When do we go to a bowl game?

[oldguystudent]

Hope this works.  I've never made a poll before.  Only a pole, and that was when I was in college.  I needed the money something fierce. 

[KingDL1]

Next year I truly believe it will happen. 

We will go next year with a good record. In 2018 we dominate our conference. Get a good bowl. 

[@UNTSportsFan]

Lamar & Army at home ,w/ SMU & Iowa on the road. .. Best case I say 3-1 , but will go with 2-2

west part of the schedule should stay the same , so Rice , UTSA & UTEP all at home. That's 3 winnable right there. Let's just say we go 3-2 vs west next season 

east part should be totally different. I know for certainty we play ODU. probably also get  Charlotte  & hopefully one of the F_U's.. I say 2-1

alot of talent coming back , more favorable schedule... Bowling in 2017, I guarantee it !  

Edited October 7, 2016 by @UNTSportsFan

[dmaxel]

5 minutes ago, KingDL1 said:

Next year I truly believe it will happen. 

We will go next year with a good record. In 2018 we dominate our conference. Get a good bowl. 

Playing against Arkansas in 2018 should be pretty fun.

[Tyler Maryak]

18 minutes ago, @UNTSportsFan said:

Lamar & Army at home ,w/ SMU & Iowa on the road. .. Best case I say 3-1 , but will go with 2-2

west part of the schedule should stay the same , so Rice , UTSA & UTEP all at home. That's 3 winnable right there. Let's just say we go 3-2 vs west next season 

east part should be totally different. I know for certainty we play ODU. probably also get  Charlotte  & hopefully one of the F_U's.. I say 2-1

alot of talent coming back , more favorable schedule... Bowling in 2017, I guarantee it !  

Yeah, after getting fairly hosed in our schedule the past two seasons, I imagine they must give us a much softer schedule next year. Improved team + improved philosophy + improved schedule will probably = 6 wins. And that's all it takes...

[MeanGreenTexan]

December 16, 2017, UNT will avenge the 2001 New Orleans Bowl in Albuquerque, NM.

 

Edited October 7, 2016 by MeanGreenTexan
I be bad at grammar

[GrandGreen]

Not concerned with next year.  

Because NT has been so bad so long, there is a tenacity to always look ahead to better things.   Focus on what going on right now, relish the small steps forward; without those the future is not going to be any better.    

[Stix]

We might get to 6-6 and be "bowl-eligible" next year, but I don't expect to actually get invited to a bowl until we're at least 7-5, so I voted for 2018.

[Cerebus]

So much depends on how we look at the end of this year.

If we are still struggling on offense, that suggests two very troubling scenarios:

1. We don't have the right people to play SL's offense, and even worse...
2. maybe this staff doesn't know how to maximize what it has.

If by the end of the year we are a solid CUSA offense, then with the first real recruiting class and another year of time in this system we can probably realistically hope for a bowl game next year.

If by the end of the year we still have long runs of 3 and out series... it's looking grim for next year.  

[UNTexas]

It will happen when we have an o-line that can do its job.

[Victorygreen04]

25 minutes ago, UNTexas said:

It will happen when we have an o-line that can do its job.

TRUE THAT!!

[GMG_Dallas]

Question: if Brice English is as advertised and we develop hambone and some others as well as reel in another juco or two for a LB or d line spot, is there any reason to believe a really dominant defense couldn't alone get us to bowl eligibility next year? Obviously they can't just play full games but if we do get these the easier side of c-usa next year, would a really dominant defense be enough?

Edited October 8, 2016 by GMG_Dallas

[Mike Jackson]

I think the better question and more impactful for the program is, when do we get a sellout at Apogee.  That we be a much harder goal to achieve based on everything I have seen as fan of the program since 1996.

[BTG_Fan1]

My only worry that we should have is how will the OLine be, and our defense coordinators still around?

[JesseMartin]

5 hours ago, UNTexas said:

It will happen when we have an o-line that can do its job.

Yup.  But with our schedule this year, and the teams that aren't as hot as they normally are, I think there's an off chance we get into one of the lower bowls if we swing a couple of wins over teams that are considered only marginally better than ours.  As of right now, I'd give us about a 50% chance to make one this season.  If we don't, yet show even moderate improvement for next year, I'd expect us to almost certainly pull in 6 wins then.  I still only really expect 4 or 5 wins this year and 1 or 2 more next year, but if we can squeak out a couple of close ones and execute properly (unlike what happened against MT), I could see us getting eligible both seasons.  I only hope that if we do, we don't draw a really good team that just got bumped down due to having other teams in their conference overachieve in either season.  I wouldn't expect us to be a giant-killer in a bowl in either season, but if we land another "barely made it by the skin of their teeth" team, we could win one (or at least make it competitive).

[greenminer]

Why not. 2017

[Matt from A700]

I say next year at the latest because of the easy cross-conference schedule we should get. I'm paranoid, though, because UAB is scheduled to come back next season. That means we'd only get 2 cross-conference games, which should be Charlotte, ODU, or any of the Florida schools.

[UNTLifer]

2017

[outoftown]

I think 2018 will be it. Butt there is a chance this season. Particularly as I think, that there is a chance we'd get in with 5-7 due to having a decent APR. Whatever one thinks of Mac otherwise, he did have the team on track academically.

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Today is obviously important. I really think we are in one of those down years of CUSA like in 2013, and could capitalize to go bowling. I think LaTech beating WKU and UTSA beating SoMiss prove the discrepancy in talent isn't large this season. I think MTSU is the best in the conference and we hung with them for a good long time..