Iowa 62, UNT 16: What We Learned

If you think your QB situation is settled, get whipped by a much better team. The North Texas staff has stood by Andrew McNulty from the start of fall camp. He was relieved by Josh Greer after going 14-for-36 for 137 yards with one interception – returned for a touchdown. Greer followed that up by completing two of his six attempts, one of which was also intercepted and returned for a touchdown. The Mean Green’s only touchdown pass came from receiver Carlos Harris. McNulty is probably still the guy, but that was a rough, rough outing for both guys. 0cf92d1c6a6da1da8acfaf24d9975e3bBox scores can trick you into looking for silver linings. If you’re rooting for North Texas, of course you’re going to look at a game like this and look for any positive sign to point to for hope. So maybe you say that the 183 rushing yards against a Big Ten defense used to battling ground attacks is a good sign. Except that was on 45 carries, and 4 yards per carry is nothing to write home about. It’s not abysmal, of course, and that really may be it as far as silver linings. The run game was not stuffed by the Big Ten defense. It did OK. It’s something, but not much to hang your hat on. It will not get easier for the Mean Green. Southern Miss, a team that went blow-for-blow with Texas State, is up next. But still remaining on North Texas’ schedule: Western Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, and Tennessee. North Texas is averaging 358 offensive yards per game, and is surrendering 498 yards per game. Granted, SMU, Rice and Iowa all have much better offenses than North Texas. But that’s also sort of incriminating as a defense. It just really doesn’t look like this is a bounce back year after last year’s 4-8 mark. 7488874b50f3e7f87345a8af35e38f4e