UNTLifer

When does voting end?

Riley took one snap on an ill-fated trick play.

Here's RV's response. The admins can delete this if needed.

I must say that is surprising. I'm glad to hear it. Hope he doesn't threaten to switch it over to another part of the university if it is not spent to his liking.

First off, this fee is to properly fund the department, not just build a stadium. Second, a corporation willing to dump say $1 million per year for thirty years for naming rights is getting a heck of a deal. Not only will their name be on the stadium, which will draw much more attention than another billboard, where the two I35's meet exposing them to thousands of cars daily, but their name will be mentioned on every future televised game numerous times, on every radio broadcast from the games, written in every game write-up, blog, etc... locally, regionally and nationally. Nobody claims the stadium is a fix all, but it will sure change the perception of North Texas and NT's committment to excellence. What kind of message does Fouts Field send to the thousands that pass by it daily? I would be pretty confident that a LEED certified brand new stadium will deliver a different message, not ony to those passing by, but to prospective students. Pretty arogant stating that you get and nobody else does.

Calling Vernon, TX West Texas is a bit of a stretch.

Please explain how North Texas treated Dickey "like $hit?" Considering how he referred to the fans, what he let the players get away with, trotting the team out in cheap all black uniforms, etc, etc, etc... and considering his overall record was abysmal, I would say his firing was justified, but that's just me. Oh, and Mattress Mac donated "tons of money to UNT?" He donated a million bucks to the completion of the Athletic Center. I don't believe he ever gave before and I doubt he will give in the future, because Mac was more of a fan of Dickey than he is UNT.

I'll respond to the Green Dozer thread: The National Recognition comes from: 1. LEED certified stadium. 2. Easier to broadcast games from a state of the art stadium. 3. National publications will pick up the story on the construction, just as they have, or did, with UCF, UConn, etc... 4. Becoming more attractive to "better" conferences since the stadium was an issue when CUSA came to visit. The first three points I state bring attention to the stadium and any attention the stadium allows the university to market itself as a whole. Talk about splitting hairs. It's obvious you have an axe to grind with RV and have a negative outlook on all things regarding the athletic department, but posting over and over in the same thread is a whipping. UNTFlyer has stepped up and worked very hard to get this vote on the ballot, to get the correct information out to the students, to keep us informed, etc...and all you can do is criticize his signs or the athletic department. Give him some credit and aim you anger at the correct target.

Glen Carano of the Cowboys. O.K., one of us is really showing their age. Well, I guess we both are.

Trivia Question of the Day: Anyone know who her father is?

Huh?

I will never understand coach's contracts where when they don't perform they still get paid.

Great idea, but I don't know how "enthused" the current players will be about wearing a "John Stockton style" uniform.

Here is what she emailed me this morning:

It is against the law. What do you not understand?

Recruiting Questionaire.

Yep, and I hope that Deloach, our most experienced D1 coach, doesn't get fed up and leave.

Four quarters of UNT Dancers and a halftime performance by the team!

They make our jerseys, so they have the correct green. Also, the coaches all were in green at the Rice massacre.

I will reserve my comments until I see how we respond in the second half.

Hopefully they will reinstall the bleachers along the sidelines that are missing from those photos. Don't know how they would do it, but they use to have the old wooden "roll out" bleachers along the sides and baselines plus the "upper deck."

Anyone with the screen name "Dirty Savage" that uses the word "cutest" in a thread on the football board should be banned.

Good post. I do think TD is going through growing pains. He brought in coaches he was comfortable with, but they probably were not ready for the college game. There still may be a few of these on staff. Deloach must be given the lattitude to hire the coaches he wants to teach and run his system. Some of these issues point to leadership issues which begin with the head coach. I think the learning curve was bigger than TD thought and this has been an eye opener to this point. If he can continue to recruit well, find some big boys for the lines, then we should be fine. He deserves at least four years in my opinion. The positives are that I'm excited about the athletes we have on this team. I just hope the coaches can turn these athletes in to Division 1 football players.

That would be west. The Ken Bahnsen Center is the older building "attached" to the south end of the PEB.

Micah Moseley Kelvin Drake Brock Stickler I'm hoping Drake redshirts after missing almost half of the season, but I really haven't heard any updates on Moseley and Stickler. What were their injuries and when should they return? I saw Stickler on the sideline at Rice.