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What a special time in your history with the opening of a new stadium. This will be something that you guys will NEVER forget. Best of luck this weekend and kick some Cougar tail. May Boomer fire many a round.

You literally have no idea how college football works, do you? Was June Jones a terrible hire at SMU? He went 1-11 in his first year and that win was over Texas State. I think it has worked out ok since then for them. How about George O'Leary at UCF? His first team went 0-12, but they went to a bowl game in his second season. If Coach Mac's tenure here turns into either of the previous coaches mentioned above, we will have hit a jackpot, no matter how he does this year. If anyone thinks we made a huge mistake in hiring Coach Mac after this season, even if we go winless, should probably just find a good Longhorn T-shirt to wear, because he is going to be here for a while and we need to give him plenty of time to get this turned around. If we are here at the end of the 2013 season and we are 3-8 and haven't even gotten close to 5 or more wins, then the rants of him being disappointing will have lots of merit. But, financially speaking alone, Coach McCarney will be here for a while--we all might as well as give him a chance to build things up around here from the ashes that we currently sit in. For those who want to raise expectations here, please understand that I am right there with you. But I will not raise expectations beyond reality when the new coach has had to follow a coach with a completely different philosophy on how to play football, practice, and recruit players. My belief is that this year will be our rock bottom year, as the current players are having to go through a complete culture change. This is exactly why I posted that if Coach Mac gets us to 5 wins this year, he should be SBC Coach of the Year. My realistic expectations for next year (2012) is to get to 5 wins or more and then to compete for a bowl berth and SBC championship in 2013. This is what FIU did when they hired Cristobal--who wouldn't want trade places with them right now? If FIU did it, then we should be able to do it, too.

Yep, Sacramento St. Damn sure doesn't have the talent of Oregon St., but they don't need that excuse this week. Neither did James Madison last year when they went into Virginia Tech and came out with a win (and then went 6-5 against a FCS schedule). Those teams faced a far greater talent gap than we did against FIU. They found a way to compete. That's what I expected from this staff last week. All this bulsh about the huge talent gap we face against Sun Belt competition is just that. Bulsh. Yes, FIU and Troy are more talented, but not by a huge margin as many on here would have us to believe. To listen to some, we would be lucky to beat FAU this year because of the massive talent gap, nevermind they were the Sun Belt coaches pick to finish last in conference. Less talented teams often find a way to compete and win games they shouldn't. That's what I expected from this staff last week. What I got was a completely unacceptable coaching performance.

Yall talk more about clothes than most sorority girls

For those who missed it. feel free to add to this. Comments from Dan Mac: On Houston: - Anything can happen on a Saturday. - Essential to keep our offense on the field and control the clock to keep Houston's offense off the field - Houston should be ranked. - Much respect for Sumlin, coached against him before. - The players were embarrassed after FIU, and Lance Dunbar said he wanted to go back and practice right away. (MacCarney sounded slightly emotional when mentioning the feeling and comments made by players in the locker room after the game.) If we aren't winning it's not because the players accept it. On Apogee: - Only one chance to open a stadium. - Great venue for a college football game. - Hopes the atmosphere will be electric on Saturday. Click here to view the article

Just picked up my student and student guest tickets and noticed that the Apogee logo was being put up. It is very big, and they were also putting up all sorts of signage around the stajium as well as unloading a new shipment of merchandise for the team store including the coaches Nike polos. Very cool stuff, lots of activity, I can't wait for Saturday!!!!

Loved our new uniforms. Thought they were very clean looking, just wish we had the SOW on oir helmets. BAD: Boise State, Georgia, Oregon, Maryland with Maryland and Boise State being the worst.

I was kinda' hoping for rooms by the hour, shower caps, a kidney shaped pool, and a cheap liquor store next door.

I'm still on the fence on ours, the whites will probably grow on me, but I'm really worried about the greens. And georgia's?!? Are you f'n kidding me?!? Those were the worst ever. Not only are you taking one of the best/most traditional uniforms there is and changing them, but the all red uni's and giant red stripe was ridiculous! Every time I saw them I hated them more.

