MeanGreenZen

I am not believing the Riley Dodge/Wes Welker comparisons. I can believe a Riley Dodge/Drew Brees comparison. Those of you saying Riley is too small to play quarterback in college are crazy. The spread offense negates the need for size at the quarterback position. Maybe Chase Daniel is too small to play quarterback in college because Riley is taller than him. Maybe Missouri should reconsider playing Chase Daniel at QB and move him to the slot? When Chase Daniel wins the Heisman he should probably decline it because, after all, he really isn't tall enough to be playing quarterback in college. Joey Byerly sure was tall. Why didn't he make it? P.S. -- If Todd Dodge can't win here, he won't be looking for a job in the Big 12, he will be looking for a job in Class 5A. So spare me the "Todd is saving Riley's redshirt for a potential transfer later in his career" argument. They both picked North Texas and they will both sink or swim with that decision. I am betting they swim. And I am betting Riley Dodge will be our starting quarterback before we begin Sun Belt play.

The craziest thing about this is that UNT never even recruited Herman and Herman, being a bit of a momma's boy, was open to the idea of staying home and playing in Denton. Dickey had a National Top 100 kid in his hometown and didn't even offer him a scholarship. We just assumed he was too big time for us. Sad.

Or maybe he could hide behind your bulldozer?

You question Riley's toughness? Did you see him play when he was so sick he puked on the field before the snap and then throw a touchdown pass in the state championship game? Toughness? Really?

I guess you didn't read the title of the thread. I said he would be the starter by conference play. I also said he may see a series or two against LSU. And he will. If we are getting blown out, why would we keep our starter in the whole time? NEWS FLASH: Riley Dodge did not come to UNT to play slot receiver. If he wanted to play receiver, he could have gone to Texas and played in front of 80,000 people every week and had a chance to win a national title. Instead, he came to UNT so that he could play quarterback. He will be our starting quarterback soon.

Everything on defense boils down to the lack of a pash rush. A good pash rush has made an all-conference defensive back out of many bums.

No one said he is horrible, but we didn't hire Todd Dodge so our quarterback could throw for two touchdown passes a game. Heck, Scott Hall used to throw for more touchdowns than that and he was playing Dickeyball.

The biggest problem is the defense, but that is not fixable until Todd Dodge can recruit some real D1 defensive linemen who know how to spell and can actually get in to UNT and stay eligible. No help is coming for the defense this year. The offense has sucked so far, too. Riley has more upside than Vizza. Riley will be replacing Vizza within the next two years anyway. Why not let Riley go through his growing pains this year when we are going to suck anyway because of the worst defense ever?

Yes, because Peyton Manning and Tom Brady had nothing to do with their teams winning Super Bowls. It was probably just a coincidence that Vince Young was UT's quarterback when the Longhorns won the national title. And Missouri being good this year has nothing to do with Chase Daniel. Since some of you are having a hard time detecting sarcasm. That was sarcasm. I'm voting for a Dodge/Dodge ticket in '08. Time for CHANGE.

Why would there be sarcasm? It is time for some Riley Dodge at quarterback for North Texas. Or do you enjoy getting beat by 30 points every week?

Easy, Dodge's defense is the worst thing that has ever happened to college football. Dickey's offense was fine when Cobbs and freshman Jamario were at their best. Dodge's defense has been nothing but embarrassing. Of course, I am still on board with Dodge. He just needs to figure out how to recruit some defensive linemen.

Todge's master plan to insert his son as the starting QB is beginning to unfold. This week Riley's redshirt was burned when he was inserted into the game as a slot receiver. This is a good way to introduce Riley to the speed of the Division IA game. In the next few games Riley may see a series or two at QB. By the time we open the Sun Belt, the Vizza era will be over. I can't wait.

You could get really creative with the prizes: Like lunch with all the cheerleaders, a chance to play H-O-R-S-E against Johnny Jones, or a sideline pass for a football game... fun stuff like that. T-shirts and free food is boring.

Ever since Belo acquired the DRC the DMN has used the DRC UNT beat writer for its Mean Green coverage. Even in the dot.com boom that was the case. I have no problem with that. That is just smart business. If you haven't noticed, the DMN barely has any college writers any more. There are no longer beat reporters assigned exclusively to UT, A&M, Tech and Oklahoma (as there was as recently as last season). Those writers are gone and have been replaced with Chuck Carlton covering the entire Big 12 by himself.

How about posting this thing on iTunes?

Video of some road games were on MG Premium last year. Will this one be there?

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content...r_more_tha.html

You have the option to turn the "All Play" feature off and then it is just like the game played on all the other systems. I have been playing Madden since the old Super Nintendo days. I have Madden 09 on the Wii and I find it enjoyable and challenging (with the "All Play" feature off).

That is not true. Michael Jordan did not make his high school's varsity team when he was a sophomore (his coach thought it would be better for him and his high school program for Jordan to dominate on the JV level for a little while longer). He starred on the varsity as a junior and senior. The myth about him getting cut from his high school team has been spread by Nike in an effort to sell lazy Americans shoes. There is an awesome book on Jordan by David Halberstam called Playing For Keeps: Michael Jordan and The World He Made.

I'm glad you are a comedian. Or you used to be. Or whatever. You are still funny. Yes, I know we have signed guys who backed up players who signed with big schools when they were juniors. We even signed Vince Young's high school backup, Jon Ieans. How did that work out for us?

And....?

HAHAHA! The lowly Ponies are recruiting guys who couldn't beat out our recruits. With June Jones on board, SMU is landing backup quarterbacks. Pony Up! http://recruitingblog.dallasnews.com/archi...its-to-smu.html

Steve Orsini has a LONG way to go before he would be a candidate to be the Notre Dame AD. He was not offered the job and if he was offered it he would have been gone faster than you could say "Death Penalty".

No pass. No play. I don't feel sorry for him or any of these other guys. It is COLLEGE football. The COLLEGE part comes before the football part. If you don't like it, I hear there is a professional team in Dallas. What sucks is that UNT, because of its lower place in the world of college football, has to take more chances on questionable academic/character guys to compete. Let's face it, the only reason Gilmore is not in the Big 12 is because of his grades in high school and his low qualifying score. UNT took a chance on Gilmore. He proved his talent was for real. He also proved he is unable to successfully handle college coursework. The Gilmore gamble failed, others have panned out (Jonas Buckles), but not enough. UNT is in a Catch-22 regarding this APR stuff. We have to take recruits like Gilmore to compete, but when those guys bomb out academically we are punished by the NCAA with a reduction in scholarships. Sucks.

How about: "Mary, I desperately want to make love to a schoolboy!"