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I believe Army is busy reworking their future schedules, and the AAC is busy running the numbers by ESPN. Losing SMU in favor of Army, might just make the AAC a stronger and more valuable conference. We will see.

Maybe I just view the portal different from most. It seems many view the portal as a place to go find replacement players when you lose some to graduation or transfer. I just don't see it that way. If there is a guy in the portal that is an upgrade over what we currently have, then go get him. We have more to offer than Texas State. As for our defensive struggles... our defense wasn't that great under Littrell either. It just wasn't historically bad, like Caponi's defense. Littrell tried to run a 3-3-5, but trashed it because he couldn't get enough line talent. There was no portal back then for Littrell to poach from. Caponi doesn't have that excuse. He just didn't bring in the players he needed. Nor did Caponi or Morris do their research regarding past attempts at such a defense. That's on our coaches. I don't know if Caponi can install a 4-man front defense in a week, but even if it sputters, it would be better than watching the 3-3-5 kill any chance of a win in Ruston.

If I were Morris, I would hold back on publicly naming a starter as long as possible, just to keep LA Tech from zeroing in on stopping Rogers. Desperate times call for desperate measures. We need any advantage we can get at this point.

The only positive thing we can do with the 3-3-5 is stop running it.

Morris must be using these home jerseys to tell LA Tech that UNT is about to make "The Joe" our house.

This seems to be a good decision by Morris. Based on what Rogers did against FIU, he deserves it.

I don't want to consider what the score against LA Tech might end up being. But I will predict this..... Our offense could beat LA Tech, but our defense won't let us.

It's like our theme song at this point.

I noticed the same thing. I just thought that maybe (like many of us on this board) ESPN thought nobody was in charge on our sideline.

Fortunately for us, realignment has almost nothing to do with performance.

I'm too scared to check. But I have suspensions.

Ha! Nice catch thanks.

Through our first 2 games, our defense is giving up 52 points per game. In another thread I noted that is even worse than the old Mendoza defenses under Dodge. Coponi's 3-3-5 has to go. We can't run it. Either we don't have the players, or we don't have the coaching. It doesn't matter. We can't run it.

Sure we have a '69 Camaro. It's not a solid matching numbers museum quality Camaro, but even with all the Bondo, no AC, & blown head gaskets, it still has value & potential. Being a university of 45K+ in DFW is an advantage most others just can't replicate. We just don't take advantage of it. For comparison, LA Tech is a '73 Pinto with a nice paint job, that actually runs well. But even so, Ruston is never going to have the resell value we have. Now I do agree... Seth had to go. And in my opinion, UNT held on to him for too long.

It doesn't have to be. Mendoza kept his job long after most realized he couldn't get it done. Our leadership doesn't have to continue to tolerate failure. While Morris is too expensive to drop kick after only two games, Caponi is very expendable.

The difference is.... we didn't need a turnaround. It's like taking a '69 Camero in to have a 396 installed, but when you pick it up, the mechanic took your 302 out and replaced it with a 289 from a mustang. The sh!t don't fit and it ain't what you asked for. You'd fire that mechanic, right? Our program didn't need a complete rebuild. We just needed an upgrade. Now, we are in a rebuild, because our coaching discissions have been awful. Morris screwed up. It's really that simple.

And many of us on this board wanted Littrell gone long before the end of last season. The timing of Littrell's firing is on Wren and Smatresk.

I had my doubts in the off-season. And, from what I've read, I think you did too. While we were signing an army of WR's, I wondered why there wasn't more of an emphasis on the defensive side of the ball (which is where Seth had most of hie issues). The portal was there for us. We can't bring in new players to fit the scheme now. Why were these issues not addressed over the summer? And, why should fans give Morris/Caponi a pass for not doing their jobs?

If, God forbid, we do lose to LA Tech & ACU, what needs to happen?

jayD, Are you confident we will beat ACU?

If nothing is done to correct our issues and we lose to LT and ACU, then we will almost certainly go 0-12. If that is the situation, then Morris won't be the only firing that needs to occur. I just can't see it coming to that.

I see nothing positive about losing a shootout against a team that we should have been able to run up the score on. If we play like this against LA Tech, we will get run out of Ruston, and ACU might just beat us too. If things aren't addressed quickly, we are starring down the real possibility of a 1 or 2 win season.

I've calmed down since last night, but it doesn't change the fact that changes need to be made. I agree with Brune's take on our problems, but not his opinion that we should accept that Morris is here for at least two seasons. Just because the administration may keep him, doesn't mean the fans will be willing to keep him. I guess we will find out after LA Tech when ACU comes to DATCU. If I'm Jared, Morris would be in my office first thing Monday morning with a plan to correct this mess that they can sell to our fan base. And I'd make it very clear that Caponi would be coaching for his job in Ruston next Saturday. Under those terms, we will see how strongly he believes in that 3-3-5 defense, or if he can come up with something better.

This is very true. But in my opinion, continuing to prop up our current failures, will only further cement that narrative.

My bad. I missed the sarcasm.