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Ladies win opener over Alcorn St. 84-65.

I'll gladly take that excuse if it means a better shot at a W on Saturday. We're not good enough to care about what other people think about our W's. Just get 'em any way you can.

I’m storming that field, tearing down the goal post, and throwing it in the swamp pond out front of DATCU

Well it looks like that Army team plays defense….

I'm torn. aesthetically I'd like to see a bit more tempo and scoring...but for the last 3-4 seasons this team has had a true identity unlike anything else in my time watching the program, despite coaching changes and massive player overhaul. "UNT Basketball" legit means something to our opponents. tough to want to stray too far from something so hard-nosed and largely successful.

Wichita beats WKU on the road. Memphis takes over to beat Mizzou. As fun as it is to see other teams in our conference fail (mostly Memphis), really need the other programs to step up as much as we do to increase the prestige of this league. This league is good enough to have 3, 4+ teams in the dance every year. Have to show out in nonconference.

I know stats and rankings don't really mean all that much because they also depend on who you've played and field position, but we're the #3 offense in the nation (#121 defense) and the teams they've played have the following rankings (defense): Stats based on Total Offense and Total Defense: ECU #65 (#94) UAB #67 (#91) Tulsa #78 (#123) FAU #92 (#107) Rice #113 (#23) Temple #119 (#93) AFA #131 (#68) That's only 2 defenses above #90 and the best offense of #65. Maybe we have a bit of a chance if we can stop stupid mistakes, keep moving the ball, and making just a few stops. A turnover would help too.

Given West Point's current record, ranking, and playoff buzz - this would be a landmark win should we defeat them.

DeepGreen is making the trek from the Hill Country to Denton for this very important game. WE WILL NOT LOSE!

Ok you can go ahead and lock this thread now...

I guess the question I'd ask is would they have lost three games so far if they had our schedule. I'll go ahead and say no. They'd have likely lost one or two, but I doubt they'd have lost all three. If people want to crap all over them, that's fine...they haven't played anyone tough yet. On the other hand my points still stand. They are undefeated and getting a lot of buzz/attention, so whether they're deserving or not, this would be a HUGE win for us.

We have played a much tougher schedule than Army. Who have they beat that we couldn't beat?? vsLehigh W42-7 @FAU W24-7 vsRice W37-14 @Temple W42-14 @Tulsa W49-7 vsUAB W44-10 vsEast Carolina W45-28 vsAir Force W20-3

Lost 1-0. No offensive firepower on this team. Two of the more highly promoted ladies on the offensive produced little all year long. I don't recall seeing our best offensive player, Niedermeyer, with the ball in the offensive zone once today. Finished the year 7-6-6. Time for Hedlund to step aside, let them name the field after him and ride off into the sunset. The program needs energy.

Massie is intriguing at the 4, but I don't know if he can hold up defensively/rebounding against more traditional lineups. Maybe it works against small ball lineups. His defensive rebounding at Longwood was way higher than previous years. How much of that was his improvement, scheme, randomness, etc? I haven't watched enough to know. Good call on the steal numbers. He's had a steal percentage of at least 2.5% each year. I agree that he's likely a better offensive option than Newell --- better at ball handling, shot creating for himself and others, and more reliable shooting year to year. Vice is a huge wild card and maybe the biggest upside play for this roster. I really hope he can ball this year.

Wasn't sure which thread to put this in, but since it's Daily-specific, I figured this was as good as any:

No matter who you vote for, no matter what the results are. The sun will still shine tomorrow. We as a people are stronger than our votes. And, we particularly bleed green. We'll stand unified under our common causes.

During the couple times I helped tear them down in the early 2000’s, we marched them all the way to Fry St. Those of you wanting to just toss it in the pond outside the stadium really need to think bigger. 🙄 I remember Wings Sports Bar on Fry St even mounted one of the posts up in their rafters. I believe Lou’s did the same if I remember correctly. That was a long time and many beers ago. It was cool to see for a couple days until the school came by to reclaim their stolen property. 😂

In Army’s games this year they have passing attempts of 4, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, & 13. They don’t pass the ball, they run it. Rushing attempts are 40, 43, 56, 56, 56, 56, 57, & 58. Remind me again how we stack up against the run? Maybe the highest paid G5 DC will be better prepared if he knows he’s about to see 50+ rushing attempts. 🤷‍♂️

