KRAM1

I might just be right up there with you in games watched. Agree with you about Dan Spika...one of, if not the best BB coach UNT has seen. I would also rate Blakely and JJ near the top as well. I do think Newman may have been even a poorer coach than Trilli. Trilli could as least recruit as I recall, Newman not so much. I think this is a fair and reasonable post here GrandGreen! However, if you feel "called out", that's on you and your conscience. No one can make someone "feel" anyway...unless, of course, they allow themselves. I have no problem, like I have said, with folks like UNT90 who stay away...my problem is with the folks who justify their non-attendance with the "but, I do support the players" crap-ola stuff. Fact is...you are not supporting anything by staying away. No need to justify it any way except that you don't care to come to games given the current state of the program. Which, I believe is your position here...no problem with that at all.

Cusp of national recognition? Seriously? One would think a team would need to at least get to the NCAA Tournament on a consistent basis and actually win a game in the tournament before being seen as on the cusp of national recognition. However, I do agree that the current team reminds a lot of folks of those Trillion years....I actually continued to buy season tickets and attend those years as well. Were you there at the time? Not much fun to watch, huh?

I will return to San Diego on the 2nd and then back to Denton on the 8th of January.

And, that the Mean Green show them what home field advantage means as the Mean Green Nation turns out in force to watch another home Mean Green VICTORY!

Great way to start the New Year....Mean Green victory over UNLV. Book it Danno!

I am attending the New Year's event at the Tower Club and would be happy to pick up your tickets for you...could meet you at the pre-game tailgate to hand them over. Just PM me with your cell and I'll get you mine as well....we can let the AD know that I am picking up for you. Would this help at all? Happy to help...goes for anyone else as well who might have problems with any of the options presented. Mean Green Nation can work this out together. Let me know GrayEagle...or anyone else needing help. I will also be in town (Denton) on the 31st and could run by the ticket office for you...if we could somehow let them know I am picking up for you...

Please, Sir....NOooooooooooooooo!

Tuesday.... I should be back in Denton from San Diego...want to hook up for a noon time beer....not sure if Oak Street is open at noon time...I am usually down there a tad later, but if not maybe East Side and if not there the new joint on the Square...Lone Star Attitude...nice roof-top bar with great views of downtown Denton. Bring your buds...we can make it a pre-Mean Green Victory beer!

Seriously, Mike, are you paranoid? No one here has ever called you a crappy fan...except of course you. You can stop this self-flogging anytime you want. No one thinks you are a bad fan...no one! I may think your reasoning a bit unsound when it comes to Coach Benford and the men's team, but that hardly qualifies as calling you a bad fan. And, lots of us saw that game in Hot Springs as well...you recall that one of our leading players got himself suspended right before that game as well, right? Think that might have had something to do with the outcome and perhaps the team's mental psych just prior to the game? Anyway...."bad fan" is not in the universe of vocabulary for you...stop the flogging!

HOF worthy there youngster!

And....#3 Ohio State takes on the power of La-Monroe and pulls out a 71-31 win! And...#19 North Carolina "escapes" Northern Ky 75-60. I guess these guys are just trying to pad their RPI's by taking on these powerhouse teams? I'll bet all their fans stayed away from these marquee games so they could support the players. Edit: Oh, I forgot the :-) at the end. That makes it just a joke and everyone should just see it as funny, right? HeHe!

Did not say that, but if you think that analogy was spot on you are really reaching. But, thanks for playing...

Ha! Not so fast there fella!

