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I have an extra copy.

All excellent ideas. The more fans are provided access to NT team info the more they will follow the team. We are flooded by Cowboys news on local sportscasts and newspapers thus we feel the need to tune in and see how they are doing or attend games.

Football: UNT’s Meager takes tumble in drills Mean Green QB hit head on ground, now