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_____________________________________________ UTSA Touchdown 46 - 38 UTEP 's turn in triple OT UTEP scores TD, 2 pt conversion good. Tied at 46 Heading into 4th overtime.

Tied at 31. Both kicked FG's in first OT. UTEP has ball first in second OT. UTEP TD Up 38-31 UTSA's turn UTSA TD Tied at 38 Heading into 3rd OT

According to Lone Star Prospects, Dakoda Newman is the number 15 ranked center in Texas.

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And committing this crime wasn't a very bright choice either.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/florida-will-probably-be-missing-starting-qb-luke-del-rio-for-vols-game/ Watch the video. The Florida Gators and ESPN should be bellyaching about Florida players tripping. At least it was one of the Florida players that was injured by their incredibly dirty play.

The rugby punts were greatness. Few returns, no long returns, and absolutely no Gator return men dancing in our endzone.

The Tigers will be coming off their most dominant performance of the season after a 44-0 rout of Kilgore Friday night at Tiger Stadium at Grim Park. Quarterback Cade Pearson continued to scorch defenses, completing 10 of 16 passes for 204 yards and three touchdowns, all in the first half. For the season he has thrown for 13 touchdowns compared to only one interception. He also surpassed the 1,000-yard barrier (1,101). Texarkana Gazette

It would be just like a hard candy Christmas.

Actually, there's a whole lot more truth to this statement than is common knowledge.

I bought Lance Dunbar's jersey today, actually it is his used Dallas Cowboys practice jersey. It is a blue Cowboys Nike game jersey with AT&T patch but as a practice jersey it does not have his name stitched on the back. It was available at the Cowboys warehouse clearance event along with a lot of other surplus equipment and team apparel.

Oodles and oodles of Nasty Little SMOODLES.

Per TexasHoops, Texas top 50 recruit, described as one of the state's best shooters, Tre Thomas has been offered by North Texas. https://twitter.com/TexasHoopsGASO/status/761723247448645632 Plays for Dallas Showtyme coach, the great Ervin 'Big E' Davis. Ervin is the brother of North Texas basketball legend Chris Davis. It could be a battle for this outstanding 2017 recruit. UTEP offered only a couple hours after North Texas.

from Brett Vito's Mean Green Blog Baker will wait until the end of the season to evaluate men’s basketball coach Tony Benford. Benford is coming off a 12-20 season and has finished at .500 or under in all four seasons of his tenure after taking over a program that had strung together six straight winning seasons under Johnny Jones, who led the Mean Green to two NCAA tournaments in that span. Benford is 54-73 at UNT. “Tony has a strong reputation and I want to step in and see what I can do to help him be successful,” Baker said. “After the end of the season, we will sit down and evaluate what we need to do going forward.” http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2016/08/wren-baker-press-conference-highlights.html/

**** are you, in fact, endorsing Floyd the possibly incognito 36 year old Port Aransas cocaine dealer as our next athletic director? .

STILLWATER, Okla. -- A 21-year-old Oklahoma State University basketball player died Thursday after collapsing following a team workout, the school said in a statement on its website. Tyrek Coger, a junior college transfer from Raleigh, North Carolina, was transported to Stillwater Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m., the school said. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/osu-basketball-player-dies-following-team-workout-tyrek-coger/

Yeah, how dare anybody graduate and have a higher priority than playing another year of football.

Maybe it's self discipline, but is it possible to have selfless self discipline?

How do you compare North Texas uniforms to the other D1 schools in Texas. DMN Poll at bottom of page. http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/06/30/best-texas-school-best-set-uniforms

I attend most of the coaches shows, at least during football season, and I don't recall any personal attacks on any fans. I am not saying something didn't or couldn't have happened, but there was nothing that I was familiar with. Plus, we're a goofy motley group that passionately follows a college program that is commonly regarded as one of the least significant in the land. Characters like us are gonna get chided a little bit, even by our own.

Man, sign the man up immediately if the worst that any detractor can say about him is "in 1997 somebody wasn't invited into an event that was reserved for certain level donors." I remember the situation well (and he did initially come out of looking like a pompous jerk) but both people involved met and talked through it. I consider that to have been a learning experience as that volunteer wound up being a very generous donor.

I fancy myself as a knee-jerk reaction, grab-the-torches-and-pitchforks kind of guy like many of you, but...... and I guess I may be alone on this, I appreciate what George had to say. Hank very well may be the person best equipped to take over this athletic department. Hank knows the fan base, is familiar with working with the university, is well connected with the financial boosters, is dedicated to participating in community activities, and has been instrumental in North Texas finding sponsors. Additionally he is a very eloquent representative for a school that desperately needs that, and his dedication cannot be questioned as he has spent more time promoting this university, including countless evenings and weekends, than many of us would ever consider. Hank also stayed with North Texas when he was offered the TAMUCC AD position because North Texas is home for him and his family. You're not going to find many with qualities like that through some reach firm. I appreciate people like Hank. North Texas has had far too few of them, especially in higher profile positions, in the 3+ decades that I have been following this program. Likewise, at the Monday night airing of grievances, I cannot remember a single complaint voiced that had anything to do with Hank's job performance. I heard a lot that we need change, and I will not disagree with that. North Texas on-field and on-court performance has been terrible and customer service is horrific if you are not one of the few people who sit in the cocktail suites. The ticket office is regarded as a fiasco and the promotions are functionally nonexistent. All that may be true, but how are those items under Hanks direction? Should Hank automatically ascend to the AD position? No, we need to see what other viable options are available and compare their abilities. But in no way should Hank be discarded as a candidate. He has sat through more crap football and basketball than anyone but still fought to promote the university in a positive light, he where the problems (and problem people) are in the department and is uniquely qualified to quickly fix them. Be careful what change you wish for because you might just get it. We sure got it from Steve Sloan, Richard McDuffie, and Craig Helwig at North Texas: people who accepted this AD position simply to screw off and simply advance their own interests. ps - I am not personal friends with Hank, or George, or a single person that may or may not be retained in the athletic department.

There were priorities more important than winning, and vengeance if anybody questioned that.

http://texasstate.247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/Commits

Not saying in all cases, but it is easy to get early commitments from players that the power programs have little to no interest in. In our case it may be better to continue pursuing and have scholarships available later to entice potentially higher caliber players that those programs may be waffling on.