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The North Texas Mean Green is a curious oddity when it comes to big time college football in the Dallas area. Nestled in Denton, just north of both Dallas and Forth Worth in one of the biggest recruiting hot beds in the state, and yet, they can’t seem to string together any success. They had some success under head coach Darryl Dickey when they first joined the Sun Belt Conference. But since back to back New Orleans bowls, they have not even been able to have a winning season. This year they are hoping to break the losing trend and capture a winning season. Dan McCarney is heading into his 3rd season with the Mean Green and his goal when he took over the program was to reestablish a home field advantage. And he has done that at Apogee Stadium, as the Mean Green have played well at home, going 7-4 at home the last two seasons, which is a great mark considering they went 5-27 in the six years before. While there has been improvement each season under McCarney, this year will prove to be his toughest yet in Denton, he will be facing tougher competition and have to coach up a team that many figure won’t be a factor in Conference USA. One area that will have some experience on the roster is quarterback, senior quarterback Derek Thompson looks to be the man in charge, but has had injury problems the past two seasons and there are questions whether or not he can stay healthy this year. If he does get injured then the favorite to take over for him would be Kansas transfer Brock Berglund. While it is an experienced spot on the roster there is a lot questions whether Thompson can move the Mean Green down the field. He will have some weapons around him such as an experienced group at running back led by senior Brandin Byrd and sophomore Antionne Jimmerson. If those two can steadily move the ball, then the Mean Green will be able to take a lot of pressure off the quarterback and let the game come to him. Read more: http://kodyssportskorner.com/can-north-texas-mean-green-step-up-to-the-challenge/