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And, he has done such a great job on the law school!

I'm with Lifer on this...why hasn't UNT offered a scholarship as yet? Is it because they think Huber is strongly looking elsewhere and it would simply "tie up" one of UNT's scholarships during the process? Don't know, but if we want this guy, why not go ahead an offer up a scholarship? Might just tip the scales in UNT's favor. I guess that's why folks a lot more experienced and smarter than I am in this sort of thing are handling it and not me! GO MEAN GREEN! It's getting closer and closer to a new season of DODGE BALL!

Way to go TCU! Another "older" stadium getting a new facelift. Nice to see, but it will be even nicer to watch UNT's new stadium going up. I agree with drex to some extent here. I thought one of the reasons that Jackson was hired in the first place was due to his numerous "big time" connections with "big time" $$$$ folks. If that's really the case, where is he on the stadium deal? Maybe he is actively working for funding for the stadium along with "other" things and the word has just not leaked out. What do you think? I think lots of the work is going on behind the scenes right now. I think we'll hear something positive "officially" in the near future...at least before the end of the year!

Just fun to keep the thread going sometime. I loved the "Old Man Hickory" comment...too funny!

Eagle 1885...I will definitely buy that!

Yes, I know...It's pro baseball....so, of couse the guy has a background with drugs...don't they all???? OK, now do you feel better? It's not the sport, but the guy and his situation that makes it interesting...how about the rest of the post? Any thoughts on that?

And, Quoner...just why do "a lot of us" actually care about Flip Saunders????? It's Detroit for GOSH sakes!!!! So, clue me in...why do you care?

GoMeanGreen1999...Am I a grad????? You have not figured that out yet? Yes, I am a two-time UNT grad, I buy season football and basketball tickets, I am a Life Member of the UNT Exes, a member of the UNT President's Council and a member of the Mean Green Club. I like you "church building analogy", but it is a bit "early" to ask for donations from all comers yet when you are talking about a stadium project. RV has said many times that he will definitely be calling on help from all alums, fans and Mean Green supporters at the "right" time. I agree, that this is not as yet the right time to do that. You cannot build a stadium on $100 donations alone very quickly now can you? You have to have some "big dog" money in hand before calling the troops to muster. Come on folks...if you want to do your part to get the stadium going faster...BUY SEASON TICKETS THIS YEAR!!!!! And, get your rear and any other rear you can in the seats this year at Fouts. I am ready to see folks put their "rears where their mouths are" (come on Quoner...I know you are out there for that set-up! ) when it comes to this stadium project...get yourself into the seats at Fouts and the stadium will follow a lot sooner....WHY? Well, the big dogs will see folks support UNT football, that's why. Just like the church building program...most have a good size doner or two in hand before they hit the congregation up for the $25-$1000 level donations. All are VERY important, but takes a bunch longer at $25 a pop! FILL FOUTS...BUY SEASON TICKETS!!!!

Folks, if you want a "feel good" story in professional sports look no further than the Rangers' own Josh Hamilton. What a season he is having so far, and just look where he has come from in the last couple of years. Man, the guy was "TOAST", wasted, screwed up for sure, and then with BIG TIME help he comes out of it and is leading the AL in RBI's and HR's. WOW...almost too much to believe with this guy. My hat is off to him...and I wish him nothing but continued success in his career, but more imnportantly, in his recovery. Way to go Josh.....BUT.... The real hero here seems to be his wife. In my book she is a saint! Could have and should have thrown this "bum" out several times, but she kept hanging in there with him and doing all she could to get him straightened out. How many of us would have styed through all of that? I hope and pray that I would have done the same, but it has to be so very difficult. She gets my vote for professional athlete spouse of the year...maybe even the century. Now, let's all just hope and pray that Josh can hang in there and stay with the recovery. It's tough to do over the long run. If his career hits the skids again, will he stay with the program? It's a bit easier "to do the right thing" (I suspose) when everything is going great, but it's when times are "tough" that a person's real character tends to show itself. OK, now for a "soapbox" question that I have been pondering for many years...why is it that we tend to make recovering addicts (booze, drugs, etc.) into a type of hero and shower them with wonderful praises for "getting straight" when the folks who have not strayed, have not beat up their spouses in fits of narcotic rage, have not stolen to get the money to feed their habit, have not abandoned their families, have not wasted dollars upon dollars, etc. are ignored when it is time to "recognize" folks for jobs well done? I cannot ever remember seeing an article in the paper about some "regular Joe or Jane" who works hard, stays clean, supports their family, provides a great home for the kids, volunteers in the community, etc., etc. get honored for ANYTHING! That is, unless you have tons of money that you can spread around and you get named "family of the year" or something like that? Every seen a regular "Joe and Jane" family get written up as "family of the year"? Why is it that only rich families can be "families of the year"? OK, so that's a little off-topic...but, back to Josh Hamilton...more power to him, let's all pray that he stays sober and straight. Great ability...let's hope he continues to be great where it counts...AT HOME!

