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I must say this promo is freaking cool. I am frustrated as heck that our A department is silent on promotions. Do they realize that they need to be pummeling the yet to be UNT fan with many different promotions tracking across all age ranges, demographic groups, Denton and DFW markets... I am an in the know UNT fan and I continue to get weekly updates and announcements from FIU, UNLV, Texas A&M and Hawaii - places I have been a casual fan and bought a ticket to a football game before. I would like to see UNT fan halls I want active social media sites I want a marketing effort as aggressive as China economic development I want a Roadie Board - group that puts together away football game packages - the away party organizer Why can't we have a person dedicated to each one of these efforts and more. I have always been a Rick fan but times change, the market changes, the consumer changes, the sports fan changes, technology changes, we are changing leagues for crying out loud and I don't see a bloody countdown toward excitement. Create your energy Decide to be sexy Leave programs behind like SMU and UH that say you can't do it Decide to be somebody. That is who I want UNT to be. Vent...sigh...reload

I like the Armadillo idea. It just has Texas written all over it! It's quirky. C-USA is a bit quirky and quirky is good! Get it rolling advertise it all season - celebrate Texas C-USA every Saturday this fall! Armadillo Gold: Beat Rice Beat UTEP Beat the South Texas dirtybirds GMG

Love the idea. I am thinking: Four Corners comes to mind or if you connect the dots it almost looks like the Comet Cup. That is pretty awesome that we have 4 in state conference mates like the B12 does. GMG

Yes indeed. I enjoyed some of those great games with Arkie State from the Southland days through the SBC. LaLa was a nice rivalry and road trip too. Never say never though. Just when you thought you had seen the last of the red blob or gotten a bit bummed about beating down a blue raider, Lee Corso reared his head, "Not so fast my friend." I am excited and eager to crush San Antonio, eat Mexican food and shop on the border, roadie to Ruston for a conference tilt and travel to Houston often for fball and bball games. Fun times ahead Mean Green Nation!!!!! GMG

When we start beating down the dirty birds in south texas, chowing on some rice and booting the bulldogs back to Ruston with an L we will have plenty of venom coming our way. And a rivalry will be born. I see UTEP and La Tech forming first due to the large alumni bases and fans they will bring to Apogee. I am confident you will see a lot of Green in Ruston and on the Riverwalk too. GMG

Dang that just sounds fantastic! Having watched my Mean Green go from battles against Abilene Christian and Stephen F Austin in the Southland, to the Big West, to the Sun Belt, to CUSA - It has been a wild ride and the fun is only beginning! "Hello Conference USA. We are North Texas and we are here to kick some...:)" GO MEAN GREEN!!!!!

CUSA will continue to blossom with the new programs added to the fold. If other conferences choose to downgrade an already established brand with a solid reputation, that is on them. Major market programs in the rich south and Texas will deliver and CUSA will continue to be a formidable conference. Now UNT must do their part! Bring the fans, support the programs and paint CUSA Green!!!!! GMG

I love seeing the spirit of MTSU embrace CUSA. That University is down right proud of moving up in the college ranks. We have a quiet proud at best and some diehards are indifferent to this new opportunity. I think what that Southern Miss fan really wanted to say was, "Dang we are about to get drilled by La Tech, North Texas, MTSU and Western Kentucky in the not too distant future." You know they are holding their breath that they can get by the dirty birds of South Texas. GMG

That was actually pretty cool. Now deck them out in some Mean Green Mariachi band unis and they could become a tradition at all future tailgates and recruit to the growing Mexican neighborhoods in Denton/DFW. Cool find. BMV

You have to think crazy and big to even begin to move in that direction so I love this thread. I do not see this happening necessarily, but it triggered another thought. What if we went and got BYU. The natural instinctive thinking is to lure one of the AAC back but they are too close in competition to us. They are swimming inside the fish bowl with us. But go get the big fish in the MWC territory. Let them bring their network with them ala Texas in the Big 12. Salt Lake City is an easy destination to get to for all of our major market schools and BYU now gets lucrative recruiting territory in Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Tennessee. They get exposure out west and in the fertile south. Until we create our Big Boy like the MWC has in Boise, lets go get a free agent. BYU to CUSA! GMG

I would find a way!

