[Steelers Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris dead at 72]

7 minutes ago, greenminer said:

He was 72.

I think you’re using that in the sense that, you would still say it if he was 93.

I’ve just never heard it used that way before. not giving you a hard time.

No problem.  I might not say it if he was 93 but at 73, seemingly in good health physically and mentally, he would have another 10 to 20 years to spend with family and friends.  

[Steelers Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris dead at 72]

Much too young.  He seemed to be a really good guy who always came to celebrations for his old teammates.  He was here when Joe Greene's statue was unveiled.  

[Shouldn’t we hire at least a couple of old coaches?]

Yes. 

[Breaking News Morris adds three former UIW/Washington State assistants]

These are all young coaches so they should have the energy and enthusiasm to match Morris.  However, none of these will be coordinators nor the offensive line coach (who I believe is as important as a good coordinator).  They may leave more money for other coaching salaries. 

[North Texas Football Staff Tracker]

11 minutes ago, MGNation92 said:

We had that in Aune. I’m not saying those guys are the answer, I’m just saying we haven’t seen them throw the ball. Since Seth was so good at getting backups in when we’re up/down by 30

I just think next year's starting QB is not currently on the roster.  

[North Texas Football Staff Tracker]

3 hours ago, MGNation92 said:

Agreed. Give Earle or Head a chance. Both have actual playing experience. We may not even need to recruit a starter, he might already be in house.

That being said if we could convince Sanders to finish his career at home I wouldn’t be mad

I think Morris will want a QB who can actually throw the ball downfield. 

[The Phil Bennett Incident (Video)]

I know we have some players are "chippy" but the entire BS team was chippy from the start.  They wanted to bully their way to victory and didn't understand when UNT fought back.  

[Staff Announcements? Coming Sunday?]

He may already have most of his staff selected but they may have to wait until their current schools finish their seasons.

[Worst Case Scenario for Football...]

So many bad choices.  

[Navy and Ken Niumatalolo part ways]

A Navy coach who’s teams lose to inferior Army teams due to their own mistakes.  No thanks.

[Once we hire a HC - His most important hire?]

Of the on field coaching positions, I believe the OL coach is most important. 

[Another FBS Conference?]

1 hour ago, Coffee and TV said:

UT Pan-American is UT Rio Grande now. They combined 3 places and folded it into one school with different campuses I think. 

I knew some cute girls at UT Pan-American back in my college days.  

[UNT AD Search]

52 minutes ago, NT80 said:

So, the AD hire is supposed to be first, then the football HC hire, according to how it's usually done and the football scoop prediction.  What happens if Mr. New AD just wants to bring his football HC with him and disregards our wish lists and research?  Does Neal have a vote in coach search?   

 

The AD works for Smatresk.  A new AD won't have final say and won't be able to throw away all the work that has already been done.  

[North Texas using a pair of firms to find AD and football coach]

15 hours ago, DentonLurker said:

@Brett Vito any word on the search firms they’re using?

Give Vito time to read the article and write up an article based on it. 

[WVU speculating it to be Graham Harrell]

I've seen videos of Graham addressing the team and he does not come off as a leader.  He may be a good head coach one day but I'd rather UNT not be the first to test that.  I agree that we need someone with more experience. 

[DRC (updated with story): American announces schedule model that will have UNT playing SMU annually]

We get SMU as our yearly game while UTSA gets Rice.  

[North Texas still holds NCAA FBS record; Smut vs UH a close second]

9 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

I saw the Navy-NT game and there was very little defense.   However, I don't think it was as bad as UH vs SMU.  NT could not stop Navy's run attack and Navy could not stop NT passing. 

Nether UH or SMU seemed to be able to stop anything.  

I was also at that UNT-Navy game.  It was a lot of fun for awhile.  Fortunately, the Navy vets around me were good guys. 

[And somewhere Skip Holtz is smiling]

6 hours ago, southsideguy said:

It is possible we lose the rest of our games FIU is improving, Rice could be tough and WKU and UAB are going to be real tough games not the road.

So instead of a late winning streak that saves Seth's job, we could have a late losing streak that gets Seth fired. 

[🎃Halloween Horror At Apogee (& on national TV to boot)!🧛🧟‍♀️]

That was such a great game to watch!  Watching the highlights again reminds me of all the big, memorable plays that happened that night.  When I think of George calling UNT games, I always think back to his call of this game.  

For me, this might be the most memorable UNT game of last decade. 

[Aune Passes Derek Thompson]

I'm sure Vito is ready to begin the "Aune to UNT Hall of Fame" campaign. 

[The Sleeping Giant]

The big issue is with conferences merging, paying players, and the transfer portal, it's getting harder and harder for any team to move up.  Specifically for North Texas, the best thing we can do is have a larger, more active fan base.  More people seats = more exciting game days = more money for facilities/coaches/etc.  

[Jason Bean playing well for Kansas]

Bean looked good until those final three passes. 

[SMU portal exodus story]

3 hours ago, drex said:

I like Colony Eagles plan...just one hitch.  Do you have any idea how hard it is to fire a state employee?  Usually they just budget them out of existence rather than go through the hassle of firing them.

Make them contractors instead of employees. 

[USM paid C-USA 1.75M to exit early]

Worth it. 

[Aune Brightside]

18 hours ago, peanuts104 said:

Please explain the joke, because I'm a little slow I guess. Not only have I shit on Aune, I also regularly like to poke fun at Bert too.

Brett Vito loves him some Derek Thompson who he believes should be in the UNT Hall of Fame.  Yes, we won a bowl game with Derek and his very mediocre stats that season.