Big news — DaMarcus Smith eligible

Harry · May 18, 2015

DaMarcus Smith, a former Butler County (Kansas) Community College quarterback, has gained his eligibility after spending the spring semester at UNT.

Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/05/big-news-damarcus-smith-eligible.html/

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untcampbell · May 18, 2015

Very happy for Mr. Smith. Kudos to him and his support team.

GMG

foutsrouts · May 18, 2015

Best news I've heard all day. Now on to learning the offense.

El Paso Eagle · May 18, 2015

I really want to be excited, but with our recent history of transfers I'm hesitant.

GMG24 · May 18, 2015

“He is way behind Andrew McNulty, obviously,” McCarney said of Smith.

Mac is making it harder and harder for me to defend him. If he is OBVIOUSLY way behind McNulty why would you bring him in??

MeanGreenTexan · May 18, 2015

I really want to be excited, but with our recent history of transfers I'm hesitant.

He's already here, and he's eligible now.

Get ready Mr. McNulty, your grip on the starting position has already begun to slip. Practice harder so you can get better, so you can actually provide some sort of challenge to Mr. Smith this Fall.

Ben Gooding · May 18, 2015

If Dan McCarney starts McNulty in one game this season he should be kicking rocks immediately following the finale of what will almost certainly be a losing season.

Damarcus Smith will be a fine CUSA level QB. He has all the tools to be really good and he is now eligible to showcase his talents. This is and will probably be the most exciting news of the offseason. GMG

All About UNT · May 18, 2015

$100 bucks says Mac starts McNulty

Aldo · May 18, 2015

I would love to see him start day 1, but he's got to prove it.

Cerebus · May 18, 2015

This is good news but I feel the only chance he had to be a day 1 starter depended on him being eligible for spring.

Ben Gooding · May 18, 2015

I don't think so. I think Mac is feeling a little pressure and winning is what he's paid to do. Hopefully ego doesn't prevail in the fall because it sure isn't going to be talent coming from AM. Possibly the best QB UNT has had in quite some time just became eligible, this is exciting news.

GOMG2013 · May 18, 2015

its now up to chico to get this guy up to speed and put him in situations where he looks good enough to get mac to buy in to the offense.

shouldnt be too hard. he sold mac on greer and got him 3 games.

BillySee58 · May 18, 2015

He is way behind Andrew McNulty, obviously, McCarney said of Smith.

Mac is making it harder and harder for me to defend him. If he is OBVIOUSLY way behind McNulty why would you bring him in??

I'm not Mac's biggest fan, but in his defense he signed Damarcus thinking he would be eligible in January. Edited May 18, 2015 by BillySee58

Ben Gooding · May 18, 2015

Well he'll need to adapt.

emmitt01 · May 18, 2015

"Those struggles were a key reason the Mean Green struggled in a 4-8 campaign.

UNT scored 21 or fewer points in seven games last season, when the Mean Green finished 4-8. UNT won just one of those games."

I can't remember Brett, what was our record last season?

UNTexas · May 18, 2015

I pray out of the 25 QBs we can find 1 quality player. Last year was so pathetic. The UT game was an embarrassment.

greenit · May 18, 2015

Any word on young Thaddeous?

North Texas Shep · May 18, 2015

How can we have all these damn QBs and not one who can out right win the job? In no way can McNulty be better than all these other guys. Can he?

Green P1 · May 19, 2015

No.

greenminer · May 19, 2015

"Those struggles were a key reason the Mean Green struggled in a 4-8 campaign.
UNT scored 21 or fewer points in seven games last season, when the Mean Green finished 4-8. UNT won just one of those games."
I can't remember Brett, what was our record last season?

Details are sketchy and sources currently unavailable; we will continue to dig through the 4-8 season to find what our W-L record was.

Todd Dodge.

Cr1028 · May 19, 2015

80040-thank-you-dear-sweet-baby-jesu-JvU

SilverEagle · May 19, 2015

This is good news but I feel the only chance he had to be a day 1 starter depended on him being eligible for spring.

I agree with this. But commenting on the main subject matter of this thread, I don't feel very celebratory about a QB candidate who has been struggling with grades. Call me provincial, but I feel that the QB needs to be (if at all possible) the smartest guy on the field.

MeanGreenTexan · May 19, 2015

I agree with this. But commenting on the main subject matter of this thread, I don't feel very celebratory about a QB candidate who has been struggling with grades. Call me provincial, but I feel that the QB needs to be (if at all possible) the smartest guy on the field.

I don't care if my QB can't explain theoretical physics or knows anything about the Peloponnesian Wars.

I feel the QB needs to be (if at all possible) the football-smartest guy on the field.

Let's not forget, Vince Young scored a 6 on the Wonderlic.

oldguystudent · May 19, 2015

Right now I'm pretty sure you could bring a 21-year-old Joe Montana into the mix and McNulty still gets the starting job. Anything else would be an admission of error on the part of the national championship winner from Florida. If there's anything this guy doesn't do, it's veer from the course in any way, shape or form.

Edited May 19, 2015 by oldguystudent