UNTcrazy727

Outside of FSU, there's no one on SMU's home schedule fans care about.

If we had this start to conference play we'd probably be bowl eligible right now. The difference in difficulty between our conference schedule and SMU's (even UTSA's) is crazy. Now, we should have still made a bowl game, but the AAC did us no favors.

Food recommendations for anyone heading to Charleston: Breakfast- Miller's All Day...be sure to get the banana bread. Best I've ever had. Oysters/Southern style Seafood- Leon's...amazing fried catfish bites and of course, oysters! Italian- Melfi's...don't sleep on their pizza. Also have great cocktails. And I recommend checking out Fort Sumter. If possible, do the last tour of the day. You get to participate in the flag lowering.

North Texas- 38 Tulsa- 28

It's because they say "Rice". You can't trademark a color scheme. But since UH's unis have "Houston" across the chest and look just like the old Oilers unis, the NFL is claiming copyright infringement. Based on what I've read, UH could simply swap "Houston" for "Cougars".

SOS Rankings: Penn State- 57 Georgia- 65 Michigan- 70 SMU- 113 I mostly kid, still impressive regardless of the schedule.

Telling the truth isn’t something you’re known for. I exposed that before.

The Phil Bennett that led last year’s defense, which had a lot more talent, to a bottom 10 ranking and gave up 460 yds/game and 31.5 points?

Because some of us like to support the program instead of shitting on it like you do.

My point is SMU's defense hasn't exactly shutdown good offenses like ours. I'm well aware our defense sucks. It's why I don't think we'll win. But our offense is certainly good enough to keep us in the game. It's odd to me so many here watched us go toe-to-toe with 3 of the best teams in the conference, yet think SMU is going to kill us. What exactly have people seen that makes them think SMU is that much better than Tulane, Memphis, and UTSA? I don't see it. And if we had SMU's conference schedule we'd be sitting at 5 or 6 wins right now...Charlotte 3-6, ECU 1-8, Temple 3-6, Tulsa 3-6. and Rice 4-5. That's a combined record of 14-31! Compare that to our conference schedule...Navy 3-5, Temple 3-6, Tulane 8-1, Memphis 7-2, and UTSA 6-3. Combined record of 27-17. I'm willing to bet our defensive and offensive numbers would look a lot better if we got to play Charlotte, ECU, and Tulsa rather than Tulane, Memphis, and UTSA.

By this logic we shouldn't get excited about what we do in the SMU game. They don't have a win against a team with a winning record. And like UTSA, they were beaten by a less than average Big 12 team.

Apparently, I did more than you. Have you seen the teams SMU has played? Outside of OU, TCU, and Rice their schedule has been a total cakewalk. Those three teams average 31 pts/game against this "elite" defense. And Rice didn't even have JT Daniels in the 2nd half. The 6 FBS teams SMU has beaten this year have a combined record of 17-38. We will be the best offense they've seen since TCU. Just because they shut down 3 of the worst teams in the conference (Temple, ECU, Tulsa) doesn't mean they're going to do it to us. Our offense is light years ahead of those teams. And lets not act like we didn't shred UTSA's defense. We put up 456 yds and averaged almost 6 yds/play! The only reason we didn't score 35+ is we had 2 turnovers in the red zone.

I don't think a QB and WR on pace to be first team all conference are locks to leave. Why risk leaving a system that's working so well for you? Ask Shorter and Zakhari Franklin how their NFL prospects are looking... They'll likely get sizable bags here and continue to put up tons of tape. And don't forget, its not like Maclin's family is hurting for cash...

Not sure why some of y’all think SMU is going to shut down our offense. Their defense is solid, but not good enough to hold us to 2-3 scores. I don’t think Preston Stone’s availability will really matter. I expect SMU to pound the rock either way. SMU- 40 North Texas- 27

Colorado - Already a power conference team. Not sure how this is an applicable example? Rutgers- Maybe the only decent example. But they were a member of the Big East from 1991-2012. A lot of this time the Big East was a Power Conference. And they did make a bowl game 8 of the 9 years before being invited to the Big 10. Still a dumb addition by the Big 10. They didn't need an East Coast presence. Louisville - Won CUSA 3 of their final 5 years (2000-2005) before moving to the Big East. During their 8 years (2005-2012) in the Big East, they won the conference 3 times. After the Big East folded, Louisville went 12-1 and finished the year ranked #15 in their only year (2013) as a member of the AAC. Between 2000-2013, they finished with a T-25 ranking 6 times. I think most would say this is "earning" your way to a P5 conference. I don't know why SMU fans are so defensive about how they got a P5 invite and try to say its nothing out of the ordinary. Just own it. Not many schools have the deep pockets to buy their way into a P5 conference despite no real on-field success and a non-existent fan base.

You know what he means. In the last 15 years or so, every G5 that got invited to a P5 conference "earned" it with multiple seasons of great success (conference titles, T-25 rankings, NY6 Bowls), while having a supportive fan base. There's a big difference in how TCU, Utah, Houston, UCF, and Cincy got their invites compared to SMU.

Well, the NIT is using it to give out auto-bids, so I think its relevant to this discussion.

Do we wear black too much? Yes. Is this uni combo awesome? Yes.

After last year's disappointing season (by our standards) and not even making the conference tourney this year, I think for the first time Hedlund's seat has gone from Ice Cold to Lukewarm. Miss the tournament again next year and he'll officially be on the hot seat.

The dumbest part of this rule is they can't even play in the Sun Belt Title game. In basketball, teams are still able to play in the conference tourney and be crowned champs, but if they're still in the transition period, the 2nd place team goes to the NCAA tourney. Why can't the same be done in football?

I read the big sticking point is UH put "Houston" on the jerseys. Apparently, using the color scheme AND "Houston" is enough for the NFL to consider it trademark infringement.

0% since he's already transferred he'd have to sit a year to do it again.

It was Denton’s Day of the Dead festival. I have no idea why UNT would ever schedule HC on the same day. It’s one of the biggest events of the year and not something we should try to compete against. Even with all the rain yesterday, parking was a nightmare. The festival blocks off streets and parking lots. Not ideal when you have thousands of people coming in for Homecoming.

I don’t think some of y’all understand how bad our defensive personnel is. There’s not a DC in the country that could scheme these guys into being a decent defense. We are playing a lot of guys that don’t belong on an FBS roster. I’m not going to call for any coach’s job until I see what we do with a full offseason of recruiting and portal transfers.

He’s better than Fine