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Some of you guys are hilarious. If Tulane and Rice students are scholastically good enough to get into the school, shouldn't they be pulling commensurate grades? It's a great achievement for UNT. Why on earth people would damn it with faint praise is a real head-scratcher.

This is a joke...just because a school has a better perception/image in the public's eye does not mean each and every one of their student athletes are in more "rigorous" classrooms or degree programs. Courses and programs vary in rigor within a university and certainly between universities. Some programs at UNT are more rigorous than some in top-tier academic institutions and grading is much dependent on the professor's style. Fact is, all student athletes are given the opportunity to succeed in the classroom in every D1 program...so you can't really make those assumptions based on a school's brand. I say this is a tremendous accomplishment by the UNT Football program! Keep it up!

Why does anybody think the scholarship limit will have any effect on Benford? He finds a better player, someone's ship is just not renewed. I think Williams, Voss and Jones being productive seniors are probably safe, but anybody else I wouldn't be surprised if they suddenly decide to turn pro.

Saw Mr. Brooks today. I would welcome the addition.

Should be required for high school coaches also. So many kids get hurt from doing exercises the wrong way. I know... spine surgery 7 is coming up.

Congrats! Now, to change the name of the organization so that it doesn't sound like a drunken request...

Just thought it might be a good idea to get a thread going for recruiting updates and info relayed from the twitterverse. This way you don't have to make a new thread everytime you see a tweet you want to post on here. If it's specific to a certain recruit, obviously the best place to post it would be their thread, but here's another option for that as well.

In case you've missed it, the 2013 squad was not just Champion of the HOD Bowl but it was recently announced that during the fall semester, they were CUSA Academic Champs! DENTON -- The North Texas football team had the highest grade point average of all Conference USA schools during the 2013 fall semester. The cumulative GPA for the Mean Green last fall was 2.70, which was higher than all 12 of the other football playing schools in the conference and well above the 2.53 league average. http://www.meangreensports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/042514aaa.html The success Mac has had turning around this, most critical, element of the program continues to impress me. If there were an opportunity for the students and coaching staff to let up in this area, it would've been last fall when on-field success could seemingly justify a lessened focus academically. I'm sure this has and will continue to play well on the recruiting trail.

They used a running clock, so the games were not that long for the number of guys to play. He looked and played like what we have seen on video. Only saw one outside shot (which he missed) but the guy can really drive to the bucket with explosion and tremendous jumping ability. Not as tall as I would like but he is powerfully built and strong. Not sure if you have seen King McClure (Dallas Triple A) but they look and play similarly. An NBA comparison (just in style) would be Dwayne Wade; where he is too strong for most defenders. Many college coaches present. A board favorite, Danny Kaspar, was on hand. No UNT sighting the time I was there. Absolutely big men still available. Not sure about grades and/or character as to why they are still available. The talent was definitely there.

Breaking news: Idaho football ineligible for postseason in 2014 after failing to meet APR standards. — Josh Wright (@SR_JoshWright) April 26, 2014

Hey man, don't go there with him because the guy will call you out on your "sensitivity." But you're correct, it is invalid to say "UNT" uses curves heavily as an institution. Maybe his program did but that is one program out of several. Also, all schools' programs for the most part have different grading schemes within the same institution, so when someone says "so and so institution is harder or better" ...I always laugh and ask "which program are you talking about?" And also important to mention that all football programs put their athletes in a comfortable positions with lots of resources to succeed in the classroom if they choose to. It's a very good accomplishment and says a lot about the UNT football program and its high quality. This should be emphasized greatly for recruiting purposes.

I graduate in 2 weeks and I can count on one hand the amount of classes I have had that a curve was involved in anything. So, don't know what program you were in or how long ago you attended North Texas, but that is incorrect. As far as football players getting good grades, CUSA averaged a 2.5 GPA. That's nothing to hang your hat on, but nothing to party about either. You also have to consider that most, not all, football players in comparison pretty easy degrees. And that includes your Rices and Tulanes.

Looks like someone else is the sensible person here...all I did is ask very pertinent questions. If that makes you feel insecure, then so be it. And haha...I am glad you're not "going to create fantasies about how things were" while you attended the school. That would be kind of strange. You just clearly don't understand what generalizing does to an institution, so I'd just try to prevent that if I were you. You can say the UNT tax program or perhaps business school focuses to some degree on curves but you don't know about the rest of the programs. My point is that it works the same way at every other school and hence it's very dangerous to generalize based on a school's brand name.

