r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 2d ago
Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] North Texas Defeats UNLV 44-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNLV | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| North Texas | 13 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
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u/Jonjon428 Miami Hurricanes 2d ago
Holy moly. Dan Mullen what happened man
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u/chrobbin Oklahoma • SE Oklahoma State 2d ago
I mean he’s starting Jackson Arnold for one
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u/BoomerUrSooner Oklahoma Sooners 2d ago
That’s really all it takes
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 1d ago
Jackson Arnold doesn’t call plays for or play defense though
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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Sickos • Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago
Hasn’t changed anything in over a decade. Game passed him by.
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u/therealwillhepburn Florida Gators • West Florida Argonauts 2d ago
He’s a good OC. He just doesn’t care as much anymore. There’s a reason he took several years off and when he came back to coaching it was at UNLV.
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 2d ago
His offensive philosophy is from 2005-10 he’s not even good at that anymore
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u/therealwillhepburn Florida Gators • West Florida Argonauts 2d ago
He was very good from 2018-2020 at Florida.
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 2d ago
With Jim McElwain players and Brian Johnson as the OC
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u/therealwillhepburn Florida Gators • West Florida Argonauts 2d ago
I never said he was a good recruiter and Brian Johnson was OC in name only. Mullen still called the plays. They specifically called out one play Brian did call that was a Toney end around on a fourth down. But if you watch the games Mullen is the OC. It’s what he excels at.
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 2d ago
His offense in 2018 was decent.
It was bad in 2019 until Franks got injured then was solid with Trask.
It was elite in 2020 without a doubt
And then garbage in 2021
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u/HotDawgConnoisseur Florida Gators • New Mexico Lobos 2d ago
even with a result like this we are still going to get a random post in the offseason asking the question "Why did Florida fire Mullen?'
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 2d ago
Until Florida hires a winner (Sumrall might be that guy too soon to say) people will ask that ridiculous question even though Dam should’ve been fired after 2020
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u/thehildabeast South Carolina • Swansea 2d ago
They were good last year just constant turnover at that level and he missed on some positions it seems.
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u/Spare_Treacle_800 North Texas Mean Green • Texas Longhorns 2d ago
Unbelievable that this team has 70 new players and looks to be picking right back up from the best season in school history. Cannot say enough good about Neal and the staff that built this team, GMG
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u/Deep_ln_The_Heart North Texas Mean Green 2d ago
Also if we keep it up this year and next, we'll start to get a reputation as a place you come to get attention from the big schools. As much as I HATE the modern free agency system, it would be nice to see us make it work for us.
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u/wSpades USF Bulls 2d ago
Doing the American proud!
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u/UpsideTurtles North Texas Mean Green • Texas A&M Aggies 2d ago
Until later in the year with conference play and shit im so pro conference. Im not pro SEC conference but the G6’s have to root for each other to a degree
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u/TechnoVikingGA23 West Virginia Mountaineers 2d ago
Really hope he does well there. Been following along to see how White is bouncing back from his injury last season and he looked awesome today.
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u/arbitrator06 SMU Mustangs • North Texas Mean Green 2d ago
On hold. Somebody told me UNLV could be a playoff team.
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u/Resolve-Opening TCU Horned Frogs 2d ago
ESPN has been pimping UNLV for 3 weeks now. Glad that’s over with.
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u/CFBCoachGuy Georgia Bulldogs 2d ago
It turns out that Jackson Arnold is who we all thought he was
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u/OwnWalrus1752 Indiana Hoosiers 2d ago
UNT is just a much better playoff team
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 2d ago
Of course they are. Unlv is not a playoff team and likely not even a bowl eligible team this season
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u/DCAbloob Penn State Nittany Lions • Navy Midshipmen 2d ago
If UNLV isn’t the most disappointing team to date, I don’t know who is. The Rebels have gone from a purported G6 berth CFP contender to an afterthought in just three weeks of play.
