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Derek Thompson: Chasing Greatness


MeanGreenD

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Derek has been the target of scrutiny throughout his career at North Texas. It was just a couple of weeks ago that someone referred to him as our "Matt Schaub." He has shown leadership and commitment to winning but is still prone to make mistakes. His relentlessness to get back after he does is truly admirable. No one, and I apologize if you did, would have thought that coming into his senior season, Derek Thompson could throw for the most passing yards in the history of North Texas football.

In 1994, Mitch Maher set the bar at 3,103 passing yards for the season. Through 7 games, Derek has thrown for 1,680. He is averaging 240 pass yards per game. If he stays on that pace, he will throw for 2,880 in the regular season, needing 223 in a potential bowl game to top Maher by 1 yard. He would need to average 285 yards per game to eclipse the mark in the regular season.

Hats off to Derek for persevering and best of luck in chasing a record that I think he would be happy to miss if this team accomplishes its overall goals.

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Agree, MeanGreenD.,hats off to Derek Thompson.. :thumbsu::thumbsu::thumbsu::thumbsu::thumbsu:

As Derek Thompson goes will determine how far in the wins column this team will go. Our "D" may not be

able to score a TD or pick 6 when we start playing the upper crust teams of CUSA of which USM is not this year.

Keep DT/#7 in a quick pace and don't slow that pace down. I think he will over-come his opening

game jitters as the 2'nd half of our season begins.

In our team's 1'st offensive series at USM, PLEEEZZZZZ.....no screen passes but let him roll out but do

have a pass in that 1'st series unless the running game takes off and becomes unstoppable. With our great

offensive line, that is possible.

GMG!

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DT has overcome injury, competition, and doubters to become the leader of this team. He stared adversity in the face and didn't blink. I do agree on the mistakes, but they tend to happen early in games. Once he finds his rhythm, things start to click.

He may own the UNT record book by the time he's finished.

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