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Most important game in their recent history and there were only 10,813 in attendance at Monroe. That is pathetic.

Hutyra's Goals Lift Mean Green Over Arkansas State Courtesy: University of North Texas Release: 10/14/2005 Courtesy: Rick Yeatts Heather Hutyra has 14 goals this season for the Mean Green soccer team. DENTON (10/14/05) – The North Texas Soccer team used two first-half goals from Heather Hutyra to push past Arkansas State 4-1 at the Mean Green Soccer Complex. Hutyra notched her 13th and 14th goals of the season for the Mean Green (10-2-2, 5-0) as North Texas extended its unbeaten streak to 12 games. The Mean Green also increased its winning streak over Arkansas State (4-10-1, 1-4-1) to nine games. “I was very happy to get the win tonight and to get everyone into the game,” said North Texas head coach John Hedlund. “I look forward to keeping this going on Sunday against Arkansas-Little Rock.” Along with Hutyra’s pair, the Mean Green got also got goals from Kristen Campbell and Kelli Lunsford. The Indians attempted a comeback in the second half when Sarah Palke’s 30-yard free kick found the back of the net in the 74th minute. But, that would be all the offense Arkansas State could muster as the Mean Green outshot the Indians 23-8. North Texas returns to action at 1 p.m. on Sunday when the Mean Green takes on Arkansas-Little Rock at the Mean Green Soccer Complex.

UNT up against airborne Panthers 07:55 AM CDT on Saturday, October 15, 2005 By BRETT VITO / Staff Writer North Texas coach Darrell Dickey knew of Don Strock long before he became the head coach at Florida International. Dickey watched Strock rack up more than 6,000 passing yards as the starting quarterback at Virginia Tech and then play with the Miami Dolphins. That experience could offer the Mean Green an indication of what they will face today, with kickoff set for 5 p.m., in a game against the Golden Panthers at FIU Stadium. "Don Strock was a great college and professional quarterback," Dickey said. "He has installed a lot of things that he did in professional football in his team. They have only been sacked a few times this year, even though they throw the ball from the pocket a lot." FIU might not have a quarterback to rival Strock in his playing days, but Josh Padrick has more than sufficed. Padrick enters the weekend ranked first in the Sun Belt in passing with an average of 205.5 yards a game. The Golden Panthers torched Arkansas State for 362 yards passing in their first Sun Belt Conference game and added 226 yards last week in a win over in-state rival Florida A&M. FIU (1-3, 0-1) had two weeks to prepare for the Mean Green since that win on Oct. 1 and will no doubt have some more tricks to throw at UNT (1-3, 1-1) with a passing attack that has already been highly effective. The Golden Panthers rank near the top of every statistical category in the Sun Belt when it comes to throwing the ball. FIU leads the league in passing yards with an average of 239.0 a game, a total that is more than 40 yards better than the nearest competition. Florida Atlantic's average of 195.8 yards a game ranks second in the league. Junior flanker Chandler Williams also leads the Sun Belt in receptions (5.25 per game) and receiving yards (79.2 yards per game). UNT's defense is looking for just about any way to slow Padrick down. "It's going to be huge to get some pressure on their quarterback," UNT defensive end Jeremiah Chapman said. "They have a pro-style offense, use a lot of five-step drops and haven't given up that many sacks. We have gotten better at getting to the quarterback by using stunts and blitzes. We will have to get better this week." Those strategies paid off against Troy. Chapman posted two of UNT's three sacks in a loss to the Trojans to push the Mean Green's season total to six. Building on that total could be a challenge against FIU and Padrick. Strock's pro-style offense often includes deep drops that give defensive players a long way to go to reach Padrick. FIU has thrown the ball 144 times this season while allowing just five sacks. The total is impressive considering the Golden Panthers have faced Texas Tech and Kansas State. UNT is hoping to limit Padrick not only by getting to him with a solid pass rush, but also by keeping him off the field with an effective running game. The Mean Green have struggled to get their running game going this year behind Patrick Cobbs and Jamario Thomas. UNT is averaging just 102.2 rushing yards per game, well off of its average of 186.4 yards per game last season. That total has contributed to the Mean Green holding the ball for an average of 26:30 a game. Dickey and UNT offensive coordinator Ramon Flanigan said they have seen progress in practice that could help the Mean Green break through. FIU is just hoping that improvement does not come today. Cobbs is averaging just 73.2 yards a game, while Thomas is posting 39.0. "They have a running game that is the equal of any we have seen," Strock said. "With the last two national [rushing] champs, it is certainly something that concerns us." The timing of the game is also a concern for FIU. The Mean Green are coming off a loss to Troy that ended their 26-game Sun Belt Conference winning streak. UNT is looking to get back on track with a win over FIU that could help the Mean Green stay in contention for the conference title. "I can't say that it is perfect timing for us," Strock said. "They have a lot of pride as a team, which is obvious when you look the fact that they won 26 straight conference games. They will want to start all over again this week." • • •

