Breaking: Iowa States Matt Caponi New Mean Green DC

[Rudy]

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Back on topic.

Caponi is one vowel away from Capone.  Coincidence?  I think not.

Pregame Speech:

Instead of using a bat on his enemies, he swings a football helmet,

[helix]

29 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Instead of using a bat on his enemies, he swings a football helmet,

So he is Myles Garrett?

[GMG_Dallas]

1 hour ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Or, they might have had a history that was no to good.

Read that other comment differently than it appears it was intended. Good point, though.

[KingDL1]

3 hours ago, Rudy said:

Instead of using a bat on his enemies, he swings a football helmet,

I like having a paesano on the coaching staff. 

Are you talking to me? 

 

Where is Phil?

 

[DeepGreen]

10 hours ago, Big Z said:

Caponi = Mafia = take no sh$$t on defense 

[Stix]

18 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

I was anxiously waiting to see what your reply would be...

 

 

It did not disappoint.

[97and03]

5 hours ago, THOR said:

here at GMG, we do not compain about wet $100 bills...it is the wrinkled ones we do not like

Wet $100 bill means we went on the log ride!! 

[Big Z]

10 hours ago, KeithLee said:

Love it 

Let’s get these going !

[El Paso Eagle]

10 hours ago, KeithLee said:

Love it 

Would be a great shirt for Christian to work an NIL deal on

[All About UNT]

7 hours ago, Big Z said:

Let’s get these going !

Agree with the term but not the bush-league graphics,

[UNTLifer]

2 hours ago, All About UNT said:

Agree with the term but not the bush-league graphics,

You mean the graphics someone threw together in minutes to post in here aren’t retail worthy?

[All About UNT]

54 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

You mean the graphics someone threw together in minutes to post in here aren’t retail worthy?

Yeah of course. I get that someone just threw that together but let's slow the horses before we're talking about taking them to the printing press. 

[TexHammer1983]

19 hours ago, MeanGreenGlory said:

He has definitely been part of some solid defenses in the P5 ranks. 

I was curious about his track record as a DC at Washington & Jefferson. I don't know anything about the competition, but aside from a couple of blowouts, the points scored against them seems very respectable after a quick glance.

2008

 

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	W-L
Tue, Sep 6	@Oberlin	W49-35	1-0
Tue, Sep 13	vs Frostburg State	W49-21	2-0
Tue, Sep 20	@Thiel College	W34-24	3-0
Tue, Sep 27	vs Grove City College	W49-21	4-0
Tue, Oct 4	@Geneva College	W43-14	5-0
Tue, Oct 18	vs St. Vincent	W72-20	6-0
Tue, Oct 25	vs Westminster PA	W34-7	7-0
Tue, Nov 1	@Thomas More	L35-29	7-1
Tue, Nov 8	vs Bethany (WV)	W54-7	8-1
Tue, Nov 15	@Waynesburg	W42-9	9-1
Tue, Nov 22	vs Christopher Newport	W35-29	10-1
Tue, Nov 29	@Millsaps	W35-20	11-1
Tue, Dec 6	@Mary Hardin-Baylor	L63-7	11-2

 

2009

 

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	W-L
Mon, Sep 5	vsOberlin	W35-9	1-0
Mon, Sep 12	@Frostburg State	W34-12	2-0
Mon, Sep 19	vsThiel College	W56-16	3-0
Mon, Sep 26	@Grove City College	W28-10	4-0
Mon, Oct 3	vsGeneva College	W31-10	5-0
Mon, Oct 17	@St. Vincent	W21-7	6-0
Mon, Oct 24	@Westminster PA	W49-7	7-0
Mon, Oct 31	vsThomas More	L14-7	7-1
Mon, Nov 7	@Bethany (WV)	W49-0	8-1
Mon, Nov 14	vsWaynesburg	W35-12	9-1
Mon, Nov 21	@Mount Union	L55-0	9-2

2010

 

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	W-L
Sun, Sep 11	@Delaware Valley	L27-0	0-1
Sun, Sep 18	vsBethany (WV)	W59-21	1-1
Sun, Sep 25	@Thomas More	L29-21	1-2
Sun, Oct 2	vsWestminster PA	W49-7	2-2
Sun, Oct 9	vsSt. Vincent	W31-20	3-2
Sun, Oct 16	vsFrostburg State	W21-6	4-2
Sun, Oct 23	@Geneva College	W22-16	5-2
Sun, Oct 30	vsGrove City College	W21-14	6-2
Sun, Nov 6	@Thiel College	W47-14	7-2
Sun, Nov 13	@Waynesburg	W31-30 OT	8-2
Sun, Nov 20	vsFranklin & Marshall	W54-41	9-2

 

If you look at the points scored against his defense, this is how each season averages out:

• 2008: 23.46 PPG
• 2009: 13.81 PPG
• 2010: 20.45 PPG

The 63-7 loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor in 2008 and 55-0 loss to Mount Union in 2009 skew the averages for those two years. I have no idea what happened in those games, but if you remove the outliers from each season (the game with the highest points scored against and the game with the lowest points scored against), here's how each season averages out:

• 2008: 21.36 PPG
• 2009: 10 PPG
• 2010: 21.1 PPG

All this to say, if Caponi can get our defense to perform this way in the AAC...and Morris gets his top-scoring offense rolling...we just might have some phenomenal football seasons ahead of us!

