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http://www.collegefootballnews.com/sun_bel...unBelt_Team.htm Offensive Player of the Year RB Jamario Thomas, North Texas He didn't get much work last year thanks to a hamstring problem and the return of Patrick Cobbs, but the speedy junior should regain the form that got him 1,801 yards and 17 scores in 2004.

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/sun_bel...elt_Preview.htm T3. North Texas Predicted record: 4-8 Conf. record: 4-3 Best Player: RB Jamario Thomas, Jr. Offense - The offense went into the tank last year with no production from the quarterbacks and a young, inexperienced line having all kinds of problems with its consistency. However, the running game wasn't bad and the pass protection wasn't horrible. Things should be better this year with Johnny Quinn leading a veteran receiving corps, Jamario Thomas ready to be one of the NCAA's top rushers again with a veteran line to work behind, and experienced quarterbacks that can't be any worse than they were last season. Defense - Last year was a disaster, especially against the run, and now adjustments have been made to fit the personnel. With few good linemen to work with and several great linebacker prospects, the D will go to a 3-4 with the strength at outside linebacker thanks to Maurice Holman and Phillip Graves. Safety will also be a positive with Aaron Weathers and Steve Warren returning, but there are major concerns at corner. The front three has to be much, much stronger against the run after allowing 221 yards per game. This season will be a success if … North Texas wins the Sun Belt title. It'll be a major, major accomplishment considering the conference road schedule, but after the past success, nothing else but a trip to the New Orleans Bowl will do.

Are you sure ? FSN (Fox Sports Network) usually indicates a national broadcast. Beleive UNT/UT is the first game of a double header followed by La tech/Nebraska.

Excluding the Horns, here's how our OC opponents are projected to finish in their respective conferences. Louisiana Tech - #5 in WAC Tulsa - #1 CUSA West SMU - #4 CUSA West Akron - #1 MAC East

UNT fourth in preseason poll Louisiana-Lafayette picked to win Sun Belt Conference 09:11 AM CDT on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer NEW ORLEANS — North Texas coach Darrell Dickey doesn’t plan to alter what he tells his team about the Preseason Sun Belt Conference Poll, even though the Mean Green’s place in it has changed dramatically in the last year. UNT was picked fourth when the poll of the conference’s eight head coaches was released on Monday during the opening session of the Sun Belt’s Media Days. The Mean Green was picked to win the league title last season, but ended up finishing 2-9 and seeing its four-year reign as conference champion end. “We don’t put a lot of stock in the poll, and we didn’t when we were picked to win,” Dickey said. “We knew we still had games to play and there were a lot of things that could happen between when the poll came out and the end of the season.” Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to win the league title after finishing in a three-way tie for the top spot last year with Louisiana-Monroe and Arkansas State, which won the tiebreaker and represented the Sun Belt in the New Orleans Bowl. UL-Lafayette received three first-place votes, while Arkansas State and Troy received two and ULM one. UNT did not receive a first-place vote. The Sun Belt’s coaches said the poll and the tight race for last season’s conference title show the balance in the Sun Belt. “There is a lot of parity in this league,” ASU coach Steve Roberts said. “It was always there. It just wasn’t as evident when North Texas was winning four conference titles in a row.” UL-Lafayette is hoping to follow in the Mean Green’s footsteps and win consecutive titles behind perhaps the best one-two offensive punch in the league in quarterback Jerry Babb and running back Tyrell Fenroy. Babb finished with 1,259 yards of total offense last season, despite a shoulder injury that kept him out of three games and limited him in another. Fenroy rushed for 1,053 yards as a freshman. “We have a lot of kids coming back, which is what draws people to vote for you,” UL-Lafayette coach Rickey Bustle said. “I am excited about our players. This is the first year we really have a number of experienced players coming back.” UNT returns 16 starters who are looking to bounce back from a season that was gut-wrenching not only because of a 2-9 record, but also because of how close the Mean Green were to winning a few more games. UNT lost five games in conference play by a touchdown or less. Those close losses, not the preseason poll, have fueled a renewed hunger for the Mean Green. “I have seen a positive attitude,” UNT wide receiver Johnny Quinn said. “Everyone is excited about this year, putting last year behind us and getting back to where we used to be. There is definitely a new hunger.” UNT is hoping that renewed drive and an experienced roster will help the Mean Green succeed as an underdog in what the league’s coaches expect to be a tight race for the Sun Belt title. “What I have said for the last five years, I will say again. Everybody in this league has a chance to compete for the conference championship,” Dickey said. “That’s what makes this an exciting league.” BRETT VITO can be reached at 940-566-6870. His e-mail address is bvito@dentonrc.com .

