New basketball coach, NIT Final Four. The portal opened and we had no movement. It was always coming, but we didn’t know when. Was it $? Schedule? Support level? Where does North Texas go now? The type of basketball here, and what we want going forward.

Adam and Aldo discuss the loss to Texas State in the First Responder Bowl, Drew Mestemaker’s dynamic debut, the defense and the transfer portal, and riff on some other things as well.

Chapter Markers:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:53 - First Responder Bowl

00:08:22 - Texas State Hate

00:14:41 - Bowl Preview/Transfer Portal

00:35:39 - New Def Coordinator

00:44:39 - Let's Improve CFB

00:52:58 - News: Marshall, Tulane, Army, Heisman, Wren Baker, etc

01:03:57 - Christmas Movie Talk

Adam discusses the escape of Temple, and a little hoops at the end in this solo pod.

Adam and Aldo talk about the latest loss, how much blame to apportion to whom and what it all means

Adam and Aldo discuss the loss to UTSA in San Antonio, and how everyone wants to fire Matt Caponi. Also the struggles of the offense, QB, and the direction of the program. This is a long one.

Adam and Aldo discuss the loss to Army that was much closer than the 14-3 score suggests.

North Texas lost on homecoming and we have the sads. We talk about the game, the defense, the firing and hiring of coordinators and what to do about the whole ordeal.

Adam and Greg discuss the finer points of the new hoops squad, including the roster and schedule. At the end, some football talk.