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This isnt football or UNT related but if you will permit me to post a personal message: We lost my dad last night. He was suffering from a long illness and the end comes as a blessing. I encourage everyone to cherish every momement you have with the people you love. Although with my dad it was expected, when the end finally comes you are never fully prepared for it. You can honor my dad today if you would take a moment to tell the people in your life that you love them. I've found you can never say it enough.

Well SMU only seats 32k and they've been able to bring in the likes of Baylor, TCU, Tx Tech, Ok State, Navy.

Bump Any news on this kid????

No they won't. One of the worst mistakes the Gophers and Vikings ever made was giving up one of the greatest home field advantages of the Minnesota cold. Granted it's cold for both teams but the old time Vikings often talk about the mental advantage they had when teams came to play at Metropolitan Stadium and the afternoon sun would drop below the grandstands. It's not a scientific study but look at how these teams have done. Gophers at Memorial Stadium/outdoors - National championships=10 Big 10 Championships = 16.... Gophers at the Metrodome/indoors - National Championships= 0, Big 10 Championships = 0 Vikings at Metropolitan Stadiu/outdoors - Super Bowls= 4 in 20 years, Metrodome- Super bowls = 0 in 27 years. Besides, it's college football. It is meant to be played outside on a crisp autumn afternoon, .....the way the good Lord intended to be!

Personally I really like the horseshoe design that Minnesota is using for their new on-campus stadium. There is an upper deck but it's done right. Club level and suits are at the top of stadium. (It sure is nice to see what you can build when you can use state money) Check out the schematics... http://www1.umn.edu/stadium/stadium.php

Heard about this on Dan Patrick's show on ESPN radio. Seems that local media in Shreveport LA reported: "Fatal traffic accident on Terry Bradshaw Passway in Shreveport." (There is a highway called a passway named for the former La Tech QB in Shreveport. ) Somehow the headline was misread and soon spread accross the internet and was picked up by the wire service as "Fatal traffic accident, Terry Bradshaw passes away in Shreveport" Opps, only problem was Bradshaw was alive and well teeing off on the 9th green at a Mexican resort at the time. Media types seemed too concerned with getting the story first rather than checking the facts.

Everyone please keep in mind that the person posting this 'breaking news' prediction is the same guy that kept predicting hurricanes were about to hit Denton. Consider the source people, consider the source.

So it looks like Spring Ball is going to be 1 week of work outs, then off during spring break, followed by 4 weeks of workouts. The Sunday afternoon Spring Game works for me. Are we still planning a BBQ following the game or is that earlier??? Either case count me in to help out.

I'm just glad to see a coaching staff that is emphasizing the positive at UNT (new facilities, the academic success, etc) rather than calling us "the toughest situation in America"

It's a bit outside of Austin but if you got the time drive to Driftwood and go to the Salt Lick. The best damn BBQ outside of a Mean Green tailgate party!!!

From the Forth Worth Star-Telegram site: Colleges where the most state and national top players are going Texas 18 USC 9 Texas A&M 7 Florida 6 LSU 6 Baylor 5 Notre Dame 5 Oklahoma 5 UNT 5 Oklahoma State 4 South Carolina 4 TCU 4 Did you ever think you'd see UNT with the same number of top recruits as Notre Dame and OU???

The REAL reason Parcells quit: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bill_..._hated_football

One thing I enjoy about Norman is the "free" parking space I can get at the Skull House a block from the stadium. The tailgate party on the front lawn is great too.

You can blame Todd Graham for that. Somewhere Dennis Franchione is on his knees giving thanks for being replaced as the winner of "No Integrity Award" Given to the latest coach that screwed his team, univeristy, alumni, and fans by taking another job in worst possible fashion.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4481423.html Rice hires Texas State's Bailiff as football coach By MOISEKAPENDA BOWER Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle In one tidy yet frantically hectic week, Rice found a successor to Todd Graham. Texas State coach David Bailiff will be introduced as the Owls' 18th football coach at 11 a.m. Friday. Bailiff, 48, compiled a 21-15 record over three seasons (2004-06) at his alma mater and led the Bobcats to the Division I-AA national semifinals in 2005. He spent the previous three seasons at TCU and served as the Horned Frogs' defensive coordinator in 2002-03. TCU ranked first nationally in total defense in 2002. In the wake of Graham's sudden departure to Tulsa last Thursday, Rice officials were seeking a coach who would be all things to all people. They sought someone with strong ties to the state, a stellar reputation as a recruiter and one with unquestioned character. By all accounts, Bailiff, a San Antonio native, fits that mold. In 1999, he was named Division I-AA assistant coach of the year by the American Football Coaches Association while serving as Texas State defensive coordinator. Three years later, the AFCA recognized Bailiff again, tabbing him the nation's top assistant during his second season in Fort Worth.

hadn't seen this posted before. Nice story check it out. http://insidehighschoolfootball.com/video....CookieSupport=1

