[San Antonio JC News]

Yikes. I guess that is proof that UTSA doesn’t have a good NIL. Their players have to rob people. 

[From the desk of Jared Mosley - special update]

2 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Women's basketball moves the needle approximately 0%. 

Any AD's mission is to have team(s) success, build upon facilities, and fundraise. I am not going to look at women's basketball and chalk that up as athletic success. Yes, Burton was a good hire. Woohoooooo. And, just like that, I'm over that success data point of the AD. 

Where are we in the AC expansion? Why wasn't more pressure put on ridding our DC? Oh, that's right, because Mosley agreed to a 2 year deal for him at 400/per. Men's  basketball, though not Mosley's fault, took an expected step back. Football seems to be a blackhole sucking the resources from the athletic department. You can prop up Burton as proof of Mosley's success as our AD. I will not. 

Ask Iowa if women’s basketball can move the needle. Or LSU. Or Baylor. 

[From the desk of Jared Mosley - special update]

On 6/13/2024 at 3:41 PM, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Yuuuup.

 

And they wonder why no one takes them seriously. 

It reads as basically, "trust us, we're trying, just give us more."

 

 

Mosley is smart to not state how much money our collective has. You can’t give away that power in a negotiation. 

If Mosley said we had X dollars for NIL then any player we are targeting would know how much to ask for. And that player would probably ask for all of it.

Or an established player would feel like he isn’t getting enough.
And we can’t let our competition know how much we have, because that would make it even easier to target our players and our recruits. 

Mosley has a hard f-ing job right now. North Texas is in a very bad spot in the current college athletics landscape.
 

But overall, the first year under Mosley was a success. He made a home run hire in women’s basketball and we WON the conference. Men’s basketball was competitive in the conference and won some postseason games with a new coach despite a really bad run of injuries.

Football was underwhelming, but there is hope for the future. 

Mosley needs to be judged by the results on the field. And so far, those results have been pretty good. 

[Stone Earle did not keep his promises]

2 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

Half?

Try more like 90%

Maybe by then, Stone Earle will come back?

[Reece Mooney and Stone Earle could be gone too]

Have you seen the numbers that Chandler Morris puts up against great competition when he is healthy?!!

Obviously he will be the starter here and if he can stay healthy then even Chandler Rogers will forget who Chandler Rogers was. 

But even behind Chandler Morris, UNT was still a great opportunity for Stone Earle. Certainly, there would be certain zone read packages that would not be worth risking the health of Morris, that Earle could run. He would have gotten some snaps with us this season no matter what.  But he’s not going to be handed the starting job at ACU as they have some real guys there too. 

The problem is that if Morris gets hurt, Earle would not have been the replacement. He fell behind Cash McCollum and was No. 3 on a 3 man depth chart at UNT. 

[Big 12 considering private equity investment of up to $1 billion for as much as 20% of conference]

I don’t have a problem with them selling the naming rights to the conference. It is a good idea. You don’t need private equity for that and it is no different than billboards in the stadium, selling ads in the program or stadium naming rights. 

But I really don’t like the idea of some outside investor monetizing me for loving my school. F those guys. What do they get a cut of? I’m certainly not donating to the school if 15% of my donation goes to some private equity a-hole. 

And what else can the athletic program charge me for? I already pay for tickets, parking, concessions, merchandise and NIL. 

Private equity is a short-term band aid and long-term problem. You can’t get in bed with them. 

[Big 12 considering private equity investment of up to $1 billion for as much as 20% of conference]

This is not good for fans at all.

[Preseason All AAC 2024]

The state of this conference from the transfer portal is just sad. 

I hope Damon Ward Jr. has a huge year, but 2nd-team All Conference with 39 receptions for 497 yards and five touchdowns? 

Ikaika Ragsdale had 9 carries for 34 yards last year and is coming off a major knee injury. That’s 3rd-team All Conference?

I follow this team pretty closely and I have never heard of Isheem Young before. Sounds familiar but can’t recall anything about him. He’s 3rd-team All Conference too. 

UNT is going to have to wait until the morning of the game to send that roster program to the printer. 

[Reece Mooney and Stone Earle could be gone too]

I was on the Stone Earle bandwagon last year. He had his chance. He just wasn’t very good. I wish him the best. We can still find a serviceable 3rd string QB from the bottom of the grad transfer portal. 

