SilverEagle

...AND if they keep improving, they might actually earn the right to be called the MEAN GREEN. But they have a long way to go from that 66-68 group.

Isn't this "coach speak" day as well?

The actual game story on Sunday was written by the reporter from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Naturally it was from the TT point of view. I think I would have preferred that they (like the ST) had just ignored us. At least for this game.

And what are we going to do to KEEP THEM COMING BACK?

And how much in the way of resources does he have to work with? What is SFA's athletic budget compared to ours? What did he and his dad have in the way of resources when they were at WTA&M? They actually built a large fan base and got the communities of Canyon and Amarillo involved in their program. I guarantee you that if Cody Carthel had been hired, he and his dad would have worked their asses of to recruit, coach football, and get out in the Denton and surrounding communities to promote, promote, promote.

Fans love the opportunity to participate, that's why yell traditions exist at traditional schools. WE HAVE NONE!

Well, we had that choice when the Morris hire took place. We could have hired ANOTHER west Texas boy and gotten BOTH DEFENCE AND OFFENSE. When Cody Carthel was assistant coach for his dad at WT A&M they ran a Dodge-like offense. We saw how Cody Carthel can coach defense a week ago. When he was at Commerce, he coached a (D-2) all-American QB.

I see why they are doing it. But I don't like those helmets.

When Hayden Fry was still here, he is said to have mentioned talking to Woody Hayes on the phone about scheduling a future game. Woody commented that NT might get more gigs if they sounded more big time. His main example was for us to change our name to Texas State.

Here is the irony of this "nostalgia"? The NT administration NEVER wanted that name (NTSU). In 1960 when we achieved University status it necessitated a name change. The FIRST choice of the administration was UNT. A bill was drawn up and we got a representative from (I think) Mineral Wells to file it. Everything went fine with the representatives, but when it got to the Senate it hit a wall. Several senators (no doubt UT grads) threatened to filibuster the bill if it proceeded as written. A compromise was worked out and because "University" had to be in our name, NTSU was agreed upon. We had to go back three other times to try and change it to UNT, and the third time was finally successful.......but just barely. Gov. Clements (an SMU grad) signed the bill and here we are, being nostalgic for NTSU.

The eyes of NORTH TEXAS are upon you.

Not being sarcastic, but I don't know how any win can be ugly. Maybe there was lots of "adversity" during the game that you had to overcome, and deal with, or overcome.....and that includes yourself. Hell, the shape of the ball itself is one big built-in bundle of "adversity". But in dealing with it, you learn.....or should learn. In the early stages of the game Saturday I was reminded of a very good quote from Rockey 1. Apollo Creed is in the corner with his trainer and had just endured a pretty rough round. His trainer gave him a reality check. Apollo's Trainer: He doesn't know it's a damn show! He thinks it's a damn fight!

....you mean like all the other big time programs in America do?

Yeah, and it's bad enough that we are relentlessly pounded by "thumpity-thumpity-thumpity" noise which eliminates any possibility of having a conversation about the game. Then last night it was an extra hour of that shit......geeeezz. Give me back the days when the band was the only one providing music at the game.

Life is full of choices. Some of them work out great. And some of them don't. The season is still young.

Well, this is great to see. I still don't understand why something like this wasn't organized by the Talons years ago.

Just curious. But does anyone know why Harris (#44) came over and sat on the sideline and seemed especially upset and was comforted by several players and staff? Was he especially close to Price? Was he the first to witness the horrific injury? He didn't run over to the ambulance with the rest of his team to show support for their teammate while he was being loaded into the ambulance. Once again, just curious.

The Amarillo paper agreed with all of us. Here is an article from 2010 about Carthel. Carthel era at WT could be best (amarillo.com) I read another article about Carthel not long after he was hired. One of the other pluses about him was that he was great at meeting & greeting the public. He went to every club and organization in the Canyon/Amarillo area to promote his program at WT A&M. And he was good at it too. How good was Todd Dodge at meeting and greeting the public? How about McCarney? addendum: during Carthel's tenure (2005-2012) there were 16 players from WT A&M drafted by the NFL. How many were drafted during the Dodge/McCarney era?

Whilst visiting the ticket office this morning to get my tickets I took some time to inspect the new mesh chairback seats. 1. They are very comfortable. You should not need any sort of cushion......and it's a good thing. 2. The seats (the actual sitting area) in the chair is spring loaded. You cannot pull it down and expect it to stay. If you let go of it......up it goes! You must hold it down until you get seated. 3. It appears that there is less space under the seats to "store stuff". Do not bring a large bag of "stuff". 4. The cup holders are not built into the arms of your seat. They are attached to the back of the seat in front of you on the next row. One cup holder per seat. And finally, the most important/impactful info. 5. There is less leg room between you and the seat in front of you. I sat in my chair and there was about 4-6 inches of room to the back of the seat in front of me.....if that. No more putting your knees together and moving your legs aside while sitting to let someone get by. If someone gets up to go to the rest room, or the concession stand, everyone on their route to get out will have to stand up. And naturally, there will be no more climbing into the row behind you to take a short cut to get out. Plan accordingly folks. Bonnie Brae. It is open but rough. The Grand Canyon of ditches directly across from the stadium is filled in. The dirt parking area behind it doesn't look accessible/available. That might change between today and Saturday.....but I doubt it.

For our music (mainly jazz) heritage. A fedora would be more appropriate.

I noticed that Landon Sides is listed (again) as a starter. In the DMN story about the game, Vito mentioned that Blair and Sides missed the USA game because of injury. Is Sides now "fit for duty?"

Here is the deal. NO ONE has heard of Mestemaker prior to SUMG posting comments that Vito made about him working his way up the QB roster. The main difference between this guy and Mason Fine is that Mason Fine might have come from a very small school in Oklahoma, but he was very well known there as he was setting passing records left and right during his HS career. Near as I can tell, Mr. Mestemaker was an all-around good athlete at his school and a very good student. But (once again, near as I can tell) that was about it. So it looks as if we have the makings of a very interesting story here.

Thanks for posting this. I could almost walk to this one. If Boo Ray's on Boat Club Rd. had been the venue, I absolutely would have walked over.

Am I the only one who has noticed the depth behind Chandler Morris? If Morris goes down, next up will be a freshman (albeit a pretty talented one) who has had only spring training experience. And then next up after him is a freshman right out of HS.