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If he can make that offense go, like it has under Fuente, then he can be very successful. But that requires a good passing game, something he isn't known to like. Maybe it will be different for him as he sits at a place where recruiting is much easier and support, both financially and in attendance, will dwarf anything he dealt with here. But a big part of me wants to see a Sportscenter highlight of Memphis fans screaming, "Throw the ball!! Throw the ball" during a loss to some AAC team...#MGschadenfreude

You very well may be right, but I figured once Tulane, Tulsa, ECU, and UAB left, that the conference schedules would look like other conferences do when they play cross-divisional games. Maybe not... I just know that Marshall, WKU, and MUTS are miles and miles ahead of F_U, ODU, and Charlotte in the east...and us in the west.

Truth in advertising... This one will not be close. UTA by 20+.

Why wouldn't we see them? Don't you usually play a home-and-home series with the teams from the other division every two years? In 2014, we played the F_Us and UAB. I just figured that was how it would be done going forward in CUSA, since its done that way in every other cross-division in other conferences. If not, and we play some combo of the F_Us and one against Charlotte/ODU, with two of them being here, I could see potential, certainly, for a couple of more wins. I still think 2-10 or 3-9 is the ceiling for this thing next season, with the little talent and a roster full of guys who showed they will quit on the university, but maybe the scheduling gods will help our situation by giving us 3 more of the worst FBS school in the country to play against, along with UTSA, UTEP, SMU, and Army.

This was the perfect ending to this season. Let's play everyone and give out participation ribbons!! You tried hard!! No one will ever convince me this wasn't the worst team we have ever fielded in the last 40 years of UNT Football and that it wasn't the worst FBS team in the country. It reminds me of Mike Rhyner's opinion on the 1992 Mavs that won 11 games, avoiding the worst record of all-time in the NBA--there may be records or stats that say differently, but you'll never convince me that they weren't the worst team of all time in the NBA. That's exactly how I feel about the 2015 UNT squad. Worst loss in modern football history. Worst QBs that a FBS squad has ever produced. Our only win was because a very bad UTSA team was down to their 4th and 5th string QBs and we still managed to win by scoring a TD late in the game at home to win. There may very well have been a few teams worst than this one in the previous years of FBS football, but for 2015, we were the worst. I have no doubt about that. 66-7 at home against FCS Portland State on Homecoming cemented that fact.

If we win 4 games next year, the next coach should be CUSA COY...we have no QB, no defense, and an entire offensive roster built for a 1970 scheme. If the schedule we played this year reverses in CUSA play, we will play SMU, Bethune-Cookman, @‌Army, and @ Florida in OOC. We play the CUSA West teams, with the ones we are competitive with (UTSA and UTEP) on the road, as well as at Rice, while playing home games against La Tech, CUSA West champion USM, Marshall, and MUTS, and at CUSA East Champion WKU. I see us winning at home against BC, most likely. We should be able to compete for a win against this crew (@Army, SMU, @‌UTEP, and @UTSA). The others are certain losses at this point. 2-10 seems realistic, in my opinion. 1-11 is very,very possible, but so is 3-9. Anything above this would be borderline miraculous at this point, with the roster we have, the schedule we play, and introducing a brand new coaching staff.

I have a hard time imagining us beating Charlotte or EMU, since our one win was over UTSA playing their 4th and 5th string QBs here at Apogee and we managed to win with a late TD. No way we beat either of those teams on the road, for sure, especially with McNulty or Greer playing QB.

This is very true, on every level. But, as with most managerial positions, the responsibility lies on the direct leader of the department that is under-performing. The GM of a baseball or football team may be the one responsible for the roster that sucks, but the head coach or coordinators are the ones who get the axe first, usually. Smatresk, RV, his 17 BFFs, and the BOR all have various levels of input. But the next hire that fails is still going to be considered a RV hire, both by fans and media. Smatresk isn't getting fired for the head coach sucking in football or hoops, nor or any member of the BOR. But at most schools, the AD would be on the chopping block in a minute. Just not here...for all of the reasons we have gone over infinitum RV will be here to make two hires that bring in revenue to the school, just not as much as it could easily do if we got someone in here that could win. That's well above my donation-grade, obviously. I accept that this is what the university finds acceptable. I like football and mens basketball, with teams that can compete to finish at least .500 while playing actual schools I have heard of before (not many of the schools Benford gets to play at the Pit in OOC). My university doesn't want that. And that's ok. I saw where we just got the oldest working organ in the state of Texas to be moved up here from Victoria and the university, rightfully, trumpeted that news on Facebook and other media outlets. That's the type of thing they are proud of and I have come to understand that there is nothing wrong with them wanting the music department to be their primary window. And its what a majority of the UNT Family wants, as well. Its certainly double the amount of people that are students or alumni that care about athletics around here. If you doubt that, look at the UNT Facebook page or the majority of letters to the editor of the DRC regarding athletic support at UNT. Its just not close...

