[DRC breaking news (updated with story) -- C-USA resolves membership issues, lets three schools leave, a move that will impact UNT football slate]

On 3/30/2022 at 9:31 AM, untjim1995 said:

It’s no mystery at all. Nobody is firing the first female commissioner…the retribution would be off the charts.

You are ... unfortunately ... 100% spot on with this comment.  And that's the problem isn't it, big-picture wise?  If you fire or non-renew a contract on a << insert protected class status of person here >> you are then a << insert "-ist" or "-phobe" tagline next >>.  Real equality is when everyone is treated equally and I think we can all agree the CUSA commissioner is doing a very poor job, what with everyone fleeing -- correctly -- this conference.  She should be let go, but you're right -- that can't happen. 

[Where do we go from here?]

As sure as the sun sets in the west, even after a 5 game win streak and beating a Top 25 team, after each loss come the threads to fire Seth.  

One-track minds around here.  We're the oppo of Lego's "everything is awesome" mantra:  here it's "everything sucks and needs to be burned down".

[UNT Football Has Quit on Us]

I'm guessing you want a do-over on this hot take prediction?  

It's spot on, other than UNT winning every remaining game.  😉

[2021 - Final bottom 10]

I don't think McGee is an a-hole.  His irreverent take on the worst CFB teams is a must read each week.  And funny as hell most times...

[Seth Littrell]

After standing for 3.5 hours in a cold steady rain to watch one of the Top 3 UNT victories that I've ever seen in-person, I was excited to get home and read happy, positive messages on this site for once.  Whoops, guess I was asking too much apparently.  2nd victory EVER against a ranked team but still some people aren't  happy.  Lordie... 

[DRC weekly prediction: UNT will come up short against UTSA, which will be highly motivated to torpedo the Mean Green's bowl hopes]

59 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Hey Brett,

Congratulations on going 12-0.

 

Maybe I missed a thread here, but if Brett gets this UTSA pick right, does he really go 12-0 in the prediction department for UNT?  If so, that's damn fine work.  I was looking at this year's Dave Campbell's Texas Football tonight and they pretty much got every single North Texas game correct too.  The only hiccup was predicting a Mean Green win against La Tech.  Other than that, they nailed every game.   

[SL did it]

On the bright side for untjim1995, while he may sound like a broken record, another thing that might be a true broken record is the first post on GMG.com to get all 13 reaction options on a single post.  Congrats there!

[On KTCK 1310 “The Ticket” this AM, did anyone else hear the 2 UNT grads talking ‘bout TCU’s Patterson & UNT’s Littrell?]

However, to expand on Rudy's point, literally nothing was said in that segment by Craig or JubJub that hasn't already been extensively commented on by this board -- poor recruiting, downgraded results by Seth these past few years, we haven't had a coach with an overall winning record here since Hayden Fry, etc.  Basically, our 2 alumni succinctly summed up this board's issues in a 5 minute discussion of UNT.

[UNT Football Has Quit on Us]

8 minutes ago, Side.Show.Joe said:

Agreed.

I'm done. It is a scorched earth campaign from this day forward. I'll be more outspoken than you have ever seen before. I'm sick of this mess. I will call out anyone that is part of the problem. I do not care what it costs. I don't care if everyone at that athletic department hates me. Those people need to do their jobs. People need to be fired and soon.

Side Show Joe -- but how do you really feel?  I can't tell after your 20+ posts in this thread alone.  Your vote is duly recorded -- fire Seth -- and I'm with you.  But this isn't California and your vote should only count once.  We get it.  😏

[Season Ticket Holder Gift?]

Count me as apparently the first one to put the stamp of approval on this gift.  I actually love it.  Of course, I was also the guy in a different thread complaining that we only had e-tickets this year and I have a pretty sweet bulletin board collection of about 15+ years of season tickets.  So, this is perfect. 

P.S.  in 2022, why doesn't everyone win?  Give ticket holders the option of e-tickets or card stock?  And then we can get a new gift.  😀

[He wins games. Yes, it's risky, but regardless of his history, he should coach here.]

Good job with the topic headline.  It just screams a thread about "he who must not be named".

[Worse Coached UNT Game I Have Ever Seen!!!]

4 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

Only at North Texas can we compare epic losses to the most epic loss of all time in modern college football history. 
BTW, this game doesn’t even compare to Dickey’s 54-2 loss here to Tulsa, Dodge’s 77-20 loss at Rice (when the Owls stopped trying in the 4th qtr), or the alpha dog of losses, the Portland State 66-7 loss at home versus a spare FCS opponent on our Homecoming.

 

Good post.  But this post is causing me to re-examine my sports life.  I've been to every single one of those disasters PLUS OU's 79-10 thrashing in the Dodge Ball debut in 2007, a 65-0 mauling by Texas and all manner of SMU disasters (sure I'm missing a few others).  Crap, what am I doing with my life?  haha   

[Littrell Record Without Harrell]

Not mad at Cody at all.  His post tells me he 100% cares about the school.  Isn't that what we want from former players?  To be invested?  I know Cody's take has kinda hijacked the thread about Littrell's record without Graham Harrell ... so I suppose I won't bring up the hot takes on this board when Harrell sucked and needed to go, we didn't need him, we'll do better without him, etc.  Cuz, y'know some "experts" on here have more off-point "hot takes" than Skip Bayless.

