Dave Campbell Texas Football Recap

MeanGreen61 · October 25, 2012

8) North Texas (3-4, 2-1 in Sun Belt)

The mob said: Louisiana-Lafayette by 4

So said I: Louisiana-Lafayette 23, UNT 20

What actually happened: If it seems like a long time ago, it was -- UNT beat Louisiana-Lafayette, 30-23, a week ago tonight on a televised game on ESPN2. The Mean Green gave fans in attendance and the nation's cable subscribers their money's worth, rallying from a 14-point deficit in the second half by outscoring La.-Lafayette 24-3 over the final 21 minutes. UNT beat the Cajuns in just about every meaningful category, putting up 143 more yards of offense, collecting 10 more first downs and winning the turnover margin 3-0. Still, it was a tied game at 23 when UNT gained possession with 3:01 left. One minute and three plays later, UNT scored from 78 yards out, then forced a fumble on ULL's first play on the ensuing drive, allowing UNT to take over and run out the final 1:49.

Star of the game: If there were a closer role in football, Antoinne Jimmerson would be the leading candidate for UNT. He typically gets more touches in second halves, as was the case last Tuesday against Louisiana-Lafayette. Jimmerson scored booth his touchdowns in the second half, including his 78-yard reception that held up as the game winner. Jimmerson finished with 141 yards on a combined 10 touches.

Key number: 0, the number of sacks allowed by North Texas for the fourth straight game. The UNT offensive line has only given up three sacks on the season, all of them coming in the loss to No. 4 Kansas State.

What's next: The Mean Green travel to Middle Tennessee State, a team it crushed 59-7 to close the 2011 season, its second straight win in the series after losing the previous four.

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/180150

Mean Green 93-98 · October 25, 2012

Key number: 0, the number of sacks allowed by North Texas for the fourth straight game. The UNT offensive line has only given up three sacks on the season, all of them coming in the loss to No. 4 Kansas State.

That really is an amazing stat. Out of 7 teams played, only one team has sacked the QB at all. But the QB and receivers need to do more with what the O-line is doing for them.

BillySee58 · October 25, 2012

But the QB and receivers need to do more with what the O-line is doing for them.

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UNTLifer · October 25, 2012

The number shrinks to 2 when you consider one, and maybe two, of those sacks were while DT was trying to throw a Hail Mary at the end of the 1st half.

Harry · October 25, 2012

That really is an amazing stat. Out of 7 teams played, only one team has sacked the QB at all. But the QB and receivers need to do more with what the O-line is doing for them.

Amen!

jimbob · October 26, 2012

Actually, DT was rolling out long after the normal play was over on all three. There are no 7 second sacks.

Edited October 26, 2012 by jimbob

unt_rocket09 · October 26, 2012

DCTF for the most part is a good read and they are generally positive towards UNT.

oldguystudent · October 26, 2012

It's October 26th and we're discussing bowl games and conference championship. If we're still having this conversation on October 28th, I think we've got something.

GreenFlag · October 26, 2012

That really is an amazing stat. Out of 7 teams played, only one team has sacked the QB at all. But the QB and receivers need to do more with what the O-line is doing for them.

True, but DT's under appreciated assets is his deceptive ellusiveness and throwing the ball away instead of focing throws or trying too hard to make the big play. Gotta give DT credit here too.