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Both, but we don't have a legit college QB to run an offense
You may be right but Osborn has a QB rating of 144+. I'd like to see if he can do it against first units and I think that he should at least be given the chance. After all, he didn't have first team players to work with usually. If he has a game or two and can't get it done then go with McNulty. If McNulty can't get it done then go ahead and burn Jones' redshirt and at least see what he looks like under fire. We need to find out who can play and we need to do it now.
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Nothing else really to say.
There's plenty to say but not much of it is good.
What's disappointing to me is the play-calling. We are so predictable on first down. We never throw on first and we usually run Dunbar up the middle. We seem to have second and third and long constantly.
We either don't have a quarterback or we don't have receivers...or both. This offense is offensive. I really thought that Canales would do a much better job.
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I hate to say this, but the news of the MWC-CUSA alliance spells doom for UNT's hopes of going to a new conference. Yes, SMU may go to the Big East, and Houston may go as well. But unless the two conference are raided to the point where they drop back down to 12 teams, there is a snowball's chance in hell of us moving up.
So we have only one option left. Merge with the WAC. The six remaining schools in the WAC and the 9 Sun Belt schools (plus one when South Alabama moves up). I think a 16-team conference would be good, divided into East and West divisions that would only play within their division. The two division champions would then play a conference title game.
I am disappointed, but what we need to do right now is build up a large conference... because now it is about survival.
I believe that it's a real plus for us now that SMU is going to the Big East. That leaves no one in either CUSA or the MWC with a team in the DFW market.
Remember, this merger/alliance is for football only. CUSA will have nine teams for their other sports and the Mountain West only seven. Our basketball program should help our cause in either conference.
The Sun Belt certainly doesn't need to merge with the WAC. They could, however, pick a couple of WAC teams for football only since the WAC won't have enough football-playing teams for conference competition.
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I pass. If everyone drank responsibly and there were no sales to underage students then I'd be for it but you and I know that there will be legally drunk consumers running up and down the highways. Especially while we're losing. Sometimes I'd like to drown my sorrows.
It's not like there is no beer consumed on game day. Tailgaters who bring their own, and beer sales at the Alumni Pavilion and the club/suite level loosen up the fans. There's nothing worse than to be sober sitting in the midst of a bunch of drunks. Personally, I like it the way it is.
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I know this increases our chances of a CUSA/MWC invite but are we really sure they're going to expand? With the alliance they have an abundant of teams and they may look to stand pat right now and grow within. Again I just don't want to get my hopes that high because I think many on the board are assuming that once SMU goes to the Big East that our invitation will be ready for us from CUSA.
I seems certain to me. CUSA will need to replace three teams and the Mountain West needs to add four teams if Boise and Air Force go to the Big East. That would only leave seven for basketball and the other sports.
Surely with seven teams going to CUSA and the MWC with our market, size, facilities, increased budget, location and administrative commitment we'll at least get a long look. Also, remember that the Big Twelve is talking of adding two (three if Missouri bolts) which could affect CUSA and other conferences.
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I liked the article and thought that it pretty well laid the cards on the table. Perhaps a little more mention that attendance could be a factor in realignment but otherwise the writer made good points.
Student attendance is sorely needed if NT is to advance their cause and schedule teams that are familiar to the student body and Denton townspeople.
Student support was there in the opener and I thought that we looked like a first-class university. It waned a little in the second game against a name opponent and I began to worry. Last week was pathetic. The band alone took about a third of the space of the students that were present. Two thousand non-band students in attendance would be a generous figure. That has to be the lowest percentage of students attending than any major university in Texas.
I wish that I had the answer for what can be done to instill school spirit but NT Daily articles such as this can't hurt. It's one of the steps and I hope that it continues.
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If they can't be unified then kiss the Big East (as a football conference) goodbye.
It may take the rejection of UConn, Rutgers, West Virginia and Louisville by other conferences to unify the remaining six.
If that should happen then the current members will be forced to band together with an agreement not to leave for x number of years or they won't be able to get the service academies and maybe even UCF, Temple, or East Carolina to join...to say nothing of SMU and Houston.
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The biggest rivals antagonists that NT football has is the city of Denton and Denia neighborhood.
Sorry, Jim. I changed it because I'm not sure that we are rivals since we seem to lose every time.
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They also lose a Florida school. I would expect FAU or FIU and then two western schools. NT replaces SMU and I would not rule out UTSA as the second.
UTSA won't be a FBS member for another two years. If this were 2014 then I might not rule them out either.
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Don't we play SMU for the next 5 years starting in 2013?
No, we play them for four years beginning in 2014.
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Agree, if for no other reason that at least Texas State would bring fans to put in the seats.
We've got to stay regional to get this thing off the ground. As I've said, I love the Tulsa games as they should be the absolute marking point for us. They recruit our area and they pulled themselves out of a huge hole on and off the field.
I'd push for Houston more. They brought a ton of fans. Texas State - yes. I'd go for Kansas as well. Many KU grads in the Metroplex.
I think probably the thing to do is to find out the number of members of Dallas area alumni groups of various schools and try to pick them off. Even Indiana brought quite a few out.
Texas, and DFW in particular, is teeming with people not born in the state. Our economy is a draw. Let's take advantage of it with our football schedule.
To me, Houston, Tulsa, and Texas State should be slam dunk no-brainers for future scheduling.
Exactly. We need FBS teams that will attract fans; both our own and opponents.
