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Of course he WANTS to be here. The hard part would be telling his teammates that he has done everything he can for the state of Louisiana for several years and now needs to do something for himself.

I'd love to have Lofton here collecting conference championship rings. He's an incredible talent and we lose Bell III after this season.

Holy Smokes! It looks like the university took me literally. We can't get our logos and school colors on merchandise, but we sure as hell can get Baby Yoda on black and green stadium blankets. Are helmets next? https://www.utilistore.com/products/north-texas-mean-green-baby-yoda-custom-name-quilt-q003ctncaa34-m6bth0259?variant=1000007080409715 CAUTION - this web site is quite possibly a scam

I am not naming names out of privacy, but one of our recruits mother is a 3rd cousin of Beyoncé Knowles.

My sentiments exactly. This board had some of the best athletic themed satire on the internet for a long time.

What gives these geriatric foreigners the right to play cancel-culture f-f games in our country? Why not instead protest against the 18-wheeler drivers in their own country?

Are our games on regular non-subscription television? Are UTEP's, NMSU's, UNM's, and WKU's? Familiarity with the coaches and players sure seems to boost community support and cause sellout crowds.

Outside the Super Pit on the night of a huge game Outside the Super Pit on a night when absolutely nothing is happening Notice the differences? Neither do potential fans. Any Questions?

Interesting stats from saddened Tech board: Tech last FG was the Williams dunk after a turnover with 5:02 left. That was the only FG Tech scored in the last 10 minutes! Almost 85% on free throws and we still find a way to lose! Gave up a 17 pt lead! Wow, what a bitter pill for the Latex to swallow. http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/showthread.php?145555-Preview-LA-Tech-vs.-North-Texas

Gawd, I was fearing we'd see this... Tech Tower

Yes, it is. Tech uses marksmen to periodically cull out the less attractive students on campus. It seems to work well for them. The same tactic was attempted at UTSA with disastrous results as enrollment quickly dropped by 97%.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Are you sure that "we" is an acceptable pronoun? It could be construed as causing mental anguish to some wee snowflakes. Maybe "non-species specific gender neutral entities formerly known as we" would be a better option.

Great Scott! Cool detail, the North Texas Battle Flag on the belt line.

November 2022

I would love to order hockey jerseys for fans, maybe in conjunction with their club team uniform order. Besides boosting their fan following, It could even put a little extra money to help cover team costs. . These look great, and would be even better with a larger eagle and laces.

My Bride bought it through the North Texas Hockey Club a few seasons ago when they ordered their uniforms. She always finds some kind of unusual North Texas item for my birthday every year.

If we are really moving up, then we are almost legally compelled to expand Apogee. Imagine if we hosted Texas Tech, Oklahoma St, or TCU, which is not totally out of the question. We have already charged an athletics fee from 42,000 students but are going to lock out all but a few thousand because there simply is not enough room for them at marquee events. That would be unethical. We've come darn close to that scenario while hosting SMU and La Tech which bring out far fewer fans.

That is what our east side stands should look like, or maybe the east stands at Virginia Tech' We've moved up. Apogee was built and very suitable for Sun Belt crowds when our closest rival was in Lafayette. Now we've ascended two conference levels, and we need to start preparing to compete against the SMU/Memphis/Tech/Baylor/OkSt/KSU/Houston level schools. SMU is making the effort and the necessary investment, we should be looking into doing the same. This horseshit spewed of "don't build the necessary infrastructure to be able to perform like a big program" is exactly what restricted us to being bush league at Fouts Field for so many decades. Build at least comparable to the schools you compete/recruit against, and then promote as necessary to fill those seats.

Well, they do want to be able to host regional Big XII schools and colleges from other P5 conferences. This is something that North Texas is not prepared to do. The tiny east side stands are horribly insufficient for major college football.

