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I’ve read multiple comments on this board of how UNT can’t afford to fire a coach in year 2 of a 5-year contract. However, the fact is that we have now just seen, in the AAC, Charlotte do it with Coach Poggi, FAU with Coach Herman and now Tulsa with Coach Wilson. The trend is shifting. Programs can’t afford to watch ticket revenue and overall support, financial and otherwise, fall off. Our coaches and AD get paid a ton of money to produce a quality product. This is like a sales job (career sales guy speaking here). If you don’t produce, leadership will find someone who will.

Littrell’s UNT contract ended Jan. 31, 2024, so UNT shouldn’t have been paying him for quite some time.

I’ve seen enough. Two years of sub-mediocre results. Poor coaching, poor adjustments, poor playing. It’s time for a completely new coaching and support staff for the football program. And this time we need to hire a proven head coach from the FBS level. No more coordinators, FCS head coaches or someone we think might be good. We need a proven leader with a proven recipe for success with some serious skins on the wall. Time to make a serious commitment to the program.

Congratulations to UNT Men’s Polo! Go Mean Green!

I checked the Texas State Univ. policy manual online and they do note the 10 day requirement, however they have a 5 day requirement for positions including administrative assistants, groundskeepers and janitors. Perhaps they are able to put coaches into this category somehow?

The State of Texas requires state university job postings be active for 10 business days, so you will not see an announcement before that time threshold has been met. That puts it at the end of next week, assuming the posting went live on Monday morning.

Pete Thamel is reporting Ra’Shaad Samples is leaving the LA Rams for Arizona State to become the WR coach and have a big part in implementing Rams concepts in the offense. He had been mentioned by some for UNT HC.

Congratulations to this team…players and coaches! They did a great job on the road against a solid team! Go Mean Green! Finish!

I sure thought he was done after the UNLV game, but they are a different team now. Offense is rolling and defense has really come together with some new/young guys. Much credit is due this coaching staff and these players! Proud of them! They control their own destiny! Going to support them all the way! Go Mean Green!

Wren, you’ve done a great job as AD! You’ve done a great job hiring great coaches! It’s time you go to your short list and bring in the football coach you know you want to hire. We, the alumni and fans, are ready for the change and look forward to a bright future!

Defense is completely out of gas! Put in fresh backups! The arm tackling is worse than seventh graders!

I believe he was put on scholarship at the beginning of last season.

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Great interview and very insightful! Thank you!

I think that making a move to the AAC is great news for UNT! And UNT making a move to the AAC is great news for the AAC and it’s member institutions! As a former university fundraiser, it is highly likely that all VIP personnel at each institution have already been briefed on what is about to transpire and have at least for the most part given their support to these moves. This includes university administrators, board members and key donors. These SMU “big money donors” that may be raising concerns are not in that key group of donors that would have already given support to this move and are really the true big money donors. People sometimes think they are the big money donors, but in reality, they are not in the group of donors giving transformative gifts to a university or other cause. The key donors that SMU and the other member schools needed to have on board in support of this move are very likely already on board. Anyway, just my opinion based on experience. Excited for UNT!

Me too! With my two daughters! We still talk about the fun we had despite all the rain! And what a show Lance put on that day!

Rico was a great player for us...really fun to watch! Clearly, there is more to this story that we may never know. Like everyone, I found it strange that right after the injury against Cal, it was like he was gone from the team...never on the sidelines and very little information being reported about him and brief, guarded, mentions by Coach Littrell. Was he on the sidelines at practice or ever in the locker room during this time? It’s interesting that it took this long for him to enter the transfer portal if his intention all along was to leave. If he tore his ACL to any significant degree, his best chance at full recovery would be an immediate surgery. Putting it off could lead to other issues down the road that would make it worse. And were there other issues that he had with teammates and/or coaches? I have no idea. Anyway, this all continues to be a mystery. However, there is no doubt that Rico Bussey, Jr. exceeded his 2-star expectations and played his way into becoming one of the top receivers in UNT history...and it would have been even more impressive with one more year!

I agree on Simpson...very solid when he was in the game! And just as I thought when I watched him play in the 2018 state championship game (Beaumont Westbrook vs. Longview), I believe he is going to be a big-time player for the Mean Green!

I think you are on to something there, because he has been very slow to get up after taking hits, getting sacked, knocked down, etc... this season, especially the past several games.

It’s a great question, because as I look through the roster we have quite a few numbers not being used. I guess they let the players choose and as long as they don’t duplicate numbers on one side of the ball, they can do it. But it confuses announcers and stat keepers that don’t follow our team regularly.

Lawrence actually had one catch for 15 yards, but the box score, at least the one I saw on the CBS Sports app., incorrectly credited defensive player, Joe Ozougwu, the other number 32. Same thing happened with not crediting Loren Easly for his rushes...gave them to the other number 23, KD Davis.

There was one player that didn’t quit that day. It was Jeff Wilson, Jr. He was still running hard throughout the game and trying to fire people up on the sidelines, but literally no one, players or coaches, showed any fire that day and just stood there, blank, as Jeff tried to fire people up. Perhaps no surprise since I’m pretty sure he’s the only player that played in that game that is still playing football.

I’m not sure if this has been mentioned by anyone, but I saw this week that Chris Beard, head coach of Texas Tech men’s basketball, had been an assistant coach at North Texas from 1997 - 1999. That’s pretty cool!

I was at the game cheering on Longview (my kids are in LISD and my daughter is a drill team officer). Great win for the Lobos! I got to see Deonte first-hand and he is very impressive as a receiver and returning kicks! He should be a great addition to the Mean Green!

I remember that was QB Jason Mills’ last, and probably best game of his career...I couldn’t attend the game and had to listen to the game on the radio and I remember how they talked of how exhausted Jason was after leaving it all on the field!