From the NT Daily NT–Dallas breaks new ground Officials get down and dirty during opening ceremony Pamela Bond Staff Writer October 14, 2005 Texas and NT dignitaries gathered Thursday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the first building of the NT–Dallas campus. But what was supposed to be just ceremonial groundbreaking became literal, when politicians and NT officials actually had to shovel the dirt on the site. A pile of dirt and sand was supposed to collapse with a detonator to reveal a sign proclaiming “UNT Dallas.” But when technical difficulties prevented this, dignitaries immediately accepted new, gleaming shovels and started doing the dirty work themselves. “Well, I said it’d be different,” Chancellor Lee Jackson said. “Normally, the groundbreaking is just for ceremony.” Except for the absence of Gov. Rick Perry, who was in Kingsville at a friend’s funeral, the rest of the celebration went smoothly. It was held on the land site in a tent with blue and yellow decorations, which represented NT–Dallas’ school colors for the time being. Jackson opened the ceremony with a welcome and an introduction. “Today, we will mark the success of this project and plant the seed of the first permanent building of what will someday be a major campus, transforming lives, providing employment and with all intent of supporting the communities around us in their own goals and improving their growth,” Jackson said. Regent Gayle Strange spoke after an invocation from Ramon Alvarez, reverend of Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe. “NT promises to build a full, comprehensive university, the first in the city of Dallas, just as soon as possible,” Strange said. “Today we are taking a giant step to making that vision a reality.” The new campus will be a branch of NT (named NT at Dallas, similar to UT at Arlington). It will be completely independent and separate from the current system center at Dallas. “We want this location, this area, to be really a signature piece to the entire country, about how states and cities and communities surrounding it can work together to create something that is truly unique in an urban educational setting,” said Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill. The new center is located off a growing area of Loop-12, on Houston School Road in southern Dallas. “With the opening of NT–Dallas, local residents are able to invest in their education without leaving their neighborhoods,” said Patricia De La Rosa, Cedar Hills graduate student. Due to the Dallas campus’ location, many of the legislators hope the public university will provide new opportunities for the Dallas area. “We want the students who come here not only to be successful in their careers, but to give back to the state and community,” said Raymund A. Paredes, commissioner of higher education of Texas. NT officials expressed similar hopes. “We look forward to moving to this location, a permanent land site, for the future NT at Dallas and the soon-to-be constructed, state-of-the-art facility, which has already won an award for excellence in architecture,” said John Price, vice provost for the NT–Dallas campus. Sasaki Associates and the Aguirre Corporation designed the first building, which wass unveiled at the end of the program. The building’s construction, managed by Hunt, began June 2005. Wednesday’s groundbreaking was only for ceremonial purposes. So far, a concrete base has been laid on the 264-acre lot. “We are building the building so that education might take place and our future might be preserved,” said state Rep. Jesse Jones (D), of the 110th District. The current NT–Dallas campus has 1,450 students (a 21 percent increase from last year) and 564 full-time students (a 33 percent increase from last year). When enrollment equals 1,000 full-time students (projected for 2007), the NT system is authorized to open the NT at Dallas campus, which will be the first public university within the Dallas city limits. “Once we get those enrollment numbers in fall 2007, we must have stability in order to have credibility as an academic institution,” said state Sen. Royce West (D) of District 23.

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From College Football News. http://www.collegefootballnews.com/sun_bel...ons/SunBelt.htm

Makes as much sense as a lot of recent post.

WOW. Arkansas State gave up 457 yards rushing on 66 carries tonite in their game with UL-Lafayette. Attendance wasn't so hot at 12,944 with ASU having a couple of other wins at home. Box score http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/boxscore?gid=200510130037

The answer is YES Here's a post by Eagle-96 from another board. Top Drawer does a top 40 for soccer. There are 308 Division 1 womens soccer teams so 40 out of 308 is a very good ranking.

Mean Green soccer looks to continue steak vs Arkansas State Friday night. First 100 attending will get mini-soccer balls. http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle...0&ATCLID=203226

Uh-oh. What's coming next?

