All aboard the North Texas football hype train

[Skipper]

When I looked at North Texas’ schedule before the season started, I remember thinking the game at Army could be a win. Maybe.

What happened Saturday, however, was so against the script the producers probably left it on the cutting room floor for being too ridiculous.

The now 4-3 North Texas Mean Green marched right into West Point, New York, and took what was rightfully theirs. The Mean Green looked like the better team all afternoon, drubbing the Black Knights, the second best defense in the nation, in a 35-18 win.

Before Saturday, some people said this group needed a signature win. This was the game people will look back on. This was the real arrival of the turnaround.

The Marshall win was nice, but North Texas did not control the game as it did against the Black Knights. Army is a historically decent football program. The Black Knights sported a 4-2 record and a defense who harassed quarterbacks entering its contest with the Mean Green.

But North Texas made Army look like chumps.

The Black Knights coughed the ball up seven times. Its iconic triple option offense was rendered useless by a defense that has done a complete 180 from a downright abysmal 2015.

Mike Ekeler and the Mean Green defense were on a mission. It was very obvious how well taught and disciplined the defense was this game. Ekeler and his crew made the most of their bye week.

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