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North Texas seemed to be on its way to a breakout season just a few weeks ago following a season-opening win over Ball State.

North Texas linemen Tyler Bailey and Eddrick Gilmore were rattling off a list that sounded like a rundown of some of the top venues in college football following one of their last practices as members of the Mean Green this week.

North Texas made a few changes in its lineup in the wake of one of its best stretches of the season defensively last week in a win over Western Kentucky.

The assumption when Todd Dodge took over as North Texas' head coach after the 2006 season was the Mean Green would develop into a team that relied on throwing the ball all over the field.

Troy quarterback Levi Brown spent the entire fourth quarter of Troy's game against North Texas on the sideline celebrating.

Lance Dunbar felt a change in himself midway through the second half of North Texas' game against Louisiana-Lafayette two weeks ago.

One of the bright spots for North Texas coming into its game against Florida Atlantic was the performance of its defense against the pass.

Saturday, 7 p.m. 10:06 PM CDT on Friday, October 16, 2009 Notable: North Texas has lost 13 straight conference games, which ties the longest streak in the history of the Sun Belt.

Line: North Texas by 1 1/2. Series Record: Florida Atlantic leads 5-0. Last meeting: 2008, Florida Atlantic 46-13. North Texas has lost 13 straight conference games, which ties the longest streak in the history of the Sun Belt.

Seeing a flag fly with North Texas on the verge of a game-clinching fourth-down stop Saturday against Louisiana-Lafayette was a shock for Todd Dodge.

North Texas needed Lance Dunbar more than ever on Saturday night in its second game of the Sun Belt Conference season.

What was good fun for an Alabama fan after overmatched North Texas rolled out of town? Scanning the resulting statistical rankings.

On the surface there appears to be no reason why North Texas and Middle Tennessee would see each other as more than just another Sun Belt Conference opponent.

Middle Tennessee hopes to improve to 3-1 on Saturday in Denton against North Texas, a start that would be the Blue Raiders' best since 2001.

Don't know if you caught it or not, but a few important events that will affect North Texas occurred on Saturday.

Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy looks for an open receiver during the first half of their game against North Texas Saturday, Sept.

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Todd Dodge spent six years helping Greg McElroy develop into one of the top high school quarterbacks in the nation at Southlake Carroll.

McElroy has 3 TDs, 'Bama races to 53-7 win Eds: Alabama 53, North Texas 7. Optional.

After two weeks of reasonably close forecasts, here's my weekly analysis of how Bama stacks up on ten key measures against North Texas.