Fall camp predictions

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Well fall camp starts this week, and I'm fairly excited. I have to tamper my excitement and expectations at times though...

Some points that should be interesting in the next few weeks:

1. Which freshmen stands out 

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder

3. Who makes the most impact; Adaway or Torrey

4. Does McCrae evolve into the DE we thought he would be

5. Can Shorter become WR1 after last year

6. Who has the best chance to break out

7. Does Bennett's new system work

Feel free to add more below and discus

Edited August 2, 2021 by NorthTexasSportsNetwork

[tmjerm]

Move #7 all the way to the top for me...for sure the single most important question mark.  I'm optimistic they'll improve enough for our record to be better, but will they be good enough to get us 3+ more wins?  Excited to find out.

[Withers940]

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[Jonnyeagle]

45 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

#8 What the Beer Line Up is for Game Days!

Don't have that but do have this:

 

[Jonnyeagle]

59 minutes ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Well fall camp starts this week, and I'm fairly excited. I have to tamper my excitement and expectations at times though...

Some points that should be interesting in the next few weeks:

1. Which freshmen stands out 

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder

3. Who makes the most impact; Adaway or Torrey

4. Does McCrae evolve into the DE we thought he would be

5. Can Shorter become WR1 after last year

6. Who has the best chance to break out

7. Does Bennett's new system work

Feel free to add more below and discus

1. Which freshmen stands out - WR from Greenville

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder - Martin

3. Who makes the most impact; Adaway or Torrey - Addaway

4. Does McCrae evolve into the DE we thought he would be - No

5. Can Shorter become WR1 after last year - Yes

6. Who has the best chance to break out - WR from Greenville

7. Does Bennett's new system work - Yes but it takes about 6-7 games to come together

Feel free to add more below and discus

[MeanGreenTexan]

4 hours ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Well fall camp starts this week, and I'm fairly excited. I have to tamper my excitement and expectations at times though...

Some points that should be interesting in the next few weeks:

1. Which freshmen stands out 

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder

3. Who makes the most impact; Adaway or Torrey

4. Does McCrae evolve into the DE we thought he would be

5. Can Shorter become WR1 after last year

6. Who has the best chance to break out

7. Does Bennett's new system work

Feel free to add more below and discus

1.   With as poorly as our secondary played last year, I would not be surprised to see Dillion Williams jump in and play at a high level like Upton Stout did last year...   Dark Horse: Gabe Blair at Anterrious Gray's former spot.

2. Aune will have the chance to start.  He's gonna kill NW St., but if he sucks VS SMU (turns over the ball), Littrell will give Ruder a chance to win the job.   If Aune does well against SMU, he'll likely start for the remainder of the year.

3. Littrell loves Torrey.   If Torrey can catch, he's going to be an extremely versatile weapon for the offense this year.   Adaway is a fun guy to watch, and will have big games for sure.  But I think Torrey will impact the offense a little more.

4. McCrae is packing on pounds to move inside.   He's got a lot of competition in there just to see the field, because I doubt Hutchings from JUCO, and Enoch Jackson from Arkansas came here to sit. The Ends are the Murphy twins, and they are going to be handfuls.  I'm excited to see their development in a new system.

5. I think Shorter can be a very good WR1.    He's not going to replicate Darden's #s though, so as long as the expectations are framed correctly, I think he's going to have a really great year.

6. We all better hope it's Aune.   EDIT:  But after thinking about it, I'm gonna say Upton Stout will have a Kemon Hall-like season.  He's my "Break Out" candidate.

7. This is the $100,000 question.   I don't know that it could get much worse than last year's utter confusion on the defensive side.  But will the improvement Bennett brings be enough to win games?  We'll see.

Edited August 2, 2021 by MeanGreenTexan

[UNT Mean Green]

2 hours ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Well fall camp starts this week, and I'm fairly excited. I have to tamper my excitement and expectations at times though...

Some points that should be interesting in the next few weeks:

1. Which freshmen stands out 

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder

3. Who makes the most impact; Adaway or Torrey

4. Does McCrae evolve into the DE we thought he would be

5. Can Shorter become WR1 after last year

6. Who has the best chance to break out

7. Does Bennett's new system work

Feel free to add more below and discus

1. Gabe Blair

2. Ruder

3. Adaway

4. He will be a rotational contributor

5. Yes (he or Simpson)

6. The Defense

7. It will improve things to the tune of 31ppg and more turnovers created

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

7 minutes ago, UNT Mean Green said:

1. Gabe Blair

2. Ruder

3. Adaway

4. He will be a rotational contributor

5. Yes (he or Simpson)

6. The Defense

7. It will improve things to the tune of 31ppg and more turnovers created

Players and coaches have been raving about Gabe. Now I don't think he gets significant PT, but he should be a huge piece next year. Caleb Johnson is the other one.

