Side.Show.Joe

That is great news, and should be our model for bringing in transfer QB's from the portal.

I trust Morris to find a productive QB for his system. He has proven over and over again that he can do that. I what to know that this kid is committed to staying at least through next bowl season.

Yeah, you don't know that. There is no predictable outcome with the current system. Every year looks like a rebuild now.

No. At least Marshall will avoid being embarrassed in a bowl game. I'd gladly take any bowl outside of DFW against LA Tech, than what we got stuck with.

I was speaking to my local high school's football coach about the current state of UNT football and my utter disgust with our current situation, and he asked how much money North Texas athletics gets out of me every year. I told him I'm not among the rich donors, but between the season tickets, t-shirts, concessions, and other adds and end, it's probably somewhere north of $2,000 a year. He quickly told me I should consider donating that money to their athletics. I'm not there yet, but the idea is growing on me.

For a second I wondered how the athletic department might try to spin these Portal defections, and try to salvage ticket sales to the bowl. But there isn't anything they can do now to lure the disgruntle fans to this "bowl". Since we can't retain our better players, every year will be a rebuilding year going forward. I guess the old saying "There's always next year" will be our new battle cry.

As I watch our roster jump into the portal, I'm thinking we might have to bring in another batch of 77 players again. The future is looking bleaker by the day.

This is happening everywhere right now, and it's killing bowl season. The NCAA needs to move the Portal window back until all the bowls have been played.

The Portal is turning the SMU Bowl into a glorified spring game against Texas State. This situation just keeps getting worse.

Yeah, I think we all saw this coming. Like I said in the other thread, many of these guys are mercenaries. Can't get too invested in them, and can't whine when they abandon us either. Maybe the Texas State QB will be in the portal for the bowl too.

Looks like we hired the IWU coach.

I feel bad for those guys. And you are right, they have been at UNT for the long haul. Unfortunately, there are only a few. Bad Littrell years and now bad Morris years really cost those UNT players a chance at doing great things at the college level. In the 2013 season UNT finished 9-4 and won the HOD Bowl over UNLV at the Cotton Bowl. I was there with around 30,000 other Mean Green fans were. It was epic. I felt North Texas had a bright future after that bowl win. In that same year, Texas State was playing their first full season in the FBS as our replacement in the Sun Belt. Let that sink in. While other AAC programs are firing their failing coaches, we are handing out a bowl bonus. Our leadership's apathy towards accountability has allowed our football program to become a joke. There is no high note waiting for North Texas on Jan 3rd.

My opinion of the players have changed since the introduction of the Portal. Those that we sign and actually go on to graduate from UNT are our players. But most are mercenaries, looking for their next step up. Look, in the end this team didn't beat a single opponent that finished with a winning record. It's Littrell all over again. And this bowl is just another slap in the face.

I totally agree.

No I got it. I just don't see revenue sharing helping us. We have student fees not revenue. ECU will probably benefit from revenue sharing since they can get 40K into their stadium on game day. Again, our leadership isn't getting it done, and no one seems to care. They just act like we're moving in the right direction.