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I don't know what staffing levels are allowed by NCAA rules, but I would also like to see former North Texas linebacker Jeff Rodgers return. Rodgers was an All Conference linebacker under Gary Deloach at North Texas and has coached with linebackers and special teams at the University of Arizona and currently for the San Francisco 49ers. Rodgers, who played for Elizabeth Dodge's father at Austin Westlake, was an honor roll student throughout his college career. Oh, and Jeff's father Randy Rodgers is also the premeir recruiting analyst for the state of Texas. He covers college football recruiting for Texas Football magazine and has extended insight through his numerous contacts. San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Jeff Rodgers evaluating players at the 2007 Senior Bowl. Jeff Rodgers Bio at the San Francisco 49ers Team Page

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Others are aware of the Plumminci Code; I got this insightful review from Science Fiction Reader:

I got this off the archives of the now defunct Mean and Green Board. Perhaps the code has something to do with the mystical origins of Fouts Field. Historians can only trace it back to it's discovery by Spanish Conquistidors but archiologists claim it predates that by many thousand years. Deep, are you sure that we should encourage fans to research the code? It could be very dangerous. Should obsevations of code events even be shared?

Britney used to be normal...Then that K Fed guy dared her to try to read all the way through one of Plumm's posts. She now requires medication and shock therapy. Rumor has it that Plumm is not only the father of both of Britney's babies but also fathered Anna Nichole's. There are thousand's of hints and subliminal messages encoded in Plumm's postings. They are called the Plumminci Code. Hippies have been known to consume halucenagenic substances to further decipher the messages, and much of the polychromatic text is read backwards in the form of a mantra chant. Does Hellsbells signify some kind of apocalyptic end to civilization? Does prime real estate signify a nirvana in the afterlife? Does descendants of Quannah refer to an Indian or to Satan? Who alive can answer these questions?

No, nothing like that. From reading his many posts it's very clear that Plumm is committed to facilities, and if there ever was someone that should be committed to a facility, it's Plumm.

Congratulations to SMU for making what seems to be an excellent hire.

Maybe the nice men in the white coats took away his computer privileges.

Poor SMU is right. I have never seen a fan base get it's chain yanked so many times and suffer so many letdowns as those people have been through this year. June Jones has the ability to revive their program. Hopefully this works out for them.

I hate to see any school lose it's coach because somebody is able to outspend them, but it's the nature of the business. Southlake wasn't exactly anxious to lose Todd Dodge either when we hired him. That being said, I hope Jones comes to SMU. Any improvement for TCU and SMU ultimately benefits us if we also significantly improve our own product. Whether it's a concious effort or not, the Big 12 is taking the media attention away (and revenue producing games) from the metroplex colleges through the neutral site games played here. There will probably be no more home games hosting OU, OSU, Tech, Arkansas, Texas, and A&M. None of the metroplex schools have conference rivals which regularly spark the interest of fans in this market. CUSA and the Mountain West each have some prominent programs but nobody other than BYU has a significantly large local following. SMU, TCU, and North Texas will all benefit if all three schools have successful programs and play each other annually. These games could hopefully produce enough gate to eliminate the temptation for scheduling 'guarantee' games at the BCS schools. Tobacco Road rivalries weren't formed by those close schools having bad basketball programs. I hope it's time for the three D/FW colleges to take our home back. TCU and North Texas both have our chosen leaders and I hope SMU quickly gets theirs.

I share your sentiments. I would be pleased to have either coach.

How can Petrino be considered any douchier than Todd Graham?

No, I figure that vacancy will happen because of health concerns. Have you seen that man? Have you witnessed his tantrums? ...tic..tic...tic....

I though June Jones was likely their target since the Paul Johnson rejection. Hopefully this will happen for SMU. Jones has an exciting product and has proven that he can build a winner where several predacessors have failed miserably. The deal may have already been done. SMU's next option had seemed to have been Francione; a coach that I really like, but one that A&M just fired for NCAA rules violations involving improper communications with overzealous boosters. The press would have a feeding frenzy if their anointed Death Penalty University partnered with a coach that just got fired under those circumstances. Coach Fran does deserve another chance, but he should wait a couple of years and do it in some place other than Texas. Kansas and Kansas State may both be looking for coaches within the next couple of years and attempts at rebuilding a down program may ruin his chances at landing either job.

Arkansas officials are looking into allegations that an agent helped star running back Darren McFadden purchase a Cadillac Escalade and then had the vehicle put in his mother's name. Arkansas compliance director Marvin Caston said he heard rumors late Thursday afternoon about the possible NCAA violation involving McFadden. But the agent at the center of the allegations, former Arkansas track and field star Mike Conley, strongly denied TV reports claiming he helped McFadden purchase the vehicle. "I got a call and was told that somebody is saying I walked into a dealership in Fayetteville with Darren and helped him purchase a car," Conley said Thursday night. "I haven't been in Fayetteville in a while, and I certainly haven't been in any car dealerships with Darren McFadden." – Springdale Morning News

Hey, man, you don't talk to Adler. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he'll... uh... well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you"... I mean I'm no, I can't... I'm a little man, I'm a little man, he's... he's a great man. I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas... This paraphrases all that is written by the surprised individuals in this thread.

