Side.Show.Joe

Too much delusion in this thread. I want to be optimistic too, but the win over Temple has some of you thinking our defense has turned the corner. Is our defense better? Probably. But that doesn't mean they are good. UNT 28 Tulane 47

We're still pushing the "Eugene Levy" Scrappy. We can't even begin to work this kind of promotion until we get a better mascot costume. Our athletic department needs a director of brand marketing and management to ensure that our logos, brands, images, signage, and uniforms are coordinated to promote UNT in the best possible light within the college athletic landscape. If we currently have a person with this type of responsibility, it doesn't show.

I agree. Attendance was trash against Temple. But, I think a lot of that has to do with messaging. Morris needs to appeal to the fans to show up and be loud. He needs to implore the fans to be at DATCU and support this team as they grow into the team we expect them to be. Tell the fans how they can help give our team a real home field advantage, and how important that can be to our success.

We needed this type of win. Temple is bad and was minus their QB, but even so, holding any FBS team to 14 points is good for any defense. Congratulations to Caponi and the defense. Keep improving. On the way home from the game, I listened to Morris' comments about wanting to be even better (after winning 45-14). I like that he still wants more. And I agree. Winning isn't everything, but it needs to be our thing.

I believe UNT will beat Temple tomorrow. Temple is terrible, and I can't wait to get to DATCU for the game. But, if we do crap the bed and lose, this should be our song playing as the fans exit the stadium.....

Not a post-game interview, but it will have to do.......

Navy's slow time-consuming ground game, uncharacteristic penalties, and bad passing held Navy to 27 points. Did you watch the highlights? Navy ran over us, and when they took shots, they found open receivers down field. Please tell me how many 4-down linemen fronts you see us running in these highlights?

Yeah, they mixed it up by using an antiquated 50 defense, which still features a 3-down linemen front. So we lost. Sure offense played a major part in this loss (O-line gave up too many sacks, Rogers didn't recognize or adjust for the blitz, .....), but defense is still a liability, and statistically still the worst run defense & scoring defense in all of the FBS. Someone needs to be held accountable for this mess.

Still no post-game comments from Morris yet. But, if you can stomach it.....

Stoops, Saban, & Swinney are not Air Riad coaches, and they have all won at least one National Title. None of these guys came from the Leach coaching tree. But they do/did employ air raid OC's (Stoops/Mike Leach, Saban/Steve Sarkisian (Norm Chow offense), & Swinney/Garrett Riley,). Briles and Dykes are from the Leach coaching tree, but they have no national titles. Defense still wins championships.

Next week UNT hosts Temple. That game might be our last real chance to pick up another win this season. After that game we play Tulane, Memphis, UTSA, SMU, Tulsa, & UAB. We might beat Tulsa, but will have to do it on the road. 2-10 or 3-9 is a very likely possibility. That should not be acceptable to anyone. I have resigned myself to the fact that nothing can stop that from occurring now. But, once this disgrace of a season is over, this entire staff needs to be evaluated and overhauled. This crap cannot be allowed to continue into next season.

On TV, two backs ran back to the punter at the same time, and the ref called it a motion penalty. Either way, Navy stopped themselves. on that drive.

Navy stopped themselves. Two straight bad passes that would have been touchdowns, and then a motion penalty that kept them from going for it on 4th down.

I think most of the fans on this board hold season tickets, and buy UNT merch. Now making excuses for this debacle, that is absurd.

But we got another Littrell. 🤬

Navy only scored 27 points because they run a ball control offense that chews up the clock and limits the number of possessions each team has in the game. Plus, Navy committed 7 penalties in this game, which also killed some of their drives. Factor in the bad throws that would have been Navy touchdowns, and it is easy to see why Navy only posted 27 points. Navy also had a time of possession advantage of almost 8 minutes. Let's face it. We got outcoached on both sides of the ball today.

Gotta make that catch. Navy is a bad team. This was probably the conference game we were most likely to win. It's probably all downhill from here. Morris is obviously learning as he goes, and that is unfortunate. I think most of us thought we wouldn't have to endure more of the same. This is Littrell 2.0. Sad.

Navy with a big penalty! Let's offense! Win this thing!

Thank you Brown. One more time, please.

Just embarrassing.

We need Navy to fumble or start picking up penalties. Our 50 defense isn't going to stop them.

1st down Navy. We're not getting this ball back. Hope we can strip it.

TD! We have to onside kick this. If we don't, we won't get the ball back.

Three sacks were part of the problem, but 300+ yards of rushing by Navy & the 50, with its' 3-man front, certainly had a hand in this loss too.

Outcoached.