Looking ahead to 2020

[southsideguy]

rday
Sep. 5Houston Baptist HuskiesApogee Stadium, Denton, TXTime TBA ETTV TBABuy TicketsSaturday
Sep. 12at Texas A&M AggiesKyle Field, College Station, TXTime TBA ETTV TBABuy TicketsSaturday
Sep. 19SMU MustangsApogee Stadium, Denton, TXTime TBA ETTV TBASaturday
Sep. 26at Houston CougarsTDECU Stadium, Houston, TXTime TBA ETTV TBABuy Tickets2020 Conference USA Games - Dates TBADate TBAat Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TNTime TBA ETTV TBADate TBACharlotte 49ersApogee Stadium, Denton, TXTime TBA ETTV TBADate TBALouisiana Tech BulldogsApogee Stadium, Denton, TXTime TBA ETTV TBADate TBARice OwlsApogee Stadium, Denton, TXTime TBA ETTV TBADate TBASouthern Miss Golden EaglesApogee Stadium, Denton, TXTime TBA ETTV TBADate TBAat UAB BlazersLegion Field, Birmingham, ALTime TBA ETTV TBADate TBAat UTEP MinersSun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TXTime TBA ETTV TBADate TBAat UTSA RoadrunnersAlamodome, San Antonio, TXTime TBA ETTV TBA

looks like we go into conference play1-3 next year unless we find a defense and ol.

[southsideguy]

So I guess the two downvotes expect us to go 0-4?

[untjim1995]

18 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

So I guess the two downvotes expect us to go 0-4?

It would take a colossal upset to be 2-2 in OOC play against SMU or UH. A&M is just for the money, nothing more...

[Magic95Fan]

Just thinking about next season is really bumming me out. I have been excited about every season for the last 3 years. I spend 8ish months counting down the days and talking up North Texas to anyone that will listen. But the 2020 season already feels lost and this season hasn't even ended yet. We are going to need a SMUg-like offseason to change the mood around this team.

[BillySee58]

My excitement for next season is that I think we will be younger than we were this year, but more talented. The freshmen through juniors on our roster next season will be made up of guys from really solid classes. I think we will have a big downgrade at DE from Ladarius Hamilton and a downgrade at QB, obviously. 

Offensively there is a good chance we only start one senior in Jaelon Darden on offense. That will be a very fun group to watch grow together. Defensively we will have position battles all across the board. Outside of Novil, Tyreke Davis, and KD Davis probably every position will have a legitimate open competition. Really hoping to see some of these young guys grab some jobs there.

A lot of times during both the Littrell era and the Mccarney era we saw starting lineups filled with seniors and juniors who weren’t really that good but won the job because the underclassmen at their position were both less experienced and weren’t talented enough to overtake them. Then those players started as upperclassmen after those players left because there was no one good enough below them to take their spot either.

People often associate starting underclassmen with having not recruited well at that position (or in general) in previous classes. Or with teams that are rebuilding or just bad overall. But even the best teams in the country start a good bunch of underclassmen. Yes, starting too many is not a good sign but healthy programs have a solid mix. I think we’re going to start to see more underclassmen legitimately earning starting spots instead of just starting when a spot opens up and they’re the most experienced guy (like Greg White or KD Davis this year). Because that’s what happens when you recruit well, like we have the last few classes.

Edited November 30, 2019 by BillySee58

[Mean Green Matt]

I see 4-0 OOC. Not sure what everyone else is looking at. 

[Mad Hatter]

How many of those transfers does SMU graduate?

Remember when we used to pass the ball really well?

[UNTexas]

1-3? After what I've seen lately that is optimistic. 

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

8 minutes ago, UNTexas said:

1-3? After what I've seen lately that is optimistic. 

So you are saying that we lose to a mediocre HBU team??

[Withers940]

7-5 next year Book it

[southsideguy]

Hope you don't have UTSA counted as a win because this is the year that Wilson turns around the program.  Reading their fan board that all think they will beat us next year.  I hope not.

[Withers940]

Just now, southsideguy said:

Hope you don't have UTSA counted as a win because this is the year that Wilson turns around the program.  Reading their fan board that all think they will beat us next year.  I hope not.

Yes I did and they are all senile 

[RBP79]

12 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

7-5 next year Book it

I'll take that 7-5....

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

1 hour ago, southsideguy said:

Hope you don't have UTSA counted as a win because this is the year that Wilson turns around the program.  Reading their fan board that all think they will beat us next year.  I hope not.

They say that every year. They are a bunch of drunk idiots that somehow deal with that terrible football program loll