gksmith

Wee had pretty minimal travel in the Sun Belt. Just Florida once a season in Football and once or twice a season in Basketball. The same school doesn't go overseas every year. Like Duke or UNC don't go to Europe every year for preseason.

I took my wife there one evening and she took one look at it and did not want to go in. I guess it looked to shady for her or something and we left. They converted a house into a bar. I had no problem with it. Next chance I get I am going there ever if it is by myself.

Dude. That's harsh.

Was this the one where Lance got slung to the ground and did a cartwheel or summersault or something? I heard about it but did not know it resulted in a fight.

There will have to be a third when baseball comes around. Plus Softball, Soccer, et al.

Nice run...though he committed the sin of running backwards (about 15-20 yards) before getting the space. Gig me if you want but anyone who played pee wee football was (or should have been) coached to not run backwards. Fundamentals people!

When did NT play aTm? I know it hasn't been recent (in the last 20 years).

I didn't get to see either one of them but I really want to see the Bruce Campbell version

Damn...working.

It's what gets reported. No one cares when the two sides are in negotiations. It only becomes news when the contract is not signed and it is a week before the contract ends. That and "informational picketing."

Gota agree with Screaming Eagle. If it is your money on the line you are going to take it more seriously. I saw that happen at a specialization school. I paid out of my pocket to go there. I worked my butt off and studied hard in a difficult place (Ft. Lauderdale, FL during Spring Break). I didn't have the money to go to the beach every weekend. End result - I finished high in the class and got my certificate. There were several people there on someone else's money (government or parents mostly) who failed to get the certificate. UNTFan23 I congratulate you on your accomplishments. You got the degree even though someone else paid the tuition. The draw back to working while going to school is you have to balance study and work. I would like to see if there is a study to see what the trend is.

He is doing all the things that most of us did in college. The difference is that when you throw in celebrity and talent, everything is magnified. The speed of news travels a lot faster and a lot more wide spread then when I went to school. Today we hear about news within seconds as opposed to hours or days when I graduated. I'm not justifying what Johnny is doing. He can't seem to grasp that with his status comes scrutiny. When I did some of the things he is doing I had to answer to my parents. But I never had anywhere near the talent he has so it never went past my parents. If Johnny Manziel doesn't to be in the spotlight, he knows how to make it stop - quit football and let his talent and celebrity fade away.

THAT is a lot closer to "likeness." I never delved that far into the game (I don't own a game system) but that sounds like the only thing missing is a real picture of the person to go with the uniform.

This is why I hate "best of all time" type lists, especially in football. The game has evolved so much in the relative short time I have been watching (I remember Dallas v. Baltimore in Super Bowl). Everything is different - equipment, players, training methods, even the rules (anyone remember when NFL had goal posts at the GOAL LINE while college had it at the END LINE?). Players in the original game had to work separate jobs in the off season because they did not make enough at football to sustain them through the year. Many of us make more in a month than the original players did in a year. The salaries players make today would sustain a normal person for a lifetime. Football is their profession 24/7/365 and none of them have to work a separate job in the off season. They can train and devote all of their time to football instead of football for a few months and selling tires the rest of the year. These lists do a disservice to those that came before. There were some really great players in the early years of the NFL who will never make a list like this. I can live with "best in an era" type lists. Best of all time - not going to address it.

I like the Black and White w/color on home jersey pictures. Neat.

Define "likeness." While I haven't seen all of the game versions, I see generic players with no name on the back, only position and jersey number. No mention of any players name (at least the version I saw) by the "announcers." I guess I fail to see how that is a "likeness." For the first time Norm is wrong. It is already UGLY. Way past "getting ugly."

I loves me some cake...nom nom. Oh...Happy Birthday...nom nom nom.

Is it too late to switch to dynamite?

All I can say is there are corporate offices and office towers in downtown Dallas that aren't this nice.

I was thinking it would happen for football before basketball...

I notice the schedule is not on Meangreensports.com yet. As of 8/3/13 9:50 AM

Or game of basketball. You know...one of the two.

I can sympathize with those who listened to him every day. I was never a Kraddick fan. He was mean and ugly to Russ Martin at the KEGL and I'm not a fan of the KISS FM music format. While none of my radio "heros" have not died I can understand being upset. I have had several DJs I listen to get fired. And with the whole "no compete clause" in the contract they can't get a job in the market elsewhere for the term of the contract, eventually going to another station, or going to another city, et al - it can be unnerving.

Ski UNT!

Medical costs - that is all part of what the company and union negotiate. Pay a little more for medical but get a slightly higher wage or the "credit" from the company to help cover that. Pay less for medical but get lower wage to help compensate. These are ways that contracts get negotiated. Same with paid time off. Same with raises. Same with everything. Hostess – I also seem to remember that management got a huge raise (somewhere along the lines of 200%) and refused to negotiate a decent wage for the workers – professionals I might add. The company is failing and you give yourself a huge raise? I find it very hard for a CEO getting a multi-million dollar “bonus” when the company is hundreds of millions of dollars in the red. There are some good CEOs. Several years ago the CEO of American Airlines refused to take a salary until AA made a profit. Others have done the same but very few. Wildcat strikes – unions don’t do that anymore because it is against the contract. Workers go on a Wildcat strike, the contract is voided, and there is no longer a union. The workers and the company suffer. Anyone who thinks a “strike” is the first line of action knows nothing about unions, companies or negotiations. A strike is the last thing anyone wants and is a last resort, not a first resort. It is much more common for union workers to continue working after the contract expires while negotiations continue. Companies and unions start preparing for the next contract just seconds after the ink dries on the current one. Not all industries are unionized and don’t need to be. The industries that need unions are blue collar, do not require higher education, and have difficult relocation options. Coal miners, airline workers, steel workers are good examples. You don’t need a college degree to do the job. You can walk straight from high school graduation into the coal mine or steel mill. Those are also jobs where if you leave you can’t go across the street to another company. It means selling your house and moving to another city. We are fortunate in Dallas that there are two major airlines headquartered here. But if you work for Delta (Atlanta) or United (Chicago) or Northwest (Minneapolis) and leave a job where you have to work at the headquarters, you are moving to another city. And while you do have to have special certifications for many jobs that are union with the airlines, you can walk immediately from high school graduation to the workforce.