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But UK is one of the prestigious men's basketball programs. Calipari has been in hot water here in Kentucky for his lack of NCAA tournament success in the past few years and UK likely can't raise the $$ to buy out is big contract. This is a gift to UK fans for sure. Kentucky fans expect a lot more from the men's basketball program than probably any other program. Absolutely brutal place with no excuses.

I wanted to see Houton make it to the Final 4 again. Certainly, no shame in losing to Duke in the Sweet 16.

I attended the Louisville game that year. That game was played in their old stadium not the new show piece UL has now. Made sure I purchased tickets in the covered seating area which was a good thing since it rained most of that game. UNT actually led briefly in that game 7-0. North Texas still leads the series though.

I can understand him wanting to enroll at Texas St. TSU is a good school and San Marcos is a nice area as well as being near his parents. But why the hell would he even consider WKU. Most people that I know who moved from Texas to western KY (I live here) say almost the same exact comment to me. And that is, moving from Texas and living in KY was the most humbling experience of their lives. Why would you do that to yourself intentionally. San Marcos at half the NIL $ is a better choice. Of course, I think UNT is a better choice for him, but I am biased a bit on this.

Well Georgia didn't seem to think the bowl game was irrelevant and they didn't seem to have transfer portal problems or key guys skipping the bowl game. Maybe the real answer is that the ACC is not a power football conference anymore. A 60-point blowout loss is pretty hard to make excuses about. 60 points! And this blowout begs the question is it even necessary to have a playoff beyond the 8 top ranked teams from the power conferences? I hate as much as any of you, but the reality is that 6 or 8 football programs will likely dominate the National Titles from here on unless there are changes.

https://www.wbko.com/2023/11/27/wku-defensive-back-upton-stout-enters-transfer-portal/ Former UNT DB Upton Stout enters the portal from WKU. Upton became a star for the Hilltoppers.

His bio says he made honor roll several years.

Okay. Fair enough. So, GM only generates 150 times more revenue than TAMU yet pays their CEO only $29million/yr. And she has a hell of lot more to manage than the HC at TAMU. All the more reason to investigate these outsized coaching salaries. It will ruin college football if it hasn't already. Plenty of coaches sitting at home drawing huge severances too. There will only be about 6 or 7 schools that will win the national title every year from here on. TAMU & UT won't be one of those 6 or 7 schools anyway.

And how does a company that generates $213M/yr. (TAMU athletic revenue) pay out one person $76M and survive financially? Coaching salaries are completely out of control, and I suspect it isn't fair market pricing, but collusion within the NCAA that accounts for these outsized salaries. Hell, Mary Bara makes $29M/yr. but General Motors generates $156Billion (700 times more!) in revenue. And she is overpaid!

The worst rushing defense I have ever seen at the college level. Stone could have audibled the running plays as in "we are running Knighton up the middle" and this defense still couldn't have stopped SMU. SMU's size and athleticism were a notch or two better at every position on the defensive and offensive lines. SMU ran the ball and milked the clock in the 4th quarter which made the score seem closer. But I am still amazed the game was ever close and it was at the half. How can this defense be fixed? My gosh, we need 15 to 20 new players at least.

This is a good indication of a lack of accountability in the upper management of the University. There are also a lot of outsized salaries in College Football. Look at UT, which pays Sarkisian $5.2M/yr. But the entire UT athletic dept. only generated $239M last year. Do you really think a private company would pay such outsized salaries? They would go bankrupt. UT would not be a big company by the way at least not from a revenue standpoint. $millions/yr. is a big big salary folks and 85 football players and a dozen assistant coaches isn't that much to manage. Hell, a BestBuy multistore regional manager likely has more responsibility and generates more revenue than any head coach. So, put me in the "no excuses" camp. I think heads should roll much sooner than has been happening at NT.

North Texas: 19 So. Methodist University: 49

Seems like I remember hearing that Dickey era teams practiced full speed hitting too and this caused the expected injuries. But it was the price to be paid, I guess. I heard WKU's football HC (Helton) say last week that Steve Spurrier would have rather lost and put up 500 yards of offense than win a low scoring game. This might be the same mentality coming from the Mike Leach tree of coaching. But don't forget too, UNT isn't winning many football games scoring only 29 points either.

A nice marketing gimmick for WKU Football. But your interest should end there. Having lived in Bowling Green for decades, trust me when I say; there is nothing to see here. Move along.

Almost empty stadium too. Geez.

While we are on the subject of past glory days, why does TAMU come up as one of the unquestioned powerhouse football stories in Texas? All 3 of TX A&M's national titles (1919, 1927, 1939) are contested. Yet these years all appear at Kyle Field. The 1919 Title is also claimed by tiny Centre College among a few other schools. Yeah, TA&M is competitive some years and there are some nice folks in College Station. But their nothing special in college football history.

Usually differ complex football analysis to you guys. You're from Texas and Texans really know their football for sure. But my take is that if the defense doesn't improve dramatically from week one and two levels, it will be a long day at LA Tech. These next two games are scary stuff for Morris. Not sure he expected 0-4 and what that would mean. But he is facing this very real possibility. NT: 31 LA Tech: 45

Wow. Unbelievable that he said UTSA FB was a dump. I was pulling for the Roadrunners, but their defense just wasn't up to the task of defeating a good Army squad. Disagree with his "....than this dump" statement. UTSA is part of the UT system (so far from dump level) and their FB program is making huge strides in the right direction. Alamo Dome seems to double the actual attendance noise wise. Heck 28,000 is not a bad attendance number either.

Does anyone know where I can get a Football Schedule poster? I looked at UNT athletics website and no mention of poster schedules. Many people in my office have UK and WKU football poster schedules and I wanted to hang up a UNT poster in my office. I gave up on finding a NIT Championship hat. Guess none were made.

What about a hat? Where can we buy an NIT Championship hat? I need an NIT hat to display in my office which has mostly WKU grads working there. Had to take down my C-USA Championship hat from my office after FAU won it this year.

Stansbury's resignation flashed across the ESPN ticker the day after he quit. Local news reported that Stansbury called it quits because of health problems. It was also reported that his contract had a $500,000 buyout clause. Which means he has to pay WKU $500,000 according to his contract terms. (His salary was $650,000.) WKU BB HC is a desirable job as basketball is like a second religion here in KY and WKU BB has great fan support.

UAB punched NT in the mouth early, and I think caught this team off guard. The expectation this year was to make the CUSA finals imo. So, I am disappointed for sure. But this loss doesn't really matter. UNT likely could not beat FAU anyway. Really would like to see FAU make it far in the NCAA bracket this year.

As many of you know, I live in Bowling Green, KY and work & live among mostly WKU grads. A win today would be huge to me. It is possible that NT never plays WKU again in any sport. And this past year has been special. A beatdown at football and a win against in men's BB were great and I am thankful. A potential final win against WKU tonight has special meaning for me and I am hoping for a large and rowdy crowd and 100% effort from the players and coaching staff.

IMO...If SMU leaves....add (ranked): 1. Army or 2. Air Force or 3. MTSU -Nashville market. or add all 3.

WKU starting guard Luke Frampton is out for the season with ACL injury. Started in 20 games this season. He was a 6th year senior, so he is done. Their coach Stansbury is also still out with unknown medical issues. FIU is on the road will be a tough game for WKU.