JT Hammons

I like that you are doing this independently of the official alumni association. They will want to get a big chunk of your budget.

They were much bigger and stronger.

I am with you. Mosley needs to get some big donors and eat the rest of his deal. He has single handedly destroyed what could have been a remarkable season historically speaking.

Well again it's the contracts that stipulate we had to keep Craponi. He got a 2 year deal which in hindsight was dumb. Agents drive this type of crap, basically setting the expectation that you can't get a good DC unless you are willing to give them a 2-year deal.

The money we owe him was deducted by his salary at OU. This firing hurt UNT because we will now be eligible to turn what we owe him to the full amount. This is not a good day for Seth or UNT athletics honestly. We both lose big time.

How can you say that. Extremely painfully embarrassing to be fired like that in the middle of the season. He's not just another coaching hire at OU. His family has extremely close ties to the University. I believe they are big donors and his dad was a player on their national championship team.

I think you are right on this.

Looks like they are moving it back into the AD now. There was a good article in the WSJ a couple of days ago, I will try to find it and repost here.

Yeah I saw him on the sidelines in street clothes last game. He is fine. I think he is is close to 100% recovered and just saving himself for the portal and a bigger NIL offer.

Interesting that they like UTSA don't have a true IPF like we do but he doesn't mention them. Herman on the need of an IPF and schools willingness to make one “Yeah, and I, and I know that Brian White our athletic director, shares that vision with me. You know, we made the jump into this conference, I hope with eyes very wide open. You know, of the 14 teams in this conference, us and Charlotte are the only two that don't either have an indoor practice facility or plans to get one. And so we're working really hard behind the scenes. I know Brian and Mary are, and it's fun to see that and then understand. And the university, hey, we decided to be in this conference. We better act like it, you know. And so although it has affected these last few weeks, it's been nice to see people on campus acknowledge like, Hey, this is something we need, and we need it in a hurry and something temporarily, even, you know, by next off season. So I think the wheels are definitely in motion, I don't want to over say, nothing's been promised to me, but I am confident that everybody that needs to know how important it is does know how important it is, and is working really hard to make sure that we get there,” Herman said.

https://www.fauowlsnest.com/news/view/football/fau-coach-tom-herman_8.htm?filter=*%2C!1783%2C!1784 FAU Coach Tom Herman fielded questions Tuesday afternoon as FAU came out of the bye week and prepared for a matchup with North Texas on ESPN 2 this Saturday. The Owls are dealing with injury issues at receiver, but they have healed up at other positions and head into this matchup with a healthy QB room and DB room which over the past 2 weeks has been an issue. Herman discusses a variety of niche topics from the need of an IPF, the culture of the program keeping players in the program, the effects of hurricane Milton on practice and more. The Owls head into this game optimistic having seen what they look like at their best in the second half against Wagner, but North Texas will provide a new challenge that will show if FAU has turned a page heading into conference play. Herman on what he expects out of North Texas “Coach has got them going really good. They're four and one, led mostly by their offense. Chandler Morris at quarterback, a young man that I saw in high school, heck of a player in high school, and was a big time recruit and got a ton of respect for his dad, former head coach at SMU, Arkansas offensive coordinator at Clemson and Chad Morris. So football family, anytime you get those guys, you got a coach's kid at quarterback that was whatever he was, a four star talent wise, who's a coach's kid who's now in his sixth year, That's a that's a really, really smart dude back there taking snaps for you, got 16 touchdowns in five games. That's by my math. That's over three a game. But he has thrown, you know, six picks, so that's over one a game. So we've got to disrupt him at the end of the day. If he has a good day, we're not going to have a good day. We need to make sure that, one, we cover the guys really well, but two, that he feels that kind of pressure I said on the TV show, that I've been around some really, really good quarterbacks. Had to coach against some too, and none of them can throw it from their back, and very few of them can throw it at their best when guys are breathing out their neck so he's the key defensively. We've got to make him feel uncomfortable, and part of that is making sure guys aren't open down the field,” Herman said.

Goo poll. We need more of these.

40 time is indeed impressive. Wonder if he could play some receiver or special teams as well.

Kenny Washington?

Memphis football's game against North Texas on Oct. 19 will kick off at 6:30 or 7 p.m., the schools announced Monday. It will be televised on ESPNU or ESPN2. The official time and TV information will be announced after the Oct. 12 slate of games. The matchup at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium will be a rematch of a wild game in Denton last year. The Tigers jumped out to a 31-10 lead in that game before collapsing in the second half. The Mean Green took the lead with less than a minute to go, but Seth Henigan connected with Joe Scates for a long touchdown to give Memphis the win. Link: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/2024/10/07/memphis-football-game-time-north-texas-seth-henigan-ryan-silverfield-tigers/75519293007/

Yeah it is definitely a mess and could threaten to pull the whole sport down if not careful. Best thing to do right now is put it all back under the AD and have set rules that all must follow with significant consequences.

That would give the AAC all 3 service academies. They could all three dominate the league for years to come. Look at right now, Navy and Army are the only undefeated teams left in conference!

Excellent news! Thanks for making it happen.

I thought this was fantastic!

Damn we got left behind again! Where do we end up now? Back to the Belch?

What’s funny is BYU did their damndest to give SMUt the ballgame and they couldn’t take it! Why did BYU keep punting it with 4th and inches? Also why did SMUt pull Stone? Jennings is horrible!

Why do their podcasts even matter that much honestly. All of their articles are behind a paywall. Never was a fan of those. I like Billy See’s.

Just another sign everything NIL heading to the athletic department. Good to see.

How soon you going to be there and where you at? Fouts?