Good coach, correct, but do we really care wahat happens to the Pistons' coach???? I know, it's not football season yet!

YIPPEEEE! I hope he can stay out of the strip joints and away from the guns. The guy has a great deal of football talent, let's hope he doesn't throw it all away...and then you read about one of the good guys (Jack Mildren) dying early of cancer. Seems only the "bad boys" get second third and forth chances!!!!!

Lifer... That is too funny...a bunch of ROOKIE parents I am sure...ever been to a T-Ball game? About 3/4 of the parents in the stands disappear over the course of the season and more than that don't watch the game unless their kid is at bat. The "talk" in the stands is about everything under the sun...not the game. Hey, come to think of it, that's what happens to Ranger games as the season wears on......Nice pick-up Lifer...too funny! You put a smile on my face and I needed it after reading some of the other posts on this board.

Where does one get the idea that RV "can't work with our alumni"? And, if you think that could you put some facts or examples behind your comment please? I find this kind of comment "petty" for the most part and I hear "stuff" about RV from folks who have somehow personally been "wronged" by RV. I KNOW there are some cases where mistakes are certainly made...who on this board does not make mistakes?...I believe one of our great alums (Mr. SUMG himself) has a fairly legit bone to pick with RV, but that does not stop him from supporting the MEAN GREEN. Hope you don't mind me using you as a "case in point" SUMG...anyway, let's back the comments up with some "data or facts". It's easy to post such "stuff", but I wonder how one, in all honesty, makes such a comment?

Now, what can we do to get some of the grads from the music dept. to actually support UNT after they have graduated? It is a two-way street, I agree, but with the great things happening within the dept (the new organ Rick mentions being just one) it seems strange to me that more of a life-long connection is not made with the university. The music school has some really high profile (and high earning grads...and near-grads), so I wonder why there is no "known" supprt at any significant level for the university outside of perhaps the music dept.? Just wondering. I am not picking on our great music school nor its student and grad base...I am simply asking the question. In part, in the hopes that I am wrong in my understanding of the support by the students from the school of music. Can anyone out there enlighten me a bit?

Here we go again with the negative crap about UNT, its athletic dept., it's AD, etc., etc. And you wonder why UNT gets less respect than it should? It's on fans and alumni never seem to want to do much except complain. I am in the camp of those who think RV has done a pretty darn good job. I have been around the program long enough to see my share of AD's come and go, make promises (some kept, some not), do this and do that. But, like RV or not, the man has accomplished a good bit of positive for the university...you do remember Craig Helwig, right? I will say it again...in most big time DI programs the AD would not even give you a second look if you did not donate at least $25,000 to the program on an annual basis and buy multiple season tickets to multiple sports. At UNT you have access to the AD and the coaches...the folks will know your name and actually speak to you in public! A list of things accomplished recently by UNT athletics has been listed here, so I will not go into that...I will just say, like the guy or not...you should support the program...buy season tickets, join the Mean Green Club and while you are at it...jioin the Exes. It does not cost much, and will go a long way to building that stadium everyone seems so fixated on these days. Yes, it will be built, and by RV's athletic administration. You got to believe in the Mean Green!

Good luck Coach Slinker...you know, it might have beent hat she just wanted to stay in the DFW area after, what...19 years at UNT. You put down some pretty deep roots in 19 years. Anyway, good luck toCoach Slinker.

Best way to raise money for a new stadium is to buy season tickets for this year and years in the future. Fill Fouts and the "bigger" money folks will step forward...BELIEVE ME! So............stop thinking about it and posting ways to get the new stadium moving...simply fill Fouts THIS YEAR!

