The Fake Lonnie Finch

UH has a good tailback. They had a couple of good ones.

Further proving the long known point that coaches want to prove themselves somewhere...even here.

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Our athletic department has lost its mind. UNT is unique. North Texas makes us sound like a directional, commuter school. Additionally, we have a unique second nickname in Mean Green. The helmets should have UNT on the side, or and interlocking NT. And, the front of the jerseys should read Mean Green. Either way, this high school uniforms have to go, along with the high school coach. We need to be more serious about the image we project, beginning with Season One at the new stadium.

I'll take stickers at this point, if the helmet is green again.

I can take that...as long as we're back in the dark green of the championship years.

Simms makes a liar out of me. Tennessee squeaks by UAB.

Agreed. Wish A&M and OU had gone to the SEC. Both are too afraid of real competition, though.

Maybe. If June Jones stays. I think two or three Pac-10 jobs will open up after the season. I think Jones and Mike Leach will be targets for those schools. Wazzu, Arizona State, Colorado, etc. would be crazy not to have both of them in for interviews.

And, just like that - Matt Simms is sacked to end regulation. UAB goes into overtime at Rocky Top.

And, by the way, quarterbacks named Simms whose first names aren't Phil are overrated.

May as well start the helmet talk early. I don't think our game will be much to talk about. What's your view on conference realignment? Could we compete in a league whose schools have helmets as sharp as UAB's?

I'd like a green helmet like it for us, white UNT bridged like the UAB. But, without the mascot under it, like UAB's dragon. Just a green helmet, flecked, with white UNT on the side, possibly trimmed in black.

Well, check out their offense now, since he is co-coordinator, and you'll get a decent picture.

I've always said build it like Kansas State. I love RV's new scheduling. The only minor tweak I'd give is to play the lower rung BCS schools instead of the higher rung ones - and, RV has done that with Indiana. You've got to admit where you are and know where you want to go. You can't do that at a school like ours with more than one bodybag game per year. There may come a day when those aren't bodybag games, but you can't live in the future until you get to the future. (1) Keep scheduling as RV has done recently, dropping off what remains of bodybaggers and replace them with Baylors, Indianas, Dukes, Louisvilles, etc. - BCS schools that sometimes win, but are not perennials winners. (2) Recruit the overlooked in small states that raid Texas. We've done this in the past with Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri under Dickey, and do so now in Louisiana and Mississippi with Shelton Gandy. I know our budget is tight, but I'd try to hit every state that borders Texas - New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Lousiana - with fervent regularity. It'd be nice to become the Nebraska or Oklahoma of the non-BCS schools. That is, building rosters that comprise kids from all over the country. (3) Marketing the f-ing Sam Hill blazes out of Denton County - every city! Invite their high school bands/drill teams to play/perform during halftime of our games...after our band of course...or, before. Get them to play games in our new stadium. Whatever. Make reasons for high schoolers and their parents, relatives, and friends to be at our campus. (4) Train carrier pigeons to carry messages to people with good tidings of all things North Texas.

Sickening that there is a marquee game between DFW schools that are leaving us in the dust. CORRECTION: One that has left us in the dust; and, the other, which is rapidly doing so.

There's not a snowball's chance in hell Leach is going to New Mexico. Several BCS schools will have head coaching vacancies at season's end. Most likely suspects are Wazzu, UCLA, Arizona State, Miami, and Colorado. Each would make a good fit for Leach. If New Mexico cuts ties with Locksley midstream, they've got...Darrell Dickey to finish off the season!

Screw the Longhorns, Aggies, Sand Aggies, and Bears!

Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Tulsa with a combined 32 Texas commitments so far: OU - 12 OSU - 13 TU - 7

SMU has a huge problem - they are winning. Kids who realize they aren't going to play right away, or who can't handle the academics, are bailing out. I wish we had SMU's problems.

Baloney. I'll getcha some more seating. What's the number of the nearest Home Depot....

Yeah, the first response to your post was right. Stoops has at least eight conference rings and two national titles from Florida and Oklahoma. I think Mack has three rings, two Big 12 titles and the one national title. The thing is, at places like that, you get kids who stand around on the sideline for two or three seasons watching other guys win titles. Then, when it's their turn, they aren't used to earning it on the field. They don't practice as hard. Don't take the Utah States and Rices of the world seriously enough - then get into early season dogfights. Stoops and Brown aren't happy about it. They know what they're looking at because they've seen champions at this level. Dodge? He hasn't proven he can get a group of college kids to win anything close to a title. We don't know if kids slacking off here are his fault or not. Stoops and Brown have more than earned the benefit of the doubt.

Yes, make them go away - WKU and MTSU. Replace them with UTSA and TSU. Then, somehow rope in UTEP and NMSU. Then, nominate Wright Water for POTUS. Yeah, I know it ain't gonna happen. But, everyone else has their version of the conference dream. So....

As if his cousin Terrell couldn't have gotten him better seats.

Good point