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Specs had tons of UNT koozies. Owners are UNT alum. I posted pictures a while back. Someone else posted a video of the UNT steel drum band at the specs grand opening.

Exachary. I've become a political Slim Pickens. I've learned to stop worrying and how to love the bomb. This should be viewed as a tragic event perpetrated by a lone madman, but instead, the pundits will use it to increase pep in their cheer sections, and the politicians will use it to benefit some lobbyist to the great inconvenience of the general population. Out shall be named, ” Aurora's Law.” All we need is a baby named Aurora, so we can” protect” her.

Crap. On my phone and can't edit. That's meant to be option B, not a smiley face.

Option A) TSA security checkpoints at all theaters, shopping malls and sports venues. Option A federal ban on every type of conceivable weapon from anti-tank guns all the way down to dollar store slingshots. I am sick at myself for hearing this news and thinking nothing of the victims, but rather immediately prognosticating on who will exploit it for political gain.

Come September, will there be dead animals smoking over hickory and ice chests full of fermented goodness followed by the skin of an unfortunate porcine flying through the air? Yes? Fantastic. Then I really don't care what you call it.

The club level bathrooms are astounding. I did NOT expect the quality of the facilities they turned out up there. That said, the regular seating area bathrooms are light years ahead of any public facilities I've seen. Then again, I grew up in the era of the stainless steel trough full of cigarette butts and beer cups, so I'm pretty easy to please.

That's just simply not possible. He didn't speed dial me to ask my approval or inquire about my availability.

Next step, Benson extends a Sunbelt bid to Utah and Missouri.

Now that's something I could really get behind!

Will the end zone look like a cougar paw?

Will Sandusky get conjugal visits?

True to a point, in that LSU would be pumping out semi-literate slack jaws without sports. But my kid gets into Cal Tech (pretty much zero wins at anything), Harvard (where football is without scholarships or bowls and rowing reigns supreme) and, say, Alabama, the SEC doesn't even crack runner up.

I didn't realize it was red until I read the article. I thought it was green and gray. Color blindness. Such a disability.

Honestly, I think this season is a bit of a write-off between the four and a half home games to clear us up for CUSA and the empty cupboard from Todd ” Mr. Football Plan” Dodge mortgaging the farm on jucos in hopes that his deer in the headlights everyone go long unwavering strategy would eventually work. DMac salvages a not embarrassing season this year. We break out next year.

I just emailed my daughter about the free slurpee because she's in California visiting grandparents, so THEY can deal with the lines for once! Hah! I'm pure evil!

I'd say mine bleeds green, but I took some antibiotics and it cleared right up.

I demand fresh baked cinnamon rolls from Rick's personal kitchen the morning of each home game. For some young coeds to feed them to me, I'll up my giving level a nominal amount.

I've been taking this position since the day Fouts opened.

On my phone and no time to look it up, but I believe they're both correct. Your preferred spelling was apparently pushed more during the Reefer Madness days as a way to make it look more foreign. Basically, though, it's like asada vs azada. Both correct.

I was going to go on a rant about how freakish I think it is that realtors put their pictures on their business cards, but this. This I wholeheartedly endorse.

I've never seen it before. Watched it this evening. Laughed like crazy. Loved the green. Hated the "Texas State"

Oh no! A bunch of whiny little bitches playing with themselves on a rogue board!

Seven bowl tie-ins vs. two. Hmm...I'll take some of whatever Benson is smoking.

The question seems to come up every time someone mentions the successes, no matter how minor, of any other school. What have you done for UNT? This invariably devolves into a series of oneupmanship until someone comes through having bought season tickets at the old field where Willis Library now resides. We all have our reasons for donating, but it really boils down to two things. 1) It's part of our entertainment budget, and it's a place where we've found comfort, friendship, and lifelong enjoyment. 2) We're contributing to the embetterment of the university, and by improving the athletic program, giving a few kids a chance at an education and handing the university a nice marketing tool by which it can recruit better faculty and students. We mostly suffer from a common syndrome too: I was here first, and it was better when I was here. I came to UNT four years ago. In these four years, I've lost my house and my wife. However, I gained an education, a new career, and was picked up along the way by a curmudgeony UNT fan who saw fit to give me enough employment while in school to keep my head above water. It hasn't always been the most rainbow unicorn journey, but I got through it, and I'm grateful to those involved. So here I am, a freshly minted member of the Mean Green club (although at admittedly nominal levels). Why did I choose to contribute? Because UNT gave me an opportunity, and UNT athletics indirectly provided me with the means to seize it. So I keep coming back, and I give back (although at admittedly nominal levels). And I sell it to others. Actively and aggressively. How? Think again about why we keep coming back. Reason number 1. It's entertainment dollars. Somebody who is considering coming to games, buying season tickets, and God willing, making a donation, needs to enjoy themselves -- at their own pace, and in their own way. That might mean having the wrong shirt, or sitting in the wrong section, or screwing up the eagle claw (something I never learned how to do). But if there's BBQ, music, beer, football, and everybody is enjoying it, then UNT football is one of the best entertainment values going. I view everyone who walks through that gate as a potential customer. Apogee and UNT is our store, and those are our potential clients. We talk to them, find out what they're looking for in a college gameday experience, and we provide it. The correct shade of green, the alma mater lyrics (which I never learned), the hand gestures. Those things come organically with time. The bitter memories of derision and feeling unwelcome after 100 posts about who did what wrong after every game? Those are instant and permanent. So here's my challenge to the mean green nation this fall. Let's try being the kinder, gentler curmudgeony crowd. People will come to check things out. Let's give them a beer and a rib. Answer any questions they have. Get to know them. Invite them back. And if it's really a burr under your saddle, buy them a t-shirt in the shade o' green of the week. Get them coming back, and start soliciting more commitment, but always as a benefit to them, never as an obligation or challenge to "be as good a fan as I am." Also always keep in mind that what they perceive as benefits may vary wildly from you perceive as benefits, so listen and be mindful of this. We all love this program. Let's project to others why and share it with them.

I graduated on December 17th, went to work on January 3rd, got my signing bonus on January 15th and donated the entire amount to UNT athletics the next day. Can I join your pissing contest?