MGB weekly prediction: UNT will pull the stunner

Brett Vito · September 17, 2015

MGB: There is no reason to think UNT will beat Rice, but the Mean Green will pull through in must-win game

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/09/prediction-apogee-magic-strikes-again-unt-upsets-rice.html/

meanrob · September 17, 2015

Don't get me wrong, I'm pulling like hell for the victory this weekend but....

I fear society as we know it will collapse into anarchy if we win this week. It will mean everything we thought we knew really meant nothing.

I expect us to put up a hell of a fight though.

Cerebus · September 17, 2015

Who are you and what have you done with the real Brett Vito?!

flyonthewall · September 17, 2015

headline in tomorrows paper. "Local beat reporter missing, found locked in a closet under apogee stadium"

"Revealed that yesterdays article in sport page was ghost written by unknown North Texas staffer"

edcollopy · September 17, 2015

best case scenario...we continue to struggle in the 1st half forcing DMac's hand. He puts in Smith and we get a big jolt and win. I know the odds of both things happening on my birthday are slim and none, so I'll just hope my wife is nice to me for a day.

MGNation92 · September 17, 2015

What I imagined when I saw "UNT will pull the stunner"

Stone Cold is easily my favorite famous UNT Alum

MeanGreenTexan · September 17, 2015

Brett is tanked on the Mean Green Koolaid.

Aldo · September 17, 2015

Vito's the hero UNT deserves, but not the one it needs right meow.

I'm with you, though! UNT is gonna pull an upset.

Cr1028 · September 17, 2015

659048

foutsrouts · September 17, 2015

"The Mean Green face a brutal schedule this year and will play back-to-back games on the road against Iowa and Southern Miss after hosing Rice."

Wow, that's what I call optimism.

GangGreen · September 17, 2015

"The Mean Green face a brutal schedule this year and will play back-to-back games on the road against Iowa and Southern Miss after hosing Rice"

My favorite part of the article.

flyonthewall · September 17, 2015

"hosing" yes I re read it. It is there. Just more proof that this was not written by Vito. A professional beat writer would have reviewed his own work for misspellings, not just hit spell check.

97and03 · September 17, 2015

"hosing" yes I re read it. It is there. Just more proof that this was not written by Vito. A professional beat writer would have reviewed his own work for misspellings, not just hit spell check.

are you sure you have read his stuff before?

Mean_Green09 · September 17, 2015

So what happens if McNulty comes out and throws for 250 yards 2 TDs and no INTs and NT still loses? Would yall be mad about having to see another week of McNulty?

KRAM1 · September 17, 2015

"hosing" yes I re read it. It is there. Just more proof that this was not written by Vito. A professional beat writer would have reviewed his own work for misspellings, not just hit spell check.

Well, he did say the Mean Green was going to win. Maybe he was just emphazing that thought while exercising his literary freedom of expression.

UNTexas · September 17, 2015

MGB: There is no reason to think UNT will beat Rice, but the Mean Green will pull through in must-win game
http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/09/prediction-apogee-magic-strikes-again-unt-upsets-rice.html/

No.

MGNation92 · September 17, 2015

So what happens if McNulty comes out and throws for 250 yards 2 TDs and no INTs and NT still loses? Would yall be mad about having to see another week of McNulty?

He would need 3 games of 2 TD's with no picks to get his TD:Int ratio to 1:1 so yes. While it is entirely possible this could happen, it is also entirely improbable

http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/515147/andrew-mcnulty

Mean Green 93-98 · September 17, 2015

So what happens if McNulty comes out and throws for 250 yards 2 TDs and no INTs and NT still loses? Would yall be mad about having to see another week of McNulty?

I'm not sure exactly what you're getting at, but with that stat line he would probably deserve to start the following game.

However, I don't really expect that to be his stat line.

Mean_Green09 · September 17, 2015

I'm not sure exactly what you're getting at, but with that stat line he would probably deserve to start the following game.
However, I don't really expect that to be his stat line.

I guess what I'm getting at is it seems like people want him to fail now just to see Smith. They dont really want to see him do good or have an above avg game, bc that would mean the leash gets longer. I really dont know what its going to take for McCarney to pull McNulty. I really dont want to see Greer. The only way we get to see Smith is if there is an epic failure through multiple games. I just dont see Mac going through what we went through last year.

I guess the question made it seem like I'm a believer in him. I'm not. I will wait for him to prove me wrong, but I'm rooting for him to prove me wrong. Im not rooting for him to fail just to see Smith. That would mean Im rooting for NT to lose and losing is not acceptable.

Edited September 17, 2015 by Mean_Green09

Cerebus · September 17, 2015

So what happens if McNulty comes out and throws for 250 yards 2 TDs and no INTs and NT still loses? Would yall be mad about having to see another week of McNulty?

Don't know why you were getting -1'ed, so I +1'ed you.

To answer the question, nothing would make me happier than McNulty ripping off an all conference run from here on out.

Do I have my doubts about him? Yes. Would I love to be proven wrong? YES.

Do I have my doubts about Coach Mac? Yes. Would I love to be proven wrong? YES.

Do I have my doubts about the AD? Yes. Would I love to be proven wrong? YES.

I just want to win, I don't care about being right. I'll gladly be wrong to WIN.

Got5onIt · September 17, 2015

So what happens if McNulty comes out and throws for 250 yards 2 TDs and no INTs and NT still loses? Would yall be mad about having to see another week of McNulty?

I would be truly impressed if that happens.

GOMG2013 · September 17, 2015

So what happens if McNulty comes out and throws for 250 yards 2 TDs and no INTs and NT still loses? Would yall be mad about having to see another week of McNulty?

i would still be mad. Rice has a weak secondary, so good stats are possible. McNulty was putting a decent game together last year until he got hurt. He could also get decent stats in garbage time. 250 yards and 2 TDS sounds good, but how many Inc passes? How many sacks?

I was willing to give him a chance and he played horrible. It didnt look as bad as greer at UT, but he played scared. He choked. Horrible reads, bad throws, and the runs were there. He could have run several times.

Even if we beat Rice, that means they are horrible. if mcnulty beats them we will still only win 4 games. Rice needs to end this for us. Sorry. I'm just being real. You go through a whole spring and off season and play scared? Only urgency was when we were down 2 scores and all he did was try to throw it up for grabs to harris. Harris is 5'7 man...embarassing. dajon sucked, but at least he sucked trying to make a play.