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  2. Joe’s Jersey

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    24 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

    The released article stated that he best embodies the tenacity on the field and charisma off the field, or something thereabouts. 

    I just hope the other DL don't view it as a slight getting in the way of their mojo. 

    I think if anything it would motivate them more. Hamilton has had a great season and a big part of that is because of how good the rest of the dline has played. He was one of the players that helped at the Agnes Greene Scholarship event back in June and seems like a really good guy. 

     

    On another note it would be awesome to see this become a yearly thing to honor former stars like Dunbar and Cobbs. It’s probably more difficult since guys wear those numbers but it would be cool if they start not giving those out and choosing one former star each year to honor like this.

  5. Wilson Signs 3 Year Deal With 49ers

    in Mean Green Football

    Posted · Edited by MEEN2018

    15 minutes ago, HoustonEagle said:

    Seems like a bad deal to me. Why sign a three year contract close to the league minimum with no or little guarantees?  The average NFL career is 5-6 years.  Shorter for running backs.  What is the benefit in limiting your upside when you are at the bottom of the pay scale? Granted I am short on details but outside of it being guaranteed money this makes no sense. 

    As an UDFA whoever he signs with will have his rights as an exclusive rights FA for 3 years at the league minimum with no guarantees (unless they cut him or non-tender him then whoever signs him would have his exclusive rights for the remainder of the 3 years). So either way he is forced to get the league minimum for 3 years so this will at least potentially give him a little more if he makes it every year. However even though it is a “3 year contract” it is still basically a year to year contract with no guarantees. So in essence he is signing the same 1 year deal that other UDFA sign for with the potential to make a little more.

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    Riley Dodge Update

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    Some good UNT football news after yesterday's blowout:

    I attend Milestone Church in Keller and it was baptism weekend and the first guy up looked familiar. Then they said his name was Riley. Sure enough it was Riley Dodge. It was pretty cool to see. Hope everyone has a good Sunday and week and hope the Mean Green can come back strong next week!

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  9. '17 ATH Jaelon Darden ( Aldine Eisenhower) [LOI: NT]

    in UNT Football Recruiting

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    4 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

    Welcome to Denton Jaelon.  See, there are smart young men out there.  Left the Houston to come north.  Other will wish they had done the same.  Mr. Darden will be a game changer.  Needs to add a little weight and he will be good to go.  His HS film reminds me of BC and that is a good thing.

    That's exactly what I saw when I watched his tape too! Just needs to add a little more size but if he can play anywhere close to that level it's an amazing add! 

  11. '17 ATH Jaelon Darden ( Aldine Eisenhower) [LOI: NT]

    in UNT Football Recruiting

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    Man, hows that for the stealthy recruiting we kept hearing about. If they could add him and Tre Siggers in the last couple of days that'd be something. An offense with Jeffery Wilson, Nic Smith, Rico Bussey, Tyler Wilson, Deion Hair-Griffin, Tre Siggers, (hopefully) Tre'von Bradley, Jalen Guyton, Greg White, Evan Johnson, and Jaelon Darden will be fun to watch!

    I know I'm probably missing someone which makes that list even better!

    I love Siggers' physicality in his tape but Darden's elusiveness was fun to watch! Those 2 and Bradley are probably my favorite adds if we can hold onto Bradley and add Darden 

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  12. '17 ATH Tre'von Bradley (Cleburne) [LOI: UH]

    in UNT Football Recruiting

    Posted · Edited by MEEN2018

    Him and Jacob Brammer have started following each other. Hopefully he's giving him one last pitch to stay with UNT. If we could hold on to Bradley this class ends up looking pretty good

    Also a page that Bradley just started following just tweeted this:

    https://www.twitter.com/Sp0rts3dits/status/826645609641684992

    Hopefully that in itself is another good recruiting pitch

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  21. '17 DT Joshua Croslen (Steele)

    in UNT Football Recruiting

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    7 minutes ago, greenminer said:

    Follow up:

    Looks like his initial offer list is very impressive.  I would love to have him!  Per 247:

    Minn, Air Force, Bowling Green, Colorado State, Houston, LaMo, Rice, SMU, SoMiss, TxState, UTSA

    Not basing this off anything but noticed he started following some Baylor accounts so think it's between Baylor, UH, UTSA, and UNT. The others may be closer but hopefully he chooses to seek that CUSA championship! Would be a huge addition next to English!

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  23. '17 DL Christopher Thornton (Amarillo Palo Duro) [LOI: NT]

    in UNT Football Recruiting

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    1 minute ago, Cerebus said:

    I don't expect to recruit better than UT, but I sure as hell don't expect to get smoked by UTSA in recruiting either.  Say whatever you want to say about NT's short comings, but it's not like the UTSA, FIU, etc don't have them also and they are currently beating us pretty handily in the recruiting race.  

    That being said, on this specific recruit, I think West Texas kids are often overlooked.  

    I agree that we should EXPECT to be beating those teams. We should expect to be like TCU was before they joined the Big 12, a mid major power. But the team and athletic department were both horrible before Seth and Wren got here and there is rebuilding to be done. UNT has more to offer than almost all other G5 programs but a lot of times recruits see the win-loss records. I think next year we should definitely be expecting to be one of the best recruiting teams in CUSA as I anticipate a better year than last. I think if after another year we are still getting badly outrecruited then it will be time to start to worry, but not yet.

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  24. '17 DL Christopher Thornton (Amarillo Palo Duro) [LOI: NT]

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    I know people are going to complain about how he has no offers and isn't a 3 star, but I don't really see why people think we should be winning all these recruiting battles.

    Obviously as UNT fans we know all the great reasons why they should pick UNT over others but if you're looking head to head with a school like UTSA as an 18 year old which one would you pick? To play at a school that has had way more success in the last few years and now has a head coach that was last Leonard Fournette's position coach at a powerhouse SEC school, or here where they have had 2 "good" seasons in the last decade and 2 years ago was maybe the worst FBS team in history. 

    Im a North Texas homer myself but we have to look at the situation. This is not only a major rebuild but a major culture change happening. One 5 win season won't all of a sudden open recruits' eyes. Seth and company are on the right track and making way more progress than even they probably expected at this point but still more to go until we should be expecting every guy to have multiple FBS offers like we do now. 

    My favorite NFL team is Tampa Bay, and a few years ago they got a TE at the top of the 2nd round that dropped because of injury and off field concerns but had 1st round talent. They also signed a UDFA TE from Harvard that year. The Harvard guy out worked the draft pick and is now one of the star players on the team, while the draft pick got cut. Sometimes it's not about the talent or stars but about the fit and work ethic. These are the guys that help change the culture. These blue shirts have a chip on their shoulders to prove some people on this board wrong and I hope they do.

    And honestly I'm going to trust Seth and Co. about the guys they are adding because they know their systems and the type of guys they need to fit that. Also there is a reason they are D1 coaches and we are on this board. No one expected UNT to win more than a couple games at best and we almost won a bowl game against a tough Army team. I understand the skepticism but trust the process. GMG!

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