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The player's name was Raymond Klein "Buddy" Parker was born in the tiny west Texas town of Slaton, Texas. Parker grew up in Kemp, Texas, just south of Dallas, and played collegiately in 1931 for North Texas under coach Jack Sisco and then for Centenary College in Louisiana for three years beginning in 1932. Parker then signed with the Lions as a fullback in 1935, and during his first season, he helped the team capture the NFL championship. After one more year in the Motor City, he was traded to the Cardinals and spent the next seven seasons with Chicago, also seeing time on defense as a linebacker and defensive back. During the latter two years, he added the duties of backfield coach before becoming a full-time assistant in 1945. Buddy Parker - Wikipedia In 1947, the Cardinals captured their second (and only undisputed) NFL title, then lost in a blizzard in the following year's championship clash at Philadelphia. On February 3, 1949, he and Phil Handler were named co-head coaches of the Cardinals, replacing Jimmy Conzelman, who had left to work for a local advertising agency. The unique arrangement, which had Parker handling the offense and Handler the defense, quickly proved to be unworkable, and Handler was returned to the front office on October 25 with the Cardinals sporting a 2-4 record. In the season's final six games, Parker's team won four games, but a 52-20 loss to the crosstown Bears was quickly followed by Parker's surprising resignation on December 11. Publicly he stated, "I'm tired of being a head coach. The duties are too demanding", but Parker also reportedly was upset with his uncertain job status. After first reconsidering his abrupt departure, Parker then signed as backfield coach of the Lions January 21, 1950. However, after head coach Bo McMillin found himself in continuous battles with players during the ensuing campaign, he resigned on December 19, with Parker being promoted to the top job the following day. Parker and quarterback Bobby Layne would popularize what became known as the two-minute offense, which allowed a team's offense to quickly move down the field late in a game. In Parker's first year, he led the team to a 7-4-1 record, good for a second place tie in the Western Conference. While the record was slightly better than average, he began bringing in the talent that would turn the team into a dominant force over the next few years. Parker's superstitions also became legendary, with none of his players ever wearing the number 13, and the team always staying at the Chicago Hilton hotel when playing either the Bears or Cardinals. That choice of lodging changed after the team was placed one year on the 13th floor and lost. The 1952 NFL season saw the Lions defeat the Los Angeles Rams in a divisional playoff on December 21, then use a strong defensive effort to defeat the injury-plagued Cleveland Browns on the road by a 17-7 score. In 1953, the two teams again met for the title, with some late heroics by Layne and Jim Doran helping to squeeze out a 17-16 thriller in the December 27th game. Putting together a 9-2-1 mark in 1954, the Lions and Browns met for the third straight year, but this time, Cleveland battered Detroit by a 56-10 score. The after-effects of the result lasted throughout the following year, when retirement and injuries plunged the Lions to a 3-9 last-place finish. Parker was able to make another run for the title in 1956, but the Lions dropped the season finale to the Bears, the key play coming when Layne was knocked out of the game with a concussion from a hit behind the play that Parker felt was both cheap and illegal. On July 26, 1957, Parker obtained quarterback Tobin Rote, a prescient move that would help the team when Layne broke his ankle and Rote then led the Lions to their third championship in six years. However, Parker would not be around to enjoy the championship season after stunning the football world by resigning on August 12 during the team's preseason training camp dinner. In front of a large audience which expected him to deliver a keynote speech, Parker instead informed the audience that he was quitting. George Plimpton wrote of this incident in his 1966 best-seller Paper Lion. In his resignation Parker cited an inability to control his players, but his struggle in obtaining a two-year contract from Lions' management also likely played a role. After first reports had him replacing Baltimore Colts head coach Weeb Ewbank, Parker would instead take over the Steelers on August 27, signing a five-year contract. During his first season, Parker led the team to a 6-6 mark and began making countless trades that left the team with few top draft choices over the next six years. During the 1958 preseason, Parker attempted to get the players' attention by cutting five veterans, including Billy Wells, the team's leading rusher the previous season. He also reunited with Layne, trading for the signal caller on October 6. The price (quarterback Earl Morrall and two first round draft picks) was steep, but the immediate impact was evident: the team improved to 7-4-1, the team's best record in a decade. The next two years, the Steelers managed to compete at a .500 level, but dropped to 6-8 in 1961. The next year, the team finished second in the Eastern Conference with a 9-5 mark, then came within one game of competing in the 1963 NFL championship game before falling to the New York Giants. During the latter year, the team challenged despite the retirement of Layne and the tragic off-season death of Eugene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb. The aging team then began a decline that would continue until the arrival of Chuck Noll in 1969. During the 1964 NFL season, Parker's team finished 5-9, but Parker signed a three-year deal on January 22, 1965, saying that the team was not that far away from a championship. He would change his mind when the team dropped its first four exhibition games, and repeated history by resigning on September 5, reportedly telling team owner Art Rooney, "I can't win with this bunch of stiffs." Throughout his coaching career, Parker went 104-75-9, with a .577 winning percentage, while going 3-1 in the postseason. He is one of 43 NFL coaches to have over 100 coaching regular season victories. The Professional Football Researchers Association named Parker to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2008. In 2020, he was named a coaching finalist for the first time as a part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's "Centennial Slate." He was again up for the class of 2021, but was among the coaches part of the final cut. Team Year Regular season Post season Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result CHI 1949 6 5 1 .545 3rd in NFL Western Division - - - - CHI Total 6 5 1 .545 0 0 .000 - DET 1951 7 4 1 .636 2nd in National Conference - - - - DET 1952 9 3 0 .750 1st in National Conference 2 0 1.000 Won National Conference Playoff over Los Angeles Rams Won NFL Championship over Cleveland Browns DET 1953 10 2 0 .833 1st in Western Conference 1 0 1.000 Won NFL Championship over Cleveland Browns DET 1954 9 2 1 .818 1st in Western Conference 0 1 .000 Lost NFL Championship to Cleveland Browns DET 1955 3 9 0 .636 6th in Western Conference - - - - DET 1956 9 3 0 .750 2nd in Western Conference - - - - DET Total 47 23 2 .671 3 1 .750 PIT 1957 6 6 0 .500 3rd in Eastern Conference - - - - PIT 1958 7 4 1 .625 3rd in Eastern Conference - - - - PIT 1959 6 6 0 .500 4th in Eastern Conference - - - - PIT 1960 5 6 1 .458 5th in Eastern Conference - - - - PIT 1961 6 8 0 .429 5th in Eastern Conference - - - - PIT 1962 9 5 0 .643 2nd in Eastern Conference - - - - PIT 1963 7 4 3 .636 4th in Eastern Conference - - - - PIT 1964 5 9 0 .357 6th in Eastern Conference - - - - PIT Total 51 47 6 .520 0 0 .000 - Total 104 75 9 .581 3 1 .750 Buddy Parker is buried in Kemp Cemetary south of Dallas. Kemp Cemetary And Buddy Parker is descended from those pesky historical Parkers and Plummers from the old Fort Parker massacre, a family who's descendants includes Bonnie Parker, Fess Parker, Quanah Parker, and our very own PlummMeanGreen. .

