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Let me get this straight. We're going to have a pillow fight in bikinis with burlap sacks in a forest wearing darth vader masks. Is this what guys who post on message boards fantasize about?

Thats what happens when old grumpy men dont get there way, they hold a grudge and complain every chance they get!

Enjoy. I wish I had enough to give each of you. I am thinking about brewing a batch for every home game with customized labels if there is enough interest. JRock

As if everyone didn't already realize it, I like WHY NOT NORTH TEXAS! I believe I was the first to add the exclamation mark and indicate that it was a statement and not a question. So, unbiased I am not. I have been accused (rightly so) of being a big time "homer" when it comes to the Mean Green and I wear that claim proudly. You can read doubt in the phrase if you want, but that's simply one's opinion. To me it indicated that the Mean Green can realize it's goals in becoming a championship program from top to bottom and that people should stop thinking (and saying) that the Mean Green is anything less than a top notch program. It's all positive in my opinion, and was first mentioned by none other than Coach McCarney himself. It's time all alums and fans and friends of the Mean Green stop thinking about the Mean Green in any terms other than as a "Champagne Program" (used by RV). So, WHY NOT NORTH TEXAS INDEED! Why NOT North Texas as SunBelt Champion? Why Not North Texas as a Bowl Champion? Why Not North Texas as a destination for 4 and 5 star recruits? Why Not North Texas as a university with the finest athletic facilities? Why Not North Texas as a Tier One university? There is absolutely no reason North Texas cannot be that program and that university. It's time for all alums , fans and friends to start believing, talking and acting like they are proud of being a member of the great Mean green Nation. As an alum and a fan, I don't take a back seat to any other university...WHY NOT NORTH TEXAS INDEED! So, just me being a "homer" and loving it. I am proud to be a member of the Mean Green nation and I don't mind telling anyone that I am!

You don't have a spouse who is a "Type A" controlling/planning freak, do you? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Yes, a LOT of people have started to plan, and as a MG Club member I have friends who know I am still involved at UNT and are bugging me all the time for information that they simply cannot get from the AD.

Yes. Big boy programs do.

Don't many schools have closed fall practices and scrimmages ? I'm sure that coach Mac has good reasons to close practices and scrimmages to the public.

Give me a Feldt before this guy. Nothing like hauling in a big O or Dline guy. I agree with SilverEagle.

You know, I don't get as excited about skill players as other people. Keep in mind that our greatest WR in recent history was a walk-on. Patrick Cobbs was not a high profile RB coming out of HS. And the most recent report from camp is that Jeremy Brown (a walk-on) is pretty much tearing it up.....much like he did in spring. Please keep in mind that the best RB's are only as good as the line blocking for them.

The wing seats would be the best option bc they are general admission. IMO they should do what they did with Former President George Bush. They gave students a free ticket but they had to go in the union and get it. IMO that would be the best situation just to see how many students will be attending and they would receive a ticket to keep

AA- 2 tackles & 1 sack in Minnesota 20-7 win over Seattle. PC-6 rushes for 19 yards, 1 reception for 23 yards, and 1 special team tackle in New Orleans 14-27 loss to Houston.

Is that ever going to be revealed?

Thank you Classic. Here is a lousy photo of the bit on Boomer in Texas Monthly. I think it's crazy good that he made the top 10? Rick

What a great time to be on board! And finally some freedom from the wife! Oops... But really, we have a great group of coaches who will get these players to play very hard and maximize their athletic ability, we have an incredible stadium and facilities, and we have an overall energized fan base. This is going to be fun, and i believe those of us who've been here through the good, bad, and ugly can feel good about where everything is, or at the very least, the direction things are headed.

Am I in a GMG relationship with CBL? Remember I'm new and don't understand at which point these things become official... I mean he hasn't been too active around here lately to give me guidance.

Based on his roster photo, I'd say Windsor Knots.

Great to see Boomer as #8. FFR has put in tons and tons of work over many years. Without Rick, there would be no Boomer. Boomer is a tradition we can all count on and love. Boomer is a treasure and unique to UNT. I cannot wait to hear how loud Boomer is going to be in Apogee stadium, and I hope they have to get lots and lots of powder as UNT will be scoring a lot of TD's this year. GO BOOMER...thanks Rick.

Been awhile since I've done a poll

With about 20 days until we open the new stadium against Houston, is the Mean Green commercial still airing? Will the athletic department increase the number of spots? Any new UNT football commercials?

Don't let the debate derail you from working on a North Texas idea. Rarely does an idea meet with total agreement with the masses. The most vibrant and enthusiastic voice in years of Mean Green Football thinks enough of the "WHY NOT NORTH TEXAS!" phrase to use it publicly. Whose opinion do you value more....Coach Mac or Silver Eagle and others in this thread?

I'm not sure what's going on here but if your looking for a new GMG relationship with someone else who is going to Miami feel free to PM ol' Mean Green Scrappy here.

What? No! That would be crazy. Those are stormtrooper helmets.

