DENTON, Texas - North Texas volleyball defensive specialist Sarah Willey was named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts at the Bulldog Invitational over the weekend. The award is the first for Willey, who leads NT with 113 digs so far this season. The last North Texas player to earn a Sun Belt Player of the Week honor was Roxana Casvean on Oct. 20, 2008.

Sometimes the stat sheet does lie. How else do you explain North Texas running up 463 yards against Clemson, running 49 rushing plays to Clemson's 46 plays overall, holding nearly a 22 minute edge in time of possession, but losing 35-10. If you dig further inside the numbers, here's why. Nine seconds, 16 seconds, and 29 seconds is why Clemson came out on top the way they did. That's how long it

North Texas players Craig Robertson, Jamaal Jackson, Lance Dunbar, and Nathan Tune met answered questions from the media after the Clemson game.

I wouldn't say that anyone was satisfied on the plane ride back to Dallas on Saturday night, but there was certainly a sense of accomplishments among the inner circle of the Mean Green football team on that Boeing 737. And why not? North Texas had just battled Clemson, the ACC Atlantic Division champs, to a 35-10 score, racking up 25 first downs, 462 yards of offense and a time of possession of