How we feeling?

[Ross Hodgeson]

55 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

That part sucks.  Seems like a few senior players families were upset on Twitter last night.  I don’t blame them.  It’s next man up, though.  I’ll be there supporting the squad. 
 

I mean that’s really admirable for you and all and we all respect your loyalty but how is this situation going to help us attract the other 95% of UNT alumni to get behind the program financially?  

[Glory to the Green]

8 minutes ago, Ross Hodgeson said:

I mean that’s really admirable for you and all and we all respect your loyalty but how is this situation going to help us attract the other 95% of UNT alumni to get behind the program financially?  

I think the bowl matters. I got a text from a UNT alum (normally doesn’t care about UNT football, but is going to the game).  He doesn’t know/care about the TP or NIL. He only cares about the game on Jan 3.  If we win, I believe he’ll have a bit more interest in next season. If we lose, it’s the same old.  

[Side.Show.Joe]

I was speaking to my local high school's football coach about the current state of UNT football and my utter disgust with our current situation, and he asked how much money North Texas athletics gets out of me every year. I told him I'm not among the rich donors, but between the season tickets, t-shirts, concessions, and other adds and end, it's probably somewhere north of $2,000 a year. He quickly told me I should consider donating that money to their athletics. I'm not there yet, but the idea is growing on me.

[Jonnyeagle]

14 hours ago, Glory to the Green said:

I think the bowl matters. I got a text from a UNT alum (normally doesn’t care about UNT football, but is going to the game).  He doesn’t know/care about the TP or NIL. He only cares about the game on Jan 3.  If we win, I believe he’ll have a bit more interest in next season. If we lose, it’s the same old.  

I got a similar email as well.  A lot of UNT alums aren’t as tied in as we are with NIL, and portal defections etc and thus they seem to be pleased with UNT reaching another bowl.  

[Meangreen Fight]

On 12/9/2024 at 8:12 PM, NT93 said:

I think this is a fantastic post, but I’m going to somewhat disagree with the first sentence.  I think the transfer portal is the #1 killer with NIL #2.  If a player only got 1 transfer (maybe 2), there would be much more stability regardless of NIL.

I still roll my eyes at this nonsense.  Without revenue sharing and everyone in the system acting like mercenaries  you can't expect the players to behave any differently.  College Football just got back Texas vs OU because the money got right.   The system robust revenue sharing and budget rules akin to a salary cap the programs as a whole.  All teams should get 25 contracted player (2 year minimum required scholarship included with the same academic requirements).   Then 35 full scholarship players and 25 walk-ons.  All freshman are either walk-on or full scholarship.  Contract years only cover Sophomore-First Year Graduate School seasons. 

[MeanGreen22]

On 12/10/2024 at 9:33 PM, Glory to the Green said:

I think the bowl matters. I got a text from a UNT alum (normally doesn’t care about UNT football, but is going to the game).  He doesn’t know/care about the TP or NIL. He only cares about the game on Jan 3.  If we win, I believe he’ll have a bit more interest in next season. If we lose, it’s the same old.  

Guess this is a good time to say online is not real life. I know us on this board are crazy psycho fans but the mean is much closer to “oh cool, playing a bowl game in Dallas? Yeah I’ll go.”

[Jonnyeagle]

30 minutes ago, MeanGreen22 said:

Guess this is a good time to say online is not real life. I know us on this board are crazy psycho fans but the mean is much closer to “oh cool, playing a bowl game in Dallas? Yeah I’ll go.”

God bless you for that!

[Rudy]

I'm feeling better than Marshall fans

[Side.Show.Joe]

2 hours ago, Rudy said:

I'm feeling better than Marshall fans

No. At least Marshall will avoid being embarrassed in a bowl game.

 

I'd gladly take any bowl outside of DFW against LA Tech, than what we got stuck with. 

[Rudy]

1 hour ago, Side.Show.Joe said:

No. At least Marshall will avoid being embarrassed in a bowl game.

 

I'd gladly take any bowl outside of DFW against LA Tech, than what we got stuck with. 

At least we aren't going to be forced to practically rebuild our team from scratch....yet. 

[Matt from A700]

The week the portal opens is always a kick to the nuts even if it's been happening for several years in a row now. The immediate fix to me is opening the portal after the bowl season. Let's not make the non-CFP bowls completely useless, okay?

Then figure out an agreeable limit to number of transfers. Some will say it's unfair while coaches leave all the time for more money/better opportunity, but truly that's only the case for a few assistants. Head coaches are not moving on to four schools in four years.

And while our NIL fund will likely keep playing catch-up, I'm optimistic a few more years and things will start to balance out again. There will be enough horror stories - whether that's less playing time or unfulfilled NIL promises - for players to actually put more cliche "prayer and consideration" into their offseason decision.

However, we (the program) needs to do its part, too. Keep developing a reputation as the place for offensive stars to shine. Put your senior stars in a position to realistically get drafted or signed to the NFL/UFL/CFL. Win bowl games, win conference championships while the league is wide open, win on national TV, win on Homecoming, win in front of your biggest crowds, beat your rivals.

[meaniegreenie]

3 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

The week the portal opens is always a kick to the nuts even if it's been happening for several years in a row now. The immediate fix to me is opening the portal after the bowl season. Let's not make the non-CFP bowls completely useless, okay?

Then figure out an agreeable limit to number of transfers. Some will say it's unfair while coaches leave all the time for more money/better opportunity, but truly that's only the case for a few assistants. Head coaches are not moving on to four schools in four years.

And while our NIL fund will likely keep playing catch-up, I'm optimistic a few more years and things will start to balance out again. There will be enough horror stories - whether that's less playing time or unfulfilled NIL promises - for players to actually put more cliche "prayer and consideration" into their offseason decision.

However, we (the program) needs to do its part, too. Keep developing a reputation as the place for offensive stars to shine. Put your senior stars in a position to realistically get drafted or signed to the NFL/UFL/CFL. Win bowl games, win conference championships while the league is wide open, win on national TV, win on Homecoming, win in front of your biggest crowds, beat your rivals.

Anybody that's heading to the portal will simply sit out the bowl game. 

Their future coach won't care, especially since it lessens the chance of an injury.

[Side.Show.Joe]

On 12/14/2024 at 7:16 PM, Rudy said:

At least we aren't going to be forced to practically rebuild our team from scratch....yet. 

Yeah, you don't know that. There is no predictable outcome with the current system. Every year looks like a rebuild now. 

[Tom McKrackin]

I feel sort of like the girl who got pumped and dumped.   Still waiting for my date to show but he’s an hour late sort of feeling.

[Rudy]

9 hours ago, Side.Show.Joe said:

Yeah, you don't know that. There is no predictable outcome with the current system. Every year looks like a rebuild now. 

Hence my disclaimer, "yet"