UNTLifer

You seem to have some inside information, Joey selling drugs, etc..., that others don't. What your connection?

That DD is the best coach in America?

You are relatively new to the board and seem to have a bias against WW, or some insight into the program. Are you a player or a parent?

That's just wrong, funny, but wrong

Here's the Akron roster. Akron Website

Truer words were never spoken. e-bone, this sums up my feelings exactly, and I'm sure many others feel the same way. I thought DD had finally grown a set against SMUt, so the Tulsa mess just made me sick.

2006/2007 Basketball Schedule

Because it is at 2:00pm in the middle of the week. Why don't they do this in the evening?

DD has done nothing to improve the gameday experience. 35,000 for the SMUt game? Not even close.

I don't care who you, that right there is funny.

Thanks, but the zone read is not our problem. DD has threatened to open up the playbook for the last two years, and then we get into the season and he has to "water down" the gameplan because nothing is working. Sorry, but this isn't a new system problem, this is a teacher problem. FFR's thread says it all. DD is too hard-headed for his own good. Let SMUt have him. This 9 year experiment is failing.

I read it all the time, and have given up on your posts. PMG, I love your passion, but man you foot has got to hurt from kicking the dead horse.

Think OU would settle for officials from a conference other than the Big XII for the game next year? Didn't think so. What happened isn't right, but it happens all the time when non-BcS schools face BcS schools. Turn-about is fair play.

board. North Texas needs to hire Mr. Meyer to head fundraising.

I know this post/thread seems to be sarcastic, but I am serious. Vito never asks the tough question and just accepts DD's quotes at face value. Maybe that is why Tim McMahon is relegated to high school duty now. I sure hope RV is asking some of these questions. The appearance of a lack of accountability is concerning.

1. DD, why do you keep running it up the middle when it is obvious to everyone in the house that that is your gameplan? 2. In reference to #1, why continue to do this with a delay handoff when your offensive line isn't opening holes and doesn't appear to be able to sustain a block. 3. Why does it appear that you could care less about winning OOC games? 4. What do you mean by the comment, "We have more to overcome than anyone in America, I should know because I work here every day." 5. Why only throw the ball 7 or 8 times a game when the defense is putting 8 or 9 in the box? Feel free to add questions that you would like to see answered in the newspaper.

Please DD, just teach a system that is in the 20th century. Why is it that every other team makes adjustments, devises an imaginative gameplan and runs more than 3 or 4 plays, yet we get the same crap week after week. DD, taking the vanila out of vanila leaves you with nothing.

feathers.

Welcome to the board. I believe you are the first "Gramma" on board, so everyone shape up because Gramma is watching.

Shock value

Including a recruiting budget to rival UT's. ebone, what school does your brother attend?

And getting his a$$ handed to him by NT on an annual basis!

Love our corners and I think Warren is coming along at safety. The secondary as a whole has exceeded my expectations this year. I hate to see Graves leave, Pruitt has been very steady the last two years, but to me Starks has been a big disappointment, as has Ransom. I don't feel so bad about losing Graves and Early considering how our other LB's have played to this point. What's the chance of Muzzy being granted his redshirt that was denied due to his knee injury two years ago? Seems many players get additional eligibility with similar situations. I love that our recent recruits are playing so well and proving the nay-sayers wrong. I am really impressed with the class from last year and look forward to seeing this year's recruits develop in the next year or two. I would like to see DD concentrate on OL, RB and WR. I had/still have high hopes for Rexrode and Stickler. Illuvious/Harry, any thought on these two?

