IRVING — North Texas coach Dan McCarney on Wednesday discussed one of his most painful memories from last fall.
A home loss to UTSA.
The topic came up innocently enough at Conference USA media day when a reporter suggested that any one of six teams in the West could win the division this fall.
“I don’t think there’s any doubt,” McCarney said. ”Who was saying anything about North Texas last year? Except, ‘We can’t wait to play ‘em and kick their ass.’ Everybody (was saying that). It’s the way it was, and we won nine games.
“So, who knows who that next (upstart team) is going to be? We don’t want it at our expense, but as I mentioned earlier, the quality of the coaches in this conference … it’s a great lineup. So I think there’s going to be tremendous competition.”
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