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Now you are sure to get lousy seats.

Mario has done very well in training with me, he is a hard worker and really focused on chasing his dream of paying ball at the next level. Was scheduled for a tryuot with the CFL team from Edmonton on the 9th but has come into some financial difficulties (needs to save for a car, his died) and can not afford the $100 fee. Hopefully his Combine Challenge tape will fall into some interested hands. Mario also received an automatic bid to the Football Combine Championships later this summer by placing in the top 3 at the regional event. He has had some tough luck with his car and has lost the ability to get out to me for training. We are working on some solutions currently and are hopeful he can get some wheels soon so he can continue to train. He has been a real pleasure to work with and really has a passion for football. Best of luck Mario, the phone will be ringing soon!!! Bob

Did someone say "down like a sack of potatoes"?

I was kind of disappointed, I thought you were talking about a new stud recruit when I saw the title..

You are pretty far off there pal....You will never have a chance at an at large bid to the NCAA tournament playing 4-5 division 2 and 3 schools a year....Furthermore, if anyone has nothing to win from a UNT-SMU game it is UNT, our program is far ahead of SMU's and UNT's RPI has been about twice as high as SMU's has for years. The reason most UNT fans would like to see it is just to beat the pants off a group of pink polo shirt wearing fags.

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30,850........according to a post from Mean Green Sports on Facebook.

Uh, if we have a sprinkle of #2, that can't be good for anybody... imodium? Pepto?

Yes I know I thought Chrome installed an extension. Cant believe people minused you

Hmmm.... this thread makes me want a lightsabre popsicle....

He was much more receptive than normal. I believe they were talking about college bball teams being carried by a good or great player transferring to a lesser known program... and how it may only take one guy to put a program on the map... I just wish jub had brought up the rest of the incoming recruiting class...

...at which time Craig tunes out Jub because Mitchell didn't sign with or enroll at blOw U.

You gotta remember that these guys are taking a big step up in competition. Could they adjust by mid-season and finish strong in the Sun Belt tournament? There is a good chance, but it is not definite. They will be 18 or 19 year old kids facing a whole new level of competition. I expect early season struggles with a strong finsh. Will the finish be strong enough to make the NCAA tournament? Maybe, maybe not, but I won't be disappointed if it does not happen the 1st year.

give me a call if they have any games televised on a Saturday

Yes I am!

Maybe y'all should go by percentage. Number of posts vs positive rating?

i take solace in the fact that my reputation standing and VCUs RPI are one in the same.

http://www.prepticket.com/articles/detail/DallasFW/high-school/dallas--kimball--texas--hs/State-4A-Title-Game-and-Story-:-Kimball-High-School http://www.prepticket.com/articles/detail/DallasFW/high-school/flower--mound--marcus--texas--hs/State-5A-Title-Game-and-story:-Flower-Mound-Marcus-vs-Lakeview-Centennial

I just may join you

No kidding. What a joke...If he would have at least tried to build bridges with the alumni and fanbase, there is not a doubt in my mind that he would be our coach still to this day. Of course, he would lose his favorite excuse about this being the toughest job in America by moving into the new stadium. Its this mentality that cost him his job. The kids on the team might have liked it, but those of us on the "Them" side of the "Us vs Them" argument he used, never could buy into him fully. Hell, I remember seeing him after the NO Bowl win at a bar on Bourbon Street and shaking his hand and telling him congratulations, only to get back the blankest stare and no reply. Even the other fans around me thought this was extremely strange for a victorious coach of a bowl game. I never gave it much concern until he let Ramon Flanigan get away with accosting a fan in the stands at a home game, then after the MFer comment came to the public eye, I realized that he was just too much of a black eye for the university. Luckily, the administration saw it that way, too, even though they missed very badly on their next hire. We can all be happy that he brought us success for a few years and some great memories at the NO Bowl, but he brought what followed over the course of the next few years all upon himself.

I heard it's set way back in the middle of a field.

Practice? We talking bout practice?