I am actually quite busy. I just have amazing time management skills. UT sucks (I typed that between washing my car and running a 5k for cancer)

Talked to the ticket office early. They said it has been a very busy day. Get them now.

You're ok in my book, 1995. A vicious circle was set in motion around 2005. Recruiting falls off-->Team loses-->Recruiting falls off-->Team loses-->Coach is fired-->Recruiting falls off-->Team loses...As many have said here many times, it's not rocket science. That's why coaching hires at this level are critical, because escaping that wheel is very difficult. UNT has been fighting that circle with the additional albatross of Fouts as a nice bonus prize. It doesn't matter to some that freshmen are starting for UNT now. There's nothing wrong with that, but in a perfect world, your starters are at least sophomores. It doesn't matter to some that the zone-read/spread running attack UNT uses was best run by a quarterback who ran a legitimate 4.5 and is no longer on the roster, and his replacement is not a running threat, or that most of the OL are inexperienced. It doesn't matter to some that the DT position produced exactly nothing last Saturday--didn't even appear in the stats--and DL in general got their ass whipped all night to the tune of 5.2 YPC. It doesn't matter to some that the OL generated a whopping 2.6 YPC on Saturday in the running game, despite blocking for the best running back in the league. It doesn't matter to some that TY Hilton has olympic speed and NFL-caliber talent and is going to get his yards and catches no matter who is defending him. It doesn't matter to some that the WR corp couldn't get open with the exception of a handful of plays, or that one of their leading members is not on the team. This is all old hat. We're in the 6th or 7th year of this. Third coaching regime. 4th or 5th DC/OC. Still all about coaching, though. Mac is already making positive changes in strength and conditioning and recruiting. Depth is still an issue a whopping 9 months later. But this is a surprise apparently. It's going to change for the better, and it already is, but but we won't know how quickly until the next recruiting class. Until then it'll be "unacceptable", "it's about putting players in position to succeed", "they should scream more during the pre-game", and other tail-chasing and drum-beating. It's counter-productive. It's the definition of the word inane. My personal opinion has never been that the talent level discrepancy OVERALL for UNT in comparison to other SBC teams is great. There is discrepancy between the OL/DL for UNT versus the rest of the league--particularly the DL. Mac was hired to fix this. I believe he will, and quickly. We should see improvement by the end of the year, and troops coming next February.

As evidence by your avatar would confirm.

Well, what if Michael Vick were white?

Crash Test Dummies?? (Someone gonna post a video by the group now?? )

Boy, I wish there was a UNT SID poster on here who could clear it up for us.

A committee that split 50/50 on what they should wear.

Unless we are speaking of the loathsome confines of San Francisco or Los Angeles, or some other such Marxist locale of a National League team, that would be 2 teams of 10 players, good sir. And with the new college pitch clock, you only get to nap for three hours now, not four and a half. I suggest you schedule your VHS viewings of Matlock accordingly. Now get off my lawn!

My distaste for all things SMU started with one play and one player: An Eric Dickerson TD run. Around 1981 or 1982, Dickerson, the fastest player on the field by a mile, broke free on a long touchdown run against NT, his trademark upright running style an absolute thing of beauty Around the 10 yard line, he turned around and backpedalled into the end zone while pointing his finger into the face of a pursuing NT defender. It was bush league and would be penalized for unsportsmanlike behavior these days. That moment became even more disgusting a few years later when the cheating scandal was revealed. The image of professional athletes pointing their fingers in the face of our program was and is symbolic of the "cash vs trash" elitism that persists today, amongst many SMU fans. Is my characterization of and outright disgust for SMU rational? Probably not, but that is pretty much what makes sports sports. That I, or anyone for that matter, would give a rats a-- about that program is the bigger shame. GMG

For the next three hours.

Watching Ridge and DeSoto blast OKlahoma City Douglass 63-0 on FS. Ridge claims to be the fastest on a very fast DeSoto squad. Reportedly ran a 4.25 forty this summer. This team badly needs D1 linemen on both sides of the ball, but if we have to sign Wr's, give me sprinters speed. Time out for anymore 4.6 skill guys!

