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No matter how one looks at this, the way Mike Canales rallied the troops was darn impressive. Canales took the same team that has done pretty much nothing for the last few years, was missing some key players and was starting a quarterback whose father just got fired as the head coach and somehow managed to go on the road and beat a conference rival. FULL BLOG ARTICLE http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/archives/2010/10/end-of-the-night-material-2.html

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Is that you Mr Sunshine ? Give the team and coaches a little credit for hanging tough and coming thru with a win. CONGRATS TEAM AND COACHES.

No fumbles, no Int's, few penalties. Team really focused.

Wasn't Hayden Fry was fired by smu ? Didn't do too bad after being shown the door by the mighty smut folks.

UNT is finally in position to hire someone with skins on the wall as a head coach on the college level. There is no reason to rush through this and end up with the wrong guy again. DRC Mean Green Blog http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/archives/2010/10/dont-expect-a-quick-decision.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Franchione

North Texas: Former Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower has not been contacted. There is also a report that Dennis Franchione is a candidate. FootballScoop.com http://www.footballscoop.com/the-scoop

Do you see that beautiful stadium being built right there? Canales said, pointing to the skeleton of the new football stadium. Id sure like to be a part of that, because this place is going nowhere but up. This is a gold mine thats ready to take off. Throughout his coaching career, Canales has built a reputation as a man who was able to recruit among top schools, snatching talent away from the likes of Florida State, Miami and Florida.

Private schools do not have the same reporting requirements as public schools.

OK it's the Bleacher Report. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/501103-unt-football-5-things-mike-canales-can-do-to-become-a-better-candidate

8. Two of these teams are going to get to two wins on Saturday: San Jose State, New Mexico State, North Texas and Western Kentucky. The season has been especially unkind to San Jose State and North Texas, who have lost multiple players to season-ending injuries. The Mean Green have lost 10 starters, the Spartans 15 starters and key reserves. North Texas travels to play Western Kentucky, coming off its first win of the season, while San Jose State goes to Las Cruces. 9. How does Mike Canales fair in his first game as a North Texas interim head coach? Canales takes over for Todd Dodge, who was fired last week after winning just six games for the Mean Green. This is a job audition for Canales, who would love to become a head coach and has learned under some of the best. Most recently, he served as offensive coordinator under Jim Leavitt at USF before coming to North Texas this season. ESPN What To Watch Non-AQ Week Nine http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/31063/page/watch/non-aq-what-to-watch-week-9

Where will Canales stand ? 1. In the coaching search if the team were to win 3 or 4 of the 5 remaining games ? 2. If Leavitt were the new HC, would Canales remain as OC ?

DRC Mean Green Blog http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/archives/2010/10/all-signs-point-to-neinas.html

A wannabe comedian.

Calm down ? Who's excited ? Just made an observation.

HoopManX has gotta be PonyDoh a notorious Smut homer. He likes to trash UNT on the Smut board.

Rawlins was responsible for hiring basketball coach John Calipari when he was at Memphis.

From the UNT Yahoo team report. Quote To Note: “We think that we can talk to coaches in that top echelon. If you don’t aim high, you will never get there.”—Lane Rawlins, North Texas president, to the Denton Record-Chronicle.

I sure hope that SMU is not used as a barometer in guaging our recruiting success. The kids who have committed have offers from much better programs.

Enjoy your pizza.

Complaining and questioning are two different things. Some just like to complain.

Here's Bower's record vs all opponents. Looks like he's got a very good record vs FBS non-AQ teams and does have a winning record vs several AQ teams. Didn't play may 1AA teams, but beat um all. http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_opponents.php?coachid=215

There are some on this board that would complain just because there was nothing to complain about. Just their nature I guess.

Next time Riley takes the field, Todd will be pulling for him from the stands, instead of overseeing him from the sidelines. “Elizabeth and I are going to go watch our son play college football,” Dodge said. “That should be quite an experience. We might even do a little tailgaiting.”