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MEANGREENSPORTS.COM - SPRING SOCCER SCHEDULE Saturday April 2, 2 p.m. CT: vs. SMU (Denton)

Please don't throw that challenge out there, somebody in our athletic department may accept it.

I had a frigging blast at this event. Thank you KRAM2, thank you Cheer Team, and thank you Tracie O'Neal. The game was fun and the auction was an outstanding opportunity to get collectibles and tickets for an incredible price. And all for a tax deductible charity price to benefit a favorite philanthropy. Hopefully this fundraiser will assist our Cheer Team in bringing back a second consecutive National Championship. Go Mean Green, Adler

Thanks Gminer, I would love to hear of them being invisible in their empty arena covered in layers of bad luck, but, ya know, they will be our conference mates so we should have a little pity. Nah.

Did I stutter?

Dammit Joe, you broke the whole thing.

Yep, still waiting....

If Seth, in his seventh year, loses at home to a totally rebuilding SMU program on Saturday, then yes, he's a lame duck the following Monday. I really want him to win, and win big, but we'll need to improve the program if he can't and I am not a proponent of retaining lame duck coaches. The UTSA game was a must-win to save his job but it only bought him a two game reprieve. The uninspiring Frisco Classic loss did vey little to solidify his job, and a fourth strait loss to our cross-town rival will probably end his career here. In our hundred year series with SMU no other North Texas coach has lost a game in Denton. Seth has made a habit of it and we've got a real problem if a rookie coach coaching his first game ever can outcoach our seven year veteran.

It looks like we're going to be blessed with beautiful weather for this event. Spirit Kickball Classic and Silent Auction

I am right there with you on this. Three losing seasons and that six game losing streak to start last year have really alienated the fan base, and there has been really no reason for them to have optimism of change. The egg laid at the Frisco Classic certainly didn't give anyone the sense that they're seeing improvement. I am convinced that our first game will set the tone for the entire season.

My guess is that after all the lawsuits that is exactly what will happen.

I don't see any reason to give Seth the opportunity to lose to Memphis if he loses to SMU. I like Seth and only want the best for him, but he is here to perform a job, If you pay your good friend to fix your car but it still breaks down most weeks, it's time to get a new mechanic. It's nothing personal. Being a "really nice guy" has no bearing on this decision. If we lose our first game we should display a commitment and start looking to hire the best replacement.

Exciting game.

Awe, who really cares about branding? Maybe the athletes like being called fighting hawks this week and we can pretend the confusion will help with recruiting? In reality, it was just the author, like members of our athletic staff, being too lazy to perform his job.

No, the rumor is that a certain person in the athletics department charged with ordering MEAN GREEN uniforms and staffing attire has changed his favorite colors from grey and black to violet and lavender. Purple Nurples may have been in contention but I heard he wants it changed to Tinkie Winkies. In time, with his decisions, maybe we'll have uniforms to match each of the Teletubbies. So screw school colors, we can always say "the kids like these" and that they help in recruiting. .

I'd love to call you out on this, but, that iceberg has three big red letters on it. Littrell either blasts through it on that first Saturday or starts job searching the following Monday. This has been the most patient administration and fan base tolerating almost mediocrity, but I think that's about to change.

No, they decided that lavender would be more appropriate. We'll need to start working on utilizing the whole spectrum of fashion colors.

There's no way Putin is exempted. I believe that Putin has signed his own death decree at the hands of his own people.

Of course she did, both Class of 2002 . Dr. Rosalyn Reades MD, the renowned Dallas Emergency Medicine Physician at Methodist Hospital played her college career with Jalie Mitchell and had their numbers retired the same day. They were inducted together into the North Texas Hall Of Fame in 2007. The two remain great friends and are both having incredibly successful careers. Jalie Mitchell, North Texas Hall of Fame Rosalyn Reades, North Texas Hall of Fame (I enjoyed doing this post but this amazing subject really deserves it's own thread) (Or Book) (Or Movie)

UNT North Texas. It just seems incredibly redundant. The person that ordered these lazy mistakes probably also used the excuse of "yeah, but the players love them, they're good for recruiting". A lie then, a lie now. Oh well. It's not as bad as our horrible black and grey uniforms which hopefully ended this year, or the stupid blue and orange-copper that were added during the last Helwig years. Go Mean Green! Wear It, Live It, Love It.

It's a framed "Senior Day" basketball jersey, and it's being sold on Ebay. Is it possibly from the women's team?

And the whole game...

I believe it was a McClanahan cartoon not long after the 1948 Salad Bowl. The eagle had NTSC on the chest. One of the two "McClanahan NTSC Scrappy" statues I have came with a note that it was a 1950 graduation gift. The statues were made by Adah Art Studios of Dallas and it was probably a year after the comic that the castings were made.

Yes, our bats went silent, we were shut out and we lost because we were wearing black, but the deciding game in the series was an annihilation of FAU wearing our beautiful Green and White. That Kailey Gamble Grand Slam was a thing of beauty. KABOOM!!!

Green and White, our Legendary School Colors on display for a Grand Slam meangreensports.com 3 Florida Atlantic 15-15 7 North Texas 16-6 Score By Periods Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Florida Atlantic 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 1 North Texas 2 0 0 0 5 0 X 7 9 1 Winner: Ashley Peters (9-3) Loser: Lynn Gardner (8-5) UNT Softball Wins First Home Series DENTON, Texas – Mean Green softball won their first home series of the season Sunday with a 7-3 win over Florida Atlantic at Lovelace Stadium. The offense led the way again finishing with seven runs on nine hits, and they looked spectacular in their Green and White uniforms. QUOTING HEAD COACH RODNEY DELONG"We hit a lot of hard balls today, I think we lined out three or four times. We felt good about it coming in though with the wind blowing the way it was. The kids had a good approach and did a good job. It was a good win for us and we wore colors that represented our school." RECAP: The Mean Green (16-6) started the game hot once again with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Kalei Christensen homered in consecutive games for the second time this year to give UNT a 1-0 lead. Ashlyn Walker then extended the lead to 2-0 with an RBI double to bring Kailey Gamble home. In the bottom of the fifth inning, UNT extended the lead to 7-0 when Gamble hit a grand slam and Mikayla Smith followed up with an RBI single. It was Gamble's first career grand slam and the first grand slam for the Mean Green since Rayna Lewis hit a grand slam against the University of Incarnate Word on February 26, 2021. Adler was there cheering his tail off for the Mean Green. Then in Garbage Time... The Owls cut the deficit to 7-2 in the top of the sixth when Sara Berthiaume knocked in the first run with an RBI single followed by an RBI double by Jalynn Ford. Florida Atlantic added one more run in the top of the seventh inning before Skylar Savage stranded two runners to end the game. Ashley Peters (9-3) started the game for North Texas and held the Owls to three hits in the first five scoreless innings before FAU strung together a couple of good at-bats. Peters pitched 5.1 innings and tied her career-high in strikeouts (8) as she picked up the win. Savage relieved her in the middle of the fifth inning and pitched 1.2 innings. Gamble led UNT on offense going 1-for-2 at the plate and adding two runs, four RBI, one walk, and a grand slam. The next home game is Friday, April 1st (yes, Aptil Fools Day) against UTEP at 6:00