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So you have Navy, Army, ULM, and SHS* ranked, but you’re telling me we have to up our NIL game if we want to be any good? *and a few others on that list that I doubt are giving big NIL deals

Yes and no. Of course a loss is a loss if you’re talking about conference standings, etc., but losing by 8 when you were a 12 point underdog is way better than losing by 28 when you were a 12 point underdog in my opinion. There were a lot of “I’m embarrassed to wear a UNT shirt” moments with SL, not so much with EM. Maybe I’m alone on an island, but I’d rather be competitive than get blown out.

Great point. I was thinking more of getting NIL from a school collective.

Agreed. You know how some people complain that we only beat bad teams? Before SL got here, we were one of those teams. He raised the bar here.

True, but pick any 19 game stretch* of SL’s tenure and the ass-whipping % is much higher than EM. *I say 19 game stretch because that’s how many games EM has coached here.

So far EM has 3 of those in 19 games (15%). So you think 15% and 54% are similar?

My problem with SL was that, as a general rule, we weren’t competitive against good teams. Yes, we usually beat the bad teams which is great, but we got spanked most of the time when we played a good team. Losses by 20+ points/total losses 2016: 5/9 2017: 4/5 2018: 1/4 2019: 3/8 2020: 5/6 2021: 3/7 2022: 4/7 Under SL, 25 of our 46 losses (54%) were by 20+ points. Things under EM just don’t seem similar to that in my opinion.

The green and white hearts could be seen as sign that it’s UNT related. Plus, no other school can give him NIL money now. But, yes, I’m definitely giving him the benefit of the doubt.

No one is more anti NIL than me, but it seems like maybe he’s letting UNT area businesses know that he’s open to offers.

P-4? I guess if a big dog comes calling, maybe, but he was at a P-4 before he came to UNT so that seems kinda like going backwards.

Insanity would have been keeping SL and expecting different results. I, and others, have said it before: SL was good for UNT, but it was time to move on.

I get what you’re saying and I don’t mean to come across as “Old Denton,” but a key point is that we are beating the bad teams…handily. Army has only beaten bad teams and look where it’s gotten them.

You want to pull the plug on a 5-2 season? I’m obviously disappointed in the outcome last night, but I’m excited about the rest of the season. I’ve been waiting for football season since last December and we’re having a good season, why wish it away?

As I stated earlier, I think it was from the standpoint that we were new to the AAC and Memphis was one of the top dogs, so we really proved that we belonged. I felt like our games last year against Memphis and Tulane proved that we can compete in the AAC, so in year two, there are no more moral victories.

I agree. I felt like last year was a moral victory against them to some degree, but there are no moral victories left on our schedule.

I’m with you. Love it!

It shouldn’t, but crazy stuff happens at every level.

Sound like UNT vs Texas Tech. A game can get out of control quickly.

How do I have no recollection of this? I’m sure at the time I thought Wyche was a jerk, but in hindsight it’s pretty funny.

https://youtu.be/tQPtKNZpfz4?si=dtSebd4IjYYvZRKy

I guess the obvious answer is that they expect us to beat Memphis Saturday. There really can be no other reason.😄

Am I overlooking Memphis on that graphic?

Well good. That means you’re correct. kidding, kidding

Hahaha. That makes me think of Dana Carvey doing the George Bush skits…”Wouldn’t be prudent.”