Saturday’s win good for UNT going forward

Harry · September 11, 2012

In terms of actual games played, North Texas went just one date on its schedule without a win.

Count up the number of days the Mean Green went between a season-ending shellacking of Middle Tennessee at the end of last season and its win over Texas Southern last week, and a lot of time had passed.

UNT went through an entire spring, summer and fall two-a-days and finally received a reward for all that hard work when it knocked off TSU 34-7.

That win did UNT a lot of good, especially considering it came in the Mean Green’s home opener.

UNT hadn’t won its first game at home since 2006, before taking out the Tigers, and hadn’t won a game, period, since hammering the Blue Raiders 59-7 on Dec. 3 of last year.

McCarney talked about how important reaching that milestone was after UNT evened its record at 1-1 on Saturday night.

The impact of the win was even more evident by Monday morning.

“It was very positive,” McCarney said during the Sun Belt Conference’s weekly coaches’ teleconference. “It’s always good to get a reward for everyone’s hard work.

“When it’s a young team, it’s good to have something to build on. They understand that we are a long way away from where we need to be, but thank God we are not where we used to be.”

The win was particularly important for UNT in a season in which it faces a tough schedule, one that will continue this week with a game at Kansas State.

The Wildcats are ranked No. 15 and will be the second ranked team UNT has faced this season. The Mean Green lost to No. 3 LSU 41-14 to open the season.

The Wildcats looked like they might not be as strong as they have been in previous seasons after using a 35-point fourth quarter to turn what was a close season-opening game against Missouri State into a 51-9 blowout.

The Wildcats led just 16-9 before pulling away.

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Sweet Dee · September 11, 2012

Why not us? Coach said it earlier this season - why not North Texas? Better watch out, KSU - like Mickey Knox once said "One of these days soon, I'm gonna be coming for you!"