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The perk for a Head Coach at NT in a 1-A program is not the salary. It is the chance to show what he can do running the show, ie. job experience. Then he can hope to move up and get the BCS $$. We can't offer BCS coaching $$ but we can offer a 1-A coaching position. Dickey couldn't move up, thus he's moving out!

I agree, uniforms have to be approved by conference and NCAA guidelines. These were YMCA throwaways. It was a definite slap to RV, the fans, and the University.

I heard that RV didn't know about them. Also, that it was team's idea to show support for DD and revolt against the administration. No way I let DD on the bus to Monroe! We are the Mean GREEN, not the Mean Machine from "the Longest Yard".

So why is Sturns and Quincy not starting? Stewart starts and scores 0 points? BTW, UTA lost to TCU in double overtime today...they may not be as bad as we thought. Tulsa beat UALR at home by 6 today, Tulsa comes to Denton Tues. night.

Mean Green looking for fourth win of season against Florida Atlantic 12:38 AM CST on Saturday, November 18, 2006 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer North Texas won a few big games, toppled records and set off multiple wild post-game celebrations at Fouts Field during nine seasons under head coach Darrell Dickey. UNT stomped Baylor in 2003, Jamario Thomas rushed for a school-record 291 yards against Idaho in 2004 and fans tore down the goalposts after the Mean Green clinched the Sun Belt Conference title in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Memories from those good times will come flooding back for more than a few UNT coaches and players today, when the Mean Green face Florida Atlantic in their home finale that will also mark the end of an era. Dickey, the architect of UNT's four-year run as Sun Belt Conference champions from 2001-04, will make his final appearance at home with the Mean Green in the second-to-last game of the season. Dickey was fired on Nov. 8 in the middle of his ninth season with the Mean Green. The longtime UNT coach has declined to reflect on what the game might be like for him personally and has focused instead on what his team has accomplished and still can achieve in the last two weeks of the season. "Myself and my players are going to try to finish this season representing the University of North Texas the way we always have," Dickey said. "We are going to give the best effort we possibly can and focus all of our attention on putting together a wonderful performance on Saturdays. That's our goal." UNT came as close as it has to that goal since a win over SMU in the second week of the season last week by beating Louisiana-Lafayette. The Mean Green didn't have their best offensive game of the year, but combined enough big plays with a solid defensive performance to pull out a 16-7 victory that came just days after Dickey was told he would not return next season. The win broke a three-game slide that saw the Mean Green lose close games to Troy and Louisiana Tech. "It's a compliment to the character of the players in this program and their maturity that we went down there and beat a team that was picked to win the conference and has veterans across the board," Dickey said. "It's as proud as I have been of a football team in a long time." UNT's players are looking forward to trying to build on that win in what will be the last home game not only for Dickey, but for several seniors who helped create some of the memorable moments at Fouts in the Dickey era. Johnny Quinn, UNT's all-time leader in receiving yards, linebacker Phillip Graves and offensive lineman Joel Foster are a few of several seniors who played during a 26-game conference winning streak that ranked among the nation's longest before coming to an end early last season. "I am going to have a lot of family there," senior wide receiver Zach Muzzy said. "It will be emotional, but we will be focused and ready to play. We want to win not only for coach Dickey but also for ourselves. We want to go out on top." Reaching that goal could be a challenge against an FAU team that always seems to find a way to beat the Mean Green. The Owls stunned UNT in the second week of the 2004 season when Doug Parker scored on a 1-yard run with 29 seconds left to give FAU a 20-13 win. The Owls came back to beat the Mean Green last season when Nick Bazaldua's potential game-tying, 47-yard field goal bounced off the right upright with two seconds left in a 26-23 loss. UNT's players attributed their struggles against FAU to the Owls' intensity. "They play hard," Foster said. "Even if they make a mistake they come back and create opportunities for themselves. We are going to have to match their intensity." Getting its offense on track wouldn't hurt the Mean Green's cause either. UNT scored a season-high 31 points two weeks ago in a loss to Louisiana Tech and added 16 last week against UL-Lafayette, but still ranks No. 117 out of 119 teams nationally in total offense with an average of 231.1 yards a game. The Mean Green's veterans are hoping they can improve on that total and rekindle some of the magic they created at Fouts Field earlier in their careers under Dickey. "We are definitely looking forward to our last home game," Foster said. "It will be my last time at home and the last time for a lot of other guys. We want to leave with a good taste in our mouths."

Coaches, administrators, even players will come and go, it's the fans that always continue on, loyal to the cause! Go Mean Green!

UNT guard out six weeks with tendon injury 11:54 PM CST on Friday, November 17, 2006 By BRETT VITO / Denton Record-Chronicle DENTON – Senior guard Kendrick Davis is out for 6-7 weeks with a partially torn flexor tendon in the wrist of his left (shooting) hand. Davis had surgery on Thursday to repair the tear he suffered while breaking the window of a hallway door in the Super Pit following a last-second loss to UT-Arlington on Wednesday.

