NorthTexan95

His straight speed is probably that. He doesn't seem "quick", though -- it takes him a few steps to get up to that speed. Riley is probably quicker than he is. You're right ... it should be enough to keep a defense honest.

That made me laugh out loud.

Old school.

Dodge is a fierce competitor and is mobile. I think he got better and better as the season went a long. The big negatives I see is he gets banged up a lot and he doesn't have the greatest arm strength. I think Osborn definately has a chance to earn the starting spot but Dodge won't back down.

Power to Tennessee? I hadn't heard him connect to Tennessee. That stinks!

He's not a big running threat but he seems to have a very quick release. Welcome aboard!

Can you play on a white field after labor day?

90 days no interest?

Good news all around.

You're in the US Army 101st Airborne? Cool ...

Also think the Cowboys converting college basketball players to NFL players.

Also think the Cowboys converting college basketball players to NFL players.

Thanks for the insight. I appreciate these "Mac-nuggets" about how he did things at I-State. Keep 'em coming!

This looks sharp!

Fast enough to chase down runningbacks and strong enough to lay the wood when he catches them. I'm also impressed that the kid was offered by Air Force. Sounds like a good kid off the field as well.

I remember talking about this awhile ago. I thought the scoreboard might be used as a secondary unit. I think the plan was to have a new scoreboard that was one large screen that would provide the most functionality. I also thought it wasn't feasible or possible to put the old turf in the new stadium.

If you missed it there's a new Mean Green Insider video on the MeanGreenSports.com website. Hank interviews Rick and there's a lot of talk about football, the coaching search, and possible conference realignmnet. It'll get you fired up. http://www.meangreensports.com/newMediaPlayer/sl/console.htm?CLIP_FILE_ID=741641&SPID=&DB_OEM_ID=1800&CLIP_ID=730975&id=741641&type=vod&DB_MENU_ID=&oemid=1800&SPSID=

I see your avatar is a video clip from the swimsuit competition. Ewww ..

Athletes.

SMU's upward trend? With all they have going for them they still are averaging about the same as us? I don't see a whole lot of potiential growth for SMU unless they can replicate TCU's on field performance.

You're right about me overstating our case. I like to call it "best case scenario". I think the stadium alone is worth a a couple thousand. The new coach ... some big wins ... and you have another few thousand.

It's an advantage because we have a lot of room to grow.

Big difference ... in our favor.

There's only one spot left and Mike Nelson appears to have the entire DLine. I'd expect a RB coach to be the final hire with a couple fo GA's to help out.

There been some talk on this board about UNT vs SMU when it came to attendence. I'd thought I'd post the weekly attendence for home games for UNT and for SMU this past season. UNT Rice: 23,743 La-La: 17,015 Ark St: 14,589 Fl Int: 14,718 Troy: 14,289 Kan St: 21,952 Total: 106,306 Average: 17,718 SMU UAB: 16,612 Wash St: 18,184 TCU: 35,481 Tulsa: 19,329 Houston: 20,741 Marshall: 17,513 Total: 127,860 Average: 21,310 So SMU averaged 3,592 more than UNT this past season. However, SMU had one home game with TCU that completely busts the bell curve. If you remove this game their average drops to 18,476 (758 more than us). In other words, SMU ... with a new stadium ... in a better conference ... playing better "name" home opponents ... with a high profile head coach ... coming off a winning season and bowl victory ... had basically the same number of fans attend their home games as UNT when you remove all the TCU fans who came over from Ft. Worth. I don't need to state all the negatives UNT faced coming into the season and during the season. Considering all the benefits we have coming into 2011 (new coaching staff, new stadium, better "name" home opponents) I would hope we would see a significant bump in attendance next year and pass SMU. Honestly, I wasn't expecting SMU's attendance to be so low this past season until I looked at the numbers. If we can get things turned around on the field we could race right by SMU very shortly. In a couple of years we could be the team in the area conferences are wanting to have. I'm excited to see just how big this "sleeping giant" really is.