[Quarterback]

On 12/5/2023 at 7:30 PM, peanuts104 said:

Last I heard Ruder tore his ACL in practice during the season

He tore it in Navy game actually. He is a LB now. And he will be back next year for his medical redshirt. 

[Scrimmage #2 Thoughts and Updates]

54 minutes ago, SilverEagle said:

thank you, thank you, thank you.

 

Jace Ruder 

For whatever my opinion is worth, let me just say that, (as of yesterday's scrimmage) Jace Ruder is probably the best QB throwing the ball and he is also the best QB running the ball......when he chooses to do so. But the thing is that he just doesn't choose to do so that often. But when he does it's very impressive. I was bringing up that very subject to Hunter Green last week, when Ruder took a snap, and because of a sudden pass rush and no time to set up and throw, took off running. Before either of us could utter a word, Ruder had zipped between two DL's, and was about 25 yards down the field before the ref's blew the whistle to end the play.

Based on what I've seen last year and this spring. Jace Ruder is the most talented QB on the team. And that was the case last year...even more so than Austin Aune .....although many on this board think that that's a pretty low bar. He not only has the strongest arm, but his release/motion is both quick and effortless. I've already covered his running ability. 

So, what the hell happened last year that got him sitting on the bench? 

Did he lose confidence in himself? Was he arrogant and uncoachable?

I just know that raw ability was not the issue.

Good assessment in my opinion. Lol.  If you get the chance to know Jace you will find it had nothing to do with confidence or arrogance. Feel free to talk to him anytime you see him around. It had a lot to do with staff/ politics. Enough about that. He hs been getting very good reviews from this staff and really feels they speak the truth and he can trust them. Fair competition is all you can ever ask for and he feels that is what we have now.  

[Scrimmage #2 Thoughts and Updates]

7 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

My only concern is that he's a senior. Do we give him the reins for just one year and risk losing the others to the portal?

Jace has two years of eligibility left fyi. 

[SPRING BALL - Updates and Twitter links]

 

[Chandler Rogers - QB Spotlight]

14 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

That is so strange, considering the whole time Jason Bean was here the narrative on this board was "he didn't even start at his high school"  

I think you all should wait until coach announces a starter before you start crowning someone. Long time til August. 

[Breaking: North Texas lands ULM QB Transfer Chandler Rogers]

15 hours ago, TheReal_jayD said:

I believe it will be Rogers, Earle and Head when the dust settles. 

Lol

[Assuming everyone is healthy what is your starting UNT '22 lineup?]

On 5/17/2022 at 11:18 AM, BillySee58 said:

I think we need to stop making it seem like Ruder failed because he was “rushed.” He didn’t have to be lights out by the SMU game. He was given time and by game 4 he started 3-10 for 13 yards, more than 4 months after he got to Denton. 

We’re talking about guys in their 4th year of college like Ruder was last year and Gunnell will be this year. 4 months of learning an offense that doesn’t have a ton of plays or read progressions, and 4 games under their belt, if they are still struggling and not showing signs of progress, that says more about the player than them being rushed IMO. 
 

 

if you only knew how things went down. Jace got to Denton in June. No contact with coaches cause they were recruiting.  Coaches are on vacation in July. Still no contact with coaches.  First contact with coaches fall camp. So you really don’t know shit.  

[DRC: Mike Bloesch pleased with all 4 of his QBs, talks about race heading into Saturday's spring showcase]

4 hours ago, Mike Jackson said:

The headline made me think that we don’t have a good FBS level QB and the coaches know it.  And after reading the article my suspicions were confirmed.  Compared to what we saw last year one of those 4 quarterbacks should look dramatically better than Ruder or Aune looked in spring 2021.  I actually feel bad for Brett "Associated Press 2018 Star Sportswriter of the Year Award-winner" Vito.  I truthful headline like “The 2022 Mean Green Offense will Probably Suck” would put his press pass in jeopardy.  

Jace wasn’t even here in spring of 2021.   Didn’t even have a practice with the team til August 2021. 

[Where was Ruder ?]

1 hour ago, greenjoe said:

I hope he’s not in the transfer portal.

LOL.  Nope. Sorry to disappoint a lot of you.   A lot have already  written him off, but has been most consistent this spring so we will see what happens. 

[Where was Ruder ?]

