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HUNTINGTON — The good news is that North Texas’ offense was the best offense in Conference USA last season. The bad news is that the North Texas defense was one of the worst in FBS, if not THE worst. That porous defense led coach Seth Littrell’s team to a losing record overall and even in Conference USA, which was not the expectation coming into a season in which the Mean Green featured Jaelon Darden, one of the nation’s best pass receivers. Unfortunately for North Texas, Darden has gone to the NFL and the defensive problems are still present. Former SMU head coach Phil Bennett takes over the defense, which is a big step forward, but North Texas needs more than Bennett’s expertise to fix a defense that allowed an FBS-worst 43 points per game while yielding 522 yards per game. read more: LINK CLICK HERE
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OUTLOOK: North Texas surprised many with a win total last season that matched the previous two seasons combined. McCarney breathed new life into the program and is happy with where he and his players are heading. "We are going to be really young, but I know that my football team is better than it was at this time last year," McCarney said. "I hope when the season ends, the record will reflect that because it's hard to find a guy I don't respect, don't like and don't appreciate and trust on this team. I couldn't say that at this time last year." Despite last year's improvements, the Mean Green were picked to finish eighth in the 2012 Sun Belt Preseason Poll. The loss of some key players on both sides of the ball will hurt, and there's a huge question mark at the running back position, but with Thompson back at quarterback there's no reason to believe that they can't have another four- or five-win season, even if they aren't quite good enough to make a bowl game. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/08/24/ncaa-football-preview-north-texas-mean-green/
