[2022 Season is in Aune’s hands now]

Season clearly in Aune's hands now.

 

[2022 North Texas Mean Green Preview by Matt Fargo]

20 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

"Schedule is a monster" who is this guy SL agent?

Lol.   You listen to some guys, and it's easy.   You listen to others, and it's difficult.   I suppose that's a good thing, so you can get an actual tell on your team.   Gotta win some of those games considered "hard".

[Jaelon Darden having a good camp in Tampa]

10 hours ago, ttunt1970 said:

TREY ADAWAY🦅🏈all the way!

[FORGIVE ME MEAN GREEN FANS.....]

It’s OK.  Just don’t wear that same color scheme when we play them on 8/27.

[2022 OFFICIAL UNT FB Player Adoption Thread]

I'll stick with Var'Keys Gumms.  Hopefully Bloesch can scheme to get the ball in his hands.

[Jacob Brammer Update]

10 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Hopefully he didn't transfer to be a backup his last season. That'd be unfortunate. 

I thought the same thing.   Maybe he just wants a Masters from Vandy.

[Murphy brothers update]

[2022-23 Preaseason C-USA Predictions (UNT #4)]

13 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

Really poor analysis, where will NT scoring come from: when you hold the other teams to a national low average; you don't have to score a lot.  

Not only that, but all you need to do is simply look at the scoring averages of our returners, and the guys we brought in:
Tylor - 13.5
Abou - 10.2
Rubin - 8.2 
Then, the guys we added:
Tyree Eady - 10.3 @ NDSU
Jayden Martinez - 14.9 @ New Hampsire
Kai Huntsberry - 19.6 @ DII University of Mary

The scoring is there.

[Former Texas football HC Tom Herman chooses UNT/SMU game as his first CBS broadcast]

13 minutes ago, bstnsportsfan3 said:

One reason I never want kids 😂 

I'm not hating on this view, but I'll tell you this:   There's nothing like watching your progeny put in a ton of work and excel at something like sports, music, dance, academics, whatever...   It's one of the most fulfilling things ever.

[Haven't Been Here In A While]

48 minutes ago, malonish said:

Howdy. I haven't been around in a few. Is it too early to be that loveable opposing fan you all remember? Thoughts on the upcoming game are that it's worrying to me that UNT gets a warmup game and we open the season at UNT with a new coach and system. 

No man.   That's no "warmup game"...  UTEP is improving.  We're spinning wheels.  It took a heroic effort to eek out a win VS UTEP last season at home.   This is very likely to be a loss.   

If NT loses to UTEP in week 1, expect a deflated team to come out the next week to get the doors blown off by 30 again VS you guys.

I hope I'm wrong.

[Former Texas football HC Tom Herman chooses UNT/SMU game as his first CBS broadcast]

Just now, El Paso Eagle said:

Can he really do less, as far as getting texas HS talent as our current coach?

That's not the question we should be asking though.   It's, "Who can do the most?"

[Former Texas football HC Tom Herman chooses UNT/SMU game as his first CBS broadcast]

48 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Maybe scouting for his next HC gig. I'd take him if SL has a bad year. He worked wonders at Houston.

I dunno.   He burned a ton of bridges with HS football coaches in Texas.  Good football mind, and can motivate players to play for him (which is Littrell's problem), but he's going to come in with baggage, and put us behind the 8ball when recruiting VS a guy like Traylor who is revered by all TXHSFB coaches.

[UNT Light the Tower Collective Meeting]

22 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

Lifer you are confusing two votes. The first was 2002 and it failed but we passed it in the Student Government at a lower rate. The first vote had a lot of pushback from students in part because a group of alumni were pushing it and students didn’t appreciate it (I think there were table top ads in dorm cafeterias if my memory is correct). 
The second vote passed, in my opinion bc the AD kept a lower profile and didn’t try to ran it down the students’ throats. 
Just one old man’s memory of it. I was only involved in 2002 so can’t speak first hand about the second one. 

