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I try not to as well because I feel like over the course of a game, it should balance itself out on both sides and/or players should adjust to match the officiating but this was just odd. Guys getting called for going straight up, guys getting called for having inside positioning on the opposing player's offensive rebound and/or put back. Just bad officiating. And the Perry "turnover" getting overturned to call Perry out of bonds at the end of the game? Looked really close and unless they were able to go frame by frame, I don't see how you can overturn based on what we got on TV.

Glad we snuck out with that win but holy cow were these refs bad in the second half. UTA shot 14 free throws in the second half. I recall at least 1 over the back foul that resulted in them getting a 3-point play. Thankful Perry works on his FTs. On to the next.

Not at all.

Huntsberry is killing it driving to the hoop today. That right handed scoop lay-up has some great touch on it.

How that's not an over the back, I don't know.

Perry is back. Ousmane gets his 5th. He missed an alley-oop earlier. Don't understand how he's so bad at finishing dunks at his height. We're having a hard time rebounding defensively. It's starting to really hurt, especially being in foul trouble.

Perry limping and appears to be in pain.

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I'm thinking we get about 10 points from Stone. I think he's getting more comfortable. Would really like to see more of Moore as well. Like others have said, he's got potential.

Netherlands has a lot of young talent hitting stride at the right time. Add in Memphis who's rebounded well from the odd Man U sting and Virgil van Dijk anchoring that defense and it's a really tough opponent. Virgil especially. His dominance allows them to be so much more aggressive offensively. Pulisic is like Dest for me. So much raw talent but at times a bit erratic. Call it inconsistent maybe. He blew up so fast at BVB that I think many hoped he'd be a bit further along but going to Chelsea has hurt him. Just not enough playing time. Happens to so many young talents. Happened to Memphis Depay. Pulisic needs to go play somewhere like Spain or France, or maybe a smaller EPL club, but I think his game would fit better in Spain or France. Like you said, we did what we were supposed to do this WC. Especially after missing 2018, getting the young roster WC experience this go around was critical for 2026.

That's where FAU and UAB entering conference play top 30 would be huge. They'd be Quad 1 games for everybody as long as they remain top 30. Quad 1 losses don't affect your NET much but Quad 1 wins do. An example of this would be Kent State who's 5-3 but has a NET of 33. They're 0-3 against Quad 1 teams. As long as UAB and FAU don't drop any bad games in conference play and we stay up 70+ in NET, we all 3 have a chance to remain highly ranked. Charlotte has an outside chance as well as they're 72.

FAU is top 24 and UAB has West Virginia (11) coming up. If they win that, they'll make a big jump. They also play South Carolina who's 295 for now but as the season goes on, they'll play have plenty of opportunities to jump up playing in the SEC. A win against them can look a whole lot better for UAB in a few months. It's completely possible to have FAU and UAB both top 30 headed into conference play if they handle business. Just helps the overall perception of the conference and opens up the chance for a multi-bid. I believe UNT had a good chance of getting in last year had we made it to the conference finals against UAB. Neither UAB or UNT were going to be punished for that.

To add, per warrennolan.com which compiles all the NET data, CUSA as a conference is ranked 9th in NET rating, one spot above the AAC despite Houston being number 1 overall. Other than FIU who's 3-4, everybody in CUSA is .500 or better. We've got two teams at 6-1 and Charlotte is 7-2.

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Ranked 69*. To note, we're 4-2 for NET rankings as So Nazarene and Paul Quinn don't count. UNC Wilmington are 102 and St Mary's are 17. UAB has West Virginia and South Carolina coming up and I can see them winning both. Would be great for our conference to have FAU and UAB have high NET rankings headed into conference play. Outside of FIU who's .500, everybody in our conference is above .500 which is really impressive. Here's to hoping we're a multi-bid conference this year!

Yeah center back is an area of concern. I would have liked to see Carter-Vickers get more playing time considering he's young. It's too bad Miazga never developed into quite the player people thought he could be. He and Yedlin are two that I thought would be regulars on defense but haven't quite worked out. Yedlin has been fine but again, not who many thought he'd be in 2014. Dest is a bit out of control at times but he has so much raw talent, he should be a difference maker in 2026. My main issue with MLS guys is they just aren't facing the same level of competition throughout the season so when you end up in the world cup having to face elite talent, like against the Netherlands, they're out classed. Obviously, there's outliers like Donovan who never paned out overseas but on defense, they need to be used to facing the speed and technical skills you see in Europe. Wonder if John Brooks, who's the same age as Zimmerman and played in the Bundesliga most of his career, would have done better. Between bad fouls, bad passes, and being slow, Zimmerman was costly. Regarding strikers, they just need to find the right combination. Pepi should have made the team. Some guys just find ways to score and he's one of them. We needed that. We needed to make adjustments after scoring only 1 goal in the first 2 games. Other than moving to a more defensive 4-4-2 against England, we didn't change our formation at all despite struggling to score. Scoring 3 goals in 3 games while in a 4-3-3 is not good.

Also,

I'm seeing a lot of praise for SL on Twitter but these two posts were interesting to me because of who they are. Thoughts? Great coach but didn't they, or at least the dad, trash NT on the way out?

Hopefully coaches around the country see it that way and we get a great pool of candidates.

Agreed.

I'm purely speculating here but I wonder if the football HC/AD situation is overblown considering Wren just got a promotion to a bigger program despite never hiring/firing a head football coach at UNT. Their job is to manage the entire athletic department not just the head football coach. It didn't stop Wren from coming here in the first place.

Wren is still AD for the next few weeks I believe.

Doesn't really matter. It's not about bowls anymore. The bowls are for the players and fans to have fun, they no longer define a season. It's the right time to move on.

SL seemed like all class. I hope he finds success somewhere. Sad it wasn't here because I'd rather our HC have a Gary Patterson or Nick Saban type of tenure but it is what it is. There were good times in all this that won't be forgotten.

Plot twist, SL becomes AD and we're stuck with him forever.