Top 5 UNT Rivals in new AAC Conference?

[Jonnyeagle]

1 - SMUt

2 - nUTSAck

3 - Tulsa

4 - UAB

5 - Tie Tulane/and or Rice

I could also see Memphis develop into a nice rival over time. 

[greenminer]

SMU

My fandom understanding is that you can only have one rival in each sport, so that's it.

[cousin oliver]

4 minutes ago, greenminer said:

SMU

My fandom understanding is that you can only have one rival in each sport, so that's it.

Agreed but hard not to call UTSA a rival either though.

[greenminer]

9 minutes ago, cousin oliver said:

Agreed but hard not to call UTSA a rival either though.

It's easy.

Step 1: Acknowledge rivalry with SMU
Step 2: oops, no more room for another rival.
Step 3: UTSA games are still fun, though!

[Monkeypox]

1 - Ourselves

[MeanGreen_MBA]

UAB is a great rival 

[El Paso Eagle]

If it's a rivalry that both teams acknowledge it will be UTSA. If it's one that we have that is actually more of a grudge game than a rivalry it would be SMU

[UNTLifer]

Funny that smut fans can’t seem to stay off our board when they don’t consider us a rival. There are many more of their fans than fans from any other school. 

[NT80]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Funny that smut fans can’t seem to stay off our board when they don’t consider us a rival. There are many more of their fans than fans from any other school. 

[Cooke County Kid]

SMU

SMU

SMU

GO MEAN GREEN!!!
WIN GAMES!!!

[97and03]

UTSA - and I hate to say it. But it has been a more even series and we tend to go after the same recruits. For now SMUt is a step (or two) ahead (again it pains me to say it. I am happy we will keep playing Rice although most likely they will form their rivalry with Tulane. 
 

[dodgefan]

10 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Funny that smut fans can’t seem to stay off our board when they don’t consider us a rival. There are many more of their fans than fans from any other school. 

I'm on a TCU board pretty often, tons of Pony fans visit and engage on that site. It seems like, it's the same handful of SMU posters that come on this site. Always good, when opponents fans stop in to liven things up, I'm sure the Moderators enjoy the extra traffic.

[El Paso Eagle]

14 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Funny that smut fans can’t seem to stay off our board when they don’t consider us a rival. There are many more of their fans than fans from any other school. 

In reality your talking about less than 10 people. Then again, that might be all of them

[Glory to the Green]

4 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

In reality your talking about less than 10 people. Then again, that might be all of them

Right. I go to other boards, too. I’ve never actually taken the time to create an account for those sites, though.  

It’s really fun to hear the griping about how they should’ve beat UNT-blah blah blah. 😂😂😂

[untjim1995]

1.) Apathy and Loathing from Denton

2.) SMU (to us), UTSA (to them)

3.) Everyone else

[DentonStang]

I literally live in Denton.  It's nice to stay plugged into the local team up here.

Top rivals for SMU in new CUSAAC:

actual hate: 1. Memphis 2. Tulsa, casual: 3. Navy 4. Tulane

UNT could supplant #3 or #4 pretty easy if it starts being a competitive game

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2022 by DentonStang

[UNT 90 Grad]

[bstnsportsfan3]

21 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

In reality your talking about less than 10 people. Then again, that might be all of them

Yes the SMU fan base is around 10 fans strong... give or take 1-2

[Hunter Green]

On 6/16/2022 at 11:33 AM, Jonnyeagle said:

1 - SMUt

2 - nUTSAck

3 - Tulsa

4 - UAB

5 - Tie Tulane/and or Rice

I could also see Memphis develop into a nice rival over time. 

For me it's

Smut  Nutsak, Tulsa, UAB and Memphis.

Let's throw in LA Tech as a regular OOC opponent.

[GrayEagle]

As far as I'm concerned all are rivals.  The only ones that we've never been in a conference with are SMU, South Florida, East Carolina, Navy and Temple.  I believe that we have played all of them except Temple (not positive about ECU).  We've also been in the same conference with Wichita State.  So this is where we belong.

I consider all of the Texas universities as our strongest rivals...the two strongest are SMU and UTSA and Rice could be if they ever decide to put some of their plenteous money supply into their football team.   

In order that we enter the AAC with respect, I believe that we need to win 8 games, and that includes a bowl win.  If Seth is able to accomplish that then I would give him a one-year extension.  If he can do it again in the AAC then I say give him a new contract.

Edited June 18, 2022 by GrayEagle

[Mean Green 93-98]

7 minutes ago, GrayEagle said:

The only ones that we've never been in a conference with are SMU, South Florida, East Carolina, Navy and Temple. 

This is nitpicking, but we were in C-USA with East Carolina in 2013.

[GrayEagle]

4 hours ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

This is nitpicking, but we were in C-USA with East Carolina in 2013.

No, not nitpicking. Thanks.  I thought that they were in CUSA when we first entered but I wasn't sure. 

[UNTLifer]

smut and utsa. No others. 

[MrAlien]

Rivalries have to go both ways to be considered a legit rivalry.  Most smu fans dont seem to care enough to engage in a real rivalry with UNT (their big rival has always been TCU), though most UNT folks would probably consider smu their biggest rival.

 

 

[GreenFlag]

1) SMU

2) UTSA

3) CJK5H