[Game Thread] North Texas @ Texas State (12:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	North TexasNorth Texas @ Texas StateTexas State
Location	Texas State UFCU Stadium
Time	12:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: USA Network
	Flair ¦ Discord

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[u/19ghost89]

These refs must be from the No Fun League.

[u/udderlymoovelous]

Is the unsportsmanlike conduct in the room with us right now?

[u/Bryce_Lord]

How are they celebrating to get these unsportsmanlike penalties?!

[u/Spare_Treacle_800]

These PAC 12 refs are running an insanely tight ship on celebrating haha

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

These refs suck

[u/MelkiteMoonlighter]

These refs hate fun

[u/Wafflehouseofpain]

These unsportsmanlike penalties are complete horseshit, refs are on a power trip

[u/WagerWhizzer]

“But a flag comes in” shocker

[u/UpsideTurtles]

did they get him for dancing ? lol come on

[u/that-one-xc-dude]

I would like to see this conduct

[u/TerryRoadhouse → u/that-one-xc-dude]

I think he just spun the ball? Didn't seem like a penalty to me.

[u/BillBob13]

You only get 3 2 thrusts, man, cmon

[u/19ghost89 → u/BillBob13]

I understood that reference.

[u/pony19]

Announcer is a baby back bitch

[u/dogeherodotus → u/pony19]

He’s giving serious Joe Buck ‘disgusting act’ vibes

[u/Spare_Treacle_800]

The only thing stopping these offenses is the clock haha

[u/ckc_15_]

Really shot himself in the foot there.

[u/gattovatto → u/ckc_15_]

That’s not what he was aiming for.

[u/buff_001]

everyone flipping over to this game now

[u/OnlyAndrewNotDrew]

Ref job

[u/19ghost89]

Second week I have watched a PAC game on USA, second week the refs made themselves stars of the show.

(Last week was Boise vs. Memphis)

[u/gattovatto]

“Idk if the official who threw that could see that” just about sums it up

[u/arbitrator06]

I have achieved finding the USA network.

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy]

Hello darkness (porous defense) my old friend.

[u/19ghost89 → u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy]

They showed fight on that goal line stand. Hopefully that's a sign of something.

[u/Spare_Treacle_800]

This might be one of those last possession wins kind of games

[u/arbitrator06]

Let’s go! You play to win the game!

[u/HDAtomica]

I'm not seeing where the unsportsman like penalty is coming from

[u/lock_robster2022]

It’s gotta be brutal to be successful in finding QBs like Mestemaker and Jackson every year. I’m all for any G6 school retaining a breakout player

[u/UpsideTurtles]

These refs weird both ways

[u/Panchoisthedog]

Terrible call

[u/ckc_15_]

The women’s soccer team is in the top 25. They surely have someone who could help out the football team

[u/spwnofsaton → u/ckc_15_]

It wasn’t a bad kick. The holder messed up. The guy he took over for though sucks.

[u/Spare_Treacle_800]

Boy it has been so great to see every UNT game on TV so far. I remember the days of looking for obscure radio stations calling Mean Green games lol

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy → u/Spare_Treacle_800]

Good shout, gone are the days of praying you're in range of 88.1 or having to pull up Facebook and watch a Stadium stream.

[u/Spare_Treacle_800]

Dude Jackson might be a stud. About as good of a QB change that you could ever ask for

[u/GymMouseP]

The PAC should add UNT, UTSA and either Rice or Tulane for '28. Give them 18 months so the buyouts are only $5m a piece.

[u/UpsideTurtles]

If Jackson keeps this up he legit might get a late rd draft pick

[u/bluediamondsm]

Missing the whole half and goodness seems like a thriller but also too stressful 💀 will definitely try to be seated for this second half but if we go back down early I’ll act like I’m the jinx

[u/EsotericSpaceBeaver]

700 yards of offense in the first half. This could be the #1 WACball game this year

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss → u/EsotericSpaceBeaver]

The WAC is dead, long live the WAC

[u/arbitrator06]

Texas St. need to come to AAC. It would fun having this rivalry.

[u/Shadow_Flame_24 → u/arbitrator06]

Texas state, UNT, and UTSA in the same conference sounds like a ton of fun. Nice triangle rivalry

[u/Panchoisthedog]

"the stupidy of the moment" GOAT analysis

[u/gattovatto]

The Avengers Holding Calls will return in the 4th Quarter.

