Eagle-96

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http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/feature_picks.html The official Odds are in parenthesis next to the favored team. The Congrove Computer Rankings' spread is shown outside the parenthesis. LSU (-32) 24 over North Texas - The one-two RB punch of Jamario Thomas and Patrick Cobbs should allow UNT to kill some clock and score a few points, making it tough for the Tigers pull off a rout of this magnitude. LSU was dealt a severe blow when RB Alley Broussard was lost for the season with a knee injury in the first scrimmage of fall practice. Broussard ran for 867 yards and 10 TDs in 2004, including a team single-game record 250 yards against Mississippi. SMU 11 over Baylor (-5) - The computer is 39-7 SU on Baylor games and 36-10 on SMU games over the past four seasons. It was 7-3 ATS on Baylor games last year. The computer forecasts Baylor to go 2-9 and SMU to be much-improved at 8-3.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/3893174 LSU QBs long on potential, not experience BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU coach Les Miles appears to have a desirable dilemma at quarterback. The first-year coach has two former high school All-Americans with experience and a freshman touted as the best prep QB in the nation. But whether JaMarcus Russell, Matt Flynn or Ryan Perrilloux can bring stability and consistency to the Tigers' offense is the big question for team with legitimate national title aspirations. "I think all three of them are very talented guys. I think JaMarcus has a very talented arm and he's getting more comfortable with the system," Miles said. "Matt Flynn, again, can throw the football well and maybe is a little bit better at scrambling in the pocket. "The young quarterback (Perrilloux) we have has all the talent. He can throw the football and is getting comfortable with the system." So who's going to start? Probably Russell, but Miles isn't ready to completely commit. "All three are coming along," Miles said. "They'll continue to compete for that position." Star quarterbacks have been a rarity at LSU. Before the recent run on topflight passers, LSU hadn't landed a top high school signal caller since 1994 when Josh Booty signed, only to leave for professional baseball. They have had solid but rarely spectacular players at the position - Matt Mauck being the best example from LSU's national championship team of two years ago. Potentially, LSU could have a star at quarterback this season. Russell was among the nation's top recruits in 2003, and Flynn was right there with him. Perrilloux, a Louisiana native, was a highly sought star who spurned Texas to sign with LSU. Russell shared playing and starting with Marcus Randall last season - he started four games - showing flashes of talent, but not nearly enough consistency. Russell threw for 1,053 and nine touchdowns, but completed just 50 percent of his throws as the Tigers went 9-3 last season. "I think I'm 100 percent better this fall," said Russell, who entered the fall practices as No. 1. "I'm more comfortable. I feel like I see things better and I'm a better leader." Perrilloux alienated Russell and Flynn when he signed before national media at East St. John High and proclaimed that he would throw for "maybe 2,000" yards, rush for "maybe 1,000" and "I could definitely be a Heisman winner next year, or at least a contender." That brashness has been toned down considerable since Perrilloux arrived at LSU. He acknowledges he may have come off as cocky and maintains he's really a team player. "I've never had competition for playing time before," Perrilloux said. "I feel like I'm at the bottom, and I'm just working my way up. It's better to just wait your turn than go out there and get thrown in the fire and get burnt. So I'd rather watch and listen, try to watch and imitate JaMarcus, and one day I might be the same kind of player he is." Flynn was the No. 3 quarterback last season, playing in three games. "I think I'm part of the competition," Flynn said. "Nothing's decided yet." One thing Miles does not want is to be forced to use two quarterbacks as Nick Saban did last year. He would not rule out putting a backup in at times. He hopes that will be an option, however, not a necessity. Miles doesn't need his quarterback to carry the offense. Even with tailback Alley Broussard lost for the season with a knee injury, the Tigers are deep at running back, excellent along the offensive line and have good speed at receiver. In the end, it won't be arm strength as much as game control that settles the quarterback question for Miles. "They need to make sure they can read what the defense is giving them," Miles said. "They need to know which play is the right play and look at the play and make the right decision with the ball. If they do those things and have the ability to compete, they would take the job."

That's WAY to high for smoooooooooo

Paging Jim Jones. Jim Jones to the front desk.

http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle...0&ATCLID=177565 Richards Named To All-American Scholar Team Courtesy: University of North Texas Release: 08/16/2005 DENTON (8/16/05)- The National Golf Coaches Association Division I All-American Scholar Teams was announced and North Texas sophomore Halli Richards was named to the team. Richards joined a total of 205 women’s collegiate golfers being recognized with this prestigious honor. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent of all college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50 and student-athletes must have competed in at least 50% of the college’s regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year. Richards, entering her sophomore season with North Texas, had two top 10 finishes last year including a third place finish in her first collegiate tournament.

