LongJim

No.

Both brothers are cops. Sorry about the news.

Are you going to hold your breath until you turn blue?

This quote stood out to me: "To win in the <YOUR CONFERENCE HERE> Conference, we will need the right players with the right talents in the right positions like never before. It will take a better-than-ever recruiting effort to attract these players..."

And that's a great point and factor that many tend to overlook--a great defense makes up for a lot of offensive issues, and is probably the most important thing to build at UNT. Most football coaches rank the teams in order of importance as Defense/Kicking/Offense--in that order, BION. Nutshell. Question is: Along the way, do 'we' want a competitive team, but in a system designed to compete with 'lesser' talent? Or do 'we' want a more sound system and try to continue to upgrade the talent as we go along? (This isn't a leading question, I'm interested in what everyone thinks) Because face it: A slappy-happy pass-oriented offense--run with our current level of talent--will probably still get dismantled against BCS teams right now, IMO. Just wondering if 35-21 losses are preferable to 52-6? Absolutely agree. I'm curious about which direction people see as most sound long-term. Put me down as one who doesn't want to see UNT 'settle'--whichever direction that may be. PS: There was no "Slobber-knockin', snot-flyin' 7 yards and a cloud of dust" to pick.

That's very misleading. Charles is averaging 7.5 ypc. He's been injured for the past three games, and has about ~90 carries in 9 games. If he had carried the ball as many times as Missouri's Brad Smith, (or a typical Texas back) he'd probably be leading the nation in ypc. Texas is also running the ball by "committee", with 3-4 backs toting the rock, as they've been dinged up at RB. And that's where the athletic "freaks" like Smith, Young, McNeal are so dangerous. But the bottom line is that the offense *has* to be able to run the football--whether it's using the quarterback or not. Even Taurean Henderson has about 85 ypg! 1. Of course he would. 2. Please. Guess what? Conventional wisdom still applies. Ask Gene Chizik, Joe Paterno, or Pete Carroll. Or DD. No argument here, but my point is that the run is still formidable, and defenses have to be geared to stop it. And, for the good offensive teams, the run is still just as important as it was "yesterday"--no matter who's getting the yards. In Texas' case--malarkey. They're running by committee with several running backs and an alien QB. Young is B12 #3 in rushing ypg. TT's Henderson is #5. Charles is #6--again w/about 6 games of carries. Selvin Young, Henry Melton, Chris Ogbonnaya, Ramonce Taylor have all been getting carries for UT. Texas Tech is Texas Tech, but they're still ahead of *gasp* Nebraska in rushing offense. For the record: I'm not saying UNT should 'run at all costs'. I'd LOVE to see what DM can do when he gets not only his wheels under him, but a bit more development throwing the ball. I wouldn't be averse to seeing the MG run a spread option, but God save me from the run-and-shoot...

Ding-ding-ding...! We have a winner!

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Props. Babb is a gutty player. Nice get-it-done drive late.

Heard Jub-Jub call Rick out on the radio out at Lake Tawakoni Sat. night as we listened to the game out there. Wondered what the hell was going on... OT, but there was a MG fan in downtown Wills Point, TX Saturday morning with a spiffy JC jersey coming out of Subway. Cool to see a MG fan out there!

Yeah, I already visited and replied to the "Hedgehog" post.

UNT owns ULaLa...

I do know that DCFM have had a ban at Ray Roberts for over a month. Heading out to Tawakoni tomorrow--burn ban out there too. Ah well. Kingsford's better than nothing, I guess.

Coffman has Ray-Pec at 7-0... 10-17-05: As for recruiting, he still is holding one offer from North Texas but is looking for more. "I think Kansas and Wisconsin will probably end up offering me before too long," Coffman said. "I went up to Wisconsin when they played Michigan at home. We gave them my tape and talked to the receivers coach. They're waiting on some bigger targets, so we'll see." With visits, Coffman plans on taking them to North Texas, Kansas, Wisconsin, Missouri, and possibly Purdue. "I'm thinking about recruiting a little bit, but I'm trying to talk to the schools that I kind of like," Coffman said. "I haven't narrowed it down or anything. I'm going to wait until after the season to get down to that." Coffman is rated as the No. 25 overall prospect in the state of Missouri.