Some of the things posted about the "new" stadium really serve no purpose than to get folks all "testy". My guess is that the stadium will be opened with a 30,000 or so capacity, but will be designed and built for ease of expansion. Look folks, if the thing hold 30,000 and we get 24,000 in there it looks pretty darn full...built for 50,000 and there are 24,000 seats filled it STILL looks bad! Why do you think the soccer folks who are building soccer specific pro stadiums around the country ala FC Dallas' new home in Frisco build them in the 25-30,000 range? OK, I know I have left myself open to some "soccer bashing" here, but the facts are the facts...a full stadium of any size looks better than a half empty one...well, not just any size, but you get my drift here, right? I still wonder why the university gets so little financial and attendance suypport from its own students, the local community and the local DFW area alumni? I do not want to start that "talk" again...we have been through it time and time again...but, it is a real puzzle to me. I tend to think UNT students and alumni have some personal "cahllenges" when it comes to connecting with their school. Many students at UNT seem to think it's not "cool" to support the school and that type of attitude tends to bleed over to the alumni. Could it have something to do with the high number of "artsy" folks UNT has? I have never felt that the music school folks do much outside their own little area...even within the music dept itself...and the art, drama, performance folks tend to be "too cool" for such things as athletics? I am probably 1000 miles off here...I hope for sure that I am...but how many folks on this board are music, art, drama majors? I don't know...OR...is it the lack of a strong fraternity/sorority system on capus that hurts? Don't know that either, but when I was an undergrad (1966-1970) the administration did everything it could to limit the Greek system. Other Universities I have attended with strong Greek systems tend to have much more participation from their studemnts and then, as aresult, from their alumni. I really don't know, and again am just wondering.... Just simply some thoughts to ponderas I do not mean to "throw rocks" at any group of students or alumni. I simply am wondering. But, the good news....I do think the times they are a changing....I see signs that the student body is awakening (I said awakening, not awake) and that interest is growing within the alumni base...Hope so...what say you?

Ticket prices at UNT continue to be a bargain....so, buy them now and help build that new stadium. GO MEAN GREEN>

Baylor has no foundation to stand on when it comes to academics...and UT is no tougher to graduate from than any other school. I know folks who can't spell "academics who graduated from both of those fine institutions of higher learning. The education you receive from UNT is as good or better than any other place...it's what you do with it that counts. Obviously, these guys didn't learn much about "class" when they went to BU and UT...by the way...are you aware if they even graduated???? UNT has NO REASON to play second fiddle to either of these places...bigger and more expensive does not mean you are better!

Now, finally, we have a story worthy of note. The guy could "rock and roll"! Another of the early great ones gone...too bad! You are right, if you don't know Bo, you don't know Diddley!

FFR...how about getting a team "manager" to do all the parent and volunteer scheduling for the team? Youth competitive soccer does this so the coach can concentarte on coaching. There is usually a person/parent with a kid on the team that would glady step up in the manager type role. Keep the coach coaching and let some one with a "wagon master" mind/mentatility get the parents on the team organized and ramrod all that sort of stuff. Works very well in the competitive soccer environment. Just a thought....with DSA there is a group of young folks who "man" the concession stand each weekend, and they are paid...but it works VERY well. Also the referees are paid, but some do "donate" their pay back to the association. Each referee must be certaified and licensed through the United States Soccer Federation and the local USSF affiliate North Texas State Soccer Association. Each must take classes and be re-certified with a test each year to keep their license. However, this does not in any way make them all great referees. Just ask some of the coaches and parents from the games I have refereed over the last 20 years or so of refereeing at various levels including recreational, men's adult leagues, select/competitive/high school, etc. But, each time it seems at least half of the folks are happy with the call! Go figure....

FFRick...which local soccer association is that? Would it be the Denton Soccer Association or one closer to home for you? By the way...the local Denton Soccer Association is very accomodating and they bend over backwards for the kids...with the DSA it is all about the kids...great group of long (and I mean long) time volunteers...I referee for them and I can tell you they get their "share" of parents and coaches complaining, but they really work hard to make it a great experience for the kids. I am sure not everyone is 100% satisfied, but I don't see how that can ever be the case. I have also served in volunteer capacities for Denton Soccer as well as my referee gig, but there is no way what I have done with them matches up to some of the absolutely wonderful volunteers DSA has...congrats to all of them...they are "local heros one and all".

DITTO what Lifer and SUMG said...great story...quality young couple.

Football what????