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Couldn't agree more. Savage had lost her stuff and De Long was too slow to make the change in the circle. The girls were up 7-2 and had earned the win. De Long gave it to Charlotte. We should be 2-0 in conference play. Our team isn't ranked and doesn't have the OOC resume to earn an at large bid to a regional. This is a good team, but they can't afford to have our coach lose games for them. Savage may have given up the runs, but De Long allowed her to do it.

That was an incredible comeback! So proud of the girls today. SportsCenter worthy. This could be a special season.

Very excited for the start of softball. Hopefully, the coaches have addressed the hitting issues from the past two seasons.

I agree that end zone addition could look better. That addition is a chance to make a statement every time our team takes the field. We need to be more deliberate in developing a unique and impressive structure for that space.

No. We could have stayed in the Southland back in the 90's if we wanted to conference with Texas State. Aspire to more please.

Sadly, with the way transfers & the Portal work unregulated, we could see day day when failing out of the university won't actually effect a player's eligibility with their team. We could be just one lawsuit away from it. College football is such a train wreck.

Just going to bump this post. By the way, I guess an eye roll means... "Damn, you're right."

I did not expect to win this game, so I wasn't exactly surprised when we lost. It sucks to see us continue to lose the same exact way we have lost most games under Morris the past two seasons (zero red zone power running and dumb spread plays in the red zone, resulted in two turnovers and at least 6 points & horrible defense in the final minutes of the game)..... but, I also did not foresee us losing 5 of our last 6 games and failing into this POS smu bowl against Texas State either. Just disappointment all around. Maybe Morris will have enough on the job training by the time next season starts. If not, hopefully the next head coach will understand the importance of all aspects of the game. Mosley needs to get his head in the game too, because at some point his going to have to answer for this mess.

Morris may be the best QB coach I've ever seen. But, he is lacking as a head coach. We are witnessing way too much on the job training from him. His lack of attention to defense over the first two years has cost our program. Even as an OC he is lacking. Until he makes better in-game calls on 4th downs and adopts a real short yardage jumbo package, his offense will struggle when it gets inside the 20's.

Our problems haven't gone anywhere. No matter how this bowl turns out, our leadership has to get serious about our football program or we will not compete for titles in the AAC going forward.

Fixed it for you.

I'm not going to crap on Brett. Personally, I think he's a nice guy. I think fans on here need to remember, Brett didn't grow up a Mean Green fan, and he didn't graduate from UNT's school of journalism either. He a guy that was hired to be a beat writer. I don't think he has much interest in spinning any North Texas story one way or another. My one knock on Brett is that in all the years he has covered UNT sports, he has never expressed any desire to hold our athletic department to standard comparable to other legit FBS universities. And I think everyone that is invested in Mean Green sports has suffered for that. I hope one day he will write stories that call out the admin, players, and fans. Honesty, is the only path to improvement for our athletics.

I spoke with a SH fan and he said every starter on their defense played last night. Even the players in the Portal. I think that is a very good sign that Cassity is the right hire for North Texas.

Keeping it real. I like that he's honest with our players.

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.