Another......... thread

Football: UNT still trying to get offense on track Mean Green wants to unleash rushing attack 09:48 AM CDT on Thursday, October 13, 2005 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer North Texas offensive coordinator Ramon Flanigan entered the season with a simple plan — get the ball to running backs Patrick Cobbs and Jamario Thomas in a position to be successful. What he never guessed was how big a challenge that would be for the Mean Green. Four games into the season both former national rushing champions are struggling and UNT has seen its scoring average plummet from 25.8 points per game a year ago to 8.2 points an outing this season. UNT’s coaches and players attribute that slide to a mix of inexperience and mistakes the Mean Green must quickly correct to turn their season around, beginning with a game at Florida International on Saturday. “Our problems are from the top to the bottom,” Flanigan said. “We still have a young team that has not played a lot of games together. On offense you need chemistry and that only comes with time.” Nowhere has that lack of chemistry been more evident than in UNT’s running game. Cobbs won the national rushing title with an average of 152.7 yards a game in 2003 before Thomas averaged 180.1 yards a game to take the 2004 title. Cobbs and Thomas are struggling while sharing carries this year and are averaging 73.2 and 39.0 yards an outing, respectively. “Our timing hasn’t come together yet,” Cobbs said. “We are close, but until we get there, we are just going to be close.” UNT has yet to find a way to get both players into a groove. “When you look at Patrick and Jamario in their good years, they got better as the game went on because they wore the defense down, saw the cuts over and over, got a feel for how certain plays were being blocked and where the cuts were,’ Flanigan said. “If you are only getting the ball 15 times a game, you may not get in that same groove.” UNT has struggled to hang onto the ball long enough to get both backs rolling because of a series of mistakes. UNT turned the ball over five times last week in a loss to Troy that ended the Mean Green’s 26‑game Sun Belt Conference winning streak. UNT’s receivers dropped five passes in a loss to Kansas State, while the Mean Green’s offensive line allowed 14 tackles for losses in a setback against Tulsa. Dickey attributed those mistakes to a lack of experience at key positions and a few poor offensive play calls, not the Mean Green’s talent or approach. UNT featured a pair of four‑year starters at quarterback and center in Scott Hall and Andy Brewster, respectively, last season. UNT replaced those players with redshirt freshmen — quarterback Daniel Meager and center Chad Rose — and has struggled to adapt. “We are not consistent and a lot of that comes with having a mature quarterback and mature players,” UNT head coach Darrell Dickey said. “But our struggles are not all Daniel’s fault. He has made strides recently.” UNT’s players said they can see those strides, even through they have not shown up on the field yet. The Mean Green rank No. 115 nationally or lower in scoring, total offense, passing yards and passing efficiency. “We sit down after every game and see fewer and fewer mistakes,” UNT tackle Joel Foster said. UNT’s players believe that reducing their mistakes will help get Cobbs and Thomas on track and the Mean Green’s offense rolling again. “We have some talented kids who are doing what we ask them to,” Flanigan said. “It’s only a matter of time before Patrick or Jamario break through.” BRETT VITO can be reached at 566‑6870. His e‑mail address is bvito@dentonrc.com .

MUTS September version of Ask the AD. (Look familiar?) "What is up with the new security presence at the football games? These people treat the fans like criminals". http://www.goblueraiders.com/?go=story&doc=4446

Read slowly OT. It says 11 game UNBEATEN streak..... there is a difference 9 wins & 2 ties = 11 games without a loss

Not football, but CONGRATS to our soccer team on their FIRST EVER national ranking ! Way to go ! North Texas Soccer Earns First National Ranking Courtesy: University of North Texas Release: 10/12/2005 DENTON, Tex. (10/12/05) – For the first time in school history the North Texas women’s soccer team has garnered a national ranking. The Mean Green, who are riding an 11-game unbeaten streak, are ranked 40th in the nation by topdrawersoccer.com. Courtest: Rick Yeatts North Texas, which has wins over regionally ranked opponents SMU and Rice this year, has never had a national ranking in any poll until this season. The Mean Green has been ranked in the central region poll by Soccer Buzz Magazine in two out of the past three years, but never attained a national ranking. North Texas is 9-2-2 but has not lost a game since August 27, going 9-0-2 in their last 11 games. The Mean Green has two players that are in the top 20 nationally in individual statistics. Heather Hutyra is seventh in goals, goals per game, and 11th in points per game while Kandice Ellis is 11th in save percentage and 20th in goals against average. North Texas is a perfect 4-0 in the Sun Belt Conference and they return to action on Friday, Oct. 14 against Arkansas State to begin a three-game homestand.

Their take on the game. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...ive/pv10379.htm

FIU board. http://fiuathleticscom.proboards20.com/ind...read=1129132876

Name just ONE please.

Florida is second only to Texas in # of players who get 1A scholarships. Until the past few years, there were only 3 1A schools in Florida and many players were recruited to out of state schools. UCF and USF are both fairly new to 1A and with FAU and FIU going 1A there are still only 7 major in state schools competing for talent. Texas has 10.

