[Mattress Mac is a bit sensitive]

Oh well. 🙂

 

[***UNT vs Tulane In-Game Discussion Thread***]

1 minute ago, Udomann said:

Nope. Offense has had a complete misfire. Not even due to Tulane. They just look completely and totally inept and unprepared.  

Tulane has kept our run game to nothing. Passing has had some hiccups but they've been held in check too. It's mainly their defense.

[Mid-Season Observations]

23 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Defense is trending in the right direction in Points Allowed.

As it should, but the offenses we've faced have also got weaker.

[Barbershop is Back Live tonight]

On 10/16/2023 at 7:23 PM, untcampbell said:

Bad memory, or bad view. But how many times was Rogers sacked this week?

 

GMG

4

[UNT vs. Tulane (10/21/23 Score Predictions)]

41-27 them

[Mid-Season Observations]

I've been looking at stats too, but more focused on our opponents.  Like most of us know, the second half will be much tougher than the first on both sides of the ball.  These are the our opponents team stats Scoring Defense/Total Defense and Scoring Offense/Total Offense.  I know these can be swayed/skewed by different things like style of play (e.g. Navy), but 6 games is a pretty good picture of what a team is.

 

Our offense will be tested more than it was in the first half, but not near as much as the defense will.  These numbers make me think it will tougher than I first thought.  On the bright side, I know UTSA has been without Harris for a stretch, but they are easily the best chance at a win in these next four games and only an SMU upset would make me happier.  This second half of the season will give us a better idea of where we are as a team.

[***Official Temple vs UNT Game Discussion***]

22 minutes ago, BigWillie said:

You didn't see Texas Tech's freshman QB then. 😬

Or maybe you also missed our first couple of games....

Saw them too. I stand by my statement. 

[***Official Temple vs UNT Game Discussion***]

44 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Defense made plays when the game was still close. End of the first half, we got a 6 yard sack on 1st and 10. They punted a couple plays later to somewhat closeout the half as we didn't do anything with a bit over 1 minute to go. First drive of the second half, 4th and 2, obvious running situation, our weakness, and we stuff them for no gain giving our offense the ball with a short field. Don't give them credit if you don't want to but they had an opportunity to score to close out the first half and start the second half and got absolutely nothing. Instead they gave us a short field where we scored a touchdown.

I won't. 

That team could move the ball one way...running it. And by the two times you mentioned, everyone in the stadium knew it.  All 600 of us. 😉

[***Official Temple vs UNT Game Discussion***]

I'm not going to talk bad about the defense, but I'm not giving them credit either.  That was one of the worse quarterbacks I've seen play college ball.  I give them more credit for last week's game. I'll take the win though....might be the last one we see for a long time.

[Glasses for Eclipse tomorrow]

This is great news! I was looking for some yesterday because I assumed the athletic department would miss the ball on this.  This year's "game activities" have been improved, with the concerts, drone show and to an extent, the glasses.   Golf clap for the whomever is in charge of this.

Now, if we could get them to stop douchebaging up the North Texas chant I'll be almost content. 🙂

[Weekday FBS Games - 10/10-10/13]

3 hours ago, Big Z said:

Geez

UTEP is up 21 to 7 to FIU

How in the heck did we lost this game? Oh wait, we started a FCS QB. 

It's because we had an fcs defense. 

[UNT vs. Temple (10/14/23) Score Predictions]

42 - 41 us

[What I'm Looking For in the Navy Game]

What I'm looking to change is this...

 

	FIRST	SECOND
CAL	21-33	0-25
FIU	20-17	19-29
LA TECH	23-14	17-23
ACU	31-17	14-14
TOTAL	95-81	50-91

 In every game we've outscored our opponent in the first half (except Cal) and been outscored in the second half (except ACU, and that was a tie).  Also, in every game we've scored less in the second half than the first half and almost given up more points in the second half than we have the first half.  This could be a variety of things, but what it looks like is that the other teams are going in a halftime and making adjustments that are better than our adjustment, basically out coaching us at halftime and in the second half.  I would like to see us get better in the third and fourth quarters instead of getting worse.  

 

[Temple game to be on ESPNU 10/14 @ 11 a.m.]

28 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

I’ll take the Saturday national broadcast exposure over a 6p kick with less than 20k in the building any day.

This.

 

1 hour ago, KingDL1 said:

And then there is the reality that the gameday atmosphere is shot in the foot, and the attendance will be incredibly light. 

I don't see it as a gift at all. 

