Spring Football Game

oldguystudent · April 12, 2014

I was only there briefly. Got to check out my permanent seats, say hi to some folk. Just felt good to be in Denton.

eulessismore · April 13, 2014

This was the first time I took anyone to the spring game, my neighbor. He's a Tongan who played for Lineweaver at Trinity and has extended family at various college and pro football programs. He was impressed by Josh Greer, our running game, our offensive line, and of course the beautiful Apogee Stadium and the overall UNT and Denton experience.

Edited April 13, 2014 by eulessismore

rws69 · April 13, 2014

Nice day to be out there, even if it was windy. I enjoyed hot dogs, beer, and UNT softball live on TV at the Alumni Pavilion before going in to watch football. Student side was closed off, so all students (and there were many) sat on west side. This write-up fairly describes the game itself.

http://www.meangreensports.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/041214aab.html

Ben Gooding · April 13, 2014

Evans has speed, but his vision is really, really good. He has a natural vision. He feels the cutback lane opening up before it actually does. Him, Pegram, Jimmerson, And Rollins will be a nice stable. I think if Evans has hands he could be very dangerous in the slot or coming out of the backfield. The RB's showed a lot of promise today.

BillySee58 · April 13, 2014

other walk ons that earned scholarships were Keenan - punter/kicker, Lynn - tight end, Chelf - wide receiver and Wade - defensive back.

I believe Wade will count towards our 2015 signing class, but the rest have played at least 2 seasons for us as walkons, including Tony Johnson.

UNTLifer · April 13, 2014

Who is the kicker Keenan? Have never heard of him until today.

GrayEagle · April 13, 2014

Who is the kicker Keenan? Have never heard of him until today.

Eric Keena (no n) was the backup punter last year who was a walkon from Keller (Sunrise Mountain). He did the punting today. I don't remember seeing Macek, the regular punter, unless he was over on the white side and I didn't pick up on that.

We have a scholarship kicker coming in this fall, Trevor Moore, who can both placekick and punt and I don't understand giving scholarships to three punters. Can it be that Macek is not returning? But, he had the highest score on workouts of all of the kickers and punters so it makes no sense if he is leaving. Or, can it be that Moore will only placekick? Time will tell.

Marty · April 13, 2014

Macek punted for the white team and was placed on scholarship today also. He had the one nice punt that rolled out at the 1 yard line.

Edited April 13, 2014 by Marty

North Texas Shep · April 13, 2014

Macek punted for the white team and was placed on scholarship today also. He had the one nice punt that rolled out at the 1 yard line.

I have no idea why that one was not caught... spring game or not.

Harry · April 13, 2014

I have no idea why that one was not caught... spring game or not.

It was Darvin Kidsey and he let it go when he probably should have fair caught it. But in his defense, they called his name at the last minute so he was running on the field and he really wasn't prepared to make a good decision. The wind was also wicked out there and that probably played a part.

GrandGreen · April 13, 2014

Eric Keena (no n) was the backup punter last year who was a walkon from Keller (Sunrise Mountain). He did the punting today. I don't remember seeing Macek, the regular punter, unless he was over on the white side and I didn't pick up on that.

We have a scholarship kicker coming in this fall, Trevor Moore, who can both placekick and punt and I don't understand giving scholarships to three punters. Can it be that Macek is not returning? But, he had the highest score on workouts of all of the kickers and punters so it makes no sense if he is leaving. Or, can it be that Moore will only placekick? Time will tell.

I agree it is rare to have that many players especially walk ons on kicking or punting ships but even weirder is two deep snappers who as far as I know never play other than the snaps. Mac is really generous with ships for walk ons. Usually only walk ons who contribute a lot on game day are given ships but Mac has given a bunch to kids who have not been big factors to this point.

eulessismore · April 13, 2014

I thought Macek was placed on scholarship before the start of last season.

