North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Page: 6 of 6
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Mean Green offense improves in 45-31 SMU loss
By Shawn Edwards
Staff Writer
After a disappointing start to
the season for the Mean Green
football team's new spread
offense against the University
of Oklahoma, NT was able to
find its rhythm in Dallas against
Southern Methodist University
The offense that NT fans saw
Saturday night was what head
coach Todd Dodge had been
expecting from the team.
"This is exactly what we are
trying to show to our kids,"
Dodge said. "You really can't
fully introduce the offense to
them until they've gone out there
and executed like that them-
selves. Now our football team
knows what they can do."
The key to the offense's
success was junior starting quar-
terback Daniel Meager's explo-
sive performance throwing the
ball. Out of NT's 613 total offen-
sive yards, Meager's passing
accounted for 601. He shattered
his career record for passing
yards in a game by tallying 601
yards on 46 of 64 attempts. After
receiving an IVin the post game
locker room, Meager expressed
his disappointment over the
loss, regardless of his impres-
sive stats.
"The numbers are good, but I
would have liked to come out of
there with the W'," Meager said.
"Numbers don't really mean
anything. It is what the score
board says."
The receivers also performed
well by grabbing all but four
of Meager's completions. The
main target for Meager all night
was his outside receiver Casey
Fitzgerald who caught 18 passes
for 327 yards and two touch-
downs. One of the only low spots
for Fitzgerald was his fumble late
in the second quarter, which led
to an SMU touchdown before
halftime.
"I was just trying to do my
best," said Fitzgerald of his
record-breaking performance.
"That was a great accomplish-
ment, but I was just trying to
get that win."
Brandon Jackson also had a
big night catching .10 passes for
133 yards and a touchdown. Slot
receivers Korey Washington and
Brock Stickler combined for 118
yards on 11 receptions.
SMU head coach Phil Bennet
met with Dodge outside of the
looker rooms after the game to
tell him how much the NT offense
had worn out his defense.
With SMU coming off a 49-10
loss to Texas Tech University five
days prior, Dodge's game plan
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was to constantly attack through
the air and not be reliant on
the run.
Running back Jamario
Thomas was unable to start
due to a hamstring injury but
is expected to be back for the
home opener on Sept. 22. In his
place was freshman running
back Micah Mosley who carried
the ball 12 times for 39 yards and
a touchdown.
"We came in knowing we were
gonna chunk the ball," Dodge
said.
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North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 2007, newspaper, September 11, 2007; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145481/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.