AstroMike

Great place to it. I used to eat at the one by the Dixie Chicken at College Station when my wife was in school at Texas A&M and when I was a grad student there. I loved it. I also ate at the one by the Johnson Space Center when I was working at NASA in Houston. It was good, but nothing compared to the one at A&M.

This is a great topic and one I have recently discussed with my wife. I've been asked all of those questions. I was recently at Taco Casa in Gainesville when a teenage guy working there came up and asked me if I worked for Valley View. It dawned on me that I was weaing my mesh coaching type cap that only has the Eagle on it and is green with a black bill. I told him know that it was a Mean Green cap. All of the coaching/working for UNT then started up. Living north of Denton I get alot of Valley View comments when wearing Mean Green apparel. Valley View is about 20 miles north of Denton, near Sanger, and they they are the Eagles and their primary color is Green. I have about 20 UNT shirts/jerseys and about 10 caps, so I regularly have something on. I have a dark green #81 jersey that I frequently wear. When T.O. played for Philly I used to always get, "Why are you wearing that? I thought you didn't like him and were a Cowboys fan." I get the Aggie ring question as well. That one doesn't bug me as much, because my wife got here undergraduate degree there and I went to grad school and worked for them for two years. I usually just respond with "No, it's my North Texas ring, but I did go to grad school there." I understand the confusion with that one. Having recently been traveling for work and vacation and wearing UNT gear I had three different people in three different locations come up and say something about UNT, Denton, or the Mean Green. All was positive. I have found that to be a common occurrence when traveling. Hang in their guys. Keep wearing your UNT clothing, caps, rings, etc. UNT needs to push their way onto the scene, much like Texas Tech has the last decade. I remember when Tech pretty much stunk and UNT stuck it to them several times. The number of current UNT students and alum is tremendous, but people need to be more outspoken about their school. I'm pretty much sick of the "I went to UNT, but I'm really a __________ (insert team-usually Longhorns) fan." One thing I have done every Super Bowl Sunday for the last ten years or so is that I have an annual family/friends football game. It took a little time time and money, but my team (which usually consists of about 7 or 8 guys) wears a Mean Green jersey. No other teams allowed for my side. It is nice to take the big photo at the end and have all the tech, horns, sooners, etc. fans standing there in Mean Green gear. Those pics are framed and set in my office at home and work each year. Go Mean Green!

My brother and I will be present and accounted for this Saturday. I am just hoping to see improvement. The Dallas Cowboy issues of the last two weeks have deflected alot of criticism from people at work, but they are starting to inquire. I'm not sure I can hold them off much longer playing the "we're young and still learning" card. It doesn't help me much that my other team, the Aggies, are dealing with major issues of their own.

While this has been painful, I am prepared to see how next season goes. What is difficult is that they seemed to play better last year and have shown little progress. I knew LSU, Tulsa, and KState would be tough ones, and the Rice game was competitve for awhile at 28-20 before things steamrolled, it is this last one that is difficult to stomach. The Sun Belt has some good teams in it, it's just we are no longer one of them. I think Dodge deserves time to establish himself with his own recruits before I pass judgment. They do show flashes on offense of what we were seeing last year, but like George Dunham pointed out, they seem to move the ball fairly well between the 30s, and can't stop giving up the big play on defense and have major special teams issues.

As much as it pains me to say this: Rice 38 UNT 17 We're just not there yet. The few times I have watched Rice they have looke pretty good (even in their losses).

Yes. Hewalked through the crowd last year and received a standing ovatation. As he walked by me I had to restrain myself from saying "Hey Mean Joe, want my Coke?" and extending my Diet Coke to him. I figured he had been beaten down enough by that the last few decades.

Mean Joe

I would love to go the Houston-Air Force (I have an AF affiliation) game but I don't think I can work it out. I also wouldn't mind the TCU game either. Since I hate SMU and Tech I don't think I could stand to be there. That is almost like starting the NFL season with the Giants vs. Deadskins this year. I would like to see both of them stink and both take a loss if they could.

Let's tap on the brakes a little here. Dodge deserves time to get this ship back on course. I had heard that high school athletic directors were telling their kids to steer clear on here the last few DD years. They were saying the program wasn't good and many metro areas schools were running better programs. Early on it is a tough schedule and Tulsa is a very good team and could even win all of their games. I think they are what UNT is trying to become. UNT has some good players and hung in there tonight. The fumbled kickoff killed them and that was when things began to steamroll. I thought they bounced bac fairly well in the second half.

Thanks. That was awesome...I think. The scary thing is I have encountered Shatner a couple of times and he closer to that in real life than Captain Kirk.

Thanks for the welcome and the greetings. I am a member of the Exes/Alumni Assoc. and will be at the tailgating event Saturday night with my brother (another alum and member of the board already) and a friend of ours. I have a former student that has been redshirted (Aaron Fortenberry from Era, TX). A great kid to have in the program. I haven't thought of planting the Mean Green flag on the moon, but it needs to be done. I'm just hoping for a spot on the Vomit Comet in January. If I nail down a slot maybe I can get a picture in a MG jersey or shirt for the school or at least hang up a pennant. Go Mean Green!

I've been lurking on this board for a couple of years now, and was really just to lazy to create a profile. I've gotten alot of great info from it over that time. As a new guy posting on here I wanted to introduce myself. I'm UNT class of '92 and also have a couple of graduate degrees from there along with graduate work at Texas A&M (don't hold that against me). I work as an Assistant-Principal and NASA Educational Trainer. My goal is to be the first Mean Green Astronaut (I just sent my application in for the second time). I've been a season ticket holder for the last couple of years, and usually made it to one or two games a year prior to that. My wife and kids and I live north of Denton and I try to contribute to the school and direct students I have had to our fine institution.