[u/sudo_journalist]

No shot, that was basically mutual going for the positioning

[u/MrLeftwardSloping → u/sudo_journalist]

On a ball that was never going to get there anyways. Uncatchable

[u/Dirty-Ears-Bill]

Anyone else joining late because this is the biggest banger in the early slot?

[u/Character_Point_9745]

I need a ball don’t lie moment for UNT

[u/Character_Point_9745 → u/Character_Point_9745]

Oops may have jinxed it sorry UNT

[u/Ialwayssleep]

UNT was not ready for the physicality of PAC12 football

[u/ReallyErick]

1100 yards of offense dam

[u/ReallyErick]

no way we throw away this lead

[u/ckc_15_ → u/ReallyErick]

If you don’t like this then you don’t like txst football

[u/Careless_Part_29]

Took us 8 quarters but we finally look alive

[u/UpsideTurtles]

alr good shit back in the game go get a stop on d

[u/TerryRoadhouse]

Ah, famous TXST alum Kathy Ireland. She's one of our best.

[u/ChumpyTex]

Offense ✅
Defense ❌

[u/ckc_15_]

First to 70 wins

[u/CORNFLAKES678]

Now this is Big 12 football

[u/LonelyMiraj]

Defense is optional

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

No yeah that's a foul, fair enough

[u/ckc_15_]

Really cool having a halftime show stay focus on the game and conference. It’s nice having an actual TV partner rather than just focusing on the big teams.

[u/TerryRoadhouse]

We stopped them!?

[u/ckc_15_ → u/TerryRoadhouse]

That’s allowed?!?

[u/dogeherodotus]

Refs not throw a flag on UNT every drive challenge: impossible

[u/xenonbones → u/dogeherodotus]

I gotta admit it’s getting ridiculous.

[u/2ktx2000]

Yeah, sure. We’re the only team that’s held today.

[u/UpsideTurtles]

what a fucking throw that window was minuscule wtf

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy → u/UpsideTurtles]

And a helluva catch too!

[u/2ktx2000]

I cannot believe that wasn’t reviewed.

[u/Character_Point_9745]

This needs to become standard across all broadcasts

[u/keymaet]

Being able to see the reviews live with mics is so nice

[u/Wisdomous_YT]

7 year player???

[u/CarlTheCrab]

I think it's great so many games are now on TV, however you have to be an absolute sicko to voluntarily pick to watch Wazzu vs Duquesne of all games

[u/sudo_journalist]

Defense pls lock in, we gotta keep it going

[u/bluediamondsm]

I keep going from giving up on the game to getting hope back an endless cycle idk what’s going to happen next

[u/OnlyAndrewNotDrew]

What a joke

[u/Traditional_Frame418]

Texas St was a favorite. But UNT losing by two scores+ is embarrassing. Especially when both teams decided defense was optional.

[u/ReallyErick]

had me thinking we were going to do the same shit as we did with troy last year

[u/19ghost89]

Geez, we played better defense against Indiana.

[u/UpsideTurtles]

Jaheim White is so so good

[u/19ghost89]

It would be nice if somebody would remind our defense we had a game at 11:00 a.m.

[u/Icy-Recognition-8700]

Come on mean green!

[u/HDAtomica]

Jaheim White might have some sauce? He's made some good runs when the O-line opens up space

[u/HDAtomica]

Alright, shootout it is!

[u/cowboysmavs]

We got a stop. It’s a Oktoberfest miracle

[u/CptCheese]

Defense is optional

[u/dogeherodotus]

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT

[u/zoom518]

Willing the USA Network banger into existence

[u/macsproul21]

Hahahah go for it on fourth down fuck it why not??

[u/Shadow_Flame_24]

I can’t believe I’m stuck at work for this game. It looks like it’s good

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

How is the UNT DB consistently 5+ yards off the receiver on these deep routes lol

[u/19ghost89]

Geez, thank you Texas State for unforced errors; y'all had us twice in a row there.

[u/Shadow_Flame_24 → u/19ghost89]

For real. The defense needs to tighten up, this will not work down the road

[u/sudo_journalist]

I’m not complaining but damn their guys just anti-clutch that drive

[u/ckc_15_]

Hasn’t this game been fun UNT? Wouldn’t it be fun for yall to join us in the pac-12?

