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*EDIT: I started this as a Skip Caldwell thread hence the title but it turned into a Mac Show highlights thread and forgot to change the title.

Lost 13 scholarship players (seniors). Signing 20 this class. Will be the first time at the full 85.

Gave out their ideal allocation for ships but I missed all of the exact numbers. At the end of the list he said they're leaving 2 scholarships slotted for "athletes." Doesn't care what side of the ball they're on - just looking for two exceptional guys who can make some serious game changing plays.

Mentioned that they hope to have have 3-4 JUCO transfers in January. The way he phrased it made it sound like they were a package of some sort.

Hopes to have much more depth and skill in 2013.

Alluded that Berglund is really good but still in competition with Thompson and McNulty.

Pegram has given defensive players 6-7 stingers throughout the fall in the scout team - good hard runner.

Only two guys won't be back for spring practice - all other injured players will be back and ready to go.

*George Perspective - McCarney is first coach since 70's to have 4 or more wins in each of his first two seasons.
*Guest Fact - McCarney has two more wins in his first two seasons than Fry did


Mac mentioned a "guy nobody really knows about yet" in Skip Caldwell. Said he came from Kentucky and is eligible for two years. Looks quick and shifty. Mac was high on him as someone who can contribute in an area of weakness for us.




I'm sure other guys have more tidbits so please fill in what I left out.

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Harry
Mac was hired in late November basically December of 2010. Recruiting shuts down during the holidays and basically Mac had a couple of months to put that class together. Most of that class was redshirted and some of them are playing right now including Antoinne Jimmerson, Zach Whitfield, Derek Akunne, Laramie Lee, Cyril Lemon, Alex Lincoln and Daryl Mason. Andy Power and Brett Osborn were the only two juco's he signed. Power had a good career here despite injury.

In 2011 Mac had his second class and the VAST majority of these players are being redshirted this season with few exceptions primarily on special teams.

Mac did not sign a bunch of Juco quick fixes and has not knee jerked and rushed a bunch of young guys on the field. So please quit saying that Mac is responsible for the players we have when he is not. He is only responsible for wins and losses and frankly, he was given very little to work with from a personnel perspective. As I have chronicled on here often, Dodge had two heavy juco classes in a desperate move to keep his job and that is exactly why we have only 6-7 scholarship seniors. We are now paying the price for that.

Now, as somebody pointed out earlier, next season, Mac will have three classes under his belt and he should then hold more responsibility for the players we have.

To say Mac hasn't recruited well just isn't true because we haven't seen the majority of his players even step on the field yet!
Harry
MONROE, La. – Kolton Browning wasn’t supposed to be back on in Louisiana-Monroe’s lineup until the Warhawks played in a bowl game – if they got there.

ULM’s quarterback got back a little earlier, just in time to officially spoil what North Texas hoped would be a late run at a break-even season.

Browning made his first appearance since injuring his foot early in a loss to Louisiana-Lafayette on Nov. 3 and looked like his old self in a 42-16 thrashing of UNT on Saturday night at Malone Stadium.

Browning torched UNT for 324 yards and three touchdowns, adding another chapter to his dream season that began with a dramatic overtime touchdown run to give ULM (7-4, 5-2 Sun Belt) a win over Arkansas.

“We were kind of surprised that he came back, but he’s a heck of a football player,” UNT defensive end Brandon McCoy said. “You could see that he was hurting out there, but he kept fighting.”

UNT head coach Dan McCarney vowed that the Mean Green would do the same despite seeing its opportunity to become bowl-eligible officially slip away.

UNT (4-7, 3-4) can’t reach the six-win mark now and is headed for its eighth straight losing season.

“It’s obviously disappointing,” McCarney said. “There are a lot of things that we are trying to do to get better, but it’s not about the future now. It’s about this team.”

read more: http://www.dallasnew...north-texas.ece
MeanGreenMusic

Overlander.

By MeanGreenMusic, in GoMeanGreen.com,

With Walton down and out, people have said that we need Clarke to step up and adjust to D1 play very quickly.

Clearly he was given the green light tonight.

0-6 from beyond the arc. Not one make.

How worried by this should we be, and how important to our season is he? (Questions, no info.)

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