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  1. 2004: UNT at Utah State...Romney Stadium...Super Jamario...100 Yd. MG TD from a fumble recovery

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    I was at that game. Definitely one of my favorite North Texas away games.

    I remember it was a cold evening in Logan and it was Utah State's homecoming. Pretty large crowd.

    After that T.J. Covington 110-yard fumble return you could hear in a pin drop in that stadium. The only noise came from me and the other 10 North Texas fans there.

    That was also back when you had to have a "sponsor" to buy alcohol in Utah bars. At that time there were about 2 bars in all of Logan and you had to be "sponsored" by a local citizen to drink. Luckily my buddy and I met one of the cameramen from the Utah State athletics department, and he obligingly showed the out of towners a good time. At the bar we had to fill out applications and the sponsor had to verify that he knew us. That was one of the strangest laws I had ever come across.

     

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  2. SO DB Jordan Rucker Opts Out

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    2 hours ago, MeanGreenZen said:

    Can someone please clarify for me: This season does not count against eligibility for anyone does it?

    So a fifth-year senior could play this season then come back and play again next year season. Is that correct?

    That's correct. Even Seth Littrell called it a "free season" during his most recent media show.

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    Let's Talk Salary $$$

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    First, allow me to preface my comments by stating that I don't think North Texas should fire Seth Littrell this year. Personally, I don't think any college coaches should be fired this year because of the whole COVID thing. Too many unforeseen circumstances have played havoc with this year.

    With that being said, the performance of the team both last year and this year has been nothing short of horrendous. Let's delve a little deeper.

    According to the USA Today coaching database (https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/coach), Seth Littrell is the sixth highest paid head football coach among the Group of 5 schools (minus the private schools which are not required to report financial compensation). The schools that pay their head football coaches more are South Florida, Central Florida, Navy, Cincinnati, and Houston. Boise State's head football coach, Bryan Harsin, is tied with Seth Littrell at sixth place.

    Some folks may shrug this information off as just the price of doing business, and I would agree with them. However, what I can not tolerate is the laissez-faire attitude around some in this fanbase that don't see the performance on the field, cobbled together with the salary of the head coach, as a major problem. Somehow, we should all just be happy to go to game. 

    Seth Littrell makes $1.85 million a year. That is far more than any other North Texas coach has ever received. And as noted, it is sixth highest among peer institutions. With that kind of salary, together with the investments that have been made in the athletic department over the past decade, expectations have been raised! North Texas is simply not getting any return on the investment. In fact, I would argue that North Texas is not only losing money, but losing prestige as well. 

    Yeah, I know, I know. 'Welcome to North Texas.' 'It's been this way forever.' Blah, blah, blah, blah.

    Seth Littrell better turn this crap around. 

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  4. Aune’s 1st Start - Statistical Perspective

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    6 hours ago, greenminer said:

    How did Fine, Vizza, and Scott Hall grade in the eye test for their first start?

    Had to dig in the archives for this one ...

    Scott Hall's first start was as a true freshman on September 16, 2000, at UNLV. 

    Stat wise, it was a less-than-stellar performance. Hall was 9 of 17 for 78 yards with no TDs and no INTs. He rushed 8 times for 21 yards.

    Richard Bridges and Spencer Stack also saw action at quarterback. North Texas lost 38-0. 

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  6. Season's Over

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    11 hours ago, Philip Ferguson said:

    season 2 marlon GIF by NBC

     

    6 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

    Man, I get it. I’ve been following since 1990. I’ve seen Nevada beat us very badly in the 90s, I have seen us get mud holes by Tulsa at home at Fouts so bad, I thought our program should just stop playing (54-2). We went to freaking SWC dreg, Rice in 2008 and watch their coach basically show complete mercy to our team because they were winning 77-20 in the 3rd quarter. And, I won’t even mention Portland State. Now, SMU clubs us by 5 TDs at home.

    You either follow this place because you love them as your own or you just walkway like the other 98% do, finding some P5 program to adopt. It’s been the MO here for many decades...

