KingDL1

Wow, Congrats Rick! Happy Retirement!

I am saying, in general, that Dickey also went undefeated for a long time in Conference play. Won how many Conference titles? And Dickey did win a bowl game. I did not have my expectations changed at all by Seth, and I thought for the money, he needed to win twice as much as Dickey. Seth did luck into Fine, and it was super dumb luck. Seth wasn't trying to recruit Fine. What is really bad is I was never a Dickey fan.

I think scheduling more winnable games didn't have much to do with the coach. For the last several years, we have had schedules that I thought Dickey's teams could have won, so I don't think Seth had much to do with that. Seth lucked out with Fine.

I really only care about the last 25, and at North Texas, the answer is no. I think the AD and the University have mostly only half-assed their commitment to win. Looking back, Dickey did the most for the program with his 4-year run in the Belt. RV was the most detrimental to the Athletic Department and the football program.

For the money invested, I think Seth was a huge failure.

Well, Dodge may disagree with you, and the Strength of yearly schedules were still much harder even under Mac. Still it remains that his schedules were by far the easiest I have ever witnessed.

The reality is that he had the easiest schedules ever at North Texas, he had the most money for assistants, and the best facilities. Highest paid in the conference and never won a bowl or a conference championship. Do not let stats be the only guide, if he had the three to four body bag games a year others had to deal with his record would have sucked also.

Retirement? 38 school records? Whipty-do-da, hasn't Harris been QB for nearly half the years the program has existed?

How many teams with a winning record did Seth beat? How many bowls did Seth win? How many years did Seth go undefeated in Conference? How many Conference Championships did Seth win? How many years did Dickey go undefeated in Conference play? I was not a Dickey fan, but given the schedules played, facilities available, and increase in funds for assistant coaches Dickey would have clobbered Seth. Seth was a big freaking joke, that laughed all the way to bank.

Seth didn't have to play 4 body bag games a year either; he even cried his way out of the Army series.

Continuous shopping?

No its NIL now

Hell NO

I am unsure about that; I read this as having nothing to do with scholarships.

This tells us that the NCAA has become more than useless, is more of a detriment to college sports, and should be dismantled.

This will simply kill most college sports; how many schools can even afford to pay for that? "He wrote that the new policy would help gender equity by demanding that schools provide equal NIL investments for their men's and women's teams. The proposed new model would require schools in the top tier to set aside at least $30,000 per athlete every year for at least half of their athletes in "an enhanced educational trust fund." I guess a college education is completely worthless now.

How to kill college sports?

These days, this looks more like a P5 Menu.

Can't take a joke, I guess.

Sounds about right

You shouldn't assume you know what excites me! 😜 I am excited about Eric Morris, though. I may change my mind next season. I am waiting to see what Caponi does in the offseason before I rally the lynch mob. Playing in a much tougher conference with a much stronger schedule with a first-year coach? Going 5-7 and being competitive in all but one game. Not the worst year and not what I hoped for. I have seen improvement.

And you seem to forget he was the highest-paid coach in Conference USA and never won a bowl or Conference Championship. He half-assed his recruiting. He was for shit on promoting the games and the school. He was paid really well for his time here. He seemed very comfortable being middle of the pack. More worried about his golf game. AND what really killed me is he dropped almost every big game that mattered.

Not even a little bit

We may still owe him a kick in the butt.

I think you are right, but if it's his best offer I think he would take it.