Worst UNT team since that Dodge years?

Got5onIt · October 13, 2014

We only have 9 returning starters from last year...and 3 of this year's defensive starters were out for this game. We don't have a lot of depth but that doesn't make us awful. We may squeak into bowl eligibility this year, but for the most part this year will be getting reps for the new round of guys learning. We're only halfway through the season, and that includes what are probably the majority of our toughest opponents. If the second half of this season is just as bad, I'll worry a bit more. If next season starts out this bleak (especially playing 3 away OOC games) then there might be a bit more reason to worry. But overall I think this season is shoring up the security of the team for the future, even if we do lose a couple of games that we could have won by pulling redshirts. You don't sacrifice a whole future season just to squeeze a couple more points out of a game or two. Or at least you shouldn't...though we all know of a couple of recent examples of that happening within the last few years....

Good post.

VideoEagle · October 13, 2014

We only have 9 returning starters from last year...and 3 of this year's defensive starters were out for this game. We don't have a lot of depth but that doesn't make us awful. We may squeak into bowl eligibility this year, but for the most part this year will be getting reps for the new round of guys learning. We're only halfway through the season, and that includes what are probably the majority of our toughest opponents. If the second half of this season is just as bad, I'll worry a bit more. If next season starts out this bleak (especially playing 3 away OOC games) then there might be a bit more reason to worry. But overall I think this season is shoring up the security of the team for the future, even if we do lose a couple of games that we could have won by pulling redshirts. You don't sacrifice a whole future season just to squeeze a couple more points out of a game or two. Or at least you shouldn't...though we all know of a couple of recent examples of that happening within the last few years....

All very true, especially the part about sacrificing future seasons. None of that makes in any easier to watch games like we had on Saturday. I understand the why so I'm not going to over react, but I would feel a lot better even with the losses if we didn't keep getting blown out. No one likes losing, but close loses show you just need to adjustments to be able to win.

DallasGreen · October 13, 2014

They were a pretty bad team at one point, but unfortunately we were FCS at the same time so I guess not.

We beat them when we were FCS !

Cerebus · October 13, 2014

If next season starts out this bleak (especially playing 3 away OOC games) then there might be a bit more reason to worry.

We're losing most of the offensive line and six starters off the defense. Anyone who expects 2015 to be a big bounce back year is... a really big optimist.