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Good article on Reeder and his Offensive Philosophy: https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2019/04/16/how-bodie-reeder-plans-to-build-winning-offense-at-north-texas?ref=article_preview_img

But it fits the recent popular narrative of victimhood.. It’s just like when the women’s coach for Notre Dame, Muffet McGraw used her press conference during their Final Four run to soap box about the same rediculous non issue, spouting statistics and complaining of the low number of women in power positions like elected office, head coaching, C.E.O...etc.. She later embarrassed herself by unknowingly invalidating her complaints when asked after getting her ass kicked (by another female coach...LOL)..in the championship game,...if she planned on resigning now and running for office? To which she replied no, she was happy doing the job she had. With that answer she added herself to the same statistics she was complaining about and proved why those statistics exist,...choice. There’s no horrific grand scheme to keep women from positions of power. They simply do not seek elected office at the same level of numbers that men do. So silly. Rick

Over the last nine games last year we scored over 31 points twice. With a quarterback like Fine, the way college football is today and a mediocre conference like CUSA, that isn't that good. Especially when our D gave up an average of 28 points a game during that stretch. Go look what Utah State averaged in the MWC, a conference most believe is better than CUSA. They scored over forty points seven out of their last ten games and many of those were over 50. I don't even know who the USU QB is and I live in Utah. We averaged 28 points over the last nine games which is just about the NCAA average. Not good when you have the best QB in the history of the program. I don't know if Harrell was the problem but I didn't watch this offense and think we were out scheming people. Reeder has to do better.

Double header tomorrow. We could still take the division and overall regular season crown and the top seed in the post season conference tournament if things fall our way. Of the top 6 teams..3 in the West, 3 in the east we have one of the more favorable remaining conference schedules. After this weekend we play at UAB and Middle in Denton.. La Tech, which is just ahead of us still has to face WKY and Southern Miss. We need Tech and wKY to lose to get the top seed. If not as long as we take care of ourselves we will still be sitting good for the tournament. Rick

DRC: Cornerback came back from a tough end to last season and excelled during the spring https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/why-cam-johnson-is-unt-s-breakout-player-for-spring/article_b1f8c078-789a-5571-ac5f-ebaeaadf8dd3.html

Visited with 2 other commits and we have had good luck with guys that change their profile pics to ones from their visits. I'd say great sign.

Have to sort of agree with FFR here....why are folks trying to find ways to make “something out of nothing”? Not just this, but this “victim” garbage is getting way out of hand. Give it a rest folks and move along. With all this global warming shouldn’t all the snowflakes be melting by now? 😂😂🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

A Ferrari that can't get a first down in crucial situations and crucial games.

Wife wanted to make sure she repped her alma mater while on vacation for a few days. GMG from Playa Del Carmen.

I am a Graham Harrell fan, but I honestly believe we have upgraded this coaching position.

perhaps a good sign

I’ll save you the trouble. Mean Green are #6 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2829305-ranking-college-footballs-most-dynamic-duos-in-2019

I think "building" an offense here is already done. Coach Reeder has been handed the keys to a Ferrari. Don't wreck it.

Please show that part of the crew this..

Just FYI...looking like one big Caravan this year...tentative date is June 1st...a Saturday...location in Arlington to be announced. Soooo..make plans now to attend. Lots of coaches, players, kids “stuff”, food, etc. Just trying something different it appears. Let’s pack the place and have a great Mean Green time. Mark your calendars now...and find a friend to carpool with! Edit: A Denton Caravan stop has been added for Denton @ Apogee

You would not believe how disappointed I was in that store...

Just got notice that we will have a FRISCO ROUGHGRIDER Goodie Bag in our silent auction which will include a soft side cooler, two sippie-type cups and FOUR 1904 tickets which include all the food you can eat and all the drinks you can consume...well, probably within reason when it comes to the alcohol...Ha! Retail value o f this item is :$175.00. Thank you Steven King for getting this great item for us!

Those aren’t d1 college track times but for a football player they are very solid times. If you’re a skill kid and can run high 10s you’re good. If you’re running 11.55 and you’re an DE/LB most would take that any day of the week. It’s not ungodly slow for a football player. For a D1 track kid: yes.

Either way, analogies aside, our short yardage game needed to be reworked from the ground up and it sounds like he did that. Using different personnel packages should help us. If everything you do is 4 wide with one back or 5 wide, it's not hard for the defense to key in on what you were doing. Harrell's, and largely air raid's, philosophy isn't to trick or disguise what you're going to run necessarily, but to out execute the opponent. Getting more diverse with the formations and personnel should help keep the defense guessing. Another article had Fine mention that Reeder wants more pre-snap defense identification versus Harrell's progression based decision making. This, theoretically, will be good for the evolution of Fine as a quarterback and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mason ends up calling his own plays to adjust for different defensive looks in this new version of the offense. On paper, I am really excited about the Reeder hire. We'll just have to see how it does on Saturdays.

