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Love the upsets! I've always been an underdog fan. Guess it comes from always being an NT fan playing the Big Dogs...

It's not a hack. The DMN set it up that way to give a taste (read only) without the full monty (pictures), lol.

Nobody should be forced to do a job they don't like. He comes across as jaded sometimes about his "forced" reporting job, injecting jabs at the program. He has been a DRC NT reporter almost as long as I have been an NT fan...we're both bitter, lol!

Go to the DMN website on your cell phone and scroll down until you see the article headline under the sports section. Once you click the headline, the article will start to load... but then there will be an "ad banner" across the page so you can't read the article until you buy a subscription. To bypass the ad, start over on the webpage again. Click the article headline again, and while the article is loading...there will a small horizontal window box at the bottom of the screen. The center of the box will say "dallasnews.com". To the right of that is either an "X" or a refresh-page circle. If an X click it until you see the refresh-page circle. Click the refresh-page circle and the center of the box will briefly change and say "Reader Available" with a little tablet icon to the left of it. It only stays on that for a couple seconds then reverts back to the dallasnews.com label again. Refresh again and when Reader Available comes up click the tablet icon to it's left quickly. The article page will change to let you read the article for free, but most photos in the article won't load. It's mostly a read-only page but you can read all their articles like this for free.

Some parts were split off, but not all.

It was discussed in the past with NT/TWU because it would save the State million$ in reducing duplicate administration, classes, infrastructure, etc only 8 miles apart. But because it's a "Women's" university (so-called, but men attend too) it won't be touched by the Legislature, otherwise gender equality may be endangered. Do think if there was a Men's University it would still be called as such?

Good Dallas Morning News article about the background of Chandler Morris' injuries and his mindset coming to North Texas. Well written and I'm glad the DMN finally let someone else "not named Vito" write an NT article for a nice change. The article is behind a paywall, but you can read it for free on your cell phone in "reader available" view... https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/unt-mean-green/2024/08/27/chandler-morris-despised-football-at-north-texas-the-tcu-ex-is-having-fun-again/

UNT has had a medical school since 1970...

Both UConn men and women's basketball teams are elite and have been National Champs, multiple times. Memphis has been to the NCAA Final Four 3 times, but no championships. They did win the NIT in 2002 and 2021. They also vacated wins in some seasons and have been on probation several times. Memphis is a smaller media population of about 650K. I'm sure UConn being fairly close to NYC would be considered to draw their media. Memphis football > UConn football. Guess it depends on what market and area a conference is trying to cover.

I have seen it in white on other apparel...

These feel-good games against marginal teams is just a record padding. I'd rather see us play at least similar competition; same for basketball.

I hope this is not another FIU-like road game. QB Morris must stay healthy for the Offense. The Defense is still an experiment in progress. Too many "ifs" at this point of the season until we see real performance. I predict a slow sluggish start and a $mut comeback to win... NT 37-34.

From the S. Alabama Fan Forum... "Weather forecast for Saturday: 50% chance of rain early to midday, 94 at kickoff. Definitely going to be steamy." Game thread... https://247sports.com/college/south-alabama/board/59456/contents/game-week-north-texas-235124956/?page=1

Not sure why they had to put the NT in yellow? NT in White would show up much better on that logo, plus yellow is not a school color.

Our basketball, as good as we think it is or could be, would never get to the level of us being a P4 basketball-only invite. Cincy and Houston both had some really good basketball teams over the years, yet it was their combined good football, and locations, that won them invites to the Big12. They would not have been basketball-only invites either. An overall good athletic program (especially football) is the best formula for any move up potential to the P4. Otherwise, I am intrigued by the P2, best of the MWC and best of the AAC combination. I would hope we could be a part of that conversation if it shows potential. If not, then lets work on stealing Air Force and Colo. St to the AAC!

You can never go wrong with the Flying Worm, fits perfect on the helmet. Easy branding and makes the players faster and ready for contact!

I'm no fan of the "wings and tailfeathers only" helmet either. Put the Full eagle on there or change the mascot. Would $mut put only the rear end of a Pony on their helmet? Yes, they should, lol. Oregon has the trademark on feather helmets....

Big12 wants their basketball, but not all their athletics (especially their pitiful football). UConn has probably countered with an all-or-none. I doubt it gets agreed to.

A lucky 5-point win over a 2-10 team last year. You were favored by 30. You could easily be 2-10 this year with that slop, lol.

The UTA AD and administrators said the same thing when they were justifying dropping football. Their basketball is still the same, lame. No change in 30 years even being the spotlight primary sport now with additional funding and a new arena. Football drives the bus with donors and is the basis for realignment invites. It gets the majority of media coverage for a college. It always has.

It's totally about Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark wanting their elite basketball programs. He earlier had floated the idea of UConn and Gonzaga as basketball-only schools, but I guess it fell thru. The article mentions it'a not near a done deal and several schools have pushed back against it, probably because of their poor football. Perhaps UConn made a counter offer for all-sports and time to get their football in shape?

I heard from a fan friend that attended the show that Coach Morris took some of the football team to watch/support the gals soccer game, so he missed the show. The OC and DC talked instead and he said they were very good.