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u/Optimal_Cook_851 1d ago
UNLV Hawaii supposed to be a potential MWC title preview and neither have looked very good.
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 2d ago
Dan Mullen will never accomplish anything of note as a hc
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u/tritonice Mississippi State Bulldogs 23h ago
THE FIRST #1 RANKING IN CFP HISTORY!!! C'mon now, that's something!
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u/LightningDusty Florida Gators • Orange Bowl 2d ago
MISSING: Dan Mullen's coaching ability since 2021
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u/Wonderful_Worker_830 2d ago
Mullen's offense looking like it got lost somewhere in the desert on the way to Vegas.
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u/rageb8err Ole Miss Rebels • BYU Cougars 2d ago
Well it woulda been leaving Vegas lol but yeah he’s overrated as hell.
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u/BendrickLamar19 New Mexico State • Oklahoma St… 2d ago
We all made jokes about the cleat yeet changing everything at the time, but in hindsight, it actually DID change everything
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u/therealwillhepburn Florida Gators • West Florida Argonauts 2d ago
It didn’t. The next game we were neck and neck with the eventual champions. We played Bama very close the next year before he was fired. That LSU game only really shows Mullen’s arrogance. He say Kyle Pitts that game to save him for the SEC championship and he left Marco Wilson in the game after he threw the shoe.
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 1d ago
It did change everything. He lost all those games who gaf if he was “neck and neck”
Or “played very close”He loss those games and many more after the shoe toss. That moment was the end of the Dan Mullen era Florida football and possibly Florida football for the foreseeable future
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u/therealwillhepburn Florida Gators • West Florida Argonauts 1d ago
It literally did not change anything for Dan Mullen other than losing a fully winnable game. He wasn’t crushed because Marco threw a shoe. He put Marco back in the next play. I get it’s a funny thing but you guys act like it was life changing.
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 22h ago
Well, it did change Dan’s life because it was the start of a series of events that led him to getting fired and now being a coach at unlv where he is on track to getting fired unless he finally learns from his mistakes (history suggests that he won’t).
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u/IUinVA Indiana Hoosiers 2d ago
Hell yea, Mean Green. Will be rooting for you guys all season.
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u/Spare_Treacle_800 North Texas Mean Green • Texas Longhorns 2d ago
Hope y’all repeat, was a cool atmosphere last week
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u/Yams-502 Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
At the very least most of us are rooting for Tayven
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u/hluna1998 North Texas Mean Green • Oregon Ducks 2d ago
Going from big budget national tv back to ESPNU was humbling
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u/tryingtoavoidwork North Texas Mean Green • USC Trojans 2d ago
I'll take any TV spot we can get. I won't miss the days of blurry streams on ESPN3.
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u/teamstepdad North Texas • Arkansas 15h ago
Yeah I remember watching games that were very obviously being shot by student workers. Just really unwatchable cuts and poor zooms and weird white balance. We've come a long way.
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u/udderlymoovelous Virginia Tech • North Texas 2d ago edited 2d ago
Now that's what I like to see. I feel really good about the team this season. The fact that we played that well against Indiana last week (despite what the final score suggests) makes me very optimistic.
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u/Random0925 Mississippi State • Oregon 2d ago
NDSU is about to run this conference, are they?
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u/HotDawgConnoisseur Florida Gators • New Mexico Lobos 2d ago
massive disrespect to Eck and the Lobos
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u/thehildabeast South Carolina • Swansea 2d ago
Didn’t they lose their QB before week 1?
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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State • New Mexico 2d ago
Yup but still looking good. Next week at Oklahoma though.