     

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  7. Season's Over

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    13 hours ago, NTSU52 said:

    There's alot of guys on this board that have been through year after year of one and two win seasons at that crap hole we called Fouts Field and they still gave their money and showed up. Calling it quits after one disappointing loss is really shity and it shows how much some of yall actually are actually invested in North Texas and its success.

    Allow me a moment to be clear about why I say the season's over. I've been around since 1998, my freshman year at UNT. So I've been through plenty of shitty seasons at Fouts Field. Personally, I think anybody who has made it as long as I have should receive at least a participation trophy for putting up with so much crappy football over the years. 

    But that's just the point. The Mean Green doesn't play in Fouts Field anymore. And they've been in Apogee Stadium for almost a decade. The athletic department has more resources than it has ever had in the history of the school. And yet, this team still looks like it belongs in the Southland Conference. You will never convince me that SMU is that much better than North Texas. That's ridiculous!

    I can understand North Texas getting their ass kicked by Texas or LSU (I've seen plenty of that). But being completely uncompetitive against the likes of SMU, or any G5 school for that matter, is not only a complete disgrace but IT SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED!!

    The season is over because even if North Texas somehow miraculously pulled out a conference championship and a bowl victory it wouldn't change shit!!! You know why? Because people would still say the same shit they've always said. They can win in their little conference, but when it comes to playing real teams they suck.

    In order for this program to progress, they have to win out of conference games! Until that happens on a consistent basis it's still going to be the same 'ol shit. And I'm tired of investing time and money, and more importantly, my emotions into a team that does one thing consistently well: let's me down.

    The season's over. But I'll be back next year and the year after that because apparently I'm a masochist.

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  8. Season's Over

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    At least for me it is .... I can't keep going through this year after year. If UNT can't even be competitive with SMU then there's nothing this team can do to impress me the rest of the season. I can't even bare to watch next week against Houston. 

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  10. DRC Sunday column: SMU game looms large for UNT, which has shot to prevent series from shifting toward bitter rival

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    18 hours ago, KRAM1 said:

    For me, this is THE game of the season...even bigger than any potential bowl game.  However, until a certain group decides this is THE GAME and not "just another game" the results might just continue as they have the last few years.  I just never get the sense that "this group" (no I will not name them specifically) sees this game as anything more than "just another game" on the schedule.  It simply put,  IS NOT ", just another game on the schedule". It is the game. SMU is winning the recruiting battles, the public relations  battles, the bragging battles and on and on.  And, until that certain group sees this as the important game that it is SMU will continue to win these battles. I just never sense any "fire in the belly" with this game...nothing at all like Arkansas vs Texas (back in the day), Texas A & M vs Texas (before Texas chickened out), Texas vs OU, Army vs Navy, TCU vs SMU (to just use a few local examples). This is our "line in the sand" game, and I, for one, am getting really tired and frustrated of being on the wrong end of the score so often.

    Here's hoping the change starts this Saturday at Apogee with a win for the Mean Green...the good guys!

    Completely agree!!

    This game is NOT "just another game."

    And the players should feel pressure to win this game. You think the players at the "bigger" schools don't feel pressure to win against their rivals?

    This is what the players signed up for when they came to North Texas. If they don't want to feel pressure to win then in the words of former coach Dan Hawkins, "Go play intramurals brother."

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  11. DRC Sunday column: SMU game looms large for UNT, which has shot to prevent series from shifting toward bitter rival

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    2 hours ago, southsideguy said:

    If we don't start beating SMUT on regular basis is it worth playing them.   Seems they get more out of the relationship than we do.   Our  fans travel to Ford and about 100 fans from SMUT show up in Denton for game day. I am going to go out on limb here and see UNT is one of the bigger draws to Ford field.  I know they are taking a big risk venturing into Denton but they bring so few fans. 

     

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  13. La. Tech AD bails

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    That's too bad. I appreciate a guy who speaks his mind and tells how it is.

    In response to the possible C-USA/Sun Belt merger nonsense from earlier this year:

    “Well, let me just be very frank and very direct — there is no conversation at Conference USA, nor is there any interest. And I think that’s – I don’t know how direct, I can be with that."

