[Ford Stadium can’t take the rain. 😂]

[DRC: Aune thrilled to win QB job to start season, says he's grown since last year; Gunnell plans to stay at UNT for long term]

Here’s my guess on how this plays out…

Aune struggles at UTEP…

Aune struggles vs SMUt and gets left in waaaaay too long and it messes with his head. Gunnell comes in late, but looks good. Team rallies around a change. 
 

Gunnell starts the rest of the year. 

[2022 Season is in Aune’s hands now]

I really thought I was going to open this thread and see some injury report saying Grant was out for the season. 
 

[UNT boosters form NIL collective]

Don’t get me wrong here. I’m happy and thankful that people much wealthier than myself were able to step up and make this happen. This will allow us to continue to compete. But I have a feeling I have an unpopular opinion here too…
 

“Well over 100 collectives have been established at colleges, including several that have more than one.”

…So what you’re telling me is that out of 130 schools, we’re one of the last to do this… great 🙄 

This has become the expectation. We aren’t special now because we have this. We were special because we didn’t have it. Schools that don’t have it will fall to the wayside rather quickly in todays college football landscape. 

[New ticket packages]

$500 for 2 season tickets, a parking pass, 50 more GA tickets and all that swag is a STEAL!  Might have to renew under that program next year. 😂

[Vegas!]

Anyone know where the visitors fans sit?  UNT just released away game tickets for season ticket holders but here’s no indication of section we’d be sitting in. 

[EA Sports CFB '23]

Has anyone submitted the “mother f’in” in the fight song? 😂

[DRC (updated): UNT's move to the American moving forward, school expected to depart C-USA next summer, join new league in July 2023]

My first thought:

 

Awesome!  A new conference AND a new coach for 2023!

[NT TV schedule 2022]

Already booked my flight to Vegas!  

[Spring Practice Going Away?]

On 5/25/2022 at 11:53 AM, Jonnyeagle said:

And of course here with Littrell everything is top secret and closed like they were going over nuclear codes so very little access given anyway. 

Not that it’s helped. Perhaps he should try something new?

[Patience was the strategy……]

We’ve seen RB’s grow and improve, so in Cobbs I trust. 
 

We’ve seen defensive players grow and improve, so in Bennett I trust. 
 

We haven’t seen a QB grow and improve since Fine was here, so in Harrell I trust. 
 

Seth… I don’t trust. 

[Grant Gunnell Video]

Hope he’s all that we’re hyping him up to be. If Seth keeps calling the ultra predictable first down run up the middle and putting ourselves in 2nd and long situations, we’re going to need his talent… a lot. 

[Kason Martin Update]

I hope he lights it up out there and makes Seth wonder why he never gave him a chance to start. 

[NIL Arms Race]

I can throw in $20. 

[Kevin Greene enters portal]

2 hours ago, MGNation92 said:

Don't worry, we're gonna pickup some real playmakers from D3 South by NorthWest State Technical college.

I think I saw a sign for that school the last time I drove through Abiline. 

[Transfer Portal - A lot of players losing free rides]

I wish we had better facilities so recruits would want to come here. 🙄

[Athletic Director U's Conference Power Index: North Texas placements]

I'm surprised to see that they think so highly of our donor support and potential for football success.  I think most of us here feel like we struggle in those 2 areas.

[DRC: UNT offseason questions series No. 1 -- Does Austin Aune continue his rise as a player?]

I saw a lot of the same from him at the spring practice. There were a few nicely thrown balls. But I saw a lot of receivers slowing down to catch his balls too. And this isn’t much different than we saw last season. He always has a few flashes to give you some hope he could be good and a lot of underthrown balls that made you say, “WTF?”

 

I won’t believe any positive reporting about Aune until I can see it in games. I’m not falling for that crap again. Been fooled by it too many times before. 
 

I’m still hoping someone else steps up and gets a chance.

[K.D. Davis Clothing Line]

15 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

I wish he had a green shirt that I could wear to the game. White would be ok but would rather have green to help fill the stadium with our primary color.

Yeah, seems like a real missed opportunity in marketing his line.

[Travel for this upcoming season]

I'm also looking at UNLV, but I have to work late Friday night.  So I'm hoping for a late afternoon/evening game in Vegas to give me some time to travel there in the morning.

[DRC breaking news -- UNT set to hire Randy Clements as OL coach, shift Mike Bloesch to QBs]

Can't wait for defenses to figure us out again...

[2 New Commits on NSD EVE]

6 minutes ago, WanderingEagle said:

According to Roach's twitter, UTEP is his only other FBS offer at the moment. 

Are you aware that our 2022 class ranks ahead of only FIU, FAU and UTEP in CUSA on 247's system? Our 247 average class rating is at an 82.01. Lower than every FBS school in Texas except for UTEP. 

You'll forgive me for being trite but this is really frustrating that we are seemingly the best option for a lot of D2-level guys while the rest of FBS collects transfers from each other. 

Not sure I even want to know how this compares to the AAC. 😬

[What shape is UNT football in?]

[Interesting post on the Virginia Tech Board]

On 1/20/2022 at 10:24 AM, Jonnyeagle said:

 

 

LINK: https://virginiatech.sportswar.com/mid/16739363/board/vtfootball/

Links to boards like this make me appreciate GMG so much more. I’m sure I could figure it out eventually, but that site is incredibly difficult to navigate and I feel dumber now for spending 4 minutes on there trying to figure it out. I gave up. 

[What is our saying?]

Hint: What did you type to get to this website?  It might be in the name.