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Seeing as we now reside in Houston we do not get to attend many Mean Green games. My son's 11th birthday is this week and he chose 4 to take friends to the Rice/NT game as his party. I reached out to the Athletic Department, specifically Wren Baker. He responded immediately. They really went above and beyond. A personal note from both him and coach as well as an autographed football! He opened it this morning and it trumped all other gifts he received.

I stopped in at the new Buc-ees at 114 and 35W this afternoon, thinking they would likely have some cool UNT apparel or gear since they are so close to Denton. Nope! Nary an item. Big display shelves of UT Austin, Texas A&M and TCU merchandise, but nothing UNT-related. This is unacceptable and it is within Denton County. We should complain loudly and often until we are heard.

Sadly, taps and caps Denton is the same. They have growlers for all schools in Texas (popular schools) but no north texas. I asked and they said they are working on it. Not going back until they support our school, in our city, if they want our business Their sept. 16th, 430 pm fb post shows growlers of major schools in texas...no north texas

Well done Athletic Director! Well done! The Wren™ reacts well to what seem to be the little things.

Glad we still get to play the games & they're not decided by a computer.

Cheap gas, and probably more importantly, clean bathrooms. My wife and daughter insist on clean bathrooms...

Rice bathrooms have a piss wall

Buc-ee's has a Twitter account at @bucees. That's a good place to give them some grief for not carrying UNT gear. A lot of companies and organizations make addressing social media pressure a priority. (Including President Smatresk. He gets a regular report emailed to him about what people are saying about UNT on social media.)

Missed the part where I mocked the promotion or cause or praised UNT athletics, but point taken and thanks for your service to Dallas.

Pretty classy of SMU to finally return all the love @emmitt01 has shown them over the years.

for some fun, go to the front counter and tell the clerk there that you found the OSU and the TT merchandise. Where do they keep the North Texas merchandise. I love it when they get on the PA system looking for somebody that knows. GO MEAN GREEN

Rick

Back to the subject at hand. UNT did a great job with streaming the BC game. I have already paid my 6.95 for the Rice game. I would like to think a school with a 6 billion dollar Endowment can figure out how to stream the game.

That's pretty sweet. Kudos to Littrell and TheWren™

What's the basis for the bold? Air Force and Navy have over 20 bowl appearances each. Navy has missed only 1 bowl game since 2003. Air Force only 1 miss since 2007. The service academies might not win a national title in this FBS environment, but they have had no trouble making bowl games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_bowl_records

Not getting Thor's business would bankrupt many a bar. GMG

And I let them know that I wouldn't support them until they supported our city university

Wish I could give this comment 20 up votes.

If you travel from Houston to the DFW area it is one of the few places where my wife and daughters will go to the bathroom. Buc's is awesome. However having no UNT gear should be rectified. Not liking Buc's is un-Texan!

This looks like somebody is filming with their 1990's camcorder. If would have known the quality would be this bad and before I paid 7 dollars, I would have just stuck with the radio.

Ole Miss was bound to win against Georgia eventually....kinda like NT is eventually gonna win one on the road. Today?

That is a solid idea. Now if I could just get my kids to teach me how to do social media.... I am old shcool. No twitter, no facebook, no snap chat or instagram. This board is my only foray into any type of social media. I don't judge those who do but it isn't my cup of tea.

...18 Wheeler of Mass Destruction.

I have always thought that the good should always be able to do the big things. What makes them great is their attention to the detail on the little things. Happy birthday Jack and go Mean Green

ESPN and bounties, at least it's not escalating

Like that little bitch has $10K.

I love this look. I love the all black. IT is one of our colors and I think it looks amazing on the field. These were well done unis.

You would miss it. Typical Quoner, everything's a joke.

Do we laugh at SMU for having to give tickets away to what should be a premier game or do we envy SMU for having the gumption to give tickets away to fill the stadium for what should be a premier game? I need to know which direction to direct my ire.

I still feel like I have no idea what our team can/not do.

I streamed the Bethune Cookman game through the CUSA site and the $6.95 is worth it. I was trying out my new internet connection out here in the boonies and the stream worked like a charm.

I'm not saying...

DRC: UNT linebacker dealing with torrent of negative publicity, messages on Twitter following hit on Florida quarterback http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/colleges/north-texas-headlines/20160921-football-unts-wheeler-feels-online-heat-after-florida-game.ece

MGB: UNT has lost 14 straight on the road http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2016/09/prediction-unt-will-end-its-road-losing-streak-at-rice.html/

Tortilla-wrapped sausage on a stick

But they are FBS. The last time I checked we have lost to Navy, Army and Air Force. If they should drop down, so should we.

On July 15th, I went down to Southside Ballroom for a Slightly Stoopid concert. I was there very early because I'm always first in line for this band. I didn't realize that it was right across the street from the main Dallas Police station. They had the patrol cars of the fallen officers out there and officers in full dress paying their respects. It was a sobering experience.

Which one is Thor?

Cheapest gas around by quite a bit, and Buc-ee Nuggets. That intersection is a disaster, though.

I avoid Buc-ees like the plague. Don't see the appeal of going to a Walmart sized gas station with a traffic jam of a parking lot.

Yeah, this is probably one of those situations. Not sure the first responder honoree demo is the same as the random middle school parent, but the AD could probably find a consultant to help make sure.

Uncommitted Per ESPN: Brandon George: NR, Jones, OK Seth Washington: 3 star, Episcopal School of Dallas Uncommitted per 247Sports: Robbie Blosser: 3 star, Bishop Mora Salesian Los Angeles, CA

It's unfortunate that Wheeler was thrown under the bus by Florida, however ... if this causes opposing quarterbacks to give an extra glance to their left side when they drop back to pass ... I won't complain.

If we can't beat Rice on the road, then we might as well wait till next season for that streak to snap...

I agree with the prediction of a win, but I don't think it will be that close. I think our offense got a butt chewing from Littrell and will come out firing this week and our defense will continue to improve. We win by 10+.

What is Wheeler's Twitter handle? We need to send him some support. Good young man.

Thanks, Stix!

Actually, a lot of us have birthdays this week - @Cerebus, @Danish43, @pastorgrant, you, me... So, Happy Birthday, everyone!

Rice 30 UNT 17 @aztecskin's BAC- 0.15 by 11 am.