BillySee58

#winthewest

I like what Vito said about how Tauaalo can play either tackle position. That's what I got out of watching his film as well. He's a pretty big kid and we might need him to play the nose/1-tech but he might be better suited as a 3-tech. Also, good to hear he will be visiting with Xavier. Hopefully they can hit it off and help us get X.

You're right. Sorry Cooley. Not being sarcastic either, but it's just getting too much especially with the way these last two seasons have gone.

"These guys didn't do anything at UNT that they didn't do in HS." Well yeah. If our guys all dominated in college the way they dominated in high school and produced at the same level then we'd probably average close to 200 points.

I could not tell you exactly how the Fortenberry situation has occurred from the beginning but Vito has said that Fort is taking up one of the scholarship spots for this class. That's why we only have 1 more spot. Also the walkons who played < 2 seasons on the team before being out on scholarship are part of the class (Buyers, Kirby, and Macek) and Anthony Wallace, the Oregon transfer, is part of the class. Not saying that the walkon guys need to be added to this list, just saying that Vito said those 5 that I just mentioned are a part of the 25 max that we can sign in this class.

He's saying when you reference a player's improvement at one level, you don't use his stats from the previous level to judge his improvement. Player's numbers are naturally going to drop when they go to the next level. It's how they improve from there that judges their progression.

I don't know. There was never anything official last year, just speculation. You could say last signing day maybe? That's when we filled up on spots in the 2013 class but the coaches let him grayshirt and have a spot for this class.

Fort was the only grayshirt added, on campus this semester and on scholarship. I guess he'd technically be first chronologically. If a guy from this class grayshirted he would start college next spring and be a part of the 2015 signing class.

We have 7 3-star recruits.

Completely agree. Both have been leaders and spokesmen for this class. Same with Jalen Montgomery to name another. Cool thing about getting guys locked up early is that they bond well before getting to campus. Hopefully we'll see more commits early in coming years.

Got that defensive tackle! Paging Eulessismore to get us the scoop.

Yeah I wished there were highlights from years previous as well. Good highlight though! Thanks to those who put it together and DT!

Yeah, we should keep him. If he takes a visit to arkansas then things will get very scary.

Yup https://twitter.com/_tgoree_/status/426050707737677824 He then retweeted two people saying UNT had a better record than arkansas and that we can produce better than our neighbors to the east. We knew he was a big time recruit. If we can keep Goree at UNT then it will be the biggest sign of our recruiting improving this cycle.

Didn't you hear? The Incarnate Word victory counted!

Some services have Jon Grahm listed as a DT. He isn't though. Also, no Avery Fortenberry still? He's part of the signing class.

I really do think we can beat them, especially at home. Our team has made some strides this year but we need to start putting these games away and actually playing well down the stretch. We're a lot closer to the teams at the top than the teams you have ranked by us, that's for sure. Just have to prove it.

UTEP and MTSU are the teams that are starting to get hot and stand out to me. I think they both finish in the top 4 and UTEP wins the regular season title. They're really starting to play well and get their feet underneath them after losing their leading scorer in that betting scandal. They're as long and athletic as it gets.

Part of that is because there are just many more 2-stars and unranked players. Only about 30 kids get a 5-star rating each class. Here's an article by SI that explains it.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/04/23/nfl-draft-prospects-as-recruits/index.html Guys will always slip through the cracks and become something on the field. In the broad scheme of things it's a simple numbers thing. Individually it's guys working their tails off and reaching potential that many coaches didn't think they had.

*Coleman. That was for you UNTFan23. I can't stand that either. Maybe it's just us. As for Odoh, he was an extremely raw big man who barely knew any English. I just can't imagine Benford developing him had he been given the chance. I'd rather not turn this into another hate-on-Benford thread but no player has really progressed under him, and some have notably regressed, as discussed on here.

Walker's brother was my orientation leader. Walker was a 3-year starter at Richland. He's a little guy but he's really athletic. Good to see he made the team, especially after being out of the game the last two years (besides intramurals where he dominated). A kid we should all root for.

Never seen him play live like I think you have, but I completely agree on everything you said from watching his film. Spot on assessment. Here it is. 2A competition, but still impressive. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/o/1579559/jeffery-wilson

Yup. Also 3* on scout.

Good stuff!

That's why Alabama, the team seemingly on top of the college football world, lost to A&M, Auburn, and OU. They made Bama play in space rather than in a phone booth like they wanted.