If it's opened by April 16.....I'm thinking of doing an early lunch there before the Green-White game.

The owner, Tim Love, has competed on Iron Chef.

I have a shirt for Dickey I.S.H.B.S.A.D.T.T.F.B.W.I.A.H.A.H.C.J. on the front and on the back "I Shouldn't Have Been Such A Dickey To The Fan Base While I Actually Had A Head Coaching Gig"

Of course the wisest of investments is joining the mean green club and buying season tickets... I am sure his mom will teach him that...

I'm going to throw my $.02 into this mess. Back when we hired JJ, we used to play the privates--because we were perceived to be an easy win to them. Once we got our hoops program going, though, those two teams ran away from us and, now UTA, fairly quickly. Look, I don't blame them at all. The DFW Media loves old SWC schools, so they have a huge advantage over us and UTA on that front. They have done this in football, as well. When did we play TCU alot in football? Back when Fran became their coach and they were needing to get wins. Once they started winning and moving their program up to a level that no one could have dreamed they would be at today, North Texas appears nowhere on their schedule, although Texas State or Northwestern State get to play them. SMU scheduled a two-game series with us in football in 2006, we beat them once and it cost them a bowl game. Yes, we got rescheduled for a possible long series with them--starting in 2014, conveniently long after their $2 million coach gets time to reconstruct their program. If June Jones leaves or SMU really dives back down again and we somehow become good again in football, who on here doesn't believe that this long series will get cancelled? Its just the nature of dealing with the two very rich, very well-covered private schools who are lucky to be the only schools in two big cities. Look at what our men's hoops team ahs done without playing either of those teams. We have become a very good team and our recruiting has really picked up. Fortunately, we play in a league that we can win, even if it is perceived to be a down league. SMU, and especially TCU, have no chance at winning their league, IMO. CUSA, even though the league has dropped big-time since Calipari left Memphis, still has schools that support their teams and get better recurits than SMU ever will. Memphis, UH, and UTEP alone are ahead of them and will always have easier entrance requirements than SMU. TCU is about to enter the belly of the Beast. They will get an infusion of cash from being in that league, and I do think their recruiting will pick up, but that league is waaaaayyyy to tough for them for the foreseeable future. Finishing 2-18 or 4-16 in conference play each year will not help them at all. Now, lets assume for a moment that the SBC doesn't stay at the level of being at its worst in probably 20 years. We have WKU in the east that has a program that is traditionally very solid, while other schools like USA or UALR have been hit or miss for many years. Essentially, though, its been us and WKU for the last 5 years and who doesn't see that continuing, as long as we have a solid coach? We can make the NCAAs from our league each year--those two private schools to the south really can't say that, unless they really catch lightning in a bottle. Our way, athletically, is not going to involve SMU or TCU--its going to actually revolve around doing something crazy to most UNT fans--ignoring them. All we ever hear from RV or our coaches is that we should play them every year, but the funny thing is that you never hear the ADs at TCU or SMU say this about UNT. I will say this until the day I die, but we will know that we have reached the promised land, athletically speaking, when we hear those sentiments coming from DFW, and not from Denton. Keep playing UTA every year, leave the other two to play themselves and hope that their 80-year SWC relationship with the old guard Texas media will continue to hold them up high. For most of us, we realize that, unless TCU can keep it up in football, the chances of that happening in an evolving media world, are slim to none. Their fanbase is just not big enough to garner that kind of attention without winning big.