Wife's father was from Tamaulipas. Valle Hermoso.

These are both common mistakes, one of which (corps) the editor definitely should have caught.

Well that driver is Fine and I don’t think he failed to block on short yardage carries. The mere fact that a new approach is being adopted says to me that the problem was recognized and addressed by Reeder’s hiring.

The driver can stall it out if he's not very good with a stick shift going uphill. The machine is still built & powerful as ever.

Just a PSA...that I am 100% certain that some asshat will downvote, 😂😂😂, our game will be played tomorrow, Saturday, April 20th at 11:00am on the PEB Field (not Lovelace Stadium). The PEB field is located at the corner of North Texas Blvd and Chestnut St. No seating...so bring a lawn chair or two and enjoy the fun. We have some great brisket coming and some great silent auction items...come on out! Going to be fun!!!

Great article. Love this quote.

Good article, but please allow me to nitpick just a bit. Tulsa's team is known as the Golden Hurricane (singular), not the Hurricanes (that's Miami, FL). Also, the word may be pronounced "core," but it's actually spelled "corps." Just for your future reference. Keep up the good work.

When considering both the office of SGA president and vice president, men have occupied these positions 79.3 percent of the time, while women make up 20.5 percent of the occupants of those offices. Numerically, 116 men and 30 women have been either SGA president or vice president Have to wonder what the other .2 were?? Was the Albino Squirrel elected??

I would be curious to know what % of people running are men vs what % are women.

This loss to Port St was a turning point for the football program. The loss was humiliating, but the immediate firing of Mc and eating the balance of his salary showed a change was coming. What if we beat PS and go 500 that year would we be enjoying today’s success? Was the loss worth it? A lot of pain for a lot of gain. GMG

In her first two seasons, Ivana Babic did not make much of an impact on the North Texas tennis team. She rarely played on the court and off of it she View Full Article

Do we have the Seth typical TE at this time? I don't think so as far as size is concerned. The new signees look to be more of his type in the 6'3 and 6'4 range. Hope Smith stays healthy, because Pirtle is really on the lite side.GMG

Playa del Carmen.

DRC: https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/unt-hosts-junior-college-wing-thomas-bell/article_ccdbad31-9b46-5df3-b687-c52f83009d1c.html

This is why I want to see some situations where we use a package specifically for Bean. Maybe an option wrinkle or bring him into the game in the slot and motion him to under center late in the play clock.

Most are the same folks still giving a ton of money today.

Everyone generally struggles against a dual-threat QB (which is why basically everyone in the college game is looking for one), but I feel like we have been particularly susceptible to them over the past several years. Under the current system, it might be because of the attacking nature of the defense resulting in LBs being upfield when the QB takes off, thus allowing running lanes and allowing him to get to the next level untouched.

"The UNT 17." A fabled group of 17 big money donors that obviously were smart enough to make a lot of money professionally yet were dumb enough to be "fleeced by RV." I would love to see a list of these 17.

Because...that is the correct answer. You build this great facility, start paying decent coaching salaries, and then see an epic disaster occur on Homecoming when your AD schedules the only OOC home game against a team from the Pacific NW that is FCS and watch said team prison rape us in front of the biggest crowd of the season while the team acts like they don’t care. Thats all it took...

Without question. I'd take that bullet 10/10 times.

A great question. I think the answer has to be yes, sadly. It was the only way to get the attention of the administration, BOR, and big donors. This debacle led to the end of Mac immediately, RV, and eventually, Benford.

Is that what they really want to do?

Even scarier is the triple threat qb. Can you imagine him being able throw, sing and dance?!

we should never underestimate a dual threat qb! He is scary.

King is going to be tough. He's a very smart player. But I think Lil' Briles' offense had a lot to do with the explosion of production there. Holgorsen's offense isn't as fast-paced, so maybe his production will slow down a little. Whereas, on the flipside, maybe Reeder's offense will allow Fine's production to increase.

"The Duo: QB Mason Fine and WR Rico Bussey Jr. Fine's History: Heading into his senior year, Fine is already a North Texas legend. He holds the program record for career passing yards (9,417) and is just six touchdowns from breaking that mark as well. The school's single-best season win total is nine, which Fine has matched in both years as the full-time starter. Bussey's History: As a sophomore, Bussey ranked third on the Mean Green with 47 catches and 677 yards. But last year, he recorded team-high totals of 68 receptions, 1,017 yards and 12 scores. 2019 Outlook: North Texas is loaded in 2019. Fine headlines an offense that returns Bussey, a second-team All-C-USA running back (DeAndre Torrey) and two 400-yard wideouts (Jaelon Darden and Michael Lawrence). As long as UNT finds its offensive tackles, Fine should threaten for the 4,000-yard mark with 1,000-plus to Bussey." Nice article and another pic of Fine to go with it.

One of Marcus Trice's boys.