In all seriousness, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if TCU came up with more money since he will be the sole OC, most likely, and it was enough to sway him toward keeping things as is for him and his family right now. When you look at the roster here and the issues he would face, it probably made him realize that doubling his salary at TCU as the OC for a guy who isn't leaving anytime soon beats the hell out of tripling your salary and going to a barren wasteland of college football right now, with no light at the end of the tunnel anytime soon. We have no QB, no size on defense, and an entire set of offensive players built for an offense that is 180 degrees from Meacham's. When he was tripling his salary to take that on, it looked pretty attractive. When TCU doubles his pay and gives him the OC duty as his own, with a roster full of great talent that is a Big XII power right now, he probably found the current gig a heckuva lot better than the move up to Denton. Littrell may very well get another offer before its said and done. If so, we will find out just how badly he wants to get back closer to home.

The answer is simple...come on down, Bruce Chambers!!//RV

Get it right, MGT...his TD on Homecoming against FCS Portland State was against their 3rd and 4th stringers...#accuracy

Eric Russell coaches down at TCU these days. Maybe we can find out from him what happened?

I picture CBL being like Gordon Keith, while Ben Gooding was more like Greggo...lots of wise-cracking, making BG more mad until he loses his cool, and goes to hit CBL, only to see some cocaine and get totally distracted inside the ring. As for you two, I see you getting in the ring, only to see some ex-UNT football player facing off against you, with Fly throwing $100 bills into the corner, just for him to use to wipe his face, all while RV gets the BOR to invalidate your diploma.

Before Homecoming, you posted to CBL that he wouldn't say $hit he posted directly to your face... Most people consider that close to threatening--unless you are Ike Turner or OJ.

don't care...got RV///17 BFFs with $$$$

The next coach will run off a large portion of this roster. Once you have proven that you will quit and that poor character is allowed to run amok on the sidelines and in the locker room, the new sheriff in town has very little choice but to run off anyone who won't conform to his ways. Don't feel sorry for anyone who leaves here, whether its to transfer or quit football altogether. It needs to happen. Although I think we are closer to bottoming out as a program, if it hasn't happened already, getting rid of some of the quitters on this roster will get this needed process to happen before things can get improved. This year, at Kansas, David Beaty inherited one of the worst P5 teams of all-time, leading to an 0-12 season. But that bottoming out and roster updating is necessary for the program to move forward. Maybe he won't get things turned around up there, but this season had to happen for them. Similar to SMU having to go 2-10 under Morris. You just have to have a retrenching year where the record doesn't matter, but getting experience and getting stronger and faster will pay off in the years to come. Years ago, South Carolina hired Lou Holtz and his first team went 0-12. But the next year, he went 9-4 and beat Ohio State in a NYD bowl game. So don't fret if we only win 2 or less games next year. It will be all about having a complete retrenching. Without a QB or a defense of any talent or size right now, that's what you have to try and find pieces for to get in better shape for 2017 and beyond.

UTA plays at UT in Austin tonight...this one should be real interesting. Does UTA still have another Power League win on the road in them? UT is probably on par with both Ohio State and Memphis, so it should be a competitive game. I think they will murder us, as they usually do...

You know, this is a decent possibility if LSU gets rid of him.

Littrell must have brought in a binder into his interview with RV. He likes binders...

UNT didn't buyout Mac--The RV17 did.

What makes this hire any different than any of the previous ones we missed on? We can afford to miss on it because we have already proven we can get by just fine in the eyes of the BOR an administration, as long as we stay within their guidelines of staying profitable and out of trouble. If any of this was about actually winning, then I'd disagree with Vito's premise--but its clearly not. We just saw an average attendance for a FBS team in freaking Texas, of all places, not reach 14k. We saw our team win all of 1 game, only because the other team had to run out their JV-equivalent QBs and lost by a TD in the 4th quarter. When people value access and cost over winning, this is what you get--and its what you accept as affordable. It goes back to the reality of the situation here. You either accept it or go away--it doesn't matter which way you go, either. Because its the MO of a place that doesn't put an emphasis on winning at sports as the primary window to the school. When you let the AD be involved in any capacity at hiring the next coach for football, after boosters came in and bought out a $2 million dollar mistake, it just adds to the reality that we can easily afford to not get this right again--because what we won't accept as affordable is to be out of budget in any way, shape, or form. The university won't buyout RV because he has years to go on his contract and the RV 17 simply wont let him get away.

Hell, the only people that believe his lies are the RV 17 and a few other useful idiots. To those of you who have fallen for his "vision", I know its because you believed in Enron being an ethical and moral energy company, too...

Here's my speculation: Scott Sidway is very smart...as in he is using this as his way to get a new job with an actual newspaper. Burning bridges with RV and the BOR when you are about to get a new job...its actually genius.

I hope that UNTLifer now understands what we trying to post about yesterday, regarding the UNT 17. RV ain't going anywhere, anytime soon. The $$$$ that will leave is too much for the BOR to risk. The RV 17 is what I'm gonna now refer to them as going forward...awesome program you guys have built!!

This is where we hit yet another new low point... At his rate, we should be near the Earth's core in about a year or two.