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This. Our defensive staff was mediocre (better than the last game) and YOU CANNOT WIN A GAME GOING 0-27 IN THE FIRST HALF. The offensive play calling was garbage (not enough runs called in the first half) and Harrell REALLY needs to look at his play calling (as do the rest of the staff and if Harrell is worth keeping as OC). 0-27 in the first half with a QB that threw for 300+ yards in a blow out loss is unacceptable. Absolutely unacceptable.

Brett, was going to post that before you did. You have done an excellent job at covering mean green sports other than football this year, even if others haven't noticed. My dig is at your targeted attack at the idea SL will stick around. I wouldn't be surprised if he left, but with what he's gotten moving here (the indoor practice field, for starters, along with the seemingly full support of the AD and the board), I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to stick it out for another couple of years at least. We will likely lose him at some point, but the only thing I've seen in the news is a few columnists saying that he might be a decent fit at XYZ school. And also, frankly, I'm not sure C-USA is well respected enough around the P5 programs for SL to warrant much notice, despite the excellent job he's done here so far.

If he leaves for a better offer, he leaves. He's got a lot going for him here. The AD appears to love him, the board appears to love him. He's basically got free reign here at this point (like Patterson at TCU). He won't have that anywhere else. SL knows that. And it comes back to that age old question of whether that redshirt sophomore should enter the draft. Could they mature a couple more seasons where they are and get the experience they need to survive at the next level or could they make the jump and hope they can swim. I wouldn't dare blame SL for taking a better offer. This is a game and he should be paid on his performance. I want to hold onto him, and I hope he sees the advantages of staying here, but if he leaves for an offer (and he will get at least a few this season), then he leaves. Unless we all want to chip in thousands of dollars into the "keep SL here" fund, it's out of the fans, and to an extent, the university's hands. One observation I will make is that looking at his past stops, he didn't have much personal connection to location. He seems to have a personal tie here with the northern Texas region and Oklahoma. Unless Tech offers him, which they very well might, I think there's a good chance he stays. Side note, Brett should take this story down. It is speculative trash. Lots of research about past coaches and players but very little into SL.

Mark Ingram reminds me a lot of another dead weight AD that we just got rid of.... Bottom line, this is all hype. Hype is rarely returned without substance. They have not played two seasons and will be drained of all talent. They will not be competitive. Don't believe the hype.

As far as giant question marks go, I tend to believe they are busts more often than they are diamonds in the rough. Restarting a program is difficult no matter the circumstances. Just look at SMU($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$).

This is my first post. Cool. So, using some internet magic, UNT owns this land it seems. So it seems it is within the universities power to make it not an eyesore (AKA make it an alternative tailgate place or something else cool).