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Did not think your guys offense would even score a touchdown on K-State tonight. You guys dominated the line and played so much harder than our guys. I give all the credit in the world to your coaching staff and your running backs. I was disappointed in K-States tackling tonight, but still that is no excuse. Your offense came out and smacked us in the mouth. Good luck the rest of the year!

He is already special enough for our stadium announcer to quit calling him Antonio.

Special Teams cost us that game.

Jimmerson/Byrd/Chancellor ran roughshod over that defense because the O-Line dominated the line of scrimmage tonight. Hats off to the Big Uglies, coach Simmonds, and coach Wintrich for coaching these guys into a unit that lives up to the moniker: Mean Green!

I'm not happy about the loss either, and I agree w/ everything Coach Mac said, but at the same time, when was the last time we played a top 15 team, and played like we belonged on the same field with them? It sucks that we lost because everyone felt like we could have won the game, and that hasn't been the case for a long time. The "good" I take from this game is that I truly believe again that we are getting REAL close to finishing some of the games! That gets me excited! Fill up Apogee Saturday and Go MEAN GREEN!

I agree 100% with his summary. The only thing I would add is that I thought the inexperience in the secondary got exposed a little tonight. There were several breakdowns. Except for adding 1 to the loss column, lots and lots of positives to take away from the game. Saw lot's of comments about how K-State looked off and did not look as sharp as they did against Miami. I think the reason for that was less about K-State and more about North Texas. There is nothing more satisfying than watching your team run the ball down the other team's throat.

I don't understand people saying "conservative" playcalling is a killer. What exactly is "conservative playcalling?" What I saw was an extremely effective O-line pushing the KSSt defense around for the most part. If our O-line is that effective, we had better be running the ball behind them, and that's exactly what we did. It was effective for the entirety of the game. If we're just chunking the ball down the field, chances are, we're going to be facing alot of 3-&-outs, and pissing away the strength of the team. As they say, If it ain't broke, don't try to throw the deep ball... or something like that. Very nice playcalling tonight from Chico. He mixed in Chancellor on the run game, and apparently Chancellor is the man in Wildcat formations too! Chico got the ball in his hands often. He mixed in short passes as well. Special teams... ouch! Needs work. Of course, getting burned on ST has been a staple around here since 2007. Strange that despite several different ST coaches, any kick is still a nail-biting play, and not because it's a long FG attempt or something, but because we hope it doesn't get blocked... Gotta wonder if the pressure up the middle on both blocks (FG & PAT) is because of Dunham? Chain only as strong as it's weakest link.

What I take away from this game: 1. This program is turning around. 2. Special teams still need a kick in the ass. Watching Mac on the sidelines, I assure you they will be working on them this week. 3. We went toe to toe against the #15 team in the nation and against a HEISMAN CANDIDATE, and dominated them on more than one occaision throughout the game. 4. You expected the iincomplete pass to be called a touchdown. That is what killed us. This generation's '88 tu call? 5. Our defense is good. 6. Jimmerson is a badass, and wants to score EVERYTIME he touches the ball. 7. I have been following NT since 1997. I hate losing and have never been happy with a loss. This is the first time I have felt we had a chance to win, and then disappointed about coming up short against a ranked team. I had to take a breath and realize what this program is acomplishing. The score SUCKS. Losing SUCKS ASS, but in the grand scheme of things, this was a great day!

It's just a matter of time. This team and program is getting stronger and stronger. It's starting to feel like '85/'86, '93/'94 and '2000/'2001 all over again!!! Rick

In OT on a trick play going for the 2 pt conversion

Am I the only one who gets pissed off by that kind of a segue on the front page of the DMN? It sounds as if we are a lower division team going against a higher division team. Can you imagine someone referring to UT-Austin as "pesky" when going against a higher ranked team? Not happy about Vito's presentation of the game. Sensitive or not, I think I'll cancel my subscription. About time anyway.

