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That (bolded) is what makes the world work.

This is probably the best thing written about this mess.

Well, it would take a spectacular enough next 3 months to forget the last 3 years. But, if all of a sudden he shows the player development, game planning and game management that no one here has seen this year, he would still have to actually win 7 more games to get this crowd behind him. I actually think the team has some pretty talented players, but the play calling looks like coaching malpractice. If Littrell offered his resignation midseason, UNT football would probably have little to lose by accepting his offer and letting Patrick Cobbs coach the remainder of the season. Little would be expected of him, but if he won 3 or 4 games, who knows?

I can see a way it could be feasible at UNT, but I don't think anyone here wants to go down to FCS level.

The bar for what is acceptable public behavior has dropped so low that one can expect the social media reactions excusing anything short of physical assault. I will say that there have been those on this forum criticizing the profanity directed by the UNT student section towards opposing teams and anyone who has to listen to it. When I consider that in 1969 I attended the Texas International Pop Festival, along with about 100,000 others, and never saw or heard of any violent activity, and in 2019 attended a commemoration of that event with about 10,000 others and saw a physical assault happen while waiting for a bus after the event, it did make me think about the decline of civility in public during those intervening years (actually getting worse during the pandemic). Perhaps some of this behavior is alcohol induced, but I think that overall there has been a decline in what people expect anymore. I wonder (hey, all this talk of branding), if the educational system should start considering how to teach common courtesy, if for no other reason, that one who wishes to attain the best positions in government and business may have their behavior be subjected to the kind of scrutiny that searches into job applicants' social media accounts may provide. At least folks should be reminded of the quality of video recording available in devices just about everyone carries with them these days, which might record behavior embarrassing or dangerous to one's career or freedom. It's not hard for reputations to be damaged to the point of causing one serious harm through this wondrous thing called the internet.

SMU: "Dallas, we're your team". Dallas: "You're from University Park, not Dallas". SMU: "But the Dallas Cowboys play in Arlington". Dallas: : "How about them Cowboys".

I guess this could just as well be a comment in the "short yardage situation" thread, but since we've recruited and are playing tight ends now, it seems like there should be some pass plays designed for tight ends in just those situations, which I would hope could provide some alternative to the "run it up the middle on 4th and 1" strategy which has been seen by us and all our opponents enough times to see how that works.

I've liked Kason Martin every time I've seen him making throws. Hey, fire away!

This has been going on for a while now; I remember some bad snaps early on in that bowl game in New Mexico in what, 2018? it just seems like, more than once a season, that Mose can't be counted on to get the shotgun snap placed right. Does he have eligibility after this year?

So that Seth can prove he can change quarterbacks.

So, down 23 points late in the fourth, keep sending same qb out; you gotta give Seth credit for sticking with his starter. I see a Heisman Trophy campaign for Ruder in his future.

As far as I can tell, the internet is broke, and the part with espn is broke the worst.

Thank you for doing all the right things. Hopes and prayers that we'll see you safe and well on the other side of this setback.

I've never seen any concern about "views", but everything I've read says that employers can require vaccination. I don't think that testing protocols can work for anyone what with near proximity within position groups and quarantining anyone exposed. Some of these anti vax players will probably learn soon about how indispensable they are. This is what I see on the CDC website: "Whether an employer may require or mandate COVID-19 vaccination is a matter of state or other applicable law. If an employer requires employees to provide proof that they have received a COVID-19 vaccination from a pharmacy or their own healthcare provider, the employer cannot mandate that the employee provide any medical information as part of the proof."

Well, it's hard to understand some things, such as, why Locksley ever got hired as HC anywhere after NM, and why he's still HC at Maryland. Considering the records of Locksley and Canales, I'm thinking Canales may be angling for another interim HC stint.

Yep, now that would be freedom for the many, even for the deniers.

So why does he get two threads?

Yes, I remember watching some of those Trinity teams, including the one that won their first state championship. Those teams were "run first", and played mostly out the "I" formation, but that year (2005, IIRC), they were playing for the state championship against Converse Judson, who was stacking the box to shut down the run. They were able to pass enough to pull out that win, but they were never a team, at least during that Steve Lineweaver era, that could come back from being down multiple scores late in the game. I always wondered if those big O linemen were really very good at pass blocking, especially in the playoffs, where they faced stiffer competition from better balanced offenses. Lineweaver said once that he wanted to have a more balanced offense, but they were sort of a victim of their own success at running the ball. They had some highly successful running backs for a while there, and some of them were small enough to be hard for opposing defenses to see, what with vision being obscured by those big "hogs" on the Trinity O line. I think you can find a lot of college players, even as low as the D3 level, with big offensive linemen. Whether they are quick enough to play at a higher level is another matter. It's good to be big, but big with speed and quickness is better.

I've been to Canada many times for vacation, and have never heard a Canadian say anything like "hey, we'd love to have NFL football replace Hockey Night in Canada". I have heard something like, "hey, get out of here before the next storm hits, so leave right now". That was in May, but wouldn't advise Canada after October for anyone who didn't just love the Texas weather for the week starting on Valentine's Day, 2021.

As long as it's football politics, I'd think OK. Political football, maybe not.

I found a great UNT t shirt at the Southlake Costco. I'll post a pic tomorrow.

I think the added value of a master's from a different school than the bachelor's is probably the most unarguable point you've made. Are there UNT programs outside the College of Music which prefer a UNT grad over one from almost any other university? Other than for programs in which we have led, such as emergency management, I doubt there are many.

Just looking at the Google results for a search on "Tate Wallis", there is a DRC story titled "Tate Wallis offered his resignation and we have accepted" attributed to "UNT". I don't think that indicates that UNT owes him anything, much less his old position back. Just because a case has been dismissed in a criminal court doesn't mean that the accused also has rights to employment unless there is something between them and their former employer that amounts to their employment being other than "at will" (subject to termination at the pleasure of the employer). Honestly, even at the college level, and when the student is 18 or over, the whole thing of a teacher/student "relationship", other than professional, is just a nightmare for a school if it draws public attention (which it probably does only rarely). I'm sure the leadership of UNT was quite happy to accept the "offered resignation". The rights to employment (such as they are) are nothing like the rights of defendants in a criminal proceeding, where the accuser bears the burden of proof. An employer, unless there is something like academic tenure, can hire, fire, or "accept resignation" with no reason given at all.

If I can learn to love Tom Brady, maybe some of y'all can learn to love Brett Vito.