2012 Week 6

The North Texas Mean Green have finally tallied their first win of the season. Coach BoSoxFan58 can finally take in some air after sputtering to an 0-5 start. Denton can also finally rest easy after the Mean Green put away Sun Belt Conference foe Troy on a field goal by Dan Taylor as time expired. It took North Texas a quarter to get acclimated, but after that they battled and clawed to claim victory. At the beginning of the season the coach circled this game as a key game to how things would pan out in the Sun Belt, and by going to Troy, Alabama and walking out with a victory was quite a task.

Troy quickly got out to a 7-0 start after CB Heath took back a pick 69 yards to the house. They took that momentum to go up 10-0 at the end of the first. That's when North Texas stormed back with a drive concluding with a Lance Dunbar 1-yard touchdown run. After a punt by Troy on the ensuing possession, Riley Dodge mastered a drive that saw him work his way downfield, ending in a 5-yard strike to Sophmore TE Patrick Greene, who finished the contest with 7 receptions for 50 yards and one score. Troy returned the favor with a throw into the endzone from QB K.Parker. At the waning seconds of the end of the first half Riley Dodge made a huge error by throwing a pick when in field goal range. Instead the Mean Green went into the locker room down by a field goal, 17-14.

Troy quickly asserted itself once again by pushing the lead 20-14 early in the 3rd. As North Texas saw a close game falling by the wayside once again, WR Desmond Brigham decided to be a playmaker. Brigham broke a tackle and with excellent blocking downfield took a Dodge throw to the house from 45 yards out. Putting the Mean Green up 21-20 with the 3rd quarter coming to a close. Troy and North Texas exchanged possessions for the beginning of the 4th until a Troy field goal midway through the 4th. North Texas took the ball back, but once again Dodge threw an interception to all but close the game. With 1:34 left in the game Troy lined up for a field goal to extend it's lead to 5 points. The kick sailed wide right giving the North Texas team a glimmer of hope. With 2 timeouts remaining, Dodge and Co. worked their way downfield to give Dan Taylor a shot of winning the game from 32 yards out. The kick was up and good, sending the Mean Green sideline into a joyous celebration of their first win and hopefully a starting point to better things this season.

Next the Mean Green (1-5, 1-1) will face rival Arkansas State (2-3,1-1) for bragging rights. On ESPN's College Gameday, Lee Corso has picked UNT and Herbstreet goes with ASU. Should be another good close game for the fans in Denton. Game will be televised on FSNSW. Check your local listings.