El Paso Eagle

WE ARE 7-40 IN OOC GAMES And 2 of those wins are against 1-AA teams. Why are your expectations so low? It could be debated whether DD has helped to bring this program to a higher level or we have been the benefactors of playing in the worst 1-A conference in the history of the NCAA. As far as the UNT job not being attractive, I’m sure there are those who know better but I believe we had quite a few people apply the last time around. I’m not calling for DD’s ouster but if the success of the program is only going to be measured by our Sun Belt success then we should never expect better things.

Understanding that most are upset/frustrated here are some questions to throw around – There are a lot of people wanting to see DD change his offense. Is this really realistic or just wishful thinking? I have not always been the biggest DD fan but I do give him the credit for being able to make the adjustments he can, based on the personnel available. For everyone want to put Phillips in remember the most popular guy on the team (from a fan’s standpoint) is usually the backup QB. Hopefully we have found a player with talent that was overlooked, but he is a true freshman walk-on. For those who say everything will be OK. Why are your expectations so low? And please do not use the “well our facilities are so……” excuse, this only shows disrespect to the player we do have and have signed. For the comments about who is or isn’t a die hard fan and we will be OK if we can just average 20K. The reality looks to be that we do not have a base large enough so that there will be 20K at each game come hell or high water. What do we do? Not to be a knock on DD but his style of play is not going to be the fan-friendly style that brings in the casual fan. As for those who want DD to be more outgoing and open up to the fan more, well it’s probably not going to happen and if he did there would be many who would complain about how insincere he was being.

Yea, but there putting Butts in the seats and moving up the polls ... Who's got the last laugh

It might not be a case of how far they have come in a year but rather how far we have fallen in a year.

I realize this is always an emotional issue. While it would be great to be in a position to recruit all High School players would it be better for NT to place a heaver emphasis on JUCO players? Could this help us become more competitive overall?

If for any reason we play like we did against Tulsa K-State - 62 N T - 9 If we play like we did against MTSU K-State - 31 N T - 10 If DD is applying for his future job K-State - 24 N T - 20

The stat says 29 ATTEMPTS - 50 completed

MARK THE TIME!!!! The words Respect and LaTech in the same post (without the words Lack of)

We (UNT) have had our players in trouble and they have played. I am not syaing you are not correct but let's remember our backyard has not always been that clean.

Put JT at QB and switch to the Wishbone

We return the 3rd least amount of returning starters, not the 3rd youngest. If we are going to use the youth/inexperience card then we also need to question why, knowing we were going to be so young/inexperienced we did not hit the JC's a little harder.

This is hurting

I guess after last night Utah will drop

I have to go with the ???Touchdown??? in Austin. Beating UT in Austin would have been great.

One thing to say about DD – he sticks with what he knows will work. While others may switch to the “flavor” of the week, DD sticks to what is proven. His goal is not to impress others, but rather to quench that inner thirst!

Thanks

Let's see... tie goes to the runner ... We have the better runners .. WE WIN!!!!

Any truth to the rumor that the new Diet Coke guy has a younger brother who is pouring on the sidelines around Longview? Talk is he may break his brother's high school pours per game average.

That only brings up the potential issue the year after when they both are battling for “pouring” time.

I know the first response is win both. I know everyone is focused on the conference winning streak and winning another conference championship, however for the future of our program is it more important for UNT to have success in our out of conference games against schools like Tulsa and LaTech? While winning the Belt is great, winning the belt withour OOC wins against D1 teams will hurt us.

With all due respect, if you want him out there for his experience and the fact he could help keep our new QB focused that is fine, but enough with this “because he’s a senior”. We need the best players on the field who the coaches believe will help us win the game – period! Some may agree, and others disagree with DD’s tactics, but let’s hope that he fielding the best players based on what they bring to the teams ability to win and not using their remaining eligibility to determine playing time.

NT - 17 TU- 16