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Vegas has us at -14.5 tonight. I think we win by 20. Final Score Predicition...72-52. One other thing...B-Lo won't be introduced or honored tonight as a Sr. But Ya'll better have the "One More Year" chants loaded and ready!!! I want him to dream about that in his sleep for the next month!

I've dropped FB season tix but upgraded my basketball seats. The massive turnover in FB is a big turn off for me...I totally understand kids like TP, Aaron Scott, Rubin Jones, and Jason Edwards leaving here to go to P5 schools, but I can't get behind kids who are impact players here in football leaving for SFA, Tarelton, or ACU. And I can't get with true freshment bailing out without putting in the work to try and EARN some playing time. Plus...lets be honest...football at UNT just has no energy because they've gone .500 nearly every year for decades. These 3pm kickoffs in 105 heat index...or 40 degree wind chills turn me into an ESPN+ fan! Seth caught a little lightning in a bottle with a couple of 9+ win seasons, but that was right before the transfer portal went nuts and created chaos. I seriously dont think its attainable in this new era without a consistent annual $4-5 million NIL package like that school in Highland Park...and that seems nearly impossible here unless the MGSF rolls more into a NIL payout system. UNT Basketball has been consistent, fun, and its awesome how the players engage with the fans. Autographs and high fives after every game, going out into the community and working with kids, and even engaging on Social Media. Its refreshing. Burton and Hodge are great leaders and great men. They both love Denton and I think that as long as the compensation is good...they will both stay here for a long time.

Didn't he have a weird tenure at Ole Miss?

I was thinking about this the other day and i think there are a couple of factors at play here, the primary one being that our basketball team doesn't sh*t the bed every season. Additionally though, the current state of roster turnover in for G5 schools in football makes it really hard to follow players. Even if you have the same issue with b-ball, it's only 8 guys and we see them mostly twice a week. Now let's go see these guys get some hardware.

I gave the reason why he stayed when Mac left, not a reason why he might stay if given a better opportunity. Things will likely be different when the next opportunity rolls around, whenever that might be. It feels a little like some in the fanbase have some PTSD with Mac having left for a better gig and are fearful that Hodge will do the same even though Hodge hasn't done much in the post-season yet. I think he's at least a year or two away from getting looks, just like it took Mac six years to land a better job.