    Conference USA needs more like him.

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  16. DRC: It's time for the annual "Get Your Rear on the Record" contest

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    The season - as always in my opinion - comes down to one game: the September 19th meeting with the little cheating school that thinks they're on a hill even though the elevation of Denton is 92 feet higher (look it up).

    If North Texas beats SMU at home I could easily see this team going 7-4 or maybe even 8-3.

    If they lose, well, for me it doesn't matter what their record is because the season would be over.

    Go Mean Green! 

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  17. P5 Talent On UNT Roster

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    On 8/21/2020 at 2:34 PM, BillySee58 said:

    While looking through the roster and the various position groups it really stood out to me how many of these guys had at least one P5 school offer them in high school. We can basically put together a starting lineup of guys who had P5 offers, and are 2-3 deep there in some positions. So I did.

    This obviously is nothing like what our starting lineup will look like and some of these guys will get or have already been outplayed by guys who didn’t have P5 offers, but it’s encouraging to see so many of these type of players competing for spots. That’s how you build a good roster. The guys who emerge from these competitions will be the real deal.

    QB:

    RS SO Austin Aune (TCU, Texas Tech, Kansas)

    RS FR Will Kuehne (Maryland)

    RS FR Amani Gilmore (Kentucky, Tennessee) - Sitting out season due to transfer

    RB:

    RS JR Tre Siggers (Louisville, Texas Tech)

    RS SR Nick Smith (Cal, Purdue)

    FR Ikaika Ragsdale (Arizona, Oregon)

    WR:

    SR Jaelon Darden (Virginia Tech)

    SO Deonte Simpson (Northwestern)

    RS FR Kealon Jackson (Kansas, West Virginia)

    FR Detraveon Brown (Ole Miss, Kentucky, Kansas)

    FR Loronzo Thompson (Baylor, Utah)

    TE:

    RS FR Khatib Lyles (Indiana, Texas Tech, Kansas, Utah)

    RS FR Asher Alberding (Kansas)

    FR Jake Roberts (Colorado)

    Offensive Line:

    RS SO Jacob Farrell (OK State, Kansas, TCU, Texas Tech) - Sitting out season due to transfer

    Defensive Line:

    RS SO Davontae McCrae (Miss State, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri)

    FR Jonathan Pickett (Arizona, Arizona State, Vanderbilt, West Virginia)

    FR Kortlin Rausaw (Colorado, Iowa State)

    Linebackers:

    JR KD Davis (Illinois)

    RS FR Taylor Jacobs (Texas Tech)

    Cornerbacks:

    RS SO Jordan Rucker (Purdue)

    RS FR Jevin Murray (Louisville, Oregon State)

    Safeties:

    JR Alex Morris (Indiana, Louisville)

    RS SO Jaxon Gibbs (Illinois)

    FR Garnett Burke (Kansas)

     

    25 guys with P5 offers out of 85 scholarship spots available is extremely impressive. Especially when you consider 20 of these guys are underclassmen and only 2 are seniors. Really excited to start seeing this type of talent on the field for us.

    Hey Billy, thanks for the breakdown.

    Strictly judging on your criteria (guys receiving P5 offers), is this the best North Texas has ever had?

  22. The COVID-19 pandemic has left little choice. C-USA and the Sun Belt have to realign

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    The idea that a merger between C-USA and the Sun Belt is inevitable is ridiculous. Schools will cut, and cut some more, before this scenario ever happens. There are too many egos, too many lists, too many rankings, too much prestige (or lack thereof), and too many perceived or real slights that would ever allow this scenario to come about. 

    Not saying the idea of a merger is right or wrong, but we're still a long way from this ever happening.

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  23. Where Did The SOW Come From?

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    I don't think you have to worry about international trademark infringement. Trademarks are only legally binding within the domestic United States. I believe there are some international court remedies, but I doubt the Australian Navy is very concerned with the University of North Texas' athletic department.

    That is an awesome find!! Some beautiful FA-18s!! 

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