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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.

I was going to reply in order to illustrate the difference between constructive criticism and bitching even when good things happen, but I don't care enough to.

Are we certain SMU didn't have anything to do with this?

I would love to see that. No disrespect to the guys on the roster, but I see Goree being our first outside receiver off the bench from day 1, and being on the field when we go 4-wide. Can't wait to watch him play.

We aren't a rivalry game for any P5 school. You also didn't buy tickets to those games as a season ticket holder of the opponent. This is by far the steepest ticket price I have seen in my brief 6 years as a season ticket holder, although I didn't check games I wasn't planning on attending. And we have played better (LSU and Alabama).

He's also a standout baseball player. I think we got a steal.

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.

This is a great accomplishment. Hats off to coach Mac & staff.

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.

This story is really sad to me. Not because of my past affiliation with TCU, but because of Brandon, himself. I'm a Euless Trinity grad and followed his career pretty closely at Trinity. I was bummed when he made an oral commitment to Oklahoma and was then thrilled that he was staying in Texas and going to TCU on signing day. I wish him the best off the field and hope he gets his life together. He was a special athlete in high school and made some big-time plays for the Trojans, which I got to see regularly. I shot this one, myself. Had it not been for the photographer in my way, it would have been an amazing shot.

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Saw Tee Goree at the region 3 track meet. Ran a 48.08 in the 400m. Wasn't really close. Going to state. Should be the favorite to win the 3A state 400m Championship. He should go 47 if he has some comp. We had several recruits compete at state last year. Does anyone know if we have any more in this class?

The 2-day tournament I am referencing was for guys who don't have any offers, small school offers and/or have not committed. (over 200) There was no reason for someone with multiple offers to play in this tournament. I got to believe there must be other issues because there were several D-1 mid-major talent there. (hence, several available big men) 1 guy I thought was a high-major talent

That is amazing news! Wishing this young man much success now that the truly important stuff in his life is in order.

Austin chapter putting together a pre game gathering. I believe at a bar owned by NT alum. More details available soon.

The other responses beyond Moran's were pretty reasonable.

Matte finish. The metallic gloss is pretty awesome though. Happy off season!

Hi... Sturm here...

Game plus a $41 case of imported beer?

My money is on Willie Ivery too. He's going to be fun to watch and develop.

He's #2 for me behind Willie Ivery, only because I think Ivery could give us that "Brelanesque" wrinkle out of the backfield. If Chumley shows up and plays TE then he'd be #1. It's certainly fun to have so many options to rank as "favorite" though.

Late to this party, but I really like moving Cyril Lemon out to RT now to give him plenty of time to fully adapt to the adjustment. Obviously, he already showed his versatility across the line by starting 2 games in 2013 at RT, but having the full off-season to prep for the full-time load on the edge can only help his production and development. The greatest benefit will be to his draft status next year. He'll likely be considered a Guard by the NFL but having a full year playing Tackle will be huge in differentiating him from some of his peers.

I was there. He was totes cool.

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Billy, Calling it now Tee Goree makes a game changing play in Austin, and in November after I stuff my face and drive to San Antonio to watch my boys kick some *#+* backside!!

Yeah, I was surprised that he's able to do both. Crown jewel of our 2014 class IMO, and most people's.

That's kinda funny.

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.

Agree completely. For a look at some of the new helmet technology out there (and comparative costs)... The InSite software measures HITsp, a head-impact metric encompassing how violently a player's head moves after contact, impact duration, and location. The technology is based on the HIT System and Sideline Response System. When a player is hit, a five-point sensor (called a player unit) located in the helmet liner measures the impact. If the impact (or series of impacts) falls outside of an acceptable range, the sensor issues a wireless alert, which is received on a monitor by a coach or staff member on the sideline. This data can also be accessed later via computer. Like InSite, the HIT System is a network of sensors inside helmets, which alerts sideline staff to the number of hits -- and potentially serious hits -- a player takes. A study conducted by Duma and others, published by the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine in January 2005, showed the merits of detecting acceleration traces, in addition to just a number of hits and severity of impact. Virginia Tech has used the HIT System for 11 years, and Brown, Dartmouth, North Carolina, and Oklahoma also use it. But it isn't more widespread due to costs, which are around $50,000 to $60,000, according to a January report by al.com's Jon Solomon. InSite could be significantly less expensive; it costs $150 per player plus a $200 alert monitor, which would come out to just under $13,000 for an 85-player roster. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/helmet-football-concussion-2014-3#ixzz304XcEu1n At some point, the degree to which a program is behind/current/advanced in this area will be a key component while out on the recruiting trail.

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

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!

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.

That is really great. As far as Tice, Tulsa, and Tulane, every school from DIII up will have athletic friendly faculty and programs. Check and see how many of these schools (throw in the Stanford's of the world) have special admits in their athletic program. By the way, wasn't DT and another starter in graduate school. Not shabby at all.

UPDATE: Chris just got off his weekly call with Coach Canales and caught Chris off-guard with a quarterback knowledge pop quiz. Bottom line was he told Chris he was very impressed with Chris' football IQ and that level of knowledge and his confidence in his answers are exactly what he's looking for in a quarterback. Coach told Chris to be ready because next week he's going to hit him with 10 in-depth questions. Go Mean Green!

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

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.

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enjoy...but not for me...i love my school...but i'm not paying 100 bucks a ticket to see it in austin...100 in apogee? certainly...100 for a bowl game...got it!...i'll watch this game on tv and enjoy...i hope everyone enjoys the trip down there...

Since when?

There's 12 Divison 1 football programs in the state and other D1 programs in close proximity to the State of Texas that pose a threat. Counting Louisiana and Oklahoma schools. It's about 20 close schools UNT is in competition with. Comparing UNT to other CUSA schools may not be a fair comparison. With that being said, Rice and UTSA still have some commits... Seems like we are being real selective this year. It started somewhat last year. There's a few guys we could have had at the end that we passed on. Especially D Line and LB. JUCO and High School. We did not panic, so that leads me to believe we like the depth and ones that we need to develop. Now they are looking for upgrades and impact recruits. In this state, we have to play the waiting game. Even the early commits can get a recuit stolen if a Big 12 schools comes. In Texas, we have about 5 Tiers of schools that recruits want to see. This is how I would most likely rate them for recruits in Texas. Of Course thing vary like distance, position, Conference, etc so save the few examples of x recruit, choosing x school. This is just a summary. Tier One: Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, LSU Tier Two: Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, TCU Tier Three: Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane Tier Four: Rice, UTSA, La Tech, UNT, Tier Five: ULL, ULM, UTEP, Texas State Without recent success and conference affiliation, UTSA and UNT are probably in Tier 5.

Tickets purchased and a hotel has been booked. I am looking forward to a great weekend in Austin and a MEAN GREEN VICTORY!

Sounds like you need to move.

Can't talk Mexican food in Fort Worth without talking La Familia. The nostalgic will say it was better when it was in the old McDonalds building before W. 7th St. Became the prepsters' trendy spot to see and be seen, but it's the same food served by the same family, just in a swankier atmosphere. Best charro beans in the metroplex. It's now on Foch St. Just off W. 7th St. Great Mexican food.

Hate them? Why, because they are likely getting paid to host a new head coach of a sort-of-well-known university as part of a 12-city tour over 30 days to meet with said U's alumni? Hell, I'd love to see our coach, President, or AD just make it down to Houston for anything outside an already-scheduled game.

Jimmy Carter is still trying to be revelant and get publicity? Sad. Especially when he was by far the worst president of our generation. He could learn a thing or two from 41.

So you are saying you politically hate white people? Racist

Fire Jackson!