[MEAN GREEN V. Miners --- Predictions]

30-22 UNT wins

[Bleacher report thinks we will lose 27-10]

They can kiss the lower behind of my posterior. Seth is 4-0 vs Dimel. 17 point loss with most of our key contributors returning? Come on.

[Ranked opponents in Apogee vs Alamodome]

Who cares? Houston is going to smack them around. 

[DRC: We are approaching 100 picks -- most of them optimistic -- entering the final hours to enter this year's Get Your Rear on the Record contest]

Don't care what our record is but if we lose to Smu AND Utsa AND Memphis AND don't make/lose a bowl, I will be ehhhhhhh very upset

[Hearing Aune has made major strides]

I want AA to be great with every ounce of my being. 

We also heard that Ruder was blowing people away in camp last year and look how that turned out. 

I also know that Aune threw 0TD/2INT and went 15/32 in his last game. I can't shake. 16-31 for 121 yards and 0TD/2INT against a very meh Marshall team. 8/21 for like 60 yards and a goose egg against UAB. He was the QB for one of the bottom 20-30 passing offenses in FBS last year. 

He's one of the hardest working and most lovable teammates on the roster, and he has my support if the coaching staff believes in him and he's out there taking snaps as my alma mater's QB, but man..... enough talk. Let's see it.

[Group formed to bring back UNT baseball?]

2 hours ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

Their money and time would be better spent supporting/growing our new NIL Collective or MGSF. Baseball isn't going to advance our athletics department. 

Yeah man baseball hasnt proven it can advance any TX programs, just look at Rice, or Texas, or Texas Tech, or DBU, or TCU, or A&M, or

[2022 OFFICIAL UNT FB Player Adoption Thread]

The Ayo Adeyi Heisman Campaign starts now

[Scrimmage thoughts?]

1 hour ago, Jonnyeagle said:

We will always support our alma mater even when we don't agree with the direction leadership is taking.  That said I think we lose a lot of fence sitting fans such as yourself and others by retaining Seth another year for sure.

I will still be in attendance at games but I certainly am not spending the amount on season tickets that I have in recent years. In recent years I've skipped weddings (not important ones lol) and all myriad of personal stuff in the fall curating my schedule around MGFB but i just dont have the patience to do that this year for a team I know will finish 6-6 ish. Not to beat a dead horse but barring drastic improvements we're looking at probably a hefty loss to SMU, Memphis, and others. And I really hope I'm wrong. But the track record is there.

I wouldn't even call it fence sitting or frustration, I just feel... jaded? I still care and will be present but I don't care like I did a few years ago (i'm 25+recent grad)

[Apogee Expansion Blueprint]

No one is going to like to hear this, but we can barely get 10k to a game on a good day when the program isn't at soaring heights. Let's worry about winning and steady, consistent competitiveness before we open an expansion thread for the 300th time. Respectfully! 

[Happy Birthday Coach Littrell]

He should give himself a good birthday present by winning 10 games this year

[KD Davis entered the portal]

2 hours ago, Cougar King said:

I don't blame him. You can only get so far at UNT, A&M despite the cult fanbase, is a great place to improve as a football player.

This is the reality for you Group of Five schools. Your best players will eventually want to be on a bigger stage against stronger opponents and that's something you simply cannot find at a G5 school no matter how much you may like it there.

 

This is a Power Five ran football world. You have to get with the times or continue to be passed up and left behind.

 

Maybe there could offer some good NILs deals for UNT players but honestly, who in Denton or even Dallas is actually going to step up to the plate for that?

"You group of five schools" 
 

Either a really poor troll joke or blatant lack of self-awareness.

[KD Davis entered the portal]

Almost like we don't have a winning culture/staff established here and that's been evident since late 2018 and we should've done something about it by now. 

[NT TV schedule 2022]

So ready to get out of this garbage conference. 0 night games after Memphis and 0 home night games after Texas Southern. 

Cannot wait until we get nice Friday night/Saturday night games on ESPN once in a while and can actually rewatch them later without cable. I haven't been able to rewatch a NT football game in full in years because they get lost in the ether thanks to Judy's inability market her product. See ya, CUSA!

[Congrats to KD Davis!]

