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Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/08/a-couple-of-quick-practice-notes-pegram-tidbit-mac-video-coming-later.html/
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"UNT had its home game against Troy on Sept. 22 and its game at Florida Atlantic on Sept. 29 added to the slate." read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/08/unt-has-another-two-games-picked-up-for-tv.html/
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I made the trip down to Dallas for Conference USA media days, largely to pick up some material for our preseason football magazine. There are always plenty of other tidbits to come out of events like this that are good blog fodder, though. Houston coach Tony Levine expressed confidence in his team to quickly make the transition to a new era in his first full season as Houston’s head coach. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/07/conference-usa-media-day-tidbits-part-i.html/
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UNT continued to quickly fill out its recruiting class, especially when it comes to offensive linemen, this month. The latest player to add to the list of UNT commitments is Fort Bend Austin offensive lineman Dominick Walker. Walker, 6-5, 275, actually committed to UNT a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t get him on the phone until this afternoon. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/unt-picks-up-commitment-from-fort-bend-ol.html/ This post has been promoted to an article -
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UNT picked up a commitment from Guyer defensive back John Schilleci this morning.Schilleci played cornerback last season, but will make the move to safety this fall. He has some serious speed. He has run a 4.43-second 40-yard dash and won the District 7-5A title in the 100-meter dash as a sophomore at 10.68. He had an offer from Washington State. Schilleci was recruited by offensive line coach Mike Simmonds and new safeties coach Noah Joseph. Landing a player with an offer from a Pac-10 school is a big win for UNT. The fact that he is a local player makes his commitment even bigger. UNT has always eyed the talent in Denton that has taken the quickest path out of town to other schools around the state and in some cases halfway across the country. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/thoughts-on-schilleci.html/
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After a somewhat extended hiatus from our post spring series on UNT’s roster, we are back at it today with a look at the Mean Green’s linebackers. When one thinks about it now, linebacker was one of UNT’s deepest positions in 2011. Zach Orr led UNT in tackles with 74, even though he missed the last three games of the season due to injury and was named second team All-Sun Belt. Brad Graham posted 52 tackles, Mike Stojkovic 48, Forlando Johnson 41, Julian Herron 31, Will Wright 31, Jeremy Phillips 21 and Derek Akunne 20. UNT was lucky it had as much depth as it did at linebacker. That depth helped the Mean Green get by in a season it lost Phillips for half the year and Orr for the last three games of the season due to injury. UNT lost Graham, Johnson and Herron to graduation, which is a significant hit to the Mean Green’s rotation at outside linebacker. Herron was one of UNT’s best playmakers. He had four fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and 3.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/post-spring-football-series-part-8-linebackers.html/
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One topic that I have been meaning to get to over the last few days, but haven’t had a chance to is where UNT stands as far as quarterbacks go moving forward following Brock Berglund’s decision to attend junior college. If you have not been following along, Berglund is the former Kansas quarterback who visited UNT and later decided to go to Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College, due largely to an NCAA ruling that would have forced him to sit a year and pay his own way if he enrolled at another FBS school. Point being, Berglund was high on UNT’s wish list in a year this team absolutely has to sign a quarterback. That was Dan McCarney’s take on national signing day in February. And it’s not too hard to see why. UNT didn’t sign a quarterback in its 2012 class. UNT signed three in 2011, but Cooper Jones has since moved to tight end and Brent Osborn was a JUCO transfer who will be a junior in the fall. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/thinking-about-unts-future-at-qb-post-brock-berglund.html/
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Dylan McDorman, a defensive tackle out of Wichita Falls who was scheduled to spend the upcoming season as a grayshirt and then join the team in the spring, will enroll this fall after all. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/mcdorman-to-join-unt-in-july.html/
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Over the last couple of days, I have had a chance to catch up with UNT’s new basketball coaches Tony Benford and Mike Petersen and picked up some extra tidbits and thoughts to put on the blog. I spent a few minutes with Benford to start on a profile (it’s just something you do with a new coach in a major sport like men’s basketball) and also talked with Petersen after he added Cayla Petree to his staff. Benford spoke a little about this on his interview on TXA 21 last night, but he also mentioned to me how important this upcoming recruiting class will be for UNT’s future. He called it the biggest and most important class for UNT going forward. It’s a good point, one I had not thought a lot about. The assumption is that Tony Mitchell is headed to the NBA after this year, but you also have to figure in that Roger Franklin, Jacob Holmen, Justin Patton, NIko Stojkovic and Brandan Walton will be seniors this year. That is a whole lot of talent to replace in one shot. UNT will have a six-man recruiting class this next year, and the staff is getting off to a bit of a late start considering the assistant coaches have just arrived. New LSU head coach Johnny Jones, the guy who built UNT from a disaster of a program into a consistent winner, laid the foundation with a lot of players that Benford and his staff can build around. Benford said he has been impressed with the quality of the players he inherited not only in terms of their basketball talent, but also in the type of people they are. That has made the transition easier. But there is still a lot of work to do. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/random-wednesday-afternoon-basketball-notes-and-thoughts.html/