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09/05/3338547/details-of-unts-stadium-naming.html Rick

Then why have I had SMU grads reporting into me the last 5 years? Are they plants or just keeping an eye on the plebes? Why have I had other SMU grads actively mentor me and take an interest in my career? I will make fun of their football team and stereotypes same as any other school, but come on. I know the people you describe are out there, but they are way more old, feeble, incapacitated and less essential to any Dallas-based commerce than you think. The only thing keeping the rivalry alive is a few people here who go to their message board, goad them into saying things they know piss us off and then eagerly reporting what pootiestang6969 had to say about us. That said, I'm still pissed A&M didn't break 50.

You did see the game on Thursday night right?

It isn't a perception. Since the 70's when they were one of the few that vigorusly worked to try to tear down what Hayden Fry was producing @ NT and lobbying to keep us out of the SWC to a few years ago when they backed UTEP and LA Tech for C-USA. SMU views us as an inferior, commuter junior college. As far as they are concerned "if you want to be rich and powerful in Dallas ___YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SMU" NT grads are the worker drones in the eye of mustang faithful. They should never be viewed as educated leaders or associated with the powerful SMU social circles of the metroplex.

Are we going to want a shirt to remember this game anyway?

Soccer Rankings try to keep conferences together in their regional rankings thus the Big 12 is in the central and Sunbelt in the south. The ladies should take care of business on Friday night (Sam Houston), but Baylor is now ranked #10 in the central region! A win in Waco on Sunday would be huge in boosting the Mean Green up the regional rankings! GMG

I was going to suggest televised golf, but I think you've bested me once again.

Very generic shirt that doesnt even resemble appogee stadium, I don't like it. Looks like its for a high school district championship

I noticed that too. A lot of what he has to talk about right now is experience over his career. They are good stories for the most part, but hopefully he will have some more to tell about his current job.

Not sure what there is to bitch about. You ordered your tickets....you have your tickets available...its not like anything is preventing you getting into the stadium on gameday.

What kind of logic is that? The team doesn't play better or worse because of the way the gambling line moves.

And I'll never understand why we've blamed our whole history of athletics suckdom on SMU.

Collin Mangrum says "Pony up!!!"

SMU is our biggest rival. Now, if someone would just inform SMU. Much like the A@M-Texas relationship

You seriously have waaaayyyy too much time on your hands to constantly post anything anti-SMU and anti-UT. I'm just sayin....

If you know something, please share. Otherwise your statement is speculation. Your game plan would be fine, but we still would have had to execute it.

Im sorry but yall are worst than 16 year old HS girls, grow up and be a man, Collin was a great kid here and represented our university to the fullest. Y'all sound completely jealous of SMU, its pathetic. Putting done a Unt grad for going to law school to better himself, are you serious.

I think it may say more about the level of play going from UNT to SMU, than it says about the ability of Collin. He was a nice role player while he was here, but he might have been one of the nicest players at SMU. Really wish him the best.

I'll say this about Mangrum - The dude loves basketball and works harder than anyone I have ever seen! He's also just a flat out amazing athlete the ability of which he never got to showcase at UNT. You might see a glimpse of it when he made a steal and flashed down the court for a full on slam. Y'all forget about those? How bout chasing that KSU guard down, in OKC, for the block which wasn't a foul? Perhaps the 19 points in December 08? How was he rewarded? Not at all. Jones gave Collin no leash whatsoever when on the court and had him in knots about making mistakes. Yet he gave all the room in the world for a few other players to make all the mistakes they wanted. Collin was asked and expected early in his UNT career to play through injuries which led to surgery and frustration. His final year he put all his chips in and got himself as ready as he could possibly be. He was never more excited than he was for that season. He said he felt physically fit and healthy; he was ready to give everything he had for UNT and Jones didn't give him the opportunity. He was angry, embarrassed, and felt like he wasted 4 years of his life. He just wanted a fresh start and so he went to SMU. While there he gave them all of his love b/c they loved him back. Dougherty gave him wiggle room and worked with him. Collin came on against Memphis and had 13. How was he rewarded? With a start and he didn't disappoint. Started every game from there on out. A stretch that saw SMU make a great run to finish the season. Finally, yes Collin praised SMU every chance he got (you have problems if you follow his FB page and dont know him and then use it on a msg board; it's UNT BB for cryin out loud) but he never worked against UNT. His only interest in UNT was to show himself that he was more than what he exhibited while at UNT. He did that and ended his college career on his terms. He's now training his guts out once again to make a move for an NBDL team while finishing his masters at SMU. <Obviously I know him better than you so put my words above all the specualtion. And as for the rec center comment, it's a good thing UNT's colors are green to cover your envious green skin. Keep watching rec center basketball and convincing yourself your an expert on evaluating talent.

