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Good for them. GM isn't leaving unless it's a school in Texas or a power conference/national power and he's not moving up unless he makes noise in March. That's where this conversation started and that's where I'll end my conversation. Took much more accomplished coaches much longer to move up to where GM probably sees himself. One decent and one good season (so far) at UNT isn't going to get him the next big offer. It's also going to take more than 150k in a slightly better conference to make him move out of Texas and out of DFW which is where he's from. He'll be here for 2019-2020.

3 years. Screams power conference.

Incredible stretch but ok. 2 teams from the A10 have made the final 4 since 1970 not including UMass in 96 which was vacated. And yes, I had to look this up. There's a reason why Shaka Smart's cinderalla runs at VCU got him to UT (after 6 years there), they are not a basketball power conference. There's a reason Steph Curry leading Davidson to some upsets was so incredible - they are not a power conference.

Says you and the media who said him going to KSU was a done deal. What we do know is KSU was desperate to get anybody because B Snyder still wanted his role with the program. What we don't know is how many HCs turned down KSU before they got to SL.

Nick Saban and Chip Kelly worked great in the NFL with all of that college success. Don't know why people are comparing the two games so much because of Kingsbury and now Rhule.

The next step above UNT is HC at a regular March Madness player. Just like nobody "above" us is hiring SL until he wins a CUSA ship and/or bowl game, nobody "above" us is hiring GM until he makes the tourney and wins 1 game. Arkansas State isn't a player and UNT is close to home. Those are the reasons he left after 1 year. Had it been UMass that called GM a year and a half ago, GM would still be at Ark State. @Cerebus

Fair but then we're using Grant being the HC at a division 2 school in Midwestern State as a barometer for how often he job hops. I don't think looking at either SL or GM's history is relevant to now. The upward trajectory of coaches generally slows down when they're HC's at this level especially for college basketball. College basketball has a lot of schools playing D1 ball. Unless UNT is the Cinderella of March Madness this year, GM isn't going anywhere.

The same could be said about SL and he's staying. Difference now is they're head coaches close to home for the fist time in their young careers. They have the job title, money, and ideal work/life situation to be selective in their next job for the first time in their careers.

I agree but my point is more that I doubt McCasland will leave for just any job either. I think when leaves, he stays close to Texas.

I think what will really work in our favor is family, just like with SL. McCasland is from Irving and went to Baylor. He also has a degree from Texas Tech. He's a texan all the way. Right now he gets to coach basically at home. Although he would likely leave for one of the true blue bloods, I think his dream job is Baylor and I don't see him leaving for many programs other than Baylor unless it's a bigger program in Texas or Oklahoma that can get him closer to Baylor while staying close to home.

He probably still thinks he has a spot on the team. But we'll also get to explain how he helped changed the culture here before he ever even played a snap. #NewDenton

Buffalo is having a good year record wise but I don't know enough about their schedule to say if their record means much. Back to WKU, Hollingsworth is one of the better players in C-USA IMO and Bassey, the 5 star true freshman center, is having a good year so far. They'll get better as the year goes on and have the star power to make a run in the C-USA tourney. We'll see how things play out but we all need to keep an eye on that team.

This is a tricky game to play. Players rotate in and out on defense constantly. Just because starters didn't play as much doesn't mean the guys playing were freshmen on their 4th career start. Missing your heisman finalist quarterback impacts your team differently. With Milton in they would have kept drives going and scored more putting more pressure on LSU to put up points. UCF's defense would have also had more breathers. Who knows how the game would have gone with all starters in but it's not a stretch to say the two teams aren't separated by much.

I saw that. Is that a more impressive win than beating Wisconsin at home? Syracuse has been relatively down the past few years while Wisconsin is consistently in the top 25 year after year.

And they played without their starting QB Milton. I think the outcome would have been different with him in the game.

Not too familiar with their squad.

Got to think Western Kentucky might be the best team left on our schedule. They don't have the best record but they still have Hollingsworth and added 5 star center who's played well so far as a freshman. They're only going to get better as the year goes along.

Was nice seeing Boise run out there with a big "Bleed Blue" flag. Anybody know if that was a Boise thing or if it was in support or law enforcement?

I don't think there will be. Our QB recruiting and development has been strong and our key players are from the current regime (16/17 recruits). That 2014 class was strong but did not overwhelmingly compose the leaders of last year's team. Now the real question is, which P5s do we play in 2022/23 who will have to deal with this year's class as upperclassmen?

Bears defense. It is what it is.

I agree with your post. Regarding the loss of Easly coinciding with when we started struggling, it's unfortunate if people view that as an indicator of Easly being better than Torrey. Losing Easly also coincided with us losing Kemon Hall for several games, arguably our best defensive player, and Mason Fine getting hurt. It was the first game all year where we got banged up. Fine was never the same after that game. It's obvious he was playing hurt considering how often he finished games hobbling after the LT game. Personally, I prefer Easly over Torrey as a lead back because our offense lacks physicality. We don't really have a big, physical receiver or TE that is heavily used. Easly gave us balance that was greatly needed. We'll need him next year no matter how good Torrey is.

For some of these kids, all it takes an ankle or a little shoulder. They're craving the ability to say they play P5 ball so bad that they'll take any P5 offer no matter how bad the team is.

If he's competitive, he looked at that bowl loss and said "I'm starting day 1 and never looking back." If 1 bad loss contributes to anybody changing their mind on where they want to play football, they're not the kind of player we should want. I highly doubt that's the case here.

Still have Oscar Ardeway who is also highly rated. While this hurts mostly due to his size, I think we'll be ok.

A win tomorrow will be huge towards setting the tone for the rest of the year. I'm not sold on our team yet based on the strength of schedule. UNM has a good basketball tradition and looked really tough at times against Colorado. Let's prove me wrong, guys!