TheColonyEagle

To sort of put our history vs. P5s in perspective. Since 2001: We’ve played 32 games vs P5 opponents We’re 2-30 Avg score 41-13 We’ve Played Ark twice, Bama 3 times, Iowa twice, KState 4 times, LSU 3 times, OU 3 times, UT 4 times and TTech, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida and Clemson among others in that time frame. I’ve seen in person us lose to OU, TTech, KState twice, and Arkansas. I saw us beat Baylor and Indiana. Dickey was 1-13 avg score: 40-11 Dodge was 0-7 avg score: 49-15 McCarney 1-8 avg score: 40-14 Littrell 0-2 avg score: 32-7 Best game: beat Baylor: 52-14 Worst game: Lost OU: 79-10! (that was Dodge’s first game and the OU coaching staff started chuckling in the post game press conference describing the defensive alignment they saw....our high school D coordinator.....maybe the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen following UNT football....what a sh*t show that was) I say all this to say I have pretty much been to or at least watched everyone of those ass beatings for 17 years. It's amazing how different this team and this opportunity is compared to recent history. This Saturday is the best chance we’ve ever had to turn the tables. Go Mean Green

Another article: http://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2018/sep/14/mean-and-extreme-20180914/ This was a head scratcher: The Razorbacks would like to limit the Mean Green run game, as they did to Colorado State last week, and make Fine and the pass game earn every yard it gets. I guess......Yeah?........Do that?

Why is this so hard?

I approve

I think this is Morris trying to get his system in....they're going to have growing pains and my guess is he thought with a "weaker" opponent...that was the time to tinker. He can't afford to tinker this week. He has to win.

I went back and looked at the stats on the Iowa game last year....we had the lead at halftime and for most of the 3rd qtr until they went on a 14 play nearly 7 minute drive to score the go ahead TD. Then they got the ball back again at the end of the 3rd qtr and kept the ball from then and for HALF OF THE 4TH QTR going on a 16 play 87 yard TD drive that lasted nearly 9 minutes Then their last TD drive was 10 plays, 4 minutes. Iowa kept the ball for over 40 minutes in that game and ran the ball 59 times. They wore us down in the 2nd half. If I were Chad Morris....I wouldn't get cute here...I would take the Bielima players and run the ball and try to wear us down...I know he wants to get his system in place...but he can't afford to lose this game. I think this is a must win for him or he's going to be on his way to losing the team with Auburn coming up the next week. How we defend the run is going to be so important.....Front 7 better eat their Wheaties this week and get ready for a long day On the offensive side of things.....I hope we score early and often and put pressure on them to get out of the run game. Evidently they're having QB issues....letting them get into a comfort zone of running consistently could be a problem

What is our allotment?

Boy. Ol Joe Craddock is cocky

kind of what I was thinking.... Who's to say this won't be as good as a Dickey defense at the end of the year? Besides....Dickey didn't face the offenses of today. Not taking anything away from those defenses because they were amazing but offenses have really changed in the past 15-20 years.

So I'm curious...(I'm assuming you went to UNT given your name) What will it take to take you from a "casual" fan to a "die hard" fan? (I'm actually curious about this answer from all "casual" fans)

Auburn!!! You need to be focused on Auburn!!! SEC play is right around the corner! Come on man, get your head right!

I was thinking along these lines too....however someone made the point above....P5s don’t lose to G5’s twice in a row. Arkansas knows that. And then they start looking at film of us. And our receivers. And Mason Fine. Then they look at how a Colorado St team that doesn’t have Mason fine or our receivers gashed their D pretty good. Then they look at our film again. Then they start thinking how P5s don’t lose to G5’s twice in a row. Then they start sweating. If they don’t. Then they’re overlooking us. Which would be a mistake. My point is. They have all the pressure. We don’t. Our team is very confident right now. They’re not going in there “to compete” they’re not going in there “to put up a fight”. They’re going in there to win. They’re going in there to be the aggressor. Not “get out of there alive” They’re gonna be loose, together and playing with swagger. They’re not scared of Arkansas. And they have nothing to lose. Arkansas has everything to lose. P5s don’t lose to G5’s twice. This team is different from any we’ve seen go into a P5’s stadium in a long time. My point is, I originally thought that them losing to CSU didn’t help. But the more I think about it. It doesn’t matter if Arkansas is pissed off or not. It’s about our team.

Yes. Our issues are bigger than the RB. I sat in the wing last night. There is NOWHERE to run.

Man. It drizzled just a little until a few minutes very early into the 1st qtr then the weather was perfect the rest of the night. Every website, people in here. Even the AD tweeted: “rain until kickoff then it stops”. That’s exactly what it did. Those that let the weather scare them off were wrong.

With that attitude....sure

The pace is all Briles. That was a staple at Baylor. Go fast, run the ball, get vertical

"His offensive system has already proven to be effective. The Cardinals put up more yards of total offense against New Mexico than they did in any game last year." I say this offense will be better than that garbage SMU threw out there last week....maybe not as talented but they may move the ball. I think I read that Bob Davies had a lot of experience on D. This will be a good test for the D and an opportunity to take another step forward. They better be prepared.

It gets better every year. Very well done.

I like but don’t like so many people saying this game is gonna be close. I want them looking forward to the next game vs. Auburn I would feel better if Chad Morris hadn’t just coached against us last year. We’re not going to be able to sneak up on them.

Yep This team has really matured and seems to be taking on the personality of their head coach.

I haven't signed up yet.....do you mean quality as in play by play/commentary or quality of stream?

I will say this..... Discussing these type of rumors is much better than discussing the rumors on the TTech side of things.... I've followed this program for just over 20 years and I've never seen a coach leave that wasn't fired. Yikes As annoying as this is.....I'll take this over that all day long.