tricky game to play. Players rotate in and out on defense constantly. Just because starters didn't play as much doesn't mean the guys playing were freshmen on their 4th career start. Missing your heisman finalist quarterback impacts your team differently. With Milton in they would have kept drives going and scored more putting more pressure on LSU to put up points. UCF's defense would have also had more breathers. Who knows how the game would have gone with all starters in but it's not a stretch to say the two teams aren't separated by much.

Though markets are important, I don't think it's held at such a high regard as it was just 5 years ago. We have a thing in the state of Texas that runs deeper than anywhere I have ever seen...t-shirt fan-itis. It's a state wide epidemic that starts with the Cowboys and UT and trickles down. No one in this state wants to be a diehard fan until it's convenient to be a diehard fan, at least from what I have seen and experienced.

Read the post again. It was nothing about Holgorsen ability compared to Applewhite. And it had zero to do with jealousy. It is the irony of the fact that 8-4 is a fire able offense in H-Town. Then you go and spend 4 million a year on a guy that has just won more than 8 games once in the last 7 years. And I dont want to hear any excuse about its hard to win in the big 12. Good coaches can recruit to their competition.

I really wish the MAC would go away. Yeah I know Northern Illinois is good sometimes and Western Michigan made it to a New Years Bowl a couple years back but no team in that conference is exciting. Just the mere mention of Toledo or Akron put me to sleep.

I'll be there. Need to rally the alumni troops for this one. The team has dictated good attendance, specifically for big games.

yeah fly into to Oakland, I hear it is a very nice city to visit.

Agreed. And a lot of those "experts" also think Georgia should have been in the playoff this year. LSU beats UGA by 20, LSU beats UCF by 8. These results clearly indicate that Georgia should have made the playoffs and that UCF "doesn't belong" in the playoff. Yep, makes perfect sense.

DRC: https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/unt-new-year-s-notes-and-tidbits/article_0bf1f715-415f-5a0e-8f36-43892b8e399e.html

So, let me see if I have this straight. A coach with generally middling success, and a few positive spikes in record, decides he wants to leave his job and the employer decides they’d like him gone as well...except there is a lot of money still owed. So a “P6” school with more money than good sense comes along and money whips a guy who really had no competitive market for his services to solve both the coach and the former employer’s headache. Sure, sounds like a home run all around 😆😆😆😆

The Denton Sportatorium. We can have rasslin matches there, too.

Sustained success at a level of 10+ wins a year every year for the foreseeable future. No idea exactly how many years in a row that will take as no one has ever done it before. I've read Holgorson is getting $20 million over five years - some say guaranteed but I haven't seen a real reporter write that. IF it works, it's probably worth it, but that remains a BIG if. I'm far from convinced they won't start next year 1-2 or even 0-3 based on a new staff, limited recruiting for next year and who they've got coming back. If they don't get their 10+ wins next year, someone is going to be looking bad over this decision. This really is the "big risk/big reward" situation. If it works they are in great shape, but if it doesn't they are really in trouble. The hard part is committing those dollars for an unknown duration of time - could be seven to ten years!

Yeah, figured we'd fly in there Thursday Mid day into San Fran, and Go up to Wine Country Friday. Wake up Saturday morning in a fog and head over to Berkley, watch UNT whoop up those Silly Bears and Stay in Berkeley that night. Fly out of Oakland the next day. Sounds like a pretty nice weekend, might try to go to Bed Bath and Beyound..... I dont know, I dont know if i'll have enough time!

If you don't mind a few hours drive in very scenic country, fly into Reno instead for a long weekend. Tahoe and Wine Country is great to see...

And Georgia is currently crapping themselves against texas college.

Anyone Thinking about making the Trip out to Cal Berk this September? Ive been looking at flights and they aren't bad!

Is Seth gonna fail out of the North Texas coaching job, get the Houston Community College job, and then spend all his time over here thumping his chest? If so, then he is ABSOLUTELY gonna look like a 🤡

CQ I have a question why are not you not on the Cougar board celebrating with your fellow fans? They chase you away? Seems like you spend way to much time over here. Come back on game week if you like but give it a rest. If you need a second home I bet UTSA would love to have you.

Woolridge is such an under appreciated player across the league. Does an excellent job of controlling the game. Can do a little bit of everything and is capable of playing iron man minutes when necessary. We’re deep with 5-7 guys capable of going off on any particular night. Love that they have such an unselfish mentality as a team.

Buying their way up, but needing a Groupon.

Has anyone heard if Shakeem will be back this season? I knew he was injured.

I like Jason too. His speed brings an additional weapon to the table, but how do you know he’s hilarious? Link?

Why, because he's 20 years old and having fun?

So are we going to have a thread for JJ every time he does something for all eternity? Asking for a friend.

Mosaic glass tile SOW my former boss made for me. Given to me as a table top but I decided to backlight it with LEDs and hang it in the back yard.

I thought the same thing after the La Tech loss but it happened time and time again but Hopefully something changes and its a new team next year in the 2nd half of games.

Probably my old NTSU tray from the cafeteria I use for tailgating. I kick myself for only getting one of them from the surplus when I had the chance.