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1. Louisiana-Lafayette (3) 58 2. Arkansas State (2) 50 3. Troy (2) 48 4. North Texas 37 5. Louisiana-Monroe (1) 31 6. Middle Tennessee 29 7. Florida Atlantic 19 8. Florida International 16 http://www.nmnathletics.com/attachments1/1...?DB_OEM_ID=4100

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Mean Green happy to land Dennis North Richland Hills native picks UNT to be closer to home 08:43 AM CDT on Monday, July 24, 2006 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer North Texas already had a jump on the competition earlier this summer when Collin Dennis decided to transfer from South Florida. UNT was close to Dennis’ home in Richland, he knew some of the players on the Mean Green’s roster and, perhaps most important of all, UNT head coach Johnny Jones and his staff weren’t exactly strangers. UNT recruited Dennis out of high school and landed a player they have coveted for years last week when the 6-2 combo guard committed to play for the Mean Green beginning in the 2007-08 season. Dennis will have two years of eligibility remaining with the Mean Green after he sits out the upcoming season. “I met with the coaches at North Texas and really liked them,” Dennis said. “The program is going in the right direction and UNT is close to home.” Dennis will join Oklahoma State transfer Roderick Flemings in the Mean Green’s 2007 recruiting class and could provide versatility in UNT’s backcourt. Dennis played both guard slots in high school and his first two years at USF. Dennis averaged 4.4 points and 2.0 assists per game as a sophomore with the Bulls while playing in the Big East, arguably the toughest conference in college basketball. The addition of Dennis could help soften the blow UNT will take after Kendrick Davis and Calvin Watson complete their careers. Both are expected to start for the Mean Green as seniors in the upcoming season. “[Dennis’] ball-handling skills, ability to shoot from the outside as well as get to the basket on the offensive end and ability to defend quicker opponents will make him a very valuable addition to our team,” Jones said. Those skills were what made Dennis a priority in recruiting for the Mean Green after he earned second team all-state honors as a senior at Richland in the 2003-04 season. Dennis averaged 24 points per game as a junior and 23 as a senior when he led Richland to the Region I-4A semifinals. Dennis started every game of his high school career, beginning when he played with the varsity team as a freshman. “I would have put Collin up against anyone when he came out of high school,” Richland coach Richard Bacon said. “He has played a lot of basketball at a high level.” As a senior, Dennis scored 15 points in a span of two minutes to lead Richland back from an 11-point deficit in a game against Azle and also hit 18 of 21 free throws in a win over North Crowley in the playoffs. Dennis’ performance helped him land a scholarship from USF, where he was developing into an impact player before he tired of living so far from home. Dennis scored 25 points against UAB and 21 against UTA as a freshman. “After a while I was not happy,” Dennis said. “It was really hard to leave South Florida, but I wanted to go somewhere close to home.” TCU, Houston and New Orleans all showed interest in Dennis after he announced that he was leaving USF, but none offered a situation as advantageous at UNT. Dennis played against UNT guard Michael Sturns and with incoming junior college transfer Ben Bell on a summer league team. “It worked out for everyone,” Bacon said. “Collin wanted to get closer to home after wanting to get as far away as he could after high school. It’s always good to be around people you are comfortable with. He can drive 30 minutes from UNT and be home. That’s different than talking to someone over the phone.” Dennis will join a growing group of transfers at UNT, which should have several key contributors from other colleges in the coming years. Flemings, Arizona State transfer Keith Wooden, Bell and fellow junior college transfers Curtis Muse and Jonathan Jackson are all expected to be contributors when Dennis plays his first season with the Mean Green in 2007-08. “We can be really good with the guys we have coming in,” Dennis said. “We just need to work together and continue to improve.”

