Place yer bets on the Bowl Game

NT80 · 2024-12-02T16:33:32Z

51 minutes ago, Greendylan said:

Keep in mind that the Frisco Bowl is going to happen one week after the portal opens, which means the week leading up to it will be filled with announcements of our players leaving (along with the two weeks following it). Getting an absolute kick to the crotch in that game that we might be playing with a bunch of backups on offense could really set things back, heading into the offseason.

Portal announcements have already begun for some players/schools....

Sources: Texas Tech WR Micah Hudson to enter transfer portal

Hudson is expected to be one of the most coveted receivers on the transfer market when he officially enters the portal on Dec. 9, the first day of the NCAA's winter transfer window.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42727311/texas-tech-wide-receiver-micah-hudson-plans-enter-college-football-transfer-portal

wardly · 2024-12-02T19:38:52Z

On 12/1/2024 at 5:21 AM, UNT 90 Grad said:

Frisco Bowl vs. Western Michigan. The writing is on the wall.

Well if we are in the Frisco Bowl we will get a chance to see the newly expanded SMU football stadium. Big Woop1

wardly · 2024-12-02T19:39:43Z

On 12/1/2024 at 12:24 AM, southsideguy said:

we finished 9 th in the conference, should we really be in a bowl game?

We have gone to at least 4 bowl games with 5 & 7 records so why not.

NT80 · 2024-12-03T03:00:02Z

wardly · 2024-12-03T03:26:31Z

25 minutes ago, NT80 said:

UNT is probably lucky that New Mexico lost otherwise we would probably be sitting at home instead of bowling.

MeanGreen22 · 2024-12-03T04:04:17Z

11 hours ago, NT80 said:

Portal announcements have already begun for some players/schools....

Sources: Texas Tech WR Micah Hudson to enter transfer portal

Hudson is expected to be one of the most coveted receivers on the transfer market when he officially enters the portal on Dec. 9, the first day of the NCAA's winter transfer window.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42727311/texas-tech-wide-receiver-micah-hudson-plans-enter-college-football-transfer-portal

My pitch to Micah: We don’t have a lot of money, but we do have one more year of Chandler Morris. Come catch 75 balls then go make a bajillion dollars in the portal.

Meangreen Fight · 2024-12-03T20:37:05Z

On 12/2/2024 at 9:53 AM, MeanGreenTexan said:

This spares many of our fans from having to witness in person (and also saves NT the embarrassment of a poor turnout in our own backyard)

Why is this an embarrassment? You find me another program with a metro location, no real rivals at 6-6 getting a high turnout for an exhibition game then I will be embarrassed. Bowl games have never been more meaningless and I suspect some will go away after their current media contracts go away. No G5 team that finishes 5th in their conference deserves a bowl game.

NM Green · 2024-12-03T21:04:55Z

Western Michigan is off the board. They are set to play South Alabama in Montgomery on December 14th.

gmg

untbowler · 2024-12-03T21:07:59Z

2 minutes ago, NM Green said:

Western Michigan is off the board. They are set to play South Alabama in Montgomery on December 14th.

gmg

makes sense to not play WMU since we play them next Fall

MeanGreenTexan · 2024-12-03T21:27:13Z

38 minutes ago, Meangreen Fight said:

Why is this an embarrassment? You find me another program with a metro location, no real rivals at 6-6 getting a high turnout for an exhibition game then I will be embarrassed. Bowl games have never been more meaningless and I suspect some will go away after their current media contracts go away. No G5 team that finishes 5th in their conference deserves a bowl game.

Were you at the Cotton Bowl for the 2013 HoD Bowl? Attendance of 38k, and I bet UNLV brought ~1500.
That's what a decent turnout should look like for a local bowl for us.
The 2022 Frisco Bowl's attendance was officially 12k (very generous), and the crowd was so unimpressive & unenthusiastic, you couldn't really even tell who many of them were rooting for. But, there was enough blue to know more than 1500 were rooting for Boise. Very embarrassing for a University that is only 30 minutes away.