North Texas - UTSA Official Game Thread

[Got5onIt]

I wonder if the new head coach would keep Bennett? 

[DeepGreen]

11 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Don’t let them score here. 
 

They get it in the 3rd 

Hold them on their 1st position of the 2nd half and we have a really good chance of deflating their willpower to win.

[akriesman]

As long as the running game holds up, we should be OK.     Aune is just a game manager, especially today.

I have a feeling there will be more turnovers in the 2nd half.    That ball is slippery.

[Andrew]

Rumor alert: Seths contract was just extended at half time…. 

[TripleGrad]

Perspective: The Mean Green are 1-47 all-time against ranked opponents, and the lone victory was 14-9 over No. 20 San Diego State on Nov. 2, 1974, at old Fouts Field. (Washington Post)

[DeepGreen]

nutsak is going to come out with both barrels blazing.  Hope we can hold on to this game. 

[MeanGreen13]

2 minutes ago, TripleGrad said:

Perspective: The Mean Green are 1-47 all-time against ranked opponents, and the lone victory was 14-9 over No. 20 San Diego State on Nov. 2, 1974, at old Fouts Field. (Washington Post)

Didn't NT beat a ranked Tennessee way back when? I am probably mistaken about that. 

[outoftown]

If he wins this, that will change my mind, as to there being at least some hope that SL can actually pull off winning the conference in the next few years, because he would have just beaten a double digit win team and conference champ level team for the first time. That said, this will take more than one half of ball. Has to prove he can withstand adjustments from the other side. not a given if you ask me.

Edited November 27, 2021 by outoftown

[letsgiveacheer]

They were not ranked when we played them.

[Got5onIt]

What happened to Harris? Anyone know?

[rcade]

Just now, Got5onIt said:

What happened to Harris? Anyone know?

He entered the transfer portal at halftime. Looking seriously at UNT.

[Got5onIt]

3 minutes ago, outoftown said:

If he wins this, that will change my mind, as to there being at least some hope that SL can actually pull off winning the conference in the next few years, because he would have just beaten a double digit win team and conference champ level team for the first time. That said, this will take more than one half of ball. Has to prove he can withstand adjustments from the other side. not a given if you ask me.

Weather helped a lot. Is this really all SL’s doing? UTSA fumbled multiple times due to a slippery ball. 

[outoftown]

3 minutes ago, Got5onIt said:

Weather helped a lot. Is this really all SL’s doing? UTSA fumbled multiple times due to a slippery ball. 

Obviously its not all his doing. But he did have them ready to profit this time so far. Until now it was always so clear in these kinds of games, that even a good break or two was not gonna get the team there.

Wins over the dregs of the conference didn't really move the needle for me. But beating an 11-0 team is a data point that would be hard to completely ignore.

Edited November 27, 2021 by outoftown

[DentonLurker]

3 minutes ago, Got5onIt said:

Weather helped a lot. Is this really all SL’s doing? UTSA fumbled multiple times due to a slippery ball. 

UNT is playing in the same weather… Just sayin’

[Got5onIt]

2 minutes ago, outoftown said:

Obviously its not all his doing. But he did have them ready to profit this time so far. Until now it was always so clear in these kinds of games, that even a good break or two was not gonna get the team there.

Defense is playing really well. Yeah, I know SL hired Bennett. But Phil may have single handed saved SLs job. 

Edited November 27, 2021 by Got5onIt

[MeanMag]

3 minutes ago, outoftown said:

If he wins this, that will change my mind, as to there being at least some hope that SL can actually pull off winning the conference in the next few years, because he would have just beaten a double digit win team and conference champ level team for the first time. That said, this will take more than one half of ball. Has to prove he can withstand adjustments from the other side. not a given if you ask me.

It will have been 5 in a row and a Top 25 team. The arrow was pointed upward before the first half of this game. There's a lot of people talking about the recent wins coming against bad teams. We got better somewhere along the way between now and at the beginning of the year and the bad teams we played at the beginning of the year.

This current team could win some of those early games. Some switch has flipped.

Like I said - I am Littrell's biggest hype man as long as we keep winning.

[Coffee and TV]

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[akriesman]

Holy crap.    That was one hell of a statement drive by the Mean Green.

[TripleGrad]

5 TDs for UNT.  Perspective again -- a pre-game news article mentioned that UTSA had only given up 6 running TDs this season.

[MeanGreen22]

COBBS FOR HC!

 

 

 

kidding. But this is fun.

[Udomann]

2 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

UNT is playing in the same weather… Just sayin’

True. But we don't play in that there fancy alamodome. Our boys understand playing in weather

[rcade]

1 minute ago, MeanMag said:

The arrow was pointed upward before the first half of this game.

Can't speak for anyone else but my arrow is pointed up.

[Got5onIt]

3 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

UNT is playing in the same weather… Just sayin’

Ok, but how does SL cause the punt returner to drop a punt? Or Harris to drop the snap multiple times? Telepathy?

[Coffee and TV]

Just forget SL's contract for a moment and think about how good it is to spoil this for them, and get bowl eligible in the process. 

[TripleGrad]

1 minute ago, MeanMag said:

It will have been 5 in a row and a Top 25 team.

If we win this one, claim that win against a #15 UTSA  🙂  We'll just ignore the 22 CFP rank...