My son made this coaster for me on his 3D printer for Christmas. He did the legwork to find the logo from when I went to UNT. (If we are going to keep doing retro merch, I wish they’d throw this logo in here and there.)

Thought I’d add to the swag thread (the green pillows are the new stuff in the second photo)

The 12 people that bought tickets to this game will be disappointed.

And I thought I was the only one. I just couldn't figure out what they were trying to do, similar to our football team.

Morris was a disaster in Arkansas; and most recently at Allen HS, lol.

As a die-hard Bucs fan and UNT alum, I can tell you first hand that Darden has had a pretty terrible season. He hasn’t been used much on offense due to depth and bc it is fairly clear he doesn’t have a good understanding of the playbook yet. Even on one of his best offensive plays of the year, it was an endaround handoff that TB12 and all the skill players had to yell at Darden and gesture for him to go in motion and he looked like he had no idea what was going on. He has also run pretty lazy routes when he does get to play WR. Almost everytime he touches the ball he falls down before getting tackled and has not had much success as a returner. The Bucs have a complex offense with lots of option routes, and he has clearly struggled to transition to it. He also has definitely struggled with his size as he can’t just win with his speed like he did at UNT and has had a lot of trouble separating and lack of strength on the outside. Luckily he will still be around until next season due to his draft status, so he still has some time to improve. However, the start of his NFL career has been about as bad as it could be. Part of it is just a bad fit in the Bucs offense as their slot receivers are used as run blockers and are usually bigger (think Larry Fitzgerald) so he is strictly an outside WR. Still holding out Hope and obviously rooting for him to succeed more than anyone, but it has not been promising.

