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So how many wins will Seth need next year to silence his critics?

Maybe everyone should wait a minute and hear what Jimmy Chitwood has to say before the vote.

Maybe they decided to put all their money in their coaches. Why pay for a new stadium when they are practically given a 72,000 seat indoor stadium. You don't buy a cow when the milk is free.

It seems the $7.5 million buyout gradually tapers. Being signed through 2031 has to make recruiting much easier.

UNT caught lightning in a bottled because Mason Fine had receivers. Jaylen Guyton, now with the Chargers, Jaylen Darden, now with Tampa Bay, Rico Bussey, now with the Steelers, and a very productive Michael Lawrence who is #9 all time at UNT with 143 receptions.

UTSA is averaging about 40 points per game and they have shut out 2 teams. They beat Rice 45-0. It won't be easy upsetting them. They have outscored their opponents by an average of 21 points per game this season. While I'm not big on a moral victory, it's better than being blown out.

If UTSA rolls in here ranked and 11 - 0, they will try to make it a statement game for ranking purposes. There is certainly no love loss on their side. They'll try to make it a really bad "extra crispy" game.

We are 1-6 now. The winnable games that are left are all on the road. We are at Rice, at Southern Miss, and at FIU. We play UTSA (8-0) and UTEP (6-1) here. I hope this season turns around, but it doesn't look good.

SBC, MW, or anywhere else but CUSA? Changing conferences isn't the answer. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Maybe their septic tank gets more flushes. Maybe they eat a higher protein diet. Maybe we just need to call Roto-Rooter and flush out the system.

Even though it was on the road at Syracuse, Liberty should have won that game.

EXACTLY. If you got into a watered down MWC, it would be a monumental mistake.

Stay put and add Liberty plus one more school to CUSA.

Wait a minute. Are you saying that we won't get a participation trophy?

Having 12 teams helps a ton. Getting a footprint in Florida and the mid west also helps. With the addition of BYU, C Florida, Cincinnati, and Houston, the Big 12 now covers a big chunk of the country. The 4 new schools are all solid football and basketball programs. The Big 12 was most likely better in basketball than the SEC already, but adding Cincinnati and the other 3 schools makes them better.

Thoughts: 1. The Big 12 is stronger now than when they had OU and UT. 2. The Big 12 should go after Boise, AFA, Liberty and one more school. 3. CUSA should try to expand to 16 teams.

Great article!!! It would be nice if the Dallas or FW press paid half as much attention to a local FBS team with the best record in Texas(9 - 3), as they do to smu (5 - 7) or TCU (6 - 6).

Agree 90%. There shouldn't be a single fan down on Harrell. UNT scored more points than any other team in CUSA. Also look at what Fine has done at QB. The only concern with Harrell all along should've been keeping him here and happy.

Littrell has most of this team coming back. He also has what looks like a really strong recruiting class coming in. Does he really want to go to a bad P5 team that's stuck in a perennial rebuilding cycle? It would put him in a position of fighting a constant uphill battle for relevance against powerhouse teams. Going 4-8 for 3 years gets you fired and hurts your brand. The potential for winning at UNT is pretty good. He might want to wait until the right offer comes along.

Just how dominant has UNT been? At the end of the 3rd quarter of the first 3 games UNT is up 128 - 20.

UNT is getting some respect in the polls. North Texas got 4 votes in the AP top 25 and 5 votes in the Coaches poll. People are starting to notice.

UIW was founded in San Antonio in 1881 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. So does this mean we are playing against the sisters of the poor?

Great story! Let that pipeline flow. Question for Harry. I rated one of your other posts low on accident while moving the arrow across the screen. It wouldn't let me change it. Is there a way to change a rating when that happens?

smu ………....I refuse to put a number 1 in front of their name. 2. There is no number 2. There will be a new number 1. It's the next game after the smu game. FOCUS!!!

They were funded in 1914 as The State School of Mines and Metallurgy. They still have a practice mineshaft on their campus. It keeps them grounded by giving them a place to practice being shafted.

This thread jumped the tracks with any comparisons of pasted QB recruiting to what we've seen from Seth Lettrell and company. Mason Fine......Period!!! He would have never been recruited by past regimes. If fans can't get excited about new QB recruits like Kason Martin and Jason Bean, then they haven't been paying attention. UNT's future is now! Leave the sad past alone.