Big Game Boomer has about as much credibility as Amber Heard 

 

Plus KD a top 5 LB in CFB don't @ me

[DRC: UNT lands DII standout WR Jordan Smart as transfer]

3 hours ago, MGNation92 said:

Y'all keep enjoying these 5 win seasons. I'd trade a UTSA blowout loss for a top 25 rank and a conference championship in a heartbeat.

 

Beating UTSA and getting a top 25 rank and a conference championship sounds even better.

[DRC: UNT lands DII standout WR Jordan Smart as transfer]

On 5/23/2022 at 10:56 AM, UNTLifer said:

They need it.  They have 22 points to make up on us since last year's utsa defense couldn't stop us.

And we're getting Oscar back this year. We're gonna do it to them again lololol

[Jace Ruder taking lead so far this spring]

The talent is there. I don't know what went cataclysmically wrong with his confidence last year. Maybe it was the slow ass tempo. I don't know. 

I'm not particularly interested in getting excited for another 1-6 start and another bowl loss and another season of getting smacked around by rival schools. If Ruder is the guy he has to be THE guy.

[2 New Commits on NSD EVE]

2 hours ago, Moobs said:

Not sure I even want to know how this compares to the AAC. 😬

It's not good.

[2 New Commits on NSD EVE]

Just now, MCMLXXX said:

Not to mention the service academies and San Diego State.

According to Roach's twitter, UTEP is his only other FBS offer at the moment. 

Are you aware that our 2022 class ranks ahead of only FIU, FAU and UTEP in CUSA on 247's system? Our 247 average class rating is at an 82.01. Lower than every FBS school in Texas except for UTEP. 

You'll forgive me for being trite but this is really frustrating that we are seemingly the best option for a lot of D2-level guys while the rest of FBS collects transfers from each other. 

[2 New Commits on NSD EVE]

Wow, very reassuring to know we're beating out West Texas A&M and Pittsburgh State for recruits. Yawn.

[How to get excited for 2022?]

2 hours ago, cogido said:

I’m not with you on this one - we will beat SMU.

The same SMU that has beaten us by a combined 73 points the last 3 years? 

[How to get excited for 2022?]

3 hours ago, UNT86 said:

You have hope because that is what you do when it is YOUR school.  There is always hope.

You look at all that could go wrong.  The schools on our schedule are looking at NT saying "They won 5 in a row and beat a ranked team to finish the season.  They were one blown call away from beating a good Liberty team.  They had chances to win their bowl game.  They got better as the year progressed.  They have almost everyone back on both sides of the ball and the ones they graduate are replaceable.  If they can find an above average QB, his team is ready to excel."

My gosh, we have been to a bowl 5 of the last 6 years.  Be positive. This is about to be a really good time to be green.

We've lost all five of those bowls. 4 of them by at least 13 points, 2 by 35+. I'm sorry to be that guy, but we should have higher expectations of our program. You can argue that historically this is better than we've ever had it and yeah, that's probably true, but I'm sorry, I don't see 0-5 in the postseason and a 3-14 record against SMU/La Tech/UAB under Littrell as anything worth saying "Well, at least we have this!" over.

TCU can have 10 win seasons and championship contention. SMU can get ranked and have success. UTSA did it this year. I don't understand why expecting more from North Texas is frowned upon. I don't fundamentally disagree with what you're saying. It is the best and most optimistic era of NT football we've ever had, but complacency is just going to keep us where we're at. We are not one guy away from 9-10 wins next year. Are we all of a sudden going to figure out how to beat the Ponies? Louisiana Tech was awful this year and they still beat us. I just don't understand why wanting more and not being complacent is a bad thing.

[How to get excited for 2022?]

I know what expectations to place and not to place on this program. But as someone who gives to the MGSF, is a season ticket holder, etc., I am truly finding it hard to care about the upcoming season. I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars per seat for me and my family to watch us get the tar beat out of us, and that's the likely scenario. I've done it for six years (which is nothing compared to some others on this board lolololol). Southern Miss was probably a shoe-in win for us this year at home, and that game will be gone now. SMU is going to kick us up and down the field once again. UTSA is not going to bend over and take it in San Antonio. They HATE us and will want to get payback. 

What can be done to generate hope and higher expectations? Because I really do not feel like giving hundreds of dollars to the program this year, but I do not want to back down from my unwavering support of this team.

[utsa will be down 10+ players]

 

 

[Go Get Bo Nix Now!]

Bo Nix stinks.