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The secret is out, @MeanGreenFB wearing all-new helmets tonight for national TV audience on @CBSSportsNet. pic.twitter.com/RCFy57N58X — Eric Capper (@Eric_Capper) September 11, 2014

I don't see how they get out of a series with us. If they back out, that makes them looked scared and would be a huge win for UNT in my opinion. We could simply tell recruits that they didn't want anything to do with UNT b/c they know we're better.

And it gets better. DMN article, "but I guarantee you there are some high schools around the country that could beat them (SMU)."

"I talked to four former players yesterday, and we all said if they don't want to do anything, just kill the program," Dickerson told 105.3 KRLD-FM in Dallas on Tuesday. "Just stick to academics and basketball and kill that program. "It's so frustrating for us to watch SMU become nothing but a laughingstock or almost nonexistent. It's almost like it doesn't exist." ESPN Dallas Article

Call me crazy but I think that Road Runners will have the opportunity to win outright tonight. The spread on the game is Arizona -7, which seems like such a sucker bet. And on top of that, everyone from the public to the sharks, are jumping all over Arizona -7. 9 times out of 10, when you see that much of action in one direction, Vegas slams the book on you. Vegas is giving a lot of respect to UTSA and they're right much more often than they're wrong.

I know the NFL season kicks off tonight but for college football, all eyes turn to San Antonio tonight as UTSA takes on Arizona. This is a huge game for their young program. My question to Mean Green fans is, do want them to pull of an upset or would we rather see them lose? A good showing by UTSA is good for C-USA but could hurt us in recruiting. Personally, I'd like to see them win. That just makes our matchup(s) more meaningful. We just need to show up this year and get a W when we go to San Antonio.

Talk is cheap. Let the players do the 'talking' on the field and let the results of 4 quarters tell the story. As Jub Jub pointed out, its 2-2 in the last four and we live in a 'what have you done for lately' world. And if SMU is so high and mighty and better than us, then when we beat that ass Saturday, it will hurt that much more. I'm so glad we have the next 10 years to settle who is better on the field. Now we just have to produce and get some W's.

My thoughts are as follows and this why I think we may have a fighting chance in this game. If anyone has ever watched Louisville play the last few years and knows the history of Charlie Strong, you'd know he runs a very pro style offense that likes to run the football between the tackles, be physical, and use the play action pass. So yes, we must find a way to stop them from getting big chunks of yards on the ground and make Ash beat us. The thing that made Louisville click on offense the last few years was Teddy Bridgewater and guess what, Texas doesn't have a Teddy Bridgewater under center. Our defense made a living last year playing 'bend, don't break' defense. And I have never seen before a coach make the needed adjustments like Skladany did last year. There's a reason no one scored on us in the second half last year. And the bowl game was A great example. UNLV marched it down our throats on their first possession, Skladany made the need adjustments, and UNLV was essentially shut down the rest of the game. So I am confident that if we can slow them down from running the ball and not give up big chunks, the clock will run and shorten the game. Now on the flip side, we were 19th in the nation last year in time of possession. Canales must find a way to gain positive yards every down, whether its one or two here and then 5,6,7 there. But we cannot have bad plays and move backwards. Canales is very good at finding ways to get first downs when we need them (20th in the nation in 3rd down conversions last year) but we cannot habitually get into third and long situations. So if we can find a way to get first downs, move the chains, and chew some clock and we find a way to not give up big chunks of yards on defense, we can shorten the game. If we can keep it close going into half time and continue to grind it out in the second half and keep it close, we can have a chance. For us, players start believing if we keep in close later and later into the game. For them, if we can keep close, they start to get more and more nervous as time progresses b/c they know they're supposed to win and they start thinking about all of the external factors. I have a ton a faith in this coaching staff to come up with a good game plan. I know our kids will play hard and be in the right position. I also know that they will have the better athletes as a whole and they will have more overall depth than us. But I truly believe we can go down to Austin and give these guys hell. I expect nothing less from a Dan McCarney coached team. And maybe, just maybe we can keep it close into the fourth quarter, come up with a one or two big plays, and shock the world.

From everything I have been reading, it sounds like the starting QB job is basically between McNulty and Greer. Is Williams even in the hunt to win the starting job? Coming out of camp last year, it sounded like the coaches were very high on Williams and that he even pushed for significant playing time as a true freshman. As a secondary question, was Williams granted a redshirt for last season? I know he played a limited amount. No matter who the coaches name as the starter, I have complete faith that Mac & Co. will make the right decision. August 30th can't get here soon enough.