Deal Breaker for me is...can't even fathom it - can't! We must beat Idaho good and beat down UTSA like a drum. Those must happen! Icing = win or excellent showing in Athens - Georgia or Ohio. Need = win over Rice on Halloween night with bright lights upon Apogee. Want = nice win over La Tech our new rival for years to come - let's get the upperhand Mean Green Nation!!!!! Goal = bowling anywhere - Dubai anyone? GMG

I am always pumped up for a season but have cautious optimism. I think the Dodge debacle tempered my excitement for any future seasons. Time to apply that learning lesson to basketball. Houston, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa or ECU couldn't put CUSA on the BCS map. They are about to be gone and I sincerely hope UNT gives them a swift boot in the *** on the way out. CUSA is still ripe for a team(s) to emerge and rival MWC for non-big six power. We have conference name, sweet bowl tie ins emerging markets/programs. Time for the refreshed CUSA to make some noise. Enthusiastic and excited yes. Ready to predict a conference crown and big boy take down not so much. Get it done! GMG

This is a mute conversation. I have not heard any chatter about the MWC wanting anything to do with Texas. Conferences seem to be wanting to move together to carve out rivalries and attendance - oh wait, that's what we did! Love me some CUSA. Time to compete in it. Work to dominate. GMG

ummmmmmmmmm that was freaking awesome!!!!! Goosebump awesome. Ready for the season! GMG

The following excerpt appeared in a letter from Jim Livengood who is retiring as AD from UNLV. I and all fans get a weekly update from him regarding happenings inside UNLV Athletics having been a season ticket holder in bball and attended many football games. The middle part about fans having to be creative and fight stuck out to me, because that is where UNT is right now. I loved how he put the pressure on the fans to do their part to keep UNLV relevant in the ever changing landscape. This is no time to retreat. The Mean Green Nation AD, coaches and organizations must balls to the wall it to cement our place on the Texas and national scene. I plan to work harder in what I can do at my level and that includes season tickets and Mean Green support at home and away games, recruiting fans, contributing my thoughts. I hope everyone intensifies what they can do in 2013. "It is no secret that UNLV is at a crucial time in its existence. With the ever-changing landscape of college athletics at the national level, UNLV and this community must come together to make a decision about the future of Rebel Athletics. Is it enough to simply survive? Or do we want to thrive? If I know the Rebel faithful like I think I know the Rebel faithful, they will demand that survival is just not enough. It will take courage, creativity and passion to position the Rebels to be among the fortunate ones as college athletics continues to redefine itself nationally. If we do not fight and do all that we can to be among the fortunate ones, future generations of UNLV fans will forever hold us accountable - and rightfully so. I will be there to support UNLV, the interim AD, the new AD and, most importantly, Rebel Nation in this effort. We must do all we can to assure that every day remains a GREAT day to be a Rebel." GMG

no one has addressed the funniest part of this thread - TCU with a t-shirt wearing fan? Really? TCU? Again North Texas has a better chance at the BCS than TCU does in 2013 and in the coming decades. GMG

Imagine if Hawaii makes it to he bowl. A long shot indeed but there would be a lot if green! GMG

Yep. Froggy realizes that the purple daze has already begun and they will forever be relegated to second class citizens of the Big 12. The fact that North Texas stands a better chance of getting to a BCS bowl than TCU does from here on out stings the poor toad. Beat the Vandals! GMG

From a pure fan point of view that doesn't watch the position battles as closely as most, today was greatness! The day was perfect! It was a perfect running day for the 5k. This was my first spring game to attend after living out of town for a decade, and it just really felt nice to "start" the season in April. The garage sale and game were icing. Nice to see the students out and our D looks like it is going to be strong this year. I echo the QB play. I was impressed with AM and BB. DT looks faster and better from the competition. All in all a great day in Denton. For our tailgate crew a new tradition is born. GMG

I am struggling to understand why you are not excited to play Rice, UTEP, La Tech and possibly Southern Miss every year. Those are juicy programs with some very nice followings, good facilities, national championships and name recognition. It is almost as if we are not playing Tech, Oklahoma, TAMU, Texas and Houston some are not interested. I am very interested and we will have our hands full. GMG

I still have a CUSA buzz. Call me crazy but I am trumpeting the fact that my university is about to play in CUSA. Not sure what all the negative nellies really want us to do at this point other than put on a Johnny Football shirt and TAMU belt - both which I own by the way. However, never switching my allegiance from the Green. Glad about CUSA Looking forward to the upcoming season Ready to win now and return to bowl games in 13! GMG

My hair hurts trying to follow that:)

I know we liked Tulsa's proximity but I personally think WKU brings better basketball and football than what we are losing with the hurricanes. Tulsa football is solid but WKU to me has equal attendance and good upswing. Basketball is a no brainer. I think the Whats a Hilltopper wins hands down. GMG

They sure are bumping their gums a lot for a program without an announced invitation! GMG