UNT just in a bad

eulesseagle · October 2, 2006

We can gripe all we want but what it comes down to is:

1. All other conference members fare as well as UNT in OOC games.

2. The parity of play in the SBC is equal. Face it UNT is not the cream of the SBC anymore because of the parity.

3. The SBC is the last choice of any H.S. athelete who wants to play in D-1A. Don't you think why we do not see any Top 50 or 100 high school prospects selecting UNT is because of the conference that we are in? If I were a top athelete in the state of Texas and had a chance to play in the MAC, MWC,WAC or C-USA they why would I play in the SBC??

4. With Texas and some of the surrounding states being a virtual hotbed of the nations top H.S. atheletes, IMHO, it stands to reason that these high school players would much rather play in better conferences given a choice.

5. You have to remember that the SBC, usually, has at least two D-1AA conferences ranked above the conference that we are currently affiliated. That does not bode well for our current conference.

6. Yea, UNT should do better considering where NTSU/UNT has been over the last 40 years but those were different times, unfortunately. As one poster already stated today he has seen us beat Tennessee, in the 70's but also has seen us loose to MTSU on Saturday.

7. Everyone must know that IF UNT was even in the WAC or CUSA we could definitely recruit a great deal better than what we are currently doing. Whose fault is it anyway that we are in the SBC? Don't you think, in hindsight, that IF UNT had accepted a bid to the WAC a few years ago we could be doing better today in our recruiting and won-lose record?

8. The OOC wins that UNT has against these opponents are basically the national average for all Mid-Major schools. As sad as that is UNT is really not doing that bad on a national scale. Yea, we all want some sort of parity with other Mid-Majors like the schools that we have played but unfortunately we hare something like 2-12, since 2001, over mid-major programs.

9. Like RV has already stated Fouts Field did not keep us out of the WAC and IS NOT a determining factor keeping us out of C-USA. Would a new stadium be nice? Yes.....is it necessary?? NO.

10. The only chance that UNT has to move to a better conference is to WAIT for another "shake-up" from other BCS schools. Until then UNT and its coaching staff has to beat at least one or two other mid-majors per year and at least come in 1st or 2nd in the SBC. Heck, just about all the other conference members are in the same boat that UNT is currently in. There is still a chance that UNT can still win the SBC or even come in 2nd. Anything less than 2nd in the SBC (and a lot of times 2nd place) means that your team has an overall loosing record.

11. Would it be nice to see if some other coach could do a better job? Yes, but that next coach will face the same problems that we face today which have already been mentioned. The only difference that a new coach would bring in a new staff.

Edited October 2, 2006 by eulesseagle

Arkstfan · October 2, 2006

Right now ULM is the lowest rated Sun Belt team in Sagarin. Their power rating this year would have placed them exactly in the middle of the Sun Belt in 2001.

The league isn't growing by leaps and bounds by any stretch but it is improving.

Dickey, Howard Schnellenberger and Troy's coach are the only guys in this conference who were coaching their teams in 2001 and that was the first year of FAU football. FIU football wouldn't start until 2002.