BS, no one yet believes that SMU is a good program and you are hanging way too much value on the CUSA conference. The Belt is bad but CUSA is not much better. If you disregard the fans, the rpi, and a post season bid you don't have to pay for; I guess SMU's scheduling makes sense. Frankly, at this point a NT loss to SMU would be worse for NT than a SMU loss to NT would be for SMU. NT gains nothing from your type of prospective by beating SMU and risks the mythical area best BB program title with a game against any metroplex rival. However, the fans would have a great game that would probably one of the highest attended contests for either school of the year., but those things I guess are of little importance

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Here is the Argument. ESPN: Look judge we gave CUSA money, but they didn't make us enough money in return, in fact we lost money. Therefore we are going to "in a forceable manner" make CUSA renegotiate the contract so we can pay less. CUSA: Look Judge it is not our fault ESPN lost money, if they had given us more media time to CUSA we may have been able to get more viewers to follow our winning teams such as Central Florida or Tulsa. Instead ESPN choose to show Rice, Houston, and SMU games because of the area. However, they are all located in one general area. Therefore, if Texas is not following CUSA how can ESPN make more money. Judges response: Look guys the Fiesta Bowl committee is meeting to determine how many call girls are needed to be purchased for nest years bowl. So we need to wrap this up.

SMU hoops is rapidly improving. We get both our '10 & '11 class eligible next year, as well as the two transfers The issue w/playing UNT in hoops is that it's regarded as a 'no win' for SMU. I was discussing this same topic w/a college coach the other day. He said that he felt AAU was the death of the crosstown rivalry nationally. Since all these kids play each other, there will always be those kids that feel slighted, play w/a chip on their shoulder. The team in the higher power conference gets screwed by getting into a backyard brawl etc. Maybe they get a slight RPI jump if they win, but since it's a less profile league, it's not a 'good' win on the resume. He went on to say that mid-teams don't want many '50/50' games on their schedule. They want to pay for sure fire Ws, and be in a position to slay Goliath 2 or 3 times, add in a good conference record etc. FWIW, that's not my take, but I've heard it a few times, from guys at different schools, and thought it was interesting. I will say this, after profiling a bunch of areas/cities, specifically back east, there are many of these potential OOC 'rivalries' that have fallen dormant. Its not just SMU & UNT.

Fairly long read on Isiah Thomas and his exile from the NBA. So far it looks like he comes off with a bit of little man's syndrome.

You would have to throw in a lot more "what ifs" before Dodge would have been a success. Outlaw had a bad game, it happens to everyone who plays. He was the starter and NT's deep threat his junior year and is a most welcomed addition to the team. I actually think the wrs will be stronger this year, with Carey, Bynes, Strafford, Taylor and now with the surprise return of Outlaw and Olawale being switched to the position. Also as much as I would have liked to have Riley back, I think the wrs will fare better with a stronger arm at QB.

I wouldn't want to waste our time playing inferior competition. Besides, you guys apparently would bring less than 1000 fans to the game, and that's if we play at your place. Man, Tony Mitchell must really be burning your a$$ for us to continue to be graced with your presence.

Technically, the rebels started it, not Momar. The Rebels started it because (if you believe what they say) they want democracy. They wouldn't want democracy if they had not seen it was possible in Iraq. So, even though you say this is nothing like Iraq, this (and all the other middle east uprisings) would not have happened wothout the democracy in Iraq, which obviously wouldn't have happen without US intervention. Whether or not this is a good thing or a bad thing, time will tell.

So funny to see those that are in complete support of the Iraq and Afganistan war to be against the Lybian action. Even more funny to see those that were so against the "Bush oil war" in Iraq be in complete support of Pres. Obama's unilateral, non-congressionally approved action in Lybia. If Bush had done the same thing, these same folks would be going ballistic with the fascist rhetoric. As long as it is "my side" doing it, I'll defend it, critical thinking be damned!! Quite amusing.

Or how ESPN has monopolized the bowl season.

Did we have permission of congress when we invaded Granada, Panama, or bombed Libya under Reagan.... Nope. We have not only declared war (by congress) only 5 times in US history... we have had over 200 "warlike" incidents, most done by the White House only... includes a lot--including a lot of Viet Nam escallations, the Gulf War, and Korea. There was no declaration fo war in the Gulf War or Iraq invasion (which was not provoked at all... and no mass killing of local citizens was taking place as has been taking place in Libya. You are just trying to find fault and not looking at history. Guess you aren't listening to those networks... several on there have criticized him and even these actions, just as they did the previous person.... Some Democrats even oppose this ---as did Bob Dole who opposed Bush Sr. when he began the Gulf War in 1990 (he later agreed that he had been wrong to do so). I thought the Iraq INVASION was bad mistake then but I approve of this which is not an invasion either (not that anywone cares about my oppinion) ....as long as we keep ground troops home. Let the locals fight it out and decide the situation.. A no-fly zone keep evens the situation a bit and doesn't allow a few to conquer the many. ..

