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Good work. Quick question, do you think we have any chance of pulling one out against SMU. Your comments seem to make me think it will be a longshot but since we are playing them at home I am still holding out some hope.

It’s not fair that a team who brings about 500 fans to Apogee is positioned to be a leader in this new hierarchy? The NCAA need to get their 5hit together.

I appreciate that comment and agree. The difference is our NIL bank will need to be made up in sheer numbers although we do have some very wealthy alums as well who could jump start or perhaps offer a matching incentive.

I thought I heard wren say on @Harry podcast yesterday that SMU has a $70 million budget and ours is 40? If so they almost double us on budget alone. The NCAA has got to realize that the NIL will create a caste system that will only benefit the richest schools. On a positive note, I was encouraged with Wren’s comments on enrollment growth. That is what keeps us in the conversation as not every college will experience growth in enrollment post Covid.

106. North Texas The Mean Green overcame a 1-6 start by winning their last five regular-season games (including a win over undefeated UTSA) to earn the program’s fifth bowl trip in six years under coach Seth Littrell. But after an 18-9 mark from 2017-18, North Texas is only 14-21 over the last three seasons and the pressure is building on Littrell. A step forward in ’22 will require more consistency out of the passing game (197.1 yards a contest last fall), which could come in the form of Memphis/Arizona transfer Grant Gunnell after he joined the mix to push Austin Aune after spring ball. The Mean Green are deep at running back – a unit bolstered by promising sophomore Oscar Adaway III returning from an ACL tear to join Ikaika Ragsdale and Ayo Adeyi. Players returning from ailments also boost the receiving corps with Tommy Bush and Jyaire Shorter joining Damon Ward and Roderic Burns to form a standout receiving corps. Four starters return along an offensive line that should rank among the best in the conference. The hire of veteran play-caller Phil Bennett had a massive impact on North Texas’ defense last fall. In 2020, this unit surrendered 6.94 yards per snap and 42.8 points a game but cut those totals to 27.5 a contest and 5.7 yards a play. Improving on those numbers will require replacing ends Grayson and Gabriel Murphy (transferred to UCLA) and tackle Dion Novil. Linebacker KD Davis is among Conference USA’s top returning defenders for '22. Key swing games against Louisiana Tech, FAU and Rice take place in Denton.

Longer shots If North Texas (+1400) can play like it did in the second half of last season, the Mean Green will be a title factor. Same goes for UTEP (+2500) in the first half. But both have question marks at quarterback and were inconsistent last season for a reason. read more: https://www.nola.com/sports/betting/article_f5e370dc-0256-11ed-a64c-ffb299dd06c8.amp.html

From Caesars Sportsbook) Team Odds Win totals UTSA +240 8.5 (u-125) UAB +300 n/a Western Kentucky +350 8.5 Florida Atlantic +700 6.5 Middle Tennessee +1000 5.5 Louisiana Tech +1200 5.5 (u-125) North Texas +1400 6 UTEP +2500 5.5 (u-130) Charlotte +2500 4 Rice +10000 2.5 (o-125) Florida International +20000 3 (u-125)

The projected increase in enrollment is an extremely positive development as that impacts our budget directly.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis announced a home-and-home series with Boise State University on Wednesday. The two teams will play at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis in 2023 and in Boise, Idaho during the 2026 season. Dates for both contests will be announced later. The games between the Tigers and Broncos are in addition to the two games announced between the programs in January of 2021. Those contests are scheduled for Aug. 31, 2030 in Memphis and Sept. 13, 2031 in Boise. For Memphis, the game with Boise State replaces the North Texas contest in the 2023 season, with the Mean Green now joining the American Athletic Conference (AAC) on July 1, 2023. The Tigers' non-conference schedule for the 2023 season includes a road game at Arkansas State (Sept. 9), as well as home contests against Missouri (Sept. 23) and Boise State (TBA). Along with the road game against the Broncos in 2026, the Tigers are also slated for a home contest against Arkansas State (Sept. 5) and a road game at Arkansas (Sept. 19). Single-game tickets for the 2022 Memphis Football season are now available for Family Zone & Endzone seats at GoTigersGo.com. Tickets in the family zone for all home games start at $20 and in the endzone for $25. The Pick 3 Mini Plan is also available for the 2022 Tiger season. The Pick 3 Mini Plan gives fans the flexibility to pick from any three Memphis home games during the 2022 season at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, starting at just $45. Additionally, season tickets for the 2022 University of Memphis football season are now on sale. Fans interested in purchasing season tickets can go to GoTigersGo.com or call the ticket office at 901-678-2331. Link: https://gotigersgo.com/news/2022/6/29/memphis-football-announces-pair-of-games-with-boise-state.aspx

It sounds like KD gave us the right of first refusal and we matched or bettered what A&M and Ole Miss offered?

