UNT Game Themes for 2023

Coach Andy Mac · June 5, 2023

UNTcrazy727 · June 5, 2023

Still very odd we decided to make Memphis Homecoming instead of Temple.

jtm0097 · June 5, 2023

Are we wearing lederhosen and drinking out of steins for the Temple game?

Marty · June 5, 2023

Looking forward to that Oktoberfest game!

El Paso Eagle · June 5, 2023

Hopefully, this shirt will be made available for the "Take Flight" game.

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Dannymacfan · June 5, 2023

2 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

Are we wearing lederhosen and drinking out of steins for the Temple game?

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NT80 · June 6, 2023

7 hours ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

Still very odd we decided to make Memphis Homecoming instead of Temple.

Bigger crowd for better opponent? Just guessing.

UNT 90 Grad · June 6, 2023

Isn’t Oktoberfest celebrated in September?

UNTcrazy727 · June 6, 2023

2 hours ago, NT80 said:

Bigger crowd for better opponent? Just guessing.

You don’t schedule Homecoming against good teams. And Homecoming is going to have a good crowd regardless.

DentonLurker · June 6, 2023

I love the idea of making Homecoming against an opponent people might actually care about and/or have actually heard about. This program has to start to capitalize on these opportunities if we want any sustained fan support. Homecoming is always a good crowd, and a win over Memphis will carry more weight than a win over Temple. We have to quit thinking so small and always wanting to schedule patsies we think we can beat for these types of games and schedule good programs and still expect to win.

NT80 · June 6, 2023

1 hour ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

You don’t schedule Homecoming against good teams. And Homecoming is going to have a good crowd regardless.

A crowd against Memphis is more important to the outcome of the game than a crowd for Temple.

UNTcrazy727 · June 6, 2023

9 hours ago, DentonLurker said:

I love the idea of making Homecoming against an opponent people might actually care about and/or have actually heard about. This program has to start to capitalize on these opportunities if we want any sustained fan support. Homecoming is always a good crowd, and a win over Memphis will carry more weight than a win over Temple. We have to quit thinking so small and always wanting to schedule patsies we think we can beat for these types of games and schedule good programs and still expect to win.

Homecoming is the game that has the most casuals fans. You don't want to schedule a game you a likely to lose. You want to send those casuals home with a winning experiencing. They won't really care who the game is against.

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We have to quit thinking so small and always wanting to schedule patsies

This is what literally EVERY program does. It has nothing to do with thinking small. It's just smart marketing.

GreenTroubadour · June 6, 2023

I wish we had a military appreciation game with a fly over.

UNTcrazy727 · June 6, 2023

11 hours ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

Isn’t Oktoberfest celebrated in September?

Yeah, traditionally it's the last 2 weeks of September. For example, Addison is having their Oktoberfest Sept 14-17 this year. You'll see celebrations bleed into October, but October 14th is really late.

Edited June 6, 2023 by UNTcrazy727

Glory to the Green · June 6, 2023

13 hours ago, NT80 said:

Bigger crowd for better opponent? Just guessing.

Isn’t their QB from Denton? This could potentially be a sell out!

DentonLurker · June 7, 2023

11 hours ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

You don't want to schedule a game you a likely to lose.

This is exactly my point. We have always walked into games like Memphis expecting to lose. We shouldn’t be expecting to lose to a team that was middle of the road in the AAC last year. Hell, we only lost by 10 to these jokers last year with a coach who got fired at the end of the year.

11 hours ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

It's just smart marketing.

I could not disagree more with this. I think it’s lazy marketing and doesn’t put much faith in our own team. I want this team to win the Homecoming game over an opponent that casual fans might know about. We need to not focus on what “every program does” and get creative to find what works for UNT. I want those casual fans to come back. Winning a game that we “should win” just doesn’t move the needle as much for fans coming back, in my opinion.