Posted on: Friday, November 17, 2006 Warriors' success stirring up interest By Stephen Tsai Advertiser Staff Writer University of Hawai'i defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville might very well be a candidate to fill the head football coaching job at North Texas. He just doesn't know it. "I have not talked to anybody about it, nobody's talked to me about it, and I guess that means there's nothing going on," Glanville said. "That's Internet speculation. I'm not going to talk about it. There's nothing going on." A stir was created — on the Internet, naturally — when Tim Dienhart of The Sporting News reported Glanville might be a candidate. "I had a source tell me today," Dienhart wrote in his college football roundup, "that Hawaii defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville could be a factor in the North Texas job after Darrell Dickey was let go a few weeks ago. It's a position Glanville is interested in, I'm told. It seems like a perfect match for each party." Told about Dienhart's story, Glanville said: "I have no idea who he is. I have not spoken a word to him. I have not talked to one team this entire season. I'm working. I've got my plates full. All I'm worried about is San Jose State." With the Warriors' success this season, head coach June Jones said, he expects his coaches to be mentioned for coaching jobs across the country. "That's what happens when you're winning," Jones said. Glanville mused: "I may move, but I won't move past Diamond Head. That's the end of that tune. You know what my favorite song is, don't you? It's: 'If the Phone's Not Ringing, It's Probably For Me.' I love that song." Glanville, like all UH assistant coaches, has a one-year contract. He was head coach for two National Football League teams before working for 12 years as a television commentator and race-car driver/owner. He was hired as UH's defensive coordinator in April 2005.

It is a good article, but he is 65. Can he coach another 5-8 years effectively? And what if he won 8 games at UNT then a bigger program calls? How loyal could this guy be to us and for how long? He balked at the Dakota job after accepting it.

You obviously haven't watched any UNT games the past two years. As an example of what's been going on, the scout team beat the first team in the final fall scrimmage this year before the season started.

You're clueless, and hopefully not representative of normal USM fans.

Is this DD?

The Mattress Man writes one check, for DD's sake, and you think he's entitled to run the whole program? Where was he during the 1-AA days and when we needed $ to expand Fouts to return to 1-A? MM showed up too late to the party and now wants his cake too.

Yes, you don't see the Music or Education Departments generating this kind of media exposure for the University!

I bet we get up to 100 apply for it. The compensation is not a problem, it's the position that is the perk, the job experience at one of only 119 available.

$1million-plus Villarreal not sure how money will be distributed 08:54 AM CST on Friday, November 17, 2006 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer North Texas is in the final stages of securing a gift to the athletic department of more than $1 million, athletic director Rick Villarreal said Thursday. “We will probably make an announcement next week,” Villarreal said. “We are waiting until we determine where the money will go within the department.” Villarreal said the money could be spread to several different areas of the department, but that it will make a large impact on the Mean Green’s program. UNT has multiple projects in its plans for the next several years, including a new football stadium to replace Fouts Field, a baseball venue that would allow the school to revive its program and a golf course. Villarreal said the gift would be the largest UNT has landed during his tenure that began in the spring of 2001. The department received a $1 million gift from Houston businessman Jim McIngvale in 2004 that went toward the construction of the Mean Green Athletic Center. California businessman Ronald Waranch gave another $1 million toward the construction of a tennis center later that year. UNT named the new facility the Ronald Waranch Tennis Pavillion. Those two donations helped Villarreal raise $12.3 million in the first five years of his tenure at the school, according to figures provided by the department. Villarreal: Butler initiated contact UNT athletic director Rick Villarreal said Thursday that Southern Miss assistant head coach Randy Butler initiated contact about the Mean Green’s opening for a head football coach. Multiple coaches and administrators at Southern Miss said Wednesday Villarreal had asked for permission to talk to Butler about the job. Villarreal was unavailable for comment on Wednesday night, but said Thursday Butler is just one of more than 50 coaches who have inquired about the position and that he is still gathering information about who is interested in the job. Several coaches have expressed interest, including UTEP offensive coordinator Eric Price and former NFL head coach Jerry Glanville, who is now the defensive coordinator at Hawaii. “It has only been a week that the job has been open,” Villarreal said. “I am going to try to gather all the information that I can so that everyone will receive consideration.”

Stay on the sidelines? Like he did for 35 years after leaving NT?

Done. You have to admit it's been a fun and interesting week on the board. style_emoticons/

It's not the compensation that is the perk in the NT head coach's position, it is the position itself as a 1-A head coach, one of only 119 available. We are basically an entry-level 1-A position and $$ is not the carrot, it's the job experience. We will have no trouble attracting applicants regardless of what we pay.

I think it makes MM comes across as almost a cult leader for Dickey. I had more respect for him when I thought he was donating to UNT, not Dickeyville.

I didn't see it either, but it's probably in line with other recent National stories about large donors trying to influence decisions at colleges. There is a fine line between donor and demander when $$ are involved. Anyway, I'm glad RV won't let us be blackmailed to keep someone.

It's too hard to keep up with who's on the delusional posters list and who's not. style_emoticons/

It would depend on the size of the gift. $10 million vs. $1 million would make a big difference. $1 million doesn't go very far towards construction of anything when you consider finish out, furnishings, landscaping, etc. An indoor facility could also be used in heat as well as cold and by other programs like marching band, soccer, softball, track,etc. However, if you want max return and impact on your investment, we need it towards the new football stadium. A new stadium will bring better OOC opponents (maybe a better conference), more media to the school, more HS playoff games (future students?), and greatly improve the image of our athletics program as a whole (thus more donors).

I would think stitches to the palm are much better than broken knuckles or fingers for a shooter. He may be out for a while but not as long as a break.

D2 football board, thread on Don Carthel at WT vs. NT Most on the D-II board don't think Carthel would leave West Texas for North Texas.