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Conference USA: North Texas over Western Kentucky

North Texas is a team I expect to surprise a lot of people this year. Admittedly, the Mean Green were a disappointing 4-6 last season, and a putrid 4-8 the year before. But Seth Littrell has coached some very solid North Texas teams before, accumulating back-to-back nine-win seasons. With a lot of returning production on both sides of the ball, I like North Texas to emerge in a competitive conference with no clear standout. 

Western Kentucky is a solid team, with winning records in conference play the past two seasons. I think Florida Atlantic is the biggest challenge in their division, and the Hilltoppers get them at home, so 6-2 should do the trick for clinching a title game berth. However, I think the Mean Green are the superior team in the matchup, and I’ll have them complete my mini-Cinderella prediction with an unbeaten C-USA run. 

read more:  https://ndsmcobserver.com/2021/08/college-football-conference-championships-prediction/

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13 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

Conference USA: North Texas over Western Kentucky

North Texas is a team I expect to surprise a lot of people this year. Admittedly, the Mean Green were a disappointing 4-6 last season, and a putrid 4-8 the year before. But Seth Littrell has coached some very solid North Texas teams before, accumulating back-to-back nine-win seasons. With a lot of returning production on both sides of the ball, I like North Texas to emerge in a competitive conference with no clear standout. 

Western Kentucky is a solid team, with winning records in conference play the past two seasons. I think Florida Atlantic is the biggest challenge in their division, and the Hilltoppers get them at home, so 6-2 should do the trick for clinching a title game berth. However, I think the Mean Green are the superior team in the matchup, and I’ll have them complete my mini-Cinderella prediction with an unbeaten C-USA run. 

read more:  https://ndsmcobserver.com/2021/08/college-football-conference-championships-prediction/

Be careful posting that kind of positivity around here.  We have some who seem to survive on a steady diet of a lack of faith (and we wonder why more people don’t attend games…with those that do “support” us being so negative and clearly the best salesmen).  

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southsideguy Grand Master

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most likely trying to draw the attention from ND having the 4th most offensive mascot in sports these days.  I guess the Irish are upset.  I am from Irish decent and I am not offended btw.   I might be offend if I was Irish Leprechaun though?   

I sure Mean Green will be on the list soon after all Mean is not nice.

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Maybe it’s the gambling side of me but I equate a prediction with something you want to get right. So I’d say it’s more about reality than positivity. 
 

I’d love to see that extensive list of G5 programs that don’t win consistently yet still draw big crowds. 

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25 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

The P5 list is probably not much better 

Probably not but I know South Carolina was drawing 80k back in the 90s and 00s when they were bad. They still sell out during lousy seasons. But definitely the exception.

My point was attendance isn’t driven by message board “negativity”.  

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jdennis82 Community Regular

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So confused about why the reaction here is to reject this projection outright. I mean, the URL "gomeangreen" does appear to suggest support of the program.

Looking back at last year, there seem to be two clear areas that a movement toward league average would go a long way toward improving the possibility of a division title

Long Scrimmage Plays Allowed

Turnover Margin/Game

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I tend to think the author has identified a division without an obvious pick and then looked at recent recruiting and landed on the Mean Green as his choice until they prove it incorrect, I'm going to join him in anticipating this outcome for our squad

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Udomann Grand Master

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I can predict a lot of crazy sh*t too

I predict a demolition man style Presid Schwarzenegger

I predict the UK will re-annex the colonies, but Texas will make a Red Dawn grandstand led by @PlummMeanGreen

I also predict bitcoin will be so volatile that it swings by 10% daily (low hanging fruit, sue me)

Im relevant now!

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Charlie NT 73 Enthusiast

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25 minutes ago, Marty said:

nothing would surprise me in CUSA.

It is funny that one day all of the college football sports writers and rag mags were saying that North Texas was in the outhouse! Now all of the same people are saying that North Texas will win CUSA, and are heading to the penthouse! Amazing !!!

Talk about changing a horse in the middle of the stream!

zi expect many North Texas fans will be changing their minds about North Texas football this season!!!

Go Mean Green!!! 

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Rudy Grand Master

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6 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

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A Notre Dame student picked us to win C-USA?    Weird.

He may have done his homework on this. I bet he spent more time studying our conference than Notre Dame's. 

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Every single year - I come in thinking we have all the tools but need to just use them. I do not know I do that to myself. Then, in the second game of the season, I convince myself that HBU, Incarnate Word or ACU is actually going to kill us like PSU did. Eventually I settle into my ability to just focus on play of individual players and root for them to have a solid season... I spend a ton of money on this hobby of North Texas football. Sometimes I question why and don't want to succumb to some sunk cost logic. But then the season is over, I get bored during the post basketball, pre-football period, I get a letter telling me that I need to buy or else I am going to lose all of my sunk cost club seats... and then I am back on the vicious cycle again. 

Why can't we win CUSA this year? It's just the CUSA. We can. Why not? Sure - right now - we can win this. Let's do it. 

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23 hours ago, meanrob said:

I’ll have what he’s smoking 

Great for game day but come Monday I have business decisions to make.  I might get strange looks when I put sugar & Equal in the top of the coffee maker with the coffee grinds talking about will be “Less Filling & Tastes Great”.  

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