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Here's the lowdown. Most of you are correct at the beginning of the thread. Its supposed to be an event for non-season ticket holders or MGC club members. Why everyone got an email about I don't know. Probably sent a blast out using the whole database They are trying to drum up support for both. There will be one in Denton as well @ the Gateway Center, I think on the 18th. I'd email Mark Naylor about it. He's in charge of corporate fund raising and sales. Great guy and very responsive. If you want to attend the one tonight, email him ASAP.

Last year we had that map of everyone's season tickets. Any Chance of resurrecting, I couldn't find it through searching

You'll love it more while listening and "watching" the Todd Dodge show there on the tv's throughout the restaurant. The audio was wired specifically for the show, so that it broadcasts throughout the restaurant and they are working the video feed as we speak

I adore Rudy's and stop frequently However I can have that in other ports in the metroplex. I like to go to a Denton only place

Denton County Hamburger Although my brother co-owns the Pour House, so that will replace it as my stop when attending games, but even he knows those burger at Denton County are better

Flyer, They are making a point to carry some pseduo craft brews. Maybe the barkeep was misinformed They are pouring Hoegarten,Sam Adams Seasonal and St Arnlods out of Houston < oldest and best microbrew in Texas Also the Pour House Margarita is fairly good

Ok This is not Advertsing (my last post got deleted) Glad to see some of you have visited. It is not related to the Ft Worth one. My brother co-owns this with Rick Moore who many of you know through Sweetwater etc My brother is a 2005 Graduate and huge fan of the program, he's been to many a home football game and NO Bowls Etc They are actively pursuing some things with the Ath Dept, along the lines of coaches shows in the media room They have asked for numerous NT items from the department. They will only receive limited items up until the time they pony up for some advertising Kind of a horse before the cart situation. Budgets are tight etc. That being said they are planning on buying some signage at Fouts but feel it not prudent at the time seeing as football season is over. In regards to some of the issues raised. I will communicate your feedback to them they are certainly open to making it better and the NT crowd is a major focus The late afternoon sun is being addressed. They are looking to put shades etc in, possible an awning out back. Day before the opening the windows weren't tinted, I almost spilled my beer trying to find my face It very much is a hybrid between sports bar/restaurant. It's a balancing act and advice on how to make it work is appreciated No clue on the music, will talk with them. In regards to renting that room for NT games, There is no doubt I will be holding it hostage at any time we are on The media room was wired with coaches show in mind (mics plug right in to the sound system etc) Lack of TV's. I kind of see this from your point of view. I think there goal is to let the sports people be in the media room and the bar and leave dining alone The "generic" painting are far from. Those were commissioned by the owners, the artist is from the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and he does all the work you see in there. Now whether or not you like them to each his own. They are all TX figures though outside of the NE one. However we were born and raised up there. Parking was an issue the time they poured the slab. They are trying to acquire more but a lot of you are well aware how the city works. easier said than done.So look forward to sharing a drink with you guys next year after a game or watching us on National TV, hopefully in the near future

If someone is bidding on them from the board would they mine reselling me a Large one?

I'd like to add the Risk Management and Insurance program in as well. The fact that my degree is from North Texas, one of really only 4 in the entire South, has helped me tremendously. In my field people recognize the excellence and I am a proud alumni. I hate people that crap on the school they went to. Can we do better? Sure but lets highlight the positive and sell your school Daddy Dumps alot's comments remind me of a head coach we just ran out of here

So refreshing. I do not miss comments along the lines of how tough it is here etc. I want wins as much as the rest of you, but I Love the fact our head coach sells this school and program like many of us do out there

Cal should offer this kid preferred walk on status and look like heroes for it The HS coach is not to bright if you ask me