Best. Party Band. Ever.

"Please O Lord: Let aTm keep Fran. Amen."

And you would be wrong. It all amounts to a hill of beans, because until the season is over, it's impossible to tell what's going to happen--which is why speculation like this is pointless until the games have been played.

I'll post this without comment-- As of 11/1: Record against top 10 opponents: 1. Texas 2-0 2. USC 1-0 2. UCLA 1-0 2. Alabama 1-0 5. Va Tech 0-0 Record against top 25 opponents: 1. Texas 3-0 1. USC 3-0 3. UCLA 2-0 3. Alabama 2-0 3. Va Tech 2-0 Record against opponents who are presently in the BCS top 25: 1. Texas 4-0 2. USC 2-0 3. UCLA 2-0 3. Va Tech 2-0 5. Alabama 1-0 Record against opponents who are presently in the BCS top 10: 1. Texas 1-0 2. USC 0-0 2. UCLA 0-0 2. Va Tech 0-0 2. Alabama 0-0 Aggregate record of opponents to date: 1. Texas (35-28) 2. Va Tech (33-29) 3. Alabama (27-31) 4. USC (27-35) 5. UCLA (26-37) Average margin of victory: 1. Texas 30.5 2. USC 29.3 3. Va Tech 27.6 4. Alabama 16.0 5. UCLA 14.4 Total offense (I-A ranking): 1. USC 6. Texas 26. UCLA 44. Va Tech 47. Alabama Scoring offense (I-A ranking): 1. USC 3. Texas 5. UCLA 12. Va Tech 70. Alabama Total defense (I-A ranking): 2. Va Tech 3. Alabama 7. Texas 35. USC 88. UCLA Total scoring defense (I-A ranking): 1. Va Tech 2. Alabama 12. Texas 33. USC 75. UCLA Aggregation of previous four I-A rankings: 28. Texas 59. Va Tech 70. USC 122. Alabama 194. UCLA

Watched Babb this year vs. UT. He definitely has toughness, and will move the ball with his feet when necessary. UNT will have to contain him when he's on the field.

No way am I getting suckered into this thread...

FWIW, I was just asking because I know he's at most games, has seen a lot of football, and was actually *there* for the LSU game. Nice write-up, btw, Rick.

*spits out Dr. Pepper through nose...*

Awesome post, FFR! I'm interested in your take on what was improved Saturday--namely, as you saw it, did the MG seem to have improved their execution of the offense, or did you see the offense doing different things than before? I'm wondering if what you saw was the offense finally getting on the same page and executing properly, (which is what it sounds like) or whether the play-calling suddenly "improved", or what? I'm sticking by what I said earlier on this board--this team is going to get better the more the freshman QB and o-linemen get experience together. Meager definitely has some skills. Very cool game-day experience, sounds like!

BC.

Hehe! That's a pretty good one... I totally agree with you on almost every point above. I will say it here and now: Facilities are NOT the end all and be all. But they play a part. Winning plays the biggest part. Recruiting at a high level breeds winning. Facilities help recruiting because they can help generate revenue, and build school pride and visibility. I personally don't feel the system is the answer as much, but that's just me. Heh! I have said exactly that elsewhere. I (speaking only for myself) would really like to see Dickey-ball work with a higher level of talent, because I believe that that style of football is very sound, and will win championships year in and year out. I (again personally) loathe the system that TT et. al. uses, because I believe it limits the amount and kinds of recruit we could possibly get at UNT, and it doesn't win championships consistently. Yes I do. I want excitement! I want 315 lb. linemen smashing people! I want 235 lb 4.6 running LB's crushing QB's! I want opposing linemen with their shirts untucked and hands on their hips, bent over, from the ass-whipping our O-line is delivering, and the punishment our RB's are administering 8-9 yards down the field! Hey, I'm not fighting! Look, I'm smiling! ------->:7D (fake Barry White voice) Oh, Mike, I swear I’ve got to talk to you There’s something that I feel we need to do Let’s take the time to try to figure out What’s happened to us, baby, what’s it all about