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We should create a gofundme page and have the UNT AD fly in Foles, Sudfield, Hollins for them the staff and SL to get some pictures with the Trophy..

A good class? We are below 100, and may not even be a top 10 class again.. Also, Guyton presence alone created space for other players and allowed for the likes of Rico, Smiley, etc to slot into the correct spots as well instead of forcing Smiley/Rico into being the #1 WR that neither of them was ready for. Since you don’t like the Johnson line, you can still plug in Jenkins from that class as a plug and play player and by far the highest rated recruit in that class.

It’s not just an offer.. he was supposed to visit UNT then canceled last second to visit SMU..

Yes Lawrence lead this team, but Guyton opened it up for multiple people at times and RICO/Smiley did solid things as well. I understand we have “hit” on under offered, players like Lawrence and Fine. But we need to start figuring out and closing out on guys in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Adding OL with multiple G5 offers is a must, DL and LBs with size are needed. Shaw is a solid addition but we need more size up front to go with him. The LBs got destroyed and ran over plenty last year when they had to try and get off blocks or make a critical tackles. The point I’m making is we have the ability to recruit the skilled spots, but now the focus needs to be on the bigger guys. If we want to close out this recruiting with success we need to add some beef to the OL/DL/LB

That’s not ideal

Yes we signed/have 8 3* committed with multiple others having been rated a 3* and now lowered (LeBlanc, Nixon, etc).. but 1 of those 8 is a QB who we have to remember many people had questions about as to why he wasn’t the QB1.. Another 3* is a undersized RB that is coming into a stable of RBs that has 2 higher rated 3*s in place (Smith and Siggers). The WRs will see limited action, so again why would we play them if they only get 70-90 reps the entire season? That alone is half the 3*s that will likely not see the field this year. The defensive 3*s we have no idea. Davis has changed positions, Gibbs is in a position that we don’t know which side of the ball, Williams is the highest rated but does he have the size to play Day 1? Shaw will likely be a rotational piece. Again it’s great we are adding 3* but this is a team has been adding them in areas we have mostly quality players/depth at. The LBs need a lot of help and more size, and the DL needs more size as well.

It’s jusy supply and demand.. The kid had 1 offer and decommitted, and nothing had happened since with it close to NSD. UTEP has a lot of open scholarships and could potentially offer him a scholarship, and then would UNT match if this is a PWO offer?

The problem isn't that we are losing kids to P5, to me that is understandable.. the problem is handicapped ourself with the early on recruits with some very unimpressive offer lists. I’m sorry about all the OL we got should be PWO with rh ability for them to compete for a scholarship. Yes we added some very talented kids in Williams, Gibbs, Shorter, Davis among others. The problem is we have added kids that have very unimpressive offer lists as well. So for every impressive offer list we added, we added 1 with a lacking offer list. We also are lacking that true stud/leader of the class in my eyes. In the first two classes we added someone that or someone’s that were .84+ and to me that seems like someone who is the cornerstone of that class (and in the eyes of UNT fans, a major get/prospect/recruit). Even though William Johnson never showed up, it was a big get. Guyton was another great building piece and an instant starter. This class, I have questions as to who is a Day 1 starter? I would love to see Williams, Gibbs, etc start and see them grow from Day 1, but we are not sure they are ready (ie build, knowledge, etc) for them to be out there vs SMU. Not to knock anything but Marshall best out Bama for a WR, UTSA best out (or was the last one standing) Tennessee for their WR; LT landed a WR with multiple P5 offers, FIU added 2 huge DTs with multiple P5 offers and our beat school to beat our was Illinois. We need to find a few solid kids left, because to me it’s disappointing seeing FAU with 11 recruits ranked ahead of UNT with 21 and of that 21 it’s actially 20 with the recent QB being gone the next 2 years

I’m going to guess without looking at the kids twitter and that, it’s a PWO because he backed out of the Rice scholarship and was then only offered a PWO offer to UTEP, that UNT extended the same thing

If so, great addition since he had at one time a scholarship commitment (I assume) to Rice

Who cares? UNT was the first, Vandy was a better program and name, and UCLA is another step above Vandy and it’s near home for him.. Glad the kid is doing what is best for him.

Yes we should take the kid.. Hs has talent.. we can act like we shouldn’t take him because of this but we have recruited kids had them commit to us push them alway, just like the OL From college station last year and the punter.. the kid is talented, and would be a solid addition so this class with a P5 offer along the DL. He also plays at a position group that is in need of ALOT size and talent.

SMU has another commit, but Hs has not signed, Newman that we were interested in.. wonder if we could flip Newman back.

No they have not

Wren has an interest in baseball and he has said it from the start. The only reason we have baseball down the road is because of the piss poor facilities among other things that needed to be done to improve the current sports teams we have. Baseball on average is a 2 million dollar loss for the AD Budget. Waiting till year 3-4-5 of WB allows for that extra 6-10 million to be invested into areas that are greatly needed (Soccer/Track, IPF, etc). On top of having to create multiple other females sports to comply with Title 9 which will only increase the debt. The AD Master Plan has the baseball stadium in the 2nd tier of things to be completed, with the 1st tier being half way completed with the start of the Soccer/Track and the IPF being something hopefully started soon (they were taking soil samples it looked like this past week on the practice fields where the IPF would be.)

He will be downgraded because he is a JUCO and it does not seem like he was a highly sought after JUCO and HS recruit. For example Torrey, he is a .8000 but he has multiple G5 offers, while he only had Memphis and I don’t think 24/7 is even aware of it with not on his profile. He was not a highly rated 3* with him being a .8000 out of HS, with the cutoff for being a 3* being .7965.

Riley was a .87 not a .80 https://247sports.com/player/riley-dodge-56990 Give the coaches a chance, LOL? People wanted Biagi fired after 2/3 games.. Not sure what side you were on but a majority of people wanted him gone.. Reff allowed the worst defensive day in the history of the conference and people wanted to keeep him when he was absolutely terrible for a majority of the year when he has been from the start.

He is going to need to have a big time Pro Day.. his play the first half of the season really hurt him.

Article says Morris is being looked at as an OLB.. Also, says that Washington State has been in contact as well

Kid is still visiting according to Vito, if he doesn’t visit then I will be worried.. we need to add him because his size and his talent.. he would be a great addition. Recruiting vs UTEP/SMU should be easy!

Let’s fix the title of this thread so it’s uniform!

Like Ben said.. Yes... They can tell kids about all all the things they want to do and say well UNT can’t get all this done because they don’t have the budget

That’s because the Student Govt. just voted/passed the issue to be put up for a vote just recently.. along with classes getting back into session..

Don’t forget Snapchat! Players have their usernames, etc posted up on social media and you can find out a lot that way! Also, I don’t suggest taking a screenshot of people’s snapchats since it directly sends them a notification..