Proud North Texan · April 13, 2014

Guys, who is #82 WR?? he is really tall and has some speed

outoftown · April 13, 2014

Did Evans (RB) get a scholarshi? he sure looks like he deserves one at least as much as any deep snapper

Marty · April 13, 2014

#82 is Clayton Adams from Granbury. Listed on the roster at 6'5" 210 lbs. That's all I know about him. I agree, he did look pretty good yesterday.

rws69 · April 13, 2014

From the article I posted on second page yesterday....

North Texas also announced five walk-ons had earned scholarships: junior kicker Zach Paul, senior wide receiverJohn Chelf, senior defensive back Sheldon Wade, sophomore deep snapper Tony Johnson, and junior tight endJarrod Lynn.

meangreener · April 13, 2014

5300 by the way was the turnout. That's the biggest in quite some time, no?

Charlie NT 73 · April 13, 2014

I was listening to George and Hank on the radio during the game.

George played a taped interview with Coach Mac, who stated Eric Keena , would handle kick off's in 2014.

Keena kick's the ball out of the end zone with his KO's. Both George and Hank talked about Keena's

kick off's going out of the end zone and how Keena would be a powerful weapon for the team.

5000 + fans

The last spring game I can remember where over 5000 fans attended the game, was during Todd Dodge's

first spring game at Fouts Field. I remember meeting FFR in the stands, who said to me, "Are your believing this?" referring to

the big turn out of fans for the spring game. The entire alumni side was packed with fans!

meangreener · April 13, 2014

I was listening to George and Hank on the radio during the game.
George played a taped interview with Coach Mac, who stated Eric Keena , would handle kick off's in 2014.
Keena kick's the ball out of the end zone with his KO's. Both George and Hank talked about Keena's
kick off's going out of the end zone and how Keena would be a powerful weapon for the team.

5000 + fans
The last spring game I can remember where over 5000 fans attended the game, was during Todd Dodge's
first spring game at Fouts Field. I remember meeting FFR in the stands, who said to me, "Are your believing this?" referring to
the big turn out of fans for the spring game. The entire alumni side was packed with fans!

According to Vito, we had about 5300 fans. Wild. Tailgating was good too.

UNT90 · April 13, 2014

According to Vito, we had about 5300 fans. Wild. Tailgating was good too.

So about what the Pony's have for a real game?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

outoftown · April 13, 2014

From the article I posted on second page yesterday....

North Texas also announced five walk-ons had earned scholarships: junior kicker Zach Paul, senior wide receiverJohn Chelf, senior defensive back Sheldon Wade, sophomore deep snapper Tony Johnson, and junior tight endJarrod Lynn.

Thanks. So indeed no ship for eric evans. It just seemed hard to believe for me, when we have two deep snappers on ships

Edited April 13, 2014 by outoftown

eulessismore · April 13, 2014

Thanks. So indeed no ship for eric evans. It just seemed hard to believe for me, when we have two deep snappers on ships

Well, didn't Tony Johnson take over ds duties early last season when Blake Dunham went down with an injury? Maybe it says something about him that we didn't hear that much about him, playing that somewhat thankless position. As for Evans, I'm betting he ends up on scholly sooner than later. There does seem to be some logic to which walkons Mac awards a scholarship and when, I'm guessing some of which relates to NCAA rules which have been discussed or cussed here.

Edited April 13, 2014 by eulessismore

GrayEagle · April 13, 2014

I see Tony Johnson and Zach Paul as pay for their service last year. Johnson was the long snapper after Dunham went down with the broken foot and Paul took over kicking duties (except for kickoffs) after Olen's funk. Macek also kicked without a scholarship last year but, as said, I believe that he was awarded one earlier.

SSP · April 13, 2014

The Secondary had plenty of busted coverages. Run defense wasn't great. Good pas rush

I agree. Still pissed about one play in particular during the last series where a pass through the middle should have never been caught. Had his hands on him and he still slipped through. Ugh.

FirefightnRick · April 13, 2014

As has been the case the past 4 Aprils,.. and possibly the case for every Saturday the next 8-12 Aprils...I was at a softball field. So I want to thank everyone for their response and reports as I may not see another Spring game for some time to come.

With that I have one question I didn't see mentioned. Was Boomer there?

Rick

Edited April 14, 2014 by FirefightnRick