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Doug Burgum didn't wind up being President Trump's choice. Trump's selection for Vice President wound up being JD Vance. I knew very little about Vance other than him being the junior Senator from Ohio and his 2022 election victory over Senator Ryan. Where the hell did this guy suddenly come from? Watch the following video to get insight into his unusual upbringing. It's an inspiring story that became a bestselling book and later a movie. Ron Howard later produced an Oscar nominated film starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams about JD's life. I can see how his humility would be a contrast to the often brash President Trump. Please keep it civil. What are your opinions of the young man?

There are other schools with enormous influence that will neither want to be left in a watered down ACC and wouldd have little interest in the Big XII. I could still see Notre Dame, Stanford, Virginia, and North Carolina joining the BIG. It depends on who all the Big XII eventually accepts, but Cal and SMU may be better off joining Oregon St and Washington St in the MWC.

You are obsessively portraying yourself as a silly little ball of hate. Maybe North Texas alum Dr Phil can help you. May I suggest that in the mean time you simply sit back, relax and enjoy an incredible, "perfect" video.

Lighten up Francis. This has been a civil discussion and one of the only really active discussions currently on the board. We kid with each other with taunts and jabs but we try to refrain from insults and name calling, and threats, even if they are just implied, will almost certainly get you placed in timeout.

Direct from our Congressional Record, here's an explanation of those criminal charges that you keep harping about. It will be nearly impossible for the record to not be cleared once the cases rise above the corrupt weaponized Soros/Garland controlled courts.

Megyn Kelly probably explains it the best.

Your statement, not mine.

Actually watch it this time. It was certainly one of the most prosperous times in the history of our country. The only things that people who hated our country could do is rip up their copy of the State of the Union address.

I'm saying that he was clearly a person guided by the Trump derangement syndrome taught by extremely corrupt politicians and their willing stooges in the media. They constantly disparage a man that guided our country through one of its most prosperous periods in history. They often wrongfully refer to him as being "a threat to our democracy, the next Hitler, and a vengeful dictator." By the way, I didn't lump you with those people, you did.

It looks like President Trump was grazed by small arms fire above his his right ear while speaking on stage at the rally. He pumped his fist while he was being pulled off the stage by the Secret Service. Follow-up: Two dead, the shooter and one person attending the rally.

From 247: 247Sports ranks Smith the 51st-best high school center in the 2024 class. He's also ranked the 29th-best player in Texas. Smith helped guide Haltom to a 21-12 record last season, averaging 12.9 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. Smith led the 6A level of Texas High School basketball in rebounding two straight years. He brought in 855 career rebounds, 353 in a single season, and 26 in one game. All are school records. Smith was named an 8-6A First Team All-District selection. As a senior, Smith shot 59 percent from the floor. He made 67 percent of his free throw tries on 130 attempts, and hit 10-of-30 three-point tries. Smith shot 62 percent on two-point attempts. Smith averaged 11.4 points and 11.4 rebounds per game as a junior.

Did somebody say Keegan? Whooo-Hooo!!!

The Bride often selects North Teas collectibles as birthday or Christmas gifts. A pennant, probably from the inaugural January 1, 1948 Salad Bowl football game matching North Texas vs Nevada is one of this year's birthday gifts. It will pair well with the 1948 Salad Bowl football programs that she has gifted to me.

Great find. Those extremely rare ceramic statues were cast in 1949 by Adah Art Studios of Dallas. (I only know of 4 remaining in existence) They were based on a cartoon of North Texas coach Odus Mitchell that Bill McClanahan had previously written for the Dallas Morning News. That statue was subsequently the basis for the rare 1960's plaster NTSU bobbleheads that were made in Japan. NTSU Bobblehead on ebay Here's the Bill McClanahan eagle used later in an NTSU decal.

Interesting looking shirt. I wonder from which material it is made.

That is a very generous gift. Congratulations to Tulsa.

Should We Recruit in Japan? No, there are almost as many potential recruits in Antarctica.

Good upgrade, especially considering fan support and national following. In football Army has twice as many bowl victories as SMU this century, and in basketball it's relatively a wash as neither school has won a NCAA tournament game this century.

True, still the only player of Vietnamese heritage to play in the NFL. False, (but close) the Chick-fil-A is in Ft Worth at the Montgomery Center. Dat and Becky live in Boerne west of San Antonio.

His is an amazing story of achieving the American Dream. Dat's family escaped from a horrendous socialist/communist regime in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon (1975) and Dat was born that year in a refugee camp.

Kinky was a beloved Texas treasure as an entertainer, singer/songwriter, comedian, and politician. So true. Thank you Kinky.

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SMU is a Texas R2 college, along with Sam Houston, Prairie View, and Tarleton. .

I'm sorry to hear this news. I knew Greg's father Merle many decades ago when he was the General Manager of A J Foyt Chevrolet in Houston. Merle was an outstanding man and he was so proud of his son Greg. Greg had played at NTSU and was then playing for the Houston Oilers during the Luv Ya Blue days. The North Texas helmet in his office was the first time that I had ever seen the "Flying Worm". Merle later became the GM of our local Rolls Royce dealership in Houston. Decades later I met his son Greg when Greg's son Beau was transferring from Syracuse to North Texas. Beau completed this career at North Texas, served as assistant coach at several colleges, and is now the General Manager of the Memphis Tigers football program. (I had never heard of college GM's before NIL) Anyway, they're a wonderful family, and Greg's passing is certainly also a loss to our Mean Green family.