Brett McMurphy says North Texas Lock for NOLA

[greenminer]

5 hours ago, CaribbeanGreen said:

Yes, yes, and yes. Don’t think twice about it either. The bowl schedule has always been about timing. Playing in the very first bowl on Dec 16 sends a very clear message. When UNT’s season ends before UAB, Marshall, Southern Miss, WKU, FIU, and possibly freaking UTSA?? Yeah, that sucks. 

You are about my age, I think.

It's time we consider that the bowl system is perceived very differently from the early 2000s.  It is becoming less and less about what time of year you play, and really more about whether or not you make the playoffs.

Everyone outside those top picks is just, well, everyone else.  Once you get past this, I think it's easy to see why a NO Bowl win and trip would be much, much better than anything happening in Frisco or New Mexico.

[greenminer]

I'm starting to think that an FAU win = Indie Bowl and an FAU loss = NO Bowl.

I would prefer the Indy for a new experience, but would be more than fine with another NO Bowl trip.

[Ryan Munthe]

So we’ve made no improvements over the past decade?

#newdenton indeed LMAO

I’ll be at Day for Night in houston instead, thanks.

Edited November 30, 2017 by Ryan Munthe

[Eagleisland]

1 minute ago, Ryan Munthe said:

So we’ve made no improvements over the past decade?

#newdenton indeed LMAO

I’ll be at Day for Night in houston instead, thanks.

Sorry you feel that way. I am happy to go for a fine experience with Mean Green fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-pMEzfgmG4

[Ryan Munthe]

One of the first bowl games of the year versus a Sun Belt school. You’ve gotta be kidding me!! This is insane, I really can’t believe it. A 5-7 club had a better bowl game. 

#OLDDENTON

[Ryan Munthe]

1 minute ago, Eagleisland said:

Sorry you feel that way. I am happy to go for a fine experience with Mean Green fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-pMEzfgmG4

That is exactly my point.

We’re doing the same thing we did in 2002. Unbelievable!

#olddenton

Edited November 30, 2017 by Ryan Munthe

[greenminer]

This thread is UT entitlement 101.

[Ben Gooding]

1 minute ago, greenminer said:

This thread is UT entitlement 101.

Sort of. But it's not financially worth it. Don't mean I won't do it, it's just the price value of going to watch us play in a 1/3 full stadium at best vs Arkansas State/Troy isn't worth 1K+ in value. 

Edited November 30, 2017 by Ben Gooding

[Ryan Munthe]

Just now, greenminer said:

This thread is UT entitlement 101.

What was even the point of moving conferences?

[greenminer]

Just now, Ryan Munthe said:

That is exactly my point.

We’re doing the same thing we did in 2002. Unbelievable!

#olddenton

The CUSA Champ appeared in the NO Bowl in 2001.  If you want to play any "lack of progress" card, maybe you should take it up with the conference office.

[GreenN'walinsVet]

4 minutes ago, Ryan Munthe said:

So we’ve made no improvements over the past decade?

#newdenton indeed LMAO

I’ll be at Day for Night in houston instead, thanks.

I hear am I to think that i we all supported the Mean Green.  If i was going to watch another team play, I'd buy tickets for the Cotton Bowl, or even better yet one of the playoff games.

[UNTexas]

2 hours ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

I would lean towards just a blip

If we play in NO on the 16th turnout will be very low. Viewership will be low too. 

[greenminer]

1 minute ago, Ryan Munthe said:

What was even the point of moving conferences?

That's your play? You wanted to move conferences to avoid the NO Bowl?

[Ryan Munthe]

1 minute ago, GreenN'walinsVet said:

I hear am I to think that i we all supported the Mean Green.  If i was going to watch another team play, I'd buy tickets for the Cotton Bowl, or even better yet one of the playoff games.

I mean, I’m just not going to support it. Apparently we’re #OldDenton.

