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It was painful to watch in person. I'm glad my tickets were free.

When you complete more to UT defenders than UNT receivers you are handcuffed as a coach.

I know Rooster's used to advertise that they had the LHN, not sure if they still do.

Saw the bus on my way down to the lake this morning for a run. Will be back by later this afternoon.

estate planning conference, company's dime

Spent this past week down in San Antonio at La Cantera ( 2 miles from UTSA campus). LOTS of school pride in that area. I had so much envy seeing how much UTSA stuff was available at HEB.

Already gone. I may have some more extras coming this season so stay tuned.

Definitely some app they're using, such a BS school that no one cares about.

God bless this man.

My 3 seats are in Section 205 PLEASE PUT THESE TO USE! Free to a good home (and promise to +1 for all my future posts) Please PM me your address and I'll mail them to you. I give preference to those with GMG reputation (no new users as you could be a reseller/LTU fan)

Classic look though I'd have to research their old ones to see how these have changed.

I'd be nervous if I were that roadrunner, boy beside him likes Colonel's original.

We may have to agree to disagree on this. But I also think we're arguing over different terminology here. I brought up USU as a team that has made noise in the last decade. You brought up USM and Marshall are recognizable teams. Those two can be mutually exclusive. You brought up what casual fan in DFW would tune in to UNLV. Casual fans watch a game primarily due to rankings (talent on the field), followed by any type of connection they might have to the school that is playing. Rice is a small school with a small alumni base and not a whole lot of success. People know Boise and Fresno. They likely remember Colt Brenan and the undefeated Hawaii Warriors (at least until UGA smacked them in the Sugar Bowl). They're familiar with the numerous times they have knocked off Power 5 schools since they do it on an annual basis! The MWC is weighed down by its bottom teams, its top teams are at least as good as AAC's top remaining teams. Regarding TV ratings, the MWC made a poor decision to start their own network and ESPN has not aired hardly any of their games the last 5 years as a result. I admit I have a west coast bias. But I can tell you that walking into a sports bar in SF, SD, LA, LV, Seattle, Denver, etc. that you will find many more fans familiar with MWC schools and their success than people in Texas and the history of UNT, Rice, UTEP football. Expand that across the country and it doesn't change much. Every sports fan on the west coast knows Fresno competes at the highest level of college football - I can't tell you how many times I have to remind people in DFW that UNT plays in FBS, no matter how much/little coverage we receive on ESPNDallas, DMN, etc.

But it's north of 635.....the SMUers have infected me.

Will be in Austin but hopefully this gets the Dallas based folk out of the woodworks just so we know how many of us exist. I live in Oak Lawn/Turtle Creek area near Uptown.

USU, a mid to bottom tier team for recognition, you're comparing to Marshall and Southern Miss - CUSA's biggest names. Compare Boise, Fresno, AFA, SDSU against the recognizable CUSA names. The only MWC school that would have brought fewer people to the HOD bowl would have been Hawaii, and maybe SJSU - we had a horrible opponent in that regard. A lot more people have heard of UNLV (thanks to Tark the shark) than FAU/FIU, if we're comparing bottom of the conference teams. For football, Boise and Fresno are miles ahead of Rice within Texas for name recognition. Rice has yet to shake their reputation for being UT's whipping boy.

Boise, Fresno, Nevada, and Utah St have all made more noise over the last decade than the top 4 teams remaining in CUSA. Like, considerably more. Marshall is ok but nowhere near where those top MWC teams have been lately. UNLV, SDSU, USU, UNM, CSU have rabid bball fanbases and storied programs. Having grown up attending WAC/MWC games at Fresno, and a few roadies, there's no comparison in attendance, atmosphere, and competition to what's left in CUSA. I will say that I'm much happier now than in the Sun Belt. Part of that is attributed to drivable games, but another part is the step up in prestige. I'll say this much, how many times have you heard "North Texas" and "small school/program?". I just don't hear that out of the MWC schools because of the attention they've received and the # of players they've put in the NFL.

Sat behind Kenny's family at the bowl game, great group of folks.

Is it fun to play regional schools? Yes. Would it be fun to play in a conference with more prestigious and storied programs? Yes. The two conferences offer different opportunities, depends what's important to you. I expect to see MWC try to grab a Texas school at some point, starting with UTEP. A lot of the MWC programs have been increasing their recruiting efforts in TX lately. If UTEP goes, I would want UNT to go along with. I would really like to see a UTEP, UTSA, UNT, Rice package.

The files are IN the computer???

Looks like SOW is at a much better angle than the black one we slapped on last year for Halloween. That looked pretty dodgy with the white facemask and all.

Even better.

Can't wait for the mini helmet.

Wow, even better than I was expecting.

He was a game manager, yes. Having grown up watching Trent in Fresno, he was 100x the QB DT was.