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Hey there is something positive

3 stars are being handed out like candy, that is what is happening.

Neroes committed to SMU today.

chapel hill is 3A

I have seen you say this so many times but there is a huge difference in the records of the top MAC teams and top Sun Belt teams. There is a reason that MAC teams occasionally get ranked and the top Sun Belt teams do not. SBC teams usually do not fare as well OOC as the top MAC teams has. The Sun Belt champions were 8-5 and 7-6 this season. There is a good chance that no matter what conference you are in, you are not going to be ranked with those records. The MAC runner up was 11-3 and beat a Big Ten team (even if it was a crappy one in Minnesota). The MAC champion went 10-4 with a wins over Colorado State and MUTS. Oh and Troy wasn't in the SBC when they beat Missouri. Sun Belt Champions 2009 Troy 9-4 (1 OOC win over UAB) 2008 Troy 8-5 (1 OOC win over Alcorn St.) 2007 Troy 8-4 (1 OOC win over OK state but cannot rank troy after they got crushed the previous two weeks by Florida and Arkansas) FAU 8-5 (1 OOC win over Minnesota but cannot rank them after getting destroyed the previous week by OK State) 2006 Troy 8-5 (2 OOC wins over Alabama St. and Rice) MUTS 7-6 (1 OOC win over Tennessee Tech) 2005 Ark St 6-6 (1 OOC win over Tennessee Martin) ULL 6-5 (1 OOC win over Northwestern St.) ULM 5-6 (0 OOC wins) 2004 UNT 7-5 (0 OOC wins) 2003 UNT 9-4 (2 OOC wins Troy and Baylor) BEST Team in history of Sun Belt 2002 UNT 8-5 (2 OOC wins Nichols St and Cincinnati) 2001 UNT 5-6 (0 OOC wins) MAC Champions 2009 CMU 12-2 ( 3 OOC wins Alcorn St., Michigan St and Troy St.) 2008 Buffalo 8-6 ( 2 OOC wins Army and UTEP) 2007 CMU 8-6 (1 OOC win Army) 2006 CMU 10-4 (2 OOC wins MUTS and Temple) 2005 Akron 7-6 (1 OOC win MUTS) 2004 Toledo 9-4 (1 OOC win Temple) 2003 Miami (OH) 13-1 (4 OOC wins Northwestern, Colorado State, Cincinnati, and Louisville) 2002 Marshall 11-2 (3 OOC wins Appalachian State, Louisville, and Troy St) 2001 Toledo 10-2 (4 OOC wins Minnesota, Temple, Cinncinnati, and Navy) The MAC have just fared much better OOC then the SBC over the years. Their best teams have put up double digit wins most years while the SBC best teams have never done this. To get ranked as a non-AQ you have to dominate your conference and win OOC games. The MAC's best teams have been much better at this than SBC teams. The SBC really needs one team to run away with the league and beat 3 OOC opponents to get ranked and this has yet to happen. This should be UNT. The SBC is however at somewhat at a disadvantage because they are stuck playing the SEC every year OOC while the MAC plays the Big Ten OOC for the most part. This is not some great Midwest sportswriter conspiracy, The SBC just needs to take care of business

The NCAA sets standards for student-athletes. The NCAA does not set standards for all students at all schools. The individual school sets the academic requirements for students that attend the school. He is currently attending UNT as a student not a student-athlete. He did not meet NCAA standards that is why he is not playing at Mizzou. He was accepted into UNT and is attending class there. So yes UNT's standards are lower then the NCAA if they are allowing a student that is not academically eligible under the NCAA standards to participate in athletics attend their school. That being said this a really good situation for UNT if he is able to get the grades and play he should be a difference maker. As I understand it, he has to pay his own way until December, So he doesn't really take up a scholarship. If he can't pass by December no harm done to UNT. It is definitely a chance worth taking but I think it would be a little naive to say it doesn't look bad academically.