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For this week I say: Beat Georgia!

If next week every North Texas player brought the same level of intensity for 60 minutes as Derek did in the second half today, North Texas would beat Georgia. His clearly evident will to win made me very proud as a fan and supporter of the Mean Green. He was certainly not the only one who played with determination and focus today, but that was great leadership on his part. GO MEAN GREEN!

There are some questions to be answered but one thing was immediately clear. He moves in a way that shows more potential than anyone else I have ever seen at QB for the Mean Green. If he can live up to that potential we are in for some good times.

Having traveled across Arkansas and a good portion of Texas to attend the game, I am happy to say it was a great experience. That was not a powerful opponent but in the past they would have had success against our defense anyway. This NT defense played really well. The offense has some great players and executed better than I have seen in a long time. Much appreciation for anyone who was over on the sunny side! My wife was happy there is funnel cake but would like to have better funnel cake. The band looks bigger and hey they played YYZ and Carry On. I cannot fault such a band.

I saw someone with a UAB shirt on last weekend. First time ever.

If we're going to be on the map, we need to move to better territory. Unfortunately I think some are happy just to be on the map.

Shovel pass.

I thought it was going to be smashing mailboxes, spraying graffiti, busting car windows and stuff like that.

I have no issue with setting achievable but difficult goals. 6 wins or more is not going to be easy this year. It would certainly be a huge step in the right direction, and it is a meaningful number of wins. Honestly I will be astonished if it happens, but it IS doable. We are where we are. In the overall scheme of things, yes it's deplorable that 6 wins against this competition is a stretch for North Texas in 2013, but we have to look forward, at least that is, as long as we can keep looking.

I agree with the part about firing the AD and being ashamed. Do you realize how much bigger North Texas is than some of the schools it can't compete with? I do not agree with anyone saying Houston has better academics. Basically in the grand scheme of college rankings they are both crap schools. Frankly so is TCU just not quite as bad. Academically TCU is about as good as Tennessee. Wow that's some lofty heights. Get out of here. Here is the problem for UNT sports. UNT IS a 'commuter' school. The reason I say so is that as student, I never felt like I had to join some cult to get a degree. And at the time that is EXACTLY what I needed: a place that was there to allow me to achieve a goal, like a workplace, that did not make me feel like my whole life was wrapped up in the place, even in the times I lived on campus. I went on to Virginia and while there were many people there I really liked, I was back in that 'all or nothing' kind of a place like Missouri and that made me not like the school experience (leaving aside the social experience) and that was in GRADUATE school. VIrginia is no real high water mark for sports but I think most of us would feel good about UNT having a sports program at that level. However UNT is not ever going to be a comparable school from a student experience standpoint and I am starting to think maybe it should not aspire to be that. I don't know exactly what that means for the UNT sports program but as a student I found it to be an annoyance. As an alumnus I have found it to be largely a disappointment and embarassment. I am about done with trying to help it to be a tool to transform UNT into something that maybe UNT should not be. It is likely anyway that UNT sports will never be successful without that transformation occurring first. UNT had made a choice back in the 80s when I was there. Maybe all this frustration is because at some point that choice was reversed but not with conviction, and a giant mess ensued.

We should trade the marching band in for the Neville Brothers who do a rousing version of this song.

On behalf of our brethren MT, I would like to send out a big FLICK YOU to Gene and Ohio State, cause you could just as well substitute 'North Texas' or several other similarly situated schools wherever he mentions MT.

The athletic department does not run the show, and 90 is right, the ones who do run it, do not care whether the teams win or lose.

The actual headline was 'Most UTSA Students Still Hoping to Get into The Real UT in 2015'.

After reading this thread I have concluded that North Texas should give up athletics.

I used to get very worked up about us being left behind. At this point I can live with winning most of the time regardless of who we play. For the foreseeable future there will be no running with better established programs or developing meaningful rivalries. I just want to see our administration commit to frequent winning, at whatever level they can accomplish that at. First I guess we need to have an administration though. I have to travel several hours to see North Texas play no matter where it is. Now I don't even have the easy Jonesboro trip. I won't do it if there is a high probability of losing, so continuation of the current trend will make the Mean Green irrelevant for me pretty soon.

Oh and I'm dubbing the flame motif, "A green light to greyness." That is the effect it has had on me.

I don't see much on which to dispute a dire 2-10 prediction. The unfortunate minority of students who show up will eventually find, as we alumni have, that North Texas probably won't change when it comes to athletics. I think some who shape what our school is, find that comedic athletic programs fit their vision for North Texas: a place for people to come who just don't care about the whole school spirit foolishness. Maintaining some profile for the dismal programs allows the programs to serve as a beacon of sorts. A flame for cynical, lazy stoner moths looking for a laugh. To those who think the new stadium is a sign of a commitment to improve athletics, it is much more likely a sign that someone finally became annoyed that the school harbored such an eyesore as the old stadium. They really don't care what happens in the new facility; they are just happy there is a new facility.

How many times does Rick get to hire drivers who drive the bus off a cliff?

What's the big deal? According to Bad Lip Reading, he said "Funky! Oooo!" and that would be a typical reaction to observing some of the stAte fans in attendance in Jonesboro.

For those who are contemplating that maybe our AD should go, just remember that it is not exactly the North Texas way, to replace someone outgoing with someone better.

Unfortunately I think the University of North Texas dragged their feet too much. There is no opening there. I agree though that if there was one we should take it. We should go a different direction than SMU. If we follow them, we will always be behind because they will only join a conference on the condition that we will never be considered for membership while they are in it.

I bet that most UTEP alums outside EP proudly wear burnt orange and don't even care whether UTEP has a team.

It does not matter unless we are able to kick the crap out of them every year. Oh man that in-state rivalries concept just drives me insane. However, unless our administration is going to invest in getting us to be dominant in the new CUSA, then I am all for going to whatever level they are willing for us to be dominant in, and if that means the *^%# Southland then fine and we'll have plenty of in-state rivalries until even ACU passes us by. +^%*#^%*^+>#!!!! Oh and Georgia State is the only one that makes sense in the new CUSA given their location. ^%*+#%£¥€!

I was never satisfied with the lack of a coherent approach to offense or that we struggled against the likes of UALR. I was prepared for some disruption in the hope that we might ultimately advance past where Coach Jones had gotten us. However, I am starting to feel really desperate about the basketball situation. I don't want him back though. I want someone better.