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NT loses 59-56, but what an effort against #25 VCU on the road.

EDIT: It's North Texas vs. FAU in the final on Sunday at 12pm noon. It is going to be beautiful fall weather. This team deserves nothing less than to be playing in front of a packed house. Not even a conflict with the Cowboys who have the night game on Sunday. Sometimes other sports deserve football forum publicity. Hopefully the mods agree. This weekend is one of those times. Our most successful program (of the last 3 generations), Women’s soccer (the 2-seed) is hosting the conference tournament. The semifinal is tomorrow night at 7pm vs. 3-seed Rice. The final (should we advance tomorrow) will be Sunday at noon against 4-seed Charlotte or 1-seed FAU. This team deserves a packed house Friday night and (hopefully) Sunday afternoon. Will be chilly tomorrow but the weather when we hopefully play Sunday will be beautiful. This is one of the occasions where NT fans should make a plan to show up whether big soccer fans or just NT fans in general. When our teams play these big games in our facility, we need to show up. This team in particular deserves the support GMG!

Final UNT 2 - Rice 0 See y'all on Sunday!

Years ago we had a student worker who had long unkempt hair. Several warned him about the effect on employers. His response was it was his right to wear his hair anyway he wanted. We agreed, and pointed out the employer had the same right not to hire him because of it. Your right to a tat or piercing does not negate others rights to be turned off by them.

You know that NT played 3 point guards, and were playing to shoot the ball until the last 5 seconds. This was a game against the number 25 team and in their house with a sellout crowd. Only loss because their player hit two clutch threes in the last minute after missing every 3 attempt up to that point. Very encouraging game, this should be a fun season.

Yes, NT would have probably won the game with Woolridge. However, he is not coming back and lamenting that is IMO a disservice to what may turn out to be a very good NT team. Gibson is not even supposed to be a point guard, but apparently they thrust him more than Wise or Jackson at this time. .

Yep. And I am a big fan of the tougher OOC schedule.

Great effort. Sucks we couldn’t pull it out but great to build on. Hesitancy lost us this game from what I saw. Gibson has to be more assertive. I know Mccasland likes us to run the clock down but late you gotta be looking to shoot.

50 years ago in "The Snake Pit" these are the guys that got us hooked forever on North Texas basketball. Good times!

We need to win

Surely they won’t tolerate another g5 loss at this point.

Those last 2 possessions were gross. But man... we sure look legit this year.

Congrats on your coaching career, reaffirms that recruiting is everything. I do think this game is an outlier. This team has some players and will gel to a much better team. What concerns me and inline with your comments, is her post-game comments. She recognized and complained about her team shooting so many threes. Why not stop it, do the players not pay any attention to her direction or does she not coach on the sideline?

Love the kid and it’s admirable that he put up the numbers he has. Undoubtedly the best QB North Texas has ever had. But let’s get real... He’s a sure fire UNT HOFer. That’s it. Joe Greene was a generational talent, NFL HOFer, made a huge imprint on the NFL and is a household name for what he did in and out of football. This isn’t a shot at Mason, he’s seems like a good guy. But comparing the two is a little ridiculous.

WKU up on Arkansas 28-7 with 6 mins left in first half. To be fair I am not sure how much of a "power" team Chad Morris - Arkansas is. I wish he were stilll at SMU. Wonder where he'll coach next season.

Well, you were also fed false information. Can you remember how we were told that TE would be really involved in the passing game this season? I can. But I can't remember it actually happening.

Go pour the rest of your beers down the sink. You're in timeout. *There is context to what I said in this thread. Close one eye when reading when sloppy, hear it helps.

Damn...La Tech has had the ball since the carter administration

Every team should just go for it against this defense

We're only in this because their QB is missing horribly.

38-7 in the 3rd Chad Morris won't be leaving the stadium with a job.

Fine’s press conference in the TRex outfit made the cut. Pretty funny.

