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Excellent advertising idea! Is this Denton schools? School districts love free donated stuff, perhaps we could hit other districts too.

Indiana and LSU at the SuperPit are good games.

I think he's free game again from junior college. We sent a couple to Kansas to JC and Tech signed one (Jamal Brown?). I think we just signed a Waco JC kid that Baylor wanted didn't we?

I'm sure RV had a good talk with her about this issue, and I'm sure he's satisfied it's settled and she's ready for another chance. Her record says she can coach. We know as fans that emotions sometimes get the best of us.

I believe the home/home with Oklahoma St. and NT was for football. We sent them a contract for that and they hadn't signed it yet..per RV a couple months ago. They don't want to play at Fouts (can't blame them).

He's talking about getting Tech at home on Feb.24 and the game being on ESPN's Big Monday telecast...he posts Tech's schedule to show @Oklahoma State on it (feb.24)....

OSU? That looks like Texas Tech's schedule. I think since Tech is already visiting TCU (metroplex), that may have been one reason they didn't schedule us. And since they played at SMU last season, maybe we can get them here next year. Anyway, I'm cheering for anyone who plays against them! Wreck Tech!!

It will be mucho fun to beat the mules at moody!

I think July and August is probably the busiest time of year in the athletic department. They have to prepare the media guide and press info, send out ticket brochures and renewal mailings, coordinate fall team travel and finish schedules, find advertising $$, prep the facilities, get ready for a new school year for athletes, etc., etc. Still with all that said, yes, communication with fans must remain a priority. They must dedicate a web-master who has the time available to keep the site current and informative. And with volunteers available, those offers must be used. As far as RV burning out, I don't think so yet. Fall offers a new start and optomism for staff, players, and fans alike. RV has given us the plans and goals we've wanted, all we have to do now is show up at games and bring friends and donate $$. There are many places the grass is greener, we just have to show we are going in that direction too.

I think culture and training is creating a different kind of athlete, male and female. In the early 1980's college football linemen averaged 6-2, 240-250lbs and anyone around 300 was just fat, not in shape. Today 300lb in-shape linemen are common, and they are taller by a couple inches too. Women athletes also have progressed greatly in the last couple decades. I imagine today's college women soccer players could run circles around the ones from the 70's and 80's. Women 10 years from now will be even more athletic.

I think much of the increase is not in tuition, but fees that go along with tuition. I believe tuition is the same at all Texas state schools? I heard last spring UT and A$M were going to raise fees like $300/course to fund facilities and building maintenance. I know students at UT protested the fee, saying it was the state's job and $$ to maintain the buildings.

It makes no sense for the state to financially support two competing state universities in the same town. I think you'll see, as funding becomes tighter, that duplication of university departments 3 miles across town are a waste. I understand no TWU alum wants to lose it's school's identity, but the reality is that a "women's" university is outdated and the faculty and facilities could become part of something so much greater than it is now. A merger would no-doubt create the third flagship university in the state. The combined campuses could easily hold 50,000 students and re-assigned buildings could bring specialization that does not currently exist.

Welcome to the board! NT has a very good club baseball team, but has not had varsity baseball since it's Southland Conference days (it was a conference requirement to have baseball back then). The SBC is an excellent baseball conference and I too would someday like to see varsity baseball again. I think $$, facilities, and Title IX will keep it from happeneing anytime soon. It's very expensive to build a field then you'd have to balance it with another women's sport to meet Title IX requirements. Women's softball will be added next in 2004 as a varsity sport to help equal out schlorships for Title IX for the sports we already have. I think the requirement for total number of men's "team" sports was not included in the new 1-A criteria like it was orginally suggested; that would have caused NT to need to add another men's team sport (possibly baseball).

GE&H, you need to come back and visit the campus for homecoming, it's had alot of change. The Ave. D exit off I-35 (newly named North Texas Blvd.) now curves north by the Fouts parking lot. That whole area with a new entryway sign, the new Performance Hall, Gateway Center, and Superpit is really very nice. The only eyesore left there is Fouts (hope soon it'll be modernized too!!). I think the current administration is placing more emphasis on landscaping and greenspaces, they've cleaned up many areas and have plans for more.

#1 - A NEW Football Stadium along I-35. 200,000+ people a day would pass by it and say "Wow"! #2 - More greenspace and more landscaping for the UNT campus. Many people's first impressions of a school are made within the first block of the campus. # 3 - Goldplate the dome on the Admin. Building. Someone tried to make it look like faded copper, but it's looks instead like light green, faded paint.

Iowa finished middle-of-the-pack in several CC meets last year but finished 11th in the Big10 meet.

Here is her bio from the University of Iowa site.... Univ. of Iowa women's cross country

From FWST: TCU schedule closer to final The 2002-03 TCU men's basketball schedule won't be released for another two weeks, but it is starting to take shape. In Conference USA action, the Frogs will host Cincinnati and Marquette, and TCU will travel to Louisville and Charlotte. Nonconference games include trips to Baylor, Tulsa, North Texas and Virginia Commonwealth, and a home game against Texas Tech. The Frogs began practice Wednesday night and will have their final practice at TCU on Aug. 10 before leaving for Australia on Aug. 11.

I heard we may not have TCU at home either....seems like word on the street is be weary of JJ's boys, not the easy win it used to be!

Re-try the link again, it's not coming up. But thanks anyway for the intent. Q: For a 6:00 pm kickoff, what time does the tailgating hit it's highpoint and when should we head for the stadium seats?

I had lunch with Chuck today, and am proud to say I'm now a President's Council member. It's now easy to upgrade your Mean Green Club membership level and have it count towards a PC level. Call Chuck to ask about lunch and all the answers and info you can ask about UNT athletics, Capital Campaigns, facilities, etc. Chuck Vinson, UNT Office of Development, Metro (817) 267-0851.