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"North Texas is on a roll today.

I already mentioned that UNT picked up a commitment from Tyler Chapel Hill defensive tackle Sir Calvin Wallace.

UNT has also received a commitment from Baton Rouge Woodlawn defensive back Devante Davis.

Davis is 5-11, 173, and was an all-district selection last season. He was recruited by Justin Gaines.

He picked off two passes for a team that advanced to the second round of the playoffs.

No other teams had offered Davis a scholarship, but Louisiana-Lafaeytte and Louisiana Tech were both showing interest.

I will be back later with some more information on both players."





AS per Louisiana Football Magazine:
"June 8, 2011 - I visited Woodlawn High School this morning, and spoke with Head Coach Don Jones where I picked up some info on two of Woodlawn's top players. I learned that DB Devante Davis (5-11, 175 pounds) and WR Jamaal Lofton (5-11, 180 pounds) were recently offered by the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Both kids run a 4.5/40 and are big time sleepers in Louisiana. Davis is a four tool player, meaning he can play cornerback, saftety, punt return, and kick return."

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Devante had 73 Tackles last year with 61 Tackles and 12 Assisted Tackles. He also accrued 2 Sacks and 1 INT. What stands out the most is actually his Special Teams numbers:
3 Punt Returns for 104 Yards averaging out at 34.67 yds per return (FANTASTIC!)
He also had 2 KO Returns for 46 Yds Total (23 per return)
Harry
The USA after three games is outrebounding its opponents by 10.3 boards a game. In addition to McDermott’s effort on the glass, Tony Mitchell (North Texas/Dallas, Texas) is grabbing a team high 9.0 rpg., while centers Patric Young (Florida/Jacksonville, Fla.) and Meyers Leonard (Illinois/Robinson, Ill.) are credited with 7.7 and 5.0 rebounds, respectively.

http://www.sportspagemagazine.com/content/bb/in-bb/art-in-bb/fiba-u19-world-championship-second-round-schedule-.shtml?47686
Harry
“Addy enjoys a challenge,” Mitchell said. “She’s highly competitive. I think it runs in her family. Her dad’s a competitive man, and I think her parents brought it out in her. She refuses to accept mediocrity.”

North Texas only improved to No. 132 in the country despite Long’s success in her first season. The next year, the Mean Green cracked the top-100.

None of that improvement prepared Long for the 2011 season, her third in the program.

“At the beginning, we didn’t realize how good we were,” Long said. “Basically, we just wanted to play well and see how far it would take us. By the middle of the season, we were chasing regionals and wanted to get to nationals.”

North Texas won four tournaments, landed four golfers — including Long — on the All-Sun Belt Conference Team, made it to the NCAA Central Regional and finished the season ranked in the top 50.

Only one player off the top five graduated.

“I still have a year left,” Long said. “We can be even better.”

http://www.oaoa.com/sports/long-68034-texas-north.html
NTXCoog
So why don't you go ahead and call UNT fans delusional? How long has it been since UNT has averaged 20k in attendance? So why do they need a 30k seat stadium?

The reason: You plan for where you're hoping to go, not where you've been. I'm hoping UNT makes it to where they not only need the 30k seats, but that it also has to expand past that. Based on their history it's going to be tough for them. But I'm not going to call them delusional for building a 30k seat stadium because they're building for the future.

Does UH need a 60k stadium this year? No. Will we need it in the next 5 years? Doubtful. But we didn't really need a 30k seat stadium 5 years ago. This season UH probably needs about a 40k seat stadium based on last year's attendance and a linear regression of attendance over the last decade. Instead we'll just sell out all of our games this year which increases season ticket demand in the future which increases overall attendance.

So we hope to build 40k soon based on recent goals and projected growth. But you prepare to need 50+k if the growth continues

Not that you care about the answer, you're only trying to point out UH negatives, but I'll answer your question for real UNT fans in case they're curious: Regarding UH's stadium funding situation, we're at $51 million of the $120mm without naming rights and without going to the general UH population, still sticking to just the big dollar donors. We need approximately $29mm more to start building. Initial estimates in the independent feasibility study had naming rights estimated at $30mm. That may be high, but I guess it depends on the length of the contract. UCF got $15mm for 15 years in 2006 from Bright House Networks. Supposedly there are 3 bidders currently for UH naming rights. We'll see how that goes.

Regarding your question about Coogfans laughing at UNT's stadium? No one has done that. We wish we had a new stadium too. Luckily, UH's needs right now and for the future are larger than what UNT currently needs. We already have a stadium that holds more than 30k (although UNT's is newer and nicer) so we don't need a 30k stadium. We need a larger stadium at a higher cost. If we wanted to build a $78mm stadium, we have enough funding in place to start construction. But we're building a $120mm stadium. It's going to take us some more time. But we will get there, just like UNT got the stadium they needed. I'm sure there are plenty of UNT fans who weren't sure that the day would come when they'd get a new stadium. Congrats to them. I for one am going to enjoy that stadium the 1st game of the season and hopefully more. I may even make the Mean Green Stadium movie night. It sounds like a fun event.

And like many UNT fans, I'd love for UH and UNT to start scheduling a home and home series. I think it would be a win-win for both schools. Close enough that fans can travel. Don't have to take 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 series with AQ schools. Screw them. If they won't do a home and home (or even 2 for 1s when you beat them), let them have FCS schools.

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