Shark84

Tulane will be a tough team as well.

Glad I'm not a betting man cause 9.5 points to Temple is way too many. We hardly ever blow people out. Our style of play doesn't lend itself to that. Probably should be a 4-5 point spread. Who cares, just win baby! GMG

I'd rather see that money spent on getting student groups on campus to show up.

I think this speaks well for Coach Hodge and Coach McCasland. They are able to identify players that just know how to win. All of the guys that left us are on winning teams and in two cases, ranked teams. Ruben and Michigan are 14-4 and ranked #21. Aaron and St. John's are 16-3 and ranked #20. Edwards and Vandy are 15-4 and getting votes. Noland and New Mexico are 16-4 and Buggs at East Tenn. are 11-8. I think Hodge did an awesome job replacing some really good players!

It's going to be a tight game and we really need the Pit rocking. Can't make people show up but the ones that are there can be loud and make a difference.

Biggest issue is that we no longer have any Quad 1 games and will be favored in all but maybe the away trip to UAB. It will be really hard to move up in the NET rankings and if we lose a couple of games, we will drop, especially at home. None of that really matters as much as getting a top four seed for the AAC tournament so we get the double bye and would only need to win 3 games in 3 days. Memphis is the only AAC team that has a chance for an at large bid. They have the Quad 1 wins and strength of schedule to give them a chance. Beat Temple!!! GMG

Hope Walker is better by Wednesday and that no one else gets sick.

It's kind of funny. Back then the student side was packed and nobody from Denton showed up on the press row side. Now it's just the opposite. I remember the Dorm associations and greeks going to the games. Good times.

Fun matchup to watch. Their high scoring offense against our shutdown defense. Going to have to stay out of foul trouble. They are one of the best FT shooting teams in the country. We are really in a good groove at the line as a team. You can just see our confidence growing.

If they played in JC they will have an extra year.

I think that any road win in AAC play this year will be a good win regardless of the score. The teams at the bottom of the conference seem to be able to rise up at home.

People drive from all over to attend the Mavs, Stars and Cowboys games. If you really want to be there, you will make it work. My drive is only 30 minutes, but I only have to deal with I-35 traffic going to the game.

I think we need to go out and hire a great promotional staff instead of the current people we have in place. The last failed "retro 70's" promotion was just flat out lazy. As some have mentioned on here, good idea with a lot of possibilities but wasted on just sending out an email and giving away 500 shirts that were mostly small and adult large. I'd love some accountability from the university on what efforts have been made to get the greeks and other campus organizations to attend the games. Until we get students attending in large numbers, we won't create active alumni support when they graduate. Look at the football games and how many students party on the hill and don't go in to watch the game. You may have to buy their support for a few years until it becomes the thing to do. Apathy isn't just a UNT problem. It affects lots of other mid majors as well.

If we don't start getting better crowds, we're going to lose Hodge soon. It's got to be frustrating putting a quality product on the floor and have no one show up at a university with over 40,000 students and tons of local alumni.

Once he retires, I think he goes in.

That would take some pre-planning and we don't do that at UNT. Are the students even back yet?

You would have to think that McCollum will enter the portal and try to find a place he can play. Drew M. will be a good 3rd QB behind Puffinstuff and Jimerson. Hopefully Morris can put together some packages using Jimerson in the offense next year to keep him engaged.

Until they do contracts, players will continue to skip playing in bowl games.

How hard will it be for you guys to replace your starting running back and CB that hit the portal? We have been playing walk-ons at RB for most of the season due to injuries.

I'm sure some will attack me for this but, I think if you are a UNT fan and can make it you should go. I want to be there to support the kids that ARE staying and want to play for the Mean Green. I always think we have a chance to win, but this year, I just feel like these players deserve to have some fans in green at the game regardless of the outcome. GMG!

Hodge had to replace almost the entire roster from last year. How does anyone expect progress with the way college sports are today. I do think if we are going to recruit HS players they need to play or just use the scholarship on another senior transfer.

They have to open it up early enough for transfers to enroll so they can take part in spring drills. They would have to move up the bowl season and that would probably mean starting the football season a week or two earlier or cutting back to 10-11 games.

Just put on seniors that are in their last year of eligibility.

As a pro sports fan, I don't pay money for the players on the teams I root for. They get my money in team apparel, tickets, parking, consessions, ect. Since college athletes are now professionals, getting paid and free college room and board, I don't see why I should have to pay into an NIL for them. Go out and get corporate sponsors like the pros do. Coca cola, Miller, Peterbilt, Acme brick, ect. Someone is making a ton of money from ESPN, ABC, Fox and CBS for the rights to show these college games.

Don't think we have to worry about losing any of our defensive guys!