SilverEagle

I feel confident in saying that we've never had that many top 100 players commit to NT. In fact, I always felt fortunate if anyone from the local 50 made a commitment.

Okay, if the guy has graduated from his JC, then I would think he could enroll at North Texas and at least walk-on at Spring practice. This is either a strange situation or strangly reported in the first place.

You don't rush for 1,119 yards for a 5-A play-off school with 5.0 speed. For that matter, you don't play Linebacker for a 5-A play-off school with that kind of speed, .....and you don't play safety either. I'm sure 5.0 is a mistake.

I've seen Texas (and other University's) gear sold all over the metroplex. I can say with confidence that almost none of it was UA gear. I'm sure the brand was something like Russell or some other mid-priced supplier. My point? I would rather have a reasonably priced line of NT gear, that also looked good, spread ALL OVER the metroplex, than the latest "cool" supplier with limited distribution. The more I save on the gear, the more I have to give directly to the University.

I've been hollaring "Where's the Beef". However, I'm going to operate on the assumption that TD (and staff) have evaluated the current talent on our team, and are going after recruits that they feel will fill the greatest "need" area. Since we have not heard about a lot of OL and DL recruits that they are going after, I am assuming that TD (and staff) feel that the current group of OL's and DL's will get the job done this year.

"I aint sayin you treated me (us) unkind You could have done better, but I don't mind You just kinda wasted my (our) precious time But dont think twice, its all right" Bob Dylan

They need to find another Sean Payton.

Well, that was my experience as well. All I did was yell "we're getting out-coached" at a group of coaches, and for some reason, one of them thought that it was all about him.

Lovie Smith! That has to be the Big Sandy version of "A Boy Named Sue". I can't imagine trying to grow up in a small town with a name like that. BTW, does anyone know where Mr. Smith played college ball?

Ok, anyone have any idea about Somerville's mascot.....the YEGUAS. In spanish, I think that it means Mare, but their school's web-site is full of Indian symbols.

Thank you. Since my father and his younger brother graduated from Texarkana HS, I know where Atlanta Tx. is. I also know that their mascot is the Jackrabbits. This mornings Star-Telegram report said that Mr. Davis was from Atlanta Ga...........I should have known.

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.