Thought I read that DD was hired by Fran - would not swear to it, but i think i remember that.........

I think they will regress. If they make the playoffs, the Rangers get bounced in the first round. How the rangers do will really depend on the Angels and As. IF those two turn out better than last season then the Rangers won't win more than 87 games. That might still be enough to win the division though as I could see the top three beating each other up, kind of like the AL Central. All of this depends of course on the roster as it stands now, and I don't see another major/impact trade this summer.

I would like to hear, now that Pres. Obama, has his very own war...can't blame Bush for this one...just what the heck the objectives are and how the heck anyone thinks you can win this thing without boots on the ground? Is this going to be the first armed conflict won by air power alone? I seriously doubt it. That "exit strategy" that our president kept asking for in his run to the presidency is certainly lacking here as well. Not knocking Obama here as much as pointing out the difference between running for president and talking about decisions you know very little about and actually having to make those decisions and live with the consequences. So, what's the exit strategy and what's the goal? We seem to be hearing different things daily from the oval office...our goal is to remove the current leadership of Libya to well, it may not be possible to remove the current leadership. Is this going to be another seemingly never-ending stalemate in the dessert? Don't know...too early to tell, but it has all the ear makes of another long drawn out conflict where mainly the civilian population suffers. Was it the right thing to do? Perhaps, but in my opinion the US and its allies waited way to long to act and lost the initiative. How can the US support a three front war successfully? Obama is the first president to try to handle a three-front war since maybe the Romans. I am just scatter-shooting here with some random thoughts on this situation. The US does seem to be trying to hand this over to NATO, but that would only place the US forces (who will still probably shoulder the burden of this front) under the command of potentially some other nation's commanding general, etc. Result for the American forces and US tax payer would be the same...as it has been in most NATO led actions. Too early....too many questions, but a concern for the US, its Allies and the people of Libya none the less.

Not terribly concerned if the seats are installed or not, but are they going to make us pick our seats without actually walking around inside the stadium first? The virtual thing is great, but it's not the real thing.

I thought that myself as well. So I called the Ticket office. The very nice lady that I spoke with told me that seats wouold be chosen through the magic of the virtual stadium seating, since, as she said, the stadium seats would not yet be installed. 30 or so years ago, when I bought my Coliseum seats, I chose the second row so I wouldn't have to deal this the rail issue.

I hear there is excellent parking in the neighborhood adjacent to the stadium. Just park in the streets or peoples' driveways if needed and walk to the game.

Ask Joe Montana Rudy didn't even make a solo tackle and the guy whiffed blocking him twice.

It looks like the feds shut her down so the cable companies can once again force people to pay for 140 channels when they only want 3 of them.

Thanks guys. Sorry about not knowing this had already been posted.

I've only been following the Mean Green as a homer since the 2005 season. I went to one game(at Baylor) prior to that in 1999, my freshman year at NT, because my gf's dad lived in Waco and one of my HS teammates played for Baylor. I heard around school that we had beaten Texas Tech but other than that, I was the typical(of that time) uninformed, uninterested student. I left NT in the spring of '01 and returned in the fall of '05 with a better head on my shoulders and became the addict I am now. The point of this rambling is that I'm still relatively new to Mean Green fandom and came across my favorite NT intro vid on youtube. I was curious what intros were like in the past and what some of your favorites were.

I posted this link it the McCarney thread but it was buried so I thought it deserved its own thread. It changed my mind about our possibilities of getting him. I previously thought there was no way in hell but now I'm not so sure we couldn't. What do we have to lose? Link.