Man DeLoach is a master of the system Tenure from TX and CA

Blog UNT officials -- No contract yet for DeLoach UNT officials responded to a Freedom of Information Act request today with an interesting bit of information -- there is no contract for former UNT defensive coordinator Gary DeLoach working its way through the UNT system. A UNT official said it would be at least a week before a deal is in place. That doesn't mean that DeLoach isn't going to take over as UNT's defensive coordinator, but it might indicate that it will be a few days before the deal is finalized. The hang-up appears to be that DeLoach is close to becoming vested in the California teaching system, which would ensure him medical benefits when he retires. Accepting the UNT job before he hits the five-year mark would force DeLoach to forfeit those benefits, or at least that is the story I heard from a source outside the UNT athletic department. I also heard that DeLoach might be pondering an opportunity to coach at another Texas school, but I still expect him to end up at UNT. D-day for finalizing the DeLoach hire appears to be Jan. 21.

High School Really?

If this happens, this is definitely having our cake and eating it to A lot of us wanted DeLoach when we hired TD, now we may get both Love it

Really trying to wrap my head around this team, this season and especially our defense. Not sure if any of you are stat heads, if you are and don't frequent this site you need to Cold Hard Football Basically they really get into what makes winning NFL teams successful. Rather than looking at fluff stats like Passing yards given up to determine a great pass defense, they use Defensive Passer Rating. They have a list of quality stats that you can browse and lo and be hold the top teams in the league are tops in those categories. That being said I have neither the time nor desire to rank all 117 teams and determine where the D fits. I'll give you a snap shot of it and a point of reference. Don't worry I reached the same conclusion I had going in. Our defense s#cks! Bendability IT is not a measure purely of defensive efficiency. Instead, with a very simple figure, it takes into consideration many, many team-wide factors, including special teams proficiency, turnover differential, red zone defense and a variety of other factors, and tells you which teams force opponents to work the hardest to score points. This accounts for bad offense series and Romans less the steller returns etc This to me was how I viewed the Deloach/DD era. They might bend but never break. Now not so much Yards Points YPPA 6124 541 11.32 Scoreability Same applies as above. Measure of how hard we have to work to score. We have to generate 16 yards of offense for every point. Our opponents in the above only need to generate 11 Yards Points YPPS 4901 298 16.45 Defensive Passer Rating Basically like QB rating but for the defense Att. Comp. Pct YPA TD INT RATING 388 228 58.7 7.94 36 11 103 SMU rating was 82 and we know how bad they are. I want to delve more into this and look at the SBelt, CUSA and our opponents. Also later on I want to look at the 05 and 06 NT units. However my employer last I checked does not pay me for Stats analysis of NT Football Memo from the obvious dept Defense is bad very bad.

Espn Story round and round we go

This was my first year as a season ticket holder. Its been more packed than the students side, however it only takes about 1/3 of the students to make more noise than the alumni side That said I think it got better and FFR and those guys are always into it. I find it hillarious and concerning that FFR has to tell the cheerleaders when would be a good time to do a cheer Jesse, c'mon over we need more people like you on the alumni side

As Pats fan that hurt, they didnt let him go, they traded him for a draft pick and to a team where he was going to have an oppurtunity, with only Willie P and Najeh Davenport at the time and coming off bettis retirement

Lone Star just got bought by US Steel as an FYI Maybe they would like to help out though

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Ramone, i agree with you post but I think for a lot of us it is personal. For diehards like myself that stuck with our alma mater and team through his tenure its tough. He made it personal with his bunker mentality and casual disregard for the University when he had a chance to promote it. For me and I'm sure others who support this thing and talk it up, its tough enough taking the flak from friends and co-workers. I don't need my head coach reminding us how small time we are. I guess he's like a bad ex-girlfriend that we dumped, we want to see him fat and unhappy. Guess we need more stadium and uniform posts to get this thing buried

