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  1. The following is a statistical breakdown of some of the most incompetent Mean Green defenses in recent years. With three games left in the 2023 season, is Matt Caponi's defense going to be the worst?

                                                                2007 (Ron Mendoza) 2015 (Chris Cosh) 2020 (Clint Bowen) 2023 (Matt Caponi)                                            

    Rushing Defense (national ranking)  115/119 teams            119/127 teams        124/127 teams         130/130 teams

    Pass Defense                                      95                               107                           93                             46

    Total Defense                                      113                              119                           127                            130

    Scoring Defense                                  119                              121                           125                            126        

    Sacks                                                    107                              100                          70                              123

    Tackles for Loss                                   103                              91                             91                              124

                                                                   12 games                    12 games                10 games                   9 games

    The only statistic Caponi has in his favor is pass defense. But I would argue that's only because the rush defense is so horrible there is no need for opposing teams to throw the ball that often. A breakdown of opponent's plays through nine games this season shows a total of 412 rushing attempts vs. 248 passing attempts.

     

     

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  2. 7 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

    1) Is this season going well?

    2) Does it seem like the team has quit?

    3) If the team has quit, is it a coaching problem with Littrell?  

    4) Did we perhaps overpay for Littrell, making it hard to let him go?  

    5) Is it Wren Baker’s fault Littrell hasn’t been let go?  

    6) If I state ad nauseum that Wren should let Littrell go, in every thread, will it make the situation magically better?   Do these things work on a quantity of words system?

    7) Are we happy in our current conference?  

    8. How does everyone feel about black uniforms?  How about gray?  

     

    If someone could just answer all of these for me, we could shut the board down for the next month or so until basketball season.  

     

     

     

    1. No

    2. Not that I have seen.

    3. N/A

    4. Yes

    5. Sort of

    6. No and No

    7. No

    8. I effing hate the black and gray uniforms.

  3. @ADLER

    OK, there is a lot to unpack there. I agree with a lot of the things you said, but unfortunately you have one major fact wrong. Let me begin with Utah State joining the Sun Belt Conference and I'll address the WAC situation later.

    Division I-A (FBS) conferences are required to have eight full-time members. This rule was implemented in 2005, but was known about as early as 2002. In 2002, the Sun Belt Conference had seven members: 

    1. North Texas 2. New Mexico State 3. Arkansas State 4. Louisiana-Monroe 5. Louisiana-Lafayette 6. Middle Tennessee and 7. Idaho.

    But as you note, Idaho and Louisiana-Monroe were "football-only" members of the conference. So technically the Sun Belt only had five full-time members. That means the Sun Belt needed to add at least one school and get some others to sign up as all sports members.

    This is why the Sun Belt Conference needed Utah State. In order for the conference to survive they had to expand. In 2002, the only expansion options were independent teams. Utah State and Troy State were those options. Troy State accepted an invitation in 2003.image.thumb.png.d9f45b889db8c655e008b51233a82421.png

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  4. 51 minutes ago, ADLER said:

    The Sun Belt absolutely did not need Utah State and paid a huge price for rescuing that morally bankrupt piece of shit school. Arkansas State, Louisiana, and North Texas should NEVER forget the deceit, and NMSU should always be commended for how they handled the situation.

    USU President Kermit Hall died of a heart attack while swimming in 2006, and his scumbag accomplice, Athletic Director Rance Pugmire, was almost killed and subsequently fired in 2005 for drunkenly wrecking his SUV in the desert. 

    And if Utah State ever again finds itself intentionally isolated by all of its closest geographical rivals I highly recommend we do absolutely nothing to assist them.

     

    Interesting ... it sounds like you have much more insider information ... please tell more. In particular, I'm curious to know the "huge price" the Sun Belt paid for "rescuing" Utah State. And what exactly was this deceit you speak of?

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  5. On 9/25/2021 at 5:19 PM, PlummMeanGreen said:

    I’m sure late UNT President Norval Pohl & UNT AD Craig Helwig(?) thought helping Utah State out of their situation was the right thing to do.  
    Pohl was a nice guy. Sorry he passed way too soon.

    The AD at the time was Rick Villarreal. 

    I agree that Pohl was a nice guy and a wonderful president of the University. However, the motives for inviting Utah State were not altruistic. At the time, the Sun Belt Conference needed Utah State as much as Utah State needed the SBC.

    Utah State had a disastrous two years operating as an independent. The Sun Belt Conference needed another football school to maintain Division I-A status.

    This was a match made out of desperation. But on a personal note, I really enjoyed the trip to Logan in 2004.

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  6. 7 hours ago, rcade said:

    This is North Texas. There are no fake fans after all these years of suffering punctuated by occasional hiccups of happiness.

    "We choose to support the Mean Green not because it is easy, but because it is hard."

    "We choose to support the Mean Green not because it is easy, but because it is hard."

    LOL ... I freaking love this!! Just gotta add in the Boston accent!! 🙂

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  7. 6 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

    This game will not be close. Sonny knows this is for recruiting and their country club fanbase hates even being close to us. Ponies by 4+ TDs. We haven’t seen a coach look at us like this since Steve Kragthorpe was at Tulsa and used the games to pound us into the ground and use it on the recruiting trail down here.

    Those Tulsa losses (2005-2006) were just brutal 🤬 

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  8. @Eagle71

    Thanks so much for that great tribute to Richard Gill. 

    To go along with @PlummMeanGreen these are my favorite kind of posts. I love hearing the history of North Texas football!

    Very few people know the great history and stories associated with our institution.

    With that being said, I'm curious to know more about you. You were on the ex-Marines squad. When and where did you serve? And did you play football in the Corps?

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