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You order at the window. Wait is about 15 minutes. Go into East Side and grab that new NT beer (or beverage of choice) while you are waiting. They have a individual sized deep dish, one pizza type each day (Sunday it was a cheese and basil that was pretty awesome) or you can get their traditional rectangle slice with ingredient options. GMG

so now women CAN have control over their bodies? jeez, dude, pick a lane already.

I can’t tell if this is serious or parody. So what do the people who actually get paid by the AD to perform this job do?

I am feeling good about Morris staying healthy and jump starting the offense quickly. Also I think Morris has learnt from his mistakes. I don't see him being as complacent this season. I think he will come out of the gate and be very aggressive. My sources indicate he has basically taken over the defense and so we should see a good improvement there if we can stay healthy. Anyway, I know many fans reading on here seem negative and I wanted to give another more positive perspective. I think when we defeat South Bama you will see a lot more positivity amongst the fanbase. GMG

Women are the ones who will have to put a stop to this absurdity.

FYI I did let Mosley know about the issues on the interview. He forwarded the message here is the response.

Can you bring your September weather with you?

I wish you guys would spend less time critiquing each other's politics and more time figuring out how to get me excited about this football season. I feel like my balls are hanging low, and I don't want to go. For the last 24 years, I have been excited about tailgating. 🤒

And it was. One female boxer who was 40-9 for her career beating one who was slightly better than .500. and now apparently Algerian Tyson is gonna go fight again…for a BRONZE. elevated testosterone does not equate to being trans. I’m open to having a real conversation around where trans-athletes can be allowed to participate (although I gotta say the premise that a person would go through years of therapies and possible assignment surgery just to win a mid-tier Olympic sport medal seems pretty ridiculous) instead we’re now dealing with this culture war bullshit and the work, career and possibly safety of this athlete have now all been tarnished/risked so that someone like @ADLER can post an inflammatory thread like this and pretend to give a shit about women and/or women’s sports…while also being sure to sneak in some now edited Kamala racism. you edit that yourself or did a mod quietly ask you too?

I am closing this down in 47 minutes

this one got quiet real quick. it's like everyone backed down as fast as an Italian boxer.

I wonder if her 9 losses were to even bigger men. when she lost in the Quarterfinals of the 2020 games, did men then sweep the medal stand? gosh...and when you really think about it, I wonder how pervasive this really is...like, do y'all think Marvis Frazier, Robert Colay, Lou Savarese, Clifford Etienne were actually born biologically female?!?! wow...makes you think.

Let me count those re's. I think you included Sanger. The great thing is that the taste has remained consistent, right down to that tangy sauce they use in the deep dish. GMG

I have not been to the new trailer yet, but I hope to soon.

It just seems like every time we upgrade conferences, something happens right after that diminishes the upgrade. With Morris, the same thing happened where we were supposed to make a big upgrade at head coach and it fell way short

DENTON, Texas – UNT Athletics and Hochatown Distilling Company have announced the launch of Mean Green Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey. “We are thrilled to partner with Hochatown Distilling on the new Mean Green Reserve that showcases the UNT brand as they expand their growing footprint into Texas,” UNT Vice President and Director of Athletics Jared Mosley said. “We got to experience first-hand the craftsmanship that Blue and his team put into every bourbon they distill and I know Mean Green Nation will enjoy it too.” Mean Green Reserve will be available in August in retailers across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Hochatown Distilling Company is distributed in Texas by Green Light Distribution. “It’s a privilege to partner with the University of North Texas,” said Tommy “Blue” McDaniel, founder and managing partner of Hochatown Distilling Company. “We look forward to contributing to the positive impact UNT has made in the region and are excited to bring top-tier products and experiences to their alumni, fans and customers.” Hochatown Distilling Company in Broken Bow, Okla. was formed in 2015 in the heart of southeastern Oklahoma with the goal of producing the finest quality spirits. The community of Hochatown has a long history of producing quality moonshines, aided by the pristine water of the Mt. Fork River and the security of the remote bottoms and hollers of the Kiamichi Mountains. More information on sales locations and tasting events will be announced soon. Sampling will be available at this Saturday’sMean Green Kickoff event set to begin at 5 pm in the HUB Club at DATCU Stadium. The collaboration between UNT and the Hochatown Distilling Company was created through athletic multimedia rights holder Mean Green Sports Properties, the locally based team of Learfield – the leading media and technology powering college athletics, and the Mean Green Reserve is licensed through licensing agency Affinity. --GMG--

