The Sports Professor congratulates UNT

[Harry]

Congratulations to North Texas. A loyal reader and Mean Green fan emailed me last week to ask about the prospects of North Texas, and sure enough the Mean Green took down Rice 28-16 on Thursday behind defensive and special teams touchowns to move to 6-3, 4-1 in Conference USA. That means they can compete for the league title, but also that they're on their way to their first bowl game since their run of four straight New Orleans Bowls from 2001-04. Former Iowa State coach Dan McCarney has clearly swung North Texas back in the right direction.

Read more: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/63648630

[Chief Rising Eagle]

We are listed right after the Georgia piece. Good placement. Good press. Nice association.

Later, in the piece on Tulsa, The Professor lists the toughest teams in C-USA as East Carolina, Marshal, and North Texas.

[UNT90]

FAU is far from a terrible team. With the drug addict not making end of game decisions, they may just be bowl eligible by year's end.

[NorthTexan95]

FAU is far from a terrible team. With the drug addict not making end of game decisions, they may just be bowl eligible by year's end.

Yep. Hire the right head coach and they could make a rapid improvement next season.

[UNT 90 Grad]

Yep. Hire the right head coach and they could make a rapid improvement next season.

Admitting the fact that they had coaches with problems was the first step toward recovery...or something like that.