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I’m seeing Hodge, Pitino (NM), High Point, Grand Canyon, Wake Forest, Furman, St. Louis, WVU assistant listed as potential candidates. A pretty general list of possible candidates. Hopefully this is just rumors and nothing else.

It’s tomorrow at 11:00. Even the women had to move their WNIT game to Troy because of a dance competition at the Super Pit. Unbelievable…

Don’t waste money on curtains. Just chain off the stairs with a sign saying “Section Closed”. There are ushers at every entrance. If fans go past the chains, they can instruct them to sit in the lower section. I’ve had season tickets for years and most games the upper deck is empty. When we do play a “big game”, there will be 200+ people sitting up there on both sides. The problem is that there are 4x’s that in empty seats in the lower bowl. It would look and sound better if the fans were together in the lower bowl.

Good question. Maybe someone else can look into this. 😉

It’s puzzling how we “slow crawl” upward in attendance. When I was researching our programs averages, I noticed some programs that made huge jumps in attendance. Texas Tech being one of those. Not sure what spurred the increase. Would be nice if we figure out how to replicate this.

McCasland started reversing the attendance decline in 2018, then Covid struck 2020-2021. We dropped back down and are slowly gaining momentum again with attendance.

So J. Jones won the conference in 2007 & 2010. Those years attendance are: 2007 16 hm games 2067avg 2010 14 hm games 2716avg 2011 16 hm games 3552avg 2012 14 hm games 4006avg Benson cut attendance down to 1979avg for 18 hm games in 2016.

I know Johnny Jones was here from 2001-2012. Many of these single game records are from before him. 3 records are from McCasland/Hodge. I can’t find historical season averages. I was at the CBI games and the NIT games. None of those set attendance records.

I’ve had season tickets since the Johnny Jones era. The lower bowl was consistently full with overflow in the upper bowl. Benson’s coach disaster destroyed attendance (silver lining, I now have front row season tickets 😉). Even though the program has recovered, attendance hasn’t responded yet (both student and community). Might be because we can now watch every game on ESPN+. Also, after the game I watched channel 8 news and the sports caster never mentioned anything about basketball. UNT arguably has the best men’s basketball program in DFW area but never gets a mention. UNT is the best team nobody ever talks about.

Offense hasn’t been the problem at UNT for years. I am optimistic for the DC change for next year.

He probably has some chronic soreness like all starters do after 3/4’s of a season. I think his drop off has more to do with a decimated running game (Porter is stepping up but would never play if the others were healthy), constant restructuring of the offensive line due to injuries, and some questionable play calling by the coach. I think he is pushing too much.

Didn’t he use his redshirt last year?

Defensive recruiting/coaches have taken a backseat to offensive recruiting/coaches. I truly hope Morris quickly figures out that defense is necessary for winning. We just can’t rely on out scoring teams. I also hope Morris starts protecting the defense with his offensive play calls. When the defense just got off the field after a long drive by the other team, don’t be so aggressive with long passes that have us turning the ball over in less than a minute. Try to burn some clock and sustain a drive allowing the defense to rest and get adjustments from coaches.

Well, just enough to keep me watching.

DATCU Stadium concessions should take note of how the Super Pit concessions work. One winding line that feeds multiple registers. This is the fastest way to serve large crowds.