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Gillespie's team had a defense. I won't look past the wins and losses since our team played for the conference title last year, and brought back a lot of that talent. I don't think you get it. I was tired of moral victories two years before Littrell was fired. I want wins. Nothing Caponi has done to fix our defense is working. Sure, we have other issues like starting slow, but no problem is bigger or more crippling than our defensive struggles. That is on Caponi. And, Caponi being our DC is on Morris. Morris has proven to be a brilliant offensive mind. He was smart to get Rogers. Rogers is an outstanding QB, and he understands how to run the system. But we need a real defense to complement our high-powered offense. Morris has to do better job of finding the right guy to run the defensive side of the ball and let him get the players we need. (instead of signing a billion WR's). Littrell had a similar problem, and we all know how that played out.

3-5. We're still losing. Improvement is measured in the win/loss column.

Once again, Texas Football has declared the North Texas and utsa the best rivalry in Texas.... In just a decade, North Texas and UTSA has become one of the most competitive rivalries in the state with the game deciding conference titles, unbeaten seasons and resulting in coaches firings https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2023/11/07/ten-years-in-north-texas-and-utsa-is-the-state-s-best-rivalry?ref=article_preview_img

I really want to agree with you, but since we took Chandler Rogers from ULM, I can't knock the level of talent ULM has been able to lure. And to be honest, like every other defense in the FBS, ULM's defense is better than ours. I don't feel like we are in a position to turn our nose up at the talent any other defense wants to recruit.

At a time when many on here are very unhappy about how our defense is preforming and being mismanaged, this is unwelcomed news. Coach O and coach Caponi (or whoever will be running the defense next season) needs to go out and find a legit impact player to replace this loss. Portal, juco, high school.... I don't care. We need immediate help on the defensive side of the ball.

Post game press conference.

Yes. The players he coached and sent on the field. That's obviously part of the problem.

While we're at it, we should try and solve our "closing minutes of the game" and "run defense" issues too.

Rogers threw for 411 yards and 5 touchdowns (no picks). Adeyi rushed for 104 yards & we had two 100 yard receivers today. The offense isn't why we lost today. We lost this game because our defense is trash. Yes, we got stops in the second half, but they still gave up 600 yards to the Memphis offense and lost our lead with 46 seconds left on the clock and 75 yards of field to help them. I'm done with Caponi. The guy would have to cure cancer for me to want him at UNT any longer.

This defense only had to stop Memphis from getting a touchdown, and they had 46 seconds to hold them. Terrible. Fire Caponi. Go buy new defensive players. It's working for SMU.

I predict we won't be getting a post-game interview from Morris today.

Thank goodness this game is only on the +, and didn't get picked up for broadcast.

My stomach is turning right now. I may have to throw up. This is worse than the old Mendoza defense.

Air Raid coaches are the "kiss of death" for college football programs. Our next coach needs to be a defensive guy that's smart enough to just hire an air raid OC.

Adai blew his blocking assignment in the last drive.

Last week Tulane wanted to throw. Our secondary isn't that bad, so we looked respectable. Memphis is content to expose our run defense and ram it down our throats. Thanks Caponi. And thanks Morris, for allowing Caponi to continue ruining this season.

I've said this for weeks now. He's not the answer. His defense is soft.

I disagree. If the students were that burned out on paying the extra money, they'd attend college somewhere else, instead of continuing to set enrollment records at UNT every year.

That sounds good in theory, but you should probably go look at the art those students are making first. The contemporary art world is probably not the best resource for what we are wanting. Advertising (how our uniforms, signage, logos, & brands can generate and hold attention), is more in line with our goals. Of course that also takes an artistic eye.

A real administrator in charge of this issue would have a professional design a unique yet aesthetically pleasing combination of uniforms at all work together with a single unifying reflection on North Texas. Basically, it wouldn't matter how the team patched them together, because every possible combination would look sharp. And remember, colors exist in relation to other colors, so the uniforms would have to hold up to being videoed and photographed against green fields too.

Yes, but in fairness, we looked a lot worse in the first two games of the season too. And, we were told by Morris at the AAC media days how this team was ready to compete for the title. Of course fans are going blow up. Even Morris has conceded that he made mistakes with how he was running the program. Now that over half the season has been played, there's no point in making changes right now. It's only logical to wait until the end of the season to evaluate and make changes.

Our defense came up with some big plays today, but still can't consistently hold up against the run, and is still ranked among the worst in the FBS. That's all on Caponi. In my opinion, Caponi's body of work should absolutely be evaluated at the end of this season. Just like we want to get the best players, we need to go find the best coaches.

Very proud of the second half effort. If we can learn to do that in the 1st half too, we will be a really good AAC team. The rest of our schedule doesn't look as bleak after this performance. But, the receivers have to learn to sit in the zones and let Chandler deliver the ball. Those passes weren't behind them. They were in the open spots in the zone. And, while the defense can come up with big plays, they still can't consistently stop the run.

I have no idea if we're going to pull this thing out, but either way... this is a heck of a comeback. I like Morris' tenacity.

That was the best possible start to the second half. Defensive 3 and out. And, a long touchdown drive, with the line opening holes and receivers making catches. Let hope we can keep this up.