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Not a bad crowd: January 20, 2007 The Super Pit • Attendance: 3,264

The second half would have been more fun for them to watch (as a UNT fan)....

Transfer Question: Does this scholarship apply against our 2007 allotment, even though he is sitting out and not eligible, or 2008 numbers? If he is on ship during a sit-out year then 3 years of eligibility, plus one or two past ship years, that could be 6 scholarship years in college, or more if he was to transfer again. Is scholarship years unlimited; I know playing years are not?

No, I don't think it was one of those that was talked about. I can't remember the name, one I hadn't heard before...just looking thru the Denton listings: maybe Central Grill, Sunset Grill, Green House, or Pecan House? Anyone mention one of those in a thread this week????

Q.> There was discussion recently on another thread about some posters eating at a GOOD restaurant in Denton. Seems it was off the square and had a lot of variety? Or anywhere in Denton for that matter....names? Yes, NT football related, sorta....you can't have football without food.....

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extended Box NCAAF 1 2 3 4 F - - - - -- New Mexico St 0 10 6 7 23 North Texas 0 21 3 6 30 FINAL New Mexico St-FG Aguiniga 29 North Texas-J Wilburn 7 run (Ball kick) North Texas-Ryan 42 fumble return (Ball kick) North Texas-S Hall 8 run (Ball kick) New Mexico St-Branstetter 3 run (Aguiniga kick) New Mexico St-Gifford 88 punt return (two-point conversion failed) North Texas-FG Ball 32 North Texas-J Wilburn 2 run (two-point conversion failed) New Mexico St-Enzminger 1 run (Aguiniga kick) New Mexico St North Texas First downs 13 17 Rushed-yards 39-180 53-208 Passing yards 139 63 Sacked-yards lost 2-7 2-5 Return yards 93 61 Passes 12-25-2 6-12-0 Punts 5-42.0 8-33.9 Fumbles-lost 5-3 1-1 Penalties-yards 14-118 7-45 Time of possession 25:03 34:57 Individual Statistics RUSHING: New Mexico St-C Barnes 11-98, Enzminger 14-57, Branstetter 7-19, Keith 7-6. North Texas-J Wilburn 41-172, S Hall 12-36. PASSING: New Mexico St-Enzminger 12-25-2-139. North Texas-S Hall 6-12-0-63. RECEIVING: New Mexico St-P Winston 4-42, A Davis 2-39, Talbert 2-24, Branstetter 2-6, Mccray 1-22, C Barnes 1-6. North Texas-Curtis 3-46, Mclane 2-16, Holly 1-1. Att: 8,635

Then they spent a lot of money building that football locker room in the AC just for a hoax. Revisit this at the end of 2007 and let's see where we are then.

In the movie some prisoners come on a bus to Fouts to play a practice game. Coach Parker is the guard first getting off the bus when they arrive.

We have no invites at this time and we are not going independent. CUSA is the next opening we want. You don't like it?...Take it up with the AD. Nobody on this board can make that decision or an opening in another conference happen, deal with it; and your ranting won't change conferences. I don't care much for the SBC either, but the WAC costs too much with no closer rivals, got alot of $$ do ya? BTW, the Big12 is full also at the moment.

Maybe Denton car dealerships won't pay players unless they actually work?

Yes, Bailiff probably made the worst coaching gaff I have ever seen on TV. As I recall, National 1-AA semifinals in 2005, Texas State hosting Northern Iowa. TSU had all the momentum going their way, got the ball back on about the 50 with a minute and a half left in a tied game, 3 timeouts remaining, and coach just runs out the clock to get to OT; where they lose. TV showed TSU players shaking their heads during the game time running down, he just killed their confidence.