Because they could never fill it up other reasons according to Stanford: " Stanford Stadium has served the Stanford community well since 1921, but after eight decades of use, it was determined that the stadium's infrastructure had reached the end of its service life. The venue was considered outdated and inadequate for a comfortable game experience. Additionally, the relationship of the field to the stands created substandard sightlines that rendered the first 14 rows unusable, partly because of the presence of a running track. Guest circulation, ingress, and egress were also considered to be substandard because of the narrowness of the "mineshaft" and the extensive stairs. Finally, the mineshaft needed additional structural strengthening because of the presence of dry rot. " Pretty much everything wrong with Fouts....same w/ Stanford

An upper deck can be done right. I like the UConn stadium. I also like Stanford. the suites and club are at the press box level. Theree is an open air concourse/walkway that seperates the seating bowls but it allows for handicap seating and the field can be viewed from the concourse. https://www.seats3d.com/ncaa/stanford_university/ http://www.stanfordstadium.com/

Banquet is SOLD OUT (if anybody has a spare ticket they need to unload let me know)

The annual GoMeanGreen.com Bowl. A flag football game held each off season. Proceeds go to the Andrew Smith Scholarship Fund

All Im saying is its a CRAPTACULAR, cheap ass, way to build. I like the bowl, single level concept, but UCF is doing it on the cheap. You said you wanted to build it right, then let's build it right. Dont settle for an erector set, pre-fab piece of crap. Let's build something that fans actually WANT to go to. Build it with nice concourses, restrooms, fan amenities. Build the club level and luxery boxes that will fund the program. Make the stadium a profit center, not a cost center. I like the bowl design, but thats about it. Oh and as to which will fill it's function for higher revenue? With no club seating, zero to few luxery suites, UCF isn't gong to be a cash cow. Why do you think every new or renovated stadium includes these? Because that's where the money is. Look at Boise St. for example. They are doing a 30+ million upgrade to the stadium, but it's only going to add 2000 seats. The bulk of the money is going to suites and club seats....It's where the revenue is.

That is a terrible stadium. UCF is building it on the cheap and it shows. The stadium consists of a bunch of pre-fab aluminum bleachers assembled at site with a facade. There is no concourse or amnenites (Club Level seating and limited luxury boxes) Face it club level and boxes mean cash flow and they drive the bus on stadium design. Notice all of the concession stands, restrooms, are located OUTSIDE the stadium. Sure it's a pretty computer generated picture, but the devil is in the details? Picture the endzone seats at Fouts, then expand them completely around the field. That's what UCF is paying for.

Start the countdown! Rampant message board speculation on helmet design to begins in 4, 3, 2, 1......

Smith gives $20 million gift to fund OSU practice facility Associated Press STILLWATER, Okla. — Sherman Smith, a former fraternity brother of renowned Oklahoma State booster Boone Pickens, donated $20 million to the university today for a proposed indoor practice facility that will bear his name. The proposed $50-million multi-purpose indoor facility will be the size of a soccer field and have a 90-foot-high clearance. Many sports, including football, baseball, softball and track, will use the facility. "This is a special gift serving Oklahoma State athletics," athletics director Mike Holder said. "An important part of dramatically improving our athletic facilities, this gift continues the momentum that has been established at OSU." Smith, who completed a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Oklahoma State in 1948, and Pickens were Sigma Epsilon fraternity brothers at the university in the late 1940s. Pickens donated $165 million — the largest gift to an athletic program in NCAA history — last January toward the university's construction of an athletic village, which will include the practice facility. Smith's gift is the second-largest in Oklahoma State history. "We've been friends, fraternity brothers and business partners. I have the utmost respect for Sherman and his family, and I'm grateful that they are stepping up in such a major way to continue the progress we're making in ensuring that OSU is competitive at all levels nationally," said Pickens, a 1951 geology graduate who has donated about $250 million to the university in recent years. "Their show of support will encourage other alumni to step forward in the months and years ahead. This is clearly a new day for OSU." Smith, who founded and later sold Tulsa's Service Drilling Co., previously has donated at least $5 million to OSU athletics, including a $1.5 million donation two years ago. Pickens and Smith gave a combined $3 million for a new football turf, new practice fields and upgrades in the locker rooms and strength and conditioning facility. John Houck, OSU vice president of capital development, said last fall the indoor facility project would take "18 to 24 months" to build. "This is a far-reaching donation that will benefit every athletic program and every student-athlete," said Craig Clemons, Vice President of Athletic Development. "The facility will allow for practice regardless of the outdoor conditions." Pickens' and Smith's donations dwarf the $11.7 million Oklahoma State spent on sports facilities over three decades from the mid-1960s through 1999, when OSU began a $56-million renovation of Gallagher-Iba Arena. "A lot of people talk to me about the pressure involved with everything that's coming in here," football coach Mike Gundy said. "There's pressure on us whether we have any facilities or not."

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