DRC: UNT burning questions series No. 2 -- Will Bryce English break out?

[Brett Vito]

DRC: UNT's big nose tackle could finally be ready to make his college debut this fall

https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/burning-questions-as-unt-enters-fall-camp---/article_85692450-7609-5221-8756-0a82e4d5df98.html

[UNTLifer]

Yes.

[Hunter Green]

Pray he stays  healthy.

[GrayEagle]

He thinks that he will.  That's what is important.

[EagleMBA]

Nothing would please me more than to witness the second-coming of Booger.  I would like to see Bryce take the field on healthy wheels and measure up to that standard.  

 

[MeanGreenTexan]

Unfair, lofty hopes to put on this guy's shoulders.    Just play 2 years at Senior-year Abbe's level, or Senior-year Pruitt's, and I'll be extremely happy with English.

[Cerebus]

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To a certain extent, longtime Mean Green fans have been waiting for the next Brandon Kennedy ever since, even though a player of that caliber is probably a one in a lifetime kind of guy.

We are talking about a player who was the two-time Sun Belt Player of the Year (2002 and 2003) as a nose tackle and ranked third nationally in 2002 with 24 tackles for loss.

Just ridiculous.  

We've had years where our starting NT struggled to get 24 tackles, much less 24 for loss.  
 

EJE lead the team last year with 10, as a linebacker.  

[El Paso Eagle]

With some of the new transfer rules and redshirting due to injury, is there any chance English get an extra year?

[Graddean]

Obviously, Brett never saw Joe Greene play in college.

[GrayEagle]

I loved Booger's play and marveled at the things that he did.  But, Booger did not face the caliber of competition that Bryce will face.  

I don't expect Bryce to be back up to speed until later in the schedule but I believe that ultimately you're going to see double-team blocking to keep him out and if that happens Young will go wild.  

I really think that Bryce will improve the defense, front to back.

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, GrayEagle said:

I loved Booger's play and marveled at the things that he did.  But, Booger did not face the caliber of competition that Bryce will face.

Without double checking I feel pretty comfy posting that English will not face the level of OOC play that Booger did.

[MeanGreenTexan]

11 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Without double checking I feel pretty comfy posting that English will not face the level of OOC play that Booger did.

Chris Simms still has nightmares about him.

[Cerebus]

18 hours ago, greenminer said:

Without double checking I feel pretty comfy posting that English will not face the level of OOC play that Booger did.

2000: 

• OOC games:  Baylor, @Texas Tech, @UNLV, @#4 Kansas State, Samford
•  2nd Team All Big West
• 1 SCK, 10 TFL, 2 FF, 1 FR

2001:

• OOC Games: TCU, @#3 Oklahoma, @Texas Tech, @USF
• Unanimous 1st Team All SBC
• 1 SCK, 6 TFL,  2 FF,  2 FR

2002:

• OOC Games: @#3 Texas, @Alabama, @TCU, @Arizona, USF
• Unanimous All SBC
• SBC Player of the Year
• SBC Defensive Player of the Year
• 10 SCK, 24 TFL

2003:

•  OOC Games: @#1 Oklahoma, Baylor, @Air Force, @#14 Arkansas
• Unanimous All SBC
• SBC Player of the Year
• 20 TFL, Don't have his other stats at hand.  

 

So unless we face four Top 5 teams this year, and a Top 15 thrown in just to make sure, Booger will have faced a much tougher OOC schedule than Bryce.

 

Still think Bryce is going to have a big impact.  

[North Texas Shep]

Booger could dunk. I know because he dunked on me at University Courtyard. Can Bryce do that?

[greenminer]

@Cerebus thanks.  I always wondered if that era's scheduling had a requisite for playing a defending BCS finalist.  Seems like we did that 4+ years in a row.

[97and03]

11 minutes ago, North Texas Shep said:

Booger could dunk. I know because he dunked on me at University Courtyard. Can Bryce do that?

With his foot injuries, let’s not try.

[Censored by Laurie]

17 hours ago, North Texas Shep said:

Booger could dunk. I know because he dunked on me at University Courtyard. Can Bryce do that?

when I came to campus in 2001, the five best basketball players here at the time were Chris Davis, Leonard Hopkins, Rusty Chiles, @Guaranteed22 and Booger Kennedy. 

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

Leonard Hopkins... I really liked his play. 
Chris David... that guy could style some MC Hammer glasses like no one else. I ran into him and he lives in Frisco with his family after retiring from France play. 

[GrayEagle]

22 hours ago, Cerebus said:

2000: 

• OOC games:  Baylor, @Texas Tech, @UNLV, @#4 Kansas State, Samford
•  2nd Team All Big West
• 1 SCK, 10 TFL, 2 FF, 1 FR

2001:

• OOC Games: TCU, @#3 Oklahoma, @Texas Tech, @USF
• Unanimous 1st Team All SBC
• 1 SCK, 6 TFL,  2 FF,  2 FR

2002:

• OOC Games: @#3 Texas, @Alabama, @TCU, @Arizona, USF
• Unanimous All SBC
• SBC Player of the Year
• SBC Defensive Player of the Year
• 10 SCK, 24 TFL

2003:

•  OOC Games: @#1 Oklahoma, Baylor, @Air Force, @#14 Arkansas
• Unanimous All SBC
• SBC Player of the Year
• 20 TFL, Don't have his other stats at hand.  

 

So unless we face four Top 5 teams this year, and a Top 15 thrown in just to make sure, Booger will have faced a much tougher OOC schedule than Bryce.

 

Still think Bryce is going to have a big impact.  

With the exception of the 2002 Texas game (which I know he was outstanding because I was there) what were his stats against the OOC vs the SBC games?

[GrandGreen]

I hope English will be a big difference maker, but comparing him to the likes of Kennedy and Greene is way premature.   

[untjim1995]

I just hate seeing headlines with Bryce English and “break” in them...keep it healed and he can be awesome. 

[DeepGreen]

17 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

I hope English will be a big difference maker, but comparing him to the likes of Kennedy and Greene is way premature.   

You got that right.  Especially since no one has seen him play a down of football at the college level.

[Aldo]

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UNT could use a top-end nose tackle, though. English certainly has the ability to become that kind of player.

I think having a discussion around this statement would be a lot more productive than say

CAN HE BE AS GOOD AS ONE OF THE BEST UNT PLAYERS OF AAAAAAAALL TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME

[Aldo]

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