OK, ok, I will back down a hair on my LSU prediction due to the fact that LSU will be resting their starters for the 2nd half. I see it as LSWho 45 NT 6 We will have a starting QB(no matter who it is) that has never taken a snap in a college game. We have an O-line that will have a 3 new starters. 3 new starters in the defensive backfield, 4 new starters on the D-Line. LSU is ranked anywhere from 10-15 in most polls. We are playing on the road in probably the most difficult and loudest place to play in college football. Southern Miss blew us out of the Superdome and that was with Hall leading the way. LSU is much better than USM. I want us to win more than anything but I don't see us firing on all cylinders that early in the season.

With Muzzy getting so much time at receiver this year I don't want him to get beat up and/or tired returning kicks. I would much rather see K-Mo back there as he will not see too many carries this year.

RG. I may disagree with your views but I wouldn't call you a loser. You don't know me so I would expect the same respect from you. You can feel sorry for me if you want but I don't, I am doing just fine. I am being realistic in my prediction. I have taken off the Green colored glasses and put down the kool-aid. I am predicting with my head not my heart. I have gone into each year since 1994 thinking, hoping, and praying that this would be OUR year. I imagined what it would be like to go to work on Monday after shocking the world by beating OU, UT, LSU, etc... I have seen how DD prepares for the Non-conference slate. I have seen the seperation in talent between NT and the LSUs of the world. Thomas or Cobbs would probably start at LSU but we only have a few other players on our entire team that would garner playing time at LSU: Quinn Lineberry Covington Bazaldua We saw what Texas did to us last year not to mention a sorry Baylor team. I just don't see us competing.

DD held Meager out of practice. It wasn't Daniel's choice to sit out the 11 on 11 drills. If your boss tells you to do something you do it. You don't just take it upon yourself to make your own rules. Meager broke his leg after his junior year and seperated his shoulder in spring practice. Yeah those are REAL wuss injuries. Meager is SUCH a sissy. If he was a real man he would have cut off his leg below the break and hopped out to play his senior season. As for last spring, he should have stayed out there and thrown the ball until his arm flew off. That would have proven that he had some guts.

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2005/Pr...kings_80_99.htm 2 Belt Teams + Baylor and Tulsa

There was a mention in a post a couple of days ago about an LSU RB being out for the season. I decided to post the article so my Mean Green brothers and sisters could read the story. The only thing that is late is the copy of Goodnight Moon you checked out last month and still couldn't finish. You better get it back to the LSU library so the other students can start on their American Lit assignments.

You don't have to yell GB, I heard ya. I want NT to win as much as anyone but I just don't see where we have much of a chance. I'm just being realistic about the game. Since 2000 the average score for NT against BCS teams on the road has been 36-8 and that is throwing in some marginal teams in Tech, Arizona, and Baylor. If you take the scores against elite BCS teams it is 42-7. Those are some pretty bad scores. LSU is one of the better teams we have played in a long time and the only saving grace may be that we will be facing their 2nd and 3rd teams in the 2nd half which may stem the flow a bit. Louisiana Tech, and Tulsa will be winnable but LSU and KSU will probably be real ugly.

Sorry but it aint gonna be close. 1. Baton Rouge is possibly the most difficult place to play in the country. 2. Most of the LSU starting offense and defense will make NFL rosters when their eligibility is up. 3. It is a non-conference game. My conservative estimate is: LSU 52 NT 6

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http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2005/Pr...ngs_100_117.htm CFN is releasing 20 teams every 2-3 days starting at the bottom. NT was rated 65 in last years ranking. 3 Belt members in from 100-117. Smu is also near the bottom.

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2005/Pr...ers_101_150.htm CFN is releasing 50 players every 2-3 days. They released 150-101 today. 102. RB Jamario Thomas, Soph., North Texas There's no real number one rusher on the Mean Green with Patrick Cobbs 1 and Thomas 1A. Any concerns about the loss of Cobbs for last year quickly went away as the 5-11, 195-pound Thomas became the nation's leading rusher averaging 189.9 yards per game (but it was more like 200.1 yards per game considering he ran twice in the season opener against Texas) setting the NCAA record for the most 200 yards games for a freshman with five. He wasn't just great against Sun Belt teams, he ran for 247 yards and two touchdowns against Colorado. Despite missing almost all of three games, Thomas still ran for 1,801 yards with 17 touchdowns. He's lightning quick and a durable workhorse.

