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meanrob · September 8, 2021

1 hour ago, El Paso Eagle said:

I sometimes wonder if our success in the SBC was as much of a curse as a blessing. The total OOC failure of the teams in the SBC only highlighted to the football world how bad the conference was. We did not gain any respect due to the conference's weakness. Our domination, in conjunction with our own OOC problems, made the conference seems even weaker. Success under Dodge could have been a game changer.

The Sun Belt was a little more concerned with surviving than what the “football world” was thinking. They had one bowl tie in and even that felt like a minor miracle. There was no ESPN 3, ESPN +, games online, Twitter and Facebook didn’t EXIST. So even when SBC teams did beat Arizona State, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and others, only a few people saw it. It was a new conference with no history. Yeah I remember sitting at Fouts moaning we should lose more conference games so the “football world” would give the SBC more respect. It was a hot topic on Sportscenter every night.

Edited September 8, 2021 by meanrob

wardly · September 8, 2021

5 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

UAB's was a strategic move; almost like a company filing for bankruptcy and reorganizing. They always planned on returning. They used it to be able to clean hose and get boosters to get behind them.

Agree the 1AA is old. Our problem is after coming back there was not a commitment to building a FBS level program. Up until recently we had arguably to worst relationships with Texas HS coaches of any D1 programs in the state, and it probably wasn't even close. We wasted the opportunity with letting Dodge bring his HS staff. Seth and Wren, while the bottom line for fans is winning, have built a better foundation in the last 5 years than the previous groups combined since we returned from 1AA.

Not so. My son is a UAB graduate and the true story is that The University of Alabama never wanted UAB to have a football program and fought Gene Bartow tooth and nail when he started one in mid 90's. The U of A board of regents controls UAB and 20 years later when Bear Bryant Jr. became Chairman he eliminated the UAB program because of budget issues. There was an uproar, a commitment was made for a new stadium, and money was raised to resurrect football. There was no grand plan . I mean this is the state of Alabama we are talking about, whose unofficial state motto is "Thank GOD for Mississippi otherwise we would be last in everything."

18 minutes ago, MeanGreen2019 said:

Wren is fantastic. I’m a newer fan and alumni (graduated in 2019) and have supported the program since 2016. It will be a while before UNT reaps the rewards from this administration, but the growth over the last 5 years has been insane especially with creating new fans. We will eventually get where we need to go, especially if Wren is here.

As stated above, we just need to keep showing up as a fanbase regardless.