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  1. DENTON, TEXAS North Texas made a big breakthrough last season winning nine games, including a bowl on New Year's Day. Now comes a significant test for coach Dan McCarney and the Mean Green after their first winning record in nine seasons. They will be trying to do it again while replacing so many starters. "It's fun, it's exciting, it's nerve-wracking when you have so many guys that you don't know who your best guy's going to be, don't know who your starters are going to be," McCarney said. Four of the Mean Green's five returning offensive starters are linemen, three of them seniors with at least 34 career starts. That means all those new starters at the skill positions should be well-protected. Linebacker Derek Akunne and three players in the secondary account for the four returning defensive starters. "We've tried to build in our program, and embed it in the culture of this program, expect to win, believe you can win, regardless of who's back, who's not back, who started, who didn't start, who played, didn't play," McCarney said. "Regardless of all that stuff ... it's a culture of trust, it's a culture of leadership and it's a culture of expectations to win, and we have to build on that every day." North Texas is 18-19 in three seasons under McCarney, a drastic improvement from the 13-58 record the six years before that. Here are five things to watch this season for North Texas, which won seven of its last eight games in 2013, and capped its first Conference USA season winning the Heart of Dallas Bowl: Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/08/14/3258213/lot-of-change-for-north-texas.html#storylink=cpy
  2. While Marshall was predicted in the preseason poll to coast through the East Division and finish first, the coaches thought much differently of the West Division with North Texas edging defending champion Rice, 66 points to 65. Texas San-Antonio was a close third with 62 points as Tech (38), Southern Miss (24) and UTEP (18) accounted for the bottom three slots. “I think there’s great balance, and the difference between winning and losing can be a play or can be an injury,” Holtz said at Conference USA Media Day last week. “That’s why one of the things that’s going to go a long way in determining the team that wins this league is the team that can stay healthy and the team that can make some plays down the stretch in some close football games because you’re going to have them.” As many of the coaches pointed out, preseason rankings don’t mean much. Tulsa, which is now in the American Athletic Conference, was picked to win the west last season before finishing in last place at 3-9. Read more: http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20140729/SPORTS/307290039/Wide-Open-West-Parity-litters-half-Conference-USA-no-clear-favorite
  3. Banowsky said it's too early to determine what model each university will adopt in paying full cost-of-attendance, but he said it will likely vary between schools. "I think we'll compare notes. My sense is that cost-of-attendance is going to be what the university says it is because it is different in each place, and the federal guidelines contemplate it being different in each place," Banowsky said. "That's one of the problems with (an estimated) $2,000 (per athlete) across the board, is that it's arbitrary. "Each institution is going to have to make a decision on allocating resources, so that's a TBD (To Be Determined). Basically, issues of equity will be part of the discussion. We'll figure that part out." The NCAA Board of Directors will vote on Aug. 7 whether to accept a proposal from the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC) for autonomy in decision-making, including the group's push for paying full cost-of-attendance. Banowsky said C-USA could follow suit by voting on a similar measure in January and begin paying student-athletes full cost-of-attendance by the start of the 2015-16 academic year. Read more: http://www.dnj.com/story/sports/2014/07/23/c-usa-schools-ready-pay-athletes-beyond-scholarship/13045867/
  4. DALLAS — Conference USA schools are prepared to pay their student-athletes a full cost-of-attendance beyond their athletic scholarship, following the lead of the Power Five conferences pushing for autonomy within the NCAA. Calling the task part of "the most challenging time in college athletics," at C-USA Football Media Day on Wednesday, C-USA commissioner Britton Banowksy said his league's universities are ready to adjust to change. He said presidents at C-USA universities support the move to pay their student-athletes full cost-of-attendance because it is "the right thing to do, and it does not obviously violate the principles of the collegiate model." Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/07/23/conference-usa-britton-banowsky/13045909/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatodaycomcollegefootball-topstories
  5. Two of the best linebackers in recent North Texas history met just a few weeks ago during the Mean Green’s spring game and the festivities that surrounded it. Cody Spencer was back in town to be inducted into the UNT Athletic Hall of Fame and met Zach Orr, who followed in his footsteps during his career with the Mean Green. The hope for UNT is that the parallels between the two will continue sometime in the next few days during the NFL draft. Spencer began a his five-year NFL career after being selected in the sixth round of the 2004 draft. UNT has been waiting for its next player to be selected in the draft ever since. Read more: http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/colleges/north-texas-headlines/20140507-football-expectations-run-high-at-unt-for-nfl-draft.ece
  6. DENTON, Texas -- North Texas coach Dan McCarney is getting a new five-year contract after leading the Mean Green to nine wins and their first bowl victory in 11 seasons. School officials said Tuesday, only hours before spring practice began, that the deal was imminent. Attorneys were reviewing the new contract that will take McCarney through the 2018 season. "What they did was, in putting a contract in place really, is showing appreciation for changing the culture at this place. It's showing appreciation for how we do it, and the way we've done it on the field, in the classroom, in Denton, and how we handle things," McCarney said. "I think it's a sign of support for all of my guys, all of my staff, my program, our program. ... I appreciate that opportunity to stay here. I'm not looking to leave. I love this place." read more: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10552286/dan-mccarney-getting-new-5-year-deal-north-texas-mean-green
  7. theres a sophomore qb in valley view we should take a look at. looks like he could be good for us, and supposedly he's gonna go to one of our camps in july. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/521518/#highlights/2115409
  8. Theres a young qb up in that small town of valley view bout 10 miles from gainesville. graduates in 2014 but looks like he could be pretty good. found him when i was searchin for qb recruits on hudl.com. heres his sophomore highlight clip. y'all think he could be a prospect for us? word is that he's been invited to camps. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/521518/#highlights/2115409
  9. Who are our prospects at quarterback for the 2014 recruiting class?
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