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Is it just me or are we doing really well in the portal? So hard to tell but 247 has us 3rd in AAC for transfer rankings. Would be incredible if we could find a way into 2nd. How’s everyone else feeling?

One thing I do find frustrating is how both UTSA and Texas State have now surpassed us. Texas state has been in FBS for 2 years, UTSA has had a program for like 10 years. It’ll only be a matter of time before Sam Houston figures it out (We also just took half of their defense and that’s probably going to be an improvement). I’m sure some will also say this doesn’t count because we were missing a lot of players but our depth should still beat their starters with how long we’ve been FBS. Maybe it’s because UNT is associated with losing added with both of those programs being newer and having more immediate success. Most likely culprit is transfer portal and NIL also helped them have immediate success. I’m sure Morris is building something but a couple more failed coaches and we either need to move down to FCS or double our giving in NIL. (and I hate both of those options) Proud of the guys for going out there and giving it their all though.

Dang. Basically all the guys that decommitted were on the defensive side of the ball.

This also hopefully prevents any portal entries from our guys. A quick, solid hire allows him to jump into recruiting transfers and our own players. Heck it may even help keep some players on the offense as well.

I like this hire. Will it work out? No idea. But there’s connections, possible players transferring in with him, and a fresh young mind who has them ranked high in defense. If you’re not an SEC or Big ten school it seems hard to have a good defense at FBS schools in general.

I can’t get over how the offense just dies all of a sudden. As soon as they lose (or can’t establish) a rhythm they’re obsolete for an entire quarter and a half. (Ex: Memphis when the defense actually held and made them go 3 and out multiple times before the flood gates opene; Army when they couldn’t do anything the whole game; ECU and the abysmal 3rd quarter; heck even against Tulane they were only up by like 3 before the end of the half and got super lucky with multiple short field positions due to mistakes). The statistics for the offense feels hollow. Super explosive but no capability to sustain a slow, clock bleeding drive. Which means short time of possession and longer time for the defense to be out there. I guess live by the air raid, die by the air raid. (And they’ve been consistently dying)

Came here to make a similar post. This team is an FAU collapse away from not being bowl eligible. They should be 4-7 right now. The passing attack that is statistically great has had a lot of help from being down late in games when teams are playing prevent/soft coverages for big plays. We’re probably going to lose Chandler Morris in the portal and we’ll be in a worse spot next year. This is insanity.

People who are downvoting firing Morris please make your argument. I really want to hear you out.

We cannot be ok with this. Heads gotta roll.

Cool. Everyone ok with firing Morris? Unacceptable.

Cool. So IF they continue choking this game away and after last weeks blowout loss I’m ready to fire Morris. This team is falling apart with adversity and that’s a reflection on coaching. We can NOT be ok with this if we want to have a good program one day.

Second TOD with a 4th and short. Morris doesn’t trust the defense but now we can’t trust the offense either.

Only saw the play once but it looked like Harris lost forward motion. Initially surprised they didn’t call it dead in the backfield. Either way, defense stopped playing and that was awful.

Unless there’s something else at work here… (second like has a puzzle piece) https://x.com/northtexaseagle/status/1860357703765205111

Gonna be honest: I’m not aware how great either player was. I remember hearing the name Blair and seeing some comments that his injuries have really hurt us this year. A big concern going forward is how this impacts keeping the likes of QB Morris around. Dude will not want to play his senior year behind an even thinner O-line.