[Ross Hodge Replacement Candidates?]

3 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I don't really feel like Mosely should get much credit for the Hodge hire.   It was the most obvious hire he will have ever made.   It would have been a botched hire if he went with anyone else.  Anyone with at least 1/2 of a normal person's cognitive function would have made that hire.
  
Now, Coach Burton's hire was a really nice one.   It gives me a little hope that the MBB hire will also be a good one.

Vito pointed out he tried to get McCasland to ACU and was a huge part of McCasland coming here when he was at ArkSt, so I'll give Mosely that one. 

Unfortunately I think Scott Cross is off the table 

[thank you for putting this board on top of football]

This is how it should be for the rest of time. These are our two best programs at UNT right now. 

[We had Greeks at the game!]

5 hours ago, Jason Howeth said:

Nice to hear that, brother. @meanJewGreen

We were always ahead of the curve when it came to athletic attendance 

[24/25 MBB Attendance Tracker]

On 1/25/2025 at 5:03 PM, Matt from A700 said:

12,400 announced at Providence today, who came into the game with a record of 9-10. Providence is about the same distance to Boston as Denton is to Dallas.

 

Yeah I wouldn't compare us to the Big East. Basketball is only game in town there and as another poster said there's a history there.

 

[Ivy League Will Join the FCS Playoffs]

2 hours ago, wardly said:

The G 6 programs should have their own football playoff system just like 1AA does. Throw in the PAC ,perhaps scale back to 3 teams per conference with 2 wild cards for a total of 20 . I don't recall the number of 1AA teams involved in their playoff system but what ever the number it works.

24. With 8 byes. 

 

[Ivy League Will Join the FCS Playoffs]

Just now, Wag Tag said:

G5 wake F ing up! The money is in the playoffs, not going to the Potato Chip Bowl!!!

G5 NIT

Top 24 schools. 

All games at home sites (neutral site games are dumb)

Byes for conference champs (and maybe second place) 

Army, Tulane Navy Memphis

Jax State, WKU SHSU Liberty

Miami (OH), Ohio, BGSU, Buffalo

UNLV Colorado State Fresno SJSU

Louisiana Marshall JMU GA Southern 

Wild Card: Uconn- TX state, Ark State, ECU

 

maybe thats too many, but could be fun. 

[Great read - move it needed]

11 hours ago, ChiefTenBeers2015 said:

So with SMU joining the ACC this season, no $ from the conference for what, like the next 7 years, or so? There must be a ton of $ being generating from CFP for the ACC…but not SMU…where is it all coming from? 

billionaires. lots and lots of billionaires. 

[Women at Santa Clara (12/15/24)]

On 12/15/2024 at 8:37 PM, Matt from A700 said:

Ladies rally in the fourth to make it a respectable 63-58 final. 0-3 this year in games played west of Texas, maybe there's a reason outside of cost neither of our programs travel to the west coast often.

Looking at the statsheet (I wasn't able to watch the game), Lampkin had a game-high 25 with 8 rebounds. Only Deck (11) also had double digits. We went 3-19 from three.

Their Australian Pollerd only had 13 but two of their four long bombs. The Lady Broncos were led by their guard Hannah Rapp (also Australian) with 16.

At 7-3, we still own the second-best record in the mediocre AAC, only being 7-1 UTSA. The ladies only play UTSA on the road on Tuesday, 2/4. UTSA's women's program is on the rise, and they swept us in two meetings last year.

Last two games of nonconference are a MTE with SMU (Thursday, 12/19) and Chicago State (Saturday, 12/21) in Denton.

We know better than anyone that Karen Aston can freakin coach 

[Great read - move it needed]

Also, I love this sentence:

In the '60s and early '70s, Hayden Fry had just three winning seasons in 11 years at SMU, going 49-66-1 before becoming a legend at Iowa.

Casually forgetting his 40-23 record with us including the last time we were ranked 😞

[Great read - move it needed]

37 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

The reality is that money talks. They have it. We don’t. Our advantage is in enrollment and alumni, but they just don’t care about our teams, much less the university. We can’t compete with the money or the prestige of those power programs. 

Every article I read about SMU references how much these billionaires remember the good ole days of success and how motivated they were to find that again. There's a sense of care that obviously anyone who posts here has, but the general alumni seems.... less than enthused. 

I think there are plenty of alumni who talk fondly about our 4 straight NO Bowls (even though we went 1-3) but I feel like those 4 years don't quite move the needle like the Pony Express did. I fondly remember during my years beating OSU in basketball and the 2 NCAA berths, but most of my alumni friends excluding @Jason Howeth could have cared less.

[Head Coach Bill Belichick North Carolina]

this is either genius or really stupid. 

All depends on who he brings for his coordinators and his approach to NIL 

It is kinda funny they moved on from a 73 year old to hire a 72 year old. 

