Aquila_Viridis

Way to go MEM!!

We left after they got 27 even though messing up the extra point. I could tell I was about to be in for a real bad time with that defense.

You know the team got beat bad if there’s fussing about the band. Until they start playing Ridin On The Wind who cares. And Tom’s version of Rosanna is way better!

It's a legitimate question. How CAN you watch? Best suggestion is with a lot of good whiskey and someone to give you hugs.

Oh man SMU hires some old guys to play and we're bad in second game and people are all down. Look I'm happy if we can consistently win more than lose and especially the home games. So I'm holding off judgement til later in the season.

It is great that NT is finally in the actually ranked group of National Universities. One serious problem with the category is the inclusion of a bunch of tiny schools that hardly anyone has ever heard of. There is simply no comparing the mighty William Carey University, enrollment 3,191 to NT, enrollment 31,347. If you take just the recognizable schools that have enrollment more than 17,000, nationwide there are only 9 that separate NT from TX Tech and only 24 that separate NT from Alabama which is a pretty good school for a really big school. (LSU and Arkansas are also ranked the same as Alabama but are not comparable in enrollment.) It is a big step forward for NT but US News should do something to make the 'National' category more about larger/more significant schools with more complete programs and recognizable brands.

Does Mack understand that their basketball team is not eligible for the CFP?

Crown Zone. Nailed it!

I like the look. It’s very sci fi and futuristic. I want a football with ethereal green plasma flames that no one on the other team can touch.

They certainly changed the game with that cannon, though it was not a change for the better. Well it was better for the rest of us.

This is all part of the University of Central Texas’ plan to develop ‘Regional Rivalries in the new reality of college football’!

The ACC. With global warming, the North Texas region could be coastal. Louisville got in.

I wish they had not put such a cruddy looking floor with the eagle. They should put a smaller eagle in place of 'North Texas' on the one with the building.

That's a cool story; thanks for sharing it! NT pride!

It's a disaster. There's nothing to keep the chickens from getting out.

Absolutely. As for 'splitting the market' with SMU, who cares? The market is several times bigger than most other 'markets'.

Yes to MW. Only home games matter; those are better brand opponents.

Neither have the Panthers lately! Well it was about all they could do to get a program together. They are probably struggling with the reality of the commitments needed to be competitive in the sport now. But I think they will get it together and be an asset. Unless we can get to a better conference, they’re a better match for us than most of the other schools at our level.

Charlotte is one of the best things NT has going in this conference we call home. Eventually they will build out the tiny stadium. They are about the only member that has any upside comparable to NT. By the way they are a founding member of the conference and consistently ranked as a better institution. Don't hate.

I am just not gonna complain about the TV; all I can think of is how much better the schedule is than the 2009 schedule.

What a cool honor and great recognition. Also, cool hat!

Well if he can make it a year or two without any of their poor girls having trouble, Liberty will be prepared to offer him $5 million per year.

I wonder if Rendezvous was better back in the day. At this time Commissary, Central and even Corkys are typically better. And I’m not coming down there to TX for anything other than brisket. Don’t even try eating any brisket outside your state. Over here in NC now and I don’t know what they are doing. I found one place where the people are from Houston and at least they have a good sauce. But yeh in MEM if you had to put sauce on a rib something was wrong.

Now don't crap on Memphis or compare. It's apples and oranges. They don't have your region's traffic for example. And there are plenty of nice areas to live in that region; you just don't go to the bad areas. I guess you don't have poor people and criminals in the North Texas region? And the BBQ, they have pork ribs and you have brisket. The two are just not comparable. Their main problem is they don't have a Chuys.

Next the University of Central Texas will take it to the next level and schedule spring-game type fall games against themselves.