UNT has pondered just about every possible quarterback scenario it seems since Derek Thompson rode off into the sunset following a win over UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. (Actually, he just went across town to coach at Denton High, but that’s besides the point).
UNT turned to JUCO transfer Josh Greer and then Dajon Williams.
It’s Andrew McNulty’s turn now. And judging from what Dan McCarney had to say this week, UNT is open to sticking with McNulty long-term.
“We don’t need to keep moving guys around and changing quarterbacks,” McCarney said. “Who the hell wants that? I don’t. Nobody does. He’s our guy this week and maybe the rest of this season and all of next year if he takes care of the ball and keeps making plays. It’s not like he didn’t make plays. He did make plays. We didn’t make enough, but I was really encouraged, rather than discouraged with the job he did leading our offense.”
McNulty threw for 287 yards in UNT’s 30-20 loss to Southern Miss last week in his second career start and first since 2011. He didn’t turn ball over — not once.
McNulty isn’t flashy, but he knows what he’s doing out there. McCarney told us that. Mike Canales told us that.
UNT’s players said the same things this week.
I know that there is an assumption out there that some unknown quarterback is going to ride in on a white horse out of nowhere or that Connor Means is going to rip off his redshirt and suddenly become the savior in 2015.
Maybe something like that happens, but the odds are not very good.
That was the hope with a host of guys who showed up and were expected to star the next year, or at least get a crack at it — Greer, Brock Berglund and Woody Wilson to name a few.
That plan of attack has worked out for some schools over the years. Louisiana Tech’s doing just fine with Cody Sokol.
It just never seems to work out for UNT, who nearly always seems to turn to a guy who was on the roster the previous year.
All I’m saying is I wouldn’t discount for a minute that McNulty doesn’t drive the bus effectively and keep right on driving it through the end of next season.