I find the comments to not be basketball related at all.

I don't hold any ill will towards him, and I was pumped when he came in. I wish him nothing but success, but I do not think he is the man to take us any further. Regarding the flirtation with K State, I think he really wanted that job and he thought he had it, only to be stunned when he didn't get the job, and he has yet to recover from that disappointment.

I would add that after the bowl game, a savvy AD would have two press releases ready to go: one if we won, one if we lost. Word it how you will, not doing so was a missed opportunity to have a positive communication with fans (thanks fans!) and recruits (we're passionate about our program and future opportunities for recruits) about the future of UNT football and address a ton of lingering questions.

It was December 21, 1946 I stopped by Coach Mitchell's grave in Denton this week It was beyond comical how the 1946 football season started for North Texas. The football program had been cancelled at North Texas State during World War II. The was no equipment and there were no facilities. North Texas had hired a new coach to rebuild the program but he never reported to campus and he called to say that he had taken another job just two weeks before the fall semester started. Former Athletic Director Theron Fouts had been instrumental in the creation of the new Lone Star Conference and now his own school was not even going to be fielding a team. A call went out to Odus Mitchell, football coach at Marshall High School in the tiny east piney woods town of Marshall, Texas. Mitchell had studied the game and it's great innovators, and was having a very successful career coaching at Marshall. His 1944 team, with a side throwing kid at quarterback named Y.A. Tittle, had just made the Texas football quarterfinals. Coach Mitchell must have been crazy because he boldly jumped at the opportunity. He was then told "you have no team, you have no equipment or facilities, you have no time to recruit players so you'll have to draw from current students on campus, and, you play at Texas A&M in College Station in 11 days." Nothing daunted Coach Mitchell and he enthusiastically accepted the challenge. In a 1982 interview, Mitchell recalled the whirlwind start to the 1946 season. "It was nearly time for the season to start," he said. "I hadn't done any recruiting or anything, and I hadn't had an experience with recruiting. I got initiated like heck the first game." Texas A&M trounced North Texas in Mitchell's first game at the helm, 47-0. But things turned around quickly. Mitchell got his first collegiate victory the next game with a 14-0 win over Austin College. Two weeks later, the squad beat Fort Sam Houston. Three wins later, North Texas was geared up for a showdown for the Lone Star Conference Championship with rival East Texas State, now known as Texas A&M-Commerce. North Texas exploded for a 47-7 victory and was headed to its first bowl game in program history. Mitchell was set to square off with legendary coach Amos Alonzo Stagg's College of the Pacific Tigers in the 1946 Optimist Bowl. First year North Texas coach Odus Mitchell with Pacific coach Amos Alonzo Stagg the night preceding the bowl game 1946 Optimist Bowl Public School Stadium, site of the 1946 Optimist Bowl, later to be renamed Robertson Stadium The game was scoreless through the first quarter, but NT got on the board in the second when Ned McNeil intercepted a Pacific pass and ran it 58 yards back for a touchdown. Pacific tied the game in the third on a five-yard touchdown pass following a fumble recovery deep in North Texas territory. The Tiger broke the tie late in the fourth quarter on a 22-yard touchdown pass, but a key miss on the extra point gave North Texas some life. NT then drove down the field to give the school its first ever bowl victory. The drive began with a long kickoff return, a 20-yard gain through the air, a lengthy quarterback run and a couple Tigers penalties, making it first-and-goal from the Pacific nine-yard line. After three failed pass attempts, North Texas was down to its last chance. NT hall of fame running back Billy Dinkle, who frequently took snaps at quarterback for the 1946 squad, stayed back and threw a pass to wide receiver Louis Rienzi in the end zone to tie the game. Dinkle, also the kicker, then won the game himself by putting the extra point through the uprights with only seconds left, giving North Texas the 14-13 lead and victory. Legendary Coach Stagg prepares to shake hands with victorious North Texas Coach Odus Mitchell as he watches the final seconds tick on the game clock Mitchell went on to win an incredible 122 games at North Texas, took the team to 14 winning seasons and led the school's efforts in integrating the team in 1956, making it the first team in Texas to allow African-American students to play college football as he instituted a policy allowing "any African American students who showed interest in the football team to be given a fair chance" while he was the head coach at North Texas. He extended a scholarship offer to incoming African-American freshmen Abner Haynes and Leon King in 1956, promoting them to the varsity squad in 1957. Haynes and King both made their varsity debuts on September 21, 1957, becoming the first African-Americans to play major college football in Texas. In the summer of 1965, he also recruited future National Football League Hall of Famer Mean Joe Greene from Temple, Texas. The ferocious Greene-led defense allowed an average of less than two yards per carry in 1966, Mitchell's final season at North Texas, earning the team the nickname "Mean Green," which stuck and is now the official mascot of the university to this day. In that 1966 season, North Texas went 8–2, which helped earn him National Coach of the Year honors. In 1986, he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Mitchell retired in 1966 and was selected for the North Texas Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 1981 and the Optimist Bowl-winning team boasted several other hall of famers as well including Dinkle, tackles Felton Whitlow and Dick Lindsay, defensive linemen Jim Cooper and Jim Eagle and starting quarterback Fred McCain. North Texas HOF Center Jim Eagle's varsity blanket. Mitchell, now a member of the Texas Hall of Fame, took North Texas to the Salad Bowl the very next season, but nothing could compare to the scrappy 1946 team that rallied around him and won the Optimist Bowl in his first season. We are now heading into our 13th Bowl Game this Thursday in the Frisco Classic *** and in an odd side note*** ... that high school quarterback that he started despite the sidearm-throwing-hitch went on to play at LSU. He got moved to running back because of his throwing style, but was then pulled back to QB due to personnel shortage. Tittle then played 17 years in the NFL, and still holds the NY Giants record for most touchdowns in a season, and only retired when he said "I think it's a hint to retire when your backup quarterback is dating your daughter." (That's a hint to Aune, keep playing) Almost all of the notes in this post are compiled from other people's notes and stories. If you feel like thanking somebody, please thank Randy Cummings, for he compiled all of Coach Odus Mitchell's recorded memoirs into a compilation for the Willis Library back in the 1980's. For those of you that don't know him, Randy is the tall white haired guy wearing a referee jersey at the sidecourt table at every North Texas men's basketball game. He's had a lifetime of selfless devotion to our sports programs, please stop by and tell him "thank you". .