Has coached 28 national champions in last four years DENTON, Texas – Doug Marshall has been named North Texas Director of Track & Field, Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker announced Monday. "We are thrilled to welcome Doug, Erin, Avery, Brendan and Cason to the Mean Green Family," Baker said. "Doug is a rising star and possesses the qualities our search committee outlined when we began the process. His energy and enthusiasm for this opportunity made him an easy choice to be our next director of track and field. "He possesses championship experience and a proven ability to recruit and develop student-athletes to go along with his Texas roots. Most importantly, he is dedicated to building champions and preparing leaders. He will be a great addition to our campus and this community." A San Antonio native, Marshall spent four seasons as head coach of Iowa Western men's and women's track & field and cross country from 2019-22. In that time, IWCC won three national championships and finished in the top six 13 times after only two top-six finishes in the previous four years. Marshall is the 12th director of track and field in UNT history. "I'm extremely blessed and excited for the opportunity to be a part of the Mean Green Family," Marshall said. "I would like to say a special thanks to my wife and family, the administration at IWCC, my incredible coaching staff, and most of all our amazing student-athletes. They're the real reason I am able to accept an amazing opportunity like this. I also want to say thank you to Wren Baker and his committee for their belief in me. UNT is a place that we can develop into an elite program with a strong culture. I'm excited about this next chapter and can't wait to get to work with our team." The Reivers finished the 2021-22 season as the women's indoor and outdoor national champions, runner-up for men's outdoor title, and as the men's indoor third-place finisher. The program added 17 individual national champions and 29 NJCAA All-Americans. Marshall was honored as region coach of the year by the USTFCCCA. His teams combined to post a GPA of more than 3.8 for the year. Freshman distance runner Hilda Chebet was named National Women's Track Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA for the indoor season after scoring 38 points at the meet. Marshall also had two athletes achieve major success at the 2022 USA U-20 National Championship meet with women's high jumper Miracle Ailes finishing first (1.81m/5-11.25) and men's quarter-miler Andrew Brown finishing seventh (47.40). In 2021, Marshall guided the IWCC women's program to the school's first team national championship during the indoor season. Iowa Western won six individual titles and claimed three second-place finishes. He earned his first national coach of the year honor following the indoor title. The cross country program also posted its two highest team finishes in program history under Marshall's leadership. The 2020 men's squad finished third in the country and followed that performance in the 2021 season as the national runner-up. Individually, women's cross country runner Faith Linga won national titles in both 2019 and 2020. The 2020 indoor season saw the Reivers perform well as a team, with the women's side finishing in sixth place, while the men finished in the top 15. Marshall's first year at IWCC in 2019 was successful as both the men's and women's teams finished in the top 15 both indoor and outdoor. The highlight of the year was the women's team finishing as region champions during outdoors. All told, Marshall coached 28 junior college individual national champions and 131 NJCAA All-Americans in his four seasons at the helm. In addition, the women's team was the NJCAA top team GPA honoree from 2019-21 and the men were runner-up for three straight years. Prior to coming to Council Bluffs, Marshall served one season in 2018 as head coach at Garden City Community College in Kansas. In his lone season, Marshall led the Broncbusters to top 20 finishes in both the men's and women's indoor national meets and numerous individual awards, including a national championship in the men's indoor heptathlon. Marshall served as an assistant at Garden City for three seasons from 2015-17 before being promoted to head coach. He coached 11 All-Americans and 33 national qualifiers in the indoor and outdoor seasons with the Broncbusters as an assistant. He also spent time coaching at Hartford and Garden City high schools in Kansas. Marshall earned his bachelor's degree from Emporia State in 2011, where he was an NCAA qualifier in the triple jump and holds the third-best triple jump in school history. Marshall earned seven All-MIAA awards in both the long and triple jumps. Marshall is married to the former Erin Gerstberger. The couple has a daughter, Avery, and twin sons, Brendan and Cason.

It’s pretty serious. My mom has to basically use a cane and she has it. Being a head football coach takes some athleticism and you don’t see any of them on a cane.

I tend to agree. Especially now it is not fair to take a spot someone else wants.

It’s deeply disheartening and so bad for the program. I blame Littrell.

You must be really you and have 20 or 30 years to hope Littrell can turn things around. Some of us will be 6 feet under by that time sadly.

Happy Day!!WICHITA FALLS, Texas — North Texas head soccer coach John Hedlund on Thursday was awarded as the Midwestern State University Student-Athlete of the 1980s on Thursday at the school's 2022 Nexstar Sports Awards held at the Wharehouse event center in Wichita Falls, Texas.The awards were given out in honor of MSU's centennial. Hedlund, who founded the UNT soccer program in 1995 and enters his 28th season as its head coach this year, was a Mustang men's soccer student-athlete from 1980-84 and graduated with a criminal justice degree. A two-time All-American, Hedlund guided his teams to the NAIA National Tournament three times, in the 1983 National Tournament Hedlund scored a record four goals in one game, earning Tournament Most Valuable Player. He scored 26 times and dished out 12 assists while wearing the maroon and gold. During his time in Wichita Falls, Hedlund also played for the U.S. National Team."Truly honored to receive this award tonight," Hedlund said "Some of my fondest memories throughout my career were wearing the Maroon and Gold!"After his time at MSU, Hedlund embarked on a successful 12-year professional career, before coming to North Texas.At UNT he has become the university's all-time winningest head coach by leading the Mean Green to 373 wins, 16 conference championships, seven NCAA Tournament appearances and zero losing seasons in his almost three decades in Denton.