Heres your idea desconstructed Written before the weekend Is it bad that it makes too much sense THe Wetzel Plan A playoff is coming to college football, not eventually but probably sooner than the moneyed-establishment wants to admit. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, the Vladimir Putin of college sports and the key figure preventing a playoff, can stem the tide for only so long. Unfortunately, we're stuck with the current Bowl Championship Series for the time being. But that doesn't mean we can't dream about what a real playoff would entail and the magic it would produce each December and January. If you think you like Saturdays now, understand that this is just college football lite; one day to be looked back on as a quaint and confusing era. ADVERTISEMENT Here's how the playoff will eventually work – and this isn't just my idea, it's essentially the exact scenario the NCAA (which will eventually run it) uses to run the football playoffs at the former Division I-AA, II and III. We even made up a mock bracket for you to salivate over. (Please note, whereas some conference title games still need to be played, for the sake of argument we assigned victory to the higher rated team in the current BCS standings to place and seed the field). A 16-TEAM FIELD Just like in what used to be Division I-AA, the tournament would feature four rounds with teams seeded one through 16. Just like the wildly popular and profitable NCAA men's basketball tournament, champions of all the conferences (all 11 of them) earn an automatic bid to the field. Yes, all 11. Even the lousy conferences. While no one would argue that the winner of the Mid-American Conference is one of the top 16 teams in the country, there are multiple benefits of including champions of low-level leagues. First is to maintain the integrity and relevancy of the regular season. While the idea that the season is a four-month playoff is both inaccurate and absurd, there should be a significant reward for an exceptional season. The chance for an easier first-round opponent – in this case No. 1 Missouri would play No. 16 Central Michigan or Miami (Ohio) – is a big reward for a great regular season. Earning a top-three seeding would present a school a near breeze into the second round. Drop to a sixth-seed in this year's scenario and you are dealing with Florida. On the flip side, it brings true Cinderella into the college football mix for the first time. Is it likely that Central Florida could beat Ohio State? Of course not, but as the men's basketball tournament has proven the mere possibility (or even a close game) draws in casual fans by the millions. Last season the most memorable college football game was Boise State-Oklahoma, in part because Boise was the unbeaten underdog that wasn't supposed to win. When it did, in dramatic fashion, it became arguably the most popular team in America. But it had no shot at a national title because the system says Boise can't be any good in 2007 because it wasn't any good in 1967. As illogical as this is, that's the system. For even lower-rated conferences – the Sun Belts, the MACs – allowing annual access to the tournament would not only set off celebrations on small campuses but it would encourage investment in the sport at all levels. Suddenly, there would be a reason for teams in those leagues to really care. This would improve quality throughout the country. With the bigger conferences, a championship would take on greater value. Does anyone without direct rooting interest really care if USC wins the Pac-10 Saturday? How about the Virginia Tech-Boston College ACC title game? You would now. AT-LARGE BIDS In addition to the 11 automatic bids, there would be five at-large selections made by a basketball-like selection committee. Most years, those would come from the power conferences (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC). While the selection process would still draw complaints from the teams left out, those schools often would have two or three losses or significant flaws. Gone forever would be the days of an unbeaten Auburn in the 2004 season not getting a chance at the title or the bizarre 2003 season where nearly everyone thought USC was the best team but got left out anyway. HOME GAMES FOR HIGHER SEEDS IN FIRST THREE ROUNDS The strangest part of the BCS is that outside businesses – the people who own the bowl games – get a cut of the revenue. It would be unfathomable for a league such as the NFL or NBA to allow independent promoters to stage its playoffs. College football is leaving millions on the table by staging top games in far-off locales. Ohio State, for instance, earns an estimated $5 million-plus for each home game. And that is just direct revenue. Forbes estimates Buckeye football games generated $42 million for the Columbus area in 2005. The 14 hugely profitable home games from the first three rounds would create a huge revenue stream. There is simply no need to include the current bowl structure. Obviously no fan base can afford to travel week after week to neutral-site games. But they wouldn't have to. In what used to be