The Green Brigade has always been incredible. This year's edition may have been the greatest ever. They were that good.

There are only two big things Littrell has ever truly accomplished. Beating Arkansas in 2018 as even though they were bad, they were still an SEC team. And beating #22 UTSA in 2021 as nobody picked UNT and UTSA and it was a huge upset to get bowl eligible. Otherwise there aren’t any high points

Had a coach/teacher in high school that told the class that SMU stood for Smelly Men’s Underwear. Let’s go with that.

This is the kind of QB transfer we need.

Despite the loss, we were fortunate to get invited and get to play.

Todd & Riley Dodge 2.0? No thanks.

My hope is that NONE of our OL or DL goes to the portal.

He never went to Arkansas

1) A little under 12,000 was the announced number. The actual was probably around 70% of that. 2) I think there is something to your thought about the novelty of the generic bowl game wearing off. 2014 HOD bowl was first bowl game in almost a decade. 2016 HOD bowl was exciting under first year Littrell. After that, our turnouts have been atrocious.

See 13:00 minute mark. Was a little awkward with the wait for her to come on stage and his tie getting a little tangled up in the exchange. Actually, it led to a touching moment, IMO, when Rick gave flowers to his own wife. I'm glad Rick was promoted from AD to Mean Green fan. Good guy and a participant in making this week's official tailgate the success that it was.

I don't have "one-and-gone" NT players in my memory dumpster.

We were at our worst at the worst possible times. One of Aune’s interceptions was in the red zone when we had been making decent progress on the ground…and he stared the receiver down the entire time Down two scores inside the five we had a chance to punch it in. On two consecutive plays we hand off 6 yards behind the line of scrimmage (and get dropped for about a 4 yard loss) and then Aune rolls out, has a chance to run for the TD, and throws the ball into the ground…drive over. Better play calling and even marginal QB play and we are in this game with a chance to win…even after the Murphy brothers extended a drive by jumping offside (one of them) and then getting an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (the other one). 😒

