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I'd love to have him for 4 years and I wonder if he won't choose to stay because our coaches actually trusted him. He and his high school teammate Coleman can be special here. Cam stuck with Morris until he landed the job here and SHSU guys have followed Cassity here. Loyalty still exists. Drew has waited a long time for his chance. I don't see him bouncing on the first coach to give him a shot just to end up in a QB battle elsewhere. Regardless, I'm going to enjoy this ride. We've got 3 capable QBs on the roster this spring when Poffenbarger and Jimerson show up. When's the last time we could say that?

I think they lost 2 or 3 starters on offense but not their QB. That's a huge position to fill in 1 month especially when the backup has no experience. Losing a RB and QB are not the same. I haven't been one to talk about his decline since Tulane. I think that's just fans coping with his departure anyways. Our competition got better. That's my observation. I also did say a healthy Morris wins. Given a month to rest, I think he'd have done well enough overall to win. Then again, the offense regularly sputtered during the season as well. My biggest gripe as the season has progressed is special teams and 4th quarter decision making. Just never feels like our special teams are a weapon these days and we take too much unnecessary risk on 4th down. Hopefully that stuff is figured out by next season.

We'll see... Texas State's offense put up 32 on Sam Houston and coughed up the ball once versus the 2 turnovers against us. I like what I saw in their bowl but I'm not sold on how that will translate against better competition.

Tulane and UNT were the only AAC schools to lose their starting QBs for the bowl. That's the difference. Mestemaker played a great game. I think a *healthy* Chandler Morris wins the game. That's just me. Mestemaker made great plays for sure but there were also several deep misses early on. Before the Coleman TD, he was 3/8. He found his groove then sputtered some then picked things up again. I hope he stays and I'd love to watch him start next season. On the flip side, we played a 25 year old QB who started all year for Texas State (edit). There's no substitute for experience and continuity. I don't think this loss indicates in any way we're stuck in neutral. I think it shows how well this staff identifies and develops offensive talent. To compete in your bowl, you either need a senior QB, a loyal QB, or to get very lucky like we did with Mestemaker.

Have you seen next year's opponents? The serious programs in our conference would look at it and say 10+ wins no questions asked. *conference schedule isn't set yet https://fbschedules.com/2025-north-texas-football-schedule/#google_vignette

Run game definitely struggled. Observation from a lowly fan was the center's snaps were not crisp. There was the bad snap that hit the turf that Mestemaker recovered but there were several others that weren't on target that visibly caused timing to be off. Couple that with the DL regularly being in our backfield right after the snap and it's hard to run. I may be mixing games but I think even remember a TX State player practically meeting our RB at a hand-off. Mestemaker pulled it back and got taken down by a few defenders but there was just no room to get things going on the ground.

Untjim: Texas/Oklahoma doesn't produce great linemen anymore so we can't have great defenses. Me: how does UTSA and Texas State do it? Rick: defense Untjim: he doesn't want to hear it Hear what? Y'all are simultaneously saying the state doesn't produce great linemen which is necessary for a good defense but then say other G5 teams in our same state with our same pool of players are succeeding because of defense. Again, if they can do it why can't we? What's their excuse?

I'm with you. I've harped on the decision making all year and I believe last year too. Started with the Navy game a year ago.

What's UTSA's excuse for this year? 83rd in defense in yards allowed but they figured it out.

The same defense that allowed 450 yards to a QB making his first start since freshman year of HS? About the other team. That UTSA defense was 83rd in FBS this year BTW.

Didn't realize it but Coleman and Mestemaker both came from Austin Vandegrift. I know we're obsessing over Jimerson and there's also Poffenbarger coming in but maybe developing and starting Mestemaker gets both him and Coleman to stay for 3-4 years and be the pillars a program needs to become special.

I thought the same on stopping short of the sticks and going to a freshman (true freshman at that I believe). Do you think a better throw changes things or is that all on the Young? A FG from the 26 makes it about 41ish yarder if I'm not mistaken. Disappointed that's no longer a given like it was just a few years ago. Guess you don't realize how good you have it until your special teams is no longer a strength.

How has Texas State and UTSA done it?

Down 9 with a bit more than a quarter to go is a bit too early to go for it in my opinion but, considering what we've seen from our kicker, I understand the decision. A reliable kicker gets you 3 and it's a 1 score game with a full 15 minutes to go.

My favorite fan was the older gentleman wearing a Texas State hat and sweater but a green shirt underneath. It was our green by the way. I'd imagine he attended both in some capacity but was too embarrassed to represent UNT over Texas State. Until crap like that and the quiet fans changes, things won't change. There's no passion in our fan base.