Texas State had a defensive TD and had 57 fewer yards than their season average, Liberty had a safety, and UCF had a 2-yard scoring drive off a blocked punt.
So even if you count the 2-yard TD off the blocked punt against SHSU's defense, that's 93 points total against 3 top-50 offenses with SHSU's personnel. That's solid TBH.
This is much more like the DC hire I expected EM to make originally. The Caponi choice was confusing to me at the time and is still confusing to me. 🙂
Let's please never go back to being the "coordinator promotion" school where we promote OC's and DC's into head coaches and position coaches into OC's and DC's. Let FCS, CUSA, MAC, and Sun Belt schools be those proving grounds... we need to act and be at a different level.
It is always nice to see UNT as a step-up for a D1 coach ... like when we brought McCasland over from Arkansas St.
I like the hire because it is hopefully a move just like I asked for in a previous thread. Bring in a successful DC that can take his players with him. The proximity of SHSU makes me think this is potentially happening. JD has inferred this will happen. I am taking this all as a positive. No matter what it is still better than what we had the last 2 years.
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