[DRC: Prediction -- UNT will rise to the occasion, knock off UTSA in battle of C-USA unbeatens]

6 hours ago, eeeeagle said:

If you're picking UNT to win based on assumptions that Aune/Defense/Littrell will have a greater than average game executing a game plan, you're going to be disappointed. Don't ignore the truth!

Our running backs will have to carry the responsibility of outperforming themselves and UTSA will be ready for it. Our Defense needs to pray that the secondary won't be exploited to h e l l.

This has all the makings of crossing our fingers that Aune can keep the defense honest with an occasional good pass and Harris not abusing our D despite their O-line issues. We know how this song plays out folks...

Okay, that's my last pessimistic post for now. Looking forward to the amount of angry, drunken comments on the game thread. I may be one of them :0

I agree completely with this take. I’m sure most marked this game as a preseason loss. The fact that were 3-0 in conference garners a since of hope for a win. 
 

Personally a win at the Dome would start swaying away from wanting him canned.

[Wren's response if Seth beats UTSA this weekend]

[** **OFFICIAL La. Tech vs. UNT In-Game Disscussion Thread** **]

Hard to judge just how bad La Tech is, but yesterday was a dominant win. Congratulations to the team. After watching UTSA vs FIU we definitely have a shot at winning that game in SA. Like many have stated, the run game has been the difference this season. 

[Jason Bean playing well for Kansas]

1 hour ago, SilverEagle said:

The team passing stats (total yards) starting in 2015 to present.

2015- total- yards 1937

SL, GH and Mason Fine arrive

2016-Total yards  2708 (Fine and Morris starters, GH QB coach)

2017 -total yards 4078 (Fine starter all year, GH QB coach)

2018 - total yards 3988 (Fine starter all year, GH QB coach)

GH Leaves

2019 -total yards 3400 (3088 Fine, ? QB coach)

2020- total yards 2830 (Aune 1650, Bean 1131, ? QB coach)

2021 - total yards 2562 (Aune 1991, Ruder 571, ? QB coach)

2022- total yards 1572 (Aune 1496, Gunnell 75 ? QB coach)

I appreciate you taking the time to pull these numbers. So your stance is that we do a great job of player development? As in more wins, and being competitive against teams with winning records?

Aune could have 9000 yards but if we can’t win a bowl game does it really matter? 

[Jason Bean playing well for Kansas]

10 minutes ago, TIgreen01 said:

Murphy brothers left to chase money.  Don’t know what happened with Bean, but all three moved up to P5.  Not sure this is the slap to our coaching staff that people are making it out to be.  

Recruiting is one thing, retaining and player development is another. This is hard to spin into a positive imo.

[DRC: UNT storylines at the halfway point -- Littrell in position to solidify return, Aune's rise, lack of a big win]

1 hour ago, Cr1028 said:

He says the pressure is on Littrell. The outlook doesn’t look promising on a two game losing streak. Winning a game to break the losing streak and move to a 2-0 conference record does improve your standing from the prior week.

The path/opportunity for a winning season is still there as he said. And it wouldn’t make perfect sense to fire a coach who improved from year to year and ends with a winning record. 

I think SL has a tall hill to climb to earn another season but Vito’s article did nothing to sugarcoat that. He just laid it out there not skewed to his benefit or detriment. I think @Brett Vitowas very fair. He isn’t here to be a fanboy of the school or the coach.

 

I agree with everything you stated except about letting SL go, even with an improved/improving season we should part ways friends.
 

With Vito it’s more his title “Littrell in position to solidify return” that give me puking Eagle emoji vibes. The article undertone doubles down on that. I actually like Vito btw.

[DRC: UNT storylines at the halfway point -- Littrell in position to solidify return, Aune's rise, lack of a big win]

21 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Seth Littrell taking a 1-11 team to 5-8 his first year (+4 wins), followed by a 9-5 season (+4 again), and 9-4 again isn't significant progress from when he took over? Hindsight is 20/20 on SL but his first 3 seasons showed he was capable of turning it around, even if some believe he got lucky with Fine. He just hasn't been able to sustain the early success.

Totally agree with you here - he hasn’t been able to sustain that initial success. And I’m extremely appreciative of the turnaround, however his collective body of work over 7 seasons has shown he’s not the ticket going forward. I personally think even with a winning season we need to part ways.

[DRC: UNT storylines at the halfway point -- Littrell in position to solidify return, Aune's rise, lack of a big win]

9 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

I don’t understand what you folks ripping on @Brett Vitoare getting angry about. Yes, the headline may trigger you but if you actually read the article it is pretty well balanced and even mentions most of the complaints lodged around here.

 

“The pressure is clearly on Littrell. The outlook didn’t appear promising when UNT was blown out by SMU and UNLV. A win over FAU improved matters significantly.”

“The path to a winning season and a bowl game is there. It’s hard to imagine UNT firing and buying out a coach coming off a winning season.”

 

I’ll speak for myself, but these 2 quotes scream “low expectations” as far as Vito’s opinion on our school and team. Balanced or not, the undertone needs to change. 