[From the desk of Jared Mosley - special update]

I also give to the collectives and would like my money back from every athlete that transferred. I know it doesn’t work that way though. 
After losing ALMOST all of our good players from the football team AND basketball team to the transfer portal, I do question why I continue to give to the collectives. 
The answer, I guess, is that maybe it helps us attract new players to replace the good players that we used to have who left us through the portal.
That is the only reason I am still giving. Anyone have any other reasons to help justify it? 

[John Buggs IIII Lands At............................]

Was he run out of town? I mean it is pretty curious that he’s gone to a new school every year. Maybe no one can stand him for long? 

He was a pretty useable piece for us who was put in a position to do the things he does well. I enjoyed rooting for him. 

I don’t like it, but I get it if he gets a $$$ P4 offer and takes it. But why would a player like that go from North Texas to East Tennessee (really?) unless he was forced out? 

[John Buggs IIII Lands At............................]

What is East Tennessee?

[House v. NCAA settlement winners and losers: Athletes take monumental step, non-revenue sports at risk]

2 hours ago, DentonStang said:

Oh man, this confirms we will blow away our AAC revenue easily

 

And you will still play in a stadium that is 3/5 empty. The good ACC schools can’t get out of that conference and away from you fast enough. 

[In the new NIL era how should UNT athletics be focused?]

Football, Men’s basketball, Women’s basketball, Women’s soccer, Softball, Women’s tennis and whatever other women’s sports you have to have to make Title IX work.

 

[U of Florida Getting Their Pants Sued Off Over NIL]

I am reading a book that touches on the history of football. In the early 20th century, college football was WAY bigger than professional football and society considered it gross and off-putting that anyone would play a sport for money. There was only honor in playing a sport for the love of the game. 

Obviously, nowadays everything is about ME ME ME and “How much can I get?”. But everything old is new again and I could see society swinging back around to the glorification of the amateur athlete. 

[New TP WR (5/16/2024)]

This guy wasn’t very productive in high school, junior college or the two D1’s he’s been at previously. Pretty sad if this is the level of recruit we can get in football now. Yikes.

[JUCO Target Bryson Smith]

JJ went to Eastfield. This dude goes to Northlake. They are in the same conference. Very low level basketball. D3 Juco. 

[Do we rent out the IPF?]

Probably good for the program to be associated with high level QB training. I’m not going to tattletale on them.

[FAU backup forward (Brenen Lorient) added to the roster]

I bet Dusty May steered this guy to Ross, who probably steered Rubin to Michigan once it became apparent he wasn’t coming back. Ross and May have a good relationship so I bet this guy can play.

[You've heard of Hook 'em, Gig 'em, Wreck 'em, Sic'em, what about...]

On 5/2/2024 at 11:38 PM, CMJ said:

Scrap'em is (or was) a thing.  I remember in the late 90s there was some sort of Administration decision that "Scrap'em Eagles" would be our official battle cry.  Probably only a few people were ever aware of it, but Talons got the memo.

I remember that! I still say “Scrap ‘Em”. I thought it has always been a thing.

[So has NIL officially moved into the AD?]

The NCAA doesn’t have balls, but it was the court system that cut them off. 
If the NCAA had its way, there would be no NIL and players could transfer once if they were willing to sit out a year. Pretty good system.

[Morris signals it is over]

3 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

There is such a thing as being right, and absolutely stupid for expressing that view. 

The guy just lost every good player on his team to schools who gave his players more money. Anybody reading this article already understands the reality of what he is stating. The sooner a new G5 system can be implemented, the better.

[Morris signals it is over]

23 minutes ago, Cougar King said:

Morris says that and will jump ship to the first P4 opportunity that opens up. 

Don’t kid yourself, Cougar King. There is no “P4”.
There is the SEC. The Big 10. And then everyone else. The ACC and Big 12 are just as irrelevant as the rest of G5 in football now and will only become more so…

[Grant Newell............Transfer From Cal]

I hate the portal and NIL too. But North Texas didn’t invent those things and the answer isn’t to quit on your alma mater.
We just have to ride this out until whatever is next comes along. Looks like we will have an exciting team next season too.

[Texas Tech season tickets sold out this year]

22 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

How many people in that photo even care that we have a football team? 

I see a couple of girls who might make a good walk-on nose tackle.