Campus Insiders: North Texas vs. UTSA Prediction and Game Preview

[Ben Gooding]

I think not having Fred Scott might rear its ugly head in this game. Garner has been a perfect fill in for the offenses we have been playing with a lot of east and west movement. I think nutsack will try to swing straight forward and test the interior early. Garner needs to tighten that chinstrap and bite down hard on that mouthpiece in the early going to help set the tone. 

[TreeFiddy]

Our safeties will have to be disciplined and trust our DLine and LBs to do their job and not bite on the play action.  USM got burned twice over the top for long scoring plays and to top it off they allowed 2 long run plays as well.

[JesseMartin]

13 hours ago, Cerebus said:

 

As usual, I think this game comes down to who wins the LOS.  If our OL can give Fine enough time to complete about 4 passes down field that will back the DBs up enough that Wilson will find lanes and we will win.  

 

Even before that...I think it's field position at the start of each drive.  Both have shown potency early in drives, but stalled a number of times, especially in losses.  I think our punting game will be huge here in SA.

11 hours ago, Withers940 said:

This Guys a Dip Stick......... I will take any kind of win but i feel as though our Defense is much better than theirs. I feel like UTSA has burnt out and our boys have gotten better and better each week.

Hypothetically speaking, If our team from week 1 played our current weeks team, Week 1 team would get their asses whooped.

Definitely agree here.  This D is starting to make me feel all 2013 tingly, a la Laraimie Lee.

11 hours ago, Ben Gooding said:

Our defense is actually only 8 total points on the year better than theirs. We have given up 190 points (27ppg) through 7 games while they have given up 198 points (28ppg) through 7 games. We are sitting at 1 and 2 in CUSA as far as scoring defense goes (the number 1 defensive statistic). 

*It could be argued they have played a stronger schedule than us up to this point. They most certainly have played higher octane offenses than us up to this point in Arizona State, ODU, Southern Miss, and Colorado State. Utsa can get up for games at home and that may be a little worrisome. I think from an overall vantage point we are the more talented team. We are also trending upward whereas they just lost to a pretty bad team at home. Remember, that bad team they lost to just a few days ago lost to Army 66-14. Sixty-six. 6.6. I like our chances here. We will need to dictate their offense with our defense and play our game on offense (which is confusing because I am not entirely sure what they will be THIS week). Feed the ball to Wilson and give Fine quick read, high percentage throws and we will be golden. But if we consistently do some stupid 3 and 4 progression reads like I have sporadically seen from the O while limiting Wilson to 2 first half touches in this game don't be surprised to see us in a dog fight. 

The up and down is what worries me.  The ASU game was the first that made me think they were a contender in CUSA.  Do we play that version, or the version that lost last week (and so on through their schedule)?  This will be my first time seeing the up-and-coming rivalry (though I know some here hate that idea) in person...so I'm hoping for the best for our guys.

[KRAM1]

9 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

How many students are expected to go? It would be nice to know about many total UNT fans will be there

Really have no idea how many.  I assume much depends upon student interest.  Let's hope several...lots!

[GreenTexan13]

As much as I want to say UNT will hang 14 or 21 points extra on UTSA, I can't.... with our past history with them, our games are always close. I'll take this guy's prediction, it's kind of nice seeing a writer besides Vito, predict a win for NT this season.