[GreenN'walinsVet]

 

2 minutes ago, Ryan Munthe said:

That is exactly my point.

We’re doing the same thing we did in 2002. Unbelievable!

#olddenton

we also won a conference championship in 2002.  Should we complain that we have to travel to Boca this weekend to try and win another one?

[Ryan Munthe]

Just now, GreenN'walinsVet said:

 

we also won a conference championship in 2002.  Should we complain that we have to travel to Boca this weekend to try and win another one?

Yeah, in the Sun freaking Belt. 

[Cerebus]

1 minute ago, UNTexas said:

If we play in NO on the 16th turnout will be very low. Viewership will be low too. 

NO Bowl has always been early, one of the previous games was during FINALS week.    We brought 20K+ every time before.  

[Ben Gooding]

Just now, GreenN'walinsVet said:

 

we also won a conference championship in 2002.  Should we complain that we have to travel to Boca this weekend to try and win another one?

Yes. CUSA champ game should have a written in contract that the most centralized CUSA program of the 2 teams will host the CUSA championship game. 

[GOMG2013]

1 hour ago, Mike Jackson said:

Playing a Sun Belt team “looking at the bright side” is very Old Denton.  This is an extra regular season game that if they were scheduled to come to Apogee would not bump attendance in any way unless it was mid season with both of us having 1 loss or less.  Just ask a casual CFB fan not connected to CUSA or North Texas.  Offer them a free ticket to a hypothetical game in Apogee against Troy next year and see what they say.  This game is NOT going to bring any casuals.  Worse yet it fosters more of the Frat Hill game party mentality cause I bet you more than a few will make the Bowl trip to New Orleans and not even watch the game.  I am sick of that mentality and all the old heads trying to look on the bright side of this.  And this recruiting against Troy really?  Unless they are interested in getting away from Texas or they have other factors which are purely geographical we should not be losing recriuts to Troy, Arkansas St or any of  the out of state Sun Belt programs.  A few outliers like a particular academic program or just wanting to be at a smaller school could be factors but should be generally rare occurrences.  It very simple if you wouldn’t be excited to see an opponent in Apogee in the regular season stop trying to sell seeing them in whatever bowl you can come up with.

I kinda agree...

But with a similar senario, would a weak P5 bump attendance at Apogee  like Wake, Purdue, Vandy?  Would beating them have any impact?

Unless we are talking about a P5 that is recognized in Texas like a KState or TX tech, it still wont make a difference if we are talking about perception and quality of the win.  

[Rudy]

2 hours ago, Ben Gooding said:

People down vote Old Denton remarks. That's Old Denton of you all doing this. 

What's the first rule of upvotes?

[meangreenthirteen]

Now we have both rabblerousers going. O/U on the number of replies before this thread is locked?

Edited November 30, 2017 by meangreenthirteen

[Cerebus]

2 minutes ago, Ben Gooding said:

Yes. CUSA champ game should have a written in contract that the most centralized CUSA program of the 2 teams will host the CUSA championship game. 

Why in the word would the teams on the edge of CUSA ever agree to that?  

[Ryan Munthe]

It’s just hilarious to me that we sit here and say #NewDenton when we chose to go back to the NO Bowl. Doesn’t get any more #OldDenton than that.

Shows how idiotic the #NewDenton campaign is though

[TreeFiddy]

3 minutes ago, UNTexas said:

If we play in NO on the 16th turnout will be very low. Viewership will be low too. 

But playing Fresno in Albuquerque on the same day would be better?

I hope we somehow draw a B12 school or a P5 in the Indy or HOD , but if we don’t, then what? 

[meangreenthirteen]

2 minutes ago, Ryan Munthe said:

It’s just hilarious to me that we sit here and say #NewDenton when we chose to go back to the NO Bowl. Doesn’t get any more #OldDenton than that.

Shows how idiotic the #NewDenton campaign is though

idk man it seems like a branding home run to me