Meanwhile in San Antonio

Harry · November 26, 2012

Future conference mate UTSA has a big win against Texas State 38-31 to finish their season in front of close to 40K. Finish the season 8-4. Nice season for the Roadrunners.

NTSUEagle · November 26, 2012

Yeah, those Wins against ETSU (A&M-Commerce) and NW Oklahoma State count, don't they... smh

trussbussdad · November 26, 2012

UTSA...has to have an asterisks beside their schedule. Beating D2, D1aa schools...They are building too, but there has to be an asterisks.

Harry · November 26, 2012

Yeah, those Wins against ETSU (A&M-Commerce) and NW Oklahoma State count, don't they... smh

No doubt that schedule was padded but beating Coach Fran in front of a crowd that size was pretty impressive to me.

KRAM1 · November 26, 2012

Yeah, those Wins against ETSU (A&M-Commerce) and NW Oklahoma State count, don't they... smh

Indeed...time for the Mean Green to schedule fewer of the early season OCC big dogs...until ......

FireFightnJoey · November 26, 2012

Can you imagine the meltdown around here if we get beat by them next year.

Green P1 · November 26, 2012

Half of our wins came against D2/ transitioning schools.

Yea... Lets thumb our nose at their numbers....

Edited November 26, 2012 by Green P1

Eagle1855 · November 26, 2012

Who cares if it's padded? All recruits see is 8-4. It's winning. And I'm not alone in this line of thinking. Listen to the Ol' Ball Coach himself:

"If we keep playing the top teams from other conferences, our record isn't going to be near as good," Spurrier said bluntly. "In our business, it's all about the record. There's no playoff, so it's whatever your record is. If you play all the best teams around the country and only beat four of them, everybody is going to be mad at you. But if you play some people you can beat and win nine or 10, everybody is happy.
"It's whether you want to be happy or want to play a whole bunch of tough teams."

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MDH · November 26, 2012

Can you imagine the meltdown around here if we get beat by them next year.

Their QB, Soza, is back for his sr year....I'm not very confident, and that's sad.

aztecskin · November 26, 2012

Without retreading old threads, if we could only win one (realistic) game next year, I'd choose this UTSA one. Sure, I'd like to get an upset against potential Nat'l Champ Georgia but . . . it sure would hurt a whole hell of a lot watching my team get beat in the Alamodome.

I went to the TxSt v UTSA game. The dome wasn't the loudest I've ever heard it but it was fun. Hope our game is something similar.

glick1980 · November 26, 2012

I predict a loss to them next year right now.

buff64 · November 26, 2012

Future conference mate UTSA has a big win against Texas State 38-31 to finish their season in front of close to 40K. Finish the season 8-4. Nice season for the Roadrunners.

And they only drew a crowd of 39,500.

All About UNT · November 26, 2012

And they only drew a crowd of 39,500.

not surprised by this number at all. Texas St. is all of 1 hr away from the Alamodome. It is essentially a home game for them as well.

DeepGreen · November 26, 2012

I'll give utsa credit for this:

1. they beat So. Alabama

2. they beat an always competitive McNeese State

3. Good crowds in the AlamoDome

But don't get too carried away- utsa's wins were against teams with a combined record of 20-70, including two DII or NAIA programs(not sure) in NW Oklahoma State and A & M Commerce. They have one more game against Hawaii.

But to their credit, they built their program the right way, and in record speed. Next year should be interesting for them. And sadly, if UNT stays on its present football course we could very easily lose to utsa next season. And that would be a travesty and the loss of many UNT fans and supporters.

UNT 90 Grad · November 26, 2012

I'll give utsa credit for this:
1. they beat So. Alabama
2. they beat an always competitive McNeese State
3. Good crowds in the AlamoDome

But don't get too carried away- utsa's wins were against teams with a combined record of 20-70, including two DII or NAIA programs(not sure) in NW Oklahoma State and A & M Commerce. They have one more game against Hawaii.

But to their credit, they built their program the right way, and in record speed. Next year should be interesting for them. And sadly, if UNT stays on its present football course we could very easily lose to utsa next season. And that would be a travesty and the loss of many UNT fans and supporters.

UTSA is done for the year. It's S. Alabama that has a game left against Hawaii.

casual fan · November 26, 2012

I predict a loss to them next year right now.

I predict if we lose to them next year heads will not roll in Denton. They will explode.

UNT 90 Grad · November 26, 2012

I predict a loss to them next year right now.

UTSA > Texas State > UH > North Texas based on this year's results. Is losing to UTSA that far fetched? Just sayin'.

Green Mean · November 26, 2012

I am definitely not hating on UTSA but they're still in what I call a honeymoon phase with the public. Once they face a full fledged FBS schedule is when we'll know how the reaction will be. I do think they'll have lots of growing pains and blowouts to go through and once fans start noticing that the crowds could really start to dwindle. But I am not going to lie it's been really impressive seeing the response so far and their attendance. I wish we had that enthusiasm here at NT.

DeepGreen · November 26, 2012

UTSA is done for the year. It's S. Alabama that has a game left against Hawaii.

You are correct. My mistake.

UNTexas · November 26, 2012

It wouldn't shock me if we lose to them considering our track record. Our schedule is about to get more difficult. Why should we expect anything other than obvious?

I hope we play them in San Antonio so I can take a fun trip. Win or lose I will have fun. Maybe they will give us free KFC to go with my tasty beer.

trud1966 · November 26, 2012

Can you imagine the meltdown around here if we get beat by them next year.

Everyone talks down about them, they dont deserve to get to CUSA this soon, the easy games they've won. At times I feel exactly the same... And I bleed green, but if someone asked me, right now, if we played them this coming Saturday, what would happen. I'd be lying if I said I wasnt at all nervous about the game. It will look VERY bad if we cant beat a team like this next year.