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That's the beauty though. It's not what people on this forum think that drives the decisions. If it was the entire staff would have been fired after the SMU game -- and all rehired after the UTSA game. I've got tired head from being at the game and just getting home so I haven't read all the threads but I can probably sum up the threads here: "we suck ... the season is over ... fire all the coaches". Repeat ×30. Until we win the next conference game -- then it will be "wow! We're going undefeated in conference!".

NorthTexasWeLove ... rebuttal comment from you to the AP putting them in at #23? (So, yes, they are now actually in the top 25).

I uploaded this picture in a different thread a few days prior to the SMU game saying this would be our message board should we lose on Saturday. I purposely avoided this board after getting home from Ford Stadium and all day yesterday because I knew there would be a ton of "sky is falling!", "we're doomed!", "Seth and Bodie need to go" posts. As much as I hated to lose to SMU, it happened. It sucks. But for so many people on this board to be melting down with "oh we've never won a big one with Seth!", I guess the SMU game this year was a big game and it counts but the SMU game last year was NOT a big game and it doesn't count. (Unless we had lost last year -- then it would count as a big game). The Arkansas game was also a mirage -- it meant nothing to us. Why does a loss turn this board into "heads must roll / oh we suck!" every. single. time. SMH,.

So with your comment about how we love to hate them, I totally thought of this classic Erasure tune from my days at UNT. Ah, good ol' Rick's Place, Otay's, etc. Maybe this should be the theme for the week? haha

Based on all these "it's a must win game", "we better win or else", and "no excuses" comments, I have a feeling this will be the board Saturday night if we end up losing the SMU game. 😉

I got full coverage in our Sunday sports section (North Dallas / Carrollton location).

7 of us heading out -- most of us getting in on Wednesday Staying at the Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf hotel. Muir Woods National Monument on Friday followed by the 7 of us going to the SF Giants game that night (like a lot of others apparently!) Saturday game time all day of course. Not sure on Thursday. Sonoma wine tasting? Still planning that one ... looks like a lot of people are going on this trip. Game on!

I think Mason's grit is 5x that of Luck's. I thought it was super odd that Luck couldn't play football for months because of leg cramps and an ankle problem. I was like, really? Turns out from ESPN tonight it says "Luck said on July 30 that he wouldn't return until he was 100 percent healthy, with part of the reason being he still had "emotional scars" from the 2017 season". That says it all right there. Who is ever 100% healthy in the NFL?! Heck, you have hockey players playing with broken toes, collapsed lung, etc and this guy can't play cuz his leg doesn't feel good? Meanwhile, Mason is out playing on 1 leg against Utah State and wants to keep playing. I normally don't question athlete injuries but Luck has just seemed kind of wheels off 3 of the last 4 years.

Is UNT Playmaker still around? If so, you're in luck. Although his expertise is more in hurricane forecasting. ;)

Sounds like there will be quite a few of us going to the SF Giants game Friday night. We should all wear UNT gear ... easy for us to stand out in the crowd of black and orange!

Does this post go in the "Football" forum or the "Climate Change / the earth will be uninhabitable in 12 years!" forum?

A few minor future non-conference scheduling notes for you while we're waiting for the real football season to get here. * Noticed that we replaced Rhode Island with Northwestern State for 2021. That should make some people on the board happy as I know many were not enthused with Rhode Island. Also, getting a former Southland Conference mate to play here will definitely bring more people than Rhode Island would have. * Speaking of Southland Conference teams, SFA has been moved from 2022 to 2023 creating one more open date for us in 2022.

Again, love the graphic Ian! I mean, ipd054 -- haha. So, all those listed on the map that we've been on together (currently 10) plus I need to add the following places not on the map: Baylor TCU SMU (both Ownby Stadium & Ford Stadium) Rice UTSA Stephen F. Austin So, 16 different universities plus the Superdome, Texas Stadium and the Cotton Bowl in neutral site games. Looking forward to September for our 18th annual football road trip! 🙂

I don't think anyone's smoking funny cigarettes or drinking too much Jagermeister. It's more of a fact that the Winter Classic is going to be a sellout. At the bottom is a link to a DMN article re: same and here's a quote from NHL Commissionier Gary Bettman about the ticket sales from that article: "The presale for the Winter Classic exceeded 60,000," Bettman told me before Game 6. "It's the second best we've had in our 27 outdoor games. It tells you what an incredible hockey market this is. People are really responding to the Winter Classic." https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-stars/stars/2019/04/22/thanks-incredible-hockey-market-stars-predators-becoming-one-nhls-popular-winter-classic-matchups I spend my disposable $$ on basically two things -- UNT football season tickets and Stars season tickets (with 4 others to keep the prices reasonable). As a huge Stars fan, I can tell you hockey on January 1st at the Cotton Bowl is going to be epic. Can't wait!