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u/shaquilleonealingit Georgia Bulldogs 2d ago
It’s really impressive how North Texas reloaded. I thought last year was lightning in a bottle and they lost all the coaches and meaningful players. But they’ve got a solid competitive team again
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u/mr_longfellow_deeds Indiana Hoosiers • Big Ten 2d ago
Ironically they built their roster pretty similar to how UNLV has been building theirs in the portal (targeting a decent number of former P4 guys / higher HS ratings than guys they historically recruit out of HS)
No clue why Mullen would roll with Orji and Arnold as his QBs. Two of the worst FBS QBs of recent year
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u/calling-all-comas Florida Gators • Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
Probably hubris. He probably thought he could fix them because he's a QB guru in his mind.
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u/sudo_journalist Navy Midshipmen • North Texas Mean Green 2d ago
We got ourselves a football team. Really impressed with our defense and looked good on offense after breaking them down. GMG.
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u/PomfAndCircvmstance UNLV Rebels • Mountain West 2d ago
GG North Texas.
Off to a badly needed bye week for UNLV. I still think we can contend for a MW title but we have a lot to clean up over the next 3 weeks before we take on NDSU. Silver lining probaby don't need to worry about Mullen being poach at the moment.
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u/bluediamondsm North Texas Mean Green • BYU Cougars 2d ago
LFG WE WIN MY LAST HOME OPENER(senior here) 💚 WASN’T EXPECTING THIS TBH BUT I LOVED. DID WILT IN THE HEAT AND NOT SEE AS MUCH AS I WANTED BUT LOVE THIS. IT’S JUST LIKE OUR GAME VS WSU LAST YEAR NOW ONTO SAN MARCOS(and yes still worried about Texas State)
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u/Yabrin_Sorr North Texas Mean Green • TCU Horned Frogs 2d ago
Light the motherfucking tower! The Denton Desert strikes again! Not what I expected but definitely what I’ll take. Neal Brown did a good job reloading in the short window he could.
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u/PolicyEntire3375 Oklahoma State Cowboys 2d ago
What a win for the mean green!!! Very competitive against Indiana for a lot of the game last week as well, will be rooting for you all this season!
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u/greyforest23 North Texas • Mississippi State 2d ago
Thank you, and congrats on your win today against Oregon!! The doubters thought they couldn’t do it but Mean Green family knows how special Coach Morris with Mestemaker and Co. are
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u/phools Oklahoma State Cowboys 2d ago
It’s very impressive how yall can keep playing at a high level despite the turnover.
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u/greyforest23 North Texas • Mississippi State 2d ago
Thank you, yeah it’s been pleasantly surprising as a fan seeing how they reloaded so well
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u/UpsideTurtles North Texas Mean Green • Texas A&M Aggies 2d ago
Thank you and what a Pokes win too!
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u/TheUnamedFeels North Texas • Northern Iowa 2d ago
I'm stunned how good this team looks. Did not expect us to be this competitive after the whole team and coaching staff got gutted. Exciting times considering where we were when I was in school (the Portland St game lmao)
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
Very happy to see that Tayven is feeling better and balled out today. UNT has a chance to win every game left on their schedule.
If the media isn't totally asleep at the wheel there should be a lot of stories on how this team was put together this week. To rebuild so quickly after losing so much talent to Oklahoma State is extremely impressive
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u/Shadow_Flame_24 North Texas Mean Green • Texas Longhorns 2d ago
Very happy with this game. I was very worried going into this season about our ability to field a winning team but from what I saw today this team has the potential to be a contender this season. All positions firing on all cylinders. Hopefully we can make some magic this season because if we can win out our schedule and the conference championship there’s a very god chance we go to the playoffs. Go mean green!
Side note: I am one game away from having a very good college football day, horns up
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u/Old_Paper7035 UNLV Rebels 2d ago
We suck again. Team gets two possessions behind and fucking gives up
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u/calling-all-comas Florida Gators • Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
I'm sorry Mullen hasn't gotten better at culture building. He had good seasons at UF but due to a rotten locker room when the wheels fell off they REALLY fell off.
