The Mean Green have no bigger rival than the Mustangs and have rarely taken down their neighbors to the south. SMU leads the all-time series 31-5-1 and has won three straight. The Mean Green have a golden opportunity to break through this year. UNT will host SMU at Apogee Stadium, where the Mean Green are 16-7 in the last four years. SMU also is in its first season under Sonny Dykes and its first without wide receiver Courtland Sutton, who killed the Mean Green throughout his career. The odds are finally in UNT's favor.
2. Seth Littrell will receive a job offer he has to think long and hard about
UNT's head coach was approached by two schools interested in talking to him about their openings for a head coach in the offseason.