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Congratulations, man! Way to outkick your coverage. Proud of you.

I wish I had more insight on went into this, but all I've got is.... daaaaamn! I'm a little concerned but honestly more hyped than anything. It's not Prescott starting for the Cowboys, but it is at least some indicator the staff has a strong degree of belief in a young guy who could help out for a long, long time. And that has me really excited.

This can be sent straight to the non-relevatory statement department, but I was told 'it comes down to wins and losses.'

Sorry, guys. We were under the impression based on a list from late last night that Johnson would be flipping to UNT... he reconsidered. I've been running a little ragged today... I believe Johnson was cleared from the article before noon. I'll update the rest as soon as I get some time.

May not be something definitive for a little while, but... don't give up on Keenen Johnson.

Wilson's a very versatile player... he played all over the place for Martin. Defense included. He'll almost certainly play WR at the next level, but they'll probably have him try all kinds of stuff in practice to see what he can add.

Yep, got it from a very reliable source. Get hyped! Nic's a great kid.

Yeah, Nic Smith is a stud. We did a Hard Knocks-type series following Martin around all year (Wfaa.com/Warriors!) and he's the most impressive kid we covered. All-time rushing leader at the school, really good kid. He missed 5 games this year due to an injury, but once he came back they just rampaged on people. Until Allen came calling. Freaking Allen.

Nic Smith would be a big get. I didn't think we were in contention for him. I heard from a reliable source UNT is going to offer Tyler Wilson, so he's almost certainly one.

Mac was really good to the media. Very accommodating, always gave good answers, knew everyone's name, showed a lot of passion. It made a lot of people root for him... and to an extent, overlook some of the issues with his tenure. Wish it could have worked out... but I'll gladly take a coach who's great with his players over one who's great with my reporters.

Hey, guys. My name's Or. I'm a producer for channel 8 here in DFW and a proud UNT alum. I'm also a frequent GMG stalker and occasional poster. Just wanted to drop in and share this... I reached out to the athletic staff to see if we could get Coach Littrell on our sunday night sports show this coming week. I expected it was a slam dunk; new coach, program in need of exposure, good chance to showcase what he's doing during an important time. I listed three possible times for a taping, as well as an offer to go live on sunday. About an hour later I got a very polite text back. As much as they wanted to make it happen, Coach Littrell doesn't have a spare moment this weekend. He's using them all to host recruits. So while I'm out a guest on Sports Special, I've got a lot of optimism for this class. At the very least, we know the staff is putting in serious work. Back to baseless speculation! GMG.

A friend of mine is very tied in at USC... he sent me this after the Ekeler news came out. Thought I'd pass it along. Yo, you're gonna enjoy your new DC. Ek is good people. Ek is intense - he's the only player ever to be appointed a captain by Bill Snyder. Developed linebackers well at SC and Georgia. Really good quite and just straight up - media will like him and the kids will go crazy for him. His coaching pedigree is nuts too - Nebraska, LSU, USC, OU, Georgia.

All I can tell you is that it's definitely not intentional. This is a hugely competitive sports market - it's tough to fit everything in. Let's get some wins in here and I assure you, you'll see plenty of Mean Green on our air.

Monday night? Yeah, that show was about as big as anomaly as we get. We don't have a lot of games on WFAA - ABC basically only does college football on saturdays and the NBA Finals. But that night we had the local broadcast of the Cowboys on MNF, complete with an hour-long pregame show. I went home after pre-game, but would imagine that with that massive a lead-in and the audience the Cowboys command to begin with, we based our sportscast entirely on the Cowboys game. Again, I wasn't there, don't know exactly what the show structure was. But I assure you any of the local stations would have made the same decision directly following a Cowboys game on their air. Believe me, it's not personal. I've taken Dale up to see the school before. He likes UNT.

Ha! That's a very recent development. One for which I deeply question the staff at Twitter. By the way, here's Dandy Killeen from CBS 11, who I have a ton to thank for as he found me in Hank Dickenson's sports broadcasting class and granted me an internship. As you'll note by the man wearing Mean Green garb beside him at the Heart of Dallas Bowl, he's a hell of a recruiter.