Updated article: ........................................................................ SL Carroll opening draws lots of interest 10:38 PM CST on Thursday, January 18, 2007 By BRANDON GEORGE / The Dallas Morning News SOUTHLAKE – Three area Class 4A/5A football head coaches are among 28 applicants for Southlake Carroll's head coaching job, a Carroll ISD spokesman said Thursday. Plano East's Johnny Ringo was the only area 5A head coach to apply, said Derek Citty, Carroll ISD chief personnel officer. Two area 4A head coaches also applied: Keller Fossil Ridge's Hal Wasson and Frisco's Vance Gibson. A six-person committee met Thursday afternoon and selected five finalists, who will be brought in for interviews next week, said Carroll ISD superintendent David Faltys. Faltys, who is on the committee, refused to release the names of the finalists Thursday night because not all of them had been contacted. Citty said Carroll hopes to name a coach by the end of next week. "We have some great folks in there with some good credentials from some well-known programs," Faltys said. "Some of those guys have coached a lot of games the last couple of years. We have some very good candidates coming in for interviews." The new coach will take over one of the nation's premier high school programs and have to fill the shoes of Todd Dodge, who announced in December that he was leaving to become North Texas' head coach. Dodge was 98-11 in seven seasons at Carroll, including 79-1 with four 5A state titles the last five seasons. One Carroll employee, longtime coach/teacher Eli Melton, applied for the job. Melton, 52, grew up in Southlake. Three Carroll assistants previously followed Dodge to North Texas. Wasson, 50, has strong ties to Carroll. He was the running backs coach there in 2001 and 2002. Wasson's son, Chase (now at Texas State), was a record-setting quarterback at Carroll and led it to the 2002 5A Division II state title. Wasson is 122-83-2 in 19 seasons as a head coach, 28-15 in four seasons at Fossil Ridge. He's reached the playoffs 11 times, including last season's 10-2 Fossil Ridge team. Ringo, 46, is 68-41-2 in 10 seasons as a head coach at Irving MacArthur, Coppell and Plano East, where he's 21-15 in three seasons. Gibson, 53, is 15-7 in two seasons at Frisco, his first high school head coaching job since he was at Sherman in 1984. Gibson was 89-41-1 in 13 seasons at Howard Payne University, where he won three conference titles. Two applicants played for the Cowboys: Eugene Lockhart (1984-1990) and Tyrone Hughes (1998). Phil Pettey, a 6-4, 274-pound offensive guard for the Washington Redskins in 1987, also applied. He has been an NFL assistant for the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints and a college assistant at LSU, USC and Pittsburgh. Successful head coaches from Kansas (Overland Park St. Thomas Aquinas' Kevin Kopecky) and Illinois (Addison Driscoll Catholic's Mike Burzawa) are among the seven out-of-state applicants. Kopecky has a 131-93 career record in 23 seasons and is 72-37 in 10 seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas. Driscoll Catholic has won six consecutive state titles, including the last two with Burzawa as the head coach. Two in-state applicants are coming off deep playoff runs last season. Bryan Erwin led La Marque to the 4A Division II state title, and Tony Heath led Pearland to the 5A Division I state semifinals. Erwin is 65-8 in five seasons at La Marque, including state titles in 2003 and 2006. Heath is 87-32 in 10 seasons at Pearland, where he reached the playoffs eight times. Former McKinney coach Todd McVey and former Weatherford coach Mike Sneed also applied.

Good video of him meeting with the team on Tuesday, and some very nice comments from him. Story said more season football tickets could be sold in January than all of last year.

My favorite darkhorse candidate: Nathan Washington: Enterprise Car Sales of Idaho/Utah group

Dodge on Ch. 8. More media love.

I'll go on record now on who will get the job: Hal Wasson: Head coach, Keller Fossil Ridge

