DENTON, Texas -- North Texas coach Eric Morris -- the 40-year-old Air Raid virtuoso who launched Baker Mayfield , unleashed Patrick Mahomes and found Cam Ward -- likes a process.

It's why, even days before a Nov. 1 visit from Navy, Morris is talking about cotton farms in northeast Arkansas.

Specifically, his own. They're a long-term investment. Morris recently bought his third.

"When I retire, I'm going to farm cotton," he tells ESPN. "Give me a good process, and I'll work at it. Plus, cotton won't talk back to me -- I won't have to deal with any bulls---."

But, for the moment, Morris is still devoted to the process of a modern, up-tempo offense that has sprouted an improbable line of diamond-in-the-rough quarterbacks since 2013, propelling a swift coaching rise for the ex- Te

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