SilverEagle

the fax machine worked just fine for his team mate. I'm still leaning toward ego/grand-standing.

What? no cousin with a nickname like "Boom Boom"?......how disappointing.....

The cynic in me believes that Mr Vizza may have a bit of an ego, and is waiting to make a grand entrance.

This is one of the reasons that I never go the "automatic deduction" route.

I went to the B-12 link on the web-site. It's amazing how many songs are part of the various school's traditions. I noticed that many of them have thier own signature fanfare. North Texas used to have their own signature fanfare when Maurice McAdow was the director. I don't know if it was something that he (or one of his graduate students) wrote, but I noticed that it went away after Dr. Winslow took over the band. Also, the original fight song got "dumbed down" when Dr. Winslow took over as well. I'd like to see them dig out the music for the old fanfare and use it again.

Why? Did he put it on in a new and exciting way?.....

I remember a player being there, but I don't remember that he was especially big. I remember the guy who might have been his father better. He was dressed in a Kelly Green oxford cloth shirt with the SLC logo embroidered over the pocket. He looked more like a North Texas graduate than most of the real graduates that were in the stands that night. I was so impressed with his shirt that I acquired one very much like it with a NT exes logo over the pocket. We need start dressing for the occasion folks! I went to the banquet two weeks ago, and I could barely tell that it was a North Texas event.

..............."Still wasn't too wild about their apparent organized voting coalition a few years ago on that most important athletic-oriented referendum, though" So, in one sentence you are acknowleding that Debbie may not be pissed at you, and then you set about trying rectify that situation by including her in an alleged conspiricy?

Sooners were cheaters on a land grab........which the government set up originally by grabbing it away from the Indians. The signal for the "land grab" to start was a shotgun. Which I'm guessing is the reason that they have that group of guys that shoot off the shotguns as part of the grand entrance by the Sooner Band. I don't understand why the shotgun signal is part of their tradition, since the "Sooners" had already jumped the gun anyway. And I'm sure that the Sooners are responsible for that expression too.

I remember reading about former Dallas Cowboy fullback Don Perkin's (#43 on your program) speed. The Cowboys always opened their game with a hand-off to Perkins. He almost never lost any yardage on the play, even though the opposition knew it was coming. The longest run from scrimmage I ever saw him make was about 15 yards. Supposedly his 40 time was around 5.0, which was damn slow even for his era. According to a former coach and/or scout, the catch was that Don Perkins was going 5.0 by the time he took his third step. What he might have been running 40 yards down the field was irrelevant. He was going full speed by the time they handed him the ball, and he always gained yards. I'll take smart, quick, and tough any day over blazing speed. I'll also take someone who has "game speed" (AKA running a step faster than the person chasing you) over someone who has better "timed" speed.

I basically trust (but not blindly) the new coaching staff, but I'd feel a bit better about this commitment if some other D-1 school besides Rice was after him. However, on the positive side. If Rice wants him, then we are less likely to have an "Evan Robertson" situation in the next year or so.

Ex-Eagle transfers North Texas running back Evan Robertson, who showed flashes of becoming Jamario Thomas' heir apparent last season, has enrolled at North Central Texas College in hopes of regaining his academic eligibility, said his father, Eddie. Eddie Robertson said his son, who will miss spring practice, plans to return to UNT in August if he finishes the required coursework. Robertson rushed for 407 yards and had a combined three touchdowns on offense and special teams. -- Troy Phillips

I adopted the same policy right after the loss of my mother, and my wife the loss of her mother, a few years ago. It's an excellent tribute to your loved ones who have passed-on. My sincere condolences

Well then, there's the main problem. If a North Texas graduate can't believe it, then why should we expect the recruits that we go after to believe that North Texas is a perfectly viable option to A$M...or any other D-1 school in Texas for that matter. It isn't delusional to believe in your school. If we're such an unworthy school, then Todd Dodge would have said "no thanks" to us, just like he did to Rice. We all had better start doing our part to promote this football program. If we expect Todd Dodge to do it all for us, then we'll end up missing another golden opportunity to move forward like we did with Hayden Fry. When Hayden Fry took over as head coach back in 73, you couldn't have made him say that A$M (or any other SWC school) was better than North Texas...even if you held a gun to his head. We must all have the same mind-set.....it's worked well for A$M all these years.

In the NT medica guide, it lists Tony Elliott as a DE, but I remember him playing Nose Tackle for North Texas. I think he played the same position with New Orleans......where he had some pretty good years. I also remember that he was a transfer from Illinois. If Mr. Gillmore performs as well as Bernard West did back in 78-79, then I'll be impressed with him.

Until our image has been re-established, I advocate that the main thing that we buy and wear is green. I agree with MGD. Buy the gear that is the closest to Kelly green and then wear it as much as possible. I hate those black-on-black, or white-on-white hats.

Here's my take on that situation. Unless we get Baylor to come back, or TCU, or some other (in the eyes of the casual fan/student) high profile team, then we'll probably never fill up Fouts to it's capacity of 30.5K. Why? Because as crappy as the regular seating is.....the endzone seats are even worse. They are all-metal, which makes them brutal to sit on early in the season, and you can't see worth a damn unless the teams are practically on the goal-line. Even if North Texas turns into the most entertaining/ass-kicking football team in all of Texas this fall, everyone watching from the endzone seats will overall be punished for their experience, more than they will be entertained.

I'm still very impressed that we could get a young man like Scoggins, who wanted to play TE (and could have at Iowa St.), and talk him into coming here to play in the defensive line. Now THAT'S recruiting.

I think my first game was 10-26-63 NT vs Wichita State. NT won 7-3. My HS band attended homecoming/band day at North Texas.

The first home game in 1960 was UTEP. It ended in a 16-16 tie.

My concern is attendance. I would be glad to sacrifice the TV coverage for the opportunity to fill Fouts and expose all those previous "fence-sitters" to the new game day atmosphere at Fouts. The best way to do that is have the game at 6:00 on a Saturday. We may play a hell of a game on Thursday night, and will probably win. But I want people to get hooked on the "whole package", and you can't have a proper tailgating experience at a Thursday night game.

Well, that's who I thought it was too. But if it is him, I have to say that I've never heard him being so subdued in his conversation for so long a time. His conversation is usually much more.......animated.

Sounds like a real talent. My question is this. Was he on the Navy's regular squad last season, or was he on their Prep squad? If he was on their Prep squad, he can play this fall. If not, then he and Fentriss will sit out together this year.