FirefightnRick

Mean Green on a roll. Look out frogs! Of course, I would have to be on duty tonight, and on the road to Nawlins Saturday. Hell, they wouldn't leave us alone tonight to even get to listen to all of it on the radio. I sure like the WORD since you can get it now in the metroplex more clearly. Rick

I said it wouldn't hurt, not that I expect winning to happen first. With that said, let us know how it turns out tomorrow, I'm on duty. Rick

Yup, I do take it personal when it comes to the Mean Green most times. Maybe, I've seen it happen before and can't argue with you there. Maybe Baylor or Indiana coming to town will get more to show up? Yes, I imagine that's how the women's basketball and soccer teams feel too. Rick

Nope, not in our situation this season I'm afraid. I'll be there at the big games for sure, but I'm not traveling anymore. I can't afford to do it for football and for basketball as well. Can most of you? Once the winning starts the students will start to show up a little more. Until then, forget it. BY the way, I watched the TCU Kansas game on TV and was thinking how bad the score is going to be on the 13th? I believe, if we play like we have been in the DMC(I'll be enroute to N.O.). However, I noticed the frogs layed an egg to Murry State so there is always hope. I'm not slamming anyone for REMINDING us all to remember our basketball team. But I'm reminding some of you that your preaching to the choir here when you start complaining about the lack of support of our programs by people on this board. North Texas squared off against a J.R. Reed led University of North Carolina Tarheel team in the Hunstman Center on the campus of The University of Utah in March, 1988. It is still the only appearance a Mean Green team has ever made in the BIG DANCE. I WAS THERE as I have been for so many other baseketball games before and since. So please, when you do your reminding about FANS here on this board and support for our teams, DO ME A FAVOR AND LEAVE ME OUT. Rick

Guess what, for RIGHT NOW, Football is the "be all" and "end all" and it will remain to be until football season is over. Of course it wouldn't hurt when the day comes that we stop having to come from behind to beat NAIA non-scholarship schools and losing to the likes of the Southerns' and Lamars'. <_< Rick

Bone, I hope this wasn't directed at me or about 50 others on this board I personally know and have seen travel hundreds of miles to away basketball games over the many years? Rick

Yeah right...PROVE IT! Rick

Check out the stars game. Dallas' unis are Black, Green, Yellow and.........Tomato Red with a Chicago Bull face on the front. Ummmmmmmmm looking good. Rick

TALONS EXCLUSIVE? Never thought of a spirit group that consists mainly women and open to all as EXCLUSIVE. That's a new one. Talons has always and will always uphold this university's traditions and along with doing that for Talons and more so for this university it takes a little bit of work. Working for free isn't for everyone but it sure makes you feel a bigger part of the ownership of it. With that said, every season is different as the kids come and graduate. The leadership changes every season. When Emmitt was president was one of the more recent productive times. When I was there during the Keith Swartz era we had over 120 actives on campus and NO ONE I knew of felt excluded or felt like they were being required to do too much. It was an honor to uphold the traditions and an even more honor to help the Athletic Department out with everything they asked us too. Many from this group in the late 80's are some of our bigger donors and participants and I sit next to many of them in the stands. It's great to see this same group of people after 15 years rooting for their team. I agree that some more motiviation from their leadership might help, but consider they still are one of the biggest student groups that you will see traveling to the far away games many of the times. I remember about 40 at Tech in Lubbock in '00, at least that many in Las Cruces in '01, an entire bus load at N.O. last year and at OU this year. They do more than their part so if another group on campus is trying to rise up to their level of participation then I say the Talons have succeeded in leading by example. Ricky McKinney Talon '88 PROUD TO BE A TALON!

