FanofUNT

Yes - the "puff of white smoke" will be Fouts Field being DEMOLISHED!!! GO MEAN GREEN!!!

1975 members now, but I am reading the posts and I think ALOT are "yes" and just very few may be "no". I think some people have joined the facebook page because the group is so large and want to ask questions and get feedback, but also to express why they are not in support - just a couple. It does not seem to be a lot of people though. However, I think membership over the weekend and wall posts may go up this week. (It may give us insight how this vote will turn out. I will be watching )

1975 this morning....Go Mean Green!

ok 1954

an organized party? That will get the students out to vote in droves!!!!

If we win the vote, and I say "if", I say the students and alumni should have a going away party at FOUTS - vote "yes" for a new stadium!!!

I hope there will be a BIG - POSITIVE announcement!! and celebration....somewhere - Stadium P-A-R-T-Y!!!

1942! WOO-Hoo! I just like to see the numbers go up!

I think there is 239 on the against page? "Apathy" - yes I agree!

The numbers keep rising, if we are "gung-ho" and still joining the facebook site - i think it will pass -

Will we know the outcome of this vote in one week? That way this can stop - all opposed to it? -> Thanks!

Yuk! At least the replies were promising! it's in the opinion section, so we'll leave it as his opinion....

I wonder how involved they are in the school and how much longer they had at the university - they might not be around for it. If that many people don't care or don't want it, maybe they won't show up at the polls. There are alot of factors that haven't been addressed as to why they would vote "NO".

How are your numbers coming along?

Wow!!! your facebook is almost at 2,000 - incredible - would be nice to get 100 more signed-up!

That will get some attention!!

you can reach this by tonight!!!

What are we short about $340???

That is a good idea! Can we all rally together to get the funds where they need to be? There is enough of us to do this!!

Way to go UNT Flyer!! Almost half way there!!

Written on Facebook: Derrick M (North Texas) wrote at 9:48am "Students for a New Stadium" is asking for your help. Campaign signs will be created in favor of the referendum. Donations can be made via PayPal to: dmm0218@unt.edu. There is a $1000 limit on campaign funding for a referendum. Once we reach $1000, the PayPal account will be shut down."

I think this is a good idea...

I agree - the UNT Nation is bigger and better than what we are doing now. Hopefully students reading this will know that they can turn this around and people in the community are backing the students in their quest for a new stadium -

" Recruiting A new stadium would greatly help in recruiting which will help NT win games. We have to look at the big picture. " "With respect, winning alone is not really the big picture. It is more of a happy little picture for football fans. IMO the big picture looks at the University, not just the athletic program. That said, a new stadium will allow Todd Dodge to recruit from an equal starting point to most of the head coaches he recruits against. He is a plus recruiter, so it is reasonable to say he might get 3-4 more players he covets each year which should be enough to win at a much higher clip. That is over a 4 year span adding like +12-16 more potentially starting caliber players. That certainly won't hurt. A new stadium is a new university facilty that can help eradicate the public perception in the area that UNT is a dump. UNT's facilities certainly don't have to be the best, but they really should not be the worst in the region, as they have been in the past. The university has been great about building better facilities lately. The stadium is one of the most obvious offenders in that stadiums and arenas are a university's ambassadors to the public. Consider the recent primary season --- did UNT's lack of a suitable stadium discourage an Obama visit? I can't say one way or another, but that KIND of scenario is one in which sticking with Fouts probably hurts the university. A new stadium could allow UNT to move into the same conference as SMU and Rice. Competitively, It is a little better, but the real advantages IMO would be the affiliation with a number of top Texas and regional private universites. What would be good for UNT at that point would be good for improving the standings of all of the other universities in that conference. Imagine SMU and Rice Alumni in the Texas Legislature pushing UNT for Tier 1 status! NOTHING besides the new stadium could make that happen. A new stadium allows the implosion of Fouts Feild. The university's master plan suggests that new dorms, a parking garage, and a new OPERA HOUSE (!!!!) willl fill that area. The replacement of Fouts is a bottleneck to the construction of a lot of things UNT students want. And with regards to the Biology department arguement... No one who favors upgrading the stadium is against upgrading any of the other facilities at UNT. Universities often invest money in areas where they think they can excell in a region. Those departments rarely have to "earn it" as you suggest. They may not even have a department. If this was UNT's logic how many departments would have never been created? Have you taken a computer class at UNT? How many Departments would have been allowed to fail? Until UNT has to bring in generators each class day to light Biology classes, I think the comparison is a little off."

UNTFlyer - I think are 1883 for a new stadium, I saw you had 1887. I hope people are not falling off...