‘UNICORNS! SHOW PONIES! WHERE’S THE BEEF?’ – Game Changing Pla

[Mean_Green09]

In honor of the awesome call from the Patriots radio announcers I have decided to come up with my top 5 game changing plays that led to the UNT win on Saturday. Oh and in case you havent heard it do yourself a favor and check it out.

5. MTSU making the decision to pull the plug on starter Lance Kilgore in the 3rd series of the game. This has been well discussed on the blog so I’m not going to say much other than it benefited UNT in a big way.

4.Brelan Chancellor’s 55 yard punt return before the half. Yes, I know UNT didnt get a TD from it, but it helped increase the lead and keep the momementum going for the Mean Green as they went into halftime. Plus a Chancellor return always gets the crowd juiced up, and thats what Saturday night was about. The players did their part in helping create a great atmosphere. Love the BIG PLAY!

3. James Jones forcing the fumble on the first drive of the game and Zach Orr recovering it. MTSU was driving and it looked all to familar for UNT fans- another slow start and having to come from behind. Instead the turnover helped keep the crowd involved and alive.

2.Reggie Pegram runs for 18 yards on 3rd and 1 on UNT’s second drive. This was the first sign of a postive ground game that UNT had been lacking ever since the Ball St game. The run helped set the tone for the rest of the night as UNT went on to run for 303 yards.

1. Laramie Lee’s interception with 6:57 to go in the first half putting UNT up by 14 points. MTSU seemed deflated from that point on. UNT pounded the will out the Blue Raiders and oh did it feel so good!

[Harry]

Spot on. I would only add that the Sed Ellis made as big a defensive statement as we've seen here in a long time even though it didn't impact the score.

[MeanGreenTexan]

I'd take the Kilgore one off, and replace with Trice's heads up play on the MTSU punt that rolled back 20yds right to him. He picked it up and ran for another 20 yards.

[Censored by Laurie]

Trice's shoving the MTSU receiver out of the back of the end zone has to be top 3.

[GrandGreen]

Not so sure pulling Kilgore was a mistake at all. According to their HC, MT couldn't run or throw the ball and at least they thought Grammer could run. A lot has been made of Kilgore being 8-8, well he was for all of 30 yards or less than 4 yards a completion. Grammer was the only offense they had, with over 100 yards running.

It is all speculation, but Kilgore might have fared a lot worse than Grammer.

[greenminer]

Not so sure pulling Kilgore was a mistake at all. According to their HC, MT couldn't run or throw the ball and at least they thought Grammer could run. A lot has been made of Kilgore being 8-8, well he was for all of 30 yards or less than 4 yards a completion. Grammer was the only offense they had, with over 100 yards running.

It is all speculation, but Kilgore might have fared a lot worse than Grammer.

How far did Kilgore take the offense down the field? Grammar can run all day long, but they only crossed the 50 in the second half on one play...on the Sed Ellis hit that gave us the ball back anyway.

I understand why they put Grammar in, but I think it is a head scratcher that they didn't try Logan at some point.

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

Trice knocking the crap out of that receiver and him landing out of bounds was HUGE should totally be on the list. CROWD went crazy when the referee overturned the call.

[Mean_Green09]

The Trice play was right behind pulling Kilgore. Go back and watch the ECU and BYU games. Grammer was used as a change up. He didn't give them the best chance to win period. The proof is in the film. Did we sack Kilgore? We pressured him but he still completed passes. He was athletic enough to move around and make plays. Plus he was coming off his best game. When your down by 3 scores it's time to go to your best passer. It was a head scratcher, but I'm glad they did it otherwise it would have been a closer game IMO.

[greenjoe]

M<y favorite play was the Trice punt return. I love it when a palyer really shows that he's studying and paying attention to not only his specific job, but is aware of everyone else's job. Good heads up plap.

Beat La Tech. And everybody else.

GO MEAN GREEN