SilverEagle

I think the key piece of information here is the base salary of 1mil per year. Academically speaking, UCF obviously didn't start out as "The best Teachers college in Florida".

Keep in mind that Pruitt played with an injured shoulder all of last year. He had surgery and didn't participate in spring practice. Assuming that he is "committed" to his PT, the DT should be at least a little better than last year. If Ike Thomas plays this fall like he did in the spring, then (coupled with a healthy S. Pruitt) the DT position should be significantly better.

Peachy was playing in the OL in the spring.....and he looked good there. Also, Bryan Glass (6'X280, Paris Tx), and Chris Eidd (6'3" X 320, Euless) were mixing it up pretty good out there. I also noticed a Nick Najarro (#64) out there. All I know about him is that he's a transfer. If Ronnie Hull (6'3" X 258) keeps developing at TE, we could have a real player at that position. We also forgot to mention the Kilgore JC transfer Brian Carlson (6'5" X 255) who looked pretty good before he was injured. Blake Burruss (6'7" X 252) also looked pretty good at times playing DE. My take is that we have a pretty good looking group of people that will jell into a pretty good team IF (1) they do their PT and get healthy for the fall, (2) the non-injured ones work on getting stronger (3) everyone takes care of their grades and (4) we avoid excessive injuries during the fall practice. and finally, they must wear their "I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE" t-shirts at all times.

And just as important......what about grades? When will we know for sure about any casualties in that area?

I agree with you in theory. But my observations through the years have been that the players that are committed to a program will stay at that program, and the players who are disgruntled will avail themselves of this rule. The two players that you used in your example are (IMHO) the ones least likely to avail themselves of this new rule. D-1 programs already lose disgruntled players to 1-AA programs anyway.

I want to see the chapter and verse.

As much as we make disparaging remarks about Dennis Parker, one of the first things he did was have the team learn the alma mater, and he would have them gather in front of the band to sing it after every game. I was very impressed with that. I remember that one of the first things that Rick V. did was ban any non-UNT gear being worn by the athletes. You can't imagine how shocked and dismayed I was to hear that North Texas athletes were wearing gear from other schools, in the locker room , while they were getting a RIDE from North Texas . RV was also very much on board with the Talon's project to trade North Texas gear with students who were wearing non-UNT gear on campus. I wonder what happened to that program.

Part of the solution. Renewing my season tickets and MGC membership. I can't understand why someone thinks that not renewing their season tickets will make a statement to the administration. All you're doing is continuing the old tradition that we're most (in)famous for.......apathy. Do like me. If you don't like what's going on, then show up and make the people that you're unhappy with miserable. We may have terrible sight lines at Fouts, but people can still hear you when you yell.....

It is 6/6/06. Do you know where your inner demon is? (Boogah! boogah!)

You know, Dr. Pohl is a "class act", but I wouldn't hire him to coach football here at North Texas.

I was having a conversation last Friday about college football with a young man in my unit. "Jason" is a SMU graduate and he was discussing SMU's prospects for this year.....which he feels are pretty grim. He commented that Phil Bennett needed to have a good year in order to keep his job, and then he commented that "at least Bennett is better than Tom Rossley and the offense that he ran". Jason went on to say "his offense consisted of up-the-middle, up-the-middle, up-the-middle, punt". I just smiled and said "well, obviously the officials at North Texas were much more impressed by that offensive scheme than you were. Otherwise they wouldn't have hired Tom Rossley's offense coordinator away from SMU.....to be our head coach"

Teachers have said for years "dealing with the parents is more difficult than dealing with the kids."

I found my copy of the 1990 UNT/SMU game. I sat down and watched it and I was shocked. Between the time that Scott Davis surgically picked apart the 1988 Texas team with his passing and the 1990 SMU game, something terrible went wrong. Scott's passes in the SMU game were mostly lame ducks, and the best pass he could throw was a "dump" to a receiver over the middle. Can someone fill me in as to what happened to his arm? Also, I noticed a young WR/Punt returner playing in the game. I believe his name was G Matthews and he was wearing #41. BTW, what ever happened to the running back named Blowers #20, who was sharing the backfield with Pegram that night?

....or why not just call them "North Texas Fans"

If the Russian Winters were not so strong.

Thanks! What a relief! Thanks! What a relief!

One of the advanced history courses that I took in College was "Europe between the World Wars". It was actually the history of the rise of Nazi Germany. There were strong indications in the course material that indicated that had France not humiliated Germany in the Paris Peace Accords, there wouldn't have been the ideal conditions for the Nazi's to come to power. In other words, some historians feel that France created that monster.

One of the advanced history courses that I took in College was "Europe between the World Wars". It was actually the history of the rise of Nazi Germany. There were strong indications in the course material that indicated that had France not humiliated Germany in the Paris Peace Accords, there wouldn't have been the ideal conditions for the Nazi's to come to power. In other words, some historians feel that France created that monster.

Sick..... but very funny!

My guess is that it's a typo and he's going to Tyler Junior College (which BTW is in Smith County). The other possibility is Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC) in Athens. Most of these schools are getting away from the word "Junior" in their names.

Ahhh, good ol' Texas Football. The former shill-rag for the old SWC.

........my opinion as well. I also love this quote. Dissent is the highest form of patriotism - Thomas Jefferson .....so according to Thomas Jefferson, one of the most patriotic generations in American History would be the 60's-early 70's generation.

.....and your son is very right to have that attitude. I wish him all the luck and success in the world. Keep us posted on what I know will be a very successful career at N.Colorado.

Naturally this doesn't give UT any sort of unfair advantage, funding-wise, with our law makers.

6'3"X 370!?!?