We already have six future games with SMU scheduled beginning in 2014 but I believe only one with Tulsa and Houston. TCU won't play us but I believe that Rice and UTEP might. I'd like to see another series with Kansas State. Southern Miss should be a decent draw for us. And, by all means, Texas State. They are a transitional FBS team this year. I'd like to see us play any Big 12 team that would give us at least a two for one.
Butts in seats are our #1 priority. Regional games give us our best chance.
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This was such a great, positive, upbeat article that I hate to inject an iota of negativity into the comments but one part of the story rankled me. Certainly not Donna Fielder's fault; it's what she was taught.
She learned the eagle claw as a two-fingered/thumb sign. I'm still trying to figure who sabotaged our hand signal. The original sign was THREE fingers curled with only the pinkie pressed as close to the hand as possible.
How many have ever seen an eagle with only three talons? It doesn't exist and neither should this bastardized version.
Other than that, Donna Fielder's article was a breath of fresh air and I wish that every person in Denton and Denton County would read it.
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I've become a big fan of Ivan Delgado, but hadn't heard his name before last week. It was impressive how high he went to make the catch he did tonight; I think he has a lot of heart.
Yep, without Outlaw the walk-on from Killeen is our best receiver.
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The attendance was absolutely the worst part of the evening. I do believe that that was the actual count and did not include season tickets. If this is our fan base then we can forget about another conference.
Where were the students? While we need many more Denton townspeople to embrace this program we need our students to lead the way. The two sections that did attend were magnificent but there needed to be at least four times that number.
Let me say one positive about student attendance...the band. The band was as lively as I've ever seen them and the sound was great. Tremendous performance. Their pregame concerts also were appreciated.
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I've seen Craig Thompson quoted that he would like the easternmost boundary of the MWC to be Texas. I believe that the DFW market would give him a better bargaining chip for his TV contract.
The Mountain West will be the stronger conference. A little more prestige but much harder to win.
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The best/most likely scenario for NT right now is to win and make ourselves more attractive. I think this move may have given NT a very small, tight opening to do so.
Exactly. If we could somehow manage a break even season this year it could convince a conference that we are turning the corner. A healthy increase in attendance wouldn't hurt either. Let's hope Lane Rawlins can open a few doors as well.
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The only schools that I've heard about CUSA needing more eastern teams were East Carolina, Marshall and UCF. Well, ECU and Central Florida will now be gone so the easternmost team (except for Marshall) is UAB. There are no eastern teams left so the conference will have to move west.
The last expansion team was UTEP, a Texas team 600 miles from its nearest conference rival. I've never heard that CUSA would not take another Texas team...at least I've not seen it in print. Someone from the east could have said it but how valid is that? Also, North Texas, even with its crummy facilities and attendance was the other consideration.
No disrespect meant for our conference mates but the teams from CUSA or the MWC would outdraw SBC teams. I wish that we had a couple of years of success but we have to go with what we have. Other than a poor record in football and women's basketball over the last six years, the pieces of the puzzle are in place. Both deficiencies should be corrected soon.
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Especially as a Rose Bowl champion TCU deserves to be invited to the Big 12. I can see BYU as a possible invitee also but if the Big 12 is smart then I believe that they should invite Houston. They lose presence big-time in the Houston market when A&M leaves.
The Big East should now stick to teams in or near their footprint which basically means the six that they have now plus East Carolina, UCF, Army, Navy, Temple and the like.
If SMU keeps us out of CUSA (which I don't think that they will do) then so be it. The MWC still needs a couple more teams and they covet the DFW market. Either way, I like our chances IF we can average more than 20,000 this year. So guys, make every effort to attend each home game.
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Whatever happened to midnight madness?
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Who knows who played. The official stats on www.meangreensports.com shows Dwaylon Cook on the participation report. That should be John Dodson, who did play, and if I was Osborn, I would be pissed about that too.
Dodson didn't play. The #10 that did play was Ivan Delgado, WR, who scored a touchdown on a pass from Osborn.
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There are times when I feel like he redeems himself but this guy is capable of being a CONSISTENT .320-.330 hitter. If he can take walks then he can do it with any type of hitting style. I'll take the high average and about 15-20 homers versus the .240 to .255 average and 32 homers. His home run affection could really hurt this team in the post season in key situations. I'm just sayin....
Please note that he is among the league leaders in walks, steals, and runs scored.
Would Andrus be better at leadoff and Kinsler hit second? I don't know but the lineup is pretty effective the way it is.
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Texas Hoops has him with a High interest in North Texas but it no longer shows him committed. He is showing None for other interest.
He is ranked #68.
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I suppose that I can understand the reluctance to anoint any team, regardless of how talented the recruits, to a high place with only one returning starter.
The talent speaks for itself but other positives that may not be considered are that seven have played Division I basketball and that four more have played high-level AAU basketball. Add to that Mitchell, who has played on two national teams and the extra experience should enable this team to jell much faster than the normal high school recruits.
I'll be cautious with my expectations early but by the time conference play rolls around I expect that this team will be playing well together.
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If I understand the system there is only one spot available. I believe that you may have a squad of 15 with 13 on scholarship. We have 13 scholarship players now and Tyler Hall has the 14th slot. Seems like a lot of fluff for the chance to practice and sit on the bench.
Does that include getting to eat with the players? Do you travel with the squad or are you only available for home games?
What Has Happened to Chico's Offense
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It looks like Chico has happened to Chico's offense. How many ways can you say unimaginative?