Wow.. North Texas has looked good on offense early on putting up yards like crazy against decent teams as they out gained Clemson ont he road and Rice at home. One problem they lost both games. This was the case last year at home against Army as they out gained Army 447 to 287, but they still lost at home 13-17. North texas is just 8-21 ATS in their last 29 non-conference games. North Texas will be facing an improved Army offense that returns all of their starters along the offensive line and their QB Trent Steelman who is getting better at running the triple option. Pat Mealy and Malcolm Brown are quality slot backs and this team is disciplined and will not turn the ball over. North Texas also starts Derek Thompson after Nathan Tune responsible for a lot of the offense the first two weeks is out for the season. Thompson is highly touted but his first start on the road might be intimidating. Army was 16th in the nation on defense in 2009 and returns 8 starters. Tune is not the only key player out as they will be without two of their most gifted defensive players in DB's Cook and Ford. This is huge because in the triple option the secondary must be involved in making tackles. I think they'll have a hard time stopping Army at times and add that into Army coming up to stop the star in this game Lance Dunbar RB from UNT forcing the inexperienced QB to make plays. UNT will have some success moving the ball, but will have turnovers like they have had early in this season.