DRC.com Football: Shaping up Crutsinger transforms from twig to tree trunk 07:54 AM CDT on Friday, September 15, 2006 Jeff Andrews/Staff Writer When Denton Broncos running back George Tovar trotted into the end zone to give his team a 34-21 lead late in the third quarter of Denton’s Zero Week game against Fort Worth Western Hills, all eyes were on the junior who had just inched the Broncos closer to a victory. DRC/Gary Payne Denton offensive lineman Taylor Crutsinger added 40 pounds in the offseason and the results have shown on the field. All eyes except those of the coaches. Their eyes were on the other Bronco in the end zone — left tackle Taylor Crutsinger, who had manhandled Western Hills’ defensive end, pinning him five yards deep in the end zone while the defender desperately scrapped to get loose from Crutsinger. “When we watch tape of him, we let everybody watch him because his motor runs 125 miles per hour,” Broncos head coach Randy Patzkowski said. “When he gets people on their skates and he gets his pad level below theirs and he gets them back peddling and retreating, he just lays them over and pins them. He’s fun to watch.” Through two games this season, Crutsinger has 18 knockdowns and 21 finishes — more than any offensive lineman totaled during the entire 2005 season. Last week against McKinney North, Crutsinger dominated Bulldog defensive end Kenny Alexander, an Oklahoma State commitment and a three-star prospect on Rivals.com. But things haven’t always gone so well for the senior. Last season the 6-foot, 4-inch tackle was a twig, weighing only 220 pounds. “He was a gangly uncoordinated weakling last year that had to play,” Patzkowski said. “We forced him to play. He had to grow up and he did just that.” Crutsinger is now considerably stronger and is beginning to fill out his lanky frame. The senior’s maximum bench press has improved by more than 40 pounds over an offseason where Crutsinger was motivated to fulfill his potential on the field. Crutsinger recalls the words of former teammate Brian Perez, who challenged the senior to dedicate himself in the weight room. “We were in the weight room [last year] and I remember the last time we ever worked out together,” Crutsinger said. “He said, ‘You’re never going to give up. You’re never going to give up.’ He just said it loud over and over again. It just stuck in my head that I was never going to give up and this season was going to be it.” His new-found strength has significantly improved his coordination, which hurt him in pass protection last year. While he’s always been good at blocking on running plays, his upper-body strength has given him the ability to push blitzing defenders away from the quarterback, and of course, the ability to pancake scrappy defenders to the ground. Crutsinger credits the stability of the program after it had to rebuild with a new coaching staff last season. The senior said his practices are more productive because the practice squad is better, team unity has been restored and the offensive line works together to cover each other’s mistakes. Crutsinger can now focus on the fundamentals of his position instead of learning new plays. “Last year it was kind of weird having a new coaching staff and this year we’re returning with the same staff,” he said. “It’s easier to start really learning things more. We can spend more time this year learning specific techniques other than learning plays or learning the scheme. We already know all that.” Because of his status as a late bloomer, Crutsinger has gone unnoticed by college recruiters. While he’s received numerous letters from Division II schools, he’s yet to get serious interest from Division I school. The senior has his eyes set on Texas Tech, but he isn’t sure if he’ll get a scholarship for football. If he doesn’t, he plans to walk on the football team and either major or minor in music. Crutsinger excels as a trumpet player in the varsity band and was selected to the All-Region Jazz Band on guitar. But don’t let his quite demeanor fool you. While his polite, well-spoken voice may resemble the smooth style of a jazz guitar solo, his tenacity on the field doesn’t. “When the lights come on on Friday night and he steps on the field, he transforms,” Patzkowski said. “He’s got this other alter ego now. He’s a different kind of cat. He ain’t playing no trumpet when the lights come on. He’s going to get after your tail.” But his off-the-field attitude does help with his teammates. Crutsinger’s approach makes him easy to work with, especially with quarterback Reagan Wood. Along with receiver Blake Ellis and linebacker Josh Gordon, Wood and Crutsinger are the last football players left from their McMath Middle School team. The four socialize outside of football and their close relationship translates on the field. “Sometimes we’ll get prepared to play a certain way and it’ll change when we finally get there,” Crutsinger said. “We have to make game adjustments and part of that is talking to Reagan and seeing what’s happening, how people are flowing through and if they’re beating me or not. It makes a huge difference on Friday nights. That wasn’t there last year.”

For those that watched the game, what is your impression of the MUTS this year?