SilverEagle

You don't have to live that far to not be able to get there by 6:00.

If it's being run by non-UNT graduates, then wouldn't "North Texas Alumni Association" be a misnomer?

.....and then you'll have to answer to the self-appointed school-spirit czar....Andy Blount. Are you sure you want to take that risk?.......

You certainly can't deny that Joe Greene and (when he wasn't hurt) Brandon Kennedy were the two best....Cedric Hardman comes close. But since I always gravitate toward the underdog (and in this case the undersized), some of my favorites are.... Walter Chapman. About 5'11" X 240 and a big overachiever Rayford Cooks, a skinny 6'2" X 220 D-lineman who couldn't be blocked Ronnie Hickman, see above Rex Johnson, 6'1" X 230 nose tackle who absolutely couldn't be blocked. I too am fond of Evan Cardwell, and it would be a shame if he were ever left off any "favorites" list.

Welcome caliuntfan. "Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice And Plumm said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device' And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before 'Relax,' said the night man, We are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!"

Pretty impressive review.

Well, relatively speaking, the OU game is a "statement" game.....at least it is for me. What I'll be looking for is an "attitude statement". It's a given amongst experts that the greatest improvement that a college team makes is between the first and second game. So, in terms of winning a game, I see the SMU game as being our "statement" game.

It may have been simpler times, but the Maurice McAdow's Marching Band certainly didn't play simpler music.

If you mean Kenny Washington, the answer is.......no.

Wow! I'm soooooo surprised to see that you commented about #5 on Rick's assessment .......... Quick quiz (for anyone) Who was the last QB of color that started a full season for North Texas.

And BTW, this hat is being sold at "Lids", but it's being producted by "Top of the World" hat company.

Hmmm, this ought to make for an interesting conversation. Hope you have better luck than Rick and I did.

I agree with LongJim.....a class lady. The photo featured on the Star-Telegram web-page is half-page in the printed version. Very impressive. http://www.star-telegram.com/

Well, that's too bad. They could use someone of your competence on some sort of planning/action committee.

You know Jack, I've noticed that this is at least the second time you've used the term "we" when posting on this subject. Can I assume by the way you use the term "we" that you have been actively included in the project by the athletic department?

Have you ever ventured over to their football message board.? On any given day, I think that *Al Swearingin must be the monitor/moderator for their board. Higher standards? Are you kidding me? It's my humble opinion that they would whore themselves out (entrance standards-wise) for an outstanding athlete just as quickly as any of the other B-12 schools. *At last! I've been able to insert a Deadwood reference into a post.

they printed "Booger" towels. I still carry mine to every game, but the idea never really stuck. Yeah, when you have the words "Booger" and "stuck" in close proximity there is definitely potential for some male humor.

Has Sears Woods ever spent any time with GG.....I mean as a captive audience? I've taken the ride......and heard the stories/monologue. To this day, I'm still in awe of his verbal........ stamina. Yeah, that's the word.

"Oh, and please don't question emmitt. He has plastered schedules all over storefronts throughout Denton, served BBQ to the team, been one of the Green Backers that set out to make tailgating a tradition, etc..." ABSOLUTELY! You can always question Emmitt's sanity , but never his loyalty.

This might read as being critical, but it isn't intended that way. So please, let's not anyone get defensive. Having read all of the comments in this thread, it got me thinking about some of the OCC games that I've attended, most notably OU, UT, & A&M, and it occured to me why I look forward to getting into their stadiums well before kick-off.....other than issue of trying to beat the huge crowds. It's their pageantry, and some of the best pre-game pagentry in College football can be seen on Sept 1st in Norman Okla. UT has great pagentry, and so does A&M (in it's own military way), but I have to give the Okies the nod for some of the greatest pre-game pagentry in all of the southwest. If you haven't been to a game in Norman, you should avail yourself of the opportunity and go up there this Sept 1st. The OU band and spirit groups gets the OU crowd literally worked up into a frenzy with their pre-game pagentry. I've seen a lot of bands (college and high school) and the OU band makes the best "grand entry" of any band I've ever seen. We have a pre-game show, but it really doesn't do much for the crowd. There is no grand entrance by the band, no "working the crowd" by the spirits groups. But that's pretty much how it's always been at North Texas. Of course, it's much harder to make a grand entrance at Fouts field since the portals are about 50 yards from the field, as opposed to how the entrance portals are at Norman and Austin. *note* This last statement is NOT intended to get yet another "we need a new stadium" discussion going. Now, am I saying that the band and spirit groups are mainly responsible for people not being in their seats 30mins before kick-off? No I'm not. But I am suggesting that more pagentry, and the opportunity for more crowd participation in this pre-game pagentry, might be a better incentive for people being in their seats 30 mins before kick-off, than the sale of beer inside the stadium, or some sort of drawing.

From the 70's, Burks Washington From the 80's. Lance White and Byron Gross. Also from the early 80's, Lester Harper all 5'9" X 205 of him. Very intense in the mold of Corbin Epps (Montgomery). So intense that he got kicked out of the LaLa game in 82. And when he started drawing personal foul penalties while standing (actually pacing up and down) on the sideline and running his mouth, Corky Nelson sent him to the showers for the remainder of the game. He's the only player I've ever observed at North Texas that got kicked out of the game AND the stadium. Lester Harper was ALWAYS wearing his "I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE" t-shirt under his uni.

Here's an idea about a new gameday tradition. How about all the people that stay in the parking lot and drink, come into the friggin stadium!!..........30 minutes before kick-off. Howz that?

Harry mentioned that some alumni/fans now expect North Texas to go up and beat OU this year. I don't know about other people's expectations, but mine has always been that the coaches and players for North Texas will show up to every one of their games wearing their "I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE" attitude. That's all I've ever asked. And when that happens, then the wins over the OU's and UT's will take care of themselves. Let's see, I think our fight song covers this issue. "Victory's in store, what'er the score Our team will ever fight, FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" I don't believe that there is any phrase and/or line in the fight song that goes "Now Realistically". Realistic thnking is for bookies or oddsmakers. But if you want think like a fan, then look up the definition of "fanatic" and then proceed accordingly......but then realistically you'll need to give up betting on football games. Oh, BTW Great job on the broadcast guys. I'm especially excited at the prospect of having a post-game call in show/broadcast.

After looking at the picture, I'd call it (where he's from) "appropriate".

I don't think that Coach Dodge has been on the road looking under every rock, and peeking around every corner, since signing day. IMHO, what is happening is that a lot of coaches and/or scouts around the country are contacting Dodge and/or his staff and giving them good leads. Coach Dodge and his staff are then following up on these leads, making good evaluations/assessments and then pulling the trigger. IMHO, this is happening because Coach Dodge and his staff have an outstanding reputation amongst their peers, AND they are willing to do the follow up work to identify these gems. It's my understanding that in the previous coaching regime, phone calls and/or letters were rarely returned. From what some people have indicated to me, you would have had an easier time extracting secret documents from the FBI/CIA, than getting the previous coaching staff to respond to a lead.