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We just got back from my youngest daughters graduation in Fayetteville. I love the campus and Dickson street area. I ran into a lot of people who when “the game” came up, where still in shock and impressed. We left a wound in the fandom and I enjoyed the conversations. I actually lived in Knoxville for a short time and experienced the same reactions regarding our victory there. We don’t have that many milestones but that fateful day at Arkansas was a special one.

One of the most memorable sporting events in my lifetime! GMG

Who cares about Kansas football? Not even Kansas cares about Kansas football. Warmest regards to Jason Bean.

Guys, the problem isn't us or any other school per se. The problem is ESPN. TV markets run the show now and the rumor is the conference is getting pressure to add school on the West Coast that don't make a lick of sense outside of possible TV eyeballs. It was ESPN that brought Mizzou into the SEC over even founding member Georgia Tech, created the damned Big XII and added f'ing Rutgers and Maryland to a conference with Nebraska and Minnesota. I've stated before that if UNT or any school can add to the TV money that is what will carry the day, and if anyone in here can seriously come up with a way to counter TV money every conference commissioner in the country is waiting for that answer. - some of us want control over our conferences and scheduling back. But to pretend that a single school has more power than a potential 8 figure annual check is unfortunately wrong.

Yet smuT posters always end up over here to make a comment. For a school that doesn't matter much to some of you, you all sure can't seem to stay out of our backyard. The greatest fear of smuT at this point if for the giant public university in their market to catch fire and finally live up to its potential. There is a great benefit to smuT to keep North Texas "in its place." Well, I have a feeling the tide is about to turn.

I believe Seth has been given 2 years based on Phil’s contract. I also think they will get it done! GMG

Ummm were they gonna agree to let us only play offense?

I missed this game. I missed seeing the BeaTles. 2 of my biggest regrets.

If the AAC adds another football team to their league, I’d bet it would be Army as a football only add before anyone else would get a full member invite. What UNT needs badly is for TV to lose its grip on conference revenue and who gets to be members in these G5 leagues. That should be an NCAA controlled process. If that means watching the P5s go away on their own, sobeit. That would be the best thing that could ever happen, for reasons of competition and visibility. CFB has become so amazingly stale and predictable with the following teams always making the playoffs: Bama, Clemson, Oklahoma, LSU, Georgia, Ohio State, or ND. Nobody else even matters beyond these teams right now. That’s not an issue if there are 32 teams, but it is if you look at 65 teams much less 129. Let them create their own system and let it be a more Level playing field. When that all Shakes out, and TV doesn’t drive the conference affiliation bus instead of fan attendance and cost controls, then we can easily see a day where UNT and SMU, as well as Rice and UH to be in the same conference setup. But until then...we will have to enjoy our CUSA West setup, which is still the best we have ever had here since the MVC days of the 60s.

The field is set.

If Seth doesn’t get it done this year. We need to take a strong look at Keeler.

Fab 5 ?? You may have been at the wrong gate !

Now you hush with those pesky facts.

You can now in year 6. There's no excuse for having a bad history. If you're the coach that's going to put us on the map, you've had the time to invest in your guys, your staff, and your program. I'd say the biggest problem has been our inability to develop quality OL/DL prospects for the next level. LaTech routinely has D-linemen go in the 2-4th round seemingly every year. WKU seems to have solid OL prospects every year. We can only get so far with receivers and running backs, especially when there's a wealth of talent at both positions every year.

The problem is that the three SBC teams you talk about provide almost no TV market to the AAC.

Army has apparently said 'no' early on and that's for the best. The AAC desperately needs a top 10 or even NC presence and Army isn't going to fulfill that. That, and since Army is likely to leave their other sports in the Patriot League with Navy then I don't want another stupid football team/basketball team addition. Frankly, I'm for leaving BSU in the MWC where there are currently few quality wins and bringing in a top team from the Sunbelt who is positioned to actually challenge the AAC as the 'best of the rest' in the coming future. The SBC could have 3 top 25 teams this year and any discussion over 'quality wins' ends, especially if ULL beats Texas this year.

Trot out Trautwein, Wall and Trautwein. Pretty tough pitching staff.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Go for it!

Or at KU's offensive ineptitude.

The prototypical slot receiver is a piece of the puzzle that the Buccaneers' offense has lacked thus far under head coach Bruce Arians, but has now acquired in Darden. Arians instead opts to put bigger, more physical receivers in the slot such as Chris Godwin or even Mike Evans on occasion. In 2020, the 6-foot-1, 209 pound Chris Godwin played 55% of his reps from the slot, where he is dangerous thanks to his glue-like hands and crispy route running. Although Darden specializes in the slot, his speed allows him to create separation when lined up outside, especially when running 9 (go) routes. With his 4.46 40 yard time and unbelievable 6.67 three-cone result (ranked in the 91st percentile), Darden is a speed demon with cutting agility that unlocks another dimension of Tampa Bay's offense. read more: https://www.si.com/nfl/buccaneers/front-office/tampa-bay-buccaneers-jaelon-darden-scouting-report-nfl-draft

Aresco has said they will replace UConn, and it's worth noting that if the AAC did bring in more than 12 teams then we can renegotiate our TV contract with ESPN. But yeah, it's hard to see aggressive expansion in today's climate.

That summer my in-laws (Buckeye fans) gifted me and my father-in-law club tickets to the Ohio State vs TCU game at AT&T Stadium, which was played the same day of course. Sadly I missed out on this glorious day in UNT history, but I still had a great time!

Just wondering, with the economic impact in college sports why would the AAC look to widen it's footprint? It's hard to believe the P5 will be adding any teams. More likely to see a reduction in the number of teams considered "Power" and very hard to believe if there was expansion they would bring the entire AAC.

