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Very good point Hooligan.

Interesting as I believe we were originally recruiting him out of hs.

Agree 100%. He’s a star!

Recruiter! That's what you need at G5 level.

We have to start having real expectations as well as telling the truth about the past. How can we ever get better if we aren't willing to admit to and honestly evaluate our past mistakes?

How do we really know. Was he ever healthy here?

MEAN GREEN FOOTBALL Darden Named to C-USA First Team DALLAS - North Texas junior wide receiver Jaelon Darden was named First Team All-Conference USA, while three more members of the Mean Green were voted to the conference's second team and 10 others were named as honorable mention selections, the league announced Tuesday. Darden led the Mean Green in every major receiving category and was among the nation's most productive receivers. The junior finished with 76 receptions for 736 yards and 12 touchdowns. His 12 receiving scores ranked ninth in FBS (his 12 touchdowns were three more than anyone else in the conference), and he ranked 21st in the country in receptions per game (6.3). Darden tied for the most three-touchdown games by any receiver in the country with two. Darden is fourth in program history in single season receiving touchdowns and his 76 catches tie for fifth-most in a single season in program history (John Love, 1965). Darden concluded his junior season with 156 career catches, which ranks sixth in program history, and his 19 career touchdowns are seventh in program history. Senior quarterback Mason Fine, senior offensive lineman Elex Woodworth and redshirt junior kick returner Deion Hair-Griffin were all selected to the second team. Fine, a semifinalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, was also on the watch lists for the Davey O'Brien, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose, Manning and Walter Camp and CFPA National Performer of the Year Awards during his senior season. He completed over 62% of his passes, going 257 of 414 for 3,088 yards with 29 touchdowns to only nine interceptions and added two scores on the ground. Fine is the FBS active leader in passing yards (12,505), and finished the year second among all active FBS quarterbacks in career passing touchdowns (93). He led C-USA in passing touchdowns and was third in passing yards. Fine concludes his career as the program's leader in career passing yards, touchdowns, touchdowns responsible for, completions, attempts, passing efficiency, 300-yard passing games, and consecutive 200-yard passing games. Additionally, Fine owns single season program records for passing yards, passing touchdowns, completions, and attempts. Woodworth was part of a much-improved offensive line that helped North Texas to become Conference USA's fourth-best offense in terms of scoring (30.6 ppg) and fourth-most effective in terms of total offense (418.6 yards per game). Woodworth showed his versatility, having started 10 games at either left tackle or left guard, was graded by Pro Football Focus a 76.3 in pass protection and allowed just two sacks and only 16 total pressures in 704 snaps. He's was also key in paving the way for over 1,600 rushing yards through 12 games. Hair-Griffin is the national leader in kick return average at 40.8 yards per return. He also had one kick return for a touchdown, which was a 96-yard score in the season-opener against Abilene Christian on 8/31. That 96-yard return tied for the ninth-longest return in program history. Hair-Griffin had five returns this season of 50-plus yards, four of which are of 60 or more yards (96, 71, 63, 61 and 50). The 10 players who earned honorable mention status are: redshirt sophomore running back Tre Siggers, redshirt junior tight end Jason Pirtle, redshirt freshman receiver Jyaire Shorter, junior defensive lineman Dion Novil, senior defensive end LaDarius Hamilton, sophomore linebacker KD Davis, junior linebacker Tyreke Davis, sophomore kicker Ethan Mooney, redshirt senior punter Alvin Kenworthy and junior long snapper Nate Durham. First Team WR Jaelon Darden Second Team QB Mason Fine OL Elex Woodworth KR Deion Hair-Griffin Honorable Mention RB Tre Siggers TE Jason Pirtle WR Jyaire Shorter DT Dion Novil DE LaDarius Hamilton LB KD Davis LB Tyreke Davis K Ethan Mooney P Alvin Kenworthy DS Nate Durham

https://goutsa.com/news/2019/12/9/utsa-names-jeff-traylor-new-head-football-coach.aspx?camefrom=EMCL_3168778_151494808

I agree with you. We found the kid, and Houston saw that and jumped at landing him. It happens. I can live with that because we did find a good player who others saw value in. Much better to lose these types of battles because it means you are targeting the right kids versus landing kids that you would have landed anyway. My only thought is it would be nice to get data on why they chose Houston over us -- was it facilities, conference proximity to family etc.. No one ever said recruiting was easy, it's tough and complex as a G5. All I have ever asked is that we use best practices that we see at the elite G5 programs which are leading to success /end

Welcome Anterrious!

Big loss for WKU and the entire conference.

I get that, but why does UTSA have a baseball program? Or La. Tech? Seems that schools with lessor resources can make it happen. In La. Tech's case it doesn't seem to drag down their football program. How about we focus more on how to get the most out of the vast resources we have compared to many other C-USA programs?

Lane went 5-7 last year, Seth only won 4 this season. Not sure if it makes a difference or not but just pointing it out.

Great hire. Norvell is a great recruiter and will do very well there.

Jim Leavitt is now a free agent. He joined the staff as an analyst earlier this fall, but he was promoted to an on-the-field role as part of the overall staff shuffling following Willie Taggart’s firing in early November. The new job came with a new contract, and that contract has now expired. The veteran, Pepsi-ed up coach is on the hunt for a new job, and sources told FootballScoop he conducted a phone interview for the Colorado State job earlier this week. read more: https://footballscoop.com/news/update-on-jim-leavitt/

This was an excellent piece.

Hopefully Fine will be on this list someday!

It's going to be amazing to see what he can do with a real O-Line.

I along with others bemoaned the loss of Ryan Woolridge when he transferred to Gonzaga and I still miss him a lot. That said, last night it dawned on me what a great player Mo Gibson has become. He is really fun to watch and he proved last night that he can play with the best. Exciting to have him for 2 more years after this.

They just cooled off at the end or we probably would have won. Their guy Doolittle is a stud and will be playing in the NBA tho. That 3 he made at the end was ice.