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You obviously were not at the game in Ruston.

OOC wins under DD: Texas Tech, Samford, ULL, Nicholls St, Cincinnati, Baylor, Troy ............................................................................. The Losses: Oklahoma, Arizona State, Texas A$M, Houston, Kansas U, UNLV, LSU, Baylor, TCU, Baylor, Texas Tech, UNLV, Kansas State, TCU, OU, Texas Tech, USF, Troy, Colorado St, Texas, Alabama, TCU, Arizona, USF, OU, Air Force, Arkansas, Troy, Memphis, Texas, Fla. Atlantic, Colorado, Baylor, Southern Miss, Tulsa, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech

Gee, wonder who they get that attitude from?

UTEP, SMUt, Tulsa = no baseball BTW, is our baseball stadium deal still a go? I haven't heard anything recently or seen any dirt movement at that location.

Something positive needs to happen to us...and soon. It's better than talking about firing DD over and over again.....

North Texas Board of Regents Chairman of BOR, Athletics Council, and rumored protector of DD. He is very pro-UNT Athletics and I'm not sure about his protection of DD label. Helped secure Eagle Point for Athletics, funding for the Athletic Center, etc.

From MG61 thread: This was a snippet in todays The Commercial Appeal in Memphis: Players for sale or rent Division 1-A football coaches may want to take a look at Tulane game films. Because the school has been shut down since Hurricane Katrina, it's projected the university will lose $200 million this school year. Don't be surprised if the football program gets cut, meaning all Tulane players are eligible to transfer and play immediately next season. Some Tulane coaches have given a heads up to other coaches in the business that this will likely happen. .................................................................................. It would be very sad if this did happen to Tulane, but what if... If that happens CUSA will need a replacement, either all-sports, or as a football-only member. Who are the replacment candidate schools and does NT have anything better to offer than them? North Texas La Tech ULL Arkansas State NMSU others? Don't you just love conference realignment talk again?

If Tulane does drop football, CUSA will need another school or football-only school. Would UNT join CUSA for football-only? Would CUSA invite us over La Tech or ULL? I doubt CUSA would invite us based on our recent football demise, but maybe they'll look at our... our...something...and be impressed. Maybe not.

Only beating the Bottom 10 teams in the country is the reason we're in the mess we're in now. The "4 Bowls, 4 Conference Championships" hide the fact our record against the rest of college football (including 1-AA) over the same coaching period is 7-41, soon to be 7-42.

Wreck Tech !!

Maybe the phone line to the locker room was out? I passed by after the game and saw George interviewing DD outside the locker room, like they were talking into a small recorder. Still....we probably already know the standard answers: youth, inexperience, turnovers, didn't execute, penalties, poor field position, blah, blah......

OU wore throwback uni's against us two years ago. Flying Worm throwbacks for our homecoming would be great!

You really think we get close enough for TWO field goals?

Are these items staying on the menu tied to attendance or price? Can an item be removed by the Store Manager or does that have to be approved by the regional BOR, er Sales Rep?

Exactly. The SBC has been a good "temporary" home for us since the breakup of Big West football. But I never saw it as a final stop. We win it 4 times and what have we really achieved, what are we offered? A WAC invite (only because of location), and a CUSA visit (again because of location?). To get more and accomplish more, we need to beat the teams we want to be with someday...the Tulsas, Houstons, USM's, Memphis's, La Techs, Smuus, etc. We haven't done it. That MUST be the goal, not just another SBC trophy.

That's a good regional group to beat out for a player.

La Tech campus map (click #40 on the map for Stadium 360 degree view)

Temple = about to drop football or to 1-AA WKY = no to 1-A, or only if MAC asks FAMU = bankrupt program UNO = no football

I think you should review the past 7 years OOC scores.

The question was: "Will/Should DD get another contract extension" The answer (phrased another way): NO Now if the question was: Should DD's contract be renegotiated (salary only) to include criteria based on factors like attendance and OOC wins then I would say yes. But no length extension past 2009 until we see some OOC improvment. This is the biggest negative right now on us getting into a better conference!

Do you want to stay in 1-A purgatory? Think BIG thoughts!

Then what is the point of the whole service if there's no video? Sometimes we aim for 1-A but hit Div III instead.

I believe this is all rumor. It started many months ago when the SBC was wondering if FAU and FIU would qualify for 1-A and if ULM would jump to the SBC for all-sports and we wanted 9 for football. There was general board talk about what 1-AAs may want to move up (Texas State, WKY, Ga Sou, FAMU, SW Mo., etc.) Texas State admins said no to 1-A and I think Mo State also has NO planned move to 1-A; cost and attendance mentioned. Let them rot in 1-AA. BTW: did anyone catch the SFA at Sam Houston game on FSN Thursday night? Brought back memories of our Southland days...bad memories, very high schoolish looking.

The shirt should be in GREEN, or at least have that color option. Also, $16.00 for a specific game T-shirt is too pricey for students. Most schools offer single-game logo shirts for $5-7 for students. You may not see the shirts anyway if they are under coats on a cool Nov. 19.

Thanks for the report. I also would like to hear your opinions on anything you see. I like JJ, but I didn't like 14-14 last year and the poor performance in the tournament on our home floor. Does he feel any pressure to improve on that mark, especially considering our soft schedule this season?