And it payed off in spades.

I don't ever fault players for looking for better opportunities. They are kids, after all. But the great athletes that choose to stay here and make their mark are just special. I hope guys like Darden know what they mean to this community.

Adding a team like App State makes way more sense than a Boise State, geographically

Or at our schedule vs. Kansas’.

A few things. Those rumors of BSU, SDSU, and UNLV talking with the AAC were so false. I don't know why people believe some random twitter account that had 50 followers on that type of news. UNLV is the biggest joke besides New Mexico in the Mountain west. The only thing they have is a nice new stadium that doesn't belong to them. They haven't done anything in football in at least 5 years. Who do you drop if you add those 3. The Mountain west without SDSU and Boise State are basically a glorified WAC with huge TV contracts. CUSA is way more appealing at that point.

They scored 15 points per game which was 124th in the nation, I know our defense was bad but the Kansas defense was dead last (46 PPG) I'm not saying we were good because we weren't, but I'm confident 2020's team would beat Kansas with ease. Bean, in my mind, is taking a huge step down from NT

Good post. I would also add that Coronavirus will likely delay any expansion talk for awhile as programs are going to be focused on getting butts in the seats again. That said, I imagine donations are way down and therefore discussions on economics will return rather quickly. For my 2 cents, I think the realignment will return once the Texas decides to bail on the Big 12 and/or the Longhorn network contract is back up for negotiation.

We're talking about media markets in 2021. The BCS, CFB playoffs, AAC and - hell - the internet didn't exist back then. There is some valid carry-over from these vintage SMU-NTSU mindsets/traditions. I don't see how this is one of them.

I live in Denton, I've always followed UNT on the side. Of course a scenario where UNT, for the first time ever, suddenly commits to football and makes the systemic changes necessary to be top tier is bad for SMU in general. But worse, now, would be to have a top tier program NOT in AAC. We'd snatch that up in a second, as we have been trying to do to Boise, who IS an add. You're just not. Maybe one day.

And I don’t know why they did that. Our team last year could’ve beat Kansas by double digits

A real jab at UNT in my humble opinion.

There is no SMU animosity to keep you out for some non-existent (to SMU) rivalry. Does adding UNT to AAC further their goals? The AAC goal is to get P5 level treatment. There are only two factors that matter to that: 1. Football Prestige and 2. Money. 1.Does UNT regularly appear in the top 25 and get mentioned for potential high bowls? No. So you don't help there. 2. Does adding UNT generate more money, significantly more money, per school to further competing for a P5 upgrade? No. So you add nothing that matters.

TV markets don’t matter in college football. It’s really simple-no matter where you’re located, if you put out a product worth watching, people will watch it. The Myrtle Beach bowl was the lowest rated bowl of the season by a long shot. 2 million less viewers than Liberty v Coastal. All of our previous bowl games were also at or near the bottom of TV ratings. The kool aid is strong when people think we’ve actually put out a product that the general public are interested in tuning in to. And the 1982 game that Plumm always likes to talk about the ratings for-it was probably the only game on TV at the time.

Best of luck to him but I am happy we will have a big upgrade at QB this season.

I’m not sure you can put that entirely on Seth. Our school had some sort of negative reputation with front offices for some reason. Look at the contrast between Jeff Wilson and Kenneth Dixon. Jeff was much better prepared for the NFL despite not being drafted. I think it has to do more with LaTech having a better reputation than us as opposed to Skip being some fantastic developer. Jaelon was the player the NFL front offices could not ignore. He SHOULD have won the Biletnikoff.

This has always been an easy formula. Dominate your current conference and other conferences will not need to be persuaded. They will be chasing us. That has never happened around here as even our best years we were not exactly spectacular. If football gets its act together and basketball maintains or improves then the AAC will be knocking at our door. But we have know this for decades and here we are.

I don't disagree but that's also buying into the sunk cost fallacy. Do you keep pouring money into that drain or pull it? I really hope he blossoms. There are sparks.

Forgot about Worthington?

If Seth wins 5 games in 2021 that will give him the 2022 season in which his offense will continue to shine & Def. Coordinator Phil Bennett will have had 1 year to insert his “Baylor style” slobber’knockin’ defense. Littrell has too many allies with UNT powers to be fired in 2021. Now if his whole team catches the next world pandemic & wins only 2 or 3 games, then that could create a job opening. 🦅 After reading GMG last year until the present, it seems most (except the usual NegNeds) want Littrell to be successful In 2021, so count me in that group. ••• We need at least a 6-7 year coach in Denton who leaves town well above .500.

So you guys don't want to talk expansion in an expansion thread? Seriously, three mwc schools to the aac is a very strong rumor and has potential huge ramifications for north Texas. I'm not making this up. Would north texas join a mwc lacking three of its current members? I wouldn't recommend it, but I have real interest as smu was in the wac with a lot of those schools.

My tweet! A few things. 1.We have won the most championships in the conference in the past 2 years, and had 3 MVPs with a Male Athlete of the year. 2. Football and SMU is holding us back. I don't see what would be wrong with us in the same conference as smu. If smu claims they are a AAC powerhouse, they shouldn't need to worry about little ole us. If they're the powerhouse, they shouldn't have a problem with TV and attendance ratings, recruiting, and so on. To be honest, it's between us and UAB. Both are building great programs, and while UAB is building back basketball, we are building back football. If we can get a few years of success in football, I don't see why we wouldn't be a fancy choice to add to the AAC.

I know teachers and musicians (what we are most known for) aren’t typically the most well paid, but do we really have the “weight of our slums” to throw around? 😆😆

Tampa Bay Bucaneagles?

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