Hey...... Ingred Haventgotit is available after being fired at WantNotUniversity. WOW, some of these threads

From the Sun Belt Delphi board. Ball moving on FAU ‘Carrier Dome-esque’ stadium Review committee holds first meeting; bidders to present proposals on Oct. 31 Published Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:00 am by By Dale M. King The play clock has started on the review process for a domed stadium on the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University. A committee headed by Athletic Director Craig Angelos held an organization meeting Monday. And after wrapping up some questions and technical matters, the panel decided to hear presentations Oct. 31 in the university’s Board of Trustees room from the three companies interested in developing the stadium and other campus amenities. The Carrier Dome at Syracuse University still seems to be the model for the new home of FAU’s Owls football team – and possibly the basketball team as well. Angelos said Oct. 31 has special significance. On Oct. 31, 2003, a contingent of officials from FAU and Boca Raton visited the upstate New York school to tour the Carrier Dome that was built in 1979. “It might be poetic because it is the anniversary of our trip to the Carrier Dome,” said FAU finance chief Ken Jessell. Though FAU President Frank Brogan did not attend Monday’s meeting, he previously said that the three bids for the stadium job are “Carrier Dome-esque.” Angelos said the university has been kicking around the idea of a sports stadium since the school’s football team was organized in 1999. He said the school has toyed with arenas of various sizes and configuration. But the Syracuse University gridiron seems to be the odds-on favorite. The Carrier Dome, Angelos said, “is a very plain, domed stadium without many frills.” He said it is “something that may be viable here.” Officials met with the companies that designed and built the Carrier Dome “and asked them how much it would cost to build it in Boca.” They came up with a figure of $106 million, Angelos said. When it came time to determine how to pay for it, the school came up with the idea of a public-private partnership. FAU advertised for bids on July 1, giving potential developers 60 days to come up with a plan. Of 43 possible applicants, three submitted bids. All include a 40,000-seat domed stadium to be built somewhere on campus. But Global Development Partner offered up an ambitious plan for an “Athletic Innovation Village” consisting of the stadium, a $130 million cancer research center, two hotels, housing for some 2,500 students, a conference center, office space and parking garages. The firm’s package also includes a museum that would be dedicated to the Army Airfield that was located on the property during World War II. The bid from Innovative Development Partners of Tampa suggests a $117 million stadium with a “tension-supported fabric roofed dome.” The firm would also build 694 housing units with 1,486 beds for students at a cost of $53 million. On its rendering are sites for a future parking garage and future conference center. KUD International LLC of New York says in its bid it will work with FAU and the city of Boca Raton to determine what types of commercial business can use the site. Cost estimates for the three proposals range from $190 million to about $250 million, said Brogan. The review committee will meet Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. to prepare for the presentations that will be held the following Monday starting at 8:30 a.m. Each firm will be given an hour to explain their proposal and up to 45 minutes for questions. The panel hopes to complete all presentations in one day. The committee’s goal is to make a recommendation to Brogan who will then present it to the Board of Trustees.

Latest Mean Green Report from CBS Sportsline. http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/teams/page/NTX

Mean Green looking to be more physical Dickey calling for toughness after backing down against Troy Rian Johnson Staff Writer October 12, 2005 Photos by David Minton / NT Daily Mean Green linebacker Derek Mendoza (51) and defensive back T.J. Covington (8) bring down Troy running back Kenny Cattouse (22). The NT defense is looking to impose a more physical presence in Saturday’s game against Florida International. -------------- A key for NT as it moves further into conference play will be the ability of the Mean Green to increase its physical performance. “Against Troy the other night, they were quite a bit stronger physically than we were,” NT coach Darrell Dickey said. “Regardless of the game plan or plays called, it pretty much boils down to when the ball is snapped … they whipped us on more occasions than we whipped them.” Dickey said being physical was a major concern for the Mean Green, and it is something that he has addressed his team about. “In the past, we have been a very physical football team, and Tuesday night against Troy, they were the more physical football team, and I am talking all across the board,” Dickey said. The Mean Green offensive line was dominated at some points in the game, resulting in the running game being stuffed at the line. But Dickey said that is not the only position in question. “Anytime you start talking about playing physical football sometimes people say that is just the offensive line,” Dickey said. “In our case, that isn’t true.” Dickey said the wide receivers were one of the more physically–dominated positions on the field Tuesday night. “Troy’s secondary and linebackers were very physical … they whipped us on the perimeter,” Dickey said. Defensively, Dickey said the Mean Green has cut down on “number of assignment errors,” but said the unit must also work on playing more physically. He said some Mean Green players use athletic ability to run around a block, when the situation might call for a more physical interaction. Dickey said most of being physical is learned in spring practice and two-a-days. Whenever it is learned, Dickey underlined the importance of being physical for the Mean Green to succeed. “For us to win with our style of play we have to be a very physical football team,” he said. “We have been this year, but Tuesday, the other team was more physical than we were. We gotta go out there and have a bloody-nosed mentality to win football games.”

One Belt team, non on the waiting list. The Pillow Fight of the Week is a Sun Belt special. Louisiana-Lafayette is traveling to Jonesboro, Ark., to take on Arkansas State. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2187504