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This site has a slightly different revenue & expense picture. "Non allocated by gender" probably includes student fees. http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/InstDetail.asp?CRITERIA=3

Brett Vito: Results of offseason critical to UNT in ’06 08:40 AM CDT on Sunday, July 23, 2006 Every once in a while, in the midst of all the routine interviews and day-to-day conversations that go along with writing about sports, someone says something that sticks with you. It doesn’t have to be shocking or outrageous. Sometimes it’s how a statement is made as much as the statement itself. That was the case last winter at the tail end of one of the toughest seasons in Darrell Dickey’s tenure at North Texas. The Mean Green had just lost their last game of the season to Arkansas State and fell to 2-9, last in the Sun Belt Conference. Dickey was at the post game news conference, and he had something entirely unexpected to say. He didn’t talk much about how hard his team played or how his players didn’t give up. Dickey had what amounted to a promise to make. He said what happened in 2005 wouldn’t be repeated in 2006. UNT would be more dedicated on and off the field, tougher physically and mentally, too. An evaluation would be made of the entire program from top to bottom. In the next few days, we will begin to see what results that evaluation process and offseason dedication have yielded. Practice is still a few days off, but Monday essentially marks the beginning of a new season. Dickey will be in New Orleans along with the rest of the coaches in the Sun Belt Conference to meet with the press at the league’s media days in what amounts to the kickoff of a new season. We will find out soon enough if it will also kick off a return to glory for the UNT football program. Every living, breathing sports fan in Denton knows the story of what went wrong last season all too well by now. UNT had two back-to-back national rushing champions in Jamario Thomas and Patrick Cobbs, four straight conference titles and an expectation that No. 5 was on its way heading into the season, only to see it all fall apart in dramatic fashion. The Mean Green were in every game in conference play but failed to convert on enough of their opportunities while finishing 2-5 in league play. It was a shocking result considering the Mean Green were picked to win it all in the preseason coaches poll. No one expected it, least of all the players, many of whom hadn’t experienced anything but a season that ended in the New Orleans Bowl. The implication after the season was that maybe the Mean Green became a little too complacent. Linebacker Maurice Holman said the Mean Green know now that a berth in the New Orleans Bowl isn’t a birthright. Wide receiver Johnny Quinn flat out said that a 2-9 finish was unacceptable and that breaking every receiving mark in UNT’s record book this fall wouldn’t amount to much if it didn’t help the Mean Green. Quinn established himself as one of the top receivers in UNT history while helping lead the Mean Green to the New Orleans Bowl in 2003 and 2004 and wants to go out on top. The changes that are supposed to help make that happen have been coming quickly in the offseason. Dickey shook up his coaching staff and brought in a new defensive coordinator in Fred Bleil, who installed a new 3-4 base defense. The zone-read option that Texas used to win a national title and Louisiana-Lafayette used to torment the Mean Green’s defense last season appeared in spring practice. More changes will happen in fall practice when seniors like Quinn will join Dickey in trying to foster a new attitude and a physical and mental toughness that was missing at times last season. Will those changes make a difference? UNT will find out soon enough.