Nice pictures in the MGR from this mornings practice. Thanks Cerebus!

New plan calls for additions to UNT 08:25 AM CDT on Saturday, August 13, 2005 By Matthew Zabel / Staff Writer A visitor center, three new parking garages, a new auditorium, a new football stadium, several new academic buildings and several new residence halls could grace the University of North Texas campus over the next few years. University administrators plan to seek approval from its Board of Regents next week for a master plan that calls for all those new features. UNT made its master plan public this week in a community forum, and the entire 144-page document is posted on its Web site: http://www.unt.edu/untmasterplan. The document contains plans for buildings, parking, streets, bike paths, pedestrian malls, mass transit, potential land acquisitions and more, and is designed to accommodate 41,000 students. UNT Vice Chancellor Rich Escalante, along with consultants from Sasaki and Associates, led the planning project. Escalante said the university needs “to grow in a manner that’s compatible with the community.” “The obligation is on us now to take that plan and not put it on the shelf,” Escalante said. “The neighborhood has been cooperative with us. I have enjoyed working with the neighborhood. We’ve been very clear with them that we want to do this in a manner that will not be detrimental to the community.” He also said the university did not have “a program of massive property buying.” “We’re looking down the road,” he said. “Where there are opportunities for the university to develop, we’ll look at that. If you see your property is on there [the master plan] and wonder, ‘Is someone going to knock on my door tomorrow and want to buy my property?’ the answer 99.9 percent of the time is ‘no.’” UNT’s board adopted its previous master plan in 1998 and updated it in August 2002. But that update did not include a plan for the nearly 300 acres that is now the UNT Research Park, which the university bought for $8.9 million from Texas Instruments in 2001. Then three months after updating its master plan, officials from UNT and the Radisson Hotel, which leased the 160-acre golf course from the university, began discussing the university taking over that lease. Then UNT announced its plans to build new athletics facilities and residence halls on that property. That announcement angered many residents in the neighborhood immediately surrounding the golf course. They feared noise, light, traffic and flooding would increase in their neighborhood and their property values would decrease. In March 2003, UNT retook control of the golf course, and began preparing a new dormitory, dining hall and athletic center on the property. Those buildings opened last year. Gayle Strange, a member of the UNT Board of Regents and a resident in the neighborhood adjacent to the former golf course, said it was prudent for the university to use land it already owned rather than buy new land, but that change was hard for many people. “If you asked, almost everyone would say, ‘I’d rather have a golf course there,’” Strange said. But UNT has involved the community in its planning to ensure the university will have a positive impact on its neighbors. In March 2004, once those construction projects were under way, the university hired consultants from Baltimore-based Sasaki and Associates and began a new master plan that would include the golf course property and Research Park. During that process, UNT conducted several public meetings to provide updates on the progress. Linnie McAdams, a resident who lives near the former golf course, said she believes UNT did a better job involving the community as the process moved ahead. “That improved immeasurably,” McAdams said. “Now they are saying it’s important to be good neighbors. They are speaking in a way as if they do have a concern for our community, and we appreciate that.” She said she is especially pleased with the university’s intentions to develop a green space between the neighborhood and the university. But Pati Haworth, who also lives near the former golf course, said she’s seen no real commitment from the university to planning an adequate greenbelt. “Without planning, funding and implementation of a dedicated green space, neighbors have no reason to believe the unplanned greenbelt shown on Sasaki’s proposal — which could really sparkle as an environmental sciences showpiece worthy of national envy — will ever be anything in administrators’ eyes but just a future construction site,” Haworth said. UNT has planted several trees in the greenbelt and has repaired the sprinkler system. Escalante said the university first needed to concentrate on its construction projects at Eagle Point and would begin working with the city to thoroughly plan the greenbelt as soon as the Board of Regents approves the master plan. “The residents were very concerned and they remain concerned about the effect this would have on their property,” Escalante said. Denton City Manager Mike Conduff said he’s had some discussion with UNT officials about developing the green space. He said he believes the university is concerned about the community. “We all feel like it will take the involvement of not only the institutions but also the neighborhood to make sure that will be done right,” Conduff said. “We really need the input from the people who live closest to it. Done well, I think it can be a fabulous amenity for us.” On the main campus, UNT plans to make its core land more compact and pedestrian-friendly, by adding landscaping and trees, narrowing and restricting traffic on some streets, moving parking to the exterior of the campus and adding bike paths, Escalante said. The plan calls for limiting traffic on part of Avenue C to emergency vehicles and converting Highland Street to primarily a transit route. A dropoff spot near the corner of Chestnut Street and Avenue C in front of the College of Music would allow for handicapped people or elderly people to be dropped off for musical events or other campus activities, Escalante said. McAdams and Haworth said they remain concerned that the university’s efforts to reduce traffic in the inner part of the campus could also prevent the community’s access to the music events on the main campus. Haworth said the proposed dropoff spot would still not be as convenient as the current arrangement for the elderly or handicapped people to attend concerts at the College of Music. Such a change would discourage them from coming, she said, and “expand the chasm between town and gown.” Escalante said it’s unclear how soon the projects in the master plan would be completed. Much will depend on how fast the university can raise the money, he said. But, he stressed the university needs to continue to seek input from all areas of the community to ensure the master plan is effective. MATTHEW ZABEL can be reached at 940-566-6884. His e-mail address is mzabel@dentonrc.com. UNT MASTER PLAN Here are some of the highlights of the University of North Texas master plan, which the Board of Regents is expected to adopt next week. The entire 144-page document is available online at www.unt.edu/untmasterplan. * Acquire property to define the edges of campus as Bonnie Brae Street on the west, Eagle Drive on the south, Bernard Street on the east and Hickory Street on the north. * Move parking lots to the outside edge of campus in order to reduce vehicular traffic on the interior of the campus, thus making the campus more pedestrian-friendly. * Add bike paths that will align with city bike routes. * Add a canopy of trees along sidewalks to provide shady walks across campus. * Add landscaping and several green spaces to encourage community life on campus. * Close Avenue C to daily traffic, keeping it open for emergency vehicles and special events.

