DRC (updated with story): Littrell -- Aune remains UNT's starting QB after today's scrimmage

[Brett Vito]

Edited August 13, 2022 by Brett Vito

[Hunter Green]

Welp...here we are.

[BillySee58]

Good reporting here

[MeanGreen22]

Still think Grant ends up with the job by week 4. The fact that there’s very little separating them other than Aune has been here longer says enough for me. 

[GMG_Dallas]

28 minutes ago, MeanGreen22 said:

Still think Grant ends up with the job by week 4. The fact that there’s very little separating them other than Aune has been here longer says enough for me. 

I just don't get the thinking from SL... if like you said, there isn't much separation between a guy who's been here 3 years and a guy who showed up a few months ago then why is the guy who can't separate himself with 3 years experience in the system starting.

Unless the battle isn't as close as we think. Week 4 is pushing it to make a change in a 12 game season, IMO.

Edited August 13, 2022 by GMG_Dallas

[Tom McKrackin]

I told you guys over and over that Aune was determined to be the starter when he decided at age 31 to return this season.  There is no way they would have asked him back if they didn’t think he was the guy.  

[Tom McKrackin]

44 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Good reporting here

Agreed - really feel like Vito is having one of his best fall camps this far.

[Pellom]

I’ve trashed Aune over the past couple of months, but Gunnell is legitimately pushing him and good on him for winning the job. 
 

It looks like we have two capable QBs. Good spot to be in. 

[Glory to the Green]

12 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I just don't get the thinking from SL... if like you said, there isn't much separation between a guy who's been here 3 years and a guy who showed up a few months ago then why is the guy who can't separate himself with 3 years experience in the system starting.

Unless the battle isn't as close as we think. Week 4 is pushing it to make a change in a 12 game season, IMO.

I’m surprised Ruder isn’t putting up a larger fight. Is he healthy?

[Tom McKrackin]

6 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

I’m surprised Ruder isn’t putting up a larger fight. Is he healthy?

He has the strongest arm of them all but I feel like after the coaches gave him a shot to start last year they are hesitant to trust him at the helm again.  

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

11 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:

Agreed - really feel like Vito is having one of his best fall camps this far.

Still in his prime, it seems…

[GMG_Dallas]

19 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I told you guys over and over that Aune was determined to be the starter when he decided at age 31 to return this season.  There is no way they would have asked him back if they didn’t think he was the guy.  

Never thought a QB with 2 losing seasons could be considered "the guy." Not like he's putting up video game numbers either. I believe he's got less than 30 total career touchdowns? Ok, I guess...

[PlummMeanGreen]

1 hour ago, MeanGreen22 said:

Still think Grant ends up with the job by week 4. The fact that there’s very little separating them other than Aune has been here longer says enough for me. 

Agree.  
GG was a starter for a PAC12 team at one point in his career.  

[p_phelps]

38 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:

He has the strongest arm of them all but I feel like after the coaches gave him a shot to start last year they are hesitant to trust him at the helm again.  

How can they trust Austin? He wasn't much better

[MeanGreenTexan]

56 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I told you guys over and over that Aune was determined to be the starter when he decided at age 31 to return this season.  There is no way they would have asked him back if they didn’t think he was the guy.  

I was on board here until they used a late transfer on Gunnell.   Once they did that, I wasn’t as sure they’d roll with him.  Looks like Littrell & Bloesch are happy to dance with the one they brought.

[p_phelps]

1 minute ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I was on board here until they used a late transfer on Gunnell.   Once they did that, I wasn’t as sure they’d roll with him.  Looks like Littrell & Bloesch are happy to dance with the one they brought.

He's signing his ticket to be fired if he loses early. 

[southsideguy]

going to be a long season....

[jtm0097]

I hope the RBs and OL looked good.

[Brett Vito]

 

[SilverEagle]

4 hours ago, Brett Vito said:

I arrived late (10:30 or so), so I didn't see all of the passing plays, so I'm a bit surprised at the 8-12 and 8-13.   While I was there, I was not impressed with the "communication" between the QB's and the receivers.   I saw some very disappointing throws....by all of the QB's. Having said that I would favor Earl over Gunnells. On the plays that I observed, Gunnells didn't look all that polished. 

The defense was doing a great job of coverage, and when a couple of plays were toss-ups the WR's didn't fight for the ball as much as I would have expected. 

If this is the last scrimmage before the opening game, I am somewhat concerned.....mainly about the passing game.

The running game looked very good. I was especially impressed with Mr. Attaway. The guy has more speed and explosion than I remembered. Mr. Farrar was making a strong case for playing time. He not only can get a lot of yards around the edges, but his interior running was surprisingly good. He also demonstrated his value as a dump off receiver, as he took one short dump pass to the house. 

Both the OL and the DL looked good. Carson Kropp (15) had a good stop behind the line of scrimmage coming at the RB from behind.

Kaghen Roach (#90) also looked good as he was providing excellent pressure on some pass plays.

Edited August 13, 2022 by SilverEagle

[NT93]

6 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

there isn't much separation between a guy who's been here 3 years and a guy who showed up a few months ago then why is the guy who can't separate himself with 3 years experience in the system starting.

This is what I’m thinking.  A guy who’s been there a month is putting up very similar numbers to a guy who’s been here three years.  
 

That being said, just go with the guy that gives us the best chance to win.

[NT80]

I think we will see very fast this season how things are going to roll.  We should know a LOT after the first two games (UTEP, Smut).  We may know in the first half in El Paso...  

[p_phelps]

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

I think we will see very fast this season how things are going to roll.  We should know a LOT after the first two games (UTEP, Smut).  We may know in the first half in El Paso...  

2 losses = new coach 

[Udomann]

9 hours ago, Pellom said:

 

It looks like we have two capable QBs. Good spot to be in. 

That assessment is such a huuuuge stretch given our history. You could very well say we have two incapable QBs with our performance in recent years. 

At what point have we shown quality and consistent QB play???

[Cr1028]

Y’all put WAY too much stock into Littrell’s coach speak. He said nothing different than he did from the spring. You won’t know the starter for game 1 until our first series of the game. I’d put the odds at 80%+ that their is an OR again on the depth chart.