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"Lundy has four children ages 8 to 16 who live just over an hour away from The Queens" It sounds like he is departing for four really good reasons. Congrats on the opportunity Coach Lundy. We appeciate your time here and wish you nothing but the best in your new endeavor.

I wouldn't bet a lot of money on this version of the 2 deep on the DLine.

Andrew.

You didn't bother reading the full article, huh? I'd much rather the child have the opportunity for a happy and productive life than self-mutilate or kill her self. I'm sure it doesn't fit into your world-view, but gender dysphoria is a legit condition and the process that this child is currently under-going is a move to delay puberty to a point where she can, at a more mature age, decide how she identifies herself and continue to live her life in such a way. Fortunately, it seems as though this family have consulted a strong collection of experts and seem to have strong communal and family support...that should really help with this difficult process over the next few years and would go a long way towards refuting those who would suggest that this is what happens when you let same-sex couples raise children...that some lesbian couple really just wanted a pretty little girl so they're just dressing their boy in dresses. Not that I'm suggesting that was your motive, Surely YOU'RE not that sick of an individual.

Wicked Witch of the West

That's cool. The feeling's mutual.

Praying for the peace that Brian and Nicole so deserve. This "stuff" is so hard to understand and to deal with. It seems to so very often hit the "good guys" of the world. Don't understand this at all, but what I do know is that Brian is a lucky guy to have such friends and to have someone like Nicole with the love and strength to stand with Brian from the start to the end. It takes a love...a real love...to handle this stuff. I believe Brian knows how many people are in his corner...many he does not know by name. The Mean Green Nation is with both you, Brian and you, Nicole. May God bless you both and grant you peace.

I am not DE90.

I received a Bachelor's from UTSA and a PhD from UNT. Of course, 100% of my allegiance lies with UNT, but I am very happy that UTSA are in CUSA. Now I will be able to travel to San Antonio (from Corpus) to watch men's football and basketball games - might even travel for women's bball. I'll be decked out in green and will make sure that I annoy the home team fans.

(My apologies if this has been mentioned already) If you read the Rice preview they show them going 8-4 with a loss to NT. On the other hand, they predict us to go 5-7 with a loss to Rice. Let's hope they're only half right.

...according to Sporting News: 7. Georgia: at Clemson, North Texas, Appalachian State, at Georgia Tech. http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2013-07-01/top-10-ranking-non-conference-schedules-smu-florida-oklahoma-worst-big-12 Coach Mac and his boys are gonna rough up the 'dogs on September 21st

Wonder if Rick pissed in his cheerios. If so, Kudos to Rick.

Confession: It's not for practice. It's for an ellaborate trash-talk video.

Too bad for UNT, really good news for Coach Lundy. Anyone who has been anywhere near the UNT men's program this last year knows how much Coach Lundy missed his family and missed being around his kids. I was lucky enough to meet a couple of his sons recently at a Twilight Tunes event on the Denton Square and you could tell that Coach Lundy was very proud of them and very happy to have them with him for a change. The separation from family has been difficult for Coach Lundy to say the least, and I for one, definitely get that. This is a good move for Coach Lundy and he will be successful as a HC once again, and he will be a ton closer to his family. While it "sucks" for UNT it is definitely the right thing for Coach Lundy and his family. Anyone reading anything else into this is simply not correct. had his family been in Denton, Coach Lundy would still be part of the Mean Green. Really enjoyed meeting and talking with Coach Lundy. He was very positive about the team's prospects and very candid about last year's situation. Excellent X's and O's guy and a good recruiter and floor coach as well. he'll be missed, but it also opens up the opportunity to bring a new assistant into the Mean Green family. Good luck as HC next season, Coach. You will be missed here, but your family needs you as well.

ULM was created as Ouachita Parish Junior College and later renamed Northeast Junior College of LSU. Thus, the Juco nickname. We've also played them 43 times in football and hold a 30-13 record over them. We aren't afraid to play anybody. We don't play them because we have nothing to gain from playing them, and we can get better opponents from outside our own market. ULM also has to balance their budget with up to 3 money games per year with a guaranteed FCS home game. We'd love to play them in all other sports, but their AD got their feelings hurt because we won't schedule them in football. The perception of the bowl fiasco is what it is (and probably the main reason why BVDV was forced to resign), but many members of the media told the story they wanted to tell without even interviewing anyone.

