MGNation92

I don't care how much the players are receiving, I don't think any(or the majority) of schools collectives shout from the rooftops that they paid X player tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. That information usually comes from people who know people in the athletics department. I'm more concerned about how much is in the coffers, what is being done to fill said coffers, how are they reaching out? What is the level of activity and give a damn within the collective? Like @NorthTexasWeLove mentioned, I think they got RV to run this deal because he was and is notoriously tight lipped on giving any relevant or useful information outside of "Look we have a collective! It's doing good things." My frustration sits squarely in players like Nixon or Jyaire, or hell any of our incoming highly rated recruits, what are we doing to retain these guys when they're being offered sums of cash to MAYBE crack the two deep for an SEC or Big 10 school? Or are we perpetually stuck in the cycle of losing a good player, the replacing them with a unknown JUCO or 4th string P5 guy looking for playing time?

Correct. Although with the current roster I suspect he'll have limited playing time and/or redshirt next season. But who knows, he was a baller in high school and has good size so he might see some minutes early on.

Wanted to update @Green Otaku's list: Expected to return: Rubin Jones Aaron Scott Moulaye Sissoko Matthew Stone Christian Moore Arsh Mattu Grayson Allo Chrisdon Morgan (All indications from Ross say he's staying) Transfers Signed: Robert Allen - F/C - Ole Miss - 1 year Left John Buggs III - G - nUTSAck - 2 years left JuCo Signed: Jason Edwards - G - Dodge City CC - 3 years left

We have no idea, because they're not giving us any info. I'd imagine it's not great though.

Alright I'll play. 2006 Houston Cougars in CUSA also led by Briles: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/houston/2006.html Rk Player G Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate 1 Kevin Kolb 14 292 432 67.6 3809 8.8 9.8 30 4 162.7 2 Blake Joseph 3 6 8 75.0 56 7.0 1.4 0 1 108.8 3 Vincent Marshall 14 1 1 100.0 18 18.0 18.0 0 0 251.2 4 Anthony Alridge 14 1 1 100.0 6 6.0 6.0 0 0 150.4 5 Roshawn Pope 14 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 In my opinion it falls more on the coaching. Our offensive staff and head coach failed Aune, and frankly, Aune did himself no favors. If Kevin Kolb can complete 68% of his passes with a 7.5 TD/Int ratio with a similar Y/A, why couldn't Aune do the same?

If we're going to compare QBs lets look at other QBs in the system (Briles Veer and Shoot). Here's Aune https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/austin-aune-1.htm Here's Briles at Baylor post RGIII https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/baylor/2012.html https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/baylor/2013.html Rk Player G Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate 1 Bryce Petty 13 250 403 62.0 4200 10.4 11.7 32 3 174.3 2 Seth Russell 7 26 43 60.5 427 9.9 8.2 3 3 152.9 3 Levi Norwood 13 1 1 100.0 41 41.0 41.0 0 0 444.4 4 Brody Trahan 12 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/baylor/2014.html https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/baylor/2015.html Same offense, better QB play, better coaching. It's a chicken and egg situation. Littrell and Bloesch by extension did not run the offense well, and Aune did not execute to the level that leads to success

Randle is another guy who cut his teeth in the JuCo ranks. https://lionsports.net/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-randle/3422 Honestly with our luck with prior JuCo recruits under McCasland, this approach seems really smart in the world of the transfer portal. Feels like those kids are overlooked these days, and I have no problem going after quality guys like that. Still need to keep recruiting a couple high school players a year, but Hodge seems to be doing it the right way.

Wonder if they're recruiting him as an LB. Saw he played there previously at UNLV

51% completion is something Shorter is used to

I by no means think we'll he in the upper half, but somewhere in the middle. Littrell was a bust and it showed as soon as Mason Fine graduated and Graham Harrell left, Wren was just too chickenshit to pull the trigger. But that's my point. How many QB's has Littrell coached? Zero would be the correct answer. Morris took a bottom dweller at UIW and turned them into conference champions, he then took his FCS QB to a P5 school and showed his QB evaluation could have success at higher levels. As much as an entire team is important, a good QB makes decent teams great. If we are to go .500 or better this season, QB play will play a huge factor, and for that I trust Morris infinitely more than I trust Littrell.

Based on Morris' track record, if we don't see improved QB play this season, I'll be very worried. I feel like that was one of the biggest reasons we brought him here, well that and he's actually won something of meaning in his coaching career (even if it's just FCS, it's more than Littrell can say).

6'3 is a tall corner. Plus he's a former receiver? Definitely would be good against bigger guys and jump balls. Texada is amazing but gets outmuscled, and Davis is bigger but an unknown with his injury. Definitely could help us

On that note. Absolutely loved the new uniforms Oklahoma St announced yesterday. Clean look with a good mix of modern/classic https://pistolsfiringblog.com/photos-look-at-oklahoma-states-new-football-jerseys/

Happy birthday to our fearless leader! Thank you for creating a space to speak about "little ole UNT". I know the diehards on this board appreciate it

Wonder what happened at his time at Miami Ohio. He had 20 receptions for 500 yards his freshman year, then practically nothing the next couple of years. Had a better year last year at Austin Peay. Definitely seems like a deep threat, just lacks the height. Would love seeing him on some seam routes on the inside.

Honestly feel better about Caponi in this one. Jake Spavital is their OC and is a Air Raid/Kevin Sumlin disciple. There isn't gonna be one thing they run that Caponi hasn't seen/prepared for in his time at Iowa St.

You get my point. Even as great a Mason Fine was, his play fell off his senior year after Harrell left and Littrell couldn't find a QB coach/develop a quality starter to save his life.

Said this on Twitter, but if Morris is going after the same guys as Harrell? Count me in.

Actually, ULL started to refer to themselves as "University of Louisiana" a couple years ago. That's where he plays https://ragincajuns.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/isaiah-richards/8450

80% according to ESPN https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4592451/john-buggs-iii

So with the JUCO and this guy, is Morris planning on using TE's more than we originally thought? Seems like a whole lot of bodies for a position that didn't see much action in the spring

I honestly liked what Gundy had to say. Make every kid sign a contract, you work on the years etc. So depending on how many years they sign for, you know exactly what you have on your roster any given year. They could choose to re-up or transfer. It's ugly, but it's transparent as hell. Then again that's putting a lot on 17-18 year old kids but if they're the type to chase money, I'm sure they'd welcome the idea.

Well this sucks ass. More worried about the loss of Nixon than Shorter. We need that leadership on defense. I am hopeful, however, that Morris and staff have a contingency plan in place. Luckily I feel like they get recruiting now better than Littrell so there’s some silver lining.

I wonder if his size played a role in not making the 2 deep. I mean look at Jett Duncan. He started every game at right tackle last year and is now at center. All of our lineman outside of Daizion Carroll are 6'2" plus. This staff might be valuing that length/frame more than Littrell's