When you go into a game as a big underdog, you have to make big plays. The play-calling tonight was EXTREMELY conservative. Before that last drive, I think we only threw 1 pass on first down. If you only pass in obvious passing situations, that makes your offense very predictable, making it harder to break a big play. You complain about DT, but when the defense knows you're gonna pass, it makes his job significantly harder. Sure, a conservative game-plan will keep the game close, but it also makes it damn near impossible to win. You can't afford to make any mistakes. Unfortunately, we made several mistakes. On defense, I wasn't nearly as impressed as everyone else. The main reason the defense looked good was because the offense controlled the clock for pretty much the whole game. In the first half Kansas State had the ball 5 times. 2 3-and-outs, a long drive where we forced a fumble, a TD, and then the pick at the end of the half. The 2nd half, they had the ball 4 times. 3 TDs, and then they ran the clock out on their last possession. That's 8 full possessions(9 if you wanna count running out the clock) and 4 TDs. Our best defense tonight was our offense, period. I wasn't a fan of the defensive game-plan either. We got absolutely zero pressure on Klein the entire game. It seemed like we only sent a blitz a few times tonight, whereas in the past few games, I felt as if we were sending people nearly every play. And our corners were playing 12 yards off their receivers, basically allowing them to just play catch all night. We started great, but after that, we weren't very good. As for special teams, I think we already know how everyone feels about that. However, I'm not calling for Riddle's job or anything. To sum this all up, if you came into this game expecting to get blown out, you were probably thrilled with our performance. I, on the other hand, honestly expected to win this game. My thoughts were only reinforced after watching the first half. We flat-out dominated this game on both sides of the ball for 38 minutes, yet we were still down one(because of special teams). You just CANNOT allow that to happen if you want to pull an upset. Sure, the officiating sucked, but we still had plenty of opportunities. The coaching in all 3 phases kind of let me down today, not because we don't have great coaches(we do), but because I don't think this is a game-plan you draw up if you really think you can win(and we could have). You gotta take risks you normally wouldn't if you wanna pull upsets. That's just the way it is. But we don't play Kansas State or LSU again, so I think this is the last time you'll see a such a conservative game-plan. Now all that being said, the team we played today was 3 times as talented as anyone we'll see for the rest of the year. So through 3 games, with what I've seen, I will be upset if we lose more than 4 games, barring any additional injuries, and it wouldn't surprise me a single bit if we went 10-2. I know after the past 8 years, everyone on here is conditioned to be pessimistic. Well fellas, those days are over. Next week, we kick Troy's ass. Hop on the bandwagon or get left behind, because this team is going bowling, and you can take that to the bank. Go Mean Green!

I allowed myself one last moral victory against a power conference team last night. I was extremely proud of the way the team fought the entire game. Taking a cue from Coach Mac, from now on I am no longer going to be satisfied with occasionally competing with teams from power conferences. From here forward, I expect us to always be competitive and start posting some wins against those programs. Moral victory, you have been a frequent companion for more seasons than I care to admit. Goodbye old friend, may you R.I.P. GO MEAN GREEN!

Which team has finished higher in the Recruiting rankings in the past 6 seasons? 2012 KSU 58 UNT 99t http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2012/all/all 2011 KSU 68 UNT 102t http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2011/all/all 2010 KSU 63 UNT 98 http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2010/all/all 2009 KSU 92 UNT 104t http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2009/all/all 2008 KSU 27 UNT 86 http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2008/all/all 2007 KSU 38 UNT 113t http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2007/all/all Which team has more NFL prospects on it? KSU 7, UNT 0 http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/TSX/2013 Which team has a player on the Heisman Trophy watch list? KSU http://espn.go.com/college-football/heisman11/ As a journalist Vito goes off Facts. The facts say Kansas State has superior talent.

awesome?

I think he shut us all up tonight. I realized the routes were much shorter but he put the ball right on the money tonight, looking forward to next week. ps: Marcus Allen just called us North Texas in the postgame show, success.

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas. We played a good game and we are light years from where we were a year and half ago, we keep improving and we will win these games. I will see you all at the bowl game this year. We will win 7 or more.

DD shed a tear tonight. The Buick was bearing down on Old Bill Snyder, Christine style.

Neither you or I know how good a player Trey is at this point, but what you fail to grasp is it does not matter to me. The ethics of the situation does not change if a reincarnated Wilt Chamberlain wanted to come to NT under the same circumstances and NT provided a ship by removing any current player, no matter what their ability. Your other comment, is too infantile to elicit a response, other than I am again amazed.