http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...338/1006/SPORTS Fuel prices zing athletic budgets Area universities working on ways to save money Louisiana Gannett News Rising fuel costs have created a difficult job for athletics directors as they prepare their budgets for the upcoming academic year. The fluctuating gas prices make it harder to create a firm budget, especially for spring sports. Schools across northern Louisiana are facing serious questions when it comes to travel. "It is an issue for all of us," said Louisiana Tech athletics director Jim Oakes. "We do the best we can in cutting corners and arranging flights and bus transportation." Tech plays in a particularly far-flung league which features members across the nation, placing greater demands on budget planning. "We plan early on," Oakes said. "We know what our schedule is going to be and we look for savings whenever possible." Athletic directors must look throughout the department for sources of revenue to alleviate the increase in fuel costs. Oakes faces the inevitable truth that his teams must fly to their WAC opponents based in the Pacific and Mountain time zones. "It just calls attention for all of us in collegiate athletics to generate additional monies to meet the challenge of rising travel cost," Oakes said. Louisiana-Monroe has its own demanding slate of away games scheduled for 2006, including Kansas, Alabama, Arkansas State, Troy, Arkansas, Florida International and Kentucky. Grambling athletic director Troy Mathieu has been at his position less than a month, but he's discovering what a crunch the spiraling fuel costs can place on an athletic budget. The football team has offers to play opponents across the nation, but Mathieu has to consider how much fuel costs will cut into Grambling's profit margin. If gas prices zoom up to $4 a gallon, as some analysts are suggesting, it could eliminate their profits. "We're trying to work out some creative arrangements where we may hold on the uncertain expenses of taking some of these long trips," Mathieu said. "It doesn't make sense to put our whole department's budget at risk because we might commit to a guaranteed sum of money that looks good in 2006 dollars. We're trying to work out some arrangements so that we're protected." Northwestern State, which like Grambling participates on the Division I-AA level, faces a non-conference schedule against I-A opponents Kansas, Baylor and Ole Miss. The Demons will travel by bus for the Baylor and Ole Miss games, but fly to Kansas. "There may be some changes that occur during the year, for the most part, the number we plug into our budget based on that bid is going to put us pretty close to what we spend," said Northwestern State athletics director Greg Burke. "We budgeted that figure anticipating higher-than-ever gas prices." Centenary athletics director Taylor Moore said he did more planning for his department's budget than ever before. Travel-related expenses constitute 50 percent of his athletic budget. It's the largest expense for his department behind scholarships and salaries. "It's always been a huge component of our expenses," Moore said. "It's a big challenge. Every department regardless how big you are and how much your revenue is, it's something you've got to look at." The Gents' conference, the Mid-Continent, has members from Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Utah. Fortunately, some of the expense is limited because members alternate home-and-road series each year.

Plenty of questions in the Sun Belt By MONTE HALE JR. hale@dnj.com With the days quickly ticking down to the start of the 2006 college football season, MTSU fans are certainly anxious as a new era in Division I-A football unfolds. First-year coach Rick Stockstill, who replaced Andy McCollum in the offseason, certainly has a team with a lot of question marks entering the season. However, so do all of his counterparts in the Sun Belt. With that in mind, let's just examine a few of the unknowns facing teams in the Sun Belt in the order in which they finished a year ago. Arkansas State: A surprise tri-champion in the league last year, ASU did what no other team did — go undefeated in conference play at home. It was that simple as to why the Indians went to the New Orleans Bowl. However, can the Indians repeat with the losses of quarterback Nick Noce and Antonio Warren, the all-time rushing leader in the program's history? Louisiana-Lafayette:The Ragin' Cajuns won their last five games a year ago and by most accounts are the prohibitive favorite to win the Sun Belt. However, can ULL handle the bullseye on its chest and will it improve defensively? Louisiana-Monroe:The Warhawks tied with ASU and ULL for the title last year and have improved every season under coach Charlie Weatherbie. However, can anyone really replace quarterback Steven Jyles, the all-time leading receiver in the Sun Belt, and 6-foot-6 wide receiver Drouzon Quillen, who bypassed his final season for the NFL draft? Florida International: The Panthers won their last three games, four of their last five and return some of the best skill players in the league, as well as two players — linebackers Keyonvis Bouie and Antwan Barnes — who will contend for defensive player of the year honors. However, can FIU overcome losing 27 players to graduation and will the offensive line be stable enough? MTSU:The Blue Raiders were a major disappointment last season. Thus, a change was made. The cupboard isn't bare, but will the receiving corps develop and can Stockstill develop a winning mindset? Troy:The Trojans also were a disappointment last season and have gone to more of a passing attack. However, will JUCO transfer quarterback Omar Haugabook be the answer? Florida Atlantic:The Owls won nine games two years ago, but lost more than 25 players to graduation and suffered through a 2-9 season in 2005. Will the young pups from a year ago take their game to a new level this season, and who will play quarterback? North Texas:The Mean Green's dominance of the Sun Belt ended last season when they finished 2-9 overall and in a tie for last in the Sun Belt. North Texas should be a factor again in 2006, but will it get better quarterback play? As one can see, there are plenty of question marks for everyone in the Sun Belt Conference. MTSU and Florida International get the first opportunity to address them in 41 days when the two meet at Floyd Stadium Aug. 31.

