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My only concern is that after this year it does seem like 2 wins would be a dramatic improvement next year and as a competitor and football diehard it gets hard to think about going into a season with an expectation and hope like that. But I will and hope this is the one and only 0'fer season I ever have to endure. GMG

I have absolutely loved having visiting bands in our stands (Tulsa and Troy this year). At a minimum it keeps the GB on their toes. I was thinking that maybe the GB could coordinate with the fireworks show and have some tunes lined up to play. Low and behold here comes TROY's band and I it sounded great! I was also hoping the GB was taking some notes and should have felt a little embarrassed that the visiting band decided to play traditional American greats during OUR fireworks show. Keeping this optimistic I am hopeful the GB plays some good ole American traditionals in the future and adds more cadences...I loved Troy's cadence just before kick-off. Unfortunately we got to hear it a lot. I was at the Dodger game awhile back and they had the fireworks show with piped in music. I thought, we have the best band in the land in this stadium and how cool would it be to hear them play some recognized greats before they end with the always awesome - Glory to the Green. GMG P.S. - am I the only one that wasn't that disappointed and disheartened in last night's game? The day was perfect, the defense played better, the tailgate rocked and it was Mean Green football! Just getting on the board but seeing some frustrated fans and understandably so. It was still a fun afternoon.

his full time job is at buffalo wild wings and he is taking those commercials to heart! We need this ref because it's not all about the O, the 0-12 of course! GMG

I'm partying like a rock star in Tijuana in my toothpaste shirt! All Hail the GREEN! GMG

Either way the announcement should be coupled with a future message and I guarantee it will be an encouraging message. If it fails it will be coupled with an action plan to get the stadium built via other strategies and they will make it sound like a minor setback. If it passes a next step should accompany it along with an encouragement of getting aggressive and getting everyone involved to speed up the timetable. Either way we will feel just fine after the announcement and we can turn our attention to upsetting LAMO and turn out in force for Homecoming! GMG

I am going to go on the premise that this thing fails and if it passes it will be a beautiful day. Either way all failure does is give you an opportunity to begin again - smarter. EIther way I will wake up on Saturday morning still a Mean Green diehard, still heading to Homecoming, still rooting for an upset, getting more creative about how to get this stadium built. GMG

You just threw a cold bucket of water in my face! Can you imagine 0-12! I mean it is hard to fathom how this fanbase will feel as we go to 0-7 ,0-8, 0-9, 0-10, 0-11, 0-12. I mean it has already felt like two seasons! WOW gmg! Please don't let that happen!

That is how I feel from a distance. I have seen a different student energy than ever before. Had we gone 0-5 when I was in school there would be nobody in that stadium, there would have been 0 tailgating (which there wasn't any anyway), you wouldn't even know we had a home game. I have also never seen a more energetic Green Brigade, so I am hopeful about this vote. We are going to go from having the worst stadium in the SW to having one of the best in a few short years! The players will follow and teh record will improve. GMG

don't much care for vito. I don't expect a cheerleader as he is not paid to be one, but talk about a flat piece of work. in fact many of the pieces i see from him are just flat out doom and gloom. i do my best to distance myself from doom and gloom people and his work does not enthuse me. gmg

it just went blank on me. Is anybody else watching it online and is it working for you?

It will be interesting to see. I have seen the Mean Green play Tulsa and Rice in person, LSU and FIU on the tube. This team's psyche is sooooooooooooooooooooo fragile that the second something goes wrong, like an easy touchdown or blocked punt, or fumble it's like this aura comes over them that shuts them down! That is what is so weird, because I have never seen a North Texas team fall apart even against crazy odds, and I have seen UNT as a solid D1AA. You mean to tell me that they are so ginger that they fall apart at the first sign of adversity! I have seen outmatched teams play hard through 4 quarters at A&M, in Austin, in Lubbock, in Colorado Springs, in Tempe, in Troy, in Death Valley, in Little Rock, in Boulder, in Norman, in Lafayette, in Monroe, in Waco, in New Orleans...This team looks like a high school squad going up against USC! I would love to think some things will change this week, but I don't have faith. You need strength, will, and fight to make that happen and this poor team lacks simple confidence. I sat here watching FAU and Troy thinking they are going to KILL US! Again, boys become men and I hope these young men choose to grow from this experience. Lord knows the MG Nation is undergoing something most of us have never been through before. At the end of the day if we get the stadium passed I will consider this season a success. Because if you can do that in this climate at this time in the transformation of the program, I have great hope for the future of NT football. I will see a charged up student fanbase believing in hope and for a better program down the line. That will be a much different fanbase than when I was in school 20 years ago! GMG