We have a very special group and we will only get better. We dominated the O & D lines in this game and in the LSU game..... I'm blown away when I watch them drive these top 20 teams back! Great feeling and you cant help but be optimistic about our future. These are the areas I feel cost us tonight: 1. Special Teams 2. Linebackers and Secondary on play action pass plays. Although we were a step behind in these areas, we played really well. But I agree with Coach Mac that we should go into each game expected to win and our expectations of winning have changed. This team is hungry to win and they will be very special this year in Sunbelt play. Next year we will be ready for Conference USA and should have a legitimate shot at a conference championship! Go Mean Green

This all sums up what I posted on another thread...this game hurt because we all felt we could have won...and it has been a long time since we have played a top-15 team, and during the game, expected to win. I remember going to UT to watch us play during the bowl years, sacking Chris Simms 8 times, holding Cedric Benson under 50 yds rushing on like 2o carries, but we had ZERO offense b/c Scott Hall got hurt on like the 3rd play of the game, and true freshman Andrew Smith had to play in th first game of the season...not a good scenario My point being we are building a pretty good defense, but an offense that can score on ranked teams...this is something I have never seen, and I'm not the longest Mean Green follower, but I have been to nearly all home games since 1999...if this keeps going in this direction, and there is no reason to think it won't, we are all, young an old, in line to see something NO Mean Geen fan has ever seen

Kick Troys ass!!!!

I really enjoyed watching the Green tonight. They looked good and the score did not tell the story at all. We dominated them. At one point in the 2nd quarter we had 11 first downs to their 0 and they had a total of 3 yards. Of course the kick return aloud us to keep the ball. But still. I hope some folks turn out next week. This team deserves it.

We should change our name again so people will start incorrectly calling us North Texas.

Between 5 and 7 wins. Long way to go.

A Kentucky win is better than a Vandy win. SEC question. no info.

Thank the sun belt refs before they head back to give Karl Benson a happy ending

We better expect to win every damn one of them.

Corner. Turned.

Agree...my two main concerns....better work on the secondary..watched La Monroe and they are the real deal...they will be tough....especially if there is no pressure on the QB...he is good and they have some really good receivers.

If we go 3-0 during the upcoming stretch, that food is gonna be Jambalaya in December!

We will find out if we are a good football team within the next 3 weeks. Need to go 3-0 IMO, anything less will be a dissappointment

This O-line is spectacular....big thumbs up to you guys tonight....we all know what a fine job yall do.

I think we lack speed at the skilled position except for a few players. Some of the true freshman should get more of an opportunity to make an impact. We need to pass the ball more, and when we do we shouldn't look for the home run play. Short passes and more the chains. Why haven't we seen #3 Chancellor and #9 Harris on the field together? Both fast! Speed kills

This wasn't quite 1988 North Texas vs. UT, but the calls could have been a whole lot better in our direction.

Thanks! for clarifying.

I think he held on to the ball thinking he had a free play because of the face mask, but of course there was no flag thrown

What exactly IS our FG range?

Jimmerson had a fantastic game. But he has been run down from behind way too much when he's supposed to have a second gear and cruise to the end zone. Dude has no breakaway speed. Byrd is extremely effective. I like them both about the same. Brown is falling. His minutes should be shrinking as these two are the ones that are providing big gains. Need a speedster? Hand off to Brelan in motion!

That is his game. DT is very accurate on short routes like slants and hitches so we should continue to run those type of plays. Canales called a great game tonight, just wish he could've given more touches to Jimmerson. Thompson struggles throwing the ball down field so our big plays will likely come from getting Chancellor in space and getting Jimmerson the ball. Dude breaks tackles and makes people miss so easily if we can keep blocking the way we have been he is a big play waiting to happen.

Yes, he has a "Dunbaresque" burst, and I'm really looking forward to witnessing all that he can be.

The missed face mask would have given us a 1st down. Instead we got a blocked FG attempt. Thanks Sunbelt officials

I'm sure you could hear a ripping sound while the game was still going on. Mac doesn't seem to be a shrinking violet when it comes to letting people know what he thinks.

I came to UNT in 06 so I've never seen us play like this. My football boner is alive and well, watch out SBC.

That's what happens when u play to win the game!

Just not our special teams. Honestly though- we were a few plays and calls away from winning this game. If this team can play with this heart and intensity for the rest of the schedule we can run the table.

Very ballsy going for two to make it a better sounding game, but a lack of such not going for it on 4th and less than a yard earlier in the game. Great effort by the guys, and without a couple of big plays (and big calls) we were at least their equals. Hope we are all going to get over the old day's inferiority complex after this one, because we've really got some good things going on. Nice job by DT by the way, and a STELLAR job overall by our D.

I expected this season to be meh. I expected Macs 3rd season to really start changing things. We may be a year ahead of schedule. This team looks together.

This team is close to being SPECIAL