Hey, I'm not going to argue with you on that. With more people like you on the road that just means more JOB SECURITY for folks like me. Rick

You have got to be @#$#ing kidding me? Just proof that we still have some folks on campus that need to move on to graduation or retirement. I can only guess as to who it was that called and cried like a Blue Raider that they weren't getting their way. Good Grief! Rick

My Enigma machine isn't picking up the code? Rick

Well, you know. It was just one of those rare times where you have nine incredibly talented musicians(the type that actually plays an instrument) who can harmonize together as good as it's going to ever be heard and sound as good, if not better than the studio recorded version. It lasted two non stop hours of hit after hit. My wife and I were seeing them for the first time and were both blown away at how entertaining the show was. Burns, the lead guitarist, when allowed to let loose on many of the tunes showed a side you won't hear on their recordings, almost a Stevie Ray Vaughn...esk style that I love. Everyone played long leads including Huey himself doing three minute lead riffs on harmonica. The four peice horn section was the icing on the cake and reminded me of that group that played for our party in N.O. Their 6 minute plus version of Jacob's Ladder was just unreal. They could re release that now and I would bet it would do very well. My favorite part was when they brought out those old 50 styled steel microphones and Huey and the original four others did three doo wop songs acapella. Makes the hair on the back of your neck stand they were so good. Unbelievable harmony and timing. We were also seeing a performance inside Bass Hall for the first time. We were dead center about 35 feet in front of the stage. That place is something to see for sure. It's so tight but you get a large sound feel and the seats are comfortable and have plenty of room too. You get the feeling your in your living room almost because someone would yell from the third upper balcony and you could hear perfectly what was said, great accoustics. The concert looked to be sold out, not sure how many that place holds but the atmosphere was great. We loved it and will go see him again when they come back because you can't go down to just anywhere and see true musicians perform together in that way. Rick

..........DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE?.....er I mean THE MEAN GREEN? Rick

Anyone else in the nation going to Bass Hall tonight? Rick

Fantastic! Way to go ladies. Rick

GOOD LORD WE DON'T NEED THIS, NOT NOW, NOT EVER!. Ask Emmitt, both Drew, the passenger and the "unkown" are lucky to be alive today to even talk about it? Self destruction! Rick

I have been impressed with the defense so far as well. They were after all the only highlight of last years miserable season. Rick

Wow John that's biting your tongue on the issue? I can't wait till you toke up and sing us another Rocky Mountain solo! Don't forget to fuel all the way till it reads "FULL" before you take off, ya hear? Rick

F16Jock, you don't have to explain it to us, we understand and deep down all of us are proud of you guys and what you stand for. We know who's on the front line giving us the freedom to have what we have today. Coach Dickey said during his show tonight how much of an uphill climb we have this saturday because Coach Deberry already has a very disciplined group to work with and takes that to another level with his difficult system he runs. You would have to have lived under a rock to not realize the extreme high standards our cadets are held to. Thanks for coming onto the board and sharing your thoughts with us. Rick

He thinks he got hit hard against Northwestern, wait till the Mean Green lays the wood on him. Rick

Since the DRC doesn't print responses to non resdents I thought someone in Denton should respond to this letter this in this way. If what this professor says in the above paragraph is true then why is the University of North Texas WASTING precious time, money and resources offering degrees in fields that do not help it's graduates earn even a meager, much less a comfortable living in which they can't even afford an $8 dollar football ticket, EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO? Rick

There you are! Remember though that 64 faculty prof's at Tt signed a letter stating they did not want the Bobster on campus. It's at a&m, it's at tU and everywhere in between. Rick

Get your GoMeanGreen.com shirt now while supplies last. The shirts are $10.00, add $2.00 for shipping. They come in Large, X Large and we have a few XXLarge. The easiest way to get one right now is to find the GMG.com guys(Harry or Cerebus) at one of the practices. Or just send a check or money order along with your size to: Greenstock 5024 Prairie Creek Trail Ft Worth TX, 76179 Also include a phone number and/or email so that we can contact you for varification on availability. Rick

I would vote for the '83 Daingerfield Tigers 16-0 run. They were 3A and gave up a 2 point conversion in the first game of the season to a 4A team that made it deep into the 4A playoffs that same year. So they went 15-0 without being scored on. If I remember correctly nearly 6 players off that same Tiger team made it into the NFL. To this day they are THE BEST highschool team that I have personally seen play. They were the dominant force in Texas in 3A in the 80's until they handed it off to Southlake Carrol. Before that year, the town of Daingerfield had just started to come out of and put behind them one of the worse tragedy's in Texas in which some nut case college professor walked into one of the towns' most popular churches during a Sunday service with an automatic rifle and killed/wounded several. Plus the area was in hard times due to layoffs and poor economy. Dale Hansen did a special about the team and town during they're '83 run that year and it was an emotional experience to see how the town looked to their team for support, and gave back all they could as well. Rick