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Father fought against some pretty tough guys- former champs Tommy Morrison,Trevor Berbick & Art Tucker

I've been trying to talk Tasty into this trip as well

Jags just fired women's coach who went 17-13 this season http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/03/south_alabamas_rick_pietri_rel.html

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/180342 26) Brandin Byrd, RB, North Texas Byrd, a Copperas Cove product, stepped into the starting running back role vacated by the graduation of Lance Dunbar and performed admirably, leading the team with 890 yards and 4 touchdowns on the ground. He Should Be Higher Because If Byrd becomes The Man in the Mean Green offense, it could change everything. The North Texas offense had all sorts of trouble scoring last season, but Byrd was a rare bright spot. If he can have a big senior season, it could mean the difference between an average UNT offense and a great one. He Should Be Lower Because Theres far, far more pressure on the quarterback spot than the running back spot. Byrd can help things along, but in the end, this is going to fall either on last years starter Derek Thompson or on new starter Brock Berglund to jumpstart the stagnant offense. This is never going to be an offense that runs the ball 80 percent of the time, so Byrds opportunities wont be as plentiful as the quarterbacks. #41 Zach Orr One of the most productive defenders in North Texas history, DeSotos own Zach Orr has led the Mean Green in tackles for the past two seasons, with 74 in 2011 and 108 in 2012. He Should Be Higher Because There is absolutely no doubt that Orr is the leader of the North Texas defense. He calls the plays, he commands respect and he is one of only a handful of seniors for the Mean Green defensively in 2013. He Should Be Lower Because The defense aint the problem. Sure, it wasnt great by any stretch 61st in scoring defense, 76th in total defense but as I chronicled last week, the bigger issues for the Mean Green was on the offensive side. Zach Orrs going to do what he does (which is tackle a lot of people), but what the offense does will go a lot farther toward determining how good UNT is in 2013.

I'll be making the UGA trip , anyone else plan on going ?

I'm really intrigued with this Brady Brown

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21906716/north-texas-forward-tony-mitchell-declaring-for-nba-draft CBS saying it's Tuesday , but I'll go with Vito ( Wednesday )

Doug Davalos also out at a Texas State

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21905612/ut-pan-american-shockingly-parts-ways-with-ryan-marks

Even makes less than Benford : http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7820290/richard-pitino-signs-five-year-contract-florida-international-panthers

FIU 61 MTSU 57 Pitino had 3 scholarship players when he took the job in mid April

Saddens me to think if we had swept Monroe , we would have landed #7 seed & other side of bracket Would have got Troy 1st round & Arkansas State the next. I'd like our chances on both of those games. To think I could be sitting there watching this game while waiting for a UNT vs WKU matchup up to follow ... #depressed

33-24

Bounce Back with a 4-1 win over the Shockers

CBSSports Would have looked really good in a UNT jersey

http://spacecoastdaily.com/2013/03/bcc-falls-in-mens-basketball-regional-title-game/

Lost their first 10 games vs DI opponents. First win vs a DI team didn't come until New Year's Eve

Coach Maestri got his 500th in 1st round & retired after the Trojans lost to ASU last night on OT

Liberty (14-20) knocks off Charelson Southern to claim the Big South Conference March Madness has begun

All that said , I think he needs to come back. Teams may still want him to mature more. A starting lineup of - Chris Jones TJ Taylor Jordan Williams Tony Mitchell *Lekan Ajayi Would get my hopes up again for next season Having Alzee & Walton coming off bench as our 6th & 7th men would make us pretty deep

Tony is one of the top 2,3 athletes in the entire country. He may not be in the lottery based on this season , but he is a for sure mid to late 1st round pick. Teams will look at his vertical , wingspan ,etc over any stats. There have been plenty of 1st round picks who had less impressive college #'s than TM If anyone suggest we will better without him , please tell me who will replace him. Coleman , Nunn ? I'm just not seeing who will be grabbing rebounds for us next season without him & Roger

Former UALR Trojan Chuck Guy wins MVP as Tarelton beats MSU 53-50 Snap Peters is sitting this year out for MSU. Funny , because he originally planned on going to Tarelton after JUCO

LSU was 12 - 36 in the SEC the past 3 seasons. So yeah , a coach who comes in & is 9-9 his 1st season must be a bad coach

How bad were the boos @ AAA ?

I really think Atterberry gets on a NFL roster by seaaon's end. I think we will miss him more than some may think Great kid , pulling for him !