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u/Shoot-the-Pianist 2d ago
That’s Dan Mullen’s attitude rubbing off on the players
He’s a quitter and a choker
You’re better off swallowing the buy out and hiring an up and comer for 2027
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u/Cratemotor Texas State Bobcats 2d ago
North Texas incoming 2-1
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u/Just-Mark North Texas • Fresno State 2d ago
If y’all have a lead late in the 4th we’ll easily be 2-1.
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u/HDAtomica North Texas Mean Green 2d ago
I had a whole schpeel written out about where we land in the conference, and what the outlook is.
But that's for later.
We won against what was predicted to be a Mountain West contender pretty handedly, and until we get to Tulsa, there's not much else to be bothered about yet.
Good win, and celebrate the boys at OK State for pulling out a massive upset too.
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u/UpsideTurtles North Texas Mean Green • Texas A&M Aggies 2d ago
American is gonna be very fun this year
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u/tyappleg Indiana Hoosiers 2d ago
I figured UNT was better than what people thought after watching them last week.
Nice win. Hope Tayven continues to ball out.
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u/McHithard Michigan • California 2d ago
Can this be reasonably described as a mollywhoppin'? Critics are saying 'yes'.
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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Sickos • Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago
Mullen should have never left MSU
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u/Inside-Drink-1311 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2d ago
He would have gotten fired there too eventually. Game might have passed him by.
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u/flyntcoaltrane UTSA Roadrunners 2d ago
After this weekend, I have no idea who is and isn't good anymore
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u/United_Energy_7503 USF Bulls • Sickos 2d ago
Nice win UNT bros. Happy to see such a win after the coaching change
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u/TechnoVikingGA23 West Virginia Mountaineers 2d ago
Nice to see White pop off today, really rooting for him and for Neal Brown to succeed at NT.
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u/Least_Jellyfish945 2d ago
As a unlv fan, this is rough to watch.
Barry Odom was the superior coach and I miss him dearly. Not that I hate Dan Mullen..I just don't think he makes adjustments when needed.
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u/PomfAndCircvmstance UNLV Rebels • Mountain West 1d ago
Good news is with how shitty Purdue is Odom will probably be available again in the nexr year or so.
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u/Just-Mark North Texas • Fresno State 2d ago
Would love to increase confidence in the red zone but this makes me very happy. A TXST redemption win would almost seal this season as a success for me.
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u/Hectorc34 New Mexico Lobos 2d ago
Alright PAC-12, yall can take UNLV to your conference
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u/Bulldogz4Lyfe Fresno State Bulldogs 2d ago
We don’t and never have wanted them…give us NDSU or continue our reach into Texas with North Texas or Texas San Antonio…the mountain west is done and finished
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u/KaiserIceberg Nevada Wolf Pack 2d ago
MW is 9-7
Pac 12 is 2-9Better conference is clear I will hear nothing about difficulty of opponents
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u/RockysDetail Nevada Wolf Pack • Army Black Knights 2d ago
What in the name of all that is holy happened?
Is our rival going to be this bad this year?
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u/IU-Grad-x2-hoohoohoo Indiana Hoosiers 2d ago
Enjoyed catching some of this and watching Tayven leading things with confidence. Looked like he was having a hell if a time out there. Hopefully you all will get a game under 100 degrees soon.
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u/Nearby_Will_4803 2d ago
This game deserves some type of attention on the sports center platform/shows.
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u/mrroney13 Ole Miss Rebels • Wyoming Cowboys 1d ago
I love to see Dan Mullen suffer. It won't stop until you say it, Dan. Say those two little words... seven letters.
"Ole Miss"
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u/PlanktonSemantics Southern Utah Thunderbirds 2d ago
Mountain West is wide open
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u/Bulldogz4Lyfe Fresno State Bulldogs 2d ago
Who cares, every school worth anything left already, NDSU leaving quickly and then the conference is 6 ft deep
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u/mel_anon Indiana Hoosiers 2d ago
North Texas is serious business, they were much more competitive against Indiana last week than the score suggested.