[DMN COACHING carousel]

6 hours ago, SMU2006 said:

SMU is a school with an undergrad enrollment of 6,700 and we had over 20k in attendance for a week night game against a terrible Tulane team.  

I get that a lot of folks here hate SMU but if we want to play the ratio game then a school with nearly 40k undergrads and having 13k against a pretty decent Liberty squad on a Saturday evening is well.....ya know.

Let me say this just one more time.  You are smack dab in the middle of a city of 1.3 MILLION people.   
 

Your enrollment is irrelevant…”Dallas’ Team”  can’t get .001% of Dallas to give two 💩’s 

[DMN COACHING carousel]

2 Dykes, " For his next miracle, see Sonny makes 6,000 fans look a full house. Sonny can't continue to sell recruits on high school crowds."
 

EVERYONE, outside of a few flat earthers in University Park, knows that this is the ceiling of potential at SMU

Here’s the article (if you can get behind the pay wall) 

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2021/10/24/could-someone-from-texas-fill-the-lsu-vacancy-a-look-at-overachievers-and-head-coaches-in-trouble/

[Darden!]

[Top 25 from RJ Young]

That rankings list is absolute garbage.  UTSA and SMU ranked higher than Alabama, Ohio State and Oklahoma State?  

[The Future of UNT Football]

7 minutes ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

Who in their right mind would sign such a contract?  Too many variables that could effect a schedule and record out of that coach’s controls some times. 

Your job as a coach is to win football games.  Nothing more, nothing less.  
 

My job is to address crime and disorder in the municipality where I am Police Chief.  The economy, unemployment, relative education levels of citizens, citizen carelessness and refusal to secure property, and even weather can effect crime…not a single one of them is acceptable as an excuse if the crime rate spikes and people can’t feel safe in their homes.  I adapt, or I am shown the door.  

[Don’t look now]

But one of the Murphy twins just jumped offsides.

 

And the other one just fell down faking an injury.  

[North Texas - Liberty Official Game Thread]

Dickey ball is killing them.  

[North Texas - Liberty Official Game Thread]

That was not AT ALL on Aune

[At The Half]

[Anybody attending the AAC Reception this evening?]

This is a pretty cool soirée.   A lot of excited folks in this room.  
 

Oh, and free beer 🍺 

[IT IS OFFICIAL UNT TO the AAC!]

I have it from an ironclad source that SMU is leaving the AAC for the NFC West.   
 

Don’t ask me to reveal my source, but just know he’s VERY reliable and knows all.  He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake…

[Just a little perspective]

I know that everyone is excited about the move to the American Athletic Conference, as well we all should be.  It’s an upgrade from where we are now.  But I keep seeing people who are hesitant to get excited because we just might lose SMU as a conference mate at some point.  It’s one thing if they have a delusions of grandeur, it’s yet another if we share it and are actually afraid of losing a conference mate that isn’t even that important in the grand scheme of things.

SMU is currently undefeated, having the best season they have had in the last two decades, and are ranked #21 hosting a team from New Orleans tonight in Tulane.  A quick check of StubHub shows that you can sit on the 35 yard line about four rows up for $20 a ticket.  I want you to imagine for a moment if North Texas was undefeated and currently ranked #21 hosting a team that is a regional rival; do you think the ticket availability would look the same?  

Why in the hell would we be worried about the Big XII or someone else snatching up “Dallas’ team” when it appears Dallas never got the memo to care?   If they stay, great and it will be a fun rivalry.   If they go, let’s not pretend we’re losing something special.  

[SMU Mascot]

1 minute ago, SMU2006 said:

Wouldn't get too attached gents.  If what I heard last night is to be believed (and I genuinely trust the source) there might be one season of SMU and UNT in the AAC.

🙂

SMU is going down to FCS?   Can't say I'm surprised, but I'll miss you guys. 

[Last minute SMU led pustch to disavow NT from the AAC]

I’m in

[UNT TO AAC]

1 hour ago, Got5onIt said:

SMU is leaving. 

And this is based on…

[Just Saying .. we're not there yet]

I swear, some of you would be a real bummer to hang out at a bar with.  
 

“You know that really attractive girl you’ve been talking to all night?  She says she’d love to continue talking and have a drink at your place.”

”Really??!  Wait, nevermind, she’ll probably just leave after we talk for a while…totally not worth it”

[Last minute SMU led pustch to disavow NT from the AAC]

Nope, still don't care. 

[DRC: UNT expected to be part of six-team AAC expansion]

36 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

If Brett is reporting it...

GO MEAN GREEN!

Then he read it somewhere else first, likely here

[Renew/Get your basketball season tickets now!!!!]

7 minutes ago, UNTFan23 said:

Where you gonna be sitting? I'm just off midcourt.

Right next to Zeke

[UNT to AAC?]

I won’t lie, the thought of the first time we visit Moody (with a crowd that is 60% green) is an appealing thought.  

[UNT TO AAC]

3 minutes ago, Green Otaku said:

 

Over on the AAC board it seems like fans of Memphis, Tulsa, and SMU are saying they are hoping their respective school are looking at the MWC.

Fans don’t make expansion decisions.  If they did, we’d be in the SEC

[UNT TO AAC]

2 minutes ago, Green Mean said:

Like the AAC if this is true but I've long been on the MWC train. I think it's a better conference with more recognizable schools/teams that seem to always have consistent top 25 teams in football every year. I'm still hoping there's a chance at the MWC but if that doesn't happen then I'm still content. 

Now if we can just finally figure out a way to consistently get some wins on the football field....

I won’t lie, I’d rather go to the MWC with UTSA.   AAC has already taken their shot at attracting MWC teams and been told “no thanks.”   MWC seems more stable.  

[MWC EXPANSION NEWS]

2 minutes ago, SMU2006 said:

The idea that SMU brings "nothing" to the Big 12 is silly.  SMU has built a Top 40 football program under Dykes and is committed to facilities upgrades north of $150M over the next five years.  Top 60 academic institution with a lot of ties to Fortune 500 in one of the largest cities in the nation.  $2.3 billion endowment.  Presidential Library.  More alums of Big 12 schools live in DFW than any other metro area in the nation.   

I'm not saying SMU is a no-brainer.  We certainly have our warts as a small private school with less than 7,000 undergrads but to say we would add nothing is dumb.  

I can see the conversations now.  
 

Big XII member 1:  “We should invite SMU!  We have tons of DFW area alumni and they’d take over Ford Stadium every time we play there.”  
 

Big XII commissioner:  “Tell me why you couldn’t just schedule them and do that now?”  

[UNT TO AAC]

[UNT TO AAC]

4 minutes ago, Green Otaku said:

I'm still weary if this is true. Let's not get ahead of ourselves until we see something more substantial. If you think about it adding 3 more Texas teams seems like a big question mark. 

It’s a good move for the AAC if, and only if, they believe the MWC may want to get into Texas.  This move removes DFW, Houston, and San Antonio from their options.