DENTON, Texas – Five former student-athletes and a former coach from three different sports will make up the 2024 North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame class, it was announced today. Four different decades are represented, with honorees dating back as far as the late 1980s. Voters for the Hall of Fame are made up of current Hall of Fame members, current dues-paying letterwinners and the Hall of Fame committee. Over 250 votes were submitted for the 2024 class. The 2024 class is comprised of three football alumni: Phillip Armour (1995-98), Dylan Lineberry (2004-06) and Roderick Manning (1986-89), a pair of representatives from the track and field program in former coach Rick Watkins (1992-2011) and Shahaf Bareni (2011-15), and former women's basketball standout Terriell Bradley (2016-19). Armour's journey at UNT began on the defensive line before an injury as a freshman cut his season short. Then, he made the move to offensive line and went on to start 38 games in his career, including every game of his final three seasons. He was voted first-team All-Conference in his final three seasons and became the first UNT player to achieve that feat since Mean Joe Greene. He was selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game and the Hula Bowl in 1989 and spent two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. Bareni was an international athlete from Israel and still holds the six top finishes in program history in the high jump. She was an eight-time champion, including conference championships in 2012 (Sun Belt Outdoor) and 2015 (Conference USA Indoor). She was also a member of the 2013 Sun Belt Outdoor Championship team. In 2013, she placed seventh in the high jump at the NCAA Championships. She was a six-time All-Conference honoree, C-USA All-Academic and a three-time member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. She represented UNT and the State of Israel in the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia, and narrowly missed a spot on the Israeli Olympic team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She is currently pursuing her doctorate at UNT and is an instructor in the Recreation, Event and Sport Management undergrad program. She is Vice President of the Mean Green for Life Letterwinners Association's Board of Directors. Bradley was a key member of the women's basketball teams of the late 2010s. She was a two-time first-team All-Conference USA selection and left UNT as the program's all-time leader in career free throws and as the program's third leading scorer. She ranks in the top-10 in school history in free throw percentage (4th), 3-point percentage (4th), 3-point field goals (5th), career scoring average (T5th), career field goals (8th) and career starts (10th). She is one of just 15 players in program history to score 1,000 career points. She led UNT in scoring for three straight seasons, was the team's leading rebounder in 2017-18 and led the team in steals in 2018-19. Lineberry was a stalwart on the offensive line in the mid-2000s, starting every game during his time in Denton and paving the way for Hall of Fame running backs Patrick Cobbs and Jamario Thomas. Lineberry was voted All-Sun Belt Conference from 2004-2006, as well as the 2004 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year. He is one of only five offensive linemen in program history to be named to the All-Conference team three times. With Cobbs sidelined due to injury in 2004, Dylan and his unit blocked for a true freshman in Thomas who rushed for 1,801 yards, over 180 yards per game, and 17 scores on the ground. This included a tie for fastest player to 1,000 rushing yards (7) and an NCAA freshman record for 200-yard games (5). Thomas took home Sun Belt Player of the Year and All-American honors, in addition to being named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year. Cobbs rushed for over 1,100 yards in 2005 and was named to the Sun Belt All-Conference team. While rushing accolades are only given to the ballcarrier, Lineberry is a huge part of both Thomas' and Cobbs' success, as both players sit comfortably in the top-10 of virtually every major rushing statistic in school history. Lineberry was named to the Outland and Lombardi Trophy watch lists as a senior in 2006. Manning was an anchor on the UNT defensive lines in the late 1980s and is tied for second on the all-time list with fellow Hall of Famer Adrian Awasom for career sacks with 20, trailing only Willis Hudson, who had 24. In 1989, he set the school record for sacks in a single season with 13, which is still good enough for second all-time. He earned All-Southland Conference honors in 1988 and 1989. Manning was a 3-year starter for Hall of Fame coach Corky Nelson and is one of only five Mean Green players to ever be named to the Kodak All-American team. After his time in Denton, Manning was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago Bears. Watkins, the lone coach on the list, is a five-time Sun Belt Coach of the Year recipient and was the 2002 South Central Region Coach of the Year, cementing his place as one of the greatest track and field coaches in school history. He spent 20 years as a coach at UNT, with the first five as an assistant under fellow Hall of Famer Ken Garland. As a head coach, Watkins coached three Sun Belt Freshmen of the Year, nine Sun Belt Outstanding Track and Field Performers, five Sun Belt individual high-point scorers, two NCAA All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans, and numerous Academic All-Conference honorees. He also helped over 20 student-athletes reach the NCAA Track and Field Championships throughout his time in Denton. Seven members of his teams qualified and competed in Junior USA Championships, and another five reached the Pan American Junior Championship/ IAAF World Junior Championships. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Gateway Center on campus, which is directly across the pedestrian bridge from DATCU Stadium, prior to the Mean Green football game vs. Army. 2024 UNT Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Phillip Armour, Football, 1995-1998 Shahaf Bareni, Track & Field, 2011-2015 Terriell Bradley, Women's Basketball, 2016-2019 Dylan Lineberry, Football, 2004-2006 Roderick Manning, Football, 1986-1989 Rick Watkins, Track and Field Coach, 1992-2011

I was wondering if the AD might consider getting current season ticket holders to aid them in the effort to increase total season ticket holders. The AD could print off a list of recent season ticket holders who have not renewed in the past few years. Give this list with phone numbers to the current season ticket holders in good standing and have them call on these who have not renewed and encourage them to “re-up”. Maybe do it old school phone bank style and buy some pizzas and invite the callers to come back to campus and make it fun. Thoughts?

