Aune Moves Into 4th Place - Career TD Passes

[BillySee58]

Aune now has 51 career TD passes, passing Scott Hall (50) for 4th place. All-time school TD pass list is as follows:

1. 93 - Fine

2. 69 - Ramsey

3. 67 - Maher

4. 51 - AUNE

Aune is also zeroing in on the school single-season TD pass mark. The single-season TD pass list is as follows:

1. 31 - Fine (2017)

2. 29 - Fine (2019)

3. 28 - AUNE (2022)

[keith]

Records are made to be broken. 

[helix]

Aune is going to get that single season record barring injury.  Next year, he will likely move to number 2 on the all time list.  Small chance getting the all time record depending on how many he finishes this year with.

[greenjoe]

I understood he was not coming back next year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AUSTIN AUNE !

[NorthTexasWeLove]

38 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Aune now has 51 career TD passes, passing Scott Hall (50) for 4th place. All-time school TD pass list is as follows:

1. 93 - Fine

2. 69 - Ramsey

3. 67 - Maher

4. 51 - AUNE

Aune is also zeroing in on the school single-season TD pass mark. The single-season TD pass list is as follows:

1. 31 - Fine (2017)

2. 29 - Fine (2019)

3. 28 - AUNE (2022)

And 10% of them literally came today vs a community college level of team. 

I'm not a huge anti-Aune person. He's playing decently. He also has to have double digit picks by now. And that 55% isn't getting me giddy. 

My problem in regards to QB play isn't Aune, but the almost decade of Seth Littrell mismanaging QB2. 

[emmitt01]

He has been blessed with receivers who take 20 yard passes and turn them into 60 yard touchdowns.  There is a LOT of YAC yardage in his numbers.  

[MeanGreen_MBA]

5 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

And 10% of them literally came today vs a community college level of team. 

I'm not a huge anti-Aune person. He's playing decently. He also has to have double digit picks by now. And that 55% isn't getting me giddy. 

My problem in regards to QB play isn't Aune, but the almost decade of Seth Littrell mismanaging QB2. 

Just stop until the end of the season

[greenminer]

Was that the best half performance ever by a UNT quarterback?

380+ yards, 5 TDs, 2 TDs, 2 INTs

Take away the INTs, and it would have to be a near lock, right?
Even with the INTs, it's in the discussion, right?

[BillySee58]

2 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Was that the best half performance ever by a UNT quarterback?

380+ yards, 5 TDs, 2 TDs, 2 INTs

Take away the INTs, and it would have to be a near lock, right?
Even with the INTs, it's in the discussion, right?

Vizza had 7 TD passes in the first half against Navy in 2007. The game we infamously lost 74-62.

[greenminer]

1 minute ago, BillySee58 said:

Vizza had 7 TD passes in the first half against Navy in 2007. The game we infamously lost 74-62.

Oh man, how could I forget that.  I was there, on the deck.

I think my subconscious has chosen to block it out.  The rumor mill after-the-fact was, Todge was telling Vizza (a frosh!) that we needed him to get to 9 for us to win.

Worst defense I think I've ever seen, at least in person.

[TheColonyEagle]

Aune was great today. 
 

Nothing else really to say….

[greenminer]

4 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Vizza had 7 TD passes in the first half against Navy in 2007. The game we infamously lost 74-62.

If anyone else was a CFB fan back then, you might remember it was a pretty high scoring stretch of games.

From the game recap:

Quote

 

Since the NCAA starting keeping records in 1937, four of the five highest-scoring college football games ever have taken place over the last month, including two of the games took place Saturday.

Highest combined scoring games since start of NCAA records (1937)

Date

Results

Combined points

11/10/07

Hartwick 72, Utica 70, 4 OT

142***

10/27/07

Weber St. 73, Portland St. 68

141*

11/10/07

Navy 74, North Texas 62

136

10/14/07

Boise St. 69, Nevada 67, 4OT

136

11/12/68

North Park 104, North Central 32

136**

* -- FCS; ** -- Division II;
*** -- Division III

 

 

[UNT 90 Grad]

10 hours ago, greenjoe said:

I understood he was not coming back next year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AUSTIN AUNE !

As did we all…until last night’s post-game press conference.  

[UNTethered Eagle]

10 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

He has been blessed with receivers who take 20 yard passes and turn them into 60 yard touchdowns.  There is a LOT of YAC yardage in his numbers.  

Seriously! Be careful pointing out important details. You’ll get downvoted for that. What can’t you just be happy?! /s 

[GMG_Dallas]

11 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

He has been blessed with receivers who take 20 yard passes and turn them into 60 yard touchdowns.  There is a LOT of YAC yardage in his numbers.  

Or the 3 yard shovel pass taken 45 yards to the house.

[p_phelps]

The pick 6 is maddening and still misses passes he shouldn't. But he's playing very well. Best he's ever played the past 2 games.  If he played like this we would have won in SA

[Matt from A700]

He will get that single season mark and if he is returning next year, he should be #2 career-wise. I understand it's against a terrible opponent who probably still won't compete in the new CUSA, but it's fun to stat-pad every once in a while.

