SilverEagle

Perhaps it's this one. http://www.lids.com/pid/20052228

If (and this may be a big IF), Dr. Bataille has somewhat negative or ambiguous feelings about athletics, she just needs to be reminded that such institutions of higher learning such as Rice and Stanford see the value of maintaining D-1 programs.

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I will also need a XX.

As if they really need something like this. Don't they have enough "bandwagon" fans?

IMHO Boo and heckle all you want, just do it in relatively good taste. The best and most classic humor ever is the humor that doesn't rely on "going for the crotch" or flinging the "F" word around. References to the past are for the purpose of letting new people know that we DO have a past. I do not think cheezy t-shirt designs that look like some sorority president designed them are the key to building rivalries. Rivalries come from winning and high stakes - we have a rival with MTSU because we always beat them. We had NMSU for a bit. If we play SMU enough, bring on the rivalry. If you run around nipping at everyone's ankles saying "I can play too" with nothing to back it up, you get laughed at. Tech tried it for years, but they didn't get attention until they started beating UT and TAMU. Want a rival? Win games. Want more fans? Win games. I agree with this.

Let me be the first to say that I'll buy one. I hope it becomes the classic that the 1990 one has turned out to be.

Since when did facts have anything to do with any of us ranting. Isn't pissing and moaning the Mean Green Nation's inalienable right?..

I tend to agree with this. This University moved away from being the "best little teacher's college in the state" a long time ago. Most of the growth at North Texas in the last two decades has been in the area of business/research/science.

So did she specialize in championing the rich, the poor, the religious, the secular, the upper crust and the social outcasts? Maybe we could tell her that in Texas we've been athletic social outcasts for decades. So, if things don't work out, write both Lee Jackson AND the Board of Regents. Totally agree.

I agree with this.

You know, I just lay awake most nights and worry about the problems of the well off in the college football world.

Well, if the Clinton's had that much sinister power, the 2000 and 2004 elections would have been much different.

I've participated in this discussion a year or so ago. North Texas was the first D-1 football game that I ever attended. In the SWC, I tended to favor Texas. When I enrolled at North Texas, no one else mattered.

Last year when I first heard about this player I asked my son's friend (a walk-on in the spring of 05) about him. He said that Seneca was a very good athlete, and had very good potential in the DL or at DE. If he was on campus during that time (Spring 05 to Fall 05), then one might assume that he would have been suited up for this spring's practice. I don't find his name listed on the spring roster that I have.

All these years I've assumed that players wore the tinted shields to protect their eyes from the glare of the sun/stadium lights. What else would they wear tinted shields for?

Why can't someone just say he's an outstanding talent and leave it at that. Why the grandiose comparisons.

I wasn't wishing anything but a civil answer to a pertinent question. However, since asking a pertinent questons seems to draw the ire of people. And, since I've now been painted as negative about this, I might as well say this. I hope we have better academic luck with him than we've had with....let's see.....Joey Byerly.....T.J. Raymond......and the list could go on. Thanks again for the civil answer to a civil question.

I don't understand. Someone is saying that this is a pro-bowl caliber player. Yet the only school that stepped forward (before us) to offer him a ship was Chandron State? What am I missing?

Going from HS to almost coaching in the pros. Hmmmm, this potentially puts the Dennis Parker hiring in a slightly different light. Back to Dodge. This guy is obviously ambitious and confident in his abilities. Who knows where he'll apply next.

That's the funniest thing I've read in a looooong time. This is the perfect example of what I (and possibly Emmitt) are talking about. And again (having said all that, and taken a shot at the hiring practices of the current athletic department), I wish this young man well.

You just described my perfect hire to a "T"....or should I say "NT".

Well he can study OU tradition all he wants, but that doesn't have anything to do with North Texas history. The most obvious difference is that OU is only one of three major Universities in Oklahoma. And they have always been the 800lb Gorilla......in everything. THAT'S what I'm talking about in reference to (potential) culture shock. Having said that, I wish him well.

On another little side note, I noticed that the #95 was not assigned, even though there were about five or six duplicate numbers. Could there be some merit to the rumor that Big Cat has/might again qualified/qualify? (Yes, I realize that his old number was 94, but maybe he wanted to change). Now there's a happy and hopeful thought that I'll be glad to join you in.

Hmmm, is this a new position, or is it a consolidation of more than one position? I think that it's great that they hired a young energetic person, who's obviously a real over achiever (academic all-Big 12 and most inspirational player). However, this young man has operated in a football culture where people are standing in line to participate. Just a guess, but when you're doing fund raising at OU, you're basically going to people who've been donating millions a year and asking them to donate a few million more for the "next big project". I hope North Texas isn't too much of a culture shock for this young man. And, at the risk of sounding too provincial (business wise), don't we ever have any young energetic North Texas graduates who want to work for the Athletic Department?