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Good sentiment. I second this.

Sallee on impending conference realignment: We’re gonna see a lot of movement since the Pac-12 media rights deal is sort of all over the place — we’ve seen Apple kinda go away, we’ve seen the CW kind of go. The Pac-12’s a big-time mess right now, due in large part to Larry Scott, the former commissioner who really sent this whole thing into a spiral 10 years ago. I think that has opened the door for other conferences to go fishing. … If the Pac-12 media rights deals fall apart or just aren’t very attractive to some schools that might be willing to leave or want to leave, then the Big 12 might start making some moves. Then you’re gonna see the Pac 12 make some moves [and] the Mountain West probably make some moves. read more: https://frontofficesports.com/next-wave-of-realignment-hinges-on-pac-12-says-cbs-sports-analyst/

DENTON, Texas – UNT softball head coach Rodney DeLong announced on Monday the hiring of Christina Gwyn as the program’s new pitching coach. Gwyn had spent the last six seasons as the head softball coach at Keller High School. She joins the Mean Green after leading Keller to the 2023 UIL Texas 6A Region finals. It marked the third time she had taken Keller to the region title game — the 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019 she led Keller to a top 15 national ranking and the state semifinals. In six seasons as Keller’s head coach, Gwyn won 155 total games. They won 30 or more games three times, including 35 this past season. Keller went 14-0 in district this season, which was the second time in her tenure the Indians went undefeated in district. “I am very excited about what Christina will bring to our program,” DeLong said. “After pitching at a high level, her experience in running a very successful program is extremely valuable to me. She is great coach and even better person. Our pitching staff will be in good hands. I am excited about our future as we continue to raise the bar for our program.” Gwyn will take over a North Texas pitching staff that had a 2.13 earned run average last season, which ranked tied for 21st in the nation and second-best in the league. UNT pitchers Ashley Peters and McKenzie Wagoner each ranked individually in the top 25 in the nation in earned run average and No. 1 and No. 2 in the league. While at Keller High School, Gwyn mentored many outstanding arms, but most notably the program’s all-time winningest pitcher Dylann Kaderka who won 81 games while in high school, was a two-time all-area pitcher of the year, a two-time all-star and was named as the Dallas Morning News’ 2019 Pitcher of the Year after posting a 25-2 record with a 1.58 ERA during what was her senior season. Kaderka went on to Grayson College where she was the 2021 NJCAA DI Pitcher of the Year as she led the NJCAA with 31 wins and was later named the NJCAA Softball World Series Most Outstanding Pitcher. “I am beyond excited to represent the University of North Texas this upcoming season,” Gwyn said. “It is a blessing to join Coach Delong’s staff and work with the amazing student-athletes that represent this great university.“ UNT softball is coming off a 35-win season and reached the championship game of the Conference USA Tournament. Under DeLong’s leadership (five seasons), the Mean Green have won three conference championships and in 2022 UNT won its first ever NCAA Softball Tournament game and reached the regional final. Softball had seven players this past season named all-conference, including Wagoner — second team — who will return next season for her senior year. Gwyn is a 2008 graduate from BYU. She ranked in the top 10 in every career and single season BYU pitching category when she graduated. She threw the program’s first no hitter during her senior season and led the Cougars to back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances. Prior to playing at BYU, Gwyn-Barton played for Texas where she was teammates with three-time gold medalist pitcher Cat Osterman. Gwyn graduated from Keller High School where she was a 5A Texas State Champion and was the State Tournament MVP. She was a first-team Academic All-American and a three-time District MVP pitcher. In 2013 she was inducted into the Keller High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Prior to coaching at her alma mater, Gwyn-Barton also coached at Little Elm High School and McKinney Boyd High School. Olympic Sport Passes for next season's Mean Green soccer, volleyball and softball seasons are available now. Fans can purchase a general admission Olympic Sport Pass for 75 dollars to get season tickets to all three teams. For an upgraded option, fans can purchase the soccer reserved pass for 125 dollars for premium seating. Olympic Sport Passes can be purchased here.

I feel like we need to start calling them out. I get that we need to be real about things but their negativity borders on the absurd.

I agree with that.

Thank you as always @TheReal_jayD

If true we owe him a lot. There are a lot of teams called eagles and we are the only true Mean Green!

Wow this is my bank. Good to hear.

Former TCU guard Rondel Walker has committed to North Texas, he told On3. The 6-foot-5 rising senior averaged 1.9 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.7 assists per game this past season for the Horned Frogs, who finished fifth in the Big 12 with an overall record of 22-13. Walker began his college career at Oklahoma State, spending two seasons in Stillwater. He averaged 7.8 points and 2.9 rebounds during his freshman year at OSU followed up by 4.9 points and 2.6 rebounds during his sophomore season. Walker, a native of Midwest City, Oklahoma, will now finish his college career at North Texas under replacement head coach Ross Hodge. The Mean Green are coming off a successful 2022-23 season where they won the NIT tournament, completing the year with a record of 31-7. Former UNT head coach Grant McCasland, who led the team to NIT champs, is now the head coach at Texas Tech. read more: https://www.on3.com/transfer-portal/news/former-tcu-oklahoma-state-guard-rondel-walker-commits-to-north-texas/

Agree wholeheartedly on this point.

It really has become a joke and I really question why anyone would pay for it. I cancelled my subscription last year.

I cancelled my subscription last year. I just had too many subscriptions and didn't need anymore.

Kennedy's name being mentioned as a possible replacement for Huggins. Would be a huge loss for UAB and the AAC. https://wvsportsnow.com/bock-wvu-basketball-should-go-the-interim-route-during-2023-24-season/

Chose Memphis over UNT and others. College Station’s Maiden commits to Memphis: College Station senior quarterback Arrington Maiden announced his commitment to Memphis via Twitter on Sunday night. Maiden posted on social media on Friday that he was on an official visit to Memphis this weekend. According to 247Sports.com, Maiden (6-3, 195) also held scholarship offers from Texas-San Antonio, North Texas, Texas State, Utah State and Abilene Christian among others. read more: https://theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/weekend-wrap-sam-bennett-ties-for-43rd-at-u-s-open-local-football-players-commit/article_5dc2c96a-0f16-11ee-960b-bf3a4145b46d.html

The article as I read it stated the coach resigned.

The other problem is there are rumour that the conference may offer SDSU a bigger percentage ala what they had to do for Boise.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/14822723/Jaydon-Smith

Just wonderful news. Love his film.

I am going as well.

PAC is slow footing all of this it appears. They have to make the first move. Big 12 appears done.

He has the size and you can't teach that.