[Disgusted by the SMU Gameday experience.]

Since this seems to be the designated thread for the SMU stadium experience, let me just add my .02 cents to Saturday on top of what's already been said about the concession stand lines, etc... and that would be this was probably the BEST atmosphere for a North Texas - SMU game I've seen at Ford Stadium and I've literally made every game since "Dodge Ball" started at UNT.  My take is I've never seen more SMU fans at our rivalry game ...the stands were quite full and the grassy knoll, which is usually pretty lame was packed.  Unless I was missing a view of things from the visiting side in the lower section on the 30 yard line, I've unfortunately never seen less UNT fans at Ford.  Maybe it was the pandemic, maybe it was the betting line, but for whatever reason it wasn't packed by UNT fans like normal.  (I realize not bringing the band certainly didn't help the look).  Anybody who's been going to a lot of games agree with that assessment?

P.S.  Sux that it sounds like they're getting rid of the grassy knoll on the south side of the stadium.  It looks a cool area for the students to hang.

[Season Tickets]

Is anyone else besides me disappointed that all tickets are going to be mobile again this year?  I love saving ticket stubs and have quite the nice bulletin board collection after many years of saving UNT season tickets.  It's a nice collage.  This new trend of everything going mobile sux IMO.

[DRC: Jaelon Darden selected by Buccaneers, snaps UNT's draft drought]

CBS.Sports liked the pick too ... check out this nice glowing review:

[DRC: UNT pitcher Hope Trautwein basking in glory of historic performance]

On 4/13/2021 at 4:24 PM, PlummMeanGreen said:

Like Deep Green said this feat is remarkable no matter what level it would be played.

⚾️ Anyone know when these Mean Green Ladies next home game is?  They deserve an SRO crowd for it no matter when it is. 

 

Like the idea ... but guess not.  See attached snip from the UNT website.  Thanks a lot Bin Laden ...

[COLUMN: Jace Ruder will be given the chance to prove himself in Denton]

19 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Did I miss someone?

Maybe this guy?

[How Many Do We Sign Tomorrow?]

32 minutes ago, RiseUNT said:

What happened to #1?

This is #1.  I think he's still around as far as I know.

 

 

[DRC: UNT releases 2021 football schedule]

3 hours ago, greenminer said:

Could Liberty be the best team on that schedule?

Have no idea why you got some downvotes for that take.  (Unless it's just a reflexive "Liberty team bad" vote).  I think you're 100% correct.  That's the only team on our schedule that regularly appears on the various "super-early" Top 25 lists out there.  They were 1 point away against NC State from going undefeated.  Personally, we should look forward to the rare possible Top 25 team playing in our stadium.  I guess the question for the board is when was the last time we had a ranked team in our house?  I'm class of '93 and don't recall any that I'm aware of from like 1990 --> forward.  ?

[DRC (updated with story): Roster update (who's staying, who's gone)]

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Novil?

Per Vito's article, it looks like we ARE getting Novil back.  Sweet!

Torrey, Novil and Davis are among the UNT players who elected to take advantage of that opportunity. Torrey led UNT with 656 rushing yards and six touchdowns in nine games last fall. Novil posted eight tackles for loss and was UNT's lone first-team All-Conference USA selection. 

 

[Portal perspective]

I think the NCAA created more problems than they thought they were solving with this stupid "one year free transfer" rule.  Think about how P5 schools could really screw G5's around this year.  EX:  Grayson McCall is an unbelievable QB at Coastal Carolina and he's only a freshman.  Waaaay too early for a graduate transfer and immediate eligibility.  But this year, if some P5 needed a QB, voila!, the G5 schools becomes a de facto minor league for the P5 schools.  Thankfully he's staying from what I hear at Coastal.  Either way, I can't wait for this dumb rule to be one and done.

[What are we waiting on]

1 hour ago, MGNation92 said:

 

Seth hasn't beaten a team with a winning record since Army 2017 I believe. We are 0-4 in bowl games. We tout an incredible offense that makes most of it's money on garbage time stats and is inconsistent as hell. We can't find a QB that's even close to Mason Fine, and we keep making questionable coaching hires(Bloesch, Brad Davis, Jeff Koonz, Graham Harrell are the only ones that have made a difference, everyone else is mediocre at best).

Our RB's are pretty kick-ass year after year.   I personally wouldn't put Patrick Cobbs in the "mediocre at best" category.  I think he's doing a really good job of coaching them up.

[National Title Game]

I think the better poll would be who would win if it was 13-0 Alabama vs. 1-15 Jacksonville?  I think Alabama has the advantage at the skill positions.  Mac Jones --> Gardner Minshew // DevonteSmith and Jaylen Waddle --> D.J Chark and Keelan Cole //  RB's likely even.  Etc.  I'm guessing Jacksonville would have the edge in the trenches. 

[NT fires DC Clint Bowen]

On 1/1/2021 at 3:24 PM, PlummMeanGreen said:

At Texas public universities isn’t there a 30 day hiring moratorium after you post this job opening?

❇️🦅❇️

 

On 1/1/2021 at 3:28 PM, El Paso Eagle said:

Where this is a will there is a way

I guess we got our answer to this question yesterday!  Texas fires Tom Herman and hires Steve Sarkisian within like 3 hours of each other.  Wow!  What a quick interview.  Wink, wink.  😂😂