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It would be borderline criminal for anyone to tell him to pass on an opportunity like that. I know we’d all like to keep great players forever but if Chandler (or Tylor Perry for that matter) came up to me and said “I love it here and I know you love the mean green, what should I do?” I would tell them ten times out of ten that you can’t pass up an opportunity like that because it may never present itself again in your lifetime.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/11/29/steele-dripping-springs-face-off-with-trip-to-state-quarterfinals-on-the-line/ Chance to stream him playing this weekend.

That would be phenomenal. He is great and the players love him. #2 pick in the draft right behind Matthew Stafford.

Yea I think it expires at the end of January so if it saved us anything, it wouldn’t be much.

Thank you

Speaking of that damn team in Dallas, it seems Will Kuehne ended up as a wide receiver somewhere well down the depth chart. I wonder how he felt about that. Similarly, I wonder how Jace Ruder felt about being moved to LB and never seeing the field. I hate that for the guy. He always seemed to have a good attitude and talent.

You must’ve given Todd Dodge a free pass since he only made $185k. You also must’ve been excited about our conference performance this season since Eric Morris only lost to the 4 public universities that we know pay more than us. He beat UAB who pays the same and went 2-1 against the privates where we have no idea what they pay. Forget about firing Caponi, just give Morris a raise so we can increase that win total expectation.

See this is all I’m saying. He reset the standard and that can be appreciated while still expecting more out of the future.

This article was published just over 10 years ago at the beginning of the 2013 season. https://www.savannahnow.com/story/sports/2013/09/16/former-florida-coach-trying-turn-around-north-texas-program/13494320007/ You seem to forget how lowly we were looked upon not so long ago. //McCarney is in his third season after taking over what he called a "bottom top 10 football program," that had gone 6-37 under Todd Dodge before McCarney arrived. North Texas went 5-7 in 2011 and 4-8 last season.// //Getting bowl eligible is a big goal for a program at a school with an enrollment of 36,206 that hasn't gone to the postseason since the 2004 New Orleans Bowl. "There's been so many bad years," McCarney said. "We're just trying to give our fans hope, make it relevant again, make it exciting, make it fun. We've got to put a good product on the field for people to come back and support us. There's 12 Division I schools in the state of Texas. This university has been a great choice academically all over the state of Texas. It's been a last resort place to come to in football for a number of years. … Slowly, but surely we're taking some positive steps."//

I agree. Many times they don’t understand the grind and the limited resources of the G5 level when compared to the P5. You need a different level of hunger and tenacity than at the well-funded P5s.

Chandler Rogers plays for North Texas. Aaron Rodgers is on IR for the New York Jets due to an achilles tear.

Yet there was the call that the financial backing of this program would fall of a cliff if we let Seth Littrell continue coaching after losing his second conference championship game. It would be far more cost effective they said to pay him $2M+ to go away and pay another guy at the same time to be the new coach rather than letting him coach in the AAC. There must be some money somewhere.

Or gratitude for taking a 1-11 program and leaving it as a 7-6 conference title and bowl contender.

First time that has happened since 2020.

Haha, I remember not so long ago when folks thought the same about our program. #hit6

Unless he said looking forward to playing for the Mean Green next year it doesn’t really tell much.

Now we have to keep our best guys out of that damn portal.

That was when we first were going to the new Briles system and Wallis was supposed to be the guy. Then that stuff happened, Wallis had to resign, Bloesch had to try and call the Briles offense while Shanbour and that other grad assistant were left to coach the quarterbacks.

Lesser rival?

Caponi and Alex Grinch have one thing in common. Their head coaches both come from a certain coaching tree that is well known for ignoring the defensive side of the ball.

Maybe they want a chance to play in the postseason somewhere. Maybe they don’t like the new offensive philosophy. Maybe they are tired of losing. Maybe they are just done with football. Maybe they are looking for a NIL payday. It could be many things.

Been happening for a long time. I remember it was a very sparsely attended game when Patrick Cobbs and Nick Bazaldua had senior day. I felt for them. Seemed like there couldn’t have been more than 800 people there.

Todd Dodge got eviscerated for this with Derek Thompson. It ended up not mattering as DT ended up redshirting in another season but folks did not take kindly to wasting a year of eligibility for one game. That was pre-portal but I think you still have to play it as if you’ll have the player for their entire career.

UNLV was a lot better than folks gave them credit for when they beat us last season. That quarterback of theirs is pretty good. They were 4-1 with a six point loss on the road to the Cal Bears as their only blemish before he got hurt.