"Dunbars a special guy, Murray said. He definitely gives a great chance to do some things. I definitely want to be in there as much as I can. But I definitely know and feel he needs to get some touches, get on the field and make some things happen, because hes definitely a spark for our team." http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/article-RowanKavner/Murray-Im-Lead-Guy-But-Dunbar-Needs-Touches/b19b5a2d-1a26-4d7b-8d05-bc1d33b808f5

As I stated earlier, I think Benford is a bad hire and he needs to go. As for the improvement from last year, as a big picture, we lost an NBA caliber player and moved to a tougher conference and increased wins (albeit with a weak non-conference schedule). I think he did just enough to buy himself one more year. Are we still a bad team? Yes. And I am happy to see that apathy is gone and the expectation of winning is in. I would love to see nothing more than for us to get back to winning 20 games a year and making runs at the conference championship. But you have to admit, we all had this outcome in the back of our minds when JJ left. Now on to RV. I first got to UNT in 2002. I don't know how you can look around campus, at the students, at the facilities, at what our football team accomplished last season, and not see a vast improvement from that point on. I really only have from 2002 on to put things into perspective. I just remember a friend visiting UNT for the first time in '02 and he came to the football game vs. ULM. His exact words to me were, "This is D1 football?". You take the crowd from that game, maybe 10,000 at best, and look at our homecoming game from this last season vs. UTEP and you tell me the difference. It is well documented on this board that Todd Dodge was huge failure, which is obvious. We were all fairly excited at first of his hiring, at the thought that he could make inroads to high school coaches and recruit well at the high school level. The recruiting wasn't the problem with Dodge, as evidenced by this last graduating class. But when it came down to X's and O's, he just didn't cut it. But, RV hit a home run with hiring McCarney. I could tell the first year Mac was in town how drastically better coached the football team was. The key now is retaining him and continuing to build on what he has done so far, which I have complete faith will happen. With all this said, I just don't see where RV's job should be on the line. He has done so much to raise the profile of UNT athletics, getting us out of the $#!* Belt and into a conference where we play teams that people have heard about and have a history of success. In regards to football, he has done a good job of scheduling and get us out of playing two or three body bag games a year. Like I stated, 2002 was my first year at UNT. We played at Texas, Arizona, TCU, and Alabama that year. We now have a home and home with SMU scheduled for years to come and Army right behind that. And then away games against respectable but winnable games at Indiana and Iowa.

I think its ridiculous to even think about firing RV for something like this. I do I believe Benford needs to go, yes. But as sad as it is to say, we made progress from last year. He'll get one more year.

We're favored in Vegas to beat Tulane. Am I the only one surprised to see this? I would have guessed we were going to be 5 to 6 point dogs in this one, especially playing less than 24 hours after an overtime game. Maybe they know something we don't? As bad as we've been, I'd still like to us extend the season as long as possible. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/odds

"... I appreciate that opportunity to stay here. I'm not looking to leave. I love this place." I hope he truly means this. I'm also hoping that at his age, he doesn't want another restart somewhere else. I look forward to the years to come in Mean Green football.

So, will he be eligible for this upcoming season? Sounds like he sat out last season so I would think that he would be?

10 games inside the state of Texas. That has to be good for recruiting. Also, by them matching us up vs. UTSA the last game of the season indicates to me they expect both teams to be in the running for the divisional championship. I expect UTSA to end up being our main rival within the conference. Last years loss still tastes bad. Can't wait for some more football.

Chancellor and Orr with both get a shot at the next level. If either gets drafted, it'll be later on, most likely 6th or 7th round. Chancellor is shifty enough as well as strong and low to the ground that he naturally makes a good return man b/c he's not easy to bring down. I'm not sure he has 'great' enough hands to play at the next level as a true WR but the fact that he can be a special teams player only increases his odds.

Circle this date on your calender folks and start telling your friends, family, co-workers, fellow alums and anyone who will take the time to listen to be there. We need to move that crowd that showed up yesterday to the Cotton Bowl 45 miles north to Apogee Stadium when we take on the Ponies of SMU. I'm already looking forward to this for all of the obvious reasons. We as a university need to come full force to show that we are the team to beat in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. On another note, I can't say enough how proud I am of this current bunch of kids. What a great season. This is what the Mean Green Nation has been waiting for. And as Mac said yesterday, this is not the end but the beginning. With his leadership, I can't do anything but agree. GO MEAN GREEN!

I'm pulling for the Cardinals tonight to upset Northern Illinois and go on to win the MAC. I'm also hoping we get a little pub tonight on national TV. They always seems to post the schedule of each team and do a little recap of the season, so we should at least get a mention.

I know the championship is played on the home turf of the team with the best record in conference play. ECU and Marshall each have one loss with each other left to play. If we win out and one of those two ends up 7-1, how will it be determined who has home field advantage? Just wondering if anyone knows. Beat UTSA!

Just curious, but what's the $300 'other' pay?

FREE BACON. K-State's women's basketball team is giving away free bacon before their home opener Friday. "Due to demand and the activity on social media, the bacon order has now increased from 100 pounds to 300 pounds," Peterson said. Kansas State Offers Free Bacon (ESPN)

Ohio looked absolutely inept last night. Wish we could play them now instead the second week of the season. We have improved a lot while that team seems to have digressed quite a bit. The MAC has three, maybe four good teams but the rest of the conference is terrible.

I had us at 6-6 with wins over Idaho, Ball State, MTSU, Southern Miss, UTEP, and UTSA. I had no idea LaTech would fall off the way they have, so there's that one. I'm telling you right now, we can win every game left. After we win this Saturday, the Rice game will be huge. If we win that one, which I think we will have a good chance to do in front of a home crowd, this team will have a lot of momentum to finish out the season. I have a feeling something special is going to happen this year.