You could saved yourself a lot of typing (and us a lot of time) by saying "we THINK we were better than ULM last season, tried to put on our big girl panties, and it bit us in the ass".

One of the writers for DC also states that UNT could be a surprise this year.

It seems La. Tech fans think a lot more of La. Tech football than the rest of the college football playing world. Usually, when you call someone a "JUCO" and hurl other insults, you are actually involved in a series with them, not afraid to play them (which was the national perception of La. Tech's sub of ULM and the Independence Bowl).

Obviously Van De Velde could have done a better job managing the bowl situation, but I never really blamed him for it. What really happened is that the Indy Bowl tried to play social engineers by matching up La Tech and ULM, then got their feelings hurt, and then decided to screw over Tech. We already played a home game in Shreveport against Texas A&M a couple months before in addition to 4 Indy Bowls in the past. In 2008 we actually turned down an invitation to the Texas Bowl to play in the local Indy Bowl. After thumping ULM 8 consecutive games, we left the juco back in the 20th century. We have always been and will always be superior to the juco in every way. We don't need to prove anything. The Independence Bowl in Shreveport against ULM would not have been a reward for Tech. We wanted something better. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day bowls were realistic probabilities. The Indy Bowl tried to force us into accepting an early invitation to play ULM when there were much better options potentially available to us in the Liberty Bowl or a trade to the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Van De Velde supposedly had assurances from the Liberty Bowl that they would select or trade Tech. Van De Velde asked the Indy Bowl to wait to see how everything unfolds after the final Saturday's games were played. He told the Indy Bowl there was no need to rush because they would essentially have their pick of whatever teams were left over. The Indy Bowl director got her feelings hurt so they invited Ohio early out of spite for Tech. Sun Belt leftover vs. MAC leftover was their worst case scenario, and it would have been no worse had they waited like the majority of the other bowls. Then after everything played out on Saturday and the BCS rankings were revealed on Sunday, NIU leap frogged into the BCS bumping Oklahoma out of the BCS. That sent a chain reaction that left Iowa State available for an at-large bid, and then the Liberty Bowl selected ISU. The only other at-large spot was in the Military Bowl which had already selected #21 San Jose State from the WAC. It ended up backfiring on the Indy Bowl as they hosted the worst Indy Bowl in history. The Indy Bowl is now on life support as a hotel tax bill to save the bowl never made it out of committee in the state legislature. La Tech will be just fine. Van De Velde took the brunt of the criticism, but he was pretty much in a lose-lose situation. I'm not sure what I would have done differently if I were in Van De Velde's shoes at the time. Hindsight is 20/20. But people believe whatever they want to believe even if it's not true.

That should probably say, "open to all possibilities for guaranteed home games and home-and-home series" if they are scrapping away games against tougher teams. I'm definitely biased due to my current location, but if they were planning a game at ASU and then dropped the idea then they really aren't open to all possibilities, now, are they?

“The biggest reason I turned the job down was because I came here to help get this program going,” Lundy said. “We didn’t have the season we wanted last year. I didn’t want it to look like I was jumping ship.” From when he was interested in the Clayton State job

Will do Green P1. I will also give thanks that Brian and Nicole have been blessed to have a friend such as you during his all to short of time here on Earth. I pray that Brian and Nicole's last days are peaceful and as painless as possible. God Bless!

Does anyone know if the new book store actually opened today? I want to check out the new merch. When Barnes and Noble takes over they always bring in better fan gear.

They are. She looks very much like a central character in a truly classic American film. It's a compliment. It's not like they showed one of the flying monkeys.

Guys, come on now. Show at least a little respect here.

Maybe it's just me, but was the UNT segment short on information? Lack of respect, for sure.

1. Sarge will start. Chad will get time but not as a starter. 2. NT. There will be a rotation there but not sure with who. If Abbe is on the team, he will be the starter. 3. As I mentioned in an earlier, I expect a repeat for 2011 with Ryan playing about 98% of the downs, if not all. He has been very adamant about this. 4. Aaron/ Daryl Austin and Linc will play lots of downs too at NT and 3. This is all from somewhat of an educated guess.

There are no words to express how much Coach Lundy did for this team over the last 12+ months. He has been a great mentor to many of the young men involved in this program. He has been a great dad from a distance but it seems the distance has worn on him which was evident most of the year. Best of luck to Coach Lundy, he will be sorely missed by us all!

