NorthTexasWeLove

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I don't want to see anyone fired for continuity sake. I would like to see more reserves playing far more at all positions once a comfortable lead is established from here on out. I would like to see SL mentor GH more. We've been watching awful situational play calling for 3 years now. I think SL needs to dictate that a little more and put his hands on it more. Honestly, I personally think he already is though and the result is what it is. But if he isn't, he definitely needs to be. We desperately need to see more secondary reserves out there. Maybe even throughout games sparingly as well and all game with a lead. We have 0 clue what we have behind MF either. Would like to see more reps from any of the qbs not named Shanbour. The time to really groom them is now, not Spring of 2020.

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Maybe not. But if we could put both teams on a neutral field 10 Saturday's in a row and had all 6 sides of the ball playing their "A" game for all 10 games I find it hard to believe UNT doesn't win at least 6 or 7 of those. I get it though, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts...

Or just not lose to blatant lesser teams. We were the better team in our losses. The opposition had to scratch and claw while we simultaneously shit the offensive bed for the games to even be competitive.The way the games played out dictates we were the superior team. The verbiage needs to be we should be 8-0, not could be 8-0. Seeing double digits in the win column is still a goal I'd like to see happen. And I've only been following this program since 2012, but this is by far the easiest schedule I've seen. Combined opponent win % could be in the high .300's or low .400's by season's end.

And we won't be playing on championship Saturday all the same. The years are different. Instead of 4th place in the West in 2016...OK, OK, I get it...we'll be 3rd. Yay us. Silver lining is the elusive 10 wins.

Take a snip of a post and make it your own and then all of sudden in your mind it's whatever post you want it to be. Standings wise, we're sitting pat. Though that will probably change but as of today it's the same. 2016 - 4-4 4th place in the West. 2018 - 2-2 4th place in the West.

Uh huh

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This. 2017 = 2019. 2018 was going to be and was always going to be this teams peak in the Mason Fine era IMO.

Don't believe he is...mine is 6 ft under going on 11 years. And when I need SWC or budget comments I will chime you in, otherwise quit posting. We've had this conversation already.

Sheesh. Damn curb stomped fan base. I guess I didn't know the magnitude of the "aT lEaSt wE'rE 6-2" base was so deeply rooted. Quite sad, really.

I think Fine is great. But like the Dana Holgerson, Leach, any coach at Tech, etc. it's kind of a proven system thing. The passing game will see productivity due to the system. Maybe not MF type, but productivity. I also think once this staff realizes the simple analytics in CUSA, they will get pass happy and we might have matched passing productivity.

Yup. And believe it or not....that's common practice around the country after shitty losses. It's something I hope we get very accustom to. It means we're wallowing in success. Join the fun.

Wait...like fake beat their ass? Point stands. We need to pop half a hundred just because.

Lol....Herman has UT at #6 in the country and 1st place in the Big12. Pump sunshines more efficiently. As things stand now...the difference between 2016 and 2018 is miniscule going by strictly standings. We finished 4th in the West in 2016. We are currently 4th in the west in 2018. The difference that is getting everyone giddy is tbe OOC success. Instead of playing a physical SEC div winning UF team we played a downtroddwn Arkansas team. Rather than playing a SMU team with a couple 1st rd draft picks, we played a SMU team with a 1st yr HC. Flip the schedule around we could be easily sitting at 4-4. And not to dump more rain, but our OOC slate next year doesn't get easier, though not sure how it could. We have to travel to an improving Cal team and we have Houston paired with our annual showdown with SMU...this time @ SMU. This OOC slate packs much more of a punch than the creampuff we took on this year. And I'm not down on Littrell at all. I'm down on whoever is calling the plays.

I understand the excitement. I'll be there too. BUT, with expectations like that we are closer to 4-8 than 12-0 as a fan base. Demand perfection and accept greatness. Rather than demand not being in the Dodge era and accept anything else as long as its not the Dodge era. But I'm excited too and a 10 win season is a feather in this staffs cap. I think 10 wins is the ultimate goal now. There are only a couple handful of teams a year that get to 10. There are about 35 bowl 'champions'. Granted I'll take both and given the opponent I'll demand both.

I think 1 person stated that. 1. Not people or a group of people. 1. My frustration is with the actual group of people who will not push blame to the proper corners yet shit on players when the blamees are the one's pushing out the same players making the same mistakes onto the field. 6-2 is 6-2. Not bad at all, but not good enough to contend for a division in the 9th best conference in the country of 10. All luster has been lost for onlookers, for the people with 0 affiliation with this university. They have quickly looked the other way. And deservedly so, App St, the new flavor of the week. We have a good recruiting class put together right now. Damn good actually. There are future difference makers in this class, no doubt. But do we have a clone of MF in there or on the roster? Maybe. Not probable though. This class will be coming into form on the FIELD in 2021...2020 for a select few. The #1 signal caller in our football history will be long gone by then. The window was 2018, for 2019 will have so many defensive deficiencies I don't even want to think about right now. Call me a debbie downer or a sob, don't really care. We (the play caller of this offense) have let the rope slip out of this teams hand. And the sunshine pumpers will default to 6-2 and our hopefully incoming recruiting class as if that changes what is taking place in that offensive press box on Saturday's. Is what it is. But square up the problem in your mind and at least acknowledge it. Side note...we should throw the ball 60 times a game here on out. No more token runs for good measure. JMO.

We would have to score more than 21. They are a physical team on both sides of the LOS. So we would probably struggle if history tells us anything.

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That's bold given we have no idea the location or opponent. What if we get paired with Boise in New Mexico? I think we should go 4-0. I think the FAU game will be tricky regardless of their record. Teams know how to beat us. Kiffin can manipulate a blueprint and make it better. I also think utsa will be difficult only because they treat us like the New England Patriots. We should, however, go 4-0 to end the reg season. But being theoretical, we should have beaten UAB and LaTech.

Coming from you, most definitely.

The combined record of our remaining opponents is 9-22. We need to finish strong. To note: Our 12 opponents at this point in the season has a combined record of 36-49. There is currently 4 winning teams of the 12...Incarnate Word, Liberty, La Tech, and UAB. Just some food for thought.

The 3rd and 29 was a grey area call. Our DB impeded the wr's angle to the ball. But it was not intentional. It should have been viewed as 2 players getting tangled up, which is rarely called. I thought it was a bs call that cannot be called on 3rd & 29 unless blatant PI takes place. It reeked of a bail out call.

Touche. For the record...I don't necessarily want anyone fired. I just think GH needs to be mentored up a bit or SL needs to take over situational play calling in pivotal moments of games. And I was mad about the UAB loss but it's a culmination of the losses. Silver lining if I must...At least we aren't being blown out this year in our losses.