 

 

[SMU portal exodus story]

I’d have to disagree. In SMU’s case Isaiah Nwokobia has seen significant playing time. Boise State had their QB transfer after a 2-2 start, and Utah’s QB did a similar thing to preserve eligibility.

The other SMU players entering the portal have had little playing time, to your point.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/multiple-smu-players-to-sit-out-remainder-of-2022-season-before-entering-transfer-portal-per-reports/

[SMU portal exodus story]

https://www.outkick.com/smu-players-sitting-out-proves-sports-media-wrong-again/

 

“There are legitimate reasons for players to transfer — when those reasons arise, players should be able to move without being penalized a full season. 

But a player deciding his team isn’t winning as much as expected, or he isn’t having enough fun, is no reason to tell your coaching staff that you refuse to play for your scholarship.”

 

[DRC: Five thoughts on UNT's loss to Memphis]

2 hours ago, meangreenbob said:

It’s the same old pattern of mediocrity year after year after year. 

It’s as if these useless bowl games for 6 win teams keep us patterned in mediocrity because we can’t fire our coach.

 

Bowl game or not this year we need to make a change. 

[DRC: "We can play with those guys" UNT encouraged by performance in 2nd shot vs. team from American]

9 hours ago, Monkeypox said:

This guy gets it!

[GIF thread: How are you feeling about the Memphis game?]

[DRC: UNT press conference notebook -- Mean Green aiming to reverse dramatic dropoff in big play production defensively]

“Oft hope is born when all is forlorn” - Tolkien

[I’m worried UTSA may win Saturday]

10 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Are you so freaking insecure you can't give a team credit for performing. Maybe if more people would worry about North Texas and quit being so overwhelmed and concerned about other schools messing up or doing bad things could change around here.

Incorrect. This has nothing to do about giving credit to UTSA, and has everything to do with the current state of OUR school and team. Go back a read my posts on this threat and see that I literally share the same sentiment as you. Good riddance.

[I’m worried UTSA may win Saturday]

Guess we don’t need to worry about containing UTSA’s momentum. What a joke.

 

Can we finally focus on cleaning house?!?

[***OFFICIAL UNT VS UNLV GAME THREAD***]

Okay, spicy TD return!

[DRC: UNT-UNLV gameday -- Aune has UNT's big-play production soaring, ranks in top 10 nationally in passing TDs, yards per completion]

11 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

He has to find things to write constantly. Looking up national stats and seeing if we have someone in there is just one way to do that. You guys have so much disdain for this head coach and the starting quarterback that you’ve come to personalize Vito’s attempt to find content.

You’re not wrong with this take. It’s just Vito’s articles haven’t matched the sentiment of a frustrated fan base.

Figuratively putting lipstick on the pig of Aune’s stats might feel disingenuous to some considering the above.

[Game Day!]

[I’m worried UTSA may win Saturday]

4 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I'm not saying they aren't prepared at all but unless they hired a defensive consultant to specifically gameplan for every single game on their schedule, there's no way they can be as prepares for the rest of their schedule as they were for Bama considering Patterson had no responsibilities other than prepping for last saturday for the past 3 months. 

I hear you but think it’s less of a factor than stated - if UT can prepare and compete strongly against Bama I’m guessing they’ll be ready for the roadrunners.

 

Still curious about the OPs concern over UNT containing UTSAs potential momentum given they win.

 

We need to focus on cleaning up our house before worrying about other teams imo.

[I’m worried UTSA may win Saturday]

36 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

While Texas' defense played an awesome game against Bama, I think their actual defense is being overhyped a bit. They had Patterson game-planning specifically for Bama for the past 3 months. Let me rephrase, they hired Patterson to watch hundreds of hours of Bama film to create the perfect gameplan. I'd say it worked. They won't have that benefit for the rest of their schedule. We'll see how they look after the physical and emotional beating they took last week. Logically, the talent gap should be great enough that it doesn't matter but we've seen enough upsets that I'd say a UTSA upset is possible.

An upset is certainly possible given injuries, but I’m not buying Texas and Patterson aren’t prepared for UTSA or the rest of their season for that matter.

 

And I’m still not sure how this pertains to us containing another schools momentum as the OP stated. Lets just focus on our alignment, assignment, and technique for UNLV.

[I’m worried UTSA may win Saturday]

Who’s momentum won’t we be able to handle?

[Jeff Wilson Jr]

I’ve always had great respect for him ever since his puke and rally between snaps in our bowl game against Army. An amazing game we almost won - beating Army twice in a season is tough.

[Phil Bennett needs to resign]

I’m not sure we will learn much more from the UNLV game - this team will not be in contention for a conference title nor be ready for the larger stage next season. Nothing that happens next week could change that assessment for me.

[DRC: Five thoughts on UNT's win over Texas Southern]

I appreciate the sentiment Brett, but we’re one step in the right direction too short, and one day late on showing signs of growth for this team and 7th year coach.