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It was obviously a black jersey joke.

It's the best ever arrangement that I have ever seen for 'sports bar' dining. It has dining booths in a tiered theatre setting. I was shocked at how nice the facility actually is.

I have a few thoughts on this. First, thank you to both the Pourhouse and to whomever from gomeangreen.com has put these events together. The venue for the LSU game watching party was outstanding. One comment though, and I don't know if there really is an easy remedy. There were other games being shown on the side screens (which I don't really have a problem with because I like to watch other games during breaks in the action). The problem was that because other games started slightly ahead of the North Texas game most of the 'prime' seats were already taken by people who were there to watch other games. The result was that many of the fans that came to the North Texas Game Party didn't have seating available and wound up sitting in other parts of the restaurant. I know it's a business and the Pourhouse wants to treat all their customers as best possible, but is there any way this can be fixed without inconveniencing anybody? Will a 4:00 start make it possible to direct non-UNT fans to other areas of the restaurant? And a note about the picture quality, it looked great for the LSU game. I can only imagine how good it will be for the Rice game. Thanks again.

People choose to ignore these two colleges as 'smaller schools'. Like I stated earlier, both are in the 30,000 student range and growing quickly (UNT has over 34,000 but 2,212 of those are at the UNT-Dallas campus and will not contribute an athletics fee because UNT-Dallas will be a free-standing university before any increase is enacted). UTSA already has the Alamodome for their home stadium and Texas State will need to expand their existing facility. North Texas will have to divert a large portion of it's fee towards construction of a new stadium. Both universities are showing a commitment and their communities and alumni are starting to take notice. It doesn't take Nostradamus to tell what's going to happen. Yet a decade from now many of you won't be able to figure out exactly "how all these other schools passed us by."

Yes, they each had a student referendum pass (by between 60 to 70% at each school). The referendum is raising the fee from $10 per credit hour to $20 per credit hour. UTSA is to cap theirs at 12 hours ( $240 per semester) and Texas State is capping theirs at 15 hours ($300 per semester). Like UNT, both schools are state assisted colleges with enrollments around the 30,000 range. The students at these two schools have passed referendums which will increase the contributions per student up to 7 times what North Texas students currently pay. Even if the refendum passes at North Texas, the contribution at the other schools will be twice what North Texas students pay in athletic fees.

Why use the Lamar Cardinals and their $85 fee for a potential fledgling 1-AA football program as the example? Surely, there are better examples. .

They should work on building the rivalry so that game can be a bigger deal when both teams rejoin the Big Sky.

Excellent points Stebo. Hopefully the end result will be less "canned hunt" games.

There, I fixed it for ya'

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The whole Green Brigade has only performed at two basketball games from what I can remember. The first time was early 80's and they saluted the Drum Line which had just won a national contest with I believe Michigan being the runner-up. The whole Brigade played Fleetwood Mac's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv5UvVaIxRY. It was incredible, with the drums pounding and the Brigade singing the "just tell me that you love me!" and "tusk!" lines. It was far better than the the original version and created an electric atmosphere. The second time was about ten years later and the Brigade performed Kansas' "Carry On My Wayward Son" which was later on the Green Brigades album. It was amazing to have that in the Super Pit; the solo performances in the song would hit a peak and then the whole band would reply like thunder. I lost that CD at one of the tailgate parties and would love to get another copy. What would it take to get the whole Green Brigade to perform this season's Bohemian Rhapsody show at halftime of the Saturday, December 6, 2008 basketball game against New Mexico State? It would be absolutely amazing. 9dEgVe1QJ94 There is just no comparing this Fouts Field performance with how powerful it would be in the Super Pit.

I found this bit interesting: North Texas is by far the lowest budgeted NCAA Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision school in Texas because it has historically been underfunded by service fees. The lack of funding has made it very difficult for North Texas to be consistently successful. (that would be an understated opinion for many on campus) Compare those modest fees listed above to dedicated athletics fees at other Texas schools which have aspirations to join North Texas in the Bowl Subdivision. UTSA students passed their referendum to raise their dedicated athletics fee from $10 per credit hour to $20 per credit hour, capped at $240 per semester (12 hours). UTSA Athletics Fee Texas State students passed their referendum to raise their dedicated athletics fee from $10 per credit hour to $20 per credit hour, capped at $300 per semester (15 hours). Texas State Athletics Fee The dedicated athletics fees at these schools are being raised in increments starting immediately. Completed in 1952, the current stadium facilityat North Texas, Fouts Field, is deteriorating and needs to be replaced. The proposed North Texas fee will not even start until construction of a replacement stadium is completed, probably Fall 2011 at the earliest. Even with the proposed increase, the student contribution at North Texas will still be half of what Texas schools which don't even yet have NCAA Division 1 Bowl Subdivision football are charging. Additionally, by delaying the start of the fee until the completion of the stadium there will not be unexpected costs placed upon current students. Prospective students will be able to evaluate the fees at North Texas and other schools as factors when making their college selection. This makes it totally "fair" for North Texas students that enroll in the future. Hopefully the Daily and the student body will realize the cost effectiveness of what's being proposed.