Yup. Lol. Injury 

[Now that Basketball is Done]

5 hours ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

Some guys have been here for years and continually heard "this year will be different" just for it not to be different. Some people are fed up with the same old, same old. It's really nothing personal against the players. We respect them and thank them for their contributions to the team and school. It's mainly just we have one of the most overpaid and underachieving head coaches in the country and some of us have felt he should have been gone years ago because that's when we lost faith in them being able to do anything more with this program. If you think it's bad now, just imagine how it will be if this team loses to SMU (yet again) with a brand new head coach while ours is on his 7th year. I would advise not coming anywhere close to this board around that time if this happens. 

This may all be true, but SMU has a lot more money in their program than we do.  We could have had a game changer WR transfer here from UNC, but guess where he ended up. $$$$. We have kids on this team on scholarship that are working part time jobs to pay rent. 

[Now that Basketball is Done]

Why do you guys get on a “fan page” just to bash the team?  

[Spring FB 2022]

18 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

I was looking for the schedule yesterday.  Are they off this week?

Off this week. 

[Jace Ruder taking lead so far this spring]

SMH. 

[Any QB Coach Rumors?]

16 hours ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

Nothing. Much like our recruiting. I could really use Mr. Ruder here right now telling me there is exciting things happening behind the scenes we don't know about 

Lol. You all lost that privilege!  

[North Texas lands Kobe Savage, JD Head and Ja'Mori Maclin all through the transfer portal]

3 minutes ago, MGNation92 said:

Didn’t say I was smart, but you are kind of showing your intelligence also. I just happen to be a well informed father. 

[North Texas lands Kobe Savage, JD Head and Ja'Mori Maclin all through the transfer portal]

6 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

So who is leaving since you have knowledge of the situation?

Not public knowledge yet, and I have a lot of knowledge of the situation.  

[North Texas lands Kobe Savage, JD Head and Ja'Mori Maclin all through the transfer portal]

If you all only knew what was going on within…

[Unfortunate events]

2 hours ago, greenminer said:

Was this at the athletic center or a team hotel? @NWKGREEN

Actually they made them park down by the softball area because they had to let people park in the hood lots for the game. All football players. I didn’t say it was because of their record, I said that could be some of the reason for the bad game. 

[Unfortunate events]

I know most of you all are done with this team. But Thursday night 19 of their vehicles got all the glass broke out of them. Many had things stolen. I really feel this had a lot to do with last nights performance. You can say why you want, but when you are 19-28 years old and you find out something like this it will affect you.  College says that the families are responsible for all the damage so that puts a bigger burden on these kids. Have a little grace if you would when you are beating these guys up on here this week. Parents do see this shit. 

[Game Day Versus Marshall]

19 of the players vehicles were broken into last night on campus.  Everything stolen, windows all broken out. Austin and Jace both got hit hard. Hope everyone can focus on the game and get through it. 

[DRC: UNT press conference notebook -- Aune back at top of depth chart as Mean Green prepare for Missouri]

30 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

You know the players are sensitive and he has to worry about hurting their feelings, especially P5-entitlement feelings.

?????

[For those concerned about us losing fans]

My opinion is we won’t get the dudes unless somehow the program has more money.  Sorry to say it is quite a bit different than power 5 schools.  

[Quarterbacks/Offense]

26 minutes ago, Hookset said:

I agree Ruder is waiting for receivers to get open. The touchdown he threw was almost too late. As the receiver ran across the back of the end zone, he almost threw it into a defender. The ball should have been thrown as he made his cut when he was wide open. 
Fine made a hell of a living here throwing quick slants to a spot and trusting the receivers to be there. 
Haven’t seen that so far with Ruder.

 I also believe a lot of that trust comes with developing chemistry with the receivers. That just takes some time. The way UAB’s defenders mugged all of our receivers on every vertical route. None of our receivers got any separation from a defender. 
Quick slants would have helped with that tight man to man coverage. Our QB and receivers just don’t seem to be clicking yet.

The touchdown was the third option, so it is gonna look late. They stopped the run game with 5 and dropped 7 into coverage all night. 3 of top receivers didn’t play in the game and one of them got injured on Wednesday. 

[Injuries]

13 hours ago, PlummMeanGreen said:

So our fans are all front-runner bandwagon  jumper-on’er type fans who don’t want to be seen at Apogee unless it’s fashionable to be seen there, but only when things are going great guns inside our house? Sounds more like the school that’s located in one city but is begging for support from another. 

😊I know what your saying, HG, just wish before I kick the bucket that it would change.  
 

🦅

That is what it looks like to me. I am really surprised by how bad the so called “fans” talk about the team and its players.  I happened to be at the game Saturday and SMU is bigger, faster, stronger than UNT.  I was proud of how UNT came out and competed.  It is all a money issue in my opinion.