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This is the kind of play I've been expecting from our team. Great job so far. It's amazing what solid pitching does. Hope we can keep this level of focus for the remained if the season.

No. I don't understand soccer, so I have no logical opinion on the subject.

I don't really have one. I mean, I want North Texas do win, but I'm not a soccer fan, so I can't speak to the quality of our program. But, I know he has been at UNT a long time, and won a lot of games. But, our success at soccer doesn't register with me. In women's sports softball and volleyball do.

I actually like DeLong and I appreciate what he's done for our program. But we've reached a point where he needs to take it to the next level, or find a coach that can. Just my honest take on our situation.

This is the kind of crap that drives me crazy. We should not be dropping games to Tarelton. We can't win the AAC, or earn a spot in a regional, when we can't even beat Tarelton. This is not where our program should be after 6 seasons under DeLong.

I'm glad we can beat ACU, but I need to see more against better competition. I want to win series against our fellow AAC members and ranked teams. We got one against Texas Tech, but have struggled in most opportunities.

I agree. DeLong has built a real program at North Texas. But now he needs to make it elite. And he is struggling to do that.

You have rewritten everything I stated but somehow view it as an overall positive. Weird. Our bats have been better, especially compared to the past few seasons. .313 is a welcomed improvement, but our pitching hasn't been good enough. Savage has not improved since having an incredible freshman season. And, our coaches have not been able to find another Ashley Peters type pitcher to help in the rotation. This is DeLong's 7th year at UNT. This program should be in the ranking on a regular basis, but instead we are losing series to the likes of Charlotte and Wichita State.

Softball has regressed over the last few seasons. I know we moved up to the American, but aside from Wichita State the addition of those programs isn't much different than playing in C-USA. Savage's best season was her freshman year. Since then she has regressed. Why haven't the coaches developed her by now? And why don't we have better arms in the pitching rotation? Our batting is okay compared to the past few seasons, but it isn't outstanding. Personally, I saw a lot of potential in Epperson, and hated to watch her hitting on us when we played Wichita State. DeLong should have keep that girl. Maybe DeLong has taken this program as far as he can. I don't see us challenging for the AAC title this year. DeLong just didn't address enough of the issues in the off-season.

Not a good look since we are still in the middle of our NIT run. But losing the home court to a faculty lunch is also a bad look. I hope the guys can stay focused and keep winning. Anyone know Hodge's buyout?

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.