UNTLifer

How long is he here if his hands are tied like some have suggested? The wrong people are leaving the university, and I wouldn't be surprised if more don't follow. No facts, just a hunch.

I think DD is a good man and has done some nice things at North Texas, but that doesn't mean I'll sit around and accept what I perceive to be wrong with the program just because he's won our conference the last 4 years. What I see right now is uninspired play, poor gameplans, a lack of in-game adjustments and poor discipline. These all point to coaching.

I salute everyone that made the effort to be there for a 6:30pm Tuesday night game. The stands looked good on my television in Houston.

I understand DD's "us against the world" mentality, but it is like he can't appreciate the good so he puts his team in this situation. I wouldn't be on the lookout for this if he appreciated the fans during the good times the last three years.

Rotating quarterbacks and rotating running backs are two totally different situations. Apples to oranges. Rotating quarterbacks is detrimental, because they are the leaders of the offense.

Excellent point.

DRC.com Football: UNT hoping to rebound from loss Mean Green hold first full practice since Troy game 08:45 AM CDT on Friday, October 7, 2005 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer The first full-scale practice of the post-streak era went just how North Texas coach Darrell Dickey hoped it might Thursday afternoon. Dickey didn’t see his players mope or slack off. What he detected was a determination to get better following a 13-10 loss to Troy on Tuesday. The setback on national television ended the Mean Green’s 26-game Sun Belt Conference winning streak and put UNT’s run of four consecutive conference titles in jeopardy. UNT had not lost a Sun Belt game since falling to Louisiana-Monroe all the way back in the fifth week of the 2001 season. “I feel very good about the attitude of this team and the improvement we are making,” Dickey said. “I really like what I am seeing.” UNT will have a little extra time to try and bounce back from its loss to Troy before taking on Florida International. The Mean Green are off this weekend and will have a 10-day break before taking on the Golden Panthers in Miami. The game will mark the beginning of a three-week road trip that will also include a pair of tough non-conference dates with Louisiana Tech (Oct. 22) and LSU (Oct. 29). The Mean Green were scheduled to take on the Tigers on Sept. 3 before the game was postponed due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Thursday’s practice offered UNT’s players a chance to get over their loss to the Trojans and prepare for the road trip. “It was good to get back out there,” UNT wide receiver Johnny Quinn said. “It’s all about a new week and a new game now. We had a good attitude today in practice.” UNT is hoping that attitude will help the team quickly improve an offense that has struggled through the Mean Green’s first four games of the season. UNT is averaging just 8.2 points and 198.2 yards of offense an outing. A game against FIU could offer the Mean Green a chance to get back on track. The Golden Panthers (1-3) rank last in the Sun Belt defensively with an average of 40.8 points allowed a game. Dickey was not surprised by his players’ attitude in their first day preparing for a game against FIU, even though it came after a tough loss to the Trojans. “I have watched these kids this year and our kids in the past,” Dickey said. “Our players do not get caught up in all the stuff that surrounds the program. They just focus on their job.” Bazaldua named Draddy semifinalist Kicker Nick Bazaldua has been named a semifinalist for the Draddy Trophy, an honor given to one senior each season for excellence in academics and community leadership in addition to success on the field. Schools are allowed to nominate one player for the award. Semifinalists are required to have a GPA of at least 3.0. A committee of former college coaches and administrators will select 15 finalists on Oct. 27. The winner will be announced at a dinner on Dec. 6 in New York City. Bazaldua was a preseason All-Sun Belt Conference selection and is also an All-America candidate and a Lou Groza Award watch list honoree. Bazaldua was named first-team all-conference last season when he made 14 of 18 field goals and all but one of his 38 extra point attempts while scoring a career high 79 points. BRETT VITO can be reached at 940-566-6870. His e-mail address is bvito@dentonrc.com Typical DD BS quote. He's back in the situation he loves, "us against the world."

I agree that the Fry interview and the video animation of the proposed facilities was great. I'm just afraid that the animation of the new facilities wasn't seen by many considering it was shown with about a minute and a half left in the game.

He seemed very uncomfortable and sounded lost. I'll watch it again and print the quotes if possible.

This is not a good sign!

Typical comment. The Fraternity and Sorority members are easy to pick out. What about the knotheads that went in, got their free shirt and headed home? Every campus has this problem. I agree with Adler. I don't like it, but they do add to the gameday experience.

Maybe the last 8 words of your quote above provide the answer.

I really don't think our recruiting has been that bad. I really believe the problem is that the coaching staff is not utilizing the opportunities to prepare the players to move into the starting line-up. I would have liked to see us sign a QB or two and some players from the Metroplex that were ranked by the recruiting services, but we have recruited the Houston area and Oklahoma well. Again, I question whether the players are being prepared to step into the starting lineup properly.

So you think if Young had had the type of game he had in the Rose Bowl during his freshman year, he wouldn't be getting all the hype? Your probably right. He'd be in the NFL by now.

Typical DD

Mario Bennett, basketball, Denton High School

Maybe that explains why he doesn't go out and speak to groups during the off-season.

people with too much time on their hands.

Like I noted in another thread, I don't expect us to beat the LSU's of the world, but I do expect us to beat or be competitive with the TCU's, Tulsa's, La. Tech's, Colorado State's, etc... Even against the LSU's I expect us to play hard. I don't see it now.

We should be competitive with TCU, Colorado State, Arizona, Cincinatti, Air Force, Memphis, Baylor, Southern Miss and adding this years teams Tulsa and La Tech. My biggest complaint isn't necessarily the losses, but how NT has lost. Poor game plan, poor discipline, no adjustments and an appearance that they don't care which are all reflections on game preparation and coaching. DD's offensive system hasn't allowed us to be competitive with these teams and instead of moving forward, I think we are starting to slide backwards.

RV doesn't approve of those games, but he must continue to schedule them until our home attendance reaches a point that we can finance ourselves. I believe RV stated in the past that if we could average 25,000 for home games, they would take the place of the "money" games.

He isn't given a winnable OOC schedule? So, are you saying that we shouldn't beat Tulsa or La Tech? I, nor do I think any other fan, don't expect us to beat the LSU's of the world, but I do expect us to be competitive with the Tulsa's and not get hammered by 52 points while looking uninspired and ill-prepared. Have some goals beyond the SBC.

Maybe it was a prevent defense, but are you telling me we are unable to pass against a stacked line bent on stopping the run? We sure aren't executing the "everyone go long and I'll throw it up for grabs routes" either. The lack of imagination in this offense is appalling.

One problem, North Texas doesn't have the recruiting budget that Southlake has.

I'll give DD and RF credit for running the most unimaginative offense in college football.