Well...thank you. May have been the first time someone here called me "noble"....thanks...I like you as well and often agree with your posts. And, while I like the time you took to create that analogy, I do feel I should point out an obvious distinction...you actually attended and tried the restaurant in person before firming your opinion and, in fact, tried it more than once. You did not rely on other opinions and much less message board posts to form that opinion. Thus, it has much more validity. If you had just relied on Yelp to form your opinion, I would say it would be a more perfect analogy. On the other hand, I wonder what you would say if I opined on the "badness" of the place over and over again, saying that I would never go there, that the chef sucks, but that the waitstaff deserve support, but I would not personally do the supporting in person where they would actually see that support, while living some 1000 plus miles away and getting my info from video and message boards? I would wager that you would feel that my opinion might not be as "authentic" as it might be had I actually eaten at the joint a time or two. Being a tad closer and actually eating at the establishment might lead one to understand a bit more of the situation which is what you actually experienced. Thus...a much more informed decision. But, like several here tell me...it's a message board....all about opinions. And, your opinions are certainly as valid as anyone's. What is inane and silly is the concept of "I support the players and I am demonstrating that support by NOT attending games". Pure excuse, and a lame one to help sooth their own guilty feelings more likely as not. The reality is that they are not supporting anything, much less the players. That too is fine...it's a choice. If someone says...I don't enjoy going and am not going...well, fine...that's pretty much what UNT90 has said...and he is sticking to it I might add. On the other hand, Army of Dad and Mom express pretty much the same dissatisfaction with what's going on yet can usually be seen at all the home games...supporting the players. Both are choices...me, I go because I support UNT and I support our student-athletes. That's my choice...I understand it. Never think I have said that I enjoy what's going on with the men's team right now....I don't ...who the heck could? By the way...can you get 1600+ miles out of a Cessna? Is it a 172? :-). I know several pilots...need a new one? What do you pay? Will look forward to seeing you back in Denton...one of these days..

Sounds good...welcome to the "hood". Just don 't stand up the whole time. I want to see the game! Might even deliver a beer ... If you are a good boy that is! :-)

Sec 23... Row 30 ... I think.

OK, got it! All I need to do is put that at the end of a post and the content matters not. Got it. If so, you did a great job of pulling my chain...definitely give you that one. You indeed...got me!

You going to the bowl game?

You really need to go running if this game interests you at all. You don't think the # 20 team might beat an NAIA squad by more than some totally un-ranked and struggling to find themselves D1 team might, not to mention playing THIS NAIA team as opposed to a pretty darn good NAIA team with some D1talent? Seriously? All to try to make a negative point about your own program perhaps? Nope...not going to help you out with that one...do your own dirty work if you will...this thing called the internet is magic...just filled with info if you know where to look.

I know...fun, exciting, close games! Ha! Well...at least for those of us who show up to support the players rather than just bitching on a message board, right? Hey, did San Diego State do that tournament scheduling? You know, because invitees have a great deal to do with tournament scheduling, yes? Was it their tournament? I don't care enough to look it up, but you seem to have the low down on these guys.

Please keep misquoting and misrepresenting my posts. Where in that post did I say anything about our bet? Odd, I can't see any such comment or reference. Or, you could resort to name calling again to get attention, right? The post, I will help you out here a bit, was about the #20 team in the nation taking on a first year NAIA school with 120 students, no gym, leased facilities, etc. big boys take on gnats too it seems.

Seems this was predicted by several earlier in the year. He needs playing time and he'll get plenty in the D-League (exactly where he needs to be) to hone his NBA potential skills. This is a great move by the Pistons and it is a move for the future of both Mitchell AND the Pistons. I believe the Pistons see good things for Mitchell once he develops an NBA game, and he'll get plenty of opportunity to do that in the D-League as opposed to sitting on the Pistons bench for the majority of time. If you wish the best for TM, then you know this is the right move at the right time. Heck, he may even be back up before the year is over after getting some consistent playing time and more hands on coaching than the Piston's staff could afford to give him. Good move for all concerned...the proper move as well.

Wow...talk about a "big time" match up! Try this...number 20 San Diego State is taking on the NAIA's St. Katherine today at 7pm here in San Diego. May try to go if I can get a "pass" from all the family holiday stuff. Saw the write-up in the San Diego paper this morning. You think UNT's NAIA match-up was lopsided, well google St. Katherine if you will.... 120 students in leased facilities, no gym, coaches working for free....have a 33 year old forward they found at. 24-Hour Fitness! Got beat by 71 in a game against that powerhouse of a BB program, Weber State! Yep...Number 20 SDSU taking on this powerhouse of a program!

It is so easy keeping old guys confused!

I am in San Diego right now until Jan 8th. Great weather...well, I am here all that time except for the quick return late on the 30th and return to San Diego on the 2nd for the Mean Green victory over UNLV in the HOD Bowl. No way I was going to miss that. Do I get the award for the one attending from the longest distance for the Mean Green? Ha! Doubtful...hope not. Hope a few long range Mean Green fans get to make it. Great way to pair up a bit of a vacation with some Mean Green fun!