Just as I like to use "North Texas" as our name and never "UNT".
But there are hundreds of teams with Eagles as a mascot. Mean Green is unique and ours alone (marketing opportunity).
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As for the PAC and revenue I found this article that mentions the PAC-2 gained $50 mil from the Rose Bowl this year and will get another $50 mil next year...
"However, to add a bit more salt to Oregon's wound, a couple of former conference foes are receiving a big payday from the Rose Bowl. As revealed in a report by college football insider Jon Wilner of the Mercury News, both Oregon State and Washington State will pocket $50 million due to the prestigious bowl's contractual obligations with the Pac-12."
https://athlonsports.com/college/oregon-ducks/two-college-football-programs-made-50-million-after-oregons-rose-bowl-loss
I wouldn't necessarily say that we won't play UNT again in football. SMU has played UNT a ton throughout its history. Far more than any other regional schools in the P4.
That said, I doubt we will ever play in Denton again.
Hodge was a Juco HC before joining UNT as an assistant. He brought in the defensive game planning and was used to having to recruit and re-roster the majority of his teams each year. It's always been like that at Juco level and is similar now at D1 level with players leaving for NIL and more playing time.
But some older coaches were used to developing their own players for 4-5 years. Similar to FBS football, some coaches are having trouble adapting to the new era of recruiting a new roster each season.
If Ross keeps us winning and gaining hardware we he will attract poachers for his services at a bigger program, like McCasland did.
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