Mauge becoming center of attention Seven-foot Putnam Science Academy center Rundell Mauge, a native of Trinidad came to Connecticut via Texas where, despite playing only junior varsity basketball, some Division-I scouts were coming around to see him play. “When he gets to the next level, they’re going to beef him up and will continue to do the skill work,” Espinosa said of his rail-thin center, who weighs only 210 pounds. “He has so much potential. He’s very athletic, can use both hands and he’s working hard, but he has a long way to go.” That means as far as the future for the senior, junior college, here he comes. Because of his moving around from Trinidad to Texas to Connecticut in a short time span, Mauge is not eligible to play Division-I basketball as of yet. “He isn’t going to get through the NCAA clearing house. He’s not eligible for Division-I or Division-II and he’s a low Division-I player right now,” Espinosa said. “The NCAA put in a new rule where you can only get one core class per year so if he goes post-graduate, he can only get one core class and he’s more than one short. There were a lot of sketchy PG programs where (a player) is nine core credits short and they would get nine (in one year) and move on to Division-I. It would be a waste for him to go PG, he needs to redshirt at a junior college.” “I’m seven core credits short, so I have to go juco,” Mauge said. But those Division-I programs are willing to watch and wait. “I have Texas Christian, Texas, Georgetown and Baylor interested in me,” he said. While he works on his academics, he’s also planning to continue to focus on his athletic development. “I’m working on my jump shot and some more of those up-and-under moves in the post,” Mauge said. He also needs to probably eat a little more, although Espinosa has enjoyed the ride just the way he is. “It’s been fun,” Espinosa said. “He’s a pleasure to coach, never gives us any problems on or off the court, and he works hard. In your lifetime, you don’t coach many 7-footers, especially athletic 7-footers, so it’s a privilege.”

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I really hope that it turns out to be a non-issue. She's a talented and beautiful young starlet that hasn't learned that there are some things which it is very unpopular to alter. Here's another rendition of the anthem. okn_lJnPMWw

cf1HMZbTcz0 Here it is. And yes, all performers are aware that it is disrespectful to a country to either alter it's national anthem or intentionally perform it poorly. It's like burning the flag, you are free to do it, but other people are certainly free to display that they don't like you doing it.

His kids Major and Delon both played for North Texas. Mean Joe had a long career as an assistant coach with the Steelers, Cardinals, and the Dolphins. He does now live in Flower Mound and has been to several games since he retired from coaching, I think he still does some scouting (prospect evaluations) for the Steelers, but he comes to North Texas games when he can.

Mitchell is going to be a good quarterback. He has the talent, he just needs experience in the system.

When is the return game?

They only have two weeks to perfect this A-11 thing they've been practicing before the Rice game. Rice is going to be too preocupied preparing for UT to make any serious adjustments.

Well, here's the official "Guvnuh' Rick" position. 7mNDHTfdn1A

OK, so extreme drunkedness officially started at noon today. I'm going to go out on a limb here with an off the wall prediction. Something bad (and not football related) is going to happen at this game. There are going to be far too many tickets handed down to teenagers because rational adults simply aren't interested in watching this game during this weather. This will be the big opportunity for many of them to don their finest purple garb and realize their trailer trash fantasies. There will be too many intoxicated, unsupervised, feral degenerates congregated in one place for something bad not to happen.

This message was sent out to all departments on campus today. Let's see, closed for classes the day before the worst of the storm hits Baton Rouge, but put people on an upper deck of that stadium as lightning targets while the tropical storm is raging Saturday evening?

I will be there. Thanks guys for putting together this function for us North Texas faithful that will not be able to make the trip to Baton Rouge this week. Reserving the media room at the Pourhouse will also make it possible to keep out any purple clad trolls.