GrandGreen

When is the last time, NT played TCU in football or basketball? SMU was also a G5 until they purchased their way into the AAC. TCU has been a P4or 5 for a long time. TCU also has a lot of local fan support, while SMU has very little. It is just easier to dislike the most penalized team in the country.

Nice quote, but mostly wrong. How can the nearest D1 football team to Denton, mean nothing to NT? The two schools compete for fans, recruits and media coverage.

Only 13 years ago, not exactly recent, NT also played #1 Depaul ages ago in Dallas. Also LSU's basketball is not close to their football program. Still I doubt you see NT schedule any SEC schools in Denton. I hope NT improves their oc schedule, I just doubt it can be done with the resources NT currently has.

How do you suppose NT can schedule a LSU like school to play in Denton?

First, not all home and away series are based on equal payouts Second, guarantees are present even if they are for both teams receiving the same money Cancelation fees are negotiated as a major part of the game contract, upper tier teams like to reschedule or cancel games with lower tier teams if better options become available.

Their attendance matters because they make money enough to pay away teams guarantees, that is how oc scheduling works.

The question was why is NT not able to schedule the home opponents that Memphis does. Do you actually think the loss of these coaches is going to significantly affect their attendance? The point is that Memphis' attendance is roughly 4 times what NT manages. That allows Memphis to have a much better home schedule than NT. The loss of these coaches will only affect Memphis's attendance if they start losing a lot more games.

NT has no issues, coast to a 47 to 17 win, while playing all available players.

I doubt firing his staff is going to save his job. If it does, the AD needs to join the terminated list.

i thought that the SFA coach was impressive in the short interview. I expect NT to blow them out, but hope the NT team doesn't feel that way. No way to tell anything from SFA's first game. NT's offense cruised, but that defense has a long way to go to even be mediocre.

As soon as we get NT's reputation to Memphis's level, that will be possible. Memphis's average home attendance last year 12,275 versus NT's 4132, which was the highest in decades for the Green

Yes, that is going to happen. If your definition of marquee game is with a top 50 type program, NT does not have the resources to accomplish that. Resources in terms of finances, support or reputation. In eras past that infrequently happened, teams would even include away games in their recruiting strategy to establish their presence in certain areas. Now with nearly every game available online for free, established or ranked teams don't have to promote their programs by oc scheduling. Plus the awful NIL situation has made recruiting more about purchasing players than recruiting.

Behind at half, NT comes back strong and wins by 10.

I prefer to give a coach a couple of years to prove his worth. I really don't get these types of threads, did you expect Morris to go undefeated in his first year?

Yes, he should be on that list as should Eric Pegram; who IMO was a better rb, but played on some bad NT teams.