I'm in. Group size TBD as I haven't sent out the "recruitment" email yet ...

So, funny story on that ... I organize a road trip each year for the "biggest game of the year". Doing it now on 16 years. Anyway, one of the members of our group that usually goes to these things has a new small mountain cabin a few hours away from Laramie. And so, yes, he's already putting the pitch on to come out there to the cabin for 2026. I'm like, um, let's worry about Cal first! But, yeah, I know of at least one person tryna to get to Laramie in 2026. haha

Soooooo, is this a NT vs. NDSU thread or a referendum on Dan McCarney? Methinks the comment thread has jumped the shark. Maybe spin the topic wheel and create a separate McCarney thread? Just sayin 😉

Off topic but I have to say I wonder if more teams want to think about bringing back this allegedly "obsolete" offense? Look at what Army did to OU with it (not a fluke). It may be the perfect antidote for 90% of the defenses that know how to play against the Run n Shoot and Air Raids but little else.

Interesting Top 10 list. 0 positive comments / 10 negative ones. Maybe change the headline? "Top 10 reasons our 9-4 season sucked this year?"

College Football News showing us some love ... Pete Fiutak has the Orange Bowl #1 (of course ... it's Oklahoma vs. Alabama) but look who he has #2! (Yes, over the Cotton Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, etc). Can't read his mind but from his blurb it sounds like our early kickoff actually HELPS us in the rankings, not penalizes us like some of us were thinking. This is awesome! 2. Gildan New Mexico Bowl Saturday, December 15 2:00, ESPN, Branch Field at Dreamstyle Stadium, Albuquerque, NM North Texas vs. Utah State Even with Utah State head coach Matt Wells off to Texas Tech, this should be a wild and crazy shootout. This is how you want to kickoff a bowl season with lots of points and plenty of big plays. https://collegefootballnews.com/2018/12/how-good-is-your-bowl-ranking-the-bowls-from-worst-matchup-to-best/4

Wonder if the reporter will put this "gem" of an article on his resume when he applies for a job at the Washington Post or New York Times? Prolly.

Dangit man! Quit using stats and verifiable facts to prove KSU has had sustained football success over recent history. I want speculation, innuendo and random hot sports opinions that say KSU isn't that good!

I'm starting to think their "inside source guy" is living in his parents' basement and taking a break from playing Call of Duty and/or Rocket League to troll people and get people to freak out. If so, it's working...

Man, I don't know what to think about this anymore. I do know I've spent a good chunk of time over the past few days reading 25+ pages of comments. If this doesn't happen, I think there are a lot of people who should be tagged with "fake news" labels. Sorry. "Seth is gone -- I have it from a good source". "He's gone in the next 24 hours... I know people who know people". "The word I have on the street is he's gone ... book it". Heck, we even decided Jimmy Sexton was making posts under an assumed fake profile. And so it goes... But it does prompt me to ask what I'm doing wrong? I've been a season ticket holder since 2003 and all I know is the esteemed Brett Vito when I had my one interview with him when winning a Regal Eagle bus trip raffle years ago. So, other than that, nothing. I need to start knowing people so I can start cryptic mysterious posts for people to take to the bank. "The rooster crows at midnight...."

One more comment on the "it's too far" theme. There are 14 CUSA schools. We are the 2nd closest out of the 14! UTSA is actually 116 miles further away (and 2 hours 10 minutes longer) than from Denton. Other than UTEP, we ARE the closest. Yes, Frisco, Indy, FR, etc would be nice but guess what ... not a single CUSA team is playing there so it should be time to move on. Of the CUSA teams I actually think we have the best matchup. Heck, poor champion UAB is playing 8-5 MAC champ Northern Illinois who lucked into their win over Buffalo. There should be IMO one CUSA team with a legitimate right to bitch -- Southern Miss.