Mean Green

Head coach Todd Dodge was suffering from flu-like symptoms today, which unfortunately was the only day for availability outside of the Sun Belt coaches call for the week.

Dodge stood about as far away from everyone as he could and left right after practice. At least he didn't come by and give his best impression of the guy with bad breath on the Monday Night Football commercial.

Hhhhhhhiiiiiiii guuuuuys. What quuuuuuestioooons do you haaaave today?

I talked to Gary DeLoach and he had the news of the day. He wasn't ready to say he had made a final decision, but it sounds like UNT is going to hold John Weber out this week. DeLoach admitted that redshirting the big defensive end is in the back of the coaching staff's minds, but at this point UNT needs to win games.

DeLoach likes Weber and thinks he has a chance to help UNT out at the end of the season.

Kelvin Jackson missed practice today. He is still having some problems with his elbow he dislocated earlier this year but is expected to play.

As far as the big (Sun Belt) game between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe, the Warhawks are looking pretty good right now. ULM hung on at home 16-10 despite missing a field goal and an extra point.

The Warhawsks are 4-2 and 3-0 in the Sun Belt. They look like they are the real deal and could challenge Troy for the Sun Belt title. With four wins, it's also not all that hard to see ULM getting to seven wins and getting to a bowl even if it doesn't win the league championship.

Considering ULM recruits Texas and is, well ULM, that is not the scenario I would want to see play out if I were a UNT fan. Monroe isn't a horrible place, but it's hard to imagine how Charlie Weatherbie and his staff get enough talent to the town to win when compared to UNT and Denton. Somehow they seem to have done it this year. The question will be if quarterback Trey Revell is OK. He was knocked out of the game and didn't return. It sounded like he hurt the thumb on his throwing hand.