Let me be perfectly clear. I have absolutely no animosity toward Mr. Littrell. No one, I mean no one, wanted to see him succeed big time more than me. I have been hoping for someone to do just that since I first laid eyes on the campus of North Texas in the Fall of 1969. Listen, I totally understand that we live in the age of post modernization where one’s word means nothing anymore. What value does a handshake have or even a freshly inked contract? What most of you do not understand is that when Littrell negotiated with KST before the ink had dried on his second contract extension and pay raise, before he won a Conference Title or had a Bowl win, he was making it very very clear that he was NOT COMMITTED to the UNT Football Program. Period. Yes, he got a pay raise and contract extension. But that temporary lapse in judgement, the lack of patience, confidence and commitment cost him any chance of real success here. It cost all of us. Integrity is not just a word and there are always consequences for our actions. Change is needed.

Thanks for the kind words about Seth. I don't know him well, but he seems like a very good person. Over the preceding six seasons he succeeded in raising raising our expectations. Who would ever thought North Texas fans would be complaining while making a bowl game five out of six years? The problem is that our team has failed to meet those new expectations: getting dominated in our most visual rivalry and annually destroyed in those bowl games during Seth's tenure. If Seth leaves he leaves as an already very successful and wealthy young man with an additional four million dollar golden parachute coming to him. He raised our program from the ashes that Dan McCarney had left and made it into one that has the ability to be a contender in any given year. There have been great moments; '16 Army, '17 UTSA, '17 Army, '18 SMU, '18 Arkansas, and '21 UTSA, and for those I am thankful as we hadn't had too many of those over the preceding dozen years. Seth has always represented our university well and has been very good to his players. Like I have stated before, I have my opinions, but I ultimately support whatever decisions Wren Baker, President Smatresk, and our Board of Regents make. I will be a North Texas fan forever regardless.

Monday would make a more appropriate day, a semi-business day and all. However, two months ago would have been even better from a program standpoint. I will be disappointed if no change. It's time for a new era, new start. Recharge a deflated fan base!

I don't know if you know anyone with a mind that never stops churning, with 15 different things going at once, but I'm that way and this comment about Monday morning turned into this "poem" --- there were a few twists and turns before it got to this but it was this post you made that kicked it off and inspired it. The Night Before Christmas (UNT Football 2021 Version 1.0) 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land Football coaches were recruiting players high in demand; The tweets and the snaps showed commitments so strong Yet one school was wondering, “How did it all go so wrong?” The truth could be seen but they hadn’t a clue, Keeping one coach too long, all the hell it would do. From high in the perch a mighty Eagle did soar, A blind one at that, though he could hear the roar; “It’s over! It’s done!” mighty warriors did type, Some began to wonder, “what’s he got in his pipe?” But that Eagle was daring, courageous, and brave Once known as Wren, he had a program to save. With the sun now set on a season so poor, Some wondered aloud “how much more, how much more?” With the hopes built so high on a campus renewed, Their patience with loosing was swiftly subdued. For the coaches and promises didn’t last very long Come Sumlin, Come Sanders, Come Morris or Strong “We’re tired of loosing and singing this song.” But as night fell on Denton, no answer was found, The mighty Eagle was grounded, nowhere around. “Monday morning, afternoon, evening or night” The mighty warriors proclaimed with so much delight “That coach will be gone and our faith be renewed” As all through the weekend they toiled and stewed. A new dawn would come but how long would they wait? As one man alone would determine their fate. For Eagles are mighty and never outnumbered Except for the ones who recoil and slumber. With expectations so high, there’s only one way to lose, Take a week to decide, prod, and choose; Who the new coach will be must soon be decided, For In only one man can our faith be confided. From Eagle to Wren is a long way to fall, Merry Christmas and Wren, don’t drop the ball.

Nobody, in the big scheme of college football cares one iota about CUSA schools. So when we beat Arkansas as bad as we did, especially with the greatest punt return in football history, that got tons of media and CFB fans to notice…and then we blew it.

I doubt the AD would put out a “we aren’t firing our coach” press release so if there is no news, you probably already know how this is going to shake out.

We sat on Miami side and fans told us they only brought half a band, which was ok as we only played half a game.

Seth's high point was when his agent agreed to swindle about $2million a year out of UNT.

There’s a college and law school in San Antonio that thinks it stands for St Mary’s University. They didn’t play in a bowl game either.

You have way too much time on your hands.

