TheColonyEagle

Ok you can go ahead and lock this thread now...

What’s the most points we’ve given up this year? 66 to Tech? 52 to Memphis? Don’t remember if any of those were defensive TDs…. Army has gone over 40 five times this year. Hit 49 once. we have to have the worst D they’ve face right? How are they going to score less than 50 on us? Why wouldn’t they hit 60? We have to score on every single possession to have a chance to win this game. (Like Navy in the Dodge years) If we punt once or have 1 turnover we lose. I would say a final score of Army 66 - UNT 45 is probably what we’re looking at….

or is our offense so good......

We have 70+ players on this roster that weren't here this time last year... The QB putting up record numbers wasn't here last year... Who knows how next year will look Also, assuming Chandler Morris does leave (I think he will), Eric Morris has a pretty good track record of getting transfer QBs in here and his system is gaining momentum. Better than zero chance he actually upgrades the QB position next season.

He’s been so good he has led a team with THIS defense to 5-3

Oh man. Checking scores today saw their score early and was thinking “maybe UTSA is figuring something out.” Had no idea they lost that game until I saw this thread. YIKES

It sends a message to the team that we have a standard and if you don’t meet that standard you get replaced.

The last 13 points were when the game was over. Those last 2 drives were like hitting a solo home run in the 8th down 9-1.

That offensive guru resume is getting stronger. There was an article about him last week if you'll remember...

I’m not sure why so many people thought we would beat Tulane. Their 2 loses are by 1 score to ranked KState and @ OU. They are so much better than us. Very well coached team.

With Army coming in next What is the record for team rushing yards in a game?

Gotta pump up those numbers….. Close to another 400 yard passing game

By the end of the game, our passing stats are gonna be really good though

Only the pathetic ones

If we do I’ll give this coaching staff major props. And I’ll be fairly convinced we’ll ready to take a step….. hope you’re right

"but....but....but.....we have more people coming to our stadium to watch the opponent now."

You know who our homecoming game is against. You spend more time on here than I do….

I agree... But QB is still the most important position on the field. Having a good one is a luxury. This offense is good enough it can lead a team with this bad of a defense to a 5-2 record. He can go 7-5, 8-4 easily with this level of QB play. But he's not going to win the AAC with this defense regardless of how good the QB is. QB? Check Defense? We'll see....

Good article. Makes me less concerned when QBs transfer out....He's building a system that QBs will want to come play in. As long as he's here...our QB room should be in good shape.

I was going to make a smart a** reply but then I looked at the numbers..... in rushing defense: We're tied for #87 (w/UNC) out of 132 Army's opponents: FAU: # 120 Rice: #82 Temple: #123 Tulsa: #76 UAB: #132 ECU: #98 Now, I'm too lazy to factor in Army's games against them and the affect they obviously had on their rushing defense stats... But if Army rushes for 400 yards against us (they're averaging 359)....that would raise our average from 160 per game to 190 per game...ranking wise: down to around 112. So kind of in the middle of that pack. ....so......now I'm not really sure what all that means. That game's gonna be hard.

that fact is going to be glaring in the next 2 games....

Adam at MeanGreenNation is absolutely correct. I used to be an unconditional donor. Now I'm conditional. People that give unconditionally....God bless you. I truly mean that. As for me....conditional. I'll give when they give me a reason to give (such as win enough to gain national prominence like SO MANY other G5s have done.) The next time North Texas does that, will be the first. As for reasons to give: "do your duty for your alma mater" is not good enough anymore for me. If that's what they depend on to be successful, then we have the wrong people in charge. That's just me. If my lack of giving is what's holding the athletic department back and...I don't know......preventing the first 11 win season in the 100+ year history of the program then I don't know what to tell you. I guess NT will remain where it is. I don't have expectations or demands for the program. I watch them play. Don't like it when we lose. Love it when we win. Would love for us to finally reach our potential.

Well if I follow the logic of this thread.....that's what we should expect from a $1.3 million per year coach. To get better decisions, we need another $1 million per year so we can afford a coach like Memphis has.

I don't know man I admire your passion and I can't speak for others....but it's exhausting dealing with this program. Trying to get others on this bandwagon...begging alumni to come to a game. Getting us just about to relevance only to get knocked back down. People complaining about the program does mean they at least care about the program. I complain less and less as every year goes by. Yes, I get "don't bitch unless you're coming with a solution." But we don't get paid to provide the solution. The athletic department does. We're the customers and if the department doesn't see students, alumni and fans as the customer and treat them accordingly...then I don't know what to tell you. I don't think I would go to a customer and say "if you would pay a higher price for my product, I would give you what you're getting from my competitor who isn't asking you for more money." (that competitor being entertainment for your eyeballs). That's not sustainable. I would rather create a better product, be smart about how I'm building it, do it better....give value...have a customer WANT to give me more money. This chicken and egg thing doesn't work. North Texas is competing against apathy. That apathy turns around when the customer base sees NT as something they want to be a part of. But THEY have to do it first....don't ask me to do it for you. Win meaningful games, build a culture around accountability...that comes from holding those responsible for it to a standard. Like.....if you have the worst defense in the country, you don't deserve to have a job here as the DC anymore because we have higher standards than that and we believe that winning football games will bring more customers. If you let that subpar performer come back with his big salary, that tells me you don't take me seriously. If you're not holding yourself to a higher standard, don't hold me, the customer, to one. You can't win meaningful football games with the worst defense in the nation. Yes we're 5-2 and that's GREAT! (for a team that hasn't won 5 of the first 7 games like ever.....) After our next 2 games, we will more than likely be 5-4. So then what? If you're asking to get in the big boy world of NIL....that's not gonna cut it. Do better. Get ranked. UTSA raises more money than UNT? I bet they didn't before they won 11 games and got ranked and got national attention. Frank Harris or not....they did it somehow. Figure it out. **EDIT** I'll add...if we're saying we can't win unless we get more $$ from alumni and fans....then we might as well shut down the program. 100 years of this says it's not gonna happen. So if that's the case, they need to do some sort of pivot.

There's a 0% chance Chandler Morris will be here next season