I was at the game last night and was shocked to hear the roar of the crowd at the goals. I was only expecting brief polite clapping. It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be, and the new soccer stadium facility is really nice. Team Statistics Team Statistics Game Stats RICE UNT Goals 0 2 Shots 8 22 Shots on Goal 2 8 Saves 6 2 Corners 4 2 Offsides 2 0 Fouls 9 15 Scoring Summary 74:56 Byrd,Allie (7) Assisted By: DeFrain,Elle Marie , Guderian,Madeline GOAL by UNT Byrd,Allie (FIRST GOAL), Assist by DeFrain,Elle Marie and Guderian,Madeline, goal number 7 for season. 84:24 Peters,Berklee (11) Assisted By: Gonzalez,Michelle GOAL by UNT Peters,Berklee, Assist by Gonzalez,Michelle, goal number 11 for season. *One other note - These stats were against a dominant Rice team that had only lost one conference game all season

Too easy...

Ronald Reagan helped tear down the Berlin Wall (via speech) over 30 years ago, and he just got a statue. Not that this statement is relevant to UNT football. We haven't even won the conference or a bowl game yet. Not that it's Mason fault, but you know what I am saying.

Just saw the replay...this team is easily better than last year. This team has multiple shooters and athletes. Defense was solid. I wish the low post was a bit more aggressive, but this team shows promise. Looking forward to a great year. GMG!

Good info. Might be a great opportunity to take my 11 yr old girl out to see them. Always been a top notch program

Beat Rice 2-0. On to the Finals.

Got one on a neutral court in a few weeks

We were ranked #20 in the API poll in 1976. A great year for North Texas athletics.

Down 10 first period and came back!! Very encouraging! GMG

No shame in that performance. That is a ranked team that we took to the wire. Only gripe is this team really needs better shot selection but that will come with chemistry and playing time. Very excited for this season

Impressive so far. Bell is a beast on the boards. It’s going to take me a few games to get used to so many new faces. Very different team in a lot of respects.

Yeah. But stat monger and stuff.

Have to think the crowd will be even better and louder tomorrow. This is probably our only chance at a football championship this year. 😉

It’s just hard for me to see Skip Holtz leaving La Tech for another CUSA gig, especially when his recruiting pipeline is about 10x easier than it would be here.

Reeder better get his shit together in the half because we need a miracle. The defense has actually showed up with no offense to support them.

I said this earlier this year but it feels like Seth has a clause in his contract that he gets extra pay if he holds 3 timeouts into halftime 🤣

Could not agree more. This is a poorly coached defense

LSU vs Arkansas should be a nail biter.

My soccer obsessed daughter and I will be there tomorrow afternoon.

Offense still looks rough and confused at times. We are still missing that go to scorer, so it’s going to have to be a team effort. But our defense and especially offensive rebounding look to have really improved. This team is going to be a tough out all year if they stay healthy.

The weather Sunday is going to be perfect. Let’s pack that stadium.

Let’s also consider Smart is out. If he plays to his Sophomore standards that adds even more offense and spreading the floor. I am surprised Jackson, Wise, and Muhammad have really contributed much this (early) season.

It is always tough to find a new coach, but I think it is mistake to hire an ex head coach from a big name school. They don't have to recruit to hard to get players at the big schools. You need a great recruiter who can coach in CUSA.

Young man needs to remember who offered first, which school is closest to home and that he would look best in Green.

Maybe bobble head statue for now, see Booger Kennedy. We need time to see how he represents the university as an alum before doing a full size statue, IMO. BTW, I fully expect Mason to represent well.

We could have our hands full with their big guy #14 Marcus Santos-Silva - 6'7" 250lbs His line for their first game was: 30 min 21 points (72.7%) 18 reb 3 ast 3 stl He is described as "Tenacious rebounder, skilled passer, solid footwork, left-handed" "Played soccer and tennis in HS" Whoa! 6'7" soccer/tennis players bother me!

I'm sure this has been mentioned on this board before, but there is a fantastic (really, really fantastic) book written about this by Jeff Miller: The Game Changers: Abner Haynes, Leon King, and the Fall of Major College Football's Color Barrier in Texas. My vote would be for both of them to be honored.