Turnovers key for reversing UNT slide

[Harry]

When Dan McCarney looked back at a highly successful first season at North Texas last year, he attributed the Mean Green’s ability to jump from three wins the year before his arrival to a 5-7 finish in his first campaign largely to a dramatic improvement in turnover margin.

UNT forced nine more turnovers than it committed last season, a margin that led the Sun Belt Conference. That total represented an improvement of 12 over the 2010 season.

Lately, UNT has been sliding in the opposite direction — a trend that has contributed to a late-season slump in which the Mean Green has lost its last two games.

UNT turned the ball over twice last week in a 37-19 loss to Arkansas State and four times two weeks ago in a 38-21 loss to Middle Tennessee.

What made those turnovers even more painful for the Mean Green is that it hasn’t forced a turnover to balance out its own mistakes in those two games. In 21 games under McCarney, UNT has failed to create a turnover in only four games.

Two of those games have now come in back-to-back weeks.

The trend is one UNT will look to change Saturday when the Mean Green faces South Alabama in its final home game of the season.

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[KRAM1]

Indeed....yet also true for every struggling football team from Pee Wee level through the pro level...just ask the Dallas Cowboys. So, no surprise that this is an area that needs improvement for the Mean Green. Here's hoping that South Alabama will provide the opportunity for the Mean green to get back on tract with a positive turnover ratio. Do that, and the remaining part of the season may well turn out pretty darn good for the Mean Green and its faithful.

So, offense...hang on to that pigskin;

So, defense...take that pigskin away from the other guys...

Both offense and defense...start doing this Saturday at Apogee against South Alabama...no, really...do this!