untjim1995

They know where the economic growth for their states come from in regards to college sports. You don’t have to have a UT or A&M degree to know that they get 200k+ for home games on a weekend, which dwarfs everyone else combined.

I mean, they did an awesome job in the Senate of helping with the grocery prices over these last 6 years…

A guy from Southlake that loved Todd Dodge, hated that he left SLC for a place with less resources and facilities at UNT, then saw him fail at a colossal fashion here…then rubs SMUs wealth and success in our faces on a board that will tolerate anything to support clicks, which is very North Texas… You’re the kinda guy that probably has the kid that went to SLC and held up the sign that said “Your dad works for my dad”. You are an SMU fan

I know what you’re getting at and you’re right about the need for transparency. Just know that it’s much easier for a place like Tech to show what we don’t because they have a ton of money compared to us. They have TV money, they have Big 12 money, they have oil money, they have West Texas money, and they have no competition for eyeballs in Lubbock. We have none of it—basically the exact opposite situation.

He doesn’t want to hear it. He wants to see us pass for 400 yards and score 28 points while our defense stops nobody when it counts…it’s just how it is around here.

They have a damn good coach with skins on the wall

Well, if you are only talking about this game only, then I can see why you’d ask this…but if you’ve watched the entirety of the Eric Morris tenure, then it would seem the answer would seem more obvious…

He’d be a great fit for a place where they actually play complimentary football…

Getting a QB to stay for 7 years helped UTSA immensely…and Texas State can hit, which tells me they can tackle, too.

I think the band part is spot-on. How many times do you see UNT ticket buyers leave after halftime because the Green Brigade has marched and that’s all they cared about…I’ve seen it for about 35 years now.

Only if it’s a Roth 401k…which is different from a Roth IRA

I’ll say this. At a school like ours, you gotta go against the grain to win here. Save for Mason Fine’s incredible sophomore and junior seasons, our way at any kind of winning has been thru the boring running game and a punishing defense. Granted, that may no be feasible anymore with the fact that Texas/Oklahoma HS basically is glorified 7-on-7 and we don’t produce great linemen anymore on either side of the ball, but the best teams we have had were with Scott Hall at QB and with Derek Thompson at QB, both with killer defenses and special teams. These Spread Offense disciples won’t ever win much here. They don’t hit nearly enough in practices to help your defense tackle and they stack up tons of empty numbers too often.

Considering that we usually get absolutely obliterated when we lose, that surprised me. I expected us to get crushed, since it was a bowl game, playing at SMU, and we lost the QB and leading receiver in the portal. But Mestemaker made a believer outta me—dude has heart and you can do something with that—if you can keep him around and if you will let him play. That Miami QB transfer may make that point moot.

Mestemaker will probably make a lot of money now at some CUSA or SBC program.

Man, that effort by Mestemaker was amazing…considering everything he had to face, that was a lot to be proud of…

Almost got it there…

Drew Mestemaker may not win this game, but he’s shown more heart at QB for us than we have seen since Mason Fine…

Welp…

Look, take away their QB and make them use a guy who’s barely even played the position and see how it affects them…I mean our defense hasn’t been good since the McCarney 2013 season, but to expect us to beat them is not reasonable. There was a reason they were two TD favorites.

We agree strongly on all of that…

Guess what won’t happen… This place kept RV for over 16 years as the AD. After he hired Todd Dodge…after he hired Shanice Stephens…after he hired Tony Benford. But man, he stayed in budget really well.

The Ticket had on GJ Kinne yesterday for a segment. Maybe they had Eric Morris on at some point before that, but I hadn't heard about it. So I guess any attention is good, huh?

Huh? Did you attend UNT Business School? A Roth IRA can only be contributed to for households with incomes that aren't anywhere near higher income tax levels. And you can only contribute $7000 per year or, if you are over 50, $8000 per year. A 401k lets you put away more per year and you often get a match.

Pretty much all of CFB athletes are like Morris…there are exceptions, but it’s 99% about money and exposure.

NIL is doable--the portal situation is the killer...and its not going away ever.