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Maybe I'm putting the cart before the horse here, but based on the top candidates listed in the Star-Telegram the Mean Green offense is destined for big changes. - Sonny Dykes, Texas Tech co-OC: Wacky 4-receiver sets where the O-linemen stand three yards apart and RB handoffs are basically short lateral passes. - Mike Schultz, TCU OC: Zone option with three receivers but still heavy on the run - Todd Dodge, Carroll HS head coach: Spread option with a fast quarterback needed Either way it looks like the end of Dickey ball, the offset-I, back to back National rushing champs, etc.

I think it's fairly common for players to rally behind a lame duck coach. I wouldn't be suprised to see NT not only win out this season, but have early success next season under a new coach, a la Middle Tennessee.

It's kind of surprising how few "rah rah" posts like Rick's there are on here. I jumped on the Mean Green bandwagon in 2002, but didn't get on the message boards until after 2004. I found a lot of posts trashing DD, Fouts Field, the belt, etc. It was good that there weren't as many when, I believe it was Rick or John Denver, told people to knock it off because potential recruits read these. But it seems like lately negative posts have come back with a vengance. I think it would be better for everyone in Mean Green Nation if there were more celebrating positives like this post rather than highlighting the negatives.

That's awesome. I'd love to see more Mean Green on YouTube.

Bwa ha hah!

My name is Richard Bortner and I live with my brother, Raymond Hickey

I had to right-click, copy image address and then within the tag had to add ".jpg" after the number. Hope this helps.

Clint Marks is ... ... half baked

1. Beating SMU 2. Weekly look-a-like posts 3. Emergence of Woody as the No. 1 QB 4. ???

Say, that reminds me: whatever happened to DeMario?

Fr. OL Keith Huebner Ferris Bueller

I don't think the team is missing these players, as much as regretting offering them ships in the first place.

Fry feared assassin in fall of '82 By RANDY PETERSON REGISTER STAFF WRITER Copyright 2006, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company September 13, 2006 Iowa football fans must have wondered if something was out of the ordinary when coach Hayden Fry walked onto the field at Nebraska in 1982 wearing black pants. Something indeed was different that week and a week later when Fry wore a bulletproof vest during the Iowa State-Iowa game in Iowa City. Fry feared for his life. "The Nebraska game - it was the first time in my life I'd ever seen him in anything other than white pants on the sidelines for a game," said Dan McCarney, a former Fry assistant and current Iowa State coach. "I asked him what the deal was, and Hayden said that he was wearing black pants so he could blend in on the sidelines because someone was trying to kill him." Fry led the Hawkeyes to the Rose Bowl and a winning record for the first time in 20 years in 1981. He made the death threat public for the first time in a telephone interview last week. "My bodyguard at the time got word that someone had me on a list of people that he wanted killed," Fry said from his home in Mesquite, Nev. He retired from coaching in 1998. "The guy was afraid I was going to someday be the governor. "He knew I was from Texas, and for some reason, he didn't want a Texan to be the governor of the state of Iowa." Fry reverted to his traditional white coaching pants, but wore the vest for three or four games during his fourth season at Iowa in 1982, according to Gary Hughes, a former Johnson County sheriff and Fry's former sideline bodyguard. "I recall him wearing it during the Iowa State game," Hughes said. Only a few people knew of the threat and the vest. "We tried to keep it a secret because we thought publicity might set the guy off," Fry said. "The authorities were searching for him." Neither Fry nor Hughes would name the individual they both say is now dead, although both confirmed it to be a man from Iowa. Officials from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service said they were not immediately certain whether additional documentation of the threat existed. "This person had a message from Satan," said Hughes, who is also retired. "Someone in the FBI brought the threat to me, and we proceeded from there. It was a credible threat, so we felt it best that Hayden wear the vest until the guy was captured." Hughes said the man later was institutionalized. "He died a few years back," Hughes said. This year's annual Hawkeye-Cyclone game is Saturday in Iowa City, but Fry will be in Madison, Wis., watching the San Diego State-Wisconsin matchup. That game involves two of his former players who are now head coaches - Chuck Long at San Diego State and Bret Bielema at Wisconsin. McCarney, meanwhile, will be in Iowa City coaching against another former Fry assistant, Kirk Ferentz. "I'm not certain Kirk knew about it right away," McCarney said of Ferentz, who was on Fry's staff in 1982, "but I could tell from the quivering in Hayden's voice when he told us, that it was a very serious threat."

Dinsdale?

That was a good game. I went straight from listening to the podcast of NT-SMU to watching UO. Helluva day of football.

The list of players that NC State, Maryland and Virginia have sent to the NFL in the past few years is like the third team of a Pro Bowl roster. What do they have to show for it? 7-5 and the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

It could happen. stAte is playing all right OOC ball.

And for that matter, how about Willie Ransom?

