Mean Green 93-98

Just curious . . . how much money did the Sun Belt lose by not having one of their teams play in the bowl game?

Get a room, you two.

I see it far more on the defensive side of the ball than on the offensive.

I've seen some of these recent games where they were obviously faking injuries to slow things way down, like the Illinois-South Carolina bowl game. Some kind of action is necessary, or it's only going to get worse. Either make a rule like this, or give refs discretion to call something like a "flopping" penalty.

We have been the Eagles longer than the Philadelphia Eagles. I don't see them looking for an alternate name to avoid "copycat" accusations.

To my thinking, we are still the Eagles and we are also the Mean Green. Might as well take the eagle off the helmet and off the field if we aren't the Eagles.

You got me. Delightfully dry.

Something less than that.

It's all leading up to the university's renaming. We're going to be the University of North America.

You are arguing against a different point than the one he is actually making. He is not talking how well the North Texas football team has performed on the field versus how well the North Texas basketball team has performed on the court. He is talking generally about what a football program contributes to an athletic department versus what a basketball program contributes to an athletic department.

As long as PC is our RB coach, I am comfortable that the position will be solid.

No way we could afford him. I would expect he'll land at least a $4 million NIL deal.

As in, right now? If a school leaves and we need a replacement, I see them as a solid candidate. But I don't think we need to add them just to add them.

The NFL does not count sacks against a QB's rushing yards.

Yeah, my comment said nothing about Mestemaker's performance, which I thought under the circumstances could easily fall in the "great" category.

If that was a response to my comment, you clearly misunderstood my point. Perhaps I would have better described it as "effusive praise" rather than "over-the-top praise."

I agree. I think Morris's over-the-top praise of Mestemaker was the diametric opposite of coachspeak.

Not just "some of our players." The QB runs the offense. Beyond that, Chandler Morris had been pretty well carrying the team on his back most of the season. Going from that to a walk-on who had only taken a few snaps (who admittedly was very impressive considering that) was not a kind of handicap the Bobcats had to deal with.

No. I don't know why people think what happens at a single point in time expresses a permanent state. They beat us by two points in one game we had to play with a hand tied behind our back. Overall, we still have advantages they would love to have.

As is often the case, our perception of an athlete's personality is colored by whether he is playing for our against the team we're cheering for. It blew my mind how quickly Bulls fans could embrace their mortal enemy Dennis Rodman, or how all of a sudden Cowboy fans could love that trash-talking 49ers cornerback who not too long previously had been dancing on the star at Texas Stadium.

Rod Brown turned down bags of money to stay and play for North Texas this year. I imagine Texada could have had his offers, and Duncan, as well. And Chandler running off even before the bowl game? I doubt they appreciate that a whole bunch.

Since his father is a coach at Texas State, there's a good chance he'll be watching and rooting against the Green and White.

I'm generally with you. But by the end of that game, half of me was cheering for Arizona State. They left everything on the field. But UT said, "We're just gonna out-talent you."

Based on that location, it's probably a UNT student. So sad to hear.