[Ranking the eight Pac-12 expansion candidates based off their odds to join the conference]

Better read the fine print on that PAC 12 media deal.  Even the B1G media deal won’t be as much as originally projected. 
 

My guess it will be a lot of money assumptions/targets to project a larger number but it all depends on how much the media tears it apart. If it doesn’t go over well, at least two teams will bolt. Living on the west coast, there’s more doom and gloom than hope. 

[The Football Stadium on Bonnie Brae]

Crypto.com is out of the picture 

[UNT lands OU transfer SG CJ Noland]

Gonna take some work to get all these pieces working together but that’s today’s CBB. Would rather have the pieces than not. 

[Colorado holds 'substantive' talks with Big 12 as Buffaloes consider leaving Pac-12]

Colorado takes a few teams with it to Big 12. Oregon and Wash take less money and bail to the Big Ten. Pac 12 falls apart and SDSU and SMU end up in the MW. 🙂

[Breaking News: Austin Peay WR James Burns Commits to North Texas (GMG Interview)]

There’s been discussion on here about which direction to focus recruiting on in the Wild West of transfers. Even though it’s tough to lose players to other schools I think you still have to mostly focus on high school kids. Seems like at least you have a chance to keep them. No chance in keeping someone who never spent time on campus. 
 

I’m all for player movement but there needs to be some limitations. But like i’ve said before, the NCAA has been basically neutered when it comes to football. And good luck getting all these conferences to agree on a set of rules. 

[Cal opens as a 7-point favorite at UNT]

Kudos for the positivity, i just wish there were more football reasons for the optimism. There’s still time for that but in fall camp we better be hearing more good offensive news. We’re gonna need 24 points to win this game. 

7 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

1. I think the line will come down.

2. I think we have the better team.

3. If I am wrong about us being better, I don’t think they are a touchdown better. 
 

4. I think the heat will wear them down in the second half 

5. Just a hunch. 

 

[Cal opens as a 7-point favorite at UNT]

8 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

If I were a gambler, I would jump all over that right now for us to win. 

Serious question, why? 
 

The only way I feel more comfortable going into this game is IF more positive news about the QB play comes out in fall camp. 

[Colorado holds 'substantive' talks with Big 12 as Buffaloes consider leaving Pac-12]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Lovely area, bad time zone for televised sports in this area. SMU will jump just to say they are P5 and to get away from us. They are that shallow. 

Probably, but adding SDSU and SMU doesn’t save the PAC 12 from more cherry-picking 

[Colorado holds 'substantive' talks with Big 12 as Buffaloes consider leaving Pac-12]

3 hours ago, Dannymacfan said:

Haha.  Once the Buff bail, that conference is a heaping pile of dung in a shitty time zone.  I seriously doubt SMU leadership will approve that move. 

Heyyyyyy, I live in this shitty time zone. 
 

There’s going to be movement this month. SDSU has to notify the MW they are leaving by the end of the month or the amount to leave goes way up. 
 

I wonder if the PAC 12 tv deal is just lousy and behind the scenes they are throwing Hail Marys to keep the teams. Because once the deal is announced, all hell might break loose. 

[UAB Blazers College Football Preview 2023]

He ain’t getting to six wins 

[Collective?]

On 5/25/2023 at 3:23 PM, GrayEagle said:

Do all of them have the same name identification, image usage and likeness?  If not, they are abusing the spirit of the NIL.  Not everyone has the same amount of familiarity with the public.  The amount of NIL each recruit should earn has been worked out and I see the NIL for the average recruit seems to be $6,000-$10,000; nowhere near what SMU is paying.

Ed O’Bannon filed his lawsuit back in 2009 and the NCAA, conferences and schools had ten plus years to figure this out but instead they wanted the gravy train to continue and/or wanted Congress or some other entity to bail them out. Nobody did. The grownups had a chance to put controls on this but failed. 
There is no spirit of the NIL. Anybody can pay anybody any amount they want.  And right now any school with money is doing that. They certainly aren’t going to want to stop the advantage the have. 
Any pissing and moaning about it is too late. If in the meantime the players benefit, so be it. The grownups f’d around and now are finding out the price of inaction. 

[Should the AAC consider adding Liberty?]

23 hours ago, Mike Jackson said:

No need to point out their non-athletically impactful shortcomings.  Generally conference should steer clear of adding private institutions if their current membership is more than 12.  Also a young program, not in a major TV market, that doesn't have a strong following throughout their home stare and  without a New Year's 6 bowl appearance is not a hot commodity for media coverage contracts.  SMU is a laughably poor addition to the Pac 12 but that is an even better add than Liberty to AAC.   Whenever the ACC gets raided they won't be "P5" level anymore and I don't foresee an ACC conference with the likes of North Carolina, Clemson, FSU, Miami, Syracuse, Boston College or Duke in it with Liberty.  If anything AAC should be hotly pursuing UConn while they are still available without a good football program.  Once they put out the dumpster fire that is football they are a P5 program just by virtue of their association with elite basketball.  Having UConn Basketball would be a game changer for our basketball.  It would make almost all the schools in the conference now more reluctant to leave for any conference except the Big 10 and SEC.  And with UConn the league probably gets two bids into the NCAA tournament any times it produces 2 quality teams and some years three teams in. 

