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From the moment UTSA debuted its football program in 2011, even going back to when the school floated the idea of football in the mid-2000s, the buzz around the Roadrunners was that they were a mountain of potential. Mark 2016 as the year that potential began to become reality. UTSA went on to tie the record for the youngest program (sixth year) to make a bowl game, and now, with more than half their starters back, they are suddenly picked to finish second in the Conference USA West Division. The issue around the Roadrunners now shifts to how they can handle success. One immediate way is to focus on how the season ended, which was a narrow loss to New Mexico in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. read more: http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/sports/football/2017/08/16/utsa-deals-life-favorite/541731001/

courtesy Texas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/17/unt-system-chooses-top-nasa-administrator-chancellor-post/

Give me big bad Creightrain Barr! Come on guys lots of worthy players up for adoption. We only have a couple weeks left to adopt them all. Please help us find these players a home. If you are uncertain about picking one or making the commitment, we can send you some game clips and HUDL videos and recruiting profiles which enable you to get to know a player so we can better match you up and you can feel comfortable. Here is the roster: http://www.meangreensports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ntex-m-footbl-mtt.html

It's that time again! GoMeanGreen.com Barbershop podcast begins its 11th year of covering Mean Green football! Join @Evan @Harry and @BeyondTheGreen in the 180th show episode as they take a look at Fall Camp and breakdown their 2017 season impressions by position. UNT Football recruiting guru @TheReal_jayD shares his latest thoughts and updates on the upward trending Mean Green recruiting class. Click here to listen to the show: http://gomeangreenbarbershop.libsyn.com/podcast/barbershop-podcast-180

A valid question. He is without a doubt one of the best players on this team. Hope he gets healthy.

Let's give him a call. Nothing to lose. Would be a huge pickup.

Starting to think Jenkins is a lights on type of player. Just saw too much talent from him in games last year to worry too much about his practices.

Looks like they have a Texas A&M transfer leading the pack: Link: http://lamarcardinals.com/news/2017/8/9/football-a-look-at-the-2017-lu-running-backs.aspx?path=football

BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar University football team closed out the second week of preseason camp with a scrimmage at Provost Umphrey Stadium Saturday morning. The closed scrimmage began at 8 a.m. and lasted nearly 90 minutes before the coaches wrapped up the workout focusing on the two-minute offense. Although the depth chart has not been set in stone for the season opener at North Texas, the LU coaching staff got an opportunity to look at the roster in numerous game scenarios. The offense finished the day with three touchdowns and two field goals, but had an opportunity for more points. The Cardinals turned the ball over inside the five yard line and missed two field goals (misses came from 47 and 48 yards). "We'll know more once we take a look at the film from today, but I was pleased with some of the things the offense did," said LU head coach Mike Schultz. "We're going to sit down and take a look at the film. There were some mistakes but we will get those corrected. The quarterbacks were not live, but there were some things they did run wise that were decent. We also has some moments where we pushed the ball down the field, but again we want to get in and breakdown the film. "We had too many penalties and some missed tackles, but that is to be expected in your first scrimmage. Our communication also has to get better on the field," added Schultz. The LU quarterbacks completed 14-of-32 passes for 256 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore Adam Morse finished the day 5-of-7 (.714) for 136 yards and two touchdowns, while senior Andrew Allen completed 4-of-9 passes for 77 yards a score. Transfer Darrell Colbert was 3-of-7 for 27 yards but also threw an interception. The offense was slow getting started, but after having four consecutive passes fall incomplete the quarterbacks connected on four of their next six, including a 45-yard touchdown from Allen to tight end Jarod Wood. The Cardinals' second scoring strike of the day came from Morse. The Port Neches-Groves product connected with true freshman Kirkland Banks for a 65-yard touchdown – the longest of the day. In a throwback to their days at PNG, the final touchdown pass came when Morse connected with high school teammate Caisen Sullivan for a 16-yard touchdown near the end of the scrimmage. The offense also carried the ball 28 times for 232 yards. Transfer quarterback Darrell Colbert proved his ability as a dual threat carrying the ball seven times for 48 yards, while sophomore Kendrick King had six carries for 70 yards. Despite the offensive highlights, the defense made things tough on the Cardinals' offense. The defense finished the scrimmage with seven tackles for losses, six sacks, two fumbles – including one inside their own five yard line, two pass deflections and an interception. The Cardinals also blocked a kick on special teams. Junior Chaston Brooks led the defense with four tackles, while Beaumont freshman Reggie Boseman added three stops and a sack. Boseman was one of six Cardinals to record a sack Saturday morning. Sophomore Daniel Crosley was also credited with three stops. Junior college transfer Nate Jones recorded the interception. A transfer from Tyler Junior College, Jones finished the day with two tackles and the interception. On specials teams, the Cardinals converted 2-of-4 field goals. Freshman Elvin Martinez connected on two 37-yard attempts. Senior Manasseh Miles was responsible for the blocked kick. read more: http://lamarcardinals.com/news/2017/8/14/football-a-look-at-the-2017-cardinals-qbs.aspx

http://lamarcardinals.com/news/2017/8/14/football-a-look-at-the-2017-cardinals-qbs.aspx A little hard to swallow, but Lamar brings higher recruited talent to the QB position than we do at this particular time. Looks like they picked up an SMU transfer that can throw deep:

Fayettville is an awesome city. She and you guys are going to enjoy your time there. Neat campus.

Yeah, they even won a national championship back in the mid-sixties. I believe Jerry Jones of the Cowboys played on that team as well as Jimmy Johnson.

Man built a great program in a small state. Much Respect.

I like that Yellock is keeping a positive attitude about things. We can likely get by without English for Lamar. Hopefully he can come back soon after that.

As we close in on another exciting college football season, we have some bold predictions for each of our local teams. Here's what you can expect this season from North Texas: 1. North Texas will be bowl-eligible again: UNT has been bowl-eligible with six wins just once since 2004. The Mean Green won eight regular season games in 2013 and then beat UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. UNT made a return trip to the Heart of Dallas Bowl last fall as a five-win team due to its performance on the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate report. The Mean Green won't need to lean on their APR score in 2017, when UNT will win at least six games in the regular season. read more: https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/untmeangreen/2017/08/13/north-texas-will-going-bowling-bold-predictions-mean-green

Maybe just a hunch but I feel like we may be turning a corner in recruiting and we will look back at this one and Jax as when things shifted.

Indeed.

I feel like we are turning a corner.

Great pickup! Very encouraging!

Just like Penn State they will be fine. Too much money for NCAA to do much. Heck Baylor has a top 20 recruiting class right now.

No team in Conference USA made a bigger leap in 2016 than North Texas, which vaulted from one win to five and a bowl game in Seth Littrell's first season. The Mean Green ended up losing in overtime to Army in the Heart of Dallas Bowl, which puts North Texas in the rather enviable position of having momentum to build off of while having a bitter taste to motivate it. For a team with a nice mix of seven offensive and eight defensive starters returning, heading into the second season of new systems, UNT seems well-poised to move forward. "You better have a chip on your shoulder, and you better figure out a way for whatever success you had, whether it's game to game, week to week, or as an entire season, to restart it, refocus, and make sure all your goals are right there in front of you," Littrell said. read more: http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/sports/2017/08/11/unt-looks-build-surprising-success/538824001/

Krasniqi at nose worries me. He will be a good player but at 249 he is going to be on roller skates against most of the leagues olines.