This loss wasn't on McNulty

[Harry]

McNulty didn't have his best game but he was not the reason we lost to Rice.  If you are saying otherwise you have an agenda.

[TheTastyGreek]

McNulty didn't have his best game but he was not the reason we lost to Rice.  If you are saying otherwise you have an agenda.

I don't mean to undermine the actual point, because I agree that his performance wasn't even in the top 50 reasons you could point to that we lost.

But... I think that he actually DID have his best game, statistically speaking. 

[Ben Gooding]

Jesus Christ. Looking for any reason to buy into this vomit garbage bullshit. 

[mgfan]

He had an OK game. I am afraid his progress is too little too late. 

[meanrob]

McNulty didn't have his best game but he was not the reason we lost to Rice.  If you are saying otherwise you have an agenda.

No, but you know what you have when you have the discussion every week about who lost the game? 

A losing team.  

[KingDL1]

He was all over the place at times and should have been picked at least two more times. 

But yeah he was great, at times, even a blind squirrel can find a nut. 

[James329]

Plenty of blame to go around for sure, but he was just flat out not good enough. His inaccuracy led to the interception and was a problem all day.

[Ben Gooding]

He was all over the place at times and should have been picked at least two more times. 

But yeah he was great, at times, even a blind squirrel can find a nut. 

Broke clock is right twice a day? 

[NT93]

Sadly, I thought McNulty played one of his best games.

Typical UNT:  Defense holds and we try to field a rolling punt with a defender within 2 yards of us.  Then...fumble inside the 10 yard line when we could have scored to take a 17-14 lead.  Then...allow Rice to drive the length of the field to kick a field goal on the last play of the half.  I'm as big of a McNulty hater as the next guy, but he didn't play a part in any of these scenarios.

[Ben Gooding]

Sadly, I thought McNulty played one of his best games.

Typical UNT:  Defense holds and we try to field a rolling punt with a defender within 2 yards of us.  Then...fumble inside the 10 yard line when we could have scored to take a 17-14 lead.  Then...allow Rice to drive the length of the field to kick a field goal on the last play of the half.  I'm as big of a McNulty hater as the next guy, but he didn't play a part in any of these scenarios.

His lack of timing, confidence, accuracy, arm strength and everything in between handcuffs anything that will be tried on offense. He is leaving a TON of yards on the field every drive bc of his lack of talent. 

[Andrew]

Most of his throws were too high or too low: he wasn't fantasti by any means. We should have seen smith at some point so we can at least figure out what we have. 

[Mike Jackson]

McNulty may be a great young man, hard worker and have loads of other qualities that will make him a success in life.  I would be disappointed if he did not go on to do great things as a UNT alumni.  However it as senior starting QB at a FBS school he is not accurate or athletic enough to lead a team that wants to compete for a conference title.  If UNT had a big talent advantage over most opponents they face then he would be adequate.  But that isn't the case and has never been the case a North Texas.  So yes he isn't the main reason they lost but he is definitely in the top 10 reasons.   But I am not worried about McNulty, I am worried about this coaching staff inability to scout or develop good quarterbacks.  So many people were excited about Dajon Smith now gone from the program.  A lot of people were excited about highly touted QB talent that transferred into UNT only to be ran off without ever seeing significant playing time.  So you have 2 choices either these guys weren't worth the hype and the scouts did a very poor job or the coaches failed to mold these talents in to FBS starting quarterbacks.  Either choice is bad.

 

With that pattern of lack of quarterback development I am not optimistic about seeing D. Smith playing either.

 

[FirefightnRick]

Our defense gave up 562 yards....

 

 

 

Rick

[GrandGreen]

What a load, some of you would blame McNulty no matter what he did in the game.  Assume every good pass was an accident and no other QB makes mistakes.  

This team is not very good, and it is going to take a lot more than star QB play to get it on track.  

[Got5onIt]

He wasnt the reason today, agreed. Still doesn't mean he's below average. It's a young season, I suspect we'll have the seesaw effect all year long with him at the helm. 

[JesseMartin]

I would assume the same, and it seems as though we're back to the "play better against better competition" standard, though the problem is, if we play better than before - but not better than THEM - it won't matter.  I thought he played pretty damned well, and was on fire a few times...and I also expected that this Rice team that was pretty close to putting away UT last week would have rolled us more along the lines of the 38-10 lead that they held for a bit.  I wish we were crushing teams like in 2013 (but with greater regularity), but if we see play like this the rest of the season, we may actually get to bowl eligibility and surprise a lot of people, myself included.  I just don't want to see them dip in efficacy against the teams that aren't as tough.  Win the remaining games that we really should win, and catch a surprise or two, and we can still #Hit6, unlikely though it may seem with an 0-2 start.

[RushnStudies]

McNulty was better today than he was at SMU, yes, but (a) he still had issues and (b) the entire team played sloppily. That loss was just deplorable. Making mistakes that really shouldn't have been made at all, etc.

[Ben Gooding]

What a load, some of you would blame McNulty no matter what he did in the game.  Assume every good pass was an accident and no other QB makes mistakes.  

This team is not very good, and it is going to take a lot more than star QB play to get it on track.  

Open your eyes...AM sucks. It's that simple. 

[Aldo]

Our defense gave up 562 yards....

Rick

plus a muffed punt, fumble, a pass that Harris should have caught. All drive and momentum killers. 

There aren't many QBs out there that can dig us out a 4 touchdown hole. 

Turnovers, man. 

[foutsrouts]

 

He didn't have his best game but he was not the reason we lost to Rice.  If you are saying otherwise you have an agenda.

Except for the fact that we require an explosive game from the position to win, and he is probably not capable of supplying that explosion. Same will probably hold true next week.

[Ben Gooding]

You all are looking at the what was and the obvious things that did happen. None of you realize that with competence at QB several mistakes never happen because certain plays would have never even happened/called. Our QB play puts us smack dab in the middle of every teams comfort zone and gameplan. 

[Rudy]

He wasn't the problem, but he's not the solution. 

[JRock]

He had an OK game. I am afraid his progress is too little too late. 

Agreed. This team doesn't have the luxury of allowing McNulty to "grow" into his role. 

Edited September 20, 2015 by JRock

[Ben Gooding]

He wasn't the problem, but he's not the solution. 

pretty famous saying...."if you're not the solution, you're the problem." 

[UNTLifer]

Our defense gave up 562 yards....

 

 

 

Rick

We have a winner!