The difference in attendance from a 11AM game to a 6 PM game will be negligible. The exposure,  regardless if nation wide or just our region and their's would be far greater than the 2-4k difference in butts in the seats.  

And who do you think this effects more, the student attendance or the alumni attendance? Students should at the least want to be in the stands to possibly be seen on "national" TV.  Tailgaters who were planning on tailgating a 6pm game will most likely still tailgate at 11am.  

[A sad day in north Texas tailgating]

[Trent Dilfer screaming at his assistant coach]

1 hour ago, Pavlovs Eagle said:

Im not thrilled with Morris so far, but I think Dilf is a much worse hire.

I'm torn if I support them or USF at next Saturday's game.  USF's fanbase is annoying and is convinced former Big East membership years ago means they're next in line for the ACC when it implodes shortly. A winning season this year + a heavy dose of recent-ism means they'll be next up.  But I also just don't like UAB for obvious reasons.

I'd reconsider your nickname mor him...unless you find him attractive. 😉

[****OFFICIAL ACU vs UNT In-Game Thread***]

43 minutes ago, Green Otaku said:

No, but we've discussed on this board before that people push for playing Texas FCS teams because according to them our fans are familiar with them and will get our fans to come out, as well as that they bring a good away crowd. I don't recall ever seeing a large number of away fans for an FCS game, maybe some sparse ones here and there, but nothing that was notable. 

Ah. Yeah, that's stupid.

[****OFFICIAL ACU vs UNT In-Game Thread***]

9 hours ago, Green Otaku said:

Where are those that were saying Texas FCS schools bring good crowds and it's a good reason to keep scheduling them? From what I saw it didn't look like many were in the stands. 

I mean their crowd wasn't bad. It was pretty good for a visiting team.  Did some else say they would travel like Tech? 

[GMG Report: Jace Ruder taking Reps at Linebacker]

16 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

I see Jace is now wearing #3 and listed as linebacker on the roster. JD Head took the #10 offensive jersey. Looks like they have him on punt return too.

And he looks 15 to 20 lbs heavier. 

[Jason Bean Starting Against Texas]

Why?

[Being held accountable...]

53 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Are you sure about Brown and Davis? Definitely seemed like they were not playing much compared to normal. Brown had 2 assisted tackles and that’s it, and Davis didn’t record a single stat. Seemed like a lot more Loronzo Thompson at corner during the game.

Yeah, I don't remember them not being on the field in the first quarter and they for sure played the first series. However, I only watched until all the starters came into the game and that was the first series of the second quarter.  Wood actually came in the last play or second to last play of the first quarter but that was because Wesloski got banged up.   It's possible that players were suspended later in the game, but I've never heard of suspensions coming in the middle of a game. To me that's getting benched, but I guess it could be a thing.  

Lee and Addaway also didn't play the first couple of series, but I couldn't tell if that was a personnel/package decision or not.

[Being held accountable...]

3 hours ago, cousin oliver said:

You are calling them out a little bit. Just a little bit in my opinion.  I tend to give a little more leniency in these types of cases and whatnot.

Kind of, but I had to call them out to give them credit.

[How Much Time Do We Give The New Coach To Get Us Bowl Eligible]

4 minutes ago, rcade said:

NTXSports was doing that "laugh at ourselves" thing and the Big Sky Conference decided that laughing at us was funnier. Rat bastards.

Ah. That makes it a little better, but only if you're in on the joke.

[CLASS Executive Dean proposes college restructure, demotion of Mayborn School of Journalism status]

Seems like the wrong forum for this topic.

[Being held accountable...]

So, because the suspension news was new to me and Morris wasn't specific on who were the starters suspended for the FIU game I went back to watch the beginning of that game to see who they were.  The only starters who missed more than 2 series that game were Adeyi and Burns on offense and Wood on defense.  These three sat out the first quarter and I'm assuming are some of the ones mentioned.

I'm not doing this to call them out, but because the coaches held them accountable and they accepted accountability. I say this because the next game Adeyi has 19 carries for 148 yards and 2 TDs (leading rusher), Burns has 11 catches for 134 yards (leading receiver) and Wood has 9 tackles (leading tackler and 1 pass deflection. So while it's alarming to see three veteran leaders of the team not doing what they should, I was glad to see they didn't sulk about it.  They used it as motivation.

Also, while some of my opinions about Morris and the staff still stand, I've grown to like him as a person and the way he runs a team.

Side note, unless some players were only held out for 2 series I can't figure out what other starters were held out.  He mentioned MLB and a corner and Brown and both Texada and Davis started.