Maybe we could stand to the side in uniform during Grambling/PV and tell the winner we've got next.

Not to mention the kid from Aleef Haistengs

Oh, Kram...don't confuse a one sentence burn that worked with any and all amounts of goat-getting. Also, please don't call them my boys. I went to North Texas, I post on this site and I spend my college sports time investment supporting and worrying about North Texas. If UNT or a DFW school had my masters, I would have stayed up here. I wish A&M the best, but you won't catch me cornering people with Ag talk at UNT events or anything like that. Oh, and I'll be missing the Cotton Bowl broadcast entirely. Tommy Wiseau is coming in town. I think you would really, really enjoy meeting him. You guys have a lot in common.

This is going to blow your mind, but some people get advanced degrees from other schools and then pretty much shut up about it. Go pokes.

We've met at least 3 times.

Yes. GMG will always allow us be as stupid as we want to be.

---Romo in the past four games has thrown 148 passes... completed 100... for 1262 yards (315 per game) ...0 ints... .... and 8 TDs.... and the last three were the Giants 17-24, San Diego 17-20, and New Orleans 24-17.... all pretty good teams. New Orleans must be awful... they lost to the lowly Cowboys.

UT is on shaky ground and has a QB who probably needs to not be playing but has no coach with the stones to hold him out OU had a very embarrassing loss to CU and will have to answer questions quickly to not fall off the map OSU had the rant and a loss to Troy. They are 1-11 in road games under the third van Gundy brother Tech fired a coordinator with a brain cancer stricken wife and mike Leach continues to throw his team under the bus at every opportunity. Luckily the fans are mostly too drunk and stupid to notice as long as they beat A&M. A&M is its own mess, with a crappy, overrated QB declaring that he will "die" for a coach who won't survive the season. Does that mean they can take McGhee with him and then put that Johnson kid in? He looks like a freaking beast...a non crack-head's Vince if you will Baylor squeaks by powers like Texas State and cannot catch a pass to save their lives. Iowa State has lost to a I-AA school and Kent State, and the big win over Iowa is looking more hollow every week. It's weird that Texas assistants can't coach once they leave - it's almost like they line up the most talent and pray it works, like when you run the same 5 offensive plays and a base defense agaisnt crappy teams in NCAA for XBOX KSU has the most positive energy of any team except for maybe... Kansas, who is #3 in offense and defense with a schedule that would make Texas Tech blush Colorado - one win over OU would look better without a struggling OT victory over CSU and ass kickings by FSU and ASU Mizzou has a god awful defense that will probably be their undoing in a stronger than expected North. They also have to visit OU (I'll be there) Nebraska escaped an average Wake Forest team and Ball State by the skins of their taint and were pummeled by USC - which is no fault, but they shouldn't look worse than Idaho doing it. They are no Sun Belt, but to quote an ASU player talking to the fans after week one, "You guys are seriously Big 12?"

There's rumors that Jimmy Johnson was looknig at property in CS last week. How funny would that be? What a sad year for the Big 12... couldn't happen to a "nicer" bunch of teams...

On Saturday, A&M introduced their living head coaches before the game. The pleas for Stallings, Slocum and even Sherrill to coach the game were deafening. Someone asked Stallings near us what would happen if he was coach. He laughed and said "I promise you we'd have a hell of a defense." I've never seen a crowd more against a coach, and if the AD and other officials didn't notice the derisive "hssss" Fran got after a pooch kick and the sarcastic applause after every deep pass (imagine what a dozen or so of us did to Dickey times 6,000), they probably were too distracted by Bill Byrne's award winning commitment to turning the women's sports teams around.