When did you attend UNT and what program? Why are you generalizing UNT based on one program? It is not true that all professor and programs at UNT heavily rely on curve distribution of grades. Even within the same program, it heavily depends on the professor. Some programs don't have standardized grading expectations. Only a few out of all my courses at UNT (being there for 5 years) relied on curve distributions.

That certainly depends on your course of study and on your particular professors. I occasionally had classes at UNT that were graded on a bell curve, but for me it was the rare exception rather than the rule.

Has it been determined when homecoming is? A few alums from down south keep asking me. Thanks!

Haha one of the best quotes from Beyond the Green..."What'd I tell you? Stop scheduling us for your damn homecoming!"

You said convincing Bocoum to walk on and giving the scholly would be a win-win for everyone. 03 said that walking on here while passing up a scholly at EMU wouldn't be much of a win for him. He basically politely said, you're crazy if you think we have a shot at getting Bocoum as a walkon. No one said anything about Bocoum being a better option than Brooks. You've also point blank asked 03 who he would prefer, and he told you he preferred Brooks. Read this Anyways, who knows if we even are close to getting Brooks anyways. Being pretty quiet on that front lately, so hard to tell if we still have a legit shot at him.

I don't know if he's one of the 3 (4 now), but NT03 answered you quite clearly. Posting within the realm of reality might get you a little less red.

A truly beautiful story. And despite death by panchos you all are still alive. A miracle amongst us. Cue the Life of Brian quotes...

Success, accomplishment, confidence and achievement in the classroom directly translates to performance on the football field. Making good grades makes everyone feel better about abilities in other areas.

Found this site, but needs updated photos of Apogee and SOW. Having trouble signing up or I would send photos. Oh, they have us ranked #30 in the country and predict that UNT goes 12-0. Take that Whorns! Hey, the site has to be creditable- it's on the internet! http://www.4down20.com/stadiums/apogee-stadium/

Nah, they can't be on UT's level until a player commits burglary to "get his TV back". http://www.orangepower.com/threads/cedric-benson-in-trouble-with-the-law.109/ Or until a player crashes his vehicle into an apartment building, runs away, and swears he wasn't drunk. http://m.espn.go.com/ncf/story?storyId=4294788&src=desktop Or until... Oh, and until Ft Worth PD is willing to look the other way because TCU will "handle it as a family".

I'd rather see the discussion turn towards higher quality/functionality/safer helmets like what Arkansas is getting into to measure force of impact and predict the potential for concussions as the game goes on. 'Cause you can still get that while getting the awesome designs too.

USC must've really pissed off the NCAA this time!

The marketing materials (flyers and posters) show FAU on Nov 8th as homecoming as well.

Thank you sir!

GMG.com awarded honorable mention as ghost writer? (Just kidding. I appreciate the work Vito does & don't subscribe to the opinion of others that his best content is pulled solely from the board. Instead, I think he does a good job utilizing the board to determine the interests of a key segment of his audience and then building content around those interests.)

What you are seeing is pure panic mode. It's sad that this has been allowed to get to this point, but it's what we do at UNT.

I don't think that's "essentially" what anyone had an issue with.

This is a must get. Can't let conference foes snag recruits off our doorstep. It simply just can't happen.

Back In Black.....AC/DC Rick

I'm just not surprised by anything that happens anymore. Penn state happened. A university system so corrupt that they systematically closed ranks to protect their football program because it was the catalyst of their billion dollar endowment. What did the NCAA do? Slapped them on the wrist(albeit hard), but that program should have been kicked out of membership if there was any honor left in this system. There is not. The last 2 major sports championships (BCS championship and NCAA bball) were played between teams that started a player currently under investigation for murder (UK), a Heisman winner still under investigation for rape (FSU), and a team that graduated less than 25% of its players for 4 years up until last year(UCONN). It is getting damned hard to continue to support this garbage if the universities are not going to hold themselves to a higher ethical standard than they currently are. This crap happening now is just more of the same. Protect the cash cow and endowment money printing machine (big time sports) at all costs.

Sure.

Good god man, It's not like I kicked your puppy in the nuts or anything. I did the tax program in the accounting department from 2008-2011. Sorry to step on your sensibilities. The degree has been very good to me. I'm in a great place of work thanks to the degree and contacts I made while at UNT and attending athletic events. That said, I'm not going to create fantasies about how things were while I attended.

Better than Rice?? Woah... Now granted, difference level in difficulty of coursework between the two...

And Tulane And Tulsa Just saying.......