VideoEagle

Is there really a sentiment of "Since we might lose, we shouldn't ever play on national TV?" If that were really the case, we should shut down the program! As for starting at 11am, there will always be some scheduling conflicts for some people. I don't know any current UNT students, but I know a bunch of guys at other schools who love to stay up all night playing video games and still manage to do anything they actually want to do on Saturday morning. If they want to go to the game they will adjust or (more likely) just stay up all night and go without sleep. If they don't want to go, game time simply doesn't matter! There will always be youth sports conflicts on Saturdays. I live in Coppell and there are games for pre-K through 8th grade with start times from 8 am (requiring a 7 am arrival) through start times of 5 pm (lasting 90 minutes till 6:30 pm!). Most parents of I know of elementary kids are in two sports which gets even more complicated. If you are a fan and a parent, you have to make choices. It is called being an adult.

Nice find, @El Paso Eagle. The source has a better average track record on overall predictions. I'm not sure what to think of our defense. Over the last two games and much of FIU, it appeared our guys were in position to make a stop, but couldn't tackle. If you can't tackle, it really doesn't matter how many guys you have on the line. Tackling is something that can be fixed during the season but it has not been fixed yet. I'm not as worried about the offense as we've shown we have the ability to score quickly when we are trying to do so. I would feel better about this game if it were in Denton as our road record, regardless of coach, is simply awful. I think we lose by less than 10.

No, districts cannot do that. The TXLEG passed a law requiring stadiums and athletic facilities to be split out into separate bond issues. No more rolling it all together and saying if you want schools with working wifi, plumbing and air conditioning you must also pay for a stadium. Also, most of the safety issues are required to be addressed now. I know Coppell has had to upgrade locks, is adding new fencing, and adding bullet-resistant film to all windows. Most was required to be in place before school started in September.

You are absolutely right! Construction material costs have gone up exponentially. Home builders say it's a challenge to get workers without paying bonuses. At the time DATCU was built, I remember multiple news articles on NT getting an incredible deal for the stadium.

Odessa has not had anywhere near the growth Prosper has. There are new subdivisions in Prosper ISD that more than triple the number of homes in Odessa and aren't built yet. And developers are buying still more land for still more homes! They are not building the stadium for the students they have today - they are building for what they will have in five to seven years!

It sounds as though relegation has the same effect that the NCAA death penalty had on SMU. I can’t imagine many, if any, schools voting for it.

Back when the PAC collapsed, we announced several OOC games they mentioned an “additional P5 series” was on hold. I’m guessing this was it.

You are correct on every point. In the age of NIL, this position is more important than ever as NIL tends to pull money away from the university.

Very, very true!

It really was an exciting game. The fourth quarter was fun to listen to in the car! But I wouldn't mind a game where we're ahead and the fourth quarter is boring.

It's Morriss' first win at NT - of course he gets a game ball!

How to you get it to sync up to the Dave is calling what you see on the screen?

For a comparison of 3 and 4 man fronts to be worthwhile, they need to include down and distance at a minimum. 3 man fronts make sense on third and long, but no sense on the goalline. There is far more to understanding a defense than a simple "3 man bad" and "4 man good."

That was great!

+ varies a lot. Many places it is controlled but the home school, but but not all. And the school's level of spending also varies as some schools bring in a professional crew and truck while others use all students with a church broadcast level of equipment.

Wow, it's a very interesting article. I don't believe it's behind a paywall. If you ever watch sports on TV, you should read this article. But, I'll throw out a few points from the article to pique your interest: 1. In the last nine years, ESPN has gone from 100 million households to just 55 million without Charter/Spectrum. That's about half of their subscription fees and a huge drop in ad revenue. 2. Charter/Spectrum have actually done the math - they make MORE money on the internet than on cable TV bundles. In past carriage disputes, ESPN could tell Charter/Spectrum customers to go find another provider like Fubo or YouTubeTV. This time, Charter/Spectrum are telling their own customers to go get a sports streaming service since Charter/Spectrum will actually net MORE money that way. 3. While streaming is coming, so far it has NOT been a money maker. In public filings, it turns out ESPN has so far lost $11 BILLION on streaming. Read the article and get your popcorn to watch the fight. Because at some point, most people will no longer watch very many live games! https://www.foxnews.com/sports/clay-travis-espn-vs-charter-end-table-bundle-televised-sports-we-know-it

One of those things is NOT like the others! Three are AAU members, one isn't even Tier One Research.

You realize UTSA also started playing FBS ball at the same time. They both became FBS schools when they were admitted to the WAC.

It's a lot more if you count the players that actually playing in the American but whose schools are now in the Big XII. I wouldn't call players that never played a down in a Big XII game "Big XII players."

Truman State in Mo., I think.

Cal is still the flagship of the University of California system, no matter how bit UCLA is.

Only if the money is a LOT better. As the American's pursuit of Wazzu and OSU showed, it was not enough to make it worth adding them to our conference. With 13 or 14, you don't have to have divisions, but by 16 you do. And with divisions, you have a strong chance you won't have the two strongest teams from your conference in the title game which cuts your chances for one of those coveted CFP slots. The Mountain has never, ever been a conference that chased markets; that was CUSA and then to a certain degree the American. ESPN has made it pretty clear they will give a bit of a bump, but not enough to even cover the extra travel costs. Without a lot of money that I don't see coming in, I don't see any reason for anyone in the American to jump.

But there is a logic - the pursuit of money! There is a pursuit of more money in all but 1 of the moves to the B1G, Big XII, and ACC. And in that one, SMU hopes to leverage their current cash into staying P4 after the next big consolidation. An AAC team moving to the Mountain will create LESS money per team while doing nothing to increase the chances of becoming the G5 that gets into the playoffs. That's why a raid by the Mountain on the America is very unlikely.

Why would you think the Mountain is going to poach the AAC? Or why anyone from the AAC would want to jump the Mountain? If the MWC adds Wazzu and OSU, they are at 13 members. After SMU leaves the AAC is at 13. Adding schools divides the pie into smaller pieces unless you add a school that has a strong enough national draw to increase the size of the money pool more than the loss in dividing it more ways. I don't think anyone in either conference does that. Then, you have several MWC members who have repeatedly said they do NOT want to expand the conference into the Central time zone unless they can get the "right" schools. Those mentioned were Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. Colorado State, AF, Wyoming, and at least one more don't want to have a conference mate east of the Rockies. Look at it the other way - who from the AAC is going to want to go to the MWC? Yes, a lot would want to have gone to the old PAC 12, but that's NOT who they would be joining. The MWC is a lateral move at best with increased costs that would NOT be offset by increased TV revenue. I just don't see a real reason for anyone in the American to jump to the Mountain!