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That was great. Trice is an excellent young man and certainly displays his belief in Coach Mac and this program. Glad to have #8!

Great article Brett. Derek seems like a great kid and I look forward to following him throughout the remainder of his career in Denton. Too bad we don't have a baseball program yet...

Apparently Brock is not only doing great as a scout Teamer, but evidently they intrasquad with the lower players on the depth chart one day per week and he is reported to be unbelievably good in those settings as well. It would be ideal to have a 3 year starter in Brock and have Dajon Williams come in and redshirt and have DT or McNulty as the backup(s).

It was blatantly evident to fans the other night that Houston had superior athletes all over the field. Remember the UH program has been winning a lot of games recently: 2007: 8-5 (loss to TCU in Texas Bowl) 2008: 8-5 (win over AF in Armed Forces Bowl) 2009: 10-3 (loss to AF in Armed Forces Bowl) 2010: 5-7 (lost top 2 QB's against UCLA in Game #3 after blowing out Texas State and UTEP by an average of 61-26) 2011: 13-1 (win over Penn State in TicketCity Bowl) That program had Case Keenum and Robert Griffin III committed at the same time. There is clearly talent there, and they have been recruiting in a different stratosphere than North Texas for many years. It showed up the other night. Their kids were bigger, faster, and stronger as a whole. I am certainly disappointed that we did not play better when Vegas had the game at 11.5 to 13 point differential; and I believe it is great that the expectations around this program have risen. However, we have to take a step back and be somewhat realistic at times: LSU: Severely out-classed TSU: Much better athletes than TSU across the board (though there are a few on that team that would look good in Green---especially the FS#5) KSU: Out-classed but not nearly as large of disparity as LSU. Out-classed more in terms of experience. Troy: Pretty much even on athletes with Troy. Folks, this is an improvement. A few years ago we did not belong on the field with Troy. FAU: Better athletes than FAU in some areas and not so in other areas. Houston: Out-classed in at least 70% of the personnel matchups. People can knock McCarney's recruiting all they want to. The bottom line is these younger players are better. #1 Power, #5 Busby, #7 Davis, #8 Trice, #9 Harris, #22 Jimmerson, #27 Lee, #49 Mason, #52 Akunne, #62 Lemon, #91 Orr, #95 Lincoln are all nice players who seemed to belong on the field the other night from an athletic standpoint. It just takes time to develop these kids. We are so much better from a strength and speed standpoint than we were; but we clearly have a long ways to go to compete with the Houstons, Tulsas, La Techs of the world (which is a realistic expectation heading into C-USA) McCarney is getting these kids with good frames who can run a little bit and is turning them over to Wintrich. We are already much improved, but let's be real and accept that we are still a ways away. It's not easy to call an offensive or defensive game as a coordinator when you are overmatched athletically. LSU and Kansas State did not expose the defense as greatly with their running-based schemes. It was enhanced dramatically the other night with Houstons spread offense and having their players out in space. Offensively there are limitations there too. The QB has limitations and the WR corps does not have a lot of game-changing players at this time. Two times the other night #9 Harris (a freshman burner at WR) is running open well behind the player covering him and the QB did not see him or did not attempt to throw to him. What do you do about this? All you can do is keep designing these plays to get your best players the ball and it is up to them to execute. We are a few years away from really being where we want to be, but Coach McCarney and most of his staff are outstanding coaches.This thing is going to be a lot of fun in a few years, but there are going to be some really difficult bumps along the way. Let's get behind them and support them as they dig this program out of the ditch it was in and build it the right way for long term success!

Just bring them along and apologize to the teachers later!

Good rundown of the youngsters up front! They will continue to develop under Wintrich this fall and early Spring; and hopefully will maximize their opportunities during spring ball. The prospects of having 6'4" to 6"6 Defensive Ends who can run move to go along with either the larger 300lb Tackles or the lighter ones (Lincoln, Orr, Watson) are exciting. We can have a versatile, athletic front and I would bet we look up in a few years and this is a strength of this team.

This is the problem with a Tuesday night game on ESPN2. Getting dad to the game, but not getting mom and kids to the game because it's a school night. Trading one person for 3 or 4 people will be the issue. 18K will be a good crowd, and unfortunately won't look great on TV.

Great rundown, thanks Harry

Any updates? Could not get out of the office in time to make it or listen. Thanks!

Excellent crowd on the road Saturday! This was a great showing and hopefully an example of what we can expect in C-USA at La Tech, Rice, Tulsa, and UTEP.

Go Lance Go!!!

If the O-Line plays as they did in Manhattan, we win. Can't wait! GMG!

Excellent article by Brett. The Defense started to display some playmaking ability last year and Bowen helped lay that foundation. It has only gotten better this year and I would anticipate it to improve under Skladany/Mac for years to come. I believe we will see a visibile difference of the improvement from 2011 to 2012 on Saturday. GMG!

There are plenty of good analysis above and trying to dissect the numbers and different analyis it looks like this game on Saturday should be a dandy. North Texas: 29 Houston: 27 GMG!

How many points did we core off the FAU turnovers?

Its certainly an opportunistic group. This group has improved tremendously

Congratulations to Olen. Excellent job 37!

This is very bad. Today the absence of Power and Smith to block on the edges showed up. It's not Canales' fault; his hands are very tied by the QB's limitations. Where is 81 at? He was solid last year. This is just very very bad. Thank goodness for the improved defense!

Just kick their A$$!

Awesome play by 53. Great job Craig!

Sure hope that Smith bounces back. Really feel like he can be a great asset for this offense for years to come as he seems to have the ability to be a true receiving threat as a TE. Glad to hear the other guys are coming back and healing up. We need "all hands on deck" for the Sun Belt race.

There are some excellent former college players on that team. Good luck to our ex players!

Kid looks like a stud! Great pickup for the program.

Here's to hoping the last two games of the year in Monroe and Bowling Green are meaningful for the Sun Belt Conference and bowl seedings.

That is classic