SAN ANTONIO — North Texas dropped its fourth straight sport Friday because the Imply Inexperienced fell to UTSA 48-27 on the Alamodome.
UNT was seeking to change into bowl eligible with six wins, solely to fall quick once more.
The Imply Inexperienced fell to 5-5 on the season and are 2-Four in American Athletic Convention play.
Listed below are 5 ideas on tonight's sport:
This hurts the UNT program
All losses should not the identical. That's the character of school soccer on the subject of rivalries.
The Imply Inexperienced competes in opposition to UTSA for in-state recruiting and a spotlight.
UNT coach Eric Morris talked about it. So did UTSA coach Jeff Traylor.
The Imply Inexperienced have now misplaced 4 in a row within the sequence.
That is removed from ultimate for UNT and offers UTSA and Traylor loads of ammunition on the subject of promoting the Roadrunners program to recruits contemplating each colleges.
This season goes downhill quick
UNT has two extra photographs at turning into bowl eligible on the finish of the season. The Imply Inexperienced face East Carolina subsequent week and nonetheless have an ace within the gap within the type of Temple's common season finale.
The Owls are 2-7.
UNT performs with fireplace profitable us that elusive sixth sport a lot earlier.
The Imply Inexperienced ought to be thought of a favourite heading into the postseason. The concept that this season shall be greater than a small step ahead is turning into much less and fewer real looking.
UNT can go Eight-5 in the event that they win their subsequent two video games and a bowl. That might be large for this system, nevertheless it's arduous not to take a look at what's occurred in current weeks and never admit that this season hasn't progressed.
UNT's protection continues to falter
UNT confirmed some indicators of defensive progress earlier this season in wins over Wyoming and Tulsa.
These victories have change into a distant reminiscence.
UTSA racked up a program-record 681 yards on the Imply Inexperienced and made huge play after huge play.
UNT's protection isn’t superb.
The e book may very well be printed on Chandler Morris
Groups have began coming after UNT quarterback Chandler Morris and are having success with that strategy.
Morris was sacked simply as soon as, however was rushed at instances and completed with only one landing move, the one one he threw in UNT's final two video games.
Eric Morris and his gamers famous that UTSA centered on shutting down UNT's passing sport.
Morris mentioned his quarterback performed poorly.
UNT's passing sport hasn't seemed prefer it did early within the season for just a few weeks.
UNT-UTSA notes
>> UNT defensive lineman Jayden Williams didn’t play in opposition to UTSA. The freshman went down with an undisclosed damage within the Imply Inexperienced's loss to Military. Williams has 5 tackles and has performed in eight video games.
>> UNT's beginning offensive line of Braydon Nelson, Paula Vaipulu, Tyler Mercer, Jett Duncan and Landon Peterson was the eighth totally different beginning mixture this season.
>> Shane Porter's 79-yard landing run was UNT's seventh scoring drive of a sport and seventh sport of 70 yards or extra this season. Each totals are probably the most within the FBS.
>> UNT rushed for a season-high 239 yards.
>> Chandler Morris now has three,328 passing yards this season, inserting him fifth on the single-season checklist — 54 yards behind Chandler Rogers (2023), who handed for three,382.
>> Morris' three,328 yards put him 11th on this system's all-time profession checklist, behind Rogers (2023), who threw for three,382.
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