CaribbeanGreen

Couple of thoughts.... First of all, I'm right there with Tasty on every level. We should expect in the first year around what Stockstill did at MTSU (which we saw first hand during 35-0).. that's not too much to ask, especially given the buzz around this recruiting class and fan base in general. We heard over and over how "easy" it was to win the Belt, how we were still overall below .500, and even if you consider (for reasons beyond me) Troy to be some dynasty in the making, there's no excuse not to be competitive throughout the conference slate. That being said, yeah - total honeymoon season, and short of your basic criticism, no changes possible, period. As it's been said, Troy lost one game in conference last year and nearly lost several others. Hell, even NT came down to the final moments with a GOOD chance to win against the Trojans. As Dennis Green so eloquently put it, if you want to crown their ass, then crown their ass!!!", but, IMHO, the 2002-03 era Mean Green blow the Trojans off the field 8 out of 10 times.

Over/Under on when PMG drops the hammer??? I'll set it at 40 minutes, and I'll take the under.

Playmaker + fireworks = Happy Birthday AMERICA!!!!!

ahhhhh, oh how I've missed you my friend..... come on, season. Start already.

Harrington is with ATL now (and they way it's looking there, may be starting. Woof.)

FAU & LaMo at 2 & 3?!?

Don't blame him, though. The effort required to keep up with a board that had to average less than a post a day at times really isn't worth it. Like many of you, I had no problem with the negativity when it was well-thought out. Sometimes, it just seemed very adversarial towards NT, whatever they tried to accomplish. No problem here with differing opinions, no problem with negative opinions - just give us the other side of the coin once in a while and offer solutions to what you think the problems are. Oh well. As said before, anyone willing to have a NT-themed website is okay in my book, no matter how acid-tongued.

Yeah, i'll second that. The DARTRail had about zero to do with Garland being what it is.

GTM is a decrepit shell of what it was in 2001/02 or so, and it wasn't that good THEN...

pretty shocked to see a FAU commit on that list...

I mean, they ALWAYS had Fouts from 98-2006. I don't get how suddenly with all the new capabilities it goes away. They've NEVER had the fight song. No reason for me to upgrade from 06 till they do.

Is that a Freedom Williams quote on your "from" field i smell?

I think the commuter school thing is simple - with few exceptions, schools in, or drawing large portions of their enrollment from, large urban areas are generally considered commuter schools whether they are or not. For some reason, the same logic doesn't apply to private schools - only the big staties. For instance, I know next to NOTHING about UH -- what I know (ASSUME) is that is that it's a big commuter school. If it were in Magnolia, I wouldn't assume that. Here in South Florida, The U of Miami is not considered a commuter school. It's a relatively small private school with a small enrollment (despite the athletic reputation).... just mere miles west of that campus sits FIU - still in Miami, MUCH larger enrollment, SIGNIFICANTLY more dorms and more students living on campus. However, ask anyone -- FIU = Commuter school. Anytime you have a significant number of non-traditional students -- adults, night classes, etc. -- and you MARKET to that demographic at all, then you get branded a commuter school, whether it's technically true or not. What kind of schools do that?? Large, state schools in large urban areas.

I noticed the official site does not show us playing FIU this year... did the SBC go to some sort of unbalanced schedule or is this a glitch on the website?

I love our campus, I'm proud of it, and I have a million miles of great memories tied up there... but as a whole, I run hot and cold on how it looks aesthetically. I think some of the new buildings look great - the Murchison, new dorms, ESSC, RTFP, Rec Center, etc... I always loved the area where "Flying High" sits, and the courtyards and grassy areas near the Union and out in front of the GAB. The Willis mall is being spruced up (but has been a disaster zone for a while now) and I've always liked the stretch by Curry Hall where campus borders Fry. I also think the "new" entrance sign and whole entry down North Texas Blvd. past Mozart Square and the SuperPit looks great. That being said, I always thought the 70's-looking generic brown boxes that permeate the geographic middle of campus -- the music buildings, middle-aged dorms, Matthews, Terrill, etc. -- look pretty dreary and unattractive. There's also really limited landscaping around that area (the old mid-campus "entrance" area), and a lot of exposed beaten up AC units, rusted railings, etc... The landscaping in general could benefit from some TLC, but that's a low priority, I know. In a perfect world, I'd love more trees, garden-type areas, and fewer dead/haggard patches near walkways, etc... The side of campus facing Eagle (and frankly, much of Denton on the other side of Eagle) leaves something to be desired for me. Not old enough to be classic and collegiate, not new enough to really shine or impress. It's a mixed bag, but it looks light years better than it did when I got there in 97.

How about the clinic Florida just gave UCLA... man, they were scary. UCLA looked like Denver...

Agreed 100%. As for looking like SLC, as long as we don't allow a drunk 2nd grader to draw the logo on the helmet like they obviously did, I'm just fine with that look. They look damn good. As far as SoW goes, if we don't use it in ANY capacity for football -- no helmets, not on the unis, not on the field, NOWHERE -- then I don't see the point of it. It's the "official" logo, yes? It's been showing up on ESPN, the local broadcasts, national publications and websites, and everywhere in media short of the CBS selection show, yes? Like it or not, and I think we overwhelmingly DO, that's our logo. It's good. If ANYTHING is going to be on out helmets besides the special ed billboard, it's going to be the SoW. End of story. I know a lot of us like the interlocking NT, but it's not the logo. The Exes use it, we've used varying degrees of it way back when, but it has virtually NO presence or publicity anywhere else. If that ever changes, great -- but for now, the SoW is IT. Period. Anything else, IMHO, makes ZERO sense. For the record, the DD-era script helmets also made virtually no sense from a continuity level, but I will always love those bastards because we were champions every year we wore 'em. THAT'S a track record. Green, white, whatever -- USE THE SON OF WORM!

Yeah... SLC ran more than they passed (contrary to the generally accepted theory), J-Mo hasn't looked like J-Mo for two years plus (or maybe he has... yikes), and our RBs were swarmed under by 3 to 4 D-Lineman 3 yards deep seemingly every time they touched the thing in the scrimmage (just like last season)... it's all OL for me - specifically, run blocking. I know we're all excited about throwing the mf'er around this year and seeing something new, but WE STILL GOTTA RUN THE THING.

Yeah, I like how Texas Tech "could go either way"..... games like that make me love Mike Leach.

But see, whether as a reward sticker or primary logo, these great ideas would require actually USING the incredibly awesome son-of-worm, which we know this football team doesn't do. The uniforms, the 50 yard line... nothing, nada, zip. We finally have a recognizable, eye-catching, timeless looking logo. Problem is, we decided not to really use it for some reason. How on earth will anyone ever really recognize the thing if we don't use it?

Especially considering the coach he's named after.... you know, cause you can always count on him staying so very long..

Done. Pretty awesome looking!

and even if he does, I gotta say... unless he can somehow play this year, I wonder how big the impact would really be...

Wow, pretty cool. I take Ohio State by a lot. A WHOLE lot.

...and here was poor, poor, PerryG, just happily sharing a nice little fluff piece on Coach Dodge on the NT sports board.......