"He's one of our captains and a great leader and another coach on the field," Littrell said. This Saturday when he takes the field for North Texas' first offensive snap against Texas Southern, he'll make his 51st career start and move into the solo lead in program history. Saturday's game against SMU marked the 50th career start for senior center Manase Mose, who tied the mark set by defensive lineman Andy Brewster (2001-2004). It was great to get him in there and making some plays for us." He's only going to get more comfortable and better. He hasn't played in over a year and not really a lot in two years. I'm proud of him for getting through that, and it was awesome to see. "He's been working hard and he's had a lot of adversity he's had to overcome. Littrell said it was good to see Shorter back on the field, not only because of his large, physical frame and the threat it provides the offense, but also just because he knows what Shorter went through to get back to 100% health after a foot injury. People say, 'Get your appetite back,' and I tell them it never left." With an injury like that, you just tell yourself it never happened. "I can't do nothing but thank the man up above. Sophomore running back Oscar Adaway and junior wide receiver Jyaire Shorter missed all of and all but two games of the 2021 season, respectively, due to injuries.Īdaway nearly matched his career-best game on Saturday against SMU with 117 yards - one shy of his career-high - and a touchdown after limited action in the season opener, and Shorter saw his first game action since the second game of the 2021 season with two catches for 29 yards.Īdaway returned to open the season against UTEP from a torn ACL and then put up his fourth career 100-yard game against SMU and said he had to just put the injury out of his mind to get back to form. We're going to bounce back and get better." "We have a mature football team with a lot of great men and a great culture. "I know our guys will respond," Littrell said. Littrell said Saturday's loss wasn't an issue of effort - just a lack of execution - and he believes he has the type of team that can overcome adversity, as its shown in the past. Whether positive or negative, you have to learn from every game because there's always things to work on and you have to put it in the past." "There were a lot of mistakes we have to get corrected this week. "We came in Sunday and cleaned up tape," UNT head coach Seth Littrell said. UNT dropped its home opener to SMU on Saturday and came to the team facility on Sunday ready to move on and prepare for the Texas Southern. Head coach Seth Littrell and selected players spoke to the media on Tuesday and discussed, among other things, bouncing back from last week's loss, the recovery and return of some star players and how a new addition to the defense excelled in his second game with the Mean Green. The game can be seen on ESPN3 with the radio broadcast on KHYI 95.3/KXXN 97.5 (Wichita Falls)/Varsity Network App. DENTON – The UNT football team will look to get back in the win column on Saturday as it hosts Texas Southern at Apogee Stadium with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m.
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