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I am SICK of people on this board telling other people they are not real fans because they recognize what a train wreck our football program has become. I've been to every home game for the past 10 years and several away games, have you? I've been to every home basketball game for the past five years, have you? I'v been to almost every home soccer game for the past five years, have you? I've sat through rain, sleet, wind, cold weather, hot weather, and the spitting and cursing of away fans, have you? At what point are we good enough fans to have an opinion? Do we have to endure another 5 or 10 years of losing football? And lets get to your point regarding TD not being at fault. These are his recruits in his system running his plays. Who should get the blame? Is it Dickey, RV, Scrappy, the band??? Are we really to the point where its okay just to compete??? If so, I would say NT football has become the rec soccer program of college football. Maybe we should give the players orange slices at halftime and make sure everyone gets equal playing time. Somebody call Riley and tell him it's okay that he had four turnovers again as long as he tried hard.

I've been quietly observing for three seasons now so I didn't jump to conclusions about our current coaching staff. After what we've all seen from TD I just don't think he is capable of coaching at this level right now. The mistakes, bad calls and poor decisions are too numerous to ignore any longer. I wanted Dodge to be successful because I believe he is a good man and I love NT, but it's time for a change. Dunbar is our best player and his lack of touches tonight is inexcusable. Poor decisions regarding time outs (again) fall squarely on the shoulders of the head coach. We're in year three of the Dodge offense and still we have several plays each game when our players look like they don't understand their assignments. TD has been slow to make adjustments in all aspects from season to season and in games as well. It took Dodge two full seasons to realize we needed a TE. How long before he figures out that we occasionally need to line up under center? And I'm sorry, but being a redshirt freshman is not an excuse for continually making poor decision after poor decision. If you're small with a less than average arm you have to play smart, and we're just not getting that from the QB position. Anyone but the coaches son would have been pulled a couple of times this year. And here's a nugget for you recruiting experts. I happen to work in Dallas and have several people in my office that have sons playing high school football, some being recruited by NT. These kids play in Dallas, Desoto, Garland, etc. Two years ago many of them were excited about our program in the hopes that TD would turn things around and were hopeful their sons would have an opportunity to play for Dodge and stay close to home. These parents also kept me in the loop on what other players were thinking and I was excited as hell to hear that many of these kids were hopeful of an offer from NT. Not so much after this season. Hopefully we still get our share, but the losing is definitely having an effect. Just my two cents and now I'm off to ask Santa for a good season next year. GO MEAN GREEN!

I'm in.

It's final. We play Denver in the final on Saturday.

NT is up 3-1 with about 1 minute left.

Iseed, or as I know him, Sid played for the Mean Green men's soccer team and I believe he scored quite a few goals. For several years now he has been a teacher and womens head soccer coach at Denton High School. He was my daughters first competitive soccer coach and is still quite accurate with his right foot. On several occasions I've seen him kick a soccer ball from about 30 yards out and hit the crossbar repeatedly. The kids always get a kick out of it and he's a great coach.

nortx9, how is #7...hope it isn't as bad as it looked.

If you have DirecTV its on channel 626

same here...

I'm a member of NT Exes and season ticket holder, but not a MGC member. Got it and filled it out.

You quoted someone who was specifically talking about our recruits and you said, "Unfortunately all district honors no longer mean much". I just disagreed with your statement given the quality of play in North Texas. Don't take it personally, it wasn't meant that way.

I'm not sure how many people on this board actually follow youth soccer, but I do as my daughter is about to begin her select career. That being said, any player in the Dallas area that is still playing select soccer for a top club at age 18 is a quality player. North Texas is a top 5 market nationwide for producing soccer talent. And while All-District isn't the same as All-State honors, I would be willing to wager that All-District in North Texas means more than All-District just about anywhere else in the state and most places in the country. Don't sell these girls short. This team is going to be very good and very deep.

The stands were fairly crowded and I believe there is supposed to be seating for 800. There were also people sitting along the touch line. I'm not a good judge of these types of things, but it was probably in the range of 600-800 people.

I think the player must be at least 10 at the start of camp. This summer will be my daughter's first NT camp, but I have friends with older kids who have previously attended and they had a great time.

NT 1, Rice 0 hey...my first post!