NorthTexan95

Awesome!

It was a bit.

Every week my eyes immediately go to check our two running back recruits. Once again Garrison Johnson had a VERY productive but light workload due to blowing out their opponent. Oscar Addaway had to put in a productive full day of work.

"Cleveland" is a major reason NOT to go.

They still have all of those advantages. Get the right coach and it could be a great job.

🙄

After Baylor, FAU, and now Houston ... Kendall Briles should be getting his choice of P5 jobs if it wasn't for the mess at Baylor. He'll get a shot sooner or later.

Once again, we may be the only DFW team with a winning record.

Karma

I guess we know Rice's defensive plan. Hit the quarterback at every opportunity even when it's late. They seem glad to trade 15 yards for a late hit on Fine.

Character and maturity. This team is lacking in both.

Don't forget the ladies.

So they need private donors to provide nearly $150 million? That's a big hurdle to overcome.

It could be he does have a degree from UNT but is getting a different honorary one such as a doctorate instead of a bachelor.

Meh. Wrong colors.

If you click on the picture you'll get a clean capture of that building.

Looks like the building at :40 is a new basketball arena. You can see to the left of the building a sign saying "Donor Name Arena". Not the most dynamic looking building ... but then again ... it's only a model. 🙂

I'm shocked ... SHOCKED ... that a campus newspaper would endorse a Democrat. That NEVER happens. /endsarcasm.

From the "University of North Texas" Facebook page: We’re #UNTProud of Jim Mcingvale, more commonly known as “Mattress Mack,” who stepped up during Hurricane Harvey by opening his doors to the Houston community. Mattress Mack is delivering a lecture to the University of North Texas College of Business before receiving an honorary degree from UNT.

Both our coaches do a great job representing our school.

Seems like most weeks he's out of the game by the 2nd quarter because they are blowing out the opponent.

Define big games. I think you're doing some amazing cherry picking. 2016: Consider the awful roster Seth had his first season and the fact he was starting a true freshman QB, I'd consider the Rice OT game, the road win at Army, and the Southern Miss game as huge. We lost the bowl game to Army in OT with Fine out with an injury. This roster had no business winning 5 games but they did due to the coaching. 2017: UAB, @USM, @LaTech, Army ... they were all big game wins. We were outclassed by FAU and Troy but we were still a very young team that won more than anyone should have expected. 2018: Arkansas and USM were both big games. How well does the team do in close games? In games decided by 8 points or less, under Seth we are 8-3. Stop the cherry picking.

We also need to get the power play going.

After the La Tech loss so many on the board blamed in on us not running the ball enough. Now after this loss so many are blaming the loss on running too much. *sigh* So is this a valid issue? Let's take a look at the second half drives versus UAB. Second Half - First Drive: We take the 2nd half kickoff. The first two plays were runs for 6 and 7 yards. Then we passed three straight plays until we had third and 3 at UAB's 43 which we ran for 1 yard. I didn't mind running on 3rd down as long as you were determined to go for it on 4th. I hated the run on 4th down. Even though we had success running on this drive I didn't think we could get the needed push when they were expecting the run. If it was me I would have passed on 3rd down and if not successful punted on 4th to pin UAB back. Second Half - Second Drive: One play from the one yard line: Fine basically sacked for a safety. The offensive line blew the protection. I wish we had never recovered that fumble at the one. Second Half - Third Drive: Three passes fail to get 10 yards so we punt. Second Half - Fourth Drive: We start at our 25 yard line. We run for 13, run for -1, pass for 5, run for 4, pass for 5. It's now second and 5 a the UAB 43. We run for 4. On 3rd and 1 we rush for no gain. On 4th and 1 the pass is knocked down. Ball turned over on downs. I don't mind this sequence of play calls at all. We could have passed on 3rd down instead. Second Half - Fifth Drive: We start at our 18 and pass, pass, pass until reaching the UAB 23. Mason runs for 12. Then Mason runs for 7 and fumbles. Second Half - Sixth drive: Except for one Mason Fine 6 yard run, we pass our way down to the UAB 27 before turning the ball over on down. Conclusions: 1. It's not reflected in the stats above but UAB was getting a lot more pressure on Fine in the second half. They found some match ups against our offensive line that worked. Passing on every play was not going to succeed like it had in the first half. 2. When did we run the ball too much in the second half? I believe the 4th down play on the first drive of the second half was a bad call for the reasons that I state above. The fourth drive of the second half you could say we should have passed on third and one but it's definitely debatable. That's it. Two plays. If you're complaining about running too much then you're complaining about two plays. Those two plays didn't kill us. Instead, it was was the time of possession. (see next point) 3. We had the ball for only four minutes in the 3rd quarter (FOUR MINUTES!!!). We only had the ball for just less than 6 minutes (SIX MINUTES!!!) in the fourth quarter. The issue in the second half is that our offense was on the field for just less ten minutes (TEN MINUTES!!!). Just look at the third quarter. Our three drives were: 7 plays turnover on downs, 1 play safety, 3 plays punt. Meanwhile, UAB went 8 plays fumble (which immediately led to the safety), 8 plays touchdown, 7 plays touchdown (drive ended at the beginning of the fourth quarter). We scored zero points while UAB scored 16. Our offense couldn't make a play and neither could our defense. Our offense could not get into a rhythm while our defense was worn down.