MeanGreenZen

In my mind, a grad transfer HAS to be an all-conference impact in their lone season to justify the three additional years of scholarship you are losing by adding him. And the guy should probably play a position that is traditionally difficult to recruit the best high school players like QB or DT, maybe DE or CB. There are plenty of high school WR's who UNT can actually sign that can step right in and make an impact and I would much rather use this scholarship on one of them than a grad transfer unless it is a guy who is a guaranteed 1,000 and 10.

How many grad transfers have ever REALLY worked out for us? Alec Morris had a one decent game in the bowl loss but was overall a disappointment who couldn't beat out a 5 foot 10 true freshman. Demonte Hood was a rotation player, but I can't think of any WOW plays he ever made. What other grad transfers have we had? I remember a safety a few years ago from Syracuse (?) but that guy ended up being a backup here who didn't really contribute. I agree that if they aren't productive at a P5 then they won't be productive here. When I think of the transfers (from P5 or juco) that have landed here and made an impact: Marcus Trice (played as true freshman at OU) Courtney Finney (Juco Player of Year) Michael Pruitt (JUCO All America): they are guys who were PRODUCTIVE at their previous school. Which is also a reason I am so hyped about getting Jalen Guyton (a 1,000-yard receiver in JUCO) for 3 years of eligibility. I would invite Jefferson as a PWO, but you can't use a scholarship that could help your program for 5 years on a 1-and-done average WR.

We turned over almost an entire staff last year and went from one win to playing in a bowl game. Football coaches switch jobs. A lot. Look at any good coach's resume. One year here. Next year there. Remember when the Cowboys were winning Super Bowls in the 90's? Every year other teams were hiring their coordinators for head coaching jobs and their position coaches were being hired for coordinators. But the Cowboys kept winning. Even Bill Belichick and Nick Saban lose assistants.

It is pretty obvious that it is Ek. The guy lived away from his family in an RV outside the football offices. That is hardly a permanent situation. I don't think he even moved his family to Texas. Also, when he got here he crushed recruiting with all those late signees. Didn't even hear any kids mention him in the '17 signing class. I may be wrong about this, but I also noticed him missing from all the signing day stuff. Seems like he has already checked out.

Everybody is all upset about our low # of scholarship players, but doesn't every other program have the same issues (guys sign and can't make grades, kids quit, players transfer, etc). Has anyone ever done an investigation into the scholarship numbers of the other CUSA teams? Surely our scholarship numbers can't be THAT different from everyone else. And isn't keeping kids in school and graduating them part of the APR formula, that we score so high in?

I like Seth Littrell and will take going to a bowl game anytime. Every time Seth Littrell steps in front of a microphone, he looks about as comfortable as someone getting a prostate exam. Just as we expect a freshman to improve as a sophomore, I would also expect Littrell to improve as a communicator. He hasn't done that yet and I do believe it impacts recruiting. Take a toastmasters class or something Seth! Read How to Win Friends and Influence People! And yes, I know being charasmatic never landed Danny Mac a top 5 class, but he didn't have the other stuff going for him that Littrell has.

Was Darden injured his senior season? Big-time recruit and first team all district as JR then FCS offers and honorable mention all district as a SR. The kid's film is incredible. Trying to figure out why all the P5 offers evaporated. Has he qualified?

Wonder if we pulled Bradley's offer once he accepted the visit to Houston and gave it to this guy?

Tulsa is a school we need to be beating in recruiting battles. Littrell had a really good first year. I'm kinda perplexed as to why he isn't having more success as a recruiter.

A lot of fuss over a walk on quarterback...

Keep seeing these awful Texas Wesleyan football commercials during Cowboy games and now they are playing them during the college national championship. Don't know if this is a good marketing strategy for them, but it sure seems like they have money to spend.

Can't be a real offer. What is to stop those parents from claiming an offer from UNT? Our coaches can't comment on recruits thus no one can deny it. This happens all the time from people trying to boost their own stock. Or maybe this kid's family is friends with one of our coaches and they are helping the kid build some buzz. I guarantee you that Seth Littrell has NO PLANS to still be the HC at North Texas in 2022. He is hoping to move up the ladder and I hope he does.

And Riley Dodge was a pretty darn good QB when he wasn't hurt, which ended up being all the time.

It can only be the bait and switch if we waited to tell him he was switching positions AFTER he was signed and on campus. Sounds like we had a little buyer's remorse and found a way to get a refund without looking too bad.

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Hood was awesome. Loved watching him play. But it seems like giving scholarships to guys like him is the type of short term thinking that will leave you with 40 returning scholarship players (like we have). Kinda like how Jerry Jones used to use money from next year's salary cap to pay players this season. It is hard to pay for bread that is already eaten.

Yeah, but aren't we WAY under the limit of 85? So Hood's scholarship (1 of the 25 we get every year if we are under 85) could have been given to a kid who could have contributed for four years instead of just one. We get 25 new ships in 2017 and if Hood's ship had gone to a HS kid that kid would still be eligible (unlike Hood) and would be one more player who would help us get closer to the max of 85.

So we got one season out of Hood, now we have to go 3 seasons without being able to replace his scholarship? But if we had used Hood's scholarship on a high school player then we could have gotten four seasons of production out of that scholarship slot?

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I think Disney is gonna make a movie about this Desoto team: a ragtag bunch of super recruits and sons of professional athletes that just can't win the big game until the athletic director offers the mother of the top QB in the country a well-paying job in the school district in exchange for transferring her son on the team. It is the ultimate underdog story!!!

Don't forget Saginaw Chisholm Trail, because that is where Denton Guyer got him from as Robinson started there as a freshman. That dude was the starting varsity QB at three high schools in four years. Since he graduates in December, he will have attended Desoto for a total of ALMOST four months. Kinda cheapens that state title in my opinion. Wonder where Robinson will land after he gets tired of TCU?

Lock up the female student trainers!

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Living near Desoto and Cedar Hill, I have noticed that the athletes at those two schools tend to be from two-parent homes and unlike some of the athletes at Dallas ISD schools, they have fathers. On a macro scale, having a dad is such an advantage: you have someone in your life daily teaching discipline, work ethic and setting a positive example of how to succeed (although some dads can be jerks). Plus, you have someone who can play catch with you every day and drive you to track practice. Having two incomes also gives a family more opportunity to pay for private coaching or elite level club teams, etc. Kids without fathers can still turn out awesome. It is just easier when a kid has two parents investing in them consistently. And don't forget about the Mesquite schools...