Carroll set to determine coaching finalists 12:59 PM CST on Thursday, January 18, 2007 By BRANDON GEORGE / The Dallas Morning News A six-person committee will meet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday to decide the finalists for the job of football head coach at Southlake Carroll. Twenty-eight persons applied for the job, said Derek Citty, Carroll ISD chief personnel officer. Seven of the 28 are from out of state, Citty said, and most whom applied are high school football head coaches. Citty said Carroll hopes to name a head coach by the end of next week after a round of interviews early next week with each finalist. The job posting requested that those whom applied have at least Class 4A or 5A assistant or head coaching football experience, Citty said. Carroll accepted applications through Tuesday. A six-person committee consisting of Citty, Carroll ISD superintendent David Faltys, athletic director Ronnie Tipps, Carroll Senior High principal Daniel Presley, Carroll High principal Rick Westfall and booster club president Jack Luna will select the finalists. Here are the 28 who applied for the job, according to Citty: John Addicks: Athletic director/head coach, Lake Hill Preparatory Edward Arledge: Head coach/boys athletic coordinator, Clear Brook Gabriel Alvarado: Defensive coordinator, George Jenkins, Lakeland, Fla. R.J. Bond: Head coach, DeLay Middle School, Lewisville James Brown: Athletic coordinator/head coach, Brazosport Mike Burzawa: Head coach, Driscoll Catholic, Addison, Ill. Lonnie Cook: Head coach, Holy Trinity Catholic, Temple, Texas Kevin Ellison: Varsity assistant coach, Pflugerville Connally Bryan Erwin: Athletic coordinator/head coach, La Marque Clint Finley: Defensive coordinator/QB coach, Schulenburg Rod Fuhrmann: Head coach, New Waverly Vance Gibson: Head coach, Frisco Tony Heath: Head coach, Pearland Tyrone Hughes: Assistant coach, Dallas Jesuit Kevin Kopecky: Head coach, St. Thomas Aquinas, Overland Park, Kan. Eugene Lockhart: Former Cowboys linebacker Dennis Lorio: Assistant coach, Parkview Baptist School, Baton Rouge, La. Todd McVey: Former head coach, McKinney Eli Melton: Varsity assistant coach, Southlake Carroll Weldon Nelms: Athletic director/head coach, Wimberley Phil Pettey: Former NFL and collegiate assistant coach, former NFL player Johnny Ringo: Head coach, Plano East David San Juan: Assistant coach, Allen D. Nease, St. Augustine, Fla. Mike Sneed: Former head coach, Weatherford Blaine Springston: Athletic director/head coach, Andrews John Ullrich: Head coach, Life School of Oak Cliff Nathan Washington: Enterprise Car Sales of Idaho/Utah group finance manager; hasn't worked as a coach since 1999 Hal Wasson: Head coach, Keller Fossil Ridge The job came open in mid-December when Todd Dodge announced he was leaving to become coach at North Texas. Over his last five years at Carroll, Dodge built the football program into one of the nation’s best by going 79-1 and winning four Class 5A state titles.

You're correct. Someone also doesn't spend $1.5 million seed money without assurances the project will happen. The next step of the firm hired to do the capital campaign surveys that were gathered late last year was to report back the findings mid-January (now) then determine how much and when was viable for bonds and a campaign. I expect to hear something about Capital Campaign projects and timelines soon. It is better to ask potential donors for $$ now while they are somewhat happy.

Boise State and Nevada were never in the SunBelt. However, the gist of your rant is correct that UNT does need to explore other options and I believe we are doing that. The next logical step would be CUSA. There are several things that need to happen for us to go there and I think we're slowly working towards those: competative teams, donor$, attendance, facilities and a membership opening.

In addition to walkways on the new widened NT Blvd bridge, the masterplan also shows a pedestrian-only walkbridge from about the Fouts MGC deck area/parking lot over towards the new stadium location. I think they still plan to use the Fouts lot as remote parking for games.

Oh, I agree I'd take BU's stadium. But it is not a 5 minute drive from campus, more like 15 minutes, about like UNT to the Denton ISD Stadium across town. Yes, I consider Eagle Point to be on campus. Check the photo below of where the new stadium will be (between the AC and the pond on the left) See Fouts in the background...the new Stadium will be very walkable from the dorms: http://www.kingdl1.com/UNT/AC/ac.jpg

What about .... oh wait, he may be a Utah State fan now.......

While realistically it might be a lateral move, media and non-UNT fans would see it as a move up.

Baylor's biggest knock on their facilities is that they have no on-campus stadium. As Fry found out trying to move NT games to Texas Stadium and the Cotton Bowl, there's no place like (on-campus) home!

If UNT is changing it's real helmets this season like speculated, I will want a mini of it when we see it.