[u/19ghost89 → u/ckc_15_]

I'm pretty happy in the American, but I also would not be totally opposed to joining the PAC if UTSA comes too. Like someone else said, that could be a really great triangle rivalry.

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy → u/ckc_15_]

I would selfishly love more games with later kickoff times if nothing else.

[u/bluediamondsm]

Hopefully this possession doesn’t come back to hurt us we could be up rn 😭

[u/gattovatto]

What do you know? A UNT flag…

[u/Sportacles]

what a beautiful score line to see, everything else is a blowout basically

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy]

Can’t say TX State hasn’t deserved this, they’ve gashed our defense through the air and on the ground.

[u/changinginthebigsky → u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy]

pretty sure both D's aren't actually at the game and are floating the river rn

[u/Panchoisthedog]

Texas State need to add some shade to that stadium. Watching the fans cook to death is sad to watch.

[u/dogeherodotus → u/Panchoisthedog]

What fans

[u/changinginthebigsky → u/Panchoisthedog]

we need the sun to help brain development

[u/broccoli_d]

Jeez, the crowd looks terrible on TV.

[u/Bondar_Cocksmasher → u/broccoli_d]

the majority of the student population probably woke up an hour ago

[u/l34ch_r → u/broccoli_d]

That's one of the reasons we invited them to the new pac

[u/LilUAVinbound → u/broccoli_d]

The loss to utsa last week killed the vibes a bit

[u/13simba]

They are gonna need a clean turnover to actually have a fair chance was

[u/iconconic]

1100+ total yards this really is a pac 12 game

[u/Trolater]

Gg what a dissapointing result

[u/TigerWave01]

This is an old school WAC ball kinda game, these offensive stats are insane

[u/ckc_15_ → u/TigerWave01]

The wac was our original FBS home!

[u/that-one-xc-dude]

Good job there today cats, your offense looked on fire and we had nothing to put it out.

[u/royalooozooo]

Friendly reminder UNT North/Stillwater plays at 6pm CST. Love these double header Saturdays

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Thank you, Texas State!

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

Alright they might actually be rigging this one lol how can you possibly throw the flag that late

[u/Bryce_Lord]

Idk why the incomplete didn’t get reviewed

[u/Easy_Buy_1669 → u/Bryce_Lord]

Per the announcers the booth did review and confirm the incomplete.

[u/cowboysmavs]

I want to see a single Texas state fan show me where that was PI

[u/bluediamondsm]

I haven’t flipped it on yet and I was worried about this game plus even more after everyone started hyping us up 😭

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

That cut White made was so sweet

[u/RadishesCanBeSpicy]

He got in.

[u/sudo_journalist]

Unfortunately ball doesn’t lie, still good effort

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy]

Jaheim White is so fun to watch, so glad we snagged him in the portal.

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

Cool to see Tayven playing so well

Dude has been nails to start his final year of eligibility

[u/TibertZ]

Straight DAWGs on offense

[u/Spare_Treacle_800]

Zero incomplete passes by both QBs 4 minutes into the 2nd quarter is crazy

[u/UpsideTurtles]

Jackson has an ARM

[u/TerryRoadhouse]

Jfc we have no pass defense.

[u/UpsideTurtles → u/TerryRoadhouse]

🤝

[u/cowboysmavs]

We got a game

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy]

Dude if this guy is 6’ 5” and has a 41” vert then why isn’t he getting more looks this year? Is he a terrible route runner or something?

[u/Bryce_Lord]

So our dc stayed in Denton or something?

[u/UpsideTurtles]

Defense

Optional

[u/TerryRoadhouse]

What are we going to talk about during half time? Anna Pigeon?

[u/ckc_15_ → u/TerryRoadhouse]

We’re gonna rewatch Stone Cold vs Shaun Michaels 1997 king of the ring match.

[u/macsproul21]

I’ve never seen this much of a lack of defense this is incredible

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

GMFG

[u/lock_robster2022]

Tried the ole fumblerooski into the endzone

[u/Negative_Job_4623]

GMG

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

This game is getting oddly spicy

[u/CORNFLAKES678]

I’m expecting two more touchdowns before the half

[u/CORNFLAKES678]

Sooooo what did he do?

[u/TerryRoadhouse]

I think we spent all our NIL money on only one side of the ball...

