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My 2021 player hope is that Shorter will have something close to Darden's 2020 campaign. I really thought he was due for a breakout year in 2020, before his season was cut short.

Has anyone heard about the $$$ in Bennett's contract? Will he be making the $350,000 Bowen was getting, or will UNT be upping the DC salary for this hire?

C-USA is currently the worst FBS conference, so he should be able to field a respectable defense next season. If Bennett can build us a defense that allows less than 24 points a game in conference play, we should be a contender for the western division. I don't think a 24 PPG defense is too much to ask. If C-USA was a better conference, 28 PPG would be acceptable to me.

Could be because he was buried behind Torrey and Adaway on the depth chart. But, I don't expect him to see more carries at SMU either.

Gush was Baylor's defensive recruiting coordinator under Bennett too.

First, Siggers is now a traitor and I don't wish him any luck on the field at SMU. He was down to our third string, so hopefully he doesn't amount to much for the Mustangs. BUT... I do hope the young man earns his degree and has a successful life after football. Second... If Littrell didn't have our program in a dumpster fire after five years in charge, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. Lets just hope Bennett can find some quality defensive players and build this thing well enough to begin turning it around next season.

I hope you are right. I think Ruff will fail if he is the hire. Looking to the Texas Tech coaching tree for offensive coaches is great, but not for defensive coaches. I will be extremely disappointed if Ruff is hired. In two seasons as Texas Tech's DC Ruff gave up an average of 25.15 points per game. He is not the right guy for us.

Please tell me it isn't Ruffin Mcneill. Being a DC at Texas Tech shouldn't count on a resume. Leave Ruff at NC State. Now, Mike Stoops would be a good hire if he wants out of his Bama situation. Mark Snyder still needs a job too. I'd be good with him. Am I in the ballpark?

Nice. One last question... Not Kansas type BIG12 experience, right?

Everyone on this board knows you always have solid information from the inside. But, we could use some hints as to who was interviewing today.... Previous DC experience. Texas ties. Head coaching experience....

Not trying to compare RB's, but the quality of the O-line has a lot to do with how successful the RB's are. Wilson ran behind a better line coached by Brad Davis, who left to take the same position at Florida after Wilson final year in Denton. Overall, I think Cobb's RB's have not had as high a caliber line to run behind. The O-line wasn't bad last season, but under Langston the unit was not very good. I think Cobbs is a solid RB coach, and one of the better coaches on our staff. I do not want to lose him.

Thanks, I hope you post an update if some news breaks about this.

Can you share some details?

I've been saying these things since before last season. I'm glad others around here are seeing this too. Do you have a time frame for Littrell's dismissal?

Interesting. So, Mike Stoops turned us down?

Right now, no news is bad news. ULM is making somewhat splashy hires with Bowden and Rodreguez. LA Tech just landed three SEC defensive back transfers. https://twitter.com/brettvito/status/1349460615023251465 And, SMU has added an OU TE to go with their OU QB. https://twitter.com/brettvito/status/1349454986497961992 Like I stated before... while recruiting is improving we are continuing to struggle against the better G5 programs. These kinds of moves will show up on the field next season. Littrell needed a home run DC hire. Now, as other programs continue to put the pieces in place for improvement, Littrell really needs a grand slam at the DC position. We need someone soon that can persuade a few high caliber immediate impact players to transfer or sign with UNT. If thing don't start falling into place soon, we will be facing another losing season before we ever even get to fall camp.

Very happy for Lance. Congratulations #5!

That my point. Nothing has come out publicly. That is why people get nervous and speculate.

HOF? Absolutely. Fast track him. Retire #1? I think there is a better option.... Here is an idea. We could place a higher standard on issuing the #1 jersey to a player. Don't just let players claim it. Only award the jersey to the top WR on our roster, when the consensus of the coaches agree the WR has achieved the same level of work ethic, leadership, and success that Darden exhibited. This means the #1 jersey may not be issued every season, but when it is, it will go to a very special "team captain". It could be a good recruiting tool too. At some point, if the list of WR's that wear #1 were to grow even more distinguished, than maybe a space on the wall at field level can feature the #1 and list the names of those that were awarded the jersey. Just a thought.

Sure we know what is going on.... Littrell is trying to land the best DC he can find for the money he has available. The problem is that Seth has not addressed the characteristics he is looking for in our next DC, and patience is in short supply around this board. When there is no official information from the athletic department, people tend to fear the worst...

UTSA has a bad RPI. I was not expecting this road loss. It seems to me that this team is missing Geu. I think he was a spark plug in games like these last season. Simmon's is a good strong big, but Geu was a quick athletic big that could attack the rim on both sides of the court.

That steal could be big. The Mo seems to be shifting back our way. 11-1 run for UNT.

Ha! I got to go back and watch that one again. It always makes me laugh. I sure miss those days.