See what happens when they let you out of Utah! Long live Zion:) GMG

I never thought I would ever see in my 22 years as a Mean Green diehard: 1. UNT in a bowl game 2. UNT win a bowl game 3. UNT go to four consecutive bowl games 4. A 25 or whatever consecutive conference game streak by UNT 5. toothpaste green become the Mean Green color of choice 6. own a toothpaste North Texas tee shirt 7. See rice score 77 on the lean green and beat us down by 57 points 8. FIU score 42 and blow us out at home by 32 points 9. the Ragin Cajuns come into Fouts as 23 point favorite (no offense) But I also never seen a team look like a high school squad line up against a college looking team with athletes, muscle and speed. My Cajun friends you will have never seen anything like what you are about to witness on Saturday in Fouts. The name on the helmet and jersey still says North Texas, but that is where any semblence of the successful North Texas ends. Good luck to the Cajuns this season, enjoy Denton and get us while you can. Mean Green will be back one day! GMG

I have the grill fired up and am having to control myself from throwing every bit of Mean Green gear and paraphanalia I have in it. I almost want to wash this chapter of mean green life from the brain - toothpaste green and all.

The band is top notch this year and Bohemian Rhapsody is the best opening ever! Loving the Green Brigade this year! Most spirit in those students as a group in a long time if not ever. Well done! GMG

Wouldn't that be something if on Sunday we wake up and sitting on top of the conference standings is the worst team in America! Of course by that time we will have been moved up the polls or down them gladly giving our spot to Idaho or Florida International! Better yet make that SMU! I will be channeling 2001 on Saturday and the beginning of another surprise in Mean Green Country! GMG

That was a hell of a game and the Belt provided a great game for the Nation tonight. Is anyone else looking forward to that FAU Troy War that is on the horizon! FAU is going to play desperate and Troy is formidable period. This is going to be a fun race and hopefully we can snag an upset before the year is over. GMG

gameplan - saving some flight fare for LaLa and maybe Troy but still getting to root on the Green with my ice cold tecate and bbq from a distance! beat the panters GMG

Traveling pant suits unite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The stock market is plunging Rice is still scoring Cowboys stunk it up The sky is still falling Oh look the Mean Green play Saturday - all is good in the world:) Bring on Saturday so I can get this taste out of my mouth! GMG

Even the 11th hour scramble to get an ad in the local rag is alarming. Where is the branding campaign? I went through that Business School and the talent is there. I just have not seen enough literature, marketing, campaigning, cheerleading to feel comfortable with this effort. The preview is everything and equally as important if not more important than the vote itself! Yet, we are arguing with each other 3 weeks out about the pros and cons of putting out an ad in the Daily! Look, I like the people in our leadership. I appreciate so much of what has been done to improve the gameday experience, take a bold step in hiring Dodge (fortune favors the bold), and all of the other nuances that have exploded since I was a student over 20 years ago! I sang Happy Birthday Dr. B on Saturday! I just expect first class, crisp, visionary efforts on all fronts. Decisions made in 2008 will be affecting Octobers in 2032 and 2033. The football team is a worry, but the stadium vote is a priority. Where is the business acumen, the marketing strategy, the plan to remove all doubt that this commitment and change will occur in 2008? We all need to chip in and get to work. 21 days is not much time and every person on that campus and on this board can make a contribution. Dodge - win; Fans - show up; Students - recruit; Athletic Dept. - coordinate - 2 home games before the vote provide huge opportunities! See everyone in October! GMG

Seriously guys - under 30 in the first half! I can't see it! And I am not talking about a combined total! We will shoot out of the helmet and reel off 21 point, wait 20 because there is that extra point drama, but the Panthers will be golden with at least 28. We will be sucking wind trying to keep up until we just give up in a demoralizing fashion - hate to say it but this team only plays tough until it is competitive. It will not be competitive after the 3rd quarter based on what I have seen so far. Fast-forwarding past unt IU 48 #1 North Texas 27 gmg

I have never felt closer to Armageddon than from where I sit today. I know the MEAN GREEN faithful and I have lived near volcanos - Volcanos have nothing on what is stirring below the Nation surface. I feel the torches are being drenched as I type. GMG - for the sake of our University get a W this weekend! Feel free to burn down Fouts, but save the cheerleaders save the world!

At some point will these guys nut it up and will themselves into a competitive situation? It's like that adrenaline rush that eventually allows you to play above your head, talent and skill! You would think that time is coming for our guys but it doesn't even seem close. Maybe this weekend, because at this point they should be the dog in every game the rest of the year. gmg

I was feeling compelled to apologize to the Rice fans for my University not giving them more of a game. Rice has been where we were before so I think they felt pretty sad for the mean green. did I really watch my university beat texas tech twice, oregon state, texas, cincy? its not a pretty place and hope is thin. gmg

4 years - look we are halfway through dodge's tenure with us - in 2009 we will be better or we will only have one more year to stomach. By this time next year if we are in the same position we can begin thinking about our next dream coach to lead us into the new stadium. right now I am not calling for dodge's head but this time next year and 70 to UAB or something like that and we can begin the interview process. mean green win either way! gmg