[Best BBQ in each Texas college football town]

14 hours ago, GreenN'walinsVet said:

agree that it is very good.  My mom was born and raised in Jefferson.

Small world lol

[G5s Finally Getting Together......Talking About Their Future]

Include relegation in the model. 

Teams that play in the G5 championship get automatically moved to P4.

Lowest P4 teams, get moved to G5 to replace the two lost teams.

 

[Reece Mooney could be gone too]

These spring transfers that were gone after 1 semester are entering Raveon Hoston territory. A lot of hype and never step on the field.

[NTE: UNT Host Two DL Transfers ($)]

13 minutes ago, New2Green said:

This is a dilemma that schools like UNT face. Go with an SEC lineman that probably wasn’t playing as much as they thought they should or go with the small school kid who wants to prove they are a D1 player. Tough decision but if I had to choose I think I would go with the small school standout who has a chip on his shoulder.

Why not both? Have you seen our DL depth lol

[Transfer Portal Signee Thread]

27 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

I am confused.  I did not make any spring practices and was too busy trying to look up new players during the scrimmage to really be able to watch OL play specifically.

 

Unfortunately, it was a busy spring (work and other activities) so I don't know what the deal is either. He seemed like a highly sought after OL. Hopefully he has a change of heart.

[Transfer Portal Signee Thread]

On 12/17/2023 at 1:14 PM, GMG24 said:

Justice Guillory- SFA, NR, 6'4" 335 2x All American, Interior OL, Grad Transfer, 1 year of eligibility

[Spring transfer portal]

41 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Wasn't he injured in high school which kind of allowed us to swoop in pick him up?

I wonder if he was progressing.  Is he entering the portal?

I may have uncovered why he is leaving.  He signed as a 6' 205 lb. LB and after a year in our program he shrunk from 6' to 5'10" and ballooned to 220 lb.  

 

(someone will get upset or dispute that last sentence thinking I was serious)

He couldn't crack the depth chart on a poor defense. I think he was told to look elsewhere.

[Spring transfer portal]

4 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Corey Swiney enters the portal.  Believe he was a walk-on.

https://247sports.com/Player/Corey-Swiney-46094056/

Yes. He was a walk on.

[Best BBQ in each Texas college football town]

5 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

When it comes to good BBQ, don't tease!  LOL!

Where is Joseph's Riverport BBQ?

Sorry, been out of the country all week. A small town in East Texas called Jefferson. It's been on and off the list the past few years.

[Best BBQ in each Texas college football town]

On 4/17/2024 at 5:46 AM, DeepGreen said:

Bodacious BBQ?

Joseph's Riverport BBQ, but he has mentored the Bodacious guys in Longview. 

[Spring transfer portal]

Marcus wasn't with the team during spring ball.

[Best BBQ in each Texas college football town]

There's not any good BBQ in Denton proper. I will die on that hill.

Before anyone gets defensive, I own an offset smoker and am friends with a UNT Alum that has a Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ spot in East Texas.

[Stone Earle deserves to be the starter]

I hope you're not basing this on playing well in practice against our defense. Stone could be the guy this fall, but Chandler is the more talented QB. I think after fall camp Chandler will be the QB. Let's pray that he can stay healthy.

[Season Ticket Change]

Awesome, I guess that's why they wouldn't tell me my seat location after I renewed.

[scrimmage]

23 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Yeah... this defense might end up being worse if Stone is leading our offense to countless touchdowns. 

The defense was ranked 130 in total defense last year. We can all agree the secondary is moving in the right direction. However, the front 6 is worrisome.

We added a DE from Oregon, a LB from Iowa State, and a few HS prospects. Other than that, the front 6 looks the same as last year. We need to hope a few guys from the portal are added this spring. Otherwise we will be 5-7 or 6-6 this year.

[Which college football coaches make your Mount Rushmore? Saban is easy … but who else?]

13 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

I meant to post this on April 1st, my bad.....

[Which college football coaches make your Mount Rushmore? Saban is easy … but who else?]

Dickey, Dodge, McCarney, and Littrell are on mine.

[Another thread about how to increase fan engagement (besides WINNING!!)]

20 minutes ago, Meangreen Fight said:

I am engineering grad.  NONE of my classmates attended games while in school nor have I seen any of them at games as alumni except maybe at a random homecoming over the past 20 years.  Students would be foolish to come here expecting good football and basketball (men's or women's).   Stop blaming the "customer" for the earned reputation of putting out a bad product.  That is why find it comical that so many scoffed at the mere suggestion that school pursue a Coach like Deion Sanders before he left for Colorado.  The attention of the pursuit alone would make an impact on the perception of the program.  Just like Cowboys fans are super skeptical of "All In" when you don't even call one of the best running backs in the league to gauge his interest when he lives in DALLAS and your team needs a QB.  

Lol, thanks for confirming that none of your engineering friends from 20 plus years ago don't go to games. I hate to break it to you, but my buddies from the finance program don't go to games now either, and I left UNT 13 years ago. They didn't target the business students when I was in school or when I graduated.

This is exactly my point, the marketing department/student outreach sucks. They need to do a better job of targeting kids currently in Denton. It seems there are a lot of people in the athletic department that do just the bare minimum and collect a paycheck. 

I agree, winning does wonders for a program. It's a damn shame DATCU/APOGEE opened in 2011 and we still haven't sold the stadium out.  

 

[Spring Football]

Looks like we have a scrimmage today. I'm interested to hear how the defense looks.

[Another thread about how to increase fan engagement (besides WINNING!!)]

1 hour ago, GRN-WHT said:

The school administration has to change the profile of the type student they market to. Period. Until then, the "Director of Marketing and Fan Engagement" is going to have an uphill climb.

Yep, we need to target the Business/Engineering students. The weird art kids are not going to attend a football or basketball game. 

['25 WR Offer: Trishstin Glass; Copperas Cove: Not Rated]

His HC Tony Johnson had a son who was long snapper or OL for us. I have friends who coached with Tony and he speaks highly of UNT. Ultimately it's up to the kid to decide, but not a bad thing to have a good relationship with his HC.

[It was a good season]

Sucks that we had injuries and are already out of the tournament. I am proud of how this team tackled adversity. We had some nice wins this season. On to next year!

[Doesn't even look like Rogers will start at Cal]

30 minutes ago, KingDL1 said:

If Rogers doesn't start, will he still get the NIL money? I heard that most of the time, NIL money promises to transfers are conditional. 

Well if that's the case, his advisors gave him bad advice. He played well here last year. However, this will be his 5th school since 2019. We shouldn't be shocked he left. As soon as adversity hits, he leaves.

Southern Miss- Blinn- ULM- UNT- Cal

 

 

 

[Doesn't even look like Rogers will start at Cal]

Tough shit, who cares. I hope he enjoys the NIL money. 

[UNT 2024 Football Schedule]

1 hour ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

That would have been Gary DeLoach by that point.  But no, the defense didn't improve much, if any, under him.

It was so bad that I couldn't remember lol.