DENTON, Texas (AP) — The last time North Texas was undefeated this deep into a season, the team was still known as the Eagles and it was nearly a decade before “Mean" Joe Greene would be the school's only consensus All-American.

That was 1959, when running back and future AFL star Abner Haynes helped the Eagles to a 5-0 start.

Now with a redshirt freshman quarterback who never started a varsity game in high school, a roster with 50 transfers and a defense whose turnover celebration honors former player and wrestling star “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the Mean Green (5-0, 1-0 American) are about to play one of the most-hyped games in school history.

North Texas, coming off an open date, hosts 24th-ranked South Florida (4-1, 1-0) on Friday night in a nationally televised game. The Bulls be

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