LA Tech

[Side Show Joe]

This is the game I've been waiting for all season. LT has been the most consistent program in C-USA since joining the conference with us in 2013. The Bulldogs have won 6 straight bowl games, against the likes of Miami, Illinois, SMU, and Navy. And, they have done it all with a fraction of our budget.

Littrell is currently 1-3 versus the LA Tech program. They ended our incredible 4-0 start in 2018, on the same day we unveiled the Mean Joe Greene sculpture at Apogee. I do not like them....

In my opinion this is a game we must win, and it is a conference series we must begin to dominate if we are going to elevate our program. I cannot wait for Saturday.

Edited November 2, 2020 by Side Show Joe

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Well my expectations are at the bare minimum, which means I hope we score a TD and make them punt at least once and that’s all.

Right now, I’m going to games for tailgates, talking to friends, and trying to watch the football on display...

Now I hope we can pull off a win, but I just don’t see it mainly after 2 weeks off.

Hope I’m wrong...

[RBP79]

This game will depend on who shows up....for both teams. 

LaTech lost to UTSA but beat UAB.....They seem to look like alot of football programs right now. Who knows which team will show up....

Edited November 2, 2020 by RBP79

[greenjoe]

La Tech is a program I have great respect for.  As Side Show mentioned, all they seem to do us win.  No matter the coach, no matter their facilities and no matter their location they know how to win.  I’m proud we are in the same conference.  
 

Having said that, I hope we are able to demonstrate what top facilities, a well paid coach, and a great location can do.  
 

Just win

 

GO MEAN GREEN

[TheColonyEagle]

If we even play....not looking good

 

 

 

[MGNation92]

Skip Holtz is a better coach than Seth Littrell.

I don't expect us to win

[drex]

Well, if you believe Saint Vito of dread, we will not even play this game.

[untcampbell]

Don't shoot him, he's just the....

 

[El Paso Eagle]

7 hours ago, MGNation92 said:

Skip Holtz is a better coach than Seth Littrell.

I don't expect us to win

Hard to understand why higher profile schools have not gone after Holtz

[meanrob]

1 hour ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Hard to understand why higher profile schools have not gone after Holtz

Probably because he bombed at USF

[El Paso Eagle]

57 minutes ago, meanrob said:

Probably because he bombed at USF

Maybe, but compared to some of the really crappy programs out there it would seem to me worth the chance

[PlummMeanGreen]

UNT recruiters needs to plant a flag in Louisiana (as LaTech has done in Texas) & recruit the hell out of the Pelican State.  2 or 3 key recruits from there could take us over the top & keep us competitive annually in CUSA.
 
GMG!

Edited November 3, 2020 by PlummMeanGreen

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, PlummMeanGreen said:

UNT recruiters needs to plant a flag in Louisiana (as LaTech has done in Texas) & recruit the hell out of the Pelican State.  2 or 3 key recruits from there could take us over the top & keep us competitive annually in CUSA.
 
GMG!

2-3 from Oklahoma and a couple for Louisiana would work

[PlummMeanGreen]

Truth be told, I’ve been a secret admirer of La Tech’s football program for years.  Even in the 70’s when they were bragging how much better they were than our favorite schools football team; that is, until Hayden Fry took his team down to Ruston & beat those Dawgs’ 41 to 7?  
 

Then a few years later some of us saw UNT beat the Bulldogs in a closer game at Louisiana’s Fair Park Stadium In Shreveport. (The W/L series has been close, but they probably lead it now by a game or 2).

••• I told Harry 10 years ago that we should have hired their best recruiter, but what do alums know about such things?  ⚔️🦅⚔️

GMG!

Edited November 3, 2020 by PlummMeanGreen

[wardly]

I have always thought that playing our annual game in Shreveport could start a rivalry plus it's a fun city to visit.

[GrandGreen]

5 hours ago, wardly said:

I have always thought that playing our annual game in Shreveport could start a rivalry plus it's a fun city to visit.

I like Shreveport, but that is like giving La Tech perennial home games. 

Think La Tech would agree to an annual game in Fort Worth or Dallas?

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

2 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

I like Shreveport, but that is like giving La Tech perennial home games. 

Think La Tech would agree to an annual game in Fort Worth or Dallas?

OR: One game in Shreveport for the LT home game, and the other at the Cotton Bowl for the NT home game.

Just something I found interesting...

[greenjoe]

Apogee was built as an attractive home field for NT.  I’m not ready to play “home” games anywhere but at Apogee.

GO MEAN GREEN

[jtm0097]

21 hours ago, wardly said:

I have always thought that playing our annual game in Shreveport could start a rivalry plus it's a fun city to visit.

The Indy Bowl is a dump

[UNTLifer]

2 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

The Indy Bowl is a dump

As is Shreveport

[KRAM1]

On 11/3/2020 at 10:13 AM, wardly said:

I have always thought that playing our annual game in Shreveport could start a rivalry plus it's a fun city to visit.

Why in the heck would you want to give up a home game and make your fans travel to Louisiana for this game? It isn't like it would be Texas-OU or Army-Navy or anything.  WE need all the revenue we can get from games played in Apogee. I just don't like this idea at all. 

[KRAM1]

On 11/2/2020 at 10:31 AM, TheColonyEagle said:

If we even play....not looking good

 

 

 

How many are football related? It is my understanding that the spike is not related to the football program. But, who really knows as they can't really say much due to HIPPA rules.

[97and03]

35 minutes ago, KRAM1 said:

Why in the heck would you want to give up a home game and make your fans travel to Louisiana for this game? It isn't like it would be Texas-OU or Army-Navy or anything.  WE need all the revenue we can get from games played in Apogee. I just don't like this idea at all. 

Exactly. I am 100% against any of our six home games away from Apogee. Now if we could have six home games at Apogee and one other in Dallas I would listen. 

[greenjoe]

This.  Or 7 home games.

[wardly]

Gee guys, just trying to think outside the box and generate a rivalry, which we don't have. Please don't say we have one with SMU. Jimmy Johnson defined a rivalry as as an annual game where each team has a chance to win. I think our overall record against the Mustangs is 6-32-1. This game might be big for UNT but I doubt it means much to SMU fans. Just wondering, but when someone asks  who our biggest rival is what is your response?