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Sometimes i feel like the game would be mighty interesting and much more dynamic, if you had 2 balls. I would then suggest to also allow teams to play 6 players at a time. The strategy would be interesting. just following it would be hard.

Is it a firing if you simply don't renew a contract that runs out?

If Vandy wins today, I am taking vandy.

its been the story of the last two games. Defense often not great. But whenever they DO get a few stops, the offense then goes out and does nothing with that. Can't get momentum like that.

Ok. game over. Maybe season over

what the HECK

This really is not the game to play more than 30% 3-3-5. That plays too much into Tulanes basic game. Still time to adjust. Experience shows you need about 50 points to beat UNT. Tulane is only halfway there.

such a pitty on the PI. Its not truely catachable, not needed to takle him.

How is that not a flag! Since when are you allowed to strangle folks

Im in two minds about that. I get what you are saying and there indeed maybe something to it. but on the other hand I think he is playing "redzone roulette" on defense, i.e. not even trying to hard until the opponent gets to the red zone. If he goes for it there, at least the defense will not be tired and not need to defend the whole field... and if it goes wrong, at least the offense gets the ball back quickly. Its a bold strategy, and it sure didn't work last week, but I can at least halfway see a reasoning for it. Still not sure its the right way to go.

Need to stop running until they lighten that box. Feels like there wasn't a single run with real potential. Also, stop the passes behind the line of scrimmage

I don't like the gimmicky stuff in the E-MOrris offense. If you know what you are doing with gimmicks it can be helpful. But I get the feeling this offense is much more efficient in its basic stuff than with the gimmicks

I think against this Tulane offense the defense can do well... provided the offense gives it the appropriate breaks and time off, because they WILL wear down against this Tulane offense otherwise. This was not a good start in that regard.

was worried after those two runs by their bell cow. He seems haard to bring down. But got a good stop on the first drive

yes, it sucks that 44 points were not enough. But if you have 130 yards more than the opponent and lose by 8, more than just the defense went wrong. Like in-game coaching decisions for example.

It sure is nice when your team wins a conference game that clearly and the only TDs it gives up are garbage time. But don't forget, this is the very same team that lost the first half in Lubbock by a score of 52-7. That was not just a bad dream. It did happen.

Deserved. I was not a all that sure he would be good when he onboarded, but the first returns are clearly positive

True, but i would still feels that USAs offense had more drive killer penalties than UNT had drive prolonging ones on defense. And also on offense UNT had less penalties than USA had on offense. Was a big part in winning this game. It does reflect well on how the coaches teach certain things. However you can't bet on your opponents giving you similar false starts etc down the road. It'll happen sometimes, but as the season progresses teams are likely to become cleaner

How i see it: why did UNT win: 1. because it has a great offense that worked continously and kept the shooting in the foot stuff to an absolute minimum 2. Because It got a special teams score 3. Because when USAs offense shot itself in the foot UNTs defense at times didn't let them off the hook (that is the best I can say about the defense) However looking at it from a USA perspective is enlightening I think. Why did USA lose? Most of it was on the coaches, not the talent or players. 1. Because in three consecutive drives early in the second half the playcaller gave up on the run after first down. That is not necessary against UNT. Yes UNT had missed assignments galore against the pass, but passes are always higher variance than running. And against this UNT defense, if you run it twice, chances are you'll get what you need to move the chains. you have two passes drop, your drive will stall. That is BBBBad in a shootout and resulted in them having to chase. 2. Because USAs Offense shot itself in the foot several times with untimely/unnecessary penalties that turned potential TDs into FGs and stopped drives. 3. Because they started chasing 2-point conversions unnecessarily early and kept coming up empty because they tried to pass in those short field situations. 4. Because they lost the only turnover of the game for a TD In summary I think that it was a great win by UNTs offense. Could hardly have done much more and since its never easy to win on the road, it oughta be enjoyed. However I am not so sure it will be all that predictive of the future games in the season. It was still a win that took a bit of luck and where the opponent probably has missgivings on the coaches game management. Take those coaches errors out and the winner becomes a total crapshoot here. I am really worried about what happens when a decent running offense tries to run the clock against this defense and gives the offense less rythm as i think such an offense might score almost every drive. However, I have at least hope that the backfield will be better once 3 DBs come back. one can only hope that this will then also allow to put more attention to defending the box against the run. While its not completely outlandish to think that might happen, I will not be holding my breath.

Currently tied for 8th, 5 shots behind Schauffele, definitely still in contention for a medal.

I was in Paris at the Olympics last week, so had no time to post. Last week was a big week for UNT alumus Thomas Rosenmueller who won the NV5 invitational on the Korn Ferry tour. That is is first win at this level. It not only netted him 180k prize money, but also gave him the points to almost certainly be promoted to the PGA tour next season. He is already on the next tournament, currently tied for 23rd after the first rounds. btw while we are talking olympics, UNT alumnus Carlos Ortiz is playing there. Currently he is tied for 7th while still on hole 13 of the second day, so still in concention to medal.

Who? Tom Pettiti?

I don't like it. But what he says is obviously true. This is not good for college football. Or basketball. Or most any other college sport.

Honestly -even though 5 of the 6 teams ahead of them are in the top 100 - that is pretty disappointing. This team should make the NCAA regionals anyway. I think. Unless this result really costs them more ranking spots than I anticipate. But just to be fully safe, might be prudent to not lose even more ground.

A season of progress. No less, no more.