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Do "edge rushers" check for off-tackle/end runs before going after the QB? Because one of the most effective runs against our defense was a simple off-tackle run to the left. I think on two occasions it got a TD, and on other occasions it got very large gains. We're not talking about trick plays with lots of motion. They just handed it to the RB and he straight away took of toward the left DE (who often wasn't there) and was often untouched by anyone playing any position in the DL.
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28 minutes ago, NT80 said:
Still undersized as a team. Need more Beef!
I don't think we will ever get "freaks of nature"-sized like most SEC schools.
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On 1/16/2024 at 11:30 AM, UNTLifer said:
There was a couple of great spots, Texas Pickup and W. Prairie Street Pub, back in my day, but they burned down. UNT bought up all the property around there. Where would you put one now? I guess somewhere on Eagle Dr.?
I really miss the Texas Pickup.
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You know, it just occurred to me that NOW the average Cowboy fan, like the average North Texas fan, knows how it feels to have a QB with recording setting stats and absolutely O championships.
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After watching Jimmy Johnson during the half-time show, I think they should offer him the job.
Video: Jimmy Johnson Gives Impassioned Halftime Speech To Cowboys (msn.com)
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12 hours ago, UNTLifer said:
Have to keep him upright and healthy.
My thoughts exactly.
On a related matter. I had never heard of T.J. Finley before watching him in the bowl game. I thought "DAMN, now THERE is the perfect NT QB"....real big, strong armed, mobile, and almost indestructible.
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On 1/12/2024 at 3:59 PM, UNTLifer said:
They should start a master brewing/distilling program under the Hotel/Restaurant Management program.
Very excellent idea.
I would favor an ale.
I would also suggest that "Mean Green" not be used in the name of the brew. Unless of course, it ends up being an IPA.
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22 hours ago, Green Otaku said:
People are upset at the players because it's a change to how things were done, I get it. But people have to step back and realize they are working within the system in place, change that and it changes what they can do. For a while I had felt like the big schools were unhappy with schools like App State, Cincy, Boise, other strong G5s, that found hidden gems in recruiting that allowed them to compete. Recruiting is hard and not every player you bring in pans out, so what could these programs do to get these players they missed? Do what they do with coaches from the G5, just buy them.
Hmmm, sounds like a farm system inside a farm system for the NFL.
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47 minutes ago, UNT78 said:
This is happening! We were never going to be a major player nor will SMU. Maybe, this is the new UNT for the better and a playoff in the future could be in our reach someday @ whatever they call this division with 100 teams left out.
But it gives me great satisfaction that they have paid MUCH MORE for their situation than we have.
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On 12/31/2023 at 10:05 PM, emmitt01 said:
NIL is pay-for-play, and anyone who denies this is either not too bright or being disingenuous.
Texas doesn’t offer 100k to EVERY o-lineman recruit a year ago because they’re actually utilizing their name, image, or likeness. Kids aren’t signing with SMU because they think “yeah, the culture of this place fits me.”
Kids are earning a salary and the NCAA is expecting people to believe it is anything but what it is.Since I was mentioning in another thread how Hollywood blew daises and rainbows up the rear ends of the general population back in the 30's to help them have a vacation from reality. They also took a reality-based look at college football........IN 1937!
QuoteSaturday's Heroes is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Paul Yawitz, Charles Kaufman, and David Silverstein based on George Templeton's story. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film stars Van Heflin, Marian Marsh, Richard Lane, Alan Bruce, and Willie Best.
Plot[edit]
Val Webster is the quarterback of Calton College's football team, but besides dealing with criticism of his play, Val needs money, which he gets by scalping tickets to the games.
A teammate, Ted Calkins, commits suicide after being caught moonlighting at a job, and Val's ticket scheme is exposed as well, causing university president Hammond to expel him. Disgusted by the hypocrisy in college athletics, where the school reaps hundreds of thousands of dollars while the athletes stay broke, Val teams with sportswriter Red Watson to bring attention to the matter, with girlfriend Frances providing moral support.
Val lands a job coaching for a rival college. When its game against Calton comes up, the outcome convinces Hammond and others that something must be done to change the unjust way student-athletes are rewarded for their play.
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On 1/3/2024 at 5:47 PM, Arkstfan said:
Likewise it was becoming clear that there was an incredibly serious risk that we could not feed ourself as a nation.
There were no chemical fertilizers that were cost effective until the Harber-Bosch process was developed. Until then there were only organic fertilizers that were cost effective and mining of guano was a major industry. Fun trivia. During WWII the US laid claim to a number of small islands in the Pacific as potential bases. Several of them it turned out that US had actually claimed as territory in the 19th century because there were deep layers of hardened bird crap that were mined to use as fertilizer.
Soil exhaustion was a critical issue. Erosion was a major crisis that finally came to a head during the severe drought that clobbered the Plains states and much of the south during the 1930's with some areas being in a drought for 8 years which led to the dust bowl.
Norman Borlaug gave us the third key to food security (along with proper land management and chemical fertilizers) by developing the better strands of wheat that produced more grain per stalk and were more resistant to adverse weather.
In span of basically 30-40 years the US went from struggling to feed itself to being a huge exporter of food.
Along with teachers colleges and agriculture colleges, mechanical arts or engineering became a major function as the Industrial Revolution evolved into the modern assembly line and rapid product development especially consumer goods.
It is really amazing that in the span less than forty years the US survived two major wars, three periods of food shortages, a deadly flu epidemic, an economic disaster that had as much as 25% unemployment and rode through most of it with a sense of optimism and community.Well Hollywood in the 30's helped a lot with that. People were looking for an escape from their reality, and Hollywood came through for them....big time.