[SilverEagle]

14 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

He has been blessed with receivers who take 20 yard passes and turn them into 60 yard touchdowns.  There is a LOT of YAC yardage in his numbers.  

Yeah, I think Fine benefited from some YAK yardage there at the end of the famous "drive".

[glick1980]

I was certainly hoping for a new QB after last year, but he is having a great season overall.  Here is where he ranks in all of college football after yesterday:

#8 in passing yards

#4 in yards per attempt

#3 in touchdowns

#12 in qb rating

His qb rating is about 15 points higher than Mason’s best season.

[CMJ]

I'm not defending Aune, but basically ever since the start of the forward pass QBs have been the beneficiary of YAC.

[Green Lantern]

20 minutes ago, CMJ said:

I'm not defending Aune, but basically ever since the start of the forward pass QBs have been the beneficiary of YAC.

I mean it’s not really defending him to point out that other NCAA leaders in passing statistics also benefit from YAC as well. It’s just part of the game. Acting like other teams don’t scheme high percentage passing plays designed to get the ball to their playmakers in space is disingenuous.

Aune has stepped his game up in the last 5-6 games. It’s undeniable. 

[Monkeypox]

1 hour ago, glick1980 said:

I was certainly hoping for a new QB after last year, but he is having a great season overall.  Here is where he ranks in all of college football after yesterday:

#8 in passing yards

#4 in yards per attempt

#3 in touchdowns

#12 in qb rating

His qb rating is about 15 points higher than Mason’s best season.

Yep. At some point you just have to look at what he’s doing and accept it. This is not the same guy and offense that was just handing the ball to the RBs and playing good defense against CUSA last year. I’m enjoying it and hope he can keep it up through the end of the year and bowl season.

[emmitt01]

I just want people to do one thing, and be 100% honest.  Take a look at this list and tell me who you put at QB if we are playing for the survival of our program.  One game, winner take all…we lose and we shut the doors of Apogee.

Somebody, anybody, just tell me that you’d take Aune and I’ll stop pointing out how silly it is to keep having these “he’s closing in on being an all-time great” discussions that Vito is trolling us with. 

1. Fine

2. Ramsey

3. Maher

4. AUNE

 

[BillySee58]

17 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

He has been blessed with receivers who take 20 yard passes and turn them into 60 yard touchdowns.  There is a LOT of YAC yardage in his numbers.  

7 hours ago, UNTethered Eagle said:

Seriously! Be careful pointing out important details. You’ll get downvoted for that. What can’t you just be happy?! /s 

Is there anything to substantiate the claims that Aune is some benefactor of abnormal YAC stats that other QBs aren’t getting? Otherwise, it’s just hating towards a QB you just never give a fair evaluation of.

With Emmitt for example, in 2020 against UTSA, Bean was having an objectively bad start to the game and people in the thread were giving Bean a hard time. Emmitt was defending him and qualifying the bad play. Then Bean hits Darden on the sideline, Darden makes a man miss and picks up 60 yards of YAC on his way to a TD (clip attached). Emmitt’s response was:

“Anybody wanna bitch about that pass?”

No qualifier about YAC, or how the QB benefitted from a great play by Darden. But with Aune, all of his success gets minimized with qualifiers of receivers, bad defense, etc., and his interceptions get magnified.

This is a good example of what I said last week. People are so dug in on their stances of Littrell, Aune, etc. that the integrity of the arguments against them are generally rooted in inconsistencies or purposely unevenly weighted towards the bad that we can’t get an accurate analysis.

Edited November 6, 2022 by BillySee58

[emmitt01]

19 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Is there anything to substantiate the claims that Aune is some benefactor of abnormal YAC stats that other QBs aren’t getting? Otherwise, it’s just hating towards a QB you just never give a fair evaluation of.

With Emmitt for example, in 2020 against UTSA, Bean was having an objectively bad start to the game and people in the thread were giving Bean a hard time. Emmitt was defending him and qualifying the bad play. Then Bean hits Darden on the sideline, Darden makes a man miss and picks up 60 yards of YAC on his way to a TD (clip attached). Emmitt’s response was:

“Anybody wanna bitch about that pass?”

No qualifier about YAC, or how the QB benefitted from a great play by Darden. But with Aune, all of his success gets minimized with qualifiers of receivers, bad defense, etc., and his interceptions get magnified.

This is a good example of what I said last week. People are so dug in on their stances of Littrell, Aune, etc. that the integrity of the arguments against them are generally rooted in inconsistencies or purposely unevenly weighted towards the bad that we can’t get an accurate analysis.

Austin Aune beat Florida international yesterday while throwing one of his two interceptions directly to their defender on a play that should have been a pick six.  Jason Bean, meanwhile, beat the number 18 team in the country with no interceptions. I’m not sure what video you’d like to trot out to show the distinction between the two, but I will wait with bated breath on something compelling other than just I’m a “hater.”