 Alright everybody, what is up? What is going on? Welcome back to another video, another Texas, North Texas video. I mean, what a fucking sick hoodie this is. Silver, white and green. I absolutely love it. So William, my man William Quinn from Texas, thank you very much for sending it to me, as well as all the other stuff. You've probably seen it in the previous video, but today we've got one mission, one mission only, to watch Beyond the Green 2018, which is the behind the scenes show about the Mean Green, North Texas. So here we are, Mean Green Sports is the YouTube channel, and we're going to check it out. Subscribers, 2.4k, I'll give you another one. And what are we going to watch here? What have we got? 2018, Beyond the Green 2018. I guess, holy shit, they're 26 minutes long. Okay, let's watch episode number one. Let's do that. You know what I'm going to try? I'm going to try in this video, because the volume's not that good. I am going to attempt to watch it with my headphones and then download the video and have the overlay of just my voice and then the sound of the video when I put it together. You know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? So look, I'm going to put this on, and the sound of the video you hear will be from the actual file, which hopefully will improve the sound quality. And now I look like a freaking coach. I look like a coach, don't I? I'm running on sidelines. 15 euro penalty. Alright, let's do this. Sweet. I've got some good sound now. I just might be able to pause the video, otherwise it's going to make it so hard to edit. So, here we go. Correct. Losing another bowl game two years in a row, and especially when we had the team for it, there's no excuses for us to lose. And the way we went out was pretty, it was sad, honestly. I don't know how they felt for myself. It's something that you want to lose your last game of the season. Hey, we didn't do enough. We didn't do enough as a coaching staff. We didn't do enough as a team to get that win. I apologize for getting the competition today. Like I said, you've accomplished a lot. I've set the foundation. In the development of a program, when you're going from one year to the next, whether you accomplished the mission or you didn't accomplish the mission, there's a new year that's starting, the two days after the bowl game. Use that time to get them as big, as strong as we can, and then evaluate them during spring ball to see how they're moving, what do we need to do with their bodies come summer. Leaving that game behind and then just starting over, starting from scratch, getting all your weapons and then getting ready for battle. Obviously the bowl game was a heartbreaking loss, but at the same time, it just added more fuel to our fire. And that spring, we started attacking. You've got to overcome it as a team. You've got to step up and be much better on defense. We've got to be better up front, protecting our quarterbacks from receivers. We've got to do a much better job, but all the way around, everybody has to pick up the slack. No one's going to sit around and talk about last season anymore. It's about what we're doing forward. It's about the work that we put in to develop. That's really the focus is what are we doing moving forward to become elite. It's year three for us now, so guys are bought in. You know, every year you've got to try to get more and more out of them. So it's understanding where we started and where we're at and what kind of players we have and being able to progress that. So each year we're making sure we're getting the most out of them and develop them on and off the field. Everything's different than that first year. That first year. That trainer reminds me of the guy at Lean X from YouTube. Strength and conditioning trainer as well. He's just lean as far as looking at him. It's a different deal. So not only have they been in the system and been around UNT for a while, but they've played in a lot of games together. When you have guys like that, you can try a little bit more with your guys because you're not doing there as much teaching. They know the basics. You know, some of those things, I wouldn't say they're new to the field, but it's just some stuff that we haven't done here with this team yet. And that's just because they're just more mature now to handle those situations and some of the techniques and some of the focus that they need to have doing those drills. Yeah, I mean you get more creative and figure out ways to get your playmakers the ball in a different situation. The old regime, I feel like we didn't really have an identity. What kind of drill was that? Was that a returning drill? We tried to take some shots and we never really had our true identity of, hey, one game we'll throw five times and the next game we'll try to throw 35 RPOs. Your line can't get in sync with your quarterback. Your quarterback can't be in sync with your wider series. Reminds me of Bank of Mayfield. It's just camp going on. A lot of the guys are a lot more close and it's not just defense on defense and offensive offense. Both sides of the balls are coming in together. Last year we had really good team chemistry, but this year we're just more of a tight-knit group and we're just having fun and pushing each other. And now