Green Mean

Who says you need to spend $50? They're playing in a place that seats over 90k people. There'll be plenty of ads on Groupon and/or Living Social that'll probably have tickets for $15-20 at most. You can take the trains right directly to fair park which is another incentive for a lot of people. I don't see how this is a bad financial decision but you support North Texas football...a history of losing and being bad. Yet they're invited to a bowl game right in our backyard you're bitching about making unsound financial decisions in attending the game? All good man I don't judge but to each their own. Surely doesn't have to be $50 since I imagine there will be deals for much cheaper. Also depending on what you do I'm sure you could even do close to a half day of work and get to work super early and still leave half hour or so before game time and make it. You're right this is all about effort and wanting to do it.

Navy is down 21-0 early in the 2nd quarter against Temple in the AAC Championship game.

I personally like it. Coaches always seem to get a pass when they are the nothing but snakes and dictators. Make no mistake about it but college athletics is a business especially FB and MBB because they are involved in so much revenue in several different areas.

I'm not saying there aren't any old school people or traditionalists out there but we've seen over the past 5-10 years how uniforms and it's various combinations have meant something to practically all the team sports but especially the college game. It is what it is...nothing wrong with it and for me personally I find it great and refreshing especially after having to deal with RV's stance on boring unis/helmets for most of his tenure here etc.

I thought SMU was paying Morris in the 3 million plus a year range. Unless SMU money severely whips him I can't see him or anyone having interest in the job itself. If NT wanted to step up assuming SL really does wonders in 2-3 seasons here then I don't see why NT couldn't double SL's current salary or come close to that if they wanted and if they were indeed truly serious about athletics like they say they are and we think they're starting to become.

Actually no times have changed and they sure do make a difference. Whether you're in denial or not that's completely up to you and that's perfectly fine. Uniforms can be a great tool you can use for recruiting and fans and outsiders do enjoy various combinations and looks.

Houston has had a recent track record of making good hires and staying good for some time now. As of now I'd say we're not really competing with them because they're just way ahead of us but that's ok. Things can change instantly and we all know much of this all goes in cycles.

Pretty much how I would have responded...

I was pulling for Strong to succeed but everything I'd heard and read this season was it's not even just about the wins but the way the team looked coached and prepared and how terrible it looked from most of the national observers. That said he was also the very first coach to follow a hall of famer and legend for the university and had ginormous shoes to fill. If I'm a coach going into a storied program, I wouldn't want to be the guy right after a legend but that's just me. And on top of that when he was hired Red McCombs didn't help things with his comments of how he was against that hiring etc. Just a bad situation for him overall but the moment he decides he wants a new HC gig the line will form to the left so he'll be just fine.

It seems that very very good chunk of the club area leaves early like around the middle of the 3rd quarter regardless what's going on in the game. I remember a ton of people leaving early against Marshall which confused me greatly.

Caught some of the game on the Watch ESPN channel on Roku and I was able to pull up the game just fine but it was quite a bit blurry and pixelated which was a bit annoying.

I can see both sides of the argument here. To me there's no shame losing to LA Tech and WK...they're good...really good in comparison to our conference and G5's. The alternative to Fine is Alec Morris and we saw how he performed earlier this season and no question Fine is the best option right now IMO. I'm not really sold on Graham Harrell either and maybe it's b/c any interview I see of him or video of him talking/coaching to players something to me seems off but maybe it's just me.

My buddy and I got in late like end of the first qtr b/c of a wreck we encountered and mad traffic. Outside the stadium near the red parking lot it was friggin packed. My buddy who has no affiliation at all whatsoever to UNT made a comment if they those people would just come inside and fill the empty spots it would be or look close to fully packed stadium. All in all tho given our history of losing it's going to take quite a bit of time and constant winning for us to have a reason to bitch about near 22K attendance IMO.

Rivalries should always happen naturally & organically and to add true and heated rivalries take several years to come to fruition so let's just see what happens.

Hudler is out tonight again with that illness he had before coming back against Minny.

Not to upset that things came up and I couldn't make the trip to SA for this one.

Need to have both. A successful coach typically has to be a jack of all trades. He needs to coach including being strong on all x's & o's, recruit, manage his coaching staff and yet be personable enough to go out there and engage the fanbase/alums etc.

I think quite a few people here on the board make way too much out of UTSA not having their own on campus stadium. It doesn't really where they play...it's practically their stadium and it's these stadiums are just used 6 Saturday's a year so I mean seriously it doesn't really matter. Miami is another one that doesn't have their own stadium and I believe Temple plays at the Linc where the Eagles play. And Tulane played at the Superdome before they built theirs on campus. An on campus stadium is always great and nice to have but I don't really think about it in judging another school/program.

Guess I've been fooled pretty big time then.

These lists are a silly and the article stating Dallas is the city of hate if beyond stupid. It's sort of like the lists of best college to party etc...I mean seriously those are all bogus. Dallas is hardly the city of hate....no different than any other city...has it's share of douches but also offers a ton of diversity, art, culture and so forth. I'll also include DFW as a whole part of this. People are moving here in droves there's certainly reasons for that b/c they're all staying.

Umm...he's a NT guy and a very passionate one at that.

Bowl hopes or not the fact that we're 4-4 through 8 games I'm pretty damn ecstatic. Yes 4-4 isn't amazing but from where we came from last year and where we've pretty much been the last 12 years or so with the exception of one outlier season this has been arguably the worst program in CFB.

I've never heard Houston as a "World Class City" the way Ryan has touted it to be. I've spent countless time in Houston and it's nice...not a whole lot ton different than Dallas in many respects. San Antonio is fine as well....I'm no fan of the Riverwalk but other than that I've found good things to do there too. There isn't a really a proper way to judge cities as it's totally subjective but living in Dallas myself and well traveled globally I can assure you Dallas and the metroplex in general has a ton to offer and is a big boy city with the rest of them. There's good and charm everywhere...sometimes you just gotta go seek it. Cities in the south are just typically so different so so much of it is sprawled out so that is definitely one thing to keep in mind from an outsiders perspective. That said I'm not a huge fan of the Alamodome but I totally respect and value the closed roof and climate controlled atmosphere so at the least there's that.

Streaming is only getting bigger. Several people are cutting the traditional cord and going streaming via apps etc. I'm considering doing that as well because I can watch all my local sports teams via the apps/channels on Roku etc. I don't believe the audience will be slashed unless if the overall product gets bad or people's taste and priorities change and they opt for other viewing entertainment. The money is still there...will it hit a wall at some point? Of course I'm sure it will be the money will probably be really big and lucrative still.