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It made me sick to watch.

Briefly ... Dave Denison of Stratford, a company that co-owns the 3,400 acre M.T. Cole Ranch outside of Denton with the Cole family, said his firm has a deal, in principal, to donate land to UNT so the university can build a golf course near Tom Cole Road, perhaps in five years. UNT leaders did not confirm the deal.

Wrong! The attendance is TOO small.

Not in the same league.

With all the focus on DT's I think DD needs to remember the offense...points are what we were short on in 9 games.

If anyone saw any of Plano's playoff games, one player stood out with a booming leg, Plano's K/P Brian Sheffield. He finished as the first team ALL-STATE 5A punter and second team kicker. Recruiting Buzz with Todd Wills: Here's my prediction: kicker Brian Sheffield, the best I've seen at the high school level in 25 years, will kick on Saturdays, with or without a scholarship. SMU was looking at Sheffield and Carrollton Creekview's Kellis Cunningham and went with Cunningham. I'm sure Cunningham is an excellent kicker, but it would just be flat out foolish for someone not to offer Sheffield.

Sturns was hanging on after going for a rebound to keep from coming down on top of another player (which is legal and is no foul). At the same time another NT player tipped the rebound toward the basket and it went in while Sturns was hanging on. The refs at first ruled offensive goaltending then changed to a technical for hanging on (wrong) and awarded USA 2 shots. I don't know why NT got the ball back. I also don't know why our coaches didn't challenge more calls like that one. Maybe a coach getting ejected would have inspired the players more? The refs were inconsistant and tried to control the game too much while letting some blatant fouls go uncalled. But USA was quicker overall and we couldn't handle their backcourt press at all. Too many turnovers and poor shooting percentage doomed us. Another lost opportunity to gain and keep some new fans.

Denton has a large history of Outlaws around it. From Bonnie and Clyde to hideout hill now called I believe "Pilot Knob" along I-35W where outlaw gangs used to hole up and watch for the good guys.

RV responded to this question from a poster recently: I think many people are wondering about the baseball field. I understand that it is dependant on the owners of the Outlaws participating. Will they still be building a baseball stadium and if so when? RV: It is no longer dependent on them although I believe they will be a part of it. Look for good news soon.

Alumni apathy? Where were the students the past 10 home games? The alums were nearly the only ones in the stands in the past games. And don't give me the excuse they were gone for the holidays (what about the games before the holidays?). The DFW and Denton area students could travel back for a game just like alums have to do for every game. 31,000+ students, where are they???

North Texas Has Just Enough Against Troy, 84-77 Jim Stephan 01/25/2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DENTON, Texas – North Texas shot 46.8 percent from the field and dominated the boards with a 50-33 advantage to post an 84-77 Sun Belt Conference victory over Troy Thursday night at the Super Pit. Bobby Dixon scored 28 points to lead the Trojans, who had a three-game winning streak snapped in falling to 10-8 overall and 3-3 in league play. Todd Martin topped double figures for the first time with 12 points on four three-pointers, while Cedric Jackson added 10 points. Kendrick Davis led three Mean Green players in double figures with a career-high 27 points. Troy fell behind by as many as 21 points early in the second half after North Texas (12-6, 5-2) turned a 46-33 lead at intermission into 51-33 and 55-34 with a 5-0 that extended to 9-1 by the 16:27 mark. The lead stayed in the upper-teens until back-to-back threes by Dixon and Martin cut the lead to 12, 68-56, with 7:28 remaining. The Trojans had a chance to close to within single-digits after a missed three, but Martin missed one of his own. The next three times Troy trailed by 10, the Mean Green was able to answer with a basket or free throws on the next possession until Martin again struck from behind the arc. His three with 2:49 to play made the score 77-68, but five straight points including a banked three-pointer by Davis as the shot clock sounded, pushed the lead back to 14. A Dixon layup and a steal and dunk by Sharp in a six-second span in the final minute put some spark in the Trojans, but they could never get closer than the final margin of seven points. “We played a good basketball team in North Texas,” said head coach Don Maestri. “It was just one of those nights when we missed wide open jump shots and they hit a lot of threes. I expected a tough game on the boards because they can jump and they have good size.” The first half was a case of hot shooting by the Mean Green. They hit nine of 18 three-pointers and 48.6 percent overall. With the score tied at 22 near the nine-minute mark, Calvin Watson hit one of his three first-half three-pointers to start a 5-0 run. After a jumper by Jarvis Acker, Watson hit another trey to start an 11-1 run that built the lead to 13, 38-25, with 3:45 remaining. Acker and Martin hit three-pointers in the next minute to trim the margin to seven with 2:24 remaining, but North Texas outscored the Trojans 6-0 over the remaining time to rebuild a 13-point lead at the break. The halftime deficit was the first in five Sun Belt Conference games this season, while the 46 points allowed were the second-highest all year. “I thought Daryl (Davis), Todd and Jarvis played well off the bench,” Maestri added. “We have to keep battling and keep fighting, not just in games, but all season. I was proud of the way we kept after them after falling behind more than 20 in the second half.” Troy’s three-game road trip continues Saturday night at Denver. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. (CST).

From FFR after the football banquet: "Overall it was a fun night and I'm excited about Spring ball, which starts Mon, Feb 13th, and runs through the spring game which will be Thursday 6 p.m., March 9th." Either the DRC or UNT official site should have the complete schedule up soon.

If you want to watch a TV game while listening to the NT game the ULL/WKY game is on ESPN2.

Is this ULM's bogus "home" game in Little Rock?

I will support any QB* who can win an OOC game for UNT; SBC games do not qualify. (*) this applies to coaching also.

So you thought Rose Bowl prices wouldn't carry over to next season? (these are endzone seats).... eBay: UT vs. NT football tickets sidenote: the visual advertising is nice!

There will probably be some long Saturday scrimmages like last year (3-4 hours long!). However, DD likes to end spring practice just before UNT's spring break. DD said it gives the players spring break off knowing practice is done, allows them to just be students for the rest of the semester, and allows for more time to heal from injuries if any before fall camp.

I wish he would have that attitude on the radio and not act instead like we're lucky to be on the same field with some of these teams. A coach has to inspire the fans as well as the team!

-30, -45, -41. It really doe$n't matter.

PC got a good amount of air time. They showed a close up of him and flashed his photo and talked about how good a student he was too. And all the announcers said "North Texas".

I didn't realize that Mean Joe Greene and O.J. were featured together on the same 1968 Playboy all-american team. Was he the only player from NT to make that team? 1968 Playboy All-American team photo

What has he been drinking?

They are not very smart if they think a National Championship in 1-AA is anything more than a glorified high school playoff game. And to choose a 1-AA program over a 1-A offer?

I had such a shirt when I was on the NTSU club bowling team back in the day. They were the lime green - flying worm type bowling shirts, with North Texas State University in script on them. We went to Austin and Lubbock for tournaments and the shirts, while very stylish to us, were very distracting to the other bowlers! Anyway, I think I've lost the shirt over many moves during the years.