MGB: It's time for the Get Your Rear on the Record contest

[MeanGreenTexan]

Just chugged a gallon of Green Kool-aid:

SMU: W - Apogee Advantage & the players really dislike SMU
B-C: W - C'mon.  Please don't let me be wrong.
FL: L - C'mon.  Please let me be wrong.
Rice: L - This will be a close game.
MT: L - Away game against a team on their way up again.
Marshall: L - away against a top-tier C-USA team.
BYE - This is important to rest and prepare for...
Army: W - We need this one to give the team hope, or we're in for a spiraling end to the year.
UTSA: W - UTSA is awful.
LATech: L - close game though.
WKY: L - This is like our offense, except much more established. Even without Doughty, they're too strong
SoMS: L - Mullens too strong.
UTEP: W - UTEP is not good.

There you have it: 5-7.

Edited August 24, 2016 by MeanGreenTexan

[Army of Dad]

1 minute ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Just chugged a gallon of Green Kool-aid:

SMU: W - Apogee Advantage & the players really dislike SMU
B-C: W - C'mon.  Please don't let me be wrong.
FL: L - C'mon.  Please let me be wrong.
Rice: L - This will be a close game.
MT: L - Away game against a team on their way up again.
Marshall: L - away against a top-tier C-USA team.
BYE - This is important to rest and prepare for...
Army: W - We need this one to give the team hope, or we're in for a spiraling end to the year.
UTEP: W - UTEP is awful.
LATech: L - close game though.
WKY: L - This is like our offense, except much more established. Even without Doughty, they're too strong
SoMS: L - Mullens too strong.
UTEP: W - UTEP is not good.

There you have it: 5-7.

How fortunate that we get UTEP twice this season...

[MeanGreenTexan]

Just now, Army of Dad said:

How fortunate that we get UTEP twice this season...

Lol.   Shows how much attention I pay to the birds that don't fly.    Corrected.

[NTAlum09]

CBSsports.com has us ranked 126

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/cbs/128

 

SMU: Ranked 110 - Win - I see this going down to the wire

B-C: N/A - Win

FLA:  Ranked 26 - Loss

Rice: Ranked 65 - Loss

MTSU: Ranked 55 - Loss

Marshall: Ranked 53 - Loss

Army: Ranked 113 - Win

UTSA: Ranked 116 - Win

LA Tech: Ranked 80 - Loss

WKU: Ranked 39 - Loss

SoMiss: Ranked 34 - Loss

UTEP: Ranked 84 - Win

 

Record 5-7

[Ryan Munthe]

5-7, easily. Laziness and poor research would put us down for much less.

SMU-W
BC-W
FL-L
Rice-W
MTSU-L
Marshall-L
Army-L
UTSA-W
La Tech-L
WKU-L
USM-L
UTEP-W

[Tyler Maryak]

27 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Just chugged a gallon of Green Kool-aid:

SMU: W - Apogee Advantage & the players really dislike SMU
B-C: W - C'mon.  Please don't let me be wrong.
FL: L - C'mon.  Please let me be wrong.
Rice: L - This will be a close game.
MT: L - Away game against a team on their way up again.
Marshall: L - away against a top-tier C-USA team.
BYE - This is important to rest and prepare for...
Army: W - We need this one to give the team hope, or we're in for a spiraling end to the year.
UTSA: W - UTSA is awful.
LATech: L - close game though.
WKY: L - This is like our offense, except much more established. Even without Doughty, they're too strong
SoMS: L - Mullens too strong.
UTEP: W - UTEP is not good.

There you have it: 5-7.

 

20 minutes ago, NTAlum09 said:

CBSsports.com has us ranked 126

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/cbs/128

 

SMU: Ranked 110 - Win - I see this going down to the wire

B-C: N/A - Win

FLA:  Ranked 26 - Loss

Rice: Ranked 65 - Loss

MTSU: Ranked 55 - Loss

Marshall: Ranked 53 - Loss

Army: Ranked 113 - Win

UTSA: Ranked 116 - Win

LA Tech: Ranked 80 - Loss

WKU: Ranked 39 - Loss

SoMiss: Ranked 34 - Loss

UTEP: Ranked 84 - Win

 

Record 5-7

Here we go!

[RealMeanGreenMatt]

5-7

[Cr1028]

1 hour ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

We had one.  But people didn't like him.

[UNTLifer]

Coach Littrell said we were going to a bowl game and I believe him.

SMU: W - Because they suck
B-C: W - Lightening ain't gonna strike twice.
FL: L - Not quite ready for the big upset.
Rice: W - Just not impressed with this team.
MT: L - Will be closer than many believe.
Marshall: L - away against a top-tier C-USA team.
BYE -
Army: W - Close at the half and then we pull away
UTSA: W - Because they really suck.
LATech: L - Could go our way with the homecoming push.  They have to replace a lot.
WKY: L - Strong team
SoMS: L - Good program again.
UTEP: W - Because they are from El Paso
 

[greenjoe]

3-9

 

Absolutely no logic to this guess.  A win over Southern Meth would give this team a healthy shot of confidence.  More would be super.

 

GO MEAN GREEN

[Ben Gooding]

1 hour ago, untjim1995 said:

4, actually, but your point remains...

4, really? Like, REALLY? That is absolute BS and you should even understand that. Even lowly Dan McCarney had an up year in year 3. If we are doggy paddling through CUSA in year 3, I'll be ready for him to be shown the door*. 

