SilverEagle

My guess is that the portal traffic is a lot more active in schools/programs the size of ACU. Potentially lots of shopping/cherry picking done by bigger programs in between 22 and 23.

Maybe a 29 year old DC is too much of a risk for the Temple Athletic department and hired Keeler with the understanding that someone with more experience should be hired.

Someone needs to send him a copy of the article written by Randy Galloway about the origins of the nickname "Mean Green". It was about a bunch of nobodies who got together after a disastrous season and made the commitment to not ever be doormats again. In the process they inspired the coining of the nickname "mean green" and ended up being the #2 defense in the nation against the run. It would be a pretty inspirational story for an overachiever like Coach Cassity to read.

Do I need to go into another rant about how we didn't start our endowment fund until 1974 or 75. It was AGAINST OUR CULTURE TO RAISE OUTSIDE MONIES. When we finally caught on, we were 84 years behind just about everyone else. BUT most of the administrators still didn't want North Texas to change. Around the time that "Jitter Nolan" and Hayden Fry arrived we were the complete opposite of SMU. They loved their money, and we loved our bureaucracy. And that is mostly still true today. SMU resents that they were punished for what just about all the other SWC schools were doing. And that is somewhat valid. But my assessment of what went down starts with the fact that everyone dislikes and/or hates SMU and it culminated with their ham handed, and arrogant, system of paying players. SO, once again, SMU was treated unfairly, but they pretty much brought it on themselves. Just about everyone hated you then.......and pretty much still does.

Totally agree

Thats fantastic. They should have their own unique uni's with their school colors. Or at least have some sort of insignia on their NT uniforms. I have written MANY TIMES to the school of music expressing my concerns about the Green Brigade. Daniel Cook actually ask me to watch a practice where they debuted the North Texas fanfare. Something that he either composed himself or had someone in the school of music compose. Daniel (Dr?) Cook inherited a pretty crappy version of the Green Brigade. The most significant change he made was the fanfare. The rest is CRAP. The Band is unwieldy and bloated, and the best word (besides crap) to describe the pre-game show is "perfunctory". They just go through the (musical) motions. At the Army game, as the Band was at mid-field playing the fight song I stood up and did the traditional clapping along with the band, but I kept yelling "TEMPO! TEMPO! GET THE DAMN TEMPO UP! Get to the middle of the field with energy and forgodsakes STOP PLAYING THE "AMERICAN EMBLEM MARCH". That is Junior High stuff. THIS is what a College Band looks like......or is SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. This is the closest thing to what the North Texas Band used to look like in the 60's-early 70's, under the late, great Maurice McAdow........only the McAdow Bands played better than these guys. But everything else (including the Uniforms) were pretty much the same. So I ask, do they have more talented musicians than us? Do they have more pride than us? I'm interested in hearing from "letsgiveacheer" about this.

Well MK, we have been running the damn ball. I believe I'm correct in stating that our leading rusher is Shane Porter, a 186lb WR transfer with (near as I can tell) a bum shoulder from Kansas State. He averages 7.2 yards per carry. McGill averages 5 yards per carry, and occasionally Sibley (#21) gets into the game. None of these guys was a starter in the beginning of the season. We have lost the services of Ragsdale, a very promising D. Harris (#44) who averaged 8.8 yards before he got injured, and Evans (#26) who was averaging 6.4 before he was injured. We have rushed for 1737 yards, and our opponents have put up 2269. Although sometimes it seems like much more. All things considered; I'd say that (except for very short yardage) we were running the ball pretty good. And this doesn't even take into account how many starting linemen we have lost since the first game of the season. What I think would have made almost as much difference as anything for us would have been the presence of 3 or 4 effective run disrupters in the middle of our defense.

Porter scheduled to start? Did I just imagine him leaving both the Army and UTSA games holding his shoulder?

I hate to help you out in any way, but Houston had some pretty signature wins back in the 60's that got them noticed. They beat #3 Michigan State 37-7 in 1967, in 68 they tied #4 Texas and #7 Georgia, and beat Tulsa a NCAA record 100-6. Those were the days of Warren McVea and the veer.

Nicely done.

Totally agree. I remember when it was announced that Corkey Nelson was hired. Since he had previously been the DL coach under Rod Rust my first response was "well at least he knows what he's getting himself into".

....and ably assisted by the SilverEagle/Firefightenrick consortium.

We need to find the Patrick Cobbs of DC's. How impressive is a coach who is down to his third or fourth string RB and coaches/develops him to get 192 yards against UTSA.,,,,,with a bum shoulder.

And that is certainly one of the opinions about NT football of all time.

And it was Craig Helwig that hired him, NOT RV. And, up to the DD hiring, I thought CH was the worst AD we had ever had. Don't ask me to choose now. In fact RV and DD didn't even like one another at all. SO, you had a coach setting a winning record in conference play and an AD that only supplied minimal support to him. Only at UNT..........😠

OH ABSOLUTELY!

It was Hayden Fry who came in and set about to change the culture of the athletic department. Toward that end he took the nickname that was being used for the defense and made it the nickname for the whole team. He then changed the shade of green that the teams wore, and he had someone create a very unique Logo for the Helmet. Which happened to be a "stylized Eagle".....aka the "flying worm". The Eagle is our mascot, and Mean Green is our nickname. Thank you Sydney Sue Graham. And thank you Hayden Fry.

I hope that your source is correct. C-4 is doing a fantastic job as the starting QB. I've often wondered how much better he would be doing if he had been here in the spring.

You have it correct. We are currently 5-4, and three more make 12.

1 foot/yard from the goal line is where two things are pretty important. 1. You need to have linemen who are not only big, but they are also very strong for their size and quick off the line. THEN you need a RB that is a cross between a bowling ball and a battering ram........and also very quick off the line. Someone with very well developed thighs. Attaway used to be that guy, and our current "lost for the season RB" Harris (#44 on your program) appeared to be that kind of guy. If those two things are not doable, then you need a tight end who has very sure hands and is good at fighting for the ball. That would be Oscar Hammond (#23 on your program) who I never saw out on the field yesterday. Considering the injury attrition that has gone on this year, I would say that Morris and his staff have cobbled together an impressive group of scrappers/overachievers. For example, our starting RB yesterday, (who I am very impressed with) is a converted WR transfer from Kansas St.

Who's back from injury for the Army game. I am assuming that whatever took C-4 to the sideline (in great pain) has been attended to. Porter left the game twice with what looked like (boy language wise) a separated shoulder. Does any "insider" have any info on him and other missing starters from early in the season?

Actually, the whole defense. Randy Galloway did the story back in 1967 The Mean Green Moniker – University of North Texas Athletics

If the starting QB for Army plays then I predict that this will be another 2007 UNT vs Navy game. If the Army defense has pretty average pass coverage, then I lean toward us for a win. If they are as good in pass coverage as they are in run coverage, then.....who knows.

He's so fleet of foot that he turns a lot of what used to be "running for your life" plays into what looks like planned plays.

I agree with this assessment. I don't know if the "no quitting" is a Morris culture thing, or if it is a combination of Morris not quitting, and the players that he brought in having that same attitude and/or belief in themselves. Just off the top of my head, the players that really impress me with their "never say die" attitude are C Morris, Porter, Sides, Carnes, Sheffield, and Hammond. If the fans ever had a means to be involved in the game besides their random clapping/cheering at big plays, we might have fewer leave early in the game.