it's kind of a standard. We expect you to be, you know, a team unity, being selfless tough on this one. The thing is, with all the other passcams, I've been to at least... That's a bit of pressure. There's been nothing just like individualism. Now we're all coming together as a team and just trying to make it right this season. I've been here since 2014, so I've seen it all from players arguing with coaches, coaches arguing with coaches, players arguing with players. And you just didn't see none of that this summer and I think that everything was full head of steam with them and we just believed in everything they did. How do you take your game to the next level? It's what the mindset of this culture is. You're not just worried about yourself. You're helping everybody around you and guys are really embracing that. No time for negativity, man. If I want to be great, I have to continue to make my teammates great as well. And I think Coach Retro and his coaching staff does a great job at recruiting the players and bringing them into our culture that fits those values and that it's just easy to mesh with. There's been a lot of new faces, you know, and so now you're kind of bringing in people who believe in what you're doing. That's what college football is all about. That's what sports is all about. What you have as the core of your team is it kind of works itself out. Like I said, the kids who aren't doing it, either they buy in or they get out. And we're good either way. And so now, like I said, it's not truly babysitting. Now you truly can start building up that character's growing. What are those braces on their knees? Football also gets better. First year we've been to a ball game. That's cool. We didn't win it. The second year we had another opportunity to play in a conference championship and a ball game. And we didn't complete those. So year number three, you know, we came out this year just with a different mindset. Like, look, we've been competing for championships these past years, but now it's about time we win one. The past couple years, our mission has been win our ball game. It's not a mission because missions have consequences. What were the consequences for not winning that ball game? They're warning us. They shouldn't be. Some of that's out of your control, winning a ball game, winning a championship. There's a lot of different factors. Coaches, players alike, preparation, injuries. So in my mind right now, what is our mission? Maximize our ability every day. That's our mission because there's consequences for that. If we don't maximize our ability every single day, there will be consequences. Maximize it on and off the field. Maximize it between chemistry, your preparation, how you work throughout the week. How much more film are you getting? How you're developing your football knowledge. How are you taking care of your body? Selfless, tough, disciplined. And if you do that, you'll accomplish a lot. This season, keep your stories interesante. Like Dos Equis, the beer whose label inspired the greatest comeback in history. Authentic Mexicans. Damn straight, coach. 4.2% alcohol by volume. Protein, zero. Dos Equis, keep it interesante. Open daily, Epic Waters Indoor Water Park is epic in every wave. With 11 slides and attractions under a colossal retractable roof. They're obviously getting their sponsorships from these guys. It's all good, man. Oh, watch. No, I won't. Oh, no, I have to actually, because we're... That does look like fun. Oh, look at those slides. Looks sick. Hey, man, it's been a long time coming right now. Man, it's been a while since I've been on a water slide. Really has come to think of it. Too long, actually. Way too long. Oh, here we go. Oh, here we go. First game. Leg out. Violently. SMU Mustangs. Bang, smash him. Good nine. Nice work. Big hit. Great atmosphere, man. Yeah. Oh. There's no hole through there. Oh. Quick slam. This is good, like, behind the scene stuff. I love all this stuff. I love it. It's, like, mic'd up, really, isn't it? I saw that. Thank you. Good night. Beautiful. Good job. Ajaya. Oh. Not a good block. This will be interesting. Yeah, let's go. Come on. Did that 100 times in training. Well done. Yo, yo, yo, yo. Great job by everybody on the check. First and 10. 10 personnel, right? Double screen. Great job. Just doing your job. You have to eat it. Block, pulling 14, 13. Me and Green have all three timeouts. Go. Go, Tymer, get ready. Go, Tymer. No, we're on it. It goes to fine and off easily. And the hit at the line of scrimmage. Cut down no game. Timeout. Timeout. They will call time and stop the clock at four seconds. Wow, they let a lot of time elapse. And they could have gotten a faster snap out. Big hit. OK. Just not regular play. Should have done a second one both. They jumped up to the roof to the left. They would have been running. But no. It was ever a let down on a drive that went from your six to the one yard line. And you're looking like you're going to get points that would be this drive. Everyone's ready. He is. Good snap. Hold is good. The kick is also good. And that's how the first half comes to an end. What do you call a great beer with more taste? Only 96 calories. And 3.2 carbs. We call it Miller Lite. What are you holding? Miller Lite. Hold true. I don't