 

*Recruiting momentum/failures will play a role in this. 

[Harry]

4-8 but much much more fun to watch. I see them also way more competitive on the road.  A very fun team who could have had 6 wins had the ball bounced their way.  

[forevereagle]

I am going with 3-9, but I think 4-8 is possible.

[Travis]

4-8

[southsideguy]

3 hours ago, Got5onIt said:

I'm going with what I had down last year, again.

3-9

Seth has 3 seasons to get this team over .500, IMO.

 

 

I think by year three your prediction will be reversed to 9-3

[All About UNT]

5-7

 

SMU: W - At home....too much to prove. We with our atrocious offense should have beat them last year. Defense came to play and only collapsed at the end.
B-C: W -  Better win or else we have issues.
FL: L -  It's the Gators.
Rice: L - But it could be close
MT: L - Can go either way but we aren't there yet.
Marshall: L - shoot out battle....high scoring......but they win
BYE -
Army: W - destroy them
UTSA: W - Will have had their asses thrown around by this point....they will be 1-6 at worst and 2-5 at best.  
LATech: L - Too much to overcome

WKY: L - Just can't seem to beat them
SoMS: L - Loss
UTEP: W - We tear them a new one to end the season with 5 wins

[UNT90]

2 hours ago, Ryan Munthe said:

5-7, easily. Laziness and poor research would put us down for much less.

As a former AD employee, it doesn't surprise me that you don't understand what laziness is and isn't...

[Mean_Green09]

2 hours ago, Ryan Munthe said:

5-7, easily. Laziness and poor research would put us down for much less.

SMU-W
BC-W
FL-L
Rice-W
MTSU-L
Marshall-L
Army-L
UTSA-W
La Tech-L
WKU-L
USM-L
UTEP-W

Laziness & poor research can also lead people to pick too many wins. It's not just about how good we might be. It's also about the other teams on our schedule. 

Like UTEP. Playing a smash mouth physical team with improved QB play at the end of the year doesn't bode well for a team with little depth and size. 

Or the fact that while we may be a better team than UTSA we get them after facing Army's triple option. Lots of teams struggle the week after playing service academy's. Injuries to the DL in that game may play a huge roll in the UTSA game. 

MTSU is still good but they've already lost 3 play makers to injury. Could be one of those seasons where the injury bug gets them. 

[jtm0097]

4-8 this year, but I think we have several shootouts. I think depth will hurt us this year.

 

SMU-L
BC-W
FL-L
Rice-W
MTSU-L
Marshall-L
Army-L
UTSA-W
La Tech-L
WKU-L
USM-L
UTEP-W

[GrandGreen]

Two factors why I think NT will do better than the majority of predictions.   NT was bad last year, but not as talent poor as the record indicated.   Secondly, I don't think the lack of scholarship players is as critical as some believe.  

NT would have been a bad team last year even if they played to their potential, but not 1-11 bad.  Lack of players will hurt depth but with the exception of Kirby, I don't think many others will be missed.  In most cases, the players no longer here were not going to fit into the current staff's plans and that is why they are gone. 

The big positive is that QB play should be vastly improved.  I also think the defense will be significantly better.

Based on the above rationale, my prediction is that NT will go 5-7 and be hard to handle by the end of the season.   

[Greenrex]

6-6
Alec Morris will be drafted by the Steelers.

Edited August 25, 2016 by Greenrex

[EagleMBA]

2 hours ago, Harry said:

4-8 but much much more fun to watch. I see them also way more competitive on the road.  A very fun team who could have had 6 wins had the ball bounced their way.  

Harry, have you been intercepting my email? This is pretty much the gist of the email I sent to Brett Vito off my "private server".

Too many variables at work here for everything to go right every game. New coaches, new system, new players, short-handed in spots...what could go wrong? I am optimistic that this team will be well-coached, competitive and fun to watch. Go Mean Green!!

4 - 8

[UNT90]

1 hour ago, Mean_Green09 said:

Laziness & poor research can also lead people to pick too many wins. It's not just about how good we might be. It's also about the other teams on our schedule. 

Like UTEP. Playing a smash mouth physical team with improved QB play at the end of the year doesn't bode well for a team with little depth and size. 

Or the fact that while we may be a better team than UTSA we get them after facing Army's triple option. Lots of teams struggle the week after playing service academy's. Injuries to the DL in that game may play a huge roll in the UTSA game. 

MTSU is still good but they've already lost 3 play makers to injury. Could be one of those seasons where the injury bug gets them. 

Or that both UTEP and UTSA are road games and UNT has been a TERRIBLE road team the last several years.

Or that we don't have a kicker that can make a 41 yard field goal consistently, if at all. 

But, hey, Seth Littrell is here, so all those things, plus an S ton more, magically disappear in the heads of the undereducated rah rah fans. 

Edited August 25, 2016 by UNT90

[the green rokemi]

If we stay healthy, 5 wins is possible. We have some juicy slump busters on this schedule. Just need to beat those filthy cheating smu poo stains

[Green Lantern]

4-8. Much better team this year. Competitive football throughout the season. Fear depth issues and the conference teams visiting us at home are a rough draw. Would love to be shocked in a positive way for a change.

SMU-W
BC-W
FL-L
Rice-L
MTSU-L
Marshall-L
Army-W
UTSA-W
La Tech-L
WKU-L
USM-L
UTEP-L