NM Green

Well this is delicious. The Frisco Bowl party against Boise was a blast. Make it happen athletics, association, whoever is spearheading this fiesta. GMG

Be The Team. Seize the opportunity. Be the Team that breaks the bowl drought. Be the Team that wins against the odds. Be the Team that rises up to shout “Enough.” Be the Team to finally win in Ford. Be the Team that gets fans cheering “AAC” in the 4th quarter. Be the Team that generates hope for the rest 2025. Be the Team that shows UTSA how it’s done. Be the Team that lifts a trophy within the first 3 days of 2025. GMG

So who are we? If I look at UNT objectively on this age of NIL I do some of the things we are doing: 1. Get a coach who plays entertaining football. 2. Sell the location and opportunity to display your craft, expertise. I’m talking coaches and players. Be the machine that develops and gets you access. 3. Get a businessman who negotiates deals and hob nobs with AAC brass. Keep us in a top league that keeps its members performing. What’s missing: 1. Institutional drive beyond the hires. We’re talking a collaborative push from inside the house to make the sports scene rock for students, alumni who car and the community. 2. A strong DC to make the entertaining football more palatable. We may have closed this gap. Time will tell. 3. A strong Alumni Association connected and firing on all cylinders. I have no idea what is happening here. Feels disconnected broken in transition. 4. A band that is dialed into Gameday experience creation. Love some of the things they do but they seem to do what they want to do versus being integrated into the program plan. 5. Event outreach to the community. Denton is only getting bigger. It will not be old Denton no matter how strong it tries to hold on. So it seems like we are making some progress but we’re inside the fish bowl. We need to praise what is being done well and fire and hire on the points missed right now. Jared strikes me as a good businessman and business people know how to make tough decisions. People on alert know they are on alert. The key stakeholder here is our new president. Who is he? I’m not sure yet. He could be assessing. He could be plotting. He could be cruising. We’ll find out. Keep progressing. GMG

It expedites the super league of about 28-30 teams. That is coming. We are in the scramble to be in the next league right now. Need a bowl win and AAC run next year. GMG

It could happen Navy is no slouch this season. Will be a fun patriotic tilt next weekend! Go America 🇺🇸 GMG

I can’t wait to return to the blessed soil of the USA to chat with my blue blood SEC friends to see how they feel about this whole playoff thing. It has given access to a host of programs they are so uninterested in. Is the country equally uninterested? I think so. Boise or a G5 was never supposed to have a home game and bye. the Big 12 is a glorified G5 without Texas and OU. the ACC can still save itself if Clemson wins. Miami was a paper tiger all year. the playoff needs Alabama, a villain, in the playoff or this could be a historically boring ending to the college football season. The Big and SEC need to break off to preserve college football interest in the national stage. I’ll always be interested at whatever level UNT settles in at which will be a hodgepodge of Big 12 programs and some stronger AAC. just my take. Can’t wait for the chat with Tiga Bait and Rockytop. GMG

That’s the craziest thing. I would smile and continue with the next recruiting trip: destination Aruba. GMG

I want the New Mexico Bowl so just get us there. I want some 10,000 Waves and Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, luminario decorations on top of the hotels for the holidays, powder snow, roaring fireplaces and holiday craft cocktails. Throw in some green chile, lobo hoops if they are in town, and bang we have a destination bowl. GMG

Not me. I’ll watch any football to satisfy through the long offseason and that is why networks still buy this programming. I’m not alone. gmg

RIP Dana. Too young indeed. He worked his craft his whole life. A short life well lived.

Western Michigan is off the board. They are set to play South Alabama in Montgomery on December 14th. gmg

I disagree that it was a mistake by the Big 12. They could have them tomorrow but don’t want them in their league. They fit the ACC better anyway. B12 is not crying with ASU U of A UU and Colorado. Those are some potent all around programs. GMG

Maybe Gus got wind that FSU is close to one of the top tier leagues. Lashlee doesn’t strike me like that and I think he hangs out unless a top 2 league member calls. Anyone with the ego of a coach is going to want to land there. Even a tame Lashlee will want to be tested at the best. Perhaps when Tulane and Memphis or South Florida come in as replacements he bolts. SMU is in good shape despite few programs thrilled about sharing a league with them. GMG

I see this as a win win for Gus and UCF. They both get to start over. GMG

Elko will be fine. Texas had the superior team this year. A true title contender. I’ve never liked the horns but for some reason this team is interesting. I still think they get smoked by Georgia but they could win it all. Day should go to Florida or FSU where the pressures will be different. He’s not gonna win the natty this year and the nuts are going to march torches to his office. GMG

It’s not a repeat because this year we bowl. We improved from last year. I’ll take it. Hope our bowl and my schedule align. GMG

Yes

Just win hire an interim DC and let it ride. I want to go bowling! GMG

I’m not sure I like this playoff format in its first year run. The regular season seems mute and bowl games are losing their bite. That might be more portal though. If only 3 SEC teams get in that will be their catalyst to form the upper tier league. It looks like 4 Big 3 SEC 2 ACC 1 G5 1 big 12 and Notre same. That’s not how the powers planned this to work out. It is supposed to be 4 and 4 at the top and 1 from everyone else. No way Tulane gets in though I think they’re better than Boise. The big dogs left out of the party are already tuning out, see LSU and Bama fan. With that said I still want to go bowling. GMG

And I believe we get all 3 on our slate next year! Better figure out that wrinkle. GMG

EM will cook in year 3. He said that’s when it took off at Wazzu. Win on Saturday. I don’t care if it’s by only 1 point. Let’s bowl and invite Cougar Q to our bowl game. Plus coaches that get fired need some time off between gigs. Their heads need reset between grinds. EM, McGuire and Aranda are 3 of a kind to me. They all drive their fanbases to the brink then figure it out. 2025 will be special. But first I want to bowl. GMG

I would personally build the pageantry scene like an SEC school. Put some beauties in the stands with Poms or something. TCU has the dancers in boots. Every SEC team has a gorgeous squad in the band section. I know we are a hate the norm school but surely you could find 10 stand dancers to participate for 7 games next season. Right? We are North Texas. Hello. GMG

The biggest thing is coordination. There are moments when the band can influence. At kickoffs on 2nd down on 3rd down. I’m talking constant playing. to hell with the music on the board. You do you. 3 major rituals needed in ‘25: 1. 3rd down pound. They already play this but sometimes on first sometimes on second sometimes when the other team has the ball it fees like. No consistency. 2. 3rd quarter to 4th quarter transition. See BYU football and basketball at a point in the second half. 3. Go Mean Green banner unfurl including shake down. Needs to be coordinated with band. Let’s do this in section 105 and 106 - more reliable attendance every game. We don’t need the students to figure out how to make this happen. Get the infantry to organize it. Where do I send money for the banner. I still want a standing section with railings only. but now I’m just being greedy. Make ‘25 MG football exciting again. But first we bowl. You know what to do Mean Green! GMG

We need this win in the Pit tonight. Looking sketchy. We are a downtrodden fanbase right now. Beat OSU Beat Temple GMG

Never turn down college football. There will never be such a thing as too much college football in my book. But win on Saturday then get shipped out of state to a bowl game we won’t have many fans. This team needs to escape us. We might set ourselves on fire with a blowout to Texas state in Frisco. Win then send us to Boston or Boca. This team cannot be around us fans right now. GMG