The second vote passed because it was brilliantly written to take effect 2 or 3 years after the vote.   So a majority of the students at the time were not on the hook for the increased fee.   Plain and simple.  Of course you'll get students to vote yes for something really, really nice, as long as you don't ask them to pay for it.

As much as I appreciate the efforts of some of the SGA members at the time (one of whom used to be a regular here, and I feel gets a little too much credit on this forum), I think Rick & Co. went back to the drawing board, took a hard look at their previous failed attempt, and came back with a new strategy that worked.

[2022-23 Preaseason C-USA Predictions (UNT #4)]

This is a knock on perceived recruiting to backfill the loss of TBIII & Drez.   
Thing is, people were saying the same exact thing after Javion graduated last season, and NT still finished atop C-USA.  McCasland is finding the right guys to fit into his system and coaching them up.   I have no doubt NT battles for the Championship again this season.

[UNT Light the Tower Collective Meeting]

30 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Just on the surface, this hire looks lazy.  The optics are bad.

Again, this Collective has nothing to do with the University itself.   This is not a Wren Baker hire.

This is a group of large-monied donors who CHOSE Rick to lead the effort.   

What would you do?  Have Wren/Neal tell those donors, "No, not him"?

[Traylor still bitter about UNT loss]

14 minutes ago, UTSAMarineVet09 said:

Yall brag about beating an undefeated team....

We brag about having a Conference Football Championship.

 

 

Oh, believe me, we'd change places in a heartbeat.  No brainer. 
Your dumba** coach's soft "brand" is the reason we're still stuck with our lame-duck HC.  So you win again.   Cross your fingers he learned from that mistake and can actually finish the deal next time.

Doesn't make what happened that day any less real.

[Traylor still bitter about UNT loss]

Your “brand” has to play in all weather conditions, homie! 😂

To avoid that meltdown again, he might consider practicing outside in the cold and/or rain, rather than assume his “brand” will win the game keeping them comfortable in a dome. 

[DRC: Littrell details where QB race stands early in camp]

6 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

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And again, this isn’t just me criticizing you specifically. I just think as a whole most on the board are describing Gunnell as another P5 transfer like the others previously mentioned. I know not every poster can be amalgamated into one, but it does seem to reek of hypocrisy how we say high school accolades don’t matter on one hand, then on the other group Gunnell in with the other QBs solely based their similarities in high school accolades while ignoring how different their college bodies or work are. Just think it needs to be mentioned more.

Lol, I thought I was one of the only ones doing this.  And I’m probably trumping that up too much.  Probably my defense mechanism to keep from having my hopes crushed like they were by the likes of Darius Terrell, Bryce English, Nick Harvey, etc…

It seems like most want to crown Gunnell now, and will cite his Arizona highlights, but really it’s because they desperately want anyone to be better than Aune.  It doesn’t really matter who.

And yeah, I’m definitely not one of the guys saying bail on HS QBs!

[DRC: Littrell details where QB race stands early in camp]

14 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I guess for me it's not about that. Losing with Aune would be like striking out looking. I'd rather strike out swinging. I don't care if we go 6-7 with Head or Gunnell, at least we tried different options.

Fair enough. And I could even get on board with that line of thinking.  
I don’t know that Littrell can though.   To save his job, he has to play the best option, and if he thinks that’s a bus-driving Aune, that’s who he’ll roll with.

[DRC: Littrell details where QB race stands early in camp]

2 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

In 11 games as a true freshman, Henigan completed 60% of his passes with 25 TDs and 8 INTs. In comparison, Fine had a 6 TDs to 5 INTs in 10 games his true freshman year. Henigan was a stud as a true freshman.

Aune on the other hand... 51% completion, 9 TDs to 9 INTs as a 28 year old junior.

Now who needs the upgrade at QB again?

You’re saying stuff I’ve already said.  I already know Aune’s #s & have repeatedly said we need better.  I know Henigan is good, and we’re going to see that firsthand in about a month.

