Conference USA media day wrap-up video, thoughts

[Harry]

After wrapping up a couple of stories for both newspapers and editing a little video, I’m back with some thoughts from Conference USA media day.

Before we get to them, the video above features a few thoughts on UNT’s move to Conference USA and the upcoming season from Dan McCarney and linebacker Zach Orr.

We went over the news tidbits of the day earlier, but here were the highlights (it wasn’t a huge news day from the UNT end of things):

– Defensive tackle Richard Abbe is back on the roster and could be back in the lineup by the season-opener after working his way back into the good graces of UNT’s coaches after his brush wit the law a few months ago. UNT really needs Abbe, one of the few defensive tackles with size on the roster, to play and play well.

– The quarterback pecking order of Derek Thompson, Andrew McNulty and then Brock Berglund hasn’t changed since the end of spring practice. With only two major scrimmages in the fall, it seems unlikely that anyone other than Thompson starts the season-opener against Idaho.

– Defensive end Quenton Brown and running back Konockus Sashington are the only two players who will not be ready for the start of two-a-days.

read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2013/07/conference-usa-media-day-wrap-up.html/

[Green Crazy]

Wow, a lot of important seniors are leaving after this season. Let's make this one a good one!

[SilverEagle]

"UNT was bad last season, averaging 20.9 points a game. McCarney attributed some of those struggles to a lack of playmakers and big plays, especially after Antoinne Jimmerson and Brelan Chancellor went down with season-ending injuries.

Who will those new playmakers be? The suspect list still includes Reggie Pegram, Darius Terrell and Carlos Harris."

From what I saw in the spring, the guys that will take it up to another level when we get in the red zone (our weakest area last year) are #31 John Chelf, #80 Darnell Smith, #83 Carl Caldwell and (#10) Derrick Teagarden. None of these guys have blazing speed, but they will fight very hard for the ball.

I thought Reggie Pegram looked good and steady, but I liked what I saw of Rex Rollins (#20) and Mark Lewis (#4).

We are very deep at the RB position.