Mean Green 93-98

Easy, there. He said the coaches told him by 2011. In 2010 would still be by 2011.

Wish him all the best. He will likewise be in my prayers.

Just out of curiosity, was the one(s) who told you to expect these things someone involved in making these decisions?

I believe his name calling of Dodge ("hypocritical, moron, dope") would have to at least insinuate that Dodge accused Dickey of doing what Dodge is now guilty of. I don't know if you could call it a double standard when we all gave Dickey a free ride his first year. His second year is when his play calling started driving me crazy, and then his "me vs. them" (us) attitude that he took on certainly wore thin. If Dodge were to start doing those things, I imagine he would lose a lot of the leeway he has been given to this point. It is like the kid who always causes trouble in class--the teacher is liable to send him to the principal's office as soon as she sees him talking. But she probably will give a break to the new kid who seems to be respectful. That may be a double standard in a sense, but I fail to see how that makes the new good kid a "hypocrite, moron," or "dope." I'm not trying to bash Dickey. I wish him well, I really do. But I think that it is not fair to assess what Dodge says by the standard that Dickey at least in some respects brought on himself.

Congratulations to the Ball family

Great read. You've gotta pull for Johnny!

My response to Zach T.:

Reader's quote: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/

They definitely still had men's tennis in '93 as well. But baseball as a team sport was long gone.

He ain't.

Not to be overly nitpicky, but North Texas still had a men's soccer team, and a successful one at that, when I transferred in 1993.

There was some talk during the recent coaching search of her coming to North Texas. Well, it looks like she may not be done playing yet. http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/news/story?id=3503012

Sure it is. He's putting himself and the program out on a limb. But if people aren't willing to put themselves out on a limb for a new stadium, we will not get one.

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/

Congratulations--savor every moment of it!

Riley may be in for culture shock.

Yes, but does he know that the games are broadcast on the Word FM?

And who would've thunk it would come from Japan!

Well said. Why are you not employed as a stadium fundraiser?

So it seems all our ducks are in a row. But the biggest duck--big money--is nowhere in sight. EDIT: At least, it's nowhere in my sight. I really, really hope that things are going on behind closed doors to line up that final duck.

Preach on, brother.

I don't think anybody knows too much about Padron, but SLC QBs have a pretty good track record. It's a good early pickup for SMU if for no other reason than it opens the door for further SLC recruiting.

Should this be treated as a special "hate crime" case? No. In effect, all murders are hate crimes. And when you look at how far these subhumans went beyond murder, does it really matter whether they were racially motivated or otherwise? I don't care what the motivation was for those men who dragged James Byrd (I think that was his name) behind their truck, they deserved to hang. Yet, it is extremely inconsistent to prosecute white on black crime as a "hate crime" when even remotely racially motivated, and not vice versa.

From Troy Phillips: