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North Texas --- which is picked to win the West division of Conference USA (Louisiana Tech, Rice, Southern Miss, UTEP and UTSA) --- returns only nine starters. That’s the second-fewest in the FBS, so it’s hard to see them coming to Austin and spoiling Charlie Strong’s Texas coaching debut. The Mean Green are replacing three-year starter Derek Thompson at quarterback with veteran backup Andrew McNulty or junior college transfer Josh Greer. A decision is expected in the coming days...

Also gone is Brandin Byrd, who rushed for 1,000 yards as a senior.

The battle in the trenches will be the one to watch in this game. Four offensive linemen return for the Mean Green.

The last time the Longhorns and Mean Green played (Sept. 2, 2006), it was a 56-7 stomping for Texas to open the 2006 season, and it pushed the defending national champions’ winning streak to 21 games. This was Colt McCoy’s first college start --- and his very first pass was a touchdown to Limas Sweed. Texas bottled up North Texas’ running game, surrending only 28 yards. Talk after the game centered on a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown in Columbus the next week against top-ranked Ohio State.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/weblogs/bevo-beat/2014/aug/12/texas-schedule-talk-north-texas/

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North Texas was 9-4, 2-3 in non-conference, and 3-3 on the road (wins at Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss and Tulsa; losses at Ohio, Georgia and Tulane).

I am sure they meant 3-2, our actual non-conference record.

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I am sure they meant 3-2, our actual non-conference record.

It's remarkable how many errors have been found in such a short time in an article that is by all accounts fairly brief.

But I'm sure they have a pretty good read on how this game will go for Texas.

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