Not relevant at all, but I played baseball at St Vincent  (prior to graduating from UNT) - all of these teams were in our conference. I don't know anything about the football programs, but I will say all of those towns and schools are very blue collar. Lot of really tough kids up there. 

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

You mean the graphics someone threw together in minutes to post in here aren’t retail worthy?

The same graphic that someone will rush to print, and not care about worthiness.

[wardly]

On 12/22/2022 at 9:31 AM, UNT Family Man said:

Yes, but we have some good pieces in place already— now will we be able to add contributors.

Not to be argumentative but if your defense is ranked 125th in nation you probably don't.

[UNTLifer]

2 hours ago, greenminer said:

The same graphic that someone will rush to print, and not care about worthiness.

Oh, I agree.  I was just surprised that someone was being critical of the "artwork" that was thrown together.  I would hope that it would be refined to look much better, but then again, dealing with NT's marketing arm should have taught me otherwise.

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, wardly said:

Not to be argumentative but if your defense is ranked 125th in nation you probably don't.

 Not to be argumentative but here are some big jumps from 2016.

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/2/12/14565370/ncaa-defensive-stats-rankings-2016

 

[wardly]

4 hours ago, greenminer said:

 Not to be argumentative but here are some big jumps from 2016.

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/2/12/14565370/ncaa-defensive-stats-rankings-2016

 

 I think it great we went from 125 to 93,  but is 93 really that great? There are about 130 1A programs which still puts us in the bottom 30%. I think we have made great coaching hires in the past week or so. However, I don't think our coaches on defense have much to work with. We basically missed early signing and seem to have more players going than coming. Hopefully we can make major improvements in defense the next few years.

[ttunt1970]

Jay-D/Billy

Could one y'all list assistants hired and what their coaching assignments for an old fart that would like to know!

Thanks

[DentonLurker]

2 hours ago, ttunt1970 said:

Jay-D/Billy

Could one y'all list assistants hired and what their coaching assignments for an old fart that would like to know!

Thanks

It’s on the first page of this thread

 

North Texas Football Staff Tracker

[rojomojo]

On 12/22/2022 at 9:21 AM, p_phelps said:

Where's his connection to Morris? I'm not seeing them crossing paths and no texas connections? 

Dude this is college football, not high school football...

 

I love how Texans become clueless when something happens outside Texas borders... This is a national sport

[rojomojo]

On 12/22/2022 at 10:28 AM, Cooley said:

Any Iowa State DB’s in the portal?

Would like to have had a Texas connection and/or DC experience at a known university. 
 

Anyone know if we’re looking at 3 or 4 man front?

Dude 90 percent of the staff is from Texas. There's 49 other states when you look beyond Texas.

UNT may be one of the few schools in America that only recruits in Texas

[p_phelps]

2 minutes ago, rojomojo said:

Dude this is college football, not high school football...

 

I love how Texans become clueless when something happens outside Texas borders... This is a national sport

Dude Texas foot is national football. kick rocks dumbass

[rojomojo]

Just now, p_phelps said:

Dude Texas foot is national football. kick rocks dumbass

You''re being small minded. Can you imagine ONLY emphasizing your own state? Look at football rosters across the country. You need geographic diversity and expand your recruiting footprint to a variety of areas. The entire staff is already extremely Texan and you sound like a cult member when you think you're going to compete by only recruiting in Texas

Adaway and Ragsdale are great examples of what happens when you expand your horizons

[p_phelps]

2 minutes ago, rojomojo said:

You''re being small minded. Can you imagine ONLY emphasizing your own state? Look at football rosters across the country. You need geographic diversity and expand your recruiting footprint to a variety of areas. The entire staff is already extremely Texan and you sound like a cult member when you think you're going to compete by only recruiting in Texas

Adaway and Ragsdale are great examples of what happens when you expand your horizons

I never said I didn't want out of state recruits. I asked what's his connection to Texas. You know because the head coach said he wanted Texas ties and I didn't know his guys resume. BUT if you emphasize one state, Texas would be the one to do it. Texas HS football is the best in the world. You sound like a troll.