Category: Football

Football Broadcast Schedule Released

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Conference USA announced a deal with ESPN that completes the mystery of the other games on the schedule. We knew CBS Sports/Facebook/Stadium were going to be the primary partners but we did not know how or if the rest of the league’s inventory was going to be divvied. The schedule for NT is short on the… Read more »

Link: New Turf At Apogee

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Link The average artificial field surface is replaced every six to eight years, and the 2017 season was the seventh for Apogee’s original turf. The athletic department’s commitment to player safety coupled with the condition of the existing turf has led North Texas athletics to make this change ahead of the 2018 season. The post… Read more »

North Texas Spring Game 2018

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There were many changes in North Texas’ 2018 spring game. Most importantly, we couldn’t call it the Green & White game since the offense was wearing white, and the defense was wearing black. Additionally, there was a feeling of hope upon a foundation that has been built over the past two seasons. We were no… Read more »

Link: Heart of Dallas Bowl A Loser for City of Dallas

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(The great) Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Morning News: Before spring break, the Dallas City Council was asked to OK giving ESPN $800,000 to pass along to college football teams to play in a bowl game that will be attended by tens of spectators. OK, OK. That’s not fair. According to official numbers I got… Read more »

Jeff Wilson at the NFL Combine

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Jeff Wilson went to the combine this week and put up 15 reps on the bench press. He is reportedly saving his other tests — the 40, vertical etc — for the NT pro day. This is all on the advice of doctors. NFL.com’s Lance Lierlein has him as a priority free agent coming out… Read more »

Spring Practice 2018

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The football team began Spring practice only because technically they are the Spring semester. We are still in winter until March 20th. The Spring game, now moved to the 24th of March — a Saturday — is rightly named. However, for the plants, Spring has started in some parts of Texas already. The nature of… Read more »

2018 National Signing Day – February Additions

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Seth Littrell mentioned in his press conference that he wanted to focus on defense a little after working to build the offense. The haul for February is small because of the roster situatoin. Litrell said he expects next year’s class to be 23-24 players. For more on the December signings read this post. Tim Faison… Read more »

2018 National Signing Day — February

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This used to be the biggest day of the recruiting calendar but instead it has turned into something of an encore to the December signing day. The Mean Green are looking to fill out the class with some playmakers at best and some roster depth at worst. The recruiting saga in the last two months… Read more »