25-90 3.6 ypc 1 td Lg 14 Is this the result of: a) a new dimension of a Mean Green offense orchestrated by a scrambling quarterback that no longer needs to hand off to the running back 30 times a game? facing a defense with eight men in the box who have been amping up on stopping the 2004 national rushing champion all summer? c) or a running back who is still suffering from a hamstring injury that kept him down for most of 2005? I really hope it's "a" but fear that it's "c". Perhaps someone who went to the game has more insight.

Count one more vote for "El Presidente"

This is another excellent site: www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/NorthTexas.htm

I like these two. Get a much-needed OOC win and maybe the Cajuns could get one of their own, 10 years after the Jake Delhomme-led USL upset of the Aggies.

By NANCY ARMOUR AP National Writer With the college football season starting in earnest Saturday, it's time for a look at who's up, who's down, what's hot and who's not. No, this isn't about the Top 25 or the early Heisman Trophy hype, and don't even start with the BCS nonsense yet. Fashion Week is about to get under way in New York, so why not a gridiron critique? While the Fab Five gave us long, baggy shorts, college football players aren't typically fashion trendsetters. Too many teams are stuck on that white jersey-white pants combination, and spandex and shoulder pads haven't been in since the '80s. Grass stains and mud aren't on anyone's list of accessories, and only Jesper Parnevik could love the combinations Oregon has been trying. That doesn't mean style isn't important, though. Between the thousands of fans at the game and the millions more watching on TV, a whole lot of people are going to be giving these guys the once-over. So let's examine the good, the bad and the really ugly in college football fashion. GOOD 1. Michigan - Maize and blue and winged helmets. Enough said. 2. Florida State - While other schools experiment with shading and accent panels, the Seminoles leave well enough alone. As they should. Garnet and gold looks great on its own, in any combination. Plus, they have the best helmet in the game. 3. Harvard - The black-and-white stripe down the center of the helmet is nice, but nothing beats the school motto on the shoulders - in Latin. The Crimson can run over and educate you at the same time. 4. Texas - This is the only way to wear orange. 5. Louisiana-Lafayette - Simple in either red or white, with "LOUISIANA" in plain block letters on the front, but they work. There's no need to be flashy when your helmet says "Ragin' Cajuns." 6. Notre Dame (blue or white jerseys) - Love the Irish or hate them, you can't deny their uniforms are classics. And nothing says college football like those gold helmets. 7. LSU - One of the few times yellow and purple look good together. The Lakers get the other pass. 8. UCLA - Powder blue and gold is a tough combo to pull off, but the Bruins do it with style. 9. Ohio State - Impressive enough on their own, the scarlet-and-grey uniforms look even better with Buckeye stickers on the helmets. 10. Penn State - Sure they're boring. They're also old-school cool. Honorable mentions: Auburn, Colorado, Fresno State, Mississippi, North Texas, Southern California, Virginia. BAD 1. Oregon State - Every day is Halloween in Corvallis! 2. Notre Dame (green jerseys) - These were great the first few times they made a special appearance. Now they're getting hokey. They're also not working. 3. Tulsa - Royal blue doesn't look good in a jersey, and it's even worse on a helmet. 4. Mount Union - Good thing the Purple Raiders have won eight Division III titles in 13 years or people would really make fun of their grapelike duds. 5. North Carolina - Basketball uniforms look great in Carolina blue. Football uniforms, not so much. 6. Baylor - The all-green uniforms look like something out of the Jolly Green Giant's closet. Pick one helmet or another, too. 7. Wyoming - What can brown do for you? In this case, nothing. 8. Maryland - Ralph Friedgen's gameday outfits look better. And put the turtle on the helmet. 9. Missouri - With no numbers on the sleeves or shoulders, it looks as if the Tigers got hold of their jerseys before the designers finished them. 10. (tie) Nebraska and Mississippi State - There's old-school and there's boring. These are boring. REALLY UGLY 1. Oregon - Oh, where to begin. That neon yellow that made you run to adjust the color on the TV is no longer the Ducks' worst fashion faux pas. After yet another redesign - this is No. 4 since the 1996 Cotton Bowl - Oregon now looks ready for the XFL. The numbers look like something in a fun-house mirror, and the diamond-print reinforcements on the knees and shoulders make it seem as if moths got into the locker room. Can we settle on one home and one road uniform, too? White with green, all green, green and black, yellow and green - make up your mind! 2. TCU - Purple is never a good color choice, and the mascot is ugly. But putting those triangles on the trim around the neck and sleeves took it to a whole new level of bad. Please remember the players will have to show these pictures to their kids someday. 3. Tennessee - This shade of orange is acceptable only for creamsicles and selected Halloween decorations. (This goes for you, too, Syracuse.) 4. Boise State - Bright blue jerseys to match the bright blue field. This isn't paintball - there's no reason to blend in. 5. Virginia Tech - Even Crayola wouldn't put orange and maroon together.

That's a damn shame he can't have #43.

Baylor 2003 really should be on the signature list. It wasn't some garbage three-point win, it was a complete anihilation of a Big XII opponent.