YES to all that

6:30 PM CST Bowling Green Falcons 4-4 Central Michigan Chippewas 3-5 Odds: BGSU-13.5 O/U48.5 TV: ESPN2 7:00 PM CST Miami (OH) RedHawks 4-4 Ball State Cardinals 3-5 Odds: M-OH-12.5 O/U48.5 TV: ESPN Wed, 11/6, 6:00 PM CST Ohio Bobcats 5-3 Kent State Golden Flashes 0-8 Odds: OHIO-17.5 O/U52.5 TV: ESNU Wed, 11/6, 6:00 PM CST Northern Illinois Huskies 4-4 Western Michigan Broncos 5-3 Odds: NIU-1.5 O/U52.5 TV: ESPN2 Thu, 11/7, 7:00 PM CST Florida Atlantic Owls 2-6 East Carolina Pirates 4-4 Odds: ECU-7.5 O/U57.5 TV: ESPN2 Thu, 11/7, 7:00 PM CST Appalachian State Mountaineers 4-4 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 4-4 Odds: CCU-1.5 O/U62.5 TV: ESPN Fri, 11/8, 7:00 PM CST California Golden Bears 4-4 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 4-4 Odds: CAL-7 O/U54.5 TV: ACCN Fri, 11/8, 8:00 PM CST Iowa Hawkeyes 6-3 UCLA Bruins 3-5 Odds: IOWA-6.5 O/U44.5 TV: FOX Fri, 11/8, 8:00 PM CST Rice Owls 3-6 Memphis Tigers 7-2 Odds: MEM-9.5 O/U52.5 TV: ESPN2 Fri, 11/8, 9:30 PM CST New Mexico Lobos 3-6 San Diego State Aztecs 3-5 Odds: SDSU-3.5 O/U67.5 TV: FS1

Vote early, get to the Pit! We won't have a confirmed President tomorrow anyways.

Kyla Deck, a transfer from SFA, scored a team-high 27 points.

I was referring more to our 3 and outs (sometimes multiple drives) which leads to leaving our defense on the field for longer periods of time. I think a fresher defense, especially for us, will give us better results.

Army is incredibly overrated. North Texas is the first FBS team they will face with a winning record. That being said, our defense is going to make them look good

I think you’re right. This is why I feel we’re going to try and put some longer drives together. Can’t have 21 point deficits in the first half and expect to win. If we keep it close, we’ll pull away in the 2nd half. Lock it up!

Army’s MVP appears to be whoever put together their schedule. But you play who you play and they keep winning. This will be a race to see who gets to 50 first. I’ll take the UNT offense to pull down a W in a barn-burner game.

UTA didn't want the smoke

What’s the most points we’ve given up this year? 66 to Tech? 52 to Memphis? Don’t remember if any of those were defensive TDs…. Army has gone over 40 five times this year. Hit 49 once. we have to have the worst D they’ve face right? How are they going to score less than 50 on us? Why wouldn’t they hit 60? We have to score on every single possession to have a chance to win this game. (Like Navy in the Dodge years) If we punt once or have 1 turnover we lose. I would say a final score of Army 66 - UNT 45 is probably what we’re looking at….

65. North Texas 66. Cal 67. Houston Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice,…

They’re dirty bruh. I feel what you’re saying but they don’t live up to their own standards.

Appreciate BeatNavy. Good fan. Message me if you are coming to the game and I will share a dram of peaty Scotch with you. There will be at least one other West Point grad at our tailgate, my BIL. Two others in the family may not be able to attend (one of the slackers just welcomed his first son to the planet). If not, I hope to see you at West Point next year. GMG

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/memphis-pf-tyreek-smith-heads-back-to-transfer-portal-just-before-tigers-season-opener-vs-missouri/

Decent slate tonight. Temple looks awful, playing a 2-3 zone and getting driven on anyway.

Vermont doesn't suck. They won 28 games last season and seem to have brought back a good portion of that team.

Good question... I wonder if the service academies get extra love for being the service academies.

We need to string together some long drives. Don't need to score every time but we need to win the field battle. We do that by taking care of the football and regularly getting first downs even if the drive ends in a punt so we can pin them deep. I don't know in what world people expect to win games when giving opponents the ball multiple times in our territory but that's not winning football.

Hypothetically, if we had played the same schedule as Army and had the same record, do you think we would be ranked as well ?

What that says is that Army controls the clock and the game by long drives and clock-running plays. Opponent's offense doesn't get on the field enough to keep up.

Not AAC, but an OOC opponent: Appalachian State loses at home to Miami (Ohio) by 14.

We hold Army to less than 50 points and the more optimistic of us feel pretty good about it afterwards. We hold them to field goals when they need touchdowns and even get a few key 3rd and 4th down stops. Morris has a great game, lots of receivers catch balls and score points, our running backs surprise us, and Coach goes for the points when last week he would’ve taken the risk on 4th down. Nguma has his best game yet. NT- 61 Army- 46 GMG

The article mentions that the reason he is leaving is because he's not receiving the NIL dollars he thought he was promised. Not the first time that's happened.

Since the current coaching regime has been in place (start of last season) North Texas is 0-8 against FBS opponents that finished the regular season .500 or better last season or currently are .500 or better. The average score has been 48-30. If I were to calculate the average deficit at the end of the first half in such games, my head would explode. Suffice it to say, there just is no evidence to suggest we have a chance to win. Army - as many points as they need to score to win comfortably and feel good about themselves NT - around 30

I actually expect our defense to put up a better fight than they did against Memphis and Tulane. Army is much more one dimensional, and have less speed and size. Not saying we shut them down, but I think we can hold them to around 30. Prediction: North Texas- 34 Army- 31

My fear is even if we load the box we can't tackle. If they go with the backup QB, we may have a shot.

Perhaps we should offer a free beer to everyone who wears their "I Voted" sticker to the game. Do you think that would increase attendance?