"WORD IT HOW YOU WILL" Word it however you'd like, address what ever you'd like, say or don't say anything about the HC, doing/saying nothing was a missed opportunity..... this board clearly illustrates there's some strong view from the Alums/Fans about the Football HC Position. This board does a huge service to the athletics department, don't for one second think they're not monitoring this site on a regular basis. -- Here's how a Power 5 AD uses a weekly newsletter to communicate with fans: https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/2021/11/17/texas-football-longhorns-steve-sarkisian-chris-del-conte-support-coaching-staff-athletic-director/ Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte releases the Forty Acres Insider each week. It’s a newsletter to Longhorn Nation that focuses on how each athletic program performed over the past week and what to look forward to in the days ahead. After Texas’ shocking loss to Kansas, many were eager to hear Del Conte’s thoughts on the matter. (SOUND FAMILIAR - FOR US IT'S: THREE CONSECUTIVE LOSING SEASONS WITH THE HIGHEST PAID COACH IN THE CONFERENCE - I'D SAY WE'RE PRETTY DAMN EAGER TO HEAR WHAT'S WHAT AS IT WERE) In a surprise to some, he voiced a very clear vote of confidence in Steve Sarkisian and his staff. Del Conte continued on by stating how important it is for the fans to stand behind the team and stay positive. “We know there are better days ahead, and I know y’all will continue to be the wind beneath our wings to help lead us there.” Needless to say, it appears that Del Conte is fully behind the rebuild that Sarkisian will have to do at Texas.

Thanks for that history lesson. Enjoyed it!

There are 84 teams out of about 124 Division A programs going to a bowl. With 2/3's of teams participating the minor bowls just don't mean much anymore. The fact that we drew only 12, 000 fans on a beautiful day in our back yard , probably of which 11,000 were UNT supporters, is a good indicator. We complain that it was an afternoon game where fans had to take time off from work. However I was at the UTSA game Tuesday night where 16,000 were in attendance, probably of which 15,000 were from San Antonio. Those fans probably needed to take more time off, drive 5 hours, and spend the night. Maybe the novelty of playing is a bowl game has wore off for North Texas fans. We now expect to field a good team against a good opponent if we are going to attend. No longer will we support bowl teams with losing or 6&6 records. Just an old mans opinion.

Being courted by Kansas St……

well......There is 14 minutes of google stalking that I will never get back.....I'm shocked google even goes back that far.....

This was as close to a layup as you could get, and we still blew it.

...plus the dumb drive extending penalties,

Saying there are 100’s of coaches available is the thinking that ended up leaving us with Todd Dodge… There are probably 5-10 coaches each cycle that “fit” the needs of a program like UNT. We aren’t after the retreads of the completely untested, but instead those that have proven something and now are looking to land somewhere to springboard to a midlevel or higher P5 job. How many of those 5-10 names are still available and how have their agent responded when approached? If there is a solid better option, you make the move now. If not you are just as likely to luck into a disaster hire as an improvement just picking from the general available “field” of talent available. The mistake was made by not lining up a replacement 6 weeks ago and now we are stuck in no man’s land.

Being fired on xmas eve and given a check for over a million dollars does not sound like an evil scrooge. He can draw unemployment if he is tight on money after he cashes that check.

Seth Littrell will be just as fire-able Monday as he is today. Doing it on Christmas Eve or Christmas would bring national mockery to UNT.

If the promotions man at the athletic department had half Grant's drive, we would not have to worry about attendance.

Serious health conditions, sure. Opting out of this bowl as a fan like Torrey opting out as a player, inexcusable. It's just convenient at that point. I almost bought one of his shirts. Whew.

One of the main points of the 1946 season is that it was the birth of North Texas as a scholarship granting football program. SMU immediately stopped playing North Texas for the next 28 years. North Texas had previously, as a non-scholarship football program gone 1-18-1 against fully scholarshipped SWC member SMU. Other than a miraculous win and tie by North Texas, these scores are irrelevant except to a certain DRC sportswriter. SMU also had a 3-1 record while North Texas was in 1AA with less scholarships and a 6-1 advantage in the 70's and early 80's when they were openly paying players. SMU holds a significantly more modest 7-3 edge against North Texas when scholarship limits are equal and neither team is paying players.

Arians might have some praise for Jaelon, but the article is pretty negative overall.

It is not unreasonable to want to see this winning streak continue. We're not even calling for his contract to be extended. Just to see how 2022 plays out.