Also, crime in the west was not as much of a concern as the crime rate in general in the US. Horace Greely's encouragement to "go west young man" was an much an effort to push the socially unacceptable people living in the cities, out into the wide open spaces away from the citizens that were burdened by their dysfunctional behaviors, as anything else. Maybe they would become successful......or maybe they would fall victim to indians and the elements.
Social thinkers, and/or what we would call "influencers" of that time pondered the problem and came up with a solution. They all noticed that most of the crime commited in the US was by people who had no formal education. They pronounced the educated class in America as the most moral and upstanding of people. They declared that an educated man would be a more moral citizen of the US. SO, they got behind an increase in construction of more Colleges, mainly teacher's colleges, thus giving more of the citizens an opportunity to formally improve themselves.
All of this sounded good, and a lot of money was poured into new colleges so that more Americans would have the opportunity to formalize their good moral character with a higher education.
Then in 1924, what was called the "crime of the century" took place. The case of Leopold and Loeb....Leopold and Loeb - Wikipedia. Turns out that the educated/intellectual man wasn't so moral after all. I'm sure all those social thinkers/influencers were sitting at their breakfast tables reading the headlines and pulling their hair out.
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1 hour ago, Glory to the Green said:
I think the main thing we need is an accurate passer. Preferably a player who has some game experience.
Seeing a few more QB’s entering the portal yesterday gives me confidence that we’ll land a high quality QB.
You mean like Mason Fine? The record setting QB that never won a conference championship game or a bowl game?
I am not attempting to denigrate his statistical accomplishments, but it takes more than an accurate passer to build a winning program.
It is a good start however.
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12 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:
So as of right now, we have JD Head, Earle, and McCollum?
So, did Earle only threaten to leave?
Is this guy still on the roster?
Dylan Gebbia - Football - University of North Texas Athletics (meangreensports.com)
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On 12/25/2023 at 9:23 PM, Arkstfan said:
I say Memphis State because I grew up with it being Memphis State. Never understood the passion to drop state off a name, in my experience I think it adds flair. I understand wanting to change SW Texas State to Texas State. One time in a shop in Little Rock was looking at all the sports stuff, clerk asked if he could help. Said I'm looking for something more than just Arkansas. Oh like what? Arkansas State.
Three schools were on our hate list. Memphis State, Loser Tech, and SW Louisiana.
Utterly indifferent to La Tech now but I might just take a 2-10 season if the wins were over Louisiana and Memphis.
I'd call em West Tennessee Teachers but too long to be fun.
It seems that just about every state school that was founded around 1900 started out as a Teachers school. Especially in the rural areas of the U.S.
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Realistically, we need any viable transfers to sign up and be part of spring ball......especially QB's.
What is the official deadline for that?
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4 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:
Bean made some very good throws and converted a 4th and 1 for a 40 yard touchdown. No reason to downplay the performance by saying he's good when his receivers have a 10 yard cushion. You don't throw 6 touchdown passes and for 449 yards just because your receivers get good separation.
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1 hour ago, GMG24 said:
If he is, I’d hope we can try and get him the help he needs.. I highly doubt he made it all that time at LSU without someone trying to get him help, but he’s back with his HS coach where to my knowledge he didn’t have issues.
No, while he is here his primary coach is Coach Cobbs. Coach Cobbs has the first and last word on how this young man fits into the system. If this young man doesn't like the decisions that Coach Cobbs is making, he had better jump somewhere else and do it quick. Because this team doesn't need someone who can cause trouble in the locker room. And long ago, Coach Cobbs has earned the right to be treated with the utmost respect.
So I certainly hope that Coach Cobbs has been signing off on the process from the very beginning.
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Just reading the stuff that was officially reported my first reaction was/is "is this young man bipolar?".
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11 hours ago, UNTLifer said:
Just Coach speak. He’s playing this close to the vest. My prediction is he will sign one that we will all be pleased with.
...except for the ones who bitch about their wrinkled $100 bill.
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6 minutes ago, NT80 said:
Two (2) true freshman started for each team in the UTSA/Marshall Bowl game last night (sons of NFL QBs). It was not pretty.
That describes most of our seasons. Even going back to when we had record setting QB's playing for us.
BTW, in all these discussions about freshman QB's starting or not starting, why are we ignoring the fact that Mason Fine eventually started his freshman year here.
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1 hour ago, GMG24 said:
Not the one they have their eyes on.
Primarily, yes I'm aware of that. But he was an excellent RB who got caught up in big numbers and moved on to A&M as a result. But he is a RB and he is a football player, and Coach Cobbs knows him well. And thought enough of him to give him reps, and FWIW he looked very good to me. I don't think I ever saw him loose yardage on a run.
It may be a moot point. He might be happy just being an Aggie. And to me, that's too bad.
So roll your eyes all you want, and post puking Eagles. But if no one does the same thing in response to the notion that Earl might come back, then Mr. Landis deserves the same treatment.
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You know, we have one RW Heath RB. How about bringing back another?
Preston Landis - Football - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com
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28 minutes ago, rcade said:
Player enters the portal.
Damn! I hate that guy! I hope he ruptures his spleen!
Player changes mind, exits portal.
Yes! What a guy! Heart of a champion!
Of course we let good players come back. We need them. Any heartache we felt when they tried to leave can be worked out with our therapist.
Overall that's pretty good advice.
If anyone is under the delusional notion that any significant portion of the NT fan base (such as it is) is knowledgeable enough about any of our sports rosters to notice when anyone leaves and comes back, let me assure you that you needn't worry.
THERE, now you don't have to go to a therapist...........no extra charge.
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Since we love to keep up with Todd Dodge
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I've always referred to him as the "ultimate opportunist". Kind of like Chuck Curtis. Only Chuck Curtis had a lot more personality.