know. Lite. Lite, a fine kill sniff. Miller Lite. I refuse to drink anything less than 4%. Waste of time. It does look quite refreshing, though. I'd like one of those. Actually, I've got a beer coaster. Sorry, a beer coaster. Now what did it have on it? It had... Ah, beer sports. Big waters. I'm not watching this game. Half time. They're not going to quit. So the challenge for you is to go out there and regain the initial focus. It's not easy. Not easy at all, man. All right, now, we got the last drive right there. We're in about 6 minutes. He's talking about Dominating the 8. We held the ball about 6 minutes, drove it down the field, got points. We're about to get it back. Let's go play game 2-7 more. Well, 10-0. All right, but we got to do what? We got to quit selling for field goals. All right, we got to get the damn ball in the end zone. Up front. All right, it all starts up front. We got to get the run game going. We got to do a much better job getting your ass off the ball. All right, defense, keep doing exactly what you're doing. Turn it up. Big damn right. All right, keep attacking the quarterback's ass. They got 24 yards because everybody's what? Doing their job on third downs. You're getting behind the chain on third downs. You're getting off the field. You're doing a hell of a job. Special team. Let's dominate. Holy shit. How tall is that guy that's walking through? They're going to come out on this field right now and try to kick your ass all over the place. Let's go, boys. Step it up. This is our standard. This is our house. What is it? 20-0. Let's go out and play. 20-0 lead for North Texas. Oh, there it is. No. Bang. Keep going. Oh, no way. Oh. Decent. He's there. He's open. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Good job. That's what I like, man. Everyone's, like, even after every play, like, people are, you know, ginging themselves up, ginging the other players up, saying, good job. Well done. Big tackle. Big play. You know, it's a celebration of some sort after every good play. And I think that does well for the team morale. It really does. I love it. That 21 should have smashed him. One for two. One for two. Is that a touchdown? 15. Well done. What are we doing? Strong toss. Just over the goal line. Touchdown. Strong toss. Two. Two. Two. That would have been good. Go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. Fuck. I like that. Three touchdowns. And they want to go for two. It should have been a touchdown. Nick Smith, and he drops it and is dropped at the four-yard line. Right. Let's go. Keep the pressure on. Let's go, Chuck. Let's go. All right, Chuck. I'm with you, man. I'm with you. I read you got to cut him off so we can get this eight-tall to number three and out out it over there. Well done. Good kick. Good kick. Ladies and gentlemen, it has enough. It is good. Oh, he ain't slowing down. He ain't slowing down. Go, son. Go, son. Go, son. That's what you want to see. Fuck, yeah, what a run. by Tori and breaks the tackle at the 30 to the 40 to the 50. Nice. One man to beat a foot race, and Deion Great Tori brings it all the way. You'd be happy with that, man. I would be. See him leading the tackler in to go in that way, then bang! He's fast. He stayed on his feet. Well done. 10 seconds to tick off in the mean green. 46 to 23. What? No. 46 to 23. Now open daily. Epic Waters Indoor Water Park is epic in every wave, with 11 slides and attractions under a colossal retractable roof. Epic Waters Indoor Water Park is fun for the whole family. Year round, rain or shine. Buy your tickets at epicwatersgp.com. This season, keep your stories interesting. Like Dos Equis, the beer whose label inspired the greatest comeback in history. Authentic Mexican Surveys. 4.2% alcohol by volume. One gram protein, zero. Dos Equis, keep it in horizontal. I've been here for a while. We beat an SMU once. And yeah, it was a pretty good game for us. But the other games didn't look so good. Coming out this opener, beating an SMU, that's exciting to beat, because this SMU game is big. Whether it's for regional purposes or recruiting purposes, this is a premier game for us. Well, considering this is game one, it's also the battle of Dallas Metroplexa. Who's the best in the Dallas area? They've played very well against us the last couple years. You know, it's a rival. It's 30 minutes down the road. Not only do we have to play against them year in and year out, it's a great pride for our fans, our players, and our culture. SMU is a great team. They're a royal coach all across the board. They have a bunch of playmakers. But we've been preparing properly. When you have guys that get their success, it makes them a lot more confident. They just play with the different air about them. And so that's where I think we're seeing more than anything. It's the guys that have done it on Saturdays. And so they expect to be great, and they play, and they practice at a different level. They're extremely confident in what they do. You know, everyone got bigger, faster, stronger. Everyone worked hard in the weight room. I credit Coach Walmack and his staff for getting us bigger and faster. I think we're mentally stronger. We're thinking faster. It makes us play faster. They went slowing down with it. And really, that's just the biggest