 

[Congratulations to UNT Ulys Knight Spirit Award Recipient 2024 Todd Samuels ('90)]

21 hours ago, meangreenfaninno said:

 

Couldn't have been awarded to a better ambassador for UNT. Congrats @UNT 90 Grad - hopefully my friend (and alumni) who just started at your work connected with you like I told her to. 

[For a 6-6 team, we couldn't have lucked into a better postseason opportunity]

2 hours ago, MCMLXXX said:

You are a glass half-filled guy. I like your optimism.

Ha, note that I didn't say anything on the actual outcome of the game lol 

[For a 6-6 team, we couldn't have lucked into a better postseason opportunity]

55 minutes ago, Big Z said:

This post aged well 

all 3 points still stand regardless if our starting QB left

[For a 6-6 team, we couldn't have lucked into a better postseason opportunity]

We were all fretting about New Mexico or Florida, but honestly for a team that lost 5 straight and hung on to beat a bad Temple team to get bowl eligibility, we did amazing with our bowl destination

1. Date- a Friday after NYD, 3 PM, many folks havent officially started their working year yet, nothing else on 

2. Location - Dallas, a smaller stadium (full stadium looks better on TV), most of our alumni are here , also accessible by public transit

3. Opponent- Texas State- who filled the stadium last year, and who travels well and is an in state foe

 

I dont know who we bribed to make this happen, but its way better than having to go to the myrtle beach bowl... though I feel bad for our players they dont get to travel 

[Where are they now?]

18 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

but what if they think differently than you and have only unisex bathrooms? 

money talks haha

[Where are they now?]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Cal Berkeley is a cesspool.

Ranked 17th in the country academically. Love my university but I'd take that degree in a heartbeat

[Lashlee]

SMU knows their strengths and plays to them. Kudos to them. No different in the private sector- you gotta pay for talent, who otherwise wouldn't go to your company. 

They paid players sure, but Dykes slowly established a recruiting infrastructure that Lashlee expanded. Decent coaching matters too. 

We haven't beaten SMU since 2018- and the games haven't been close. I'd love for us to even have 1/10 of the infrastructure SMU does. 

[Memphis, Tulane, USF Turn Down 2PAC....Staying in AAC]

14 minutes ago, MeanGreen22 said:

Oh this is getting dark for the Pac. Might have witnessed an epic fumble. 

(2nd epic fumble) the first was botching the original media deal 

[NIL Gifts During Game at UTSA]

2 hours ago, TripleGrad said:

I'd chip in on a "punt or go for it?" choice.  Set up competing QR codes on two big screens and the coach has to follow the $$.  

Honestly I'd be game for this in a situation where we're up/down by a large amount 

[PAC is back]

4 minutes ago, NT80 said:

From the updated ESPN article…

“The six members will collaborate to decide which schools to target for further expansion, as the conference still needs to add two more schools to reach the NCAA minimum requirement. The conference is in the first year of a two-year grace period afforded by NCAA bylaws to exist below the minimum in the case of departures.

It is unclear how many schools the new-look conference expects to have by 2026.”

We better hope Jared has some good relationships...

[Any activities planned in Lubbock?]

A win. 

[Rating the NT headcoaches]

On 6/15/2024 at 1:09 PM, GrandGreen said:

An always (to me) interesting topic; Rating the NT head coaches

Keep happy and at NT

Delong-Softball

Burton-WBB

Akers-Women Golf

Hedlund-Soccer

Jury still out

Hodge-MBB

      I am happy with his results thus far, hard to judge with the horrible NIL situation

Morris-Football

      Have liked his coaching of the offensive side, think he will improve the defense

Calcatera-Men Golf

      New hire

Stone-Women Tennis

       It was past time for a change, and she is a good choice 

Marshall-Track, CC

       Great start, I have little doubt the track team will continue to get better under his leadership

Porter-Volleyball

       Definitely elevated the program over the prior coach, want to see who she recruits as she loses some good-to-great players

Questionable

Roth-Women Swimming

     She is still here despite mediocre results, there has to be a rationale (ie: poor facilities to recruit to, desire to spend as little as possible on this team, etc.)  She could be doing an        excellent job considering these factors

Not gonna lie, I'm ready to see us move on from Hedlund. Too much DFW soccer talent for us not to ever score in the NCAAs 

[2024 Coaching Caravan locales, dates and times announced]

On 5/4/2024 at 12:34 PM, NT80 said:

The caravans connect “current” fans with the AD and coaches and allow for interaction.  
I would like to see more done to get “new” fans attracted to NT sports.  Same thing every year. 

that usually requires fielding consistent winning football programs 

[This Forum]

19 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

A couple were closed relating to the current protests on campus.  They seemed relatively civil.

Yeah agreed. Didnt see any name calling or anything.