Tom McKrackin

I really see some potential with Tulane. First we have a lot more in common with them academically than say a UTSA or that type of school. Sort of a battle of the green type of theme. I also think they have a ton of DFW and Texas alumni who will be interested to coming to Denton for the games which is nice.

Could it be possible that he was a finalist and chose UNT over Tech? That's what I'm thinking happened. No offense but Lubbock is not the best place in the world to reside. Especially compared to Denton and DFW.

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Are you making the point that Hope leaving had some positive impacts in terms of advertising UNT at the national level? Cause if you are I think you may be into something.

Good luck Mardez.

Correct usually means they didn’t go to class.

OK as has been stated on here quite often, the hole in your theory is why do programs like UTSA and La Tech and Texas State with much lower budgets pull it off? How does UTSA divert funds as you indicate?

Did they mention anything about baseball or any other new news? Also the athletic center expansion?

Is this the same as the coaching caravan?

Solid info. Made my day.

I don’t recall a coach at UNT who has more of his highest rated recruits leave. Littrell’s retention of the top recruits has been quite disappointing.

Ok so without any question Gunnell is the top rated and top performing at the highest level QB we have ever had here. The fact that we have fans trying to discuss scenarios where he would not come in and immediately start just blows my mind. Guys, Gunnell is our day one starter period! There is no question and I promise you he absolutely did not transfer here for any other reason. Littrell needs to stop with the bullshit around who is the guy. He's been playing that game the whole time he's been here and it's not fair to the kids who come here to play QB. A great example is Kason Martin, he should have never been told that he had a chance here to play. Name your day one starter and be honest about it. The players, parents and fans appreciate honesty.

Man Littrell and the staff are really finishing extremely strong. Very encouraging. Also like that this young man is from Houston. Could open up a pipeline.

Why should we care about Hope? She abandoned UNT after we were the only school giving her a scholarship.

I tend to agree with you but now all these private companies have gotten into the mix.

I feel like if we won 6 games but showed improvement we should keep him because he has the new QB and we should give him more than one year to develop. Am I being naive?

In my opinion, this is a game changer for Littrell. With the easy schedule, he may well win 8-9 games with a solid QB like Gunnels. Big win for Littrell. May well get him an extension.

There is no doubt Littrell was especially slow to move to the transfer portal. We are paying the price. NIL is still new. SMU is ranked high because of Sonny and his hard work on transfers.

We just started a NIL program it seems today.

Will this be tax deductible?

Yeah well that’s real easy for you to say being a SMUt fan and all. You guys were all born rich and so yeah NIL doesn’t move the needle that much on the Hilltop. UNT is more of a working man’s college and we don’t have as much expendable income as you guys do.

Really like the old town part of Vegas and we like the Golden Nugget.

As many predicted, the NIL program has become a monster in college recruiting. Nobody should begrudge college athletes making money by endorsing stuff. Using their name, image and likeness to bring in some coin is a fine idea. It’s only fair since universities and coaches are making millions off their labor. But what’s happening now is getting out of hand. The high school class of 2023 will be the first to maneuver money packages as part of their scholarships and college destination. It has become a circus complete with organ grinder monkey boosters. Now, college administrators and coaches are demanding tweaks and more guidelines. College coaches in the state of Utah are currently met with discussions of NIL opposing offers from recruits in the realm of a quarter of a million dollars or more. One Pac-12 school allegedly has a “collective” telling recruits if they sign, players can text “Thanks, United,” and their parents can fly free to games. read more: https://www.deseret.com/2022/5/4/23057138/nil-transfer-portal-taking-on-circus-atmosphere-byu-cougars-kalani-sitake-transfer-portal?_amp=true