UCONN already left the AAC to specifically get their basketball teams back into the Big East. There’s no scenario where they ever come back. 

[If a guy leaves UNT for the portal should they be allowed to enter the HOF or return to coach?]

How about we get some HOF level players before worrying if they should go in the HOF. 

[In what order do you see the new 2023 AAC football league playing out?]

Hard to predict at this point but I’ll say 5-7 with some close losses. Probably finish 7th in the league. 
 

If a QB steps up and produces, that easily could be 7-5 or better. 

[Conference USA Softball Championship]

8 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

BOOM!  
 

Simon goes deep to tie it up. 

That was a no doubter. 
 

 

[Trap Games: UNT vs. Cal]

4 hours ago, cousin oliver said:

The last time they played us they seemed much more pedestrian than what these coaches plan to do.

They had a very good defense and a mediocre quarterback and they leaned into that. 

Still, we should've moved the ball better that game. That game and Iowa were lost opportunities. 

[Thompson To FAU]

This is a good pickup although he wasn't as effective later in the season, supposedly had an injury. 

 

[No more clock stopping on 1st downs?]

4 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

I wish they would have added something like unless it's the final two minutes of the 2nd/4th quarters or OT

I read somewhere this would be the case 

[ESPN's 2023 AAC Preview - Part 1]

53 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/36244117/2023-aac-college-football-preview-part-1-burning-questions-players-watch

 

Dilfer brought his high school defensive coordinator with him. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Scrimmage #2 Thoughts and Updates]

6 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

Could it be Ruder has achieved his potential?

Even with that the other QBs had more attempts. Just curious to why this is. 

[Scrimmage #2 Thoughts and Updates]

30 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

QB 1 Rogers, QB 2 Rudder/Earle  I think Rogers gets the Nod for now because of his feet when things break down he can make plays with his feet that the other two I don't think can. 

 

Offensive identity go faster, nope not fast enough even faster, get lined up and run the play called.  We are primarily 10 personnel with some 11 mixed in.  I don't think they've added any QB Run game stuff yet because the QB's are whistled dead right now so why waste a snap when it will be quick whistle.  Receiving corps is DEEP.  Shorter appears to be done until the fall to recover from whatever injury he sustained.  The new WR from Tech is the real deal, Dee Brown is healthy and making some guys look silly, and Maclin is also the real deal.  Been impressed with the OL play.  The defense brings crazy exotic looks and blitzes and for the most part in the 2 scrimmages the OL has held up really well IMO.  They've busted but not as much as you'd expect with as much pressures and stunts as they've seen. 

Qualon Farrar is the real deal he scored a few times today and he can FLY!! Another SOC signee going to do big things for us. 

 

Defensive standouts to me has been a team effort, impressed with all 11 guys that step on the field each time.  They FLY to the football, are asked do a little bit of everything and they communicate better than any defense I've seen at UNT since the Zach Orr Marcus Trice team.  They are very stingy with yardage today was the first time any long runs were broken on them in the 2 scrimmages and 1 got called back for a holding penalty that I didn't see but if the ref called it, it happened.  Probably most impressed with the DL play so far, followed by the safeties flying down hill and making tackles. 

Kicking game I will hold judgment on.  Punter looks like he can absolutely hammer the ball and not only flip the field but put the other teams offense in a bad spot to start the drive.

Your QB 1 shouldn’t be going 2-5-1 for eight yards in a scrimmage.  Something happen physically that hasn’t been mentioned? 

[Another piece to the puzzle on the way?]

Fingers crossed for a bad ass safety like Jonas. 

[UNT RB LEGENDS]

38 minutes ago, CaribbeanGreen said:

Wilburn is very underrated. Stud RB on some bad teams. Put up big numbers for us at the time. Great dude too. 

Dorky but almost all my passwords end in 34 because of JaQuay. Had big games even when he was the only offensive option. Underrated for sure. 

[Wednesday at Noon, Hub Club: Joint Press Conferences and NIT Celebration]

6 minutes ago, TheReal_jayD said:

I’m not as bothered by this situation as others but “media”?  How many members of the media show up, three or four? 

Feels old way of thinking to me. 

Also “amount of transition” doesn’t sound too good  😬

[Timing on making Hodge official?]

There’s no way I believe style of play drastically affected attendance. That would have to mean there are thousands of people out there who paid enough attention to figure out the style of play and then decided, “no thanks.”