I think Johnny placed him in a juco to get his academic progress in order. He may be back in Fall 2008.

Wasn't this a Helwig agreement that sadly has been inherited by the current leadership? Can the contract be cancelled wihout significant financial loss? Do any schools pursue merchandising independant of the collegiate marketing companies? If so, which ones, and how well are they doing?

The contrast was downright sad at the Oklahoma State basketball game. Almost every one of their fans were wearing nice collared orange OSU shirts, and many were even wearing OSU jackets. Very few North Texas fans were wearing UNT gear, and the overwhelming majority of those were cheap looking give-away tee shirts. Few people buy nice North Texas gear because it's not readily available at affordable prices. This year Voertman's only sold one green polo shirt with the North Texas logo. It was a 100% polyester dri-wick golf shirt made by Antigua in Indonesia. It was also over $50.00. They were nice enough, but certainly not the quality available for other schools at retail stores everywhere and the price was twice as high. Voertmans was aware that they wouldn't be able to sell many of them at that ridiculous price, so they only stocked 48 of the shirts to last the whole season. That is simply poor merchandising.

I respectfully disagree. Exlusivity contracts alter the laws of supply and demand that would exist in a free market. For some reason the University only contracts with establishments that price gouge customers on their North Texas apparel purchases. As fans there is NOTHING that we can do about the situationexcept lay back and enjoy it. Rising demand has in no way altered the pricing structure for those retailers. If anyone disagrees with me, please tell me the names of more than two retal stores that I could walk into today and buy name brand North Texas polo shirts. What is the stock position of the shirts at those two stores (quantity in variety of sizes) and what are their prices.

Well, I guess that's proof enough that North Texas football has been just as good as Southern Mississippi this decade, ya know, since we never met in the regular season and bowl games for some reason don't count. Do you have any other interesting theories to share? Are there any more of these interesting date restrictions that should apply? What about games played on holiday weekends? Do weather conditions also apply to your formulas? Weren't all the SBC victories this year against bowl teams from CUSA? Since Memphis played against multiple teams from both conferences, wouldn't that be the best measure for league comparisons?

I think that many fans from both sides are overlooking another important aspect that affects the scheduling; Jerry Jones. JJ has been busy courting several of the higher profile Big 12 teams and Arkansas to play annual neutral site games at his new stadium in Arlington. The metroplex colleges have hosted Texas Tech, OSU, A&M, Arkansas, and Oklahoma within the past decade; those games may soon become permanently unattainable. What would SMU's attendance average have been like this decade if Tech and OSU games weren't played? Won't it be more difficult to sell season tickets without those programs on the schedule? The same situations affect us too, and will continue even when we complete the new stadium. The metroplex schools may not particularly like each other, but they do need each other to be able to excel.

Really, what good would it do us to beat Centenary by 50? Tonights game gave the starters a chance to relax a little and also allowed the reserve players a chance to get some quality minutes. The schedule is about to become much tougher as Sun Belt play starts this week.

The final score actually makes the game look closer than it really was. The Mean Green led by nearly 30 throughout most of the contest. DENTON (12/20/07) – Powered by a huge first half, the North Texas men’s basketball team blew past Centenary, 76-54, on Thursday night at the Super Pit. The Mean Green tied the third-best 10-game start in school history with an 8-2 record. NT improved to 6-0 at home and trails the series with the Gentleman, 11-10. Centenary falls to 7-5. For the second straight game, four Mean Green players scored in double figures. Dez Willingham led all scorers and tied a season high with 14 points. Keith Wooden and Collin Dennis posted double-figure numbers for the second consecutive game with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Tristan Thompson scored in double digits for the fourth time with 10 points. The Mean Green continued to have a hot hand shooting from the field. North Texas shot over 48 percent from the field for the third straight game. Against Centenary, NT was 27-for-56 for the game and shot 63.3 percent from the field in the first half. Willingham led the explosive North Texas offense from the start, scoring eight of NT’s first 14 points to put the Mean Green ahead, 14-4. The closest Centenary came to the North Texas lead was five points, 17-12, before the Mean Green went on a 24-6 run. Quincy Williams scored four unanswered points towards the end of the run with a dunk and then got around a Centenary defender on a breakaway for a layup. Willingham capped the run with his fourth three-pointer of the night to extend NT’s lead to 41-18 with 3:33 left in the first half. In the first half, Willingham was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and 4-for-4 from three-point range. North Texas held Centenary to 24 points at the half, the fewest points allowed since the Cameron game. The Mean Green held Cameron to 21 points in the first period. NT also controlled the boards, 21-10. Williams led the Mean Green on the boards with nine rebounds. He contributed nine points on the offensive side. With its 41-30 advantage on the boards, North Texas has out-rebounded every opponent this year. The Centenary defense tightened up in the second half, holding the Mean Green to 29 points. The Gentleman outscored the Mean Green in the second half by one point, 30-29. North Texas opens conference play on the road with a match-up against Denver on Saturday, Dec. 22 at 5 pm. Mean Green Sports

Oops! I guess they did.