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Maybe ULL will bring a lot of fans!

He sure better find a way to win next week.

There were more people at SFA v. Sam than at UNT v. UH.

I have Comcast in Memphis. It is on CSS, they even have it in HD. Unfortunately, you don't want to see this. We are looking absolutely pitiful compared to Houston.

This is easy. We all know how bad it feels to go away from a home game with a loss. That repeated feeling has sucked a lot of life out the system. Hardly anybody will keep coming back for it. We need to get way more people out to home games regularly. It really doesn't matter what the team does on the road. We just need for people to know they are going to have a good time. Losing is not a good time. And further I don't like close games. I basically want to be out there to watch our team win and know for certain the whole time that they will. I only care about positive energy, seeing the Mean Green make big plays on offense and defense, have good execution on offense, and have a defense that makes the other team run around like clowns. That's entertainment. With the added benefit of the dancing girls and other things we are doing right, it's certainly a show I will be happy to watch six or seven times a season and bring people to. If we get to a point where that show has gotten old, then we will probably find ourselves with a lot of opportunities for the program then.

It was pretty easy to see how they won. They have a beast at running back. I don't know if he played for them last year.

I knew the stadium was not great but didn't realize the game had to be moved to a kitchen. I hope it's the kitchen at one of the larger restaurants. Didn't they leave the Astrodome up for you?

It says that victory's in store whatever the score. Sort of an open concept of victory.

Maybe he is comparing us to the band The Cult. I'll take it.

3 of 14 on third down. Got to do better.

I had to move back to Tennessee and thus had to drive 7 hours back, so am late to post my observations on Saturday night's game. I knew Troy would be a competitive game. They played MS State close the week before. None of the other Sun Belt schools are standing still. We should not take any of them for granted. The reality is our collective level of commitment is hardly enough to keep pace with them. We aren't going to separate from them significantly in terms of quality anytime soon. EVERY win is hard-earned. You may as well come out to the games every chance you get, realize sometimes they're gonna lose, not get too worked up about a tough loss, and be really really happy if you get to see them win. Now that said, I don't understand some of the performances against Troy. Practicing and playing football is a big part of these players' lives, so why do we see in one game so many poor throws, missed kicks and defensive backs not looking for the ball? The ball is a pretty important part of the game. It is in fact 50% of the name of the game. So it seems elementary that knowing where the ball is, must be crucial to success, especially if your role is to prevent someone else from getting it. I would not want to be a defensive back. It is risky and difficult and there is more potential downside than upside. I do not envy anyone in that position. But if one finds themself in that position, the best you can do is avoid the downside, and the way to do that is look for the ball. I would not want to be a kicker either but actually there is a lot of opportunity. I don't buy the headcase thing. Practice makes perfect, well a LOT of practice. It would be great to be a quarterback but wow a lot of things have to come together. I never understand why so many soccer players kick the ball over the goal. That is one sure way to not score a goal. I was reminded of this seeing passes going way too high. It is a great way to throw an interception. We were fortunate in that regard. Still, Saturday night's result would not cause me not to make the trip again. A Tuesday night game though, that is a bit of a problem!

Tough crowd. I like the 'no excuses' mentality but this opponent scored more than 50 points in each of the last 2 games, and one of those was Miami FL. Two weeks ago I said I was happy for NT to be at the same level as Virginia (where I went after graduating from NT). This week NT would beat the crap out of them. When I am pretty sure NT would dominate ACC teams, at this point I am really happy with that. Some of our forthcoming opponents have hung tough and even beaten SEC teams. It will be really interesting to see how we do against them. It won't be easy but there are a lot of encouraging signs.

Yikes! I would like to know the search terms that produced that image. Or was that from your private collection? On second thought, maybe it's best not to know!

Good thing you corrected that Arkansas dude. That way he won't tell it wrong to the chicken he's doing.