But to just assume Gunnell is everything we want, & the difference between 5-7 VS 8-4…. I’m sorry, just based on our history, I’m not going to hold my breath.   Show me.

[DRC: Littrell details where QB race stands early in camp]

7 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

On one hand, it seems foolish to pin hopes on a transfer QB after seeing transfers QBs not work out. On the other, it’s also short sighted to lump Gunnell into the pool of past transfers without distinguishing how much more of a body of work he has as a college QB compared to the other P5 transfers we have brought in.

Gunnell is just shy of 1,900 yards with 15 TDs against 3 INTs while doing it at a 66.5% completion mark. Ruder was coming in with 10 career passes thrown. One D1 pass for Alec Morris, and zero for guys like Gilmore and Berglund. I’m all for the approach of not anointing him too early, I just think too often Gunnell is brought up as just another P5 QB transfer like he’s the same kind of pickup as the others. There’s more nuance to this than just “the other P5 transfer QBs haven’t worked so let’s not get our hopes up too high on this one either.”

I guess I’m looking a little more critically at his time in Memphis than what he did at Arizona.  Like I said, I think a team that finished 3-5 in the AAC could use a QB upgrade, but they stuck with Henigan.  Henigan showed a lot of promise, especially later in the year, so I can see why they might roll the dice on him over a dude who (according to the hopes of Mean Green fans) is a game-changing QB.  Maybe his ceiling is higher than Gunnell’s?

I suppose we’ll see.

[DRC: Littrell details where QB race stands early in camp]

On 8/5/2022 at 6:59 PM, emmitt01 said:

Sure, as long as you don’t fall into the tired mindset of North Texas being so inferior that we accept career backup level quarterbacks being our starter for consecutive years.  

I guess I don’t follow.   Aune clearly played better than Ruder, the big P5 transfer who was supposed to save the offense last year.  

I’m not saying Aune was great.  Yet here we are again with a bunch of folks here pinning their hopes on a transfer to be a savior of the offense.

I am saying we should be ready for Aune to be the best option again, because transfer portal history hasn’t been kind to us.  Again, if Gunnell comes in & kills it, I’ll be pleasantly surprised!  Either way, we must have better QB play than last year.

[DRC: UNT announces six-member HOF class highlighted by three former football greats]

4 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

About half the times Brelan got the ball on a jet sweep or a quick-out, and just about every time he returned a kick, my body involuntarily stood up, anticipating something amazing about to happen.   

[Camp Videos from Reed Smith]

22 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

I’d be up for more camp clips but I am a firm “hell no” on daily press conferences. Sark’s are boring as paint drying and he has a personality. Why the F would anyone want to listen to Littrell speak for 15 minutes and say nothing everyday for the next month. Forget that noise.

Lol.   It'd be the same thing every day:
Littrell drably talks-up the day's practice, saying things like, "the intensity was good", "we're getting better each day", and "I've seen so much improvement from last year".
Vito asks him about any standout players of the day, and Littrell will pick someone & pump him up a little.
Then Vito will give a long-winded leadup to a random question about a specific player he wants to write a story about.   Littrell will get miffed at the question for some reason and death-stare Vito while giving a lacking answer, forcing Vito to get more info from other sources.
Then the new NTDaily sports guy will ask a straightforward, easy-to-answer question, and Littrell will answer with a sarcastic chuckle and start his answer with "Again..." (even though no one has asked him this before), and then give some more coach speak nonsense that barely answers the question.

[DRC: Bennett went hunting for transfer help in the offseason and believes he got it, often from unexpected places]

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Safety Nick Nakwaasah was in position to start after transferring from Central Arkansas, a Football Championship Subdivision school, before suffering a season-ending injury in spring practice.

Was there a thread I missed on this?   

Nakwaasah was definitely in line to start.  Losing him is painful.
Now it's Harold West or Dillion Williams, unless I'm missing someone?