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Forcing MGSF donors to pay $120 more for blue parking by pressuring them with the “you should be doing this to support our student-athletes” is bad business and how you drive people away. I don’t make enough to freely donate thousands of dollars that I can write off. To me it’s more of an entertainment expense. So if I notice the AD is trying to drastically overcharge me for parking, I’m going to take the cheaper option (buying week to week).

Love that 3 CUSA championships are being contested in Denton and one only 30 min away. Testament to our facilities and to Wren and the team.

We’re ready. We just need points scored. Rick FullSizeRender.mov

I have never been in the IPF-does it have AC?

Agreed. Grew up in Midland and the difference is staggering. I'd take 100 with zero humidity in West Texas over 85 and 60% humidity any day of the week

Depends on where in Boston, but about 60 miles +/-. Traffic on the Mass Pike will determine how long it takes. I live in Connecticut, about 80 miles from UMass. Looking forward to attending.

@BigWillie Happy 40th bday, even though he didn’t survive it! The golf club to the piñata wasn’t very successful and the HOA called the cops…

At this point that boat has long sailed. His performance is on Wren

Enough time has passed that I can enjoy Dickey's achievements at UNT despite the stunt he pulled on the way out the door. I had some great times during that 26-game conference winning streak. Seven of his players went on to be in the NFL and one who didn't -- Booger Kennedy -- is one of our all-time greats. There's also Andrew Smith, who quarterbacked the team to a bowl win over Cincinnati. I wonder what he could've gone on to do both in his final two seasons and the rest of his life.

Remember, Wren did not hire Seth...enough said.

How does one show support for the program as a whole, but want to show disapproval of a head football coach at the same time? Throwing money at the MGSF won't get anyone's attention. Stopping a donation or season ticket might. It's the only vote a fan really has that is meaningful.

It was time for a change after last season, especially after a home bowl loss to Miami-O-my. Pitiful. Dragging it out just hurts our start in the AAC.

Rick, as an ex-artillery man, I salute you. Thank you for keeping UNTs Boomer alive for so many years. Here’s to Rick and Boomer!

Not sure how this affects baseball, Seth's buyout or whatever, but here are some new regents.... https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-appoints-three-to-university-of-north-texas-system-board-of-regents-

The salaries paid to the coaches and athletic dept staff would suggest the money is no where near drying up... I'm so glad we are finally paying closer to big boy salaries. We have great facilities. Never had support like we do now (despite how bad our football program is compared to so many others with less) For someone not to expect a bare minimum of service (answer the phone for crying out loud) is foolish in my opinion. And I don't say this as a personal complaint...I've actually never had big problems with the ticket office (the original point of this thread) but I do get a little defensive when the finger gets pointed back at me as long time fan/donor that I should have zero expectations and just write checks and shut up. That's not the way it works....the current administration has WAAAAAAY more to work with than the last one. (please don't read this as defending RV, I'm not). the "big boy" term works both ways. you want big boy donors, don't do little boy things when it comes time to execute. And man....it looks like I'm dogging the AD, I'm not. Wren is doing a great job, but I can't accept donors being blamed for a lack of donations. People donate for several reasons....one of which yes, is blind, unconditional love for their University. Good for you. I burned out on that one a long time ago...

I get what you're saying....but my point was along the lines of: "who is responsible for ensuring an environment that is conducive to MORE giving" I'm gonna say it's the highest paid AD in the conference, the guy that just got the big fat raise and extension and makes a whole lot of money. That's LITERALLY his job. It's not mine. I'm not here to give him money with no strings attached. The strings are do what you're being paid to do. It's not my responsibility as an alumnus....it's the AD's responsibility. Guess what, I was giving $ before he got here and I'll be giving money after he leaves. Why are you holding ME responsible for fund raising. The guy making over $600K a year, headed toward $800K is where you should be looking. I'm not opposed to paying him a bunch of money. Hell, I hope we can double that in the coming years. But do your damn job and own it. Don't tweet pictures of an empty stadium and lecture fans that we'll never be a big time program if YOU don't show up. Maybe make it where it's not such a chore to buy tickets...there's a start.

Set the Bar Low (6 wins) then deliver more than promised... Yea...that might work for last year's team but this year's team has too many unknown pieces that are all over the board. Seth has got to feel some pressure when many of our team sports are doing so well. Six ain't gonna cut it IMO.

To me, the videos (with sound) of the initial test firing of Boomer in Apogee is fantastic.

Hate to break it to ya but there’s a lot of people not renewing their season tickets this year and it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the ticket office. Rick

He inherited some staffers who should have been gone when Dickey was here, much less several coaches later.

Littrell's record away from Apogee the past three (3) seasons is 5-12. Just sayin' don't expect a miracle in the desert.

