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Easy answer: plastic megaphones. These are very inexpensive, especially if ordered without custom printing. Buy 8000 of these and place them on every student section seat. The students will quickly realize that their involvement can alter the games. They're much more effective than free pom-poms or bandanas.

Great first post ahmo05, and welcome to the board. I like your idea of keeping the North Texas reserved season ticket sections reserved for North Texas fans. This was only the first game at Apogee and hopefully adjustments will be made to the seating allocation. I had a similar experience several years ago at the Super Pit when I had basketball season tickets in the 'family section'. Oklahoma State had sold their regular allotment and subsequent OSU orders were filled in our family section. We were surrounded on all sides by OSU fans, many quite vocal about the perceived intense vacuum pressure properties of North Texas, and frankly I wasn't comfortable with my small children being forced into this situation. Every other school puts the overflow visitors in the upper levels, but for some reason we pander to them. Thankfully, we won that game by a dozen, but we subsequently cancelled our season tickets in the family section and since just buy walk-up tickets for the games that we'll attend. The end result is that we attend far less games because excuses are simply a lot easier to conceive when you haven't paid for the tickets in advance.

Definitely an antisocial type. Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation.

Sadly, I think very few will.

Don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning. Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves. Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

Those gaudy uniforms are incredible only because their heraldry is derived from their history.

UNT-UH Game Shirt

Thanks, close, but I didn't know that FIU's last touchdown would get called back.

Woo-Hoo! I am heading for Apogee.

Unfortunately I believe his prediction is spot-on. Florida International 48 North Texas 16 North Texas has a great running back. FIU has a bigger, stronger, and deeper team that is more experienced, playing at home, and led by a coaching staff that knows how to exploit an opponent's weaknesses. I hope I am wrong, but I think this is going to be chalked up as a "learning experience" for our team.

Plain and simple fact: Brett Vito does a better job covering the Mean Green than any other reporter ever has. We have had several excellent beat writers but none who have provided the amount of information that we currently receive. He has the Mean Green Blog that he updates at least daily, and usually several times more during athletic events. He not only follows recruiting, but proactively contacts just about every player that commits to North Texas. Is Brett a cheerleader for the program, no. Does he have fun jabbing tidbits at the fans concerning the greatness of a certain former coach that we hired from a certain school to the south that shall remain nameless, yes. Frankly, we're spoiled. Brett has won several awards, has an excellent reputation in his industry, and will not be staying at a small regional affiliate paper forever. Brett has established himself as an integral part of our Mean Green family and we are all going to miss his tireless dedication when he's moved on to better opportunities. And it is no fault of Brett Vito if the Dallas Morning News elects not to print the North Texas stories from it's Denton affiliate. They will print them if they perceive that it is something that their readers want, and readers demand stories when their team actually accomplishes something.

Apogee or Pourhouse? I don't think that they are letting fans onto the field to watch the game so you'll have to watch it from the stands. I also believe they are restricting the ability to bring your own refreshments into the stadium. Please, don't get me wrong, because I do appreciate what the Athletic Department staff are doing for the students and general public, but I think the Pourhouse may be a more involving environment for watching (and hearing) the broadcast.

David 'D.J.' Gardner, Per ESPN: 95th best player in country for class of 2011, 21st best shooting guard. ESPN Scouting Report Highlight video This is a unique situation. Gardner has signed a LOI with Mississippi State, and it is unlikely that MSU would release him to go to another SEC team or to regional rival Memphis. This could give a school like North Texas a huge advantage in obtaining his services. Somebody please let Johnny know about this available player.

We have a scholarship to give. We need a big shooting guard. This 6-6 195 kid is now available, and would be able to play this year. guard D.J. Gardner sent home Rivals 4 Star So, how do we get him?

Phil Steele's COLLEGE FOOTBALL has an article about how teams often bounce back after injury plagued years. 2010 Starts Lost To Injury Although North Texas is listed in the top ten for starts lost due to injury, 21 offensive and 16 defensive, it sure seems that there were a lot more than that. Maybe the stats don't consider the reserve players that missed starts due to injury after the initial starters were lost. Can anybody on here prove or disprove Steele's figures?

Golden Panters?

I Can't Believe We're Playing An Airport

Well, sir, it's this rug I had. It really tied the room together.

I wish I could take the credit, but these Peruna's Pink Palace pictures are from the guys over on the CUSA board:

Forget the tournament. Lets play each of those three schools twice each season (home and home) to build basketball Metroplex rivalries. People may enjoy home games, but they are forged into becoming hard-core fans by supporting their team in a hostile environment. Those people become fans for life. The rivalries of Tobacco Road in North Carolina were not formed by those three schools avoiding each other. All three have benefitted by the proximity. UTEP, UNM, and NMSU have all similarly benefitted. They have all been able to establish solid programs in the middle of a desert wasteland that is naturally devoid of basketball talent. Those three schools would not have ever accomplished anything without those rivalries.

Not good, too much police involvement. Seriously, this is a very important family occasion and extremely important to the couple that so lovingly scheduled it during football season. The only way you're really going to get relieved from this obligation is by feigning extreme illness; something between common cold and death, something serious enough that you have to stay home, but not so serious that your wife feels she needs to stay home with you. A good low grade fever, excessive coughing, and a faked upper respiratory infection should do the trick. The hangover and the horse voice will only make the facade more believable when she returns on Sunday. In the immortal words of Sam Kinison, "Lie! Lies are what keep couples together!" That, and licking the alphabet.

After reading that article, I figured that the President, BOR, and AD at Missouri better be doing everything possible to put themselves in position to get that 14th SEC spot. They're not a candidate for PAC 12 expansion in the west and the neighboring Big 10 continues to overlook them to eye Texas, Notre Dame, and eastern schools. I wouldn't be surprised if Missouri jumps at the earliest opportunity to protect it's own interest much like Nebraska and Colorado did last year.

AggieYell.com is now reporting university sources stating that it's a done deal. Elaborate game of smoke & mirrors to scare the Longhorn faithful? Maybe, maybe not. And if really true, how do the dominoes fall?

Louisiana, Tulsa, and probably Arky State.

I hope all your wishes come true this season.