What kind of home is this child being brought up in that he "threatens genital mutilation on himself" at age 7? You know, I identified as Superman when I was about 6 or 7--I would have been thrilled to have that surgery.

A couple of questions: 1. Why are we ruling out McCoy for a starting spot? 2. Sir Calvin is not going to back up Boutwell at the three-tech, is he? I would surely think he'd be a NT all the way.

For some reason, I don't think that's the model that Coach Mac is seeking to emulate.

There is a new one in Denton called DBI. It's caddy corner from Guyer HS. It's open to the public

Where does that come from? No Ryan Boutwell in the two-deep, when he will obviously be a starter? I thought Chad Polk was going to be a passing down specialist.

i know of one by north lakes tennis center/softball fields/driving range/frisbee golf....haven't been there...just driven by...dude...no need to practice...it's slow pitch...like taking candy from a baby!

It's because they didn't have any better options, and the bowl game is struggling financially. The hotels rooms don't really help the Indy Bowl's bottom line. They were going to get last pick, and they didn't want it to appear that way. Essentially in the end after all the primary and secondary tie-ins were filled, the only at-large spots were in the Liberty Bowl, Military Bowl, and Indy Bowl. The Military Bowl had selected #21 SJSU a week earlier, a WAC opponent that La Tech played in our last game of the regular season. That left 1 spot in the Military Bowl for a MAC team. The Liberty Bowl had an at-large Iowa State team fall into their laps to face the C-USA champion. And then that leaves the 2 open spots in Shreveport. Their only other options besides La Tech and ULM were Middle Tennessee and Bowling Green. Neither Middle Tennessee nor Bowling Green were going to sell many hotel rooms either. The Indy Bowl is used to an SEC team anchoring the bowl. Had the Indy Bowl waited, their worst cause scenario would have been ULM vs. 8-4 Bowling Green. That's no different from ULM vs. 8-4 Ohio. The Indy Bowl filled in with MAC teams twice before with Miami (OH) and NIU, and neither brought more than 2,000 fans. The last two La Tech Indy Bowls had attendances of 48,325 vs. Maryland and 41,567 vs. Northern Illinois. The La Tech home game at Indy Stadium against Texas A&M earlier in the season had an attendance of 40,453. The Indy Bowl is run by LSU people who thought that La Tech vs. ULM would surely sell out the Indy Bowl. Instead, they got ULM vs. Ohio with an official turnstile attendance of 19,204. After the bowl game, the Indy Bowl went to the state legislature asking for a hotel tax to save the bowl, but their bill never made it out of committee.

True, but I mostly leave the derailings to KRAM these days.

I believe they are shooting them off somewhere near the pond next to Bonnie Brae.

Only games I know for sure are Oklahoma, Texas A&M & SE Louisiana Despite all those open dates , I still doubt we get UTA. A shame

FYI the keyboard player for the dirty pesos is Kyle wade smith. Son of former board of regent c. Dan smith.

Fair review, I think. Even if DT remains the starter I think the growth of our young secondary and receivers will give us some improvement to be a .500 club at least.

That was one of the best things about the 4th at Fouts Field was playing football on the field with my kids. That is a bummer we can't go on Apogee stadium field. I understand why though.

Spot on good sir.

No doubt that he'll be yet another person leaving the program with only polite things to say about the current state of affairs!

Not really sure how this hurts the team since it was a colossal failure last year New blood could be a good thing

Roger Franklin?

Thanks a lot Mark. You've gone above and beyond for a dude you never really even got to meet. I barely even really know you but easily consider a great friend.

With as many people on here who have reached out with donations and prayers over the past year or so, I guess an update is deserved. Brian is now in hospice care. When it came back, it came back really really hard. Please if you've ever prayed for him, pray now for peace. Please also pray that no one else ever has to go through what my best friend Brian and his fiance Nicole are at the end of right now. Thank you all so much for everything you've done for him.

Wow, talk about the pot calling the kettle.....never mind, I would hate that quote to be taken as racist.

NT Daily writer moonlighting with a blog from some TCU dudes needing traffic vs. UNT90. It's a tough matchup I wouldn't want to handicap, but I could see how the large number of skins of the wall of both the writer and 90 could be pretty awe-worthy to you.