I have reached my limit. After 19 consecutive years of football season tickets, I have chosen not to renew this year. Not due to the team but due to the ticket office - I just can't deal with this any more. After problems with my seats last year and then the bowl game, this year has been even worse. My wife and I normally get seats next to some friends who have been season ticket holders for five years. This year, he has not received any communication via email or mail regarding the season ticket renewals. He contacted the ticket office and was told to login and check his email address. He never did get access to his account and all they would ever tell him is to confirm his email online. He finally did get the last minute text about renewing tickets. He asked about his account issues and no one was aware of any issues he was having. Back in January after the bowl game, I called and requested to talk with someone regarding the issue that I had with my bowl tickets. I was promised a call. Never did receive a call. I did receive a call about season tickets and I asked about the bowl game ticket issue again. There was no note on my account about requesting a call. I asked to speak to someone and was told by the ticket sales staff the sales method was explained but I probably just didn't understand the ticket policy. They could not find anyone to forward me to at the time. I asked to speak to someone else regarding the issue. Never received a call. Today in the mail, I received the MGSF flyer declaring the goal of getting 5,000 donors for UNT Athletics. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it will never happen the way this staff performs. I am still going to attend games but I will be buying single game tickets. I will buy any road game tickets via the team we are playing. I'm just not going to support this level of service any longer.

Billy Crews is greatness. I use to live right next to it in that neighborhood behind the roundabout before moving back to the metroplex. I use to hit L&Js for Gordita day all the time. So good. I may need to go to the game just for the food alone. Although last time I bought the ticket, flew out, got a hotel then NT lays an egg and gets destroyed. Terrible trip.

So are football and basketball and both at NT are heavily subsidized with student and University fees. Sports are designated revenue sports because some schools actually generate a profit. Football at UT or basketball at Gonzaga are examples, so some baseball programs make money. Highly unlikely that NT would.

I’m from EP too. Double Tree downtown is nice. Close to the stadium. Quick Uber. Camino Real or whatever it’s called now is cool. The dome bar is great. There are bars on Cincinnati street I use to hit before games. Make sure you get some good Mexican food. My favorites are Riviera on Doniphan on the Westside. La Posto in Old Mesilla is great too. Steak joint hit Cattlemen’s in Fabens.

But do they like football?

This thread has veered off a bit from the op. It's odd that some seem to have consistently bad experiences while others have consistently good experiences with the ticket office. This has the smell of an IT problem that simply has not been resolved....accounts locked or accounts with missing or bad data. Most of this is all automated. There's the customer service aspect (returning calls, following-up with issues, etc.) that apparently needs attention, but fix some of the underlying technology problems (whatever they are) and the bad experience customers are being subjected to would not need to be repaired in the first place.

Rick that is freaking AWESOME! Thank you!

Love this. Great work Rick.

El Paso is a dry heat. East Texas is a humid heat. Dry heat feels - for lack of a better term - "external" to me. You feel it on your skin and it seems hot, but it doesn't weigh you down like humid heat. Humid heat can feel like you're wrapped in layers of fleece blankets, and your entire body feels heavy and weighed down. Pretty hard to convey if you've only felt one your entire life. at this point, I've spent over 20 years in each.

Has anyone found out how much SoMiss, Marshall and ODU settled to leave and what happens to that money? Does any of it get distributed to the remaining members? Looks like Cincinnati, Houston and UCF have two payment schedules. $10M over four years and another $8M over 12 years. What does the conference do with that? Inquiring minds want to know.

I'll agree with the occasional sand in your teeth, but what makes it any hotter there than in Denton? Most sources I looked up showed El Paso with highs maybe a degree hotter than Denton, and lows maybe a couple of degrees lower. And definitely drier feeling there. The lack of large shade trees in that part of Texas might make it seem hotter, but that's nothing that would matter inside a football stadium, especially at night. Hot? Yes, but so is northern Texas.

I just came back from El Paso after a business trip this past Thursday and it was my first time too. I stayed at a place called "The Hotel" at Sunnyville or something like that. I believe I saw the bill at $70 and it was nice. They offer no breakfast. It is next door to a casino but there is just a snack bar there. It is really hot and man you get some strong sand storms there.

There it is! Love the feedback from the stadium as well.

Rick

That's a great interview with Wren discussing, among other things, the future of the NCAA. I HIGHLY recommend watching it.

Thank you @FirefightnRick for all you do!

He's on his 7th Doctorate

I emailed them about their blunder. They blamed it on a lame software vendor (sure) and it has now been corrected.

yep

The offseason that just keeps on giving for this program

It’s ridiculously sad. One of my friends roommate mentioned to me the other day how finding UNT gear and even good UNT gear is really hard to find. When will our athletic department step up? Probably never…

As bad as they are, at least the color is correct. Lucky, I guess.

This will likely blow some liberals minds but Fox News has given Lawrence Jones his own weekend show (Cross Country) and he appears often in several of the other shows. Lawrence is a graduate of Garland High School and UNT Class of 2009.