Meat Loaf's CRAZY Encounter after the JFK Assassination

By Alex Marshall and Derrick Bryson Taylor Jan. 21, 2022Updated 7:46 a.m. ET North Texas alum Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life rocker whose 1977 debut album, “Bat Out of Hell,” was one of the best-selling albums of all time, died on Thursday. He had given conflicting information about his age over the years, but was widely reported to have been 74. His death was confirmed by his manager, Michael Greene. A statement on the musician’s Facebook page said his wife was by his side and that his friends had been with him in his final 24 hours. A cause of death was not given. Meat Loaf, who was born Marvin Lee Aday and took his stage name from a childhood nickname, had a career that few could match. In six decades, he sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, the statement said, and appeared in several movies, including “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Fight Club.” “We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man,” the statement said. “From his heart to your souls … don’t ever stop rocking!” Meat Loaf’s death came just a year after that of Jim Steinman, the songwriter who wrote “Bat Out of Hell,” a record that brought operatic rock to audiences at a time when, in the face of disco and punk, it couldn’t have been more unfashionable. The pair met when Mr. Steinman was commissioned to co-write a musical called “More Than You Deserve,” which ran at the Public Theater in New York in 1973 and 1974. Meat Loaf auditioned and later joined the cast. Later, Mr. Steinman was trying to write a post-apocalyptic musical based on “Peter Pan,” but, unable to secure the rights for the tale, he turned the work into “Bat Out of Hell,” bringing in Meat Loaf to give the songs the style and energy that made them hits. The title track alone is a mini-opera in itself, clocking in at nearly 10 minutes and featuring numerous musical breakdowns. The album’s seven tracks also included the songs “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” and “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.” Meat Loaf and Mr. Steinman went on to have legal disagreements, but still worked together, writing a sequel to “Bat Out of Hell” in 1993 — “Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell” — which included “I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That),” Meat Loaf’s only track to top the Billboard 100 singles chart. The song also won him the 1994 Grammy Award for best rock vocal solo performance. “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose,” released in 2006, also included some songs by Mr. Steinman, who created a musical based on “Bat Out of Hell” that premiered in England in 2017. Mr. Steinman died in April 2021 at age 73. Meat Loaf told Rolling Stone shortly afterward that Mr. Steinman had been the “centerpiece” of his life. Some critics could be sniffy about Meat Loaf’s music and spectacle. John Rockwell, reviewing a 1977 live show for The New York Times, started by remarking that “Meat Loaf is the rather graceless name that a large rock performer has chosen for both himself and for the band built around his singing.” Despite that, Mr. Rockwell was soon convinced that Meat Loaf was worthy of being the center of attention. “He has fine, fervent low rock tenor, and enough stage presence to do without spotlights altogether,” he wrote, adding that, “one had to admire the unabashed intensity with which he was willing to wallow in such soap‐opera silliness.” Meat Loaf ultimately released 12 studio albums, the last being “Braver Than We Are” in 2016. In addition to his music, Meat Loaf also appeared in dozens of television shows and movies, according to IMDb. His first major role came in 1975 in the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” where he played Eddie. He also appeared in “Wayne’s World” (1992), “Spice World” (1997) and “Fight Club” (1999). More recently, he had a role in several episodes of the TV series “Ghost Wars” from 2017-18. Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. “I stayed at my grandmother’s house a lot,” Meat Loaf wrote in “To Hell and Back,” his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to see his father “on a bender.” According to his autobiography, Meat Loaf was born on Sep. 27, 1947, but news reports of his age varied over the years. In 2003, he showed a reporter from The Guardian newspaper a passport featuring a birth date of 1951 and later said about the discrepancy, “I just continually lie.” As an adult, Meat Loaf said he changed his first name to Michael from Marvin because of childhood taunts about his weight and, he said, the emotional impact of a Levi’s jeans commercial that had the slogan, “Poor fat Marvin can’t wear Levi’s.” He later cited the commercial when petitioning to change his name, which the judge granted it within 30 seconds, Meat Loaf wrote in his autobiography. Meat Loaf also told numerous stories about how he got his stage name, including one about a high school stunt in which he let a Volkswagen run over his head. Afterward, a child shouted, “You’re as dumb as a hunk of meat loaf.” But Meat Loaf wrote in his autobiography that the name came from his father: “He called me Meat Loaf almost from the time my mother brought me home.” Meat Loaf had health problems throughout his career. He had heart surgery in 2003 after collapsing onstage at Wembley Arena in London and told an audience in Newcastle, England, in 2007 that the concert was “probably the last show I’ll ever do” after another health scare. In 2013, he told The Guardian that he was definitely retiring from music after another farewell tour. “I’ve had 18 concussions,” he said. “My balance is off. I’ve had a knee replacement. I’ve got to have the other one replaced.” He wanted to “concentrate more on acting,” he added, since “that’s where I started and that’s where I’ll finish.” A full list of survivors was not immediately available.

Well, it was typed in black, if that's any hint.

A quick Josten's story: Several years ago I found a smashed up mangled ring on the side of the road. It was gold, had dark red dust where the stone should sit, and Lew could barely be read on one side. It looked like a large gold nugget attached to a twisted tie clasp Goofing around with it, I pried it open and there was a girls name and graduation year marked. I brought the ring to a counselor at Lewisville High and she said they'd get the ring to the owner who was a senior at that time. About two weeks later I received a follow-up email from LISD. The young lady was thrilled. She had lost her beloved ring months earlier at nearby tennis courts and her parents had refused to buy her a replacement as a costly 'teaching moment'. Anyway, she contacted Jostens and they happily exchanged the mangled crumpled ring for for a brand new replacement ring, totally free of charge to the young lady and her family. Kudos to Jostens, good people. .

Congratulations Wren Baker for a job incredibly well done. Please buy a Green shirt for each and every person in the athletics department to celebrate this momentous achievement.