thing. We start fast! We start fast on both sides of the ball! There's a lot more guys at every position. You know, it's not just the ones and twos getting repped. You know, we have a lot of income and freshman that's accepted the plate and accepted the challenge of just getting better, whether it's on special teams, offensive defense, you know. There's a bunch of guys across the board that wants to get better and get in the lineup. Yeah, we've had, you know, some special players that I didn't really pay out in the past, but, you know, we didn't have one, two, three, four deep that could be on the field at any time. So the drop-off isn't very big from our starters to our second to our secondary players, you know. And then when they're ran, you still feel great about it. So I think in every position across the board, you're about three deep. The depth in all the positions are more and more... What? The ones probably been here longer so they know the scheme better, but the twos are just picking it up right after we do. We know we're helping the young freshman get in. Even our freshman scout team right now, they can sling it around and you can ask them to give them to the guys. Well, yeah, there's some speed, all right? My understudy, K.D. Davis, you know, he's gonna be a great player, so I'm looking forward to him growing and just him learning the system. I think it starts with Deionne Noville. He's probably giving us more right now. This already in his career, they may be expected from him. Rod and TJ and Hambo, and those guys that they've been doing, well, we expect it of them, getting better, getting more comfortable in the system. For me, in the linebacker room, I'm gonna start with Jamie King. He's a guy that was a tight end last year and was a junior college quarterback, was a high school quarterback. He's a headsy guy that has just soaked it up. Yeah, offense, they have guys everywhere. You know, there's definitely not a drop off over there. With J.G., Rico, Greg, Mike Law, myself, Keegan, we have a lot of players that are ruling the step up and do what it takes to win games. We got different rows. Everybody got different rows in the room. You know, we got a blocking bag. You got an explosive bag. You got a playmaking bag. That was kind of different from last year. The last year was one and two with me and Joe. And this year, we got our different doses for him. We've recruited some very good players here, just going out with guys that are three stars, four stars, five stars, whatever. You know, it's about going out, building a relationship and understanding who are the guys that are gonna fit your culture, fit your program, trusting your evaluations, and then trying to get the right guys that fit it into your program. Guys that really love the game and a lot of people think, well, they all love the game and that's not necessarily true. Some of them play it maybe because they're expected to. Some of them play it because they have a free education coming with it. When you love the game, that also means you love practice, you love meetings, you love the weight room. Everything about football, you love. And those are the kind of guys we try to find because then you're gonna get everything you have out of them every single day. Good job. No matter where you are, I think developing is the biggest thing. I think it's a lost art. I think too often people get hoopla for the five stars and all that kind of stuff. It's like, can the kid come in with the work in? Now, every time that a running back comes on, I'm looking really hard because we try to... Running back's my favorite position. It's really easy as you get in the grind to just continue to focus in guys that are your top guys. Doesn't matter where you're a freshman or senior, walk on full scholarship. Everybody's gonna have the same opportunities to get on that field and if you're the best guy you're gonna play. So if it's job for a coach, you're just trying to figure out a way to get all those guys' touches and get all those guys' balls and let them put them in positions to where they can let their natural abilities take hold. Yes, they are, my friend. Well, I wish I had the time to watch them all, but I just don't. Look, before I do go, I do want to... I do wanna look up... Hang on. North Texas 2018. They are... Um... What are they? They just played Rice three days ago. And they won 41-17. So they are, they played how many? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine games. And they are... One, two, three, four, five, six, seven and two. Seven and two, not bad! So, I wanna say... Let's take these off. If you have enjoyed the video, if you've enjoyed this little delve right... Well, quite deep into North Texas football, please hit that like button. If you wanna subscribe even better, tell your friends, tell your mates, share the video, do whatever you have to. I'm just here having fun. As a rugby player, delving deeper and deeper into the game of football, I'm loving it. I'm not stopping anytime soon. And I'll tell you what, man, I'm gonna be wearing this. I love it! I love all of the gear that I've got. I've got like 12 football jerseys in my cupboard. New ones. All different teams. It's amazing. I love it. So, as always, have a great day, everyone. Peace out.