Shout out to Broken Bow and Hochatown. That's a beautiful area. Really enjoy visiting that part of OK.

Some really cool partnerships and events being put together by the AD this summer. Kudos!

Ooo…let’s get in a few more jabs (topical). in the course of a week now we’ve had outrage over someone’s perceived gender, a presidential candidate’s race, and whether women who choose to not have children should even be allowed to vote. somewhere @ADLER is at his computer screen furiously trying to tie these three stories together into one slanderous narrative

the thread equivalent of an Italian boxer

If you ever get tired of being a Wyoming fan, you are welcome here. Based on the above comment, you have already passed our first qualification for Mean Green fanhood.

I see the entire Olive Garden fan club has voted.

It shows that the Portal is not always to a better destination.

Well she was born a woman, lives as a woman, and fights as a woman, so I'm not sure why you weirdos can't just enjoy the olympics instead of being obsessed with her genitals. Normal people would think "Algeria wouldn't let a man or a trans woman box in the olympics, she'd be imprisoned for trying", but when your thinking is only as deep as the kiddie pool, this is the result I guess. Stay mad creeps.

"Here's two right-wing mouthpieces to affirm my bigotry."

Don’t you mean just re-re-re-opened?

it was meant as a general "you"

We need to be able to understand the questions that are being asked though.

You must have me confused with someone else.

I like it. Something about the immediacy of the moment, as in, we-are/were-busy! - that makes it endearing and puts me a little bit more into their world. I don't need every single release for all my news updates to be beamed to me from a neatly controlled room.

Have you been drinking already? Without the rest of us?

We are talking with the a huge supporter here from Wyoming, the #1 fan, the poster, Cowboy Up. What, ummm, do you like your team?

Would have worked in 1994

We promoted our DC to head coach. Our linebackers coach, Aaron Bohl (Coach Bohl son) was promoted to DC. We hired Jay Johnson who was previously at Michigan State. We have a lot of questions going forward. Wyoming usually travels pretty well but no idea on how well travel deep into the heart of Texas for this game. I truly think this will be a good game. We have too many unknowns and haven’t performed well on the road the last couple of years.

Was hoping we would be going up against Coach Bohl. He was a coaching legend. As I recall....you guys promoted from within.....right? Anyway......with so much turnover (55 new players).......it's hard to guess how good/bad we might be. Hope that there's a good contingent of Wyoming fans at DATCU.

Definitely. Easily the least interested I’ve been in the team since I started following them in 1997. It’s impossible to keep up with the roster changes. No continuity. Used to it was fun speculating how your returning players could be added to from the high school ranks and developed. Now it’s all just a mercenary portal grab crapshoot.

Hard to get recognized individually when the defense you play for gets mulched week after week.

That is why I championed Patrick Cobbs for the job. He loves North Texas, wants to be here, and I am sure has turned down other offers. Make him the HC and let him hire excellent coordinators from his connections in the game. We need stability at the top.

Have you ever stopped for a moment to consider that your every response doesn't have to be riddled with condescending condemnation? Waldo turned this university into a swinging gate of low level students, hence the drop in entry requirements paired with spike in enrollment. Then, he bolts. Questioning that is very far from wrong.

Maybe I've missed something over the last 34 years of being around UNT Football, but this has never once been shown to be true, to occur, or to work when tried. Denton residents either don't care about our teams or they actively loathe their existence. This isn't Lubbock or College Station where there is no other game in town and the cities' residents actually like football. This is the biggest artistic/musician town in the state that thrives on being anti-establishment.

You do know the term isn't literal right? What I said in quotes, "commuter school stigma." noun: stigma; plural noun: stigmas; plural noun: stigmata 1. a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person. "the stigma of having gone to prison will always be with me" We can't get away from acting like a commuter school, not that there are literally no dorms on the campus. 45,000 students and 324,000 alumni in DFW, but we can't fill a 30k stadium?

But interestingly enough everyone I talk to who has transferred from another university to finish at UNT or completes an advanced degree totally loves UNT. They love the school, their program, Denton…but they don’t start there so they lack the indoctrination. We also need to create a better Gameday culture for football and basketball and these teams need to be marketed to the region, not UNT students. There simply aren’t enough interested. But a dad with a little sports girl in Corinth might totally be wooed to a soccer, softball or basketball game up the road. GMG

Another way is maybe stop recruiting so many Liberal Arts majors. Not to offend anyone, but you do not find too many sports fans amongst Art, Music, Dance etc. majors. Also, maybe we should get away from all these commercials that scream nerd and we want people with no drive. Maybe add in a little more sports clips with the students having fun at all sporting events. All this is just my opinion.