What can you tell us about the logos Deep-Moot?

Questions: How does Cobbs look coming off the knee injury? Are they holding him back at all? Is Pistole running 2nd or 3rd team? Is Bryan Glass working at Center or DT?

Wow, the Texas legislature hijacked a Mean Green football thread.

Offense: Offense is a tough one to pick as we will have a few players that will be stepping in to fill big shoes. Daniel Meager, Robert Harmon, Chad Rose to name a few. I think Daniel Meager will be the breakout player on offense this year. He will be replacing future NT Hall of Famer Scott Hall and that will not be an easy task. Some of us remember the last time we replaced a HOF qurterback in 1995 when Jason Mills took the reigns from Air Maher. Aside from the Oregon State game, it was not pretty. We then endured the Corley, Bridges, Gully years and they were forgettable to say the least. Losing a QB the calibre of Scott Hall is a HUGE deal and we desperately need Meager to step in and show some of the skills that had the BCS schools courting him before he injured his leg before his senior season. With PC and J-Mo there to take the heat off and a decent line to give him some time I think that Daniel will be more than the Buick driver and he may just surprise some people. He has an above average arm and he can run the ball as well. I think he will be fully recovered from his shoulder injury for the LSU game. Defense: I think that Maurice Holman will be the breakout defensive player this year. He had a tremendous game in the New Orleans Bowl and I think he will be a top 5 tackler for the Mean Green this season. With Early out for the season we will have to rely on Holman even more than we thought this season. Most teams have 3 solid starters at Linebacker and a few back-ups that get a few snaps a game. I think that we will rotate 5-6 players in each game with each one getting more than enough playing time. Mendoza, Moroe, and Graves will probably start but Thompson, Holman, and Mahan will garner alot of playing time. Freshman impact: It is tough to go through a season with O-line injuries and I think that Ajani Banks will not redshirt this season because we will need him to step in as the season wears on. He is a manster and already has the size to play at this level and he also appears to have the fitness. The question will be how quickly he picks up our zone blocking sceme.

Congrats to Nick on making the watch list. He is money from within 40 and I think he will have a fine season. Unfortunatley for us, he may be the only player to score vs LSU.

The fan guide shows "North Texas" in one end zone and "Mean Green" in the other end zone which I hope is a representation of what will be sewn into the new surface. My best guess would have the athletic depatment putting the new eagle head at the 50. Regardless of what logos they put out there, the new surface will be light years ahead of the painted concrete our boys have been playing on the last few seasons.