North Texas' Boomer The Cannon comes in at #8. http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/2011-09-01/feature "Boomer the Cannon It is believed to be the only seven-eights scale smooth-bore muzzle-loaded cannon used at a college football game in the country. Yeah, we don't know exactly what that means either, but we do know one thing from experience: Boomer is loud. Alas, the deafening blasts rang a little hollow last season, which UNT finished without any home wins. But with a new head coach and stadium, perhaps this year it'll discharge some joyous booms"---BDS Has a nice little photo in there as well. Rick

I step out of the house for a Saturday night and check in on my phone to see I've missed a lot? So let me get this straight, we are now having dinner and a bikini pillow fight afterwards? This Miami trip is turning awesome.

I wonder if any Gator fans will show up just to support Coach Mac.

Love North Texas and I are in! As long as you're ok having dinner with 4 girls

I would say that any coach finishing in the top 25 consistently is a great coach. The Big 12 was a monster conference during his time there so he did a great job. I only wish NT could have a coach that was that 'bad ' If he really does end up at FAU to replace Capt Kangaroo ...the Belt will have a great coach in the league (not to take away anything from the current Belt coaches)

We worked it out with Rudy's. They even added an additional wireless access point for us to make sure we get a strong Internet signal. We'll have a laptop hooked up to their big flat screen in the back room. We tested it all out a couple weekends ago. Special thanks to Grant.UNT for helping to make this happen!

I think the DEPT was waiting to see how many MGC members there were before assigning parking. At least that is my guess. They probably had to see how many $250 level donors there were before committing to new stadium parking? Just a guess. And the parking passes are printed for each game plus they must be copy proof since they don't get scanned. I think it is better that they waited to get it right rather than field complaints later on.

Will Rudy's be able to show this one? Its on ESPN3 (which is internet, not TV)

BINGO

No, but my wife would claim that I am that person.

Insert establishment serving ice cold bere here "_______."

Video, final notes A couple of notes from earlier today

Not sure yet, I'll either be at Rudy's or at the stadium.

Rudy's in Allen. Me plus 3.

Could you add the Rudy's Bar-B-Que Game Watching Party in Allen to the poll? It's being sponsored by the Collin County Chapter of the UNT Alumni Association.

Take new 2499 bridge , turn left at Teasley ( 2181) to 35. Will save you time

Now that I work in Lewisville, I am planning on heading up to Denton to the watch party at the stadium. For those in Denton that commute to Dallas for work - how bad is the traffic from Lewisville to Denton around 6pm?

Had to pick the last option. I'll be out of town at a speaking engagement, so about the best I can hope for is to catch the first quarter or so of Hank and Jub's broadcast streaming at the hotel room.

From Vito's article on Offensive game plan... http://www.dentonrc....0.e0af8a89.html "UNT averaged 33.8 points in the final five games of last year after Canales took over as interim head coach. UNT averaged just 16.9 points in the seven games before Todd Dodge was fired." This is the most encouraging thing about retaining Coach Canales, although part of the mental lift last year when he was interim HC was him being emotional. I haven't seen that from him since last season, he seems sorta quiet this year. And yes, the last scrimmage was today at 10am. A missed opportunity to promote MGC with admittance.

Oops , thanks.

You forgot to put being at the actual game as an option. I know some people on here are doing that

Give Vito a break, he's not allowed in. It's hard to report on something that you're not allowed to know about. Yes, I would LOVE more information, videos, articles, and updates. However, if keeping this stuff secret helps us surprise a few teams early on and catch them off guard (which I think is what McCarney & staff want and I think will work), then I am all about it. Just a few more days, gentlemen. You'll see the Mean Green in full force soon enough. GO MEAN GREEN!

And I didn't mean it to sound so negative. I did say that money staying in the program was a positive thing. But there is no doubt that the benefits are getting wittled down - no more gameday party deck, reduction of gift value. Maybe one can look at it that the gifts used to be really nice in an effort to get people to stick around. My post was intended to be just an observation of how things are changing at UNT. Policies will be changing as well. 99% of it is for the better and the other 1%... well, we will all just get used to it. GMG

First class production guys. Always look forward to hearing these!

Hey guys, I love the podcasts. I just noticed something today - my Apple TV has your podcasts in the search! How awesome is that? For some reason the episodes stop at #39 in 2008... any ideas on if you changed something around July/Aug of 2008 that would take the podcoasts out of a national database? Just curious. Thanks for your hard work - I love these.

Should the punctuation at the end be a question mark or an exclamation mark?.... I say "WHY NOT NORTH TEXAS!" should end in an exclamation mark as we are trying to make a statement rather than ask a question.

Its just stupid to laugh at someone else when youre doing the same thing, even if it is SMU It would make more sense to say "It looks like SMU is getting a little jealous of our season ticket sales this year, now the AD is stepping in."

They've just opened a new stadium, cut them some slack and let them get things figured out. I'm sure it will be better next year.