SilverEagle

Finally! we have some DL beef. I wonder what the story is re: Marqueese Davis from Atlanta Ga.? How did we get hooked-up with this young man?

I'm guessing that there are just as many regular students living on or near the NT campus, as there are in Norman. But the difference in community support is like night and day. Drive through Denton and see how many businesses display North Texas schedule posters etc. In the past many businesses in Denton used to say that they would not display North Texas memorabilia/posters/etc because they didn't want to appear to favor UNT over TWU, and thereby offend TWU students. My wife is a TWU graduate and she always called bullshit on that lame excuse. She's said for DECADES that there is no way that a TWU student would be offended at a business displaying a North Texas football schedule. The lack of community support from the businesses in Denton (even in a minimal way) has always been a big embarrassment to me. So THAT is how Denton is not a true college town as compared to Norman.

Why is Yahoo, hotmail, and google e-mail addresses not acceptable.

Oh great! Now, if funding is raised to build the new stadium, but not enough is raised to help fund some of the classrooms, we are really going to hear it from the academic community at North Texas.

New Client: The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas is a student-centered public research university with 11 colleges and schools offering 93 bachelor’s, 111 master’s and 50 doctoral degree programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.(www.unt.edu) Lawson Associates will be assisting the University of North Texas with a $151 million Capital and Endowment Campaign which includes: New Building Initiatives, Mean Green Athletic Program, College of Business Administration Building, College of Music, College of Public Affairs and Community Services - College of Education, School of Visual Art, College of Business Administration, and the College of Arts and Sciences- College of Education. Ok, someone help me out here. I understand that you would need to do private fund raising for something like the new Fouts, or "The Armadillo", because they are performance/entertainment venues. But why would you have to do private fund raising for the other departments listed? The college of Business Administration and College of Education (and the rest) would mainly need classrooms, and aren't those buildings state funded?

Well, back in 1952, if the University felt that it could regularly fill a 20K stadium with a student population of approximately 8K, then I don't think it's out of the realm of possibilities to think we could regularly fill a 50K stadium with a 32K student population and a 90K+ alumni population in the area.

Totally agree. Besides, I thought we were now taking the stand that we were going to go head-to-head with the B-12 coaches in recruitment. Why would we worry about Dickey and USU.

Very nice. I'd like to see some cotton jersey's in this style, with North Texas or Mean Green on the chest, available to purchase.

Too busy.

Are you talking about the total capacity of a new stadium? If so, I have to disagree with that. We could realistically keep a 32K or 40K stadium pretty full if the stadium is designed right, and we promote the games well. I agree that our current endzone seats are absolutely horrible. The only reason anyone would sit there is that they have no other choice. I think that it's much cheaper to build a 40K stadium now, than it is to add-on to a 28K or 32K stadium later.

So, have you given up on the idea of a pony? This is from my wife re: your "pony" response.

This design would do nicely. http://www.stadium.utah.edu/stadium.html

Everyone has an important part to play and this coach appreciates every single contribution down to the last fan. Enjoy the ride. Cheers for UNT with this hire!

I would think that after a while, some of these coaches who go from school to school would end up with a credibility problem with recruits. That would/could seriously compromise their effectiveness as recruiters.......which is a big part of their jobs. I could be wrong however.......I sometimes am.

Well, Kraigthorpe was saying the same things as Graham, right before he bolted to Louisville. Geezzz, this is getting crazy.

Well, let me pose this question to any and all attorneys out there. Could Nate's (dumb-ass) statement be construed as a solicitation of a bribe. And by making that statement, could he already be in violation of an NCAA rule/statute?

Today's update. By DAVE SITTLER AND JOHN E. HOOVER World Sports Writers 1/11/2007 View in Print (PDF) Format Coach denies reports that tailback has made his mind up about NFL. University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops met with tailback Adrian Peterson on Wednesday to discuss the player's future, and Stoops later adamantly denied reports that Peterson had made a decision about whether to enter the NFL Draft. "I met with him today, and he did not say he had made a decision," Stoops said in a telephone interview late Wednesday. "He has a lot of things he still wants to think over." Multiple media outlets, citing unnamed sources, reported late Wednesday that Peterson would enter the NFL Draft. Stoops said reports about Peterson reaching a decision are "absolutely incorrect. They're false. "I don't expect him to make a decision until sometime this weekend or maybe even Monday." Monday is the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NFL Draft. Peterson has been in contact with agents, which is within NCAA guidelines. "I encouraged him to talk with agents," Stoops said. NCAA rules prohibit players from taking money or benefits from agents. However, it's common practice for players to discuss their draft status with agents.

I favor the kid from Boswell, Taylor Weidman. He passed for 2700 yards and ran for 800. He's taller (6'2" vs 6'), faster (4.5 vs 4.8), and he's already stated that he felt it would be an honor to play for Coach Dodge. He sounds real motivated to me.

When Colt Mahan (all 6'1" X 205lbs of him) got into the game this last season, he did just fine. When he came out of HS, he was pretty highly regarded, but not as highly as Mr. Padron. And he was basically the same size this last season as he was in HS.

I see a potential project in the works for someone(s)

If we get Walker, Johnson, and Padron, then we will have at least three 5-A all-state players. I've never seen us recruit that many all-state players from any classification.

Actually that's my quote, which FFR uses often. I told Rick that it was my observation that the only thing that North Texas students were ever consistent about was bitching and moaning. I went on to say that North Texas students were such prodigious complainers that someone could stand on the busiest corner on the North Texas campus and hand out $100.00 bills to students. Eventually one of them would complain that their's was wrinkled.

That's probably why TD didn't hesitate to bring is DC from Southlake with him. Very impressive stat. What's even more impressive to me is that 4 of those games were in the playoffs.

They lost, but not by much. And they almost did it by running the ball and keeping the ball away from the SLC offense. AND the only school to beat SLC during it's 5-A run (Katy) did so with a running game.

Okay, now that we've annointed Mr. Padron as the second coming of Byron Gross or Chris Hurd. Let's look at some practical matters. NO LINEBACKER is going to control the line of scrimmage. They depend on big, fast, aggressive D-Linemen to keep the OL busy, and off of them, so that they can "always be around the ball". That didn't happen very often for our last year's LB's. So, in honor of Clara Peller, I have to ask the recruitment question "where's the beef?". I know that we may have a transfer in the fold, and some are assuming that Kyle Russo (who at 6'3" X 245 is not going to tie up too many O-Lineman at the D-1 level) may join Justin Padron at NT. But I'm looking at today's ST Texas top 100, and local top 50, and there sits a 6'3" X 320lb D-Lineman with "Undecided" still next to his name. I'm having visions of not only two O-Linemen being kept busy by the guy, but possibly three. I love that we will probably get a lot of smart and savvy football players now that TD is with us. But it doesn't matter how smart and savvy you are when your opponent lines up with their 300+O-line and just runs the ball right down your throat. "Smart and Savvy" get's you to the point of attack very quickly, but it doesn't have any effect on the line surge. Especially when you're undersized.