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New UNT women’s basketball coach Mike Petersen has finalized his coaching staff. I spoke with him for a few minutes this afternoon about the new lineup and the final addition — former Cisco College head coach Cayla Petree. Petree played at Cisco and then at Texas Tech. She spent five seasons as the head coach at Cisco, which is not a traditional power Region V. Petree led Cisco to the semifinals of the regional tournament last year and the quarterfinals the year before. Cisco lost to Midland, one of the top teams in the region, each time. That performance caught the attention of Petersen. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/petersen-finalizes-womens-basketball-staff.html/
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After a brief hiatus to cover some news of the day over the last week or so, it’s time to resume my post spring series look at UNT’s roster position by position. Today, we move over to defensive tackles. A year ago at this time, UNT appeared to be in a world of hurt at the position. UNT leaned on Kelvin Jackson and Shavod Atkinson in 2010 and lost both to graduation. Head coach Dan McCarney vowed to play a lot of defensive linemen and rotate them, which was good idea in principle. The problem in 2010 and to a certain extent last year was UNT didn’t have enough guys who could play to rotate. UNT ended up leaning on Richard Abbe, Tevinn Cantly and Ryan Boutwell, a trio of guys who was far from proven. Boutwell came into the year as an undersized converted defensive end. Abbe needed to lose weight. Cantly looked the part then and still does now, but had struggled to put it together on the field, due partly to a series of injuries. The interesting part of the situation is that Dan McCarney is about as respected a defensive line guru as there is in college football. The hope was he could work some magic, along with defensive line coach Mike Nelson. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/post-spring-football-series-part-7-defensive-tackles.html/
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A couple of people have e-mailed me over the last few days to bring up a question about UNT’s place in the college football world that I thought would make a perfect blog post. It seems like a lot of UNT fans are wondering when the school’s football program is going to see the mass influx of talent that people have been waiting on for years now. I can understand why that expectation is there. UNT has a terrific new football stadium, arguably the most accomplished football coach to come through town since Hayden Fry in Dan McCarney in place and the Mean Green is headed to Conference USA. UNT has more to sell than ever before. The expectation is that the highly rated Metroplex recruits should come rolling into town any time now. That could soon be the case, but it won’t be until UNT can fill the one big void in its sales pitch. To be blunt about it – UNT has to win. In UNT’s case that is what has always been the key, just like it is for most programs. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/the-missing-piece-winning-is-still-haunting-unt.html/
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Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/05/thinking-about-unts-window-of-opportunity.html/
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There were times last season when UNT looked pretty good offensively. The Mean Green exploded for 59 points in a season-ending win over Middle Tennessee and scored 38 in wins over Troy and Louisiana-Monroe. And then where were the times UNT looked pretty bad, including five times the Mean Green scored 21 points or less. Ask UNT’s coaches where they need to improve so the former is more common than the later and the topic of speed and explosive play from the wide receiver spot always comes up. UNT finished with just 11 pass plays of 30 or more yards last season and two of them were to running back Lance Dunbar. Offensive coordinator Mike Canales joked at UNT’s football banquet that Derek Thompson had an 83-yard touchdown pass. He threw it about 15 yards to Lance, and he did the rest. Dan McCarney has said on numerous occasions that UNT has to get faster as a team. That includes the wide receiver spot. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/05/post-spring-football-series-part-4-wide-receivers.html/
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One area that should be a strength for UNT heading into next year is its special teams. UNT has talented players back in all the key positions — Will Atterberry at punter, Zach Olen at kicker and Brelan Chancellor as a return man. Atterberry led the Sun Belt with an average of 43.5 yards a punt last season. He posted 16 punts of at least 50 yards and dropped 26 kicks inside opponents’ 20-yard line. UNT led the Sun Belt in net punting at 39.9 yards an attempt. Olen made eight of his 16 field goal attempts, but three of his missed attempts were blocked. He hit two field goals of 50 yards or more. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/06/post-spring-football-series-part-6-special-teams.html/
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