Division I-AA, the playoffs are home field until the title game. That's the way it should be. The competitive value of home-field advantage would also help maintain the importance of the regular season because the higher the seed, the more home games. This would also be a boon to teams in the Midwest, which build their teams to deal with the predictably harsh weather only to play postseason games in generally warm, calm environs. So how would say, USC fare if it didn't get a Big Ten opponent in Pasadena each January, but rather had to slip and slide around Ann Arbor or Columbus for a change? And who wouldn't want to see the Trojans invade one of those historic old stadiums, snow falling, and proving they have grit not just skill? COMPETITION That's the best part, of course, the games. As heart-thumping and pulse-stopping as college football is and always has been, we aren't even scratching the surface in our plan. We currently have nothing even close to this. Week after week of building excitement, tension and stakes. A byproduct of the BCS has been a devaluing of competitiveness in college football. There is no longer an incentive to play games against other big-time opponents. It's not just intra-regional games that are all but gone but most non-conference games of any significance. Teams just load up on patsies to grab the home gate and maybe play one local rival. Amazingly, the BCS rewards them for this. Because of human voters' tendency to favor record over all else – unless the school is from outside the BCS – the goal of the season is simply not to lose. The easiest way to do that is to play as few teams as possible that are capable of beating you. The BCS favors teams that load up on cupcakes early and play in a weaker BCS conference that ideally doesn't have to deal with a 13th game (for the league title). Consider Kansas, which is rated No. 5 in the BCS (and was No. 2 last week) despite owning wins over opponents with a combined record of 45-63 record (.417 winning percentage). Maybe the Jayhawks are a great team that was capable of beating other great teams. But no one really knows. And the BCS didn't care. The playoffs return the big-time games between teams from different conferences. Even better, it puts them on campus – not some far-flung NFL stadiums – in historic venues with all the pageantry. Oklahoma-USC in the Coliseum in the first round? Florida-Ohio State in the Horseshoe in the second? How about the Buckeyes at West Virginia in a national semifinal? Every week of every year would be incredible. BOWL GAMES COULD STILL EXIST Understanding that there really isn't anything wrong with most bowl games – it's not like innocent people are dying because the Meineke Car Care Bowl exists – we'll allow them to stick around. One bowl could serve as the championship game, giving college football its neutral, Super Bowl-style site to conclude the tournament. As for all the other bowls, they can go on as they wish. The NIT still operates, doesn't it? It's not like most bowl games have any direct bearing on the championship now. There is value to the smaller bowls in smaller communities. If the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, still wishes to stage a game, it by all means should. It just won't have access to the 16 playoff teams. But it doesn't have access to teams of that quality now. It still can host a meaningless game between two moderately successful schools. For most bowls, nothing changes. The lack of 16 "bowl-qualified" teams would filter down, of course, and run a couple of minor bowls out of business since there won't be enough bowl-eligible clubs. But if the reason college football is not staging a playoff is the need to save the International Bowl in Toronto, then the current system is more corrupt than we think. THE SCHEDULE While the former Division I-AA plays all four rounds in four weeks and stages the title game before Christmas, football’s top division might be better served playing the first one or two rounds in December, breaking for final exams and staging the semifinals just after Christmas and the title game in early January. The schedule is a minimal concern. Something can be worked out. Whatever it is, it would allow teams and stars to become familiar to the American public, for momentum to build and excitement to grow. The college football playoffs would have a chance to rival the NFL playoffs (Super Bowl included) as the biggest sporting event in the country. Fans would love it, players live for it and a game deserving of a real playoff finally enjoying it. It would capture the imagination of the nation. Right now it's only a dream, but the day is coming. There is only so long the dictators can stop it. Dan Wetzel is Yahoo! Sports' national columnist. Send Dan a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.

Ok I remember this .... the key would be to take the games against us out of the equation and see where they would be ranked

Well one of you has to be wrong Either of you care to back it up with some stats? I'm not sure as to the strength of the schedule, but we know we let 1-3 games get away from us