[BillySee58]

3 hours ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Well fall camp starts this week, and I'm fairly excited. I have to tamper my excitement and expectations at times though...

Some points that should be interesting in the next few weeks:

1. Which freshmen stands out 

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder

3. Who makes the most impact; Adaway or Torrey

4. Does McCrae evolve into the DE we thought he would be

5. Can Shorter become WR1 after last year

6. Who has the best chance to break out

7. Does Bennett's new system work

Feel free to add more below and discus

1. I think Gabe Blair is our starting left guard this season.

2. Aune game 1, but I think he’ll be erratic at some point early in the season and open the door for Ruder and he won’t look back. Feel confident both will be above average starting CUSA QBs when they are on the field.

3. Adaway. By a lot. Torrey splitting out to the slot when we are in 11 personnel and the defense is situated accordingly, only to have to put an LB on him when he splits out should help us get more of those short-yardage pass plays instead of so many incompletions like last year. Adaway will be the feature guy and his size/speed combo gives him a chance to be special at this level.

4. No because it sounds like Mccrae is a 3-tech defensive tackle now. Was starting there in the spring and is now almost 280 according to his Twitter. We’ll see if he can hold that spot down next to Novil but I expect him there this season, not at defensive end.

5. Sure, just seems like we have so much talent at receiver I’m not concerned who the number 1 guy is. Tommy Bush had 36 P5 offers out of high school, Bryson Jackson had 20, Caleb Johnson had 10, Detraveon Brown had 3 and Loronzo Thompson had 2 and those guys are our 3rd-7th receivers. There’s just so much talent at receiver we don’t have to rely on any one guy being at a certain level.

6. Adaway or Murphy twins. All 3 showed all CUSA potential and head into the year with experience they lacked heading into last season. Gaddie is another candidate. Lot of talent and he has experience at safety instead of switching there mid season.

7. Yes but mainly because we are just so much better personnel wise than we were heading into last season. A LOT of 1st year players last season who now have a year of starting experience, only one starter lost, plus 5 D1 transfers, 4 of them being full-year starters at their previous school. Just like receiver, we aren’t sunk if a guy underwhelms. We have a lot of options of guys who are experienced and talented.

Edited August 2, 2021 by BillySee58

[UNTLifer]

21 hours ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

1. Which freshmen stands out Caleb Johnson

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder Aune then Ruder

3. Who makes the most impact; Adaway or Torrey Adaway

4. Does McCrae evolve into the DE we thought he would be Man, I hope so, but I have doubts.

5. Can Shorter become WR1 after last year Yes, if he stays injury free.

6. Who has the best chance to break out  Jordan Brown and Loronzo Thompson.

7. Does Bennett's new system work Yes.  Hopefully quickly.

Feel free to add more below and discus

 

Edited August 3, 2021 by UNTLifer

[untcampbell]

@BillySee58Dang, you should be heading up the ticket office. 

 

GMG

[bstnsportsfan3]

 

1. Which freshmen stands out Gabe Blair

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder Ruder taking over halfway through the First Game

3. Who makes the most impact; Adaway or Torrey Torrey, not because he is the better runner, but because we will use him in the slot as well.

4. Does McCrae evolve into the DE we thought he would be No only because he will be a DT and not a DE

5. Can Shorter become WR1 after last year Can he? Yes, Will he, i don't think so. I see the ball being spread around and this team not really having a WR 1 like in years past. 

6. Who has the best chance to break out  Not a break out per say because he was good last year, but I think Upton Stout can be a All Conference Player this season. 

7. Does Bennett's new system work Yes but it wont be without some growing pains. I think we will be ranked around 95th this year (big improvement from being last)and next year will be about mid-pack NCAA-wise. 

[GrandGreen]

My early prediction is that NT will be a lot better than most think.  

Most of the prognosticators are putting way too much weight on last year's results. 

If any bothered to look behind the scores, I think that they would see that NT was hurt a lot more by the virus than most of their opponents.   Even if you do not agree, there can be no debate about the coronavirus factor substantially altering last year results. 

[El Paso Eagle]

4 hours ago, bstnsportsfan3 said:

 

 

2. Who starts; Aune or Ruder Ruder taking over halfway through the First Game

 

If it is that close Ruder needs to be starting. Aune has been around long enough and the staff knows what he can do. If it is close for Game 1 then start Ruder and see if he can be as good as we hope he can be. 

[97and03]

For question 1, please define freshman. We have three classes of them now!