MeanGreenTexan

Not sure if people know, but the guy that some here were pining for during the HC search after Littrell was let go is on staff there. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-adds-former-power-5-head-coach-as-analyst-hoosiers-are-massive-underdog-vs-michigan/

I might attend the Frisco Bowl, or even the New Mexico Bowl. No way I'm attending a bowel game though.

It would be pretty dumb of him to not treat this as an audition, and if it works, you have to think about keeping him. There are times when a 3-3-5 stack works. It's starting to lose it's effectiveness though as more and more offenses scheme to it's weaknesses. You really have to have the right DL (nose, specifically) to make it work. Rod Brown is awesome, and is doing a great job in his role there. Then, you have to have great secondary pieces. Remember our 2017-18 defenses when Kemon Hall, Nate Brooks, Kahiri Mohammed & Eric Jenkins were all patrolling back there in Reff's 3-3-5 stack? Great defenses! It doesn't appear that's what Coach Odom would run if it were his show though... If you take a closer look at what @BillySee58 was saying, Odom seems to work in more of a 4-2-5 formation like Coach Bennett last year. I like this defense a little more, assuming we have good, fast, thumper LBs, (Brown & Smith will do), because it allows a 4 man rush on the regular, while maintaining a strong secondary presence.

I agree it would be a quick turnaround, but I bet he'll at least have some packages ready to go this week, if not a full "base" defense ready. If he wants to treat this like a job interview (which he should), he'll need to implement successful changes immediately. He'll have at least two (better be three!!) games to show what he can do.

Bring the right guy in, and they'll stay and/or bring in guys who will be able to backfill well.

I was just thinking this, reading all of these ignorant posts. Wow. You would think some of the most ardent UNT fans (people posting here) would know something about their opponents.

No wonder he was hired! It's the most magnificent resume I've ever seen.

We already have one, and he gives a ton. Got any other options/quick fixes?

What's so frustrating is that we were there, on the cusp. We were THAT team. WE HAD THE MOMENTUM (starting in 2017) until Littrell's flirtations with KSSt. The wheels fell off after that.... starting with Fine's injury in the NM Bowl game that year, then Harrell getting hired away & replaced by Bodie Reeder. The next season, the lackadaisical SL showed up and he wasn't having fun anymore. No more high energy, "Get after their asses!!". Instead, it was low energy, "we gotta do better in all 3 phases".... Then, we fired Littrell, and rightly so, but brought in Great Value Seth Littrell to replace him, which was a bone-headed move.

This had to have been done because Morris believes Odom can do a better job IMMEDIATELY. Let's hope he is right. Odom has enough credibility and skins on the wall to use this as an opportunity. We'll see if he can get the guys to buy in.

For who? The Gators & their fans??

Army has jumped up and bit enough teams to establish their triple option is well-known to be frustrating. Apparently, NT bball hasn't bit enough teams with eyeballs on them for anyone to know about us... and that's just fine with me. All of the AAC teams' fans know it well, but that's about it.

Love the size and the offensive tape. As long as he has a defensive "dog" mentality, he's gonna fit in just fine here!

It's weird because if they were to go up against someone like Virginia (basically the Mean Green, but in the ACC), they'd say "Oh, that's what Virginia does...". Make no mistake, I like flying under the radar and reading those reactions from other fans. Brings a smile to my face. I hope our guys do too. But man, the data is right there!

A real quick check via google can tell you that NT's defense is top 5 in the nation. https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/146 While on google, one could also see that NT's pace-of-play is bottom 10 in the nation. https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/stat/possessions-per-game ERGO... Teams are going to score much less than they normally do against us, and it's going to frustrate the heck out of their fans if they don't know anything about us except that we're "a good mid-major".

It's so weird, because the ball simply has to break the plane, not cross the line entirely. I don't know how the reply official could have seen the same footage we saw and not come to the conclusion that the ball broke the plane.

Speaking for myself, and probably many other here... the "but" above is not really necessary. Those are 2 true statements that aren't contradictory of each other. However, when you happen to put yourself in a position to surprise/overachieve, and shoot yourself in the foot yet again, there's a little extra "disappointment" sprinkled in.

I’m surprised there hasn’t been much talk on here about this play. Not sure how many of you watched the game on TV, but I did. Watching the replay, I have no idea how the review refs could not see the ball break the plane before his knee went down. It looked pretty clear to me. A 10-7 lead there would have made a huge difference in the game. I know we all felt extremely confident in our offense scoring there (2nd & goal from the 1/4-yd line), but it didn’t happen, for whatever reasons. Massive miss there. Also the INT that was overturned by replay… another miss (**EDIT** not an INT, it was the fumble. I got legitimate turnovers conflated!), even though we wound up forcing the punt. All that said, the game was decided on the 2 INTs Morris threw in the end zone. He simply can’t throw those.

This thread title…

EVERY. TIME.

Looks like we can put a kibbosh on the whole “Morris is the best QB we’ve had!!” talk. Mason’s & Steve’s spots are safe.

I'll gladly take that excuse if it means a better shot at a W on Saturday. We're not good enough to care about what other people think about our W's. Just get 'em any way you can.