Kentucky turns fan postings in to NCAA Associated Press Posted: 21 hours ago LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky self-reported a secondary NCAA violation because of postings on a potential recruit's MySpace.com Web site, apparently by fans. FULL STORY http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/5801302?FSO1&ATT=HMA

JustCollegeFootball.com unit rankings. http://www.justcollegefootball.com/cursun.html

UCF moves ball in big-money game As of June 1, the Knights have raised $14.6 million for a football stadium. Kyle Hightower | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted July 19, 2006 Money isn't exactly being picked off trees just yet, but the fund-raising at UCF that has brought record growth in several departments this summer hasn't bypassed the athletic department. The countdown is under way for both the start of another football season and a pivotal year for the UCF Athletics Association as it prepares for its biggest endeavor to date -- the opening of an on-campus football stadium in a little more than a year. As of June 1, UCF had raised $14.6 million for the stadium, with the promise of even more cash once a deal for the naming rights for the $50 million, 45,000-seat stadium is struck. Officials had wanted to take their financing plan to the bond market by the end of June; the hope was the naming-rights deal would be done in order to secure lower long-term interest rates. While July is more than half over and no deal has been announced, indications this week were that one is imminent. "We will have information forthcoming on that very soon," said UCF Foundation Vice President Tim Leonard, who works in development and annual giving. Leonard said that while having a naming partner in place before going to the bond market might be ideal, he believed it was legal issues and not the naming deal that is the hindrance. "We don't have to have it to go to the bond market," he said. "But obviously it helps if it is signed." Cable company Bright House Networks is one of the names that has been mentioned as a possibility for UCF's new stadium Bright House already has its name on one in-state venue, on a minor-league baseball stadium in Clearwater. The Clearwater Threshers of the Class A Florida State League, a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, has played at Bright House Networks Field since 2004. The Phillies also hold spring training there. The company paid $1.7 million over 10 years for the naming rights to the 8,500-seat stadium. Until UCF sells its naming rights, Miami is the only school in the state with a corporately named athletic facility -- the BankUnited Center for basketball. USF plays football at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, but the school receives no money from the naming rights. About 30 colleges and universities have naming partnerships with corporate entities for either their football or basketball stadiums. Maryland ($25 million for 25 years) has the largest deal after selling the name of its basketball arena to cable-TV giant Comcast Communications. While UCF's impending naming deal is certain to bring a financial boost, it won't be the only money worth mentioning this summer. Having already shown a record increase in ticket revenue, on Monday the Golden Knight Club -- UCF athletics' scholarship fund-raising arm -- announced a 47 percent increase in scholarship contributions, which now top $2 million. As the summer nears its conclusion, Leonard is proud of the steps every department has made. "No question we've had a lot of success," he said. "It's been a fun year, and it keeps getting better and better. I don't think we've hit our peak by any stretch, and we will continue to experience the same type of growth."