It would have been awesome if NT did some things differently years ago and then at this time we could expect to do better against an LSU. That didn't happen so there's no use bellyaching about the score. LSU can get about any giant, fast, intense player they want, at every position. As a result, it could have been a lot worse, against our team or any other at our current level. LSU is comparable to Alabama. Look what they did to Michigan. I am happy to say we are at the same level as Michigan this week. I watched Virginia play. They wouldn't have fared any better. I am happy to say we are at their level this week. The highlight of this game for me was when LSU broke a long run, the one where that ahole LSU receiver got his cheap shot block, and still 2 or 3 other Mean Green ran that back down and I think LSU got no points on that drive. That was heart and pride and it made me proud. We have a player who can run loose in a top SEC defense. Our QB made good decisions. You try executing with those monsters coming at you. As many know, I will be among the first to rain on the parade, but NOT after this effort!

No question that Texas State is getting people there. They always will. But for a certain caliber of students there IS competition between institutions, and from what I can observe directly, UTSA is beating Texas State in that competition. If it is the transfer opportunity, then - back to the original point - that is an opportunity that UTA offers also. To the extent that UTA begins to offer other amenities then UNT could see an impact in the caliber of students it could attract. My point is that the UT System uses these subsidiary campuses to make such gains which come directly at the expense of institutions such as Texas State and UNT. These can be either in the athletic realm or the academic, and I believe that for many reasons, gains in either one of those realms results in gains in the other.

Open your eyes, Neo, and see the Matrix for what it truly is. In a constrained economy, the UT System must make choices about where it can allocate resources. Our poor cousin Texas State is in the backyard of the University of Central Texas (i.e. UT Austin). Thus you see dramatic developments for UTSA. When the economy opens up, the system will leverage its vast resources more liberally, and you will see all kinds of exciting developments for old UTA. They will not pass us by, but they will be there to dilute us in important ways. I have personally observed the effect on Texas State. I have a graduating senior at the very challenging Westlake HS here in Austin. The 'top 10%' practice has kept many excellent students but who are in the middle of the class at this school, out of the UCT and even A&M. Most do not want to go to Tech or Houston or pay for private school, so in droves they are going down to UTSA. Would they even consider Texas State? No. Unfortunately my student has elected to attend at the capital of the Evil Empire. (Nothing would stop the Matrix from incorporating other elements of human pop culture so lay off.) It greatly pains me to send money there but that is his decision. Ironically I see this as a tactic of rebellion. On a nearly unrelated note, there were several positive mentions of UNT at the Senior awards ceremony last night. You will be aghast to know however, that one older gentleman did refer to us as North Texas State.

This is an exciting change for me. I previously supported Lafayatte's ascension to the one true University of Louisiana and the demise of ULM. Now I hope they both mire together forever in the branding swamp that the Louisiana legislature made for them. Now I'll get a kick out of every time ESPN lists them as UL Laf. 'You'll laugh.'

Being in a conference with a quality program like USM is a key benefit of this move. I hope y'all stick around.

That is ridiculous. We had regional rivals as a member of the Southland Conference. Those were not big crowds. I was there.

Thank you for getting us out of the Sun Belt.

Apparently not. I seemed to be the only one who thought it was a good idea. I have to say, I was in favor of CUSA until they asked UTSA and made us look like an also-ran and then added ODU to the list. After that I can't imagine there was actually a MW invite available cause if there was and our people had any pride they'd have gone that way instead. I can't describe to you how happy I would be if tomorrow they came out and said 'suck it CUSA, we're going west'. As it is, no amount of fanfare is going to make a CUSA announcement exciting for me under the circumstances. Remember this is the CUSA that does NOT have Memphis, SMU or Houston. Big deal.

That is the hazard of hanging around the opponent's board. And you could beat us a hundred times and it is not going to do anything for you. People are still going to go 'Florida WHAT?' It'll work well for your mens' soccer team though. At least you have one!

Not even true but so what if it was? If you rank each program by general recognizability and respectability (on a scale 1-5 with 5 the best) I see it as 25-19 in favor of MW. Sounds close but that's over 30% difference. Plus CUSA would have 'Florida International'. What does that even mean? They may as well have named it Florida Whimsical.

Are you insinuating that the actualities of college football conferences move faster than our bureaucracy?!