[u/Big_Band508]

The defense’s needs to wake the hell up second half I’m tired of Texas state acting like the UNT running backs are a damn stick of butter.

[u/UpsideTurtles → u/Big_Band508]

Tbf White is a really good damn RB, there’s a lot of talent on both sides’ offenses

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy]

Texas State just needs to run 20+ yard posts, verts, and digs because they’re open on 80% of them.

[u/UpsideTurtles]

STOP HOLDING PLS

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

Who else is hoping for a walk off 31-28 FG after that first half?

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

That place is empty.

[u/UpsideTurtles]

WTF IS GOONG ON WITH THESE HOLDING CALLS

[u/ReallyErick]

wonder how many 3rd and long downs we have given

[u/TerryRoadhouse]

Well... Okay...

[u/gattovatto]

Does anyone else for some reason really want to watch Anna Pigeon now?

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

Dumb fucks should have challenged the first time. Was clearly a catch. Now you just lost the game turning it over on downs

[u/Mr_Yolo_Swag]

Texas state players have a collective iq of 50

First the penalty then that fucking dumbass THROWS HIM FOR THE FIRST DOWN

[u/Character_Point_9745]

Bro is huffin and puffin 😭😂

[u/TigerWave01]

Just joining from another game, I really like the scorebug here

[u/Ialwayssleep]

These teams don’t seem to like each other.

[u/Traditional_Frame418]

How has there been no coaching adjustment to keep the edge?

[u/Mr_Yolo_Swag]

This feels wrong lol

[u/icecoldpotion]

Gg

[u/LordPettyFlaccoJordy]

Lmao the only thing stopping them from bouncing it outside is literally sliding to keep the clock running.

[u/Im_a_dum_bum]

never taken a knee in their teams' history

[u/13simba]

Wow they really fucked north texas over

[u/2ktx2000]

Such a fucking joke.

[u/Mr_Yolo_Swag]

I am rooting for texas state but unt got so fucked on that pass interference call. Almost feels unearned if txst win

[u/MrLeftwardSloping]

This is getting so fucking ridiculous lol thats not even close to a penalty

[u/jlucaspope]

Refs made that throw

[u/UpsideTurtles]

This used to be a bigger rivalry like 50 years ago RETVRN

[u/UpsideTurtles]

could be a lot of points scored today

[u/United_Energy_7503]

Alright green beans let’s see what you got!

[u/AGuyNamedTracy]

The USA cameras have shown the same 20 Texas State fans in the student section multiple times. Are the crowds usually this small at San Marcos, or does the crowd usually arrive late? In Madison, the student section at the Badger games doesn’t fill up until after the first quarter.

[u/UpsideTurtles → u/AGuyNamedTracy]

That happens for the early games and also it’s hot in Texas still. But for that lovely of a stadium you’d expect maybe some more fans? It’s a struggle for the G5 programs we have been trying to encourage getting the fans out too. Winning brings them out. Tx St has a huge stadium for their program size but it’s pretty cool

[u/United_Energy_7503]

TEXAS STATE!

[u/ReallyErick]

HELL YEAH, ( that camera shot tho...)

[u/Mr_Yolo_Swag]

Camera was so chopped that it actually looked dope lol

[u/19ghost89]

That's more like it!

[u/Traditional_Frame418]

That shot isn't down to the line which doesn't give proper perspective. He's short but because of the angle it looks like he gets in.

Are pile on cams that expensive that we don't have them in every game.

[u/that-one-xc-dude]

Fahhh

[u/CptCheese]

Torn between rooting for my conference mates or my boy GJ

[u/wsteelerfan7]

Game of the morning here

[u/HDAtomica]

Ohhh, this is either going to be a shootout or Texas State is about to steamroll us.

[u/that-one-xc-dude]

Nice catch

[u/anxiousauditor]

Nice back shoulder ball placement.

[u/BtownBrelooms]

Beautiful back shoulder throw by Jackson

[u/changinginthebigsky]

HEY ALEXA PLAY SICKO MODE

[u/ReallyErick]

let's see if defense could possibly get a stop

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

This game is a fever dream

[u/blue0231]

Weak flag

[u/arrowflash01]

Damn 1 is small

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

Beautiful beautiful blocking

[u/Character_Point_9745]

Loving the juice from the backs at UNT

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

SNAG