QB questions nothing new for Roberts By Kevin Turbeville Sun staff writer JONESBORO — Quarterback questions are inevitable for a team that lost both its starter and top reserve at the position. Arkansas State head coach Steve Roberts has grown accustomed to those questions this summer. “If I had a nickel for every time that I get asked about our quarterback situation, I could buy all of y’all lunch, no doubt about that,” Roberts told members of the Jonesboro Kiwanis Club on Wednesday. “Everybody wants to know about quarterback and rightly so, it’s a very focal position. They touch the ball every single time we snap it and then make a decision every time that we snap the football.” FULL ARTICLE http://www.jonesborosun.com/story.php?ID=22766

Posted by Space Raider on the Sun Belt board. Blue Ribbon Yearbook All-Sun Belt Team Offense WR: Johnny Quinn, North Texas WR: Chandler Williams, FIU OL: Brandon Cox, UL-Lafayette OL: Tanner Jenkins, Arkansas State OL: Dylan Lineberry, North Texas OL: Kyle Cunningham, UL-Monroe OL: Germayle Franklin, Middle Tennessee QB: Josh Padrick, FIU RB: Tyrell Fenroy, UL-Lafayette RB: Eugene Gross, Middle Tennessee TE: Samuel Smith, FIU Defense DL: Antwan Barnes, FIU DL: Jeremiah Chapman, North Texas DL: Ricky Williams, UL-Monroe DL: Jervonte Jackson, FAU LB: Keyonvis Bouie, FIU LB: J.K. Sabb, Middle Tennessee LB: Devrett Wade, Arkansas State DB: Kevin Payne, UL-Monroe DB: Tyrell Johnson, Arkansas State DB: Chaz Williams, UL Monroe DB: Aaron Weathers, North Texas Specialists K: Greg Whibbs, Troy KR: Johnny Quinn, North Texas P: Colby Smith, Middle Tennessee PR: Leodis McKelvin, Troy Offensive Player of the Year Tyrell Fenroy, RB, Louisiana-Lafayette Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Payne, DB, Louisiana-Monroe Newcomer of the Year Chris Bradwell, DE, Troy

SUNBELT PREVIEW http://www.pigskinpress.com/sunbelt_conference.html 3. North Texas- This is the wild card team of the Sun Belt. A potent offense with nine returning starters including RB Jamario Thomas and WR Johhny Quinn. Thomas was anything but spectacular in his sophomore year after taking the nation by storm with over 1800yds in 2004. Look for Quinn to finally meet his potential with a break-out season. The defense will need to improve the pass rush to keep conference QB's in check. If all things click, the "Mean Green" could win the conference again. Look for a possible upset over Tulsa on Sept. 16th. PROJECTED RECORD 6-6

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/...northtexas.html FINAL ANALYSIS Walking around with a bull's-eye on its back was not a good way for an inexperienced and often-injured North Texas team to go through the 2005 season. The resulting 2-9 record was not a lie. But it didn't tell the entire story, either. In spite of their youth and injuries, the Mean Green went toe-to-toe with all of its Sun Belt Conference rivals. Now that the youngsters have matured and the aches and pains have had time to heal, North Texas is poised to make a run for the Sun Belt title, a prize it considers its birthright. The real test will come from the schedule as UNT faces Arkansas State, UL Monroe and UL Lafayette on the road.

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From College Football News The last time... Arkansas State… …played in a bowl game…2005 (New Orleans Bowl vs. Southern Miss) …missed a bowl game…2004 …pitched a shutout…2005 (Florida Atlantic) …was shutout…2003 (Utah State) …scored 50 points…2005 (Florida International) …went undefeated…1975 …won a conference title…2005 (Sun Belt) …had a 3,000-yard passer…never …had a 1,000-yard rusher…2005 (Antonio Warren) …had a 1,000-yard receiver…2000 (Robert Kilow) …had a first-round draft choice…never Florida Atlantic… …played in a bowl game…never …missed a bowl game…2005 …pitched a shutout…2004 (Illinois State) …was shutout…2005 (Arkansas State) …scored 50 points…2003 (Siena) …went undefeated…never …won a conference title…never …had a 3,000-yard passer…2003 (Jared Allen) …had a 1,000-yard rusher…never …had a 1,000-yard receiver…2003 (Anthony Crissinger-Hill) …had a first-round draft choice…never Florida International …played in a bowl game…never …missed a bowl game…2005 …pitched a shutout…2002 (Butler) …was shutout…2002 (Bethune-Cookman) …scored 50 points…2005 (Florida Atlantic) …went undefeated…never …won a conference title…never …had a 3,000-yard passer…never …had a 1,000-yard rusher…2004 (Rashod Smith) …had a 1,000-yard receiver…never …had a first-round draft choice…never Middle Tennessee …played in a bowl game…1964 (Grantland Rice Bowl vs. Muskingum) …missed a bowl game…2005 …pitched a shutout…2004 (Utah State) …was shutout…2000 (Florida) …scored 50 points…2005 (UL-Lafayette) …went undefeated…1965 …won a conference title…2001 (tie, Sun Belt) …had a 3,000-yard passer…never …had a 1,000-yard rusher…2002 (Dwone Hicks) …had a 1,000-yard receiver…2004 (Kerry Wright) …had a first-round draft choice…never North Texas… …played in a bowl game…2004 (New Orleans Bowl vs. Southern Miss) …missed a bowl game…2005 …pitched a shutout…2003 (Troy) …was shutout…2004 (Texas) …scored 50 points…2004 (Idaho) …went undefeated…never …won a conference title…2004 (Sun Belt) …had a 3,000-yard passer…1994 (Mitch Maher) …had a 1,000-yard rusher…2005 (Patrick Cobbs) …had a 1,000-yard receiver…1994 (David Brown) …had a first-round draft choice…1971 (DB Leonard Dunlap) Troy… …played in a bowl game…2004 (Silicon Valley Bowl vs. Northern Illinois) …missed a bowl game…2005 …pitched a shutout…2003 (Southeastern Louisiana) …was shutout…2003 (North Texas) …scored 50 points…2001 (Middle Tennessee State) …went undefeated…1912 …won a conference title…2000 (Southland) …had a 3,000-yard passer…1968 (Sim Byrd) …had a 1,000-yard rusher…2004 (DeWhitt Betterson) …had a 1,000-yard receiver…1984 (Rufus Cox) …had a first-round draft choice…2005 (DE Demarcus Ware) UL-Lafayette… …played in a bowl game…1970 (Grantland Rice Bowl vs. Tennessee State) …missed a bowl game…2005 …pitched a shutout…2002 (UAB) …was shutout…2002 (North Texas) …scored 50 points…2005 (UL-Monroe) …went undefeated…1943 …won a conference title…1994 (Big West) …had a 3,000-yard passer…never …had a 1,000-yard rusher…2005 (Tyrell Fenroy) …had a 1,000-yard receiver…2002 (Fred Stamps) …had a first-round d0raft choice…never UL-Monroe… …played in a bowl game…never …missed a bowl game…2005 …pitched a shutout…1999 (Middle Tennessee State) …was shutout…2005 (Wyoming) …scored 50 points…2002 (Utah State) …went undefeated…never …won a conference title…1992 (Southland) …had a 3,000-yard passer…1993 (Robert Cobb) …had a 1,000-yard rusher…2002 (Bryant Jacobs) …had a 1,000-yard receiver…2002 (Mack Vincent) …had a first-round draft choice…1971 (RB Joe Profit, 7th overall, Atlanta Falcons)

http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle...0&ATCLID=508022 Second Annual Football Clinic for Women Set for August 3 Courtesy: University of North Texas Release: 07/18/2006 DENTON (7/18/06) - The second annual Mean Green football clinic for women is set for Thursday, August 3 at 6 pm at the North Texas Athletic Center. For the second year in a row, North Texas head football coach Darrell Dickey and his staff will conduct a clinic for women. “Football 101” will offer women the opportunity to ask questions concerning college football, and have the NT coaching staff provide the insight and answers. Mean Green football players will also make appearances. The football clinic will also include favors, hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. Advance registration for the event is required by July 28 and can be made by calling Mandy McKinley at 940-369-7034, by e-mail at mckinley@unt.edu or submitting the form at the top of the page. The cost of the clinic is $20.00.