MeanGreen61

Don't know how others in the Big 10 feel, but Paterno wants an Eastern team. He list some interesting choices. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4210656

Just pre-season stuff, but Phil Steele's Top 40 has teams from the MWC, WAC, CUSA and Sun Belt but not the MAC. (2 MWC, 2 WAC, 1 CUSA, 1 Sun Belt) 40- Arizona 39- Tennessee 38- Wisconsin 37- West Virginia 36- Oregon St. 35- Nevada (WAC) 34- Florida St. 33- Arkansas 32- NC State 31- Troy (Sun Belt) 30- N Carolina 29- Michigan St. 28- Georgia Tech 27- Southern Miss (CUSA) 26- USF 25- Clemson 24- UCLA 23- Pitt 22- Nebraska 21- Miami 20- Iowa 19- Illinois 18- TCU (MWC) 17- LSU 16- Rutgers 15- BYU (MWC) 14- Oklahoma St. 13- Georgia 12- Boise St. (WAC) 11- Virginia Tech 10- Ohio St 9- Cal 8- Alabama 7- Notre Dame 6- Ole Miss 5- Penn St. 4- Oklahoma 3- USC 2- Texas 1- Florida

Posted on the Muts board. Salaries for all conferences. ==================== SUN BELT CONFERENCE ==================== --------------------------------------------------------------- Athletic Yrs at No. of Dept. Guaranteed School Director School Teams Budget Base --------------------------------------------------------------- Florida Intl. Pete Garcia 3 17 $20.5M $271,688 North Texas Rick Villarreal 8 16 $15.7M $197,200 Florida Atl. Craig Angelos 5 18 $14.5M $157,728 Middle Tenn. Chris Massaro 4 17 $18.4M $153,890 Arkansas St. Dean Lee 7 16 $ 9.1M $144,288 UL Lafayette David Walker 3 16 $11.0M $133,875 UL-Monroe Bobby Staub 5 16 $ 8.4M $109,923 --------------------------------------------------------------- SUN BELT Average 5 17 $13.9M $166,942 --------------------------------------------------------------- Scroll Down http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...kY&refer=us

Big headache for Memphis & CUSA ? http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/...s-basketball-p/

Florida's Mr. Football makes the news ! http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x111...ecruit-arrested

Amen

During WWII Small banners were hanging visibally in the front window of many, many homes with a star for each family member that was serving. Gold for KIA. Ironically German POW's were in Denton, well fed and safe, working at the Acme Brick plant.

Big XII will distribute $130million http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4198421

Phil Steele now releasing Top Forty list. Troy at #31. http://www.philsteele.com/

Off the CUSA board http://ncaabbs.com/showthread.php?tid=370657

"Gallery Furniture loses millions in inventory". http://www.caller.com/news/2009/may/22/gal...ions-inventory/

I'm with SUMG. 7-5 record in '09. The DeLoach effect will begin to kick in on the defense.

30. What Player has the most pressure in 2009? A. Riley Dodge QB North Texas- It's tough enough to try and take over at QB when another QB transfers, but when your dad's the coach there's lots of pressure. Dodge was a highly recruited QB in high school tossing 53 TDs as a junior and 39 as a senior. He even received an offer from Texas. 29. What Coach has the most pressure in 2009? A. Todd Dodge North Texas- Dodge came to North Texas after winning four Texas State Titles for South Lake Carrol High School. Dodge's passing attack was supposed to bring some excitement, but all it has brought is a 3-21 record in 2 seasons. In defense of Dodge, he has had to totally replace the run oriented system that Darrel Dickey ran. http://www.dixiefriedsports.com/30_SunBelt_Questions_09.html

GMAC bowl deal mean adjustment for CUSA New Orleans Times-Picayune article http://blog.nola.com/tulanebeat/2009/05/gm...adjustment.html Excerpt from another article on the CUSA board. GMAC Bowl president Jerry Silverstein said Monday if fewer than nine ACC teams are bowl elgible, the Mobile Bowl can pick an available bowl elgible team from any other conference.

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UNT #3 http://www.sunbeltsports.org//pdf4/407628.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4100

All over the map Conference USA, of which Tulane is a member, stretches from Orlando, Fla., to Huntington, W.Va., to El Paso, Texas. The Sun Belt Conference triangle maxes out from Miami to Bowling Green, Ky., to Denver. Louisiana Tech is closer to Notre Dame and Ohio State than to its nearest WAC rival. “The reason these conferences are the way they are, is egos have gotten in the way,” says Jay Walker, who is the radio voice for UL-Lafayette. “It’s been about, ‘I don’t want to be associated with those people; I do want to be associated with these people.’ Article http://www.businessreport.com/news/2009/ma...conomics-gnit1/

http://www.sunbeltsports.org/ViewArticle.d...;ATCLID=3740447

8. North Texas -- Things have not gone well for Todd Dodge in his first two seasons since coming from Southlake Carroll High School. Three victories in 24 games have Dodge on the hot seat. Offense hasn't been a problem. North Texas scored at least 26 points five times last season. Todd's son Riley takes over at quarterback. The pair were deadly in high school. Riley originally committed to Texas but signed with the Mean Green. Now both have to produce. The defense has to get better. Try to figure out this dichotomy: The D was the worst in I-A last season but is one of the more experienced groups in the Sun Belt this season. Picking the Sun Belt http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/15096888

ASU's "home game" with Mizzou at Kansas City was in 2005. ASU's 21,105 average in 2008 was for games at their home stadium (Tx. Southern, Southern Miss, Muts, ULM and FAU).

UNT doesn't have the only swinging door. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Freshman quarterback Emmanuel Yeager, the star of coach Mike Locksley's first recruiting class at New Mexico, is leaving school because of an undisclosed family issue. Locksley said Tuesday that Yeager, who chose New Mexico over Louisville and had been touted as a potential starter next fall, has been released from his scholarship. Article http://www.killerfrogs.com/msgboard/index....showtopic=95194

Preview http://cfn.scout.com/2/864187.html Offense http://cfn.scout.com/2/864186.html Defense/Special teams http://cfn.scout.com/2/864184.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/sports/0...leges.html?_r=1

http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/0...stern-kentucky/

Why would UNT want to be more like Texas State ? Southland Conference ? 11,225 average football attendance ? FBS vs FCS ?