Cougar King

It's a real joy reading the "We didn't want to join the Big 12 anyway" posts on Ponyfans. Especially after they saw our home schedule. The fact that they're willing to join the Pac 12 for free is even more pathetic.

Sweet 16 is when all of the riff-raff is gone and the games get serious. Hope to see UNT there. Would give me a reason to bring out some of the old CK.

All 1-bid conferences are considered small.

Chandler Rogers is the guy Jason Bean couldn't beat out in high school.

We already have a quarterbacks coach. If Littrell gets the job, he just needs to worry about keeping Dana's red bull fridge filled and maybe call a few plays.

He was only 30. In addition to coaching several all conference players, some of whom have gone to the NFL, he also ran the summer camp. He has two young children. Prayers to his family.

Stars do matter but they aren't everything. A 5 star recruit is not guaranteed to make the NFL, but most of them do. https://247sports.com/Player/Ed-Oliver-30459/high-school-49707/ Big Ed is considered to be the 127th greatest high school football player of all time, the #2 overall recruit in Texas that year and the #3 defensive tackle in the country and was one of the best players we've had in school history. I told this story before, when he first got to Fall Camp, he was on the 2nd team defense. Halfway through the 1st practice, he was a starter and the rest of course is history. So while there are outliers like Patrick Mahomes and JJ Watt, most of the time the star system gets it right.

Rice could easily be P5 if they wanted to, same with the Ivy League. They have plenty of money to pour into athletics.

If this all comes to pass, Rice will be the only former SWC member to not return to a power conference .

Let's not get carried away now...

The fact that the Pac 12 commissioner is on their campus means it's a lock that they're gone. Bowlsby was on our campus right before we announced our Big 12 invite.

UTSA is one of the worst D1 basketball programs I have ever seen. The top D2 teams would beat them and they can't even remain competitive in CUSA. The AAC is going to eat them alive next season.

@untjim1995 You good bruh?

No. Lol this has nothing to do with the AAC. Us, Cincy and UCF followed AAC bylaws, paid fees and gave an 18 month notice. Plus the 2023 Big 12 and AAC schedules have been released. UT tried to get our game with them moved to NRG and offered 8 figures, but our AD said no. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/houston-cougars-football-committed-games-on-campus-17744767.php Big 12 will just be a 14 team conference until July 1, 2025 unless a deal gets reached.

This is basically what's done at BYU with their walk-ons.

Do you want me to lie to you to make you feel better? There's a reason why we signed 4 safeties in December and why 2 of them committed in July and August. I'm just giving some clarity on why that crystal ball was there. Nobody is saying that this isn't a big time signing for UNT.

That crystal ball is old. Staff stopped recruiting him back in the fall because they were looking to fill spots before early signing day and he wanted to play out the recruiting process til NSD. He's good enough to get on the field immediately at UNT.

Committed to dear old UofH.

UNT would need to win the CUSA tournament. Not sure if they have the horses to beat FAU. Anything can happen though.

TCU looked like hot garbage tonight but I don't look forward to our conference home opener against them with Holgerson at the helm. That being said, they're the only DFW team with a realistic chance at a national title.

They should name it Albino Squirrel Vegan Stadium.

Did you forget that Preston Stone was the backup? This won't hurt them at all.

Bean sure saved a lot of money living rent-free on this board. I call it the SMU method.

UNT made a good hire? (On paper) I'm shocked! Well, we know who to potentially poach in a few years if he works out in Denton.

Let me know when the Super Pit can get a crowd like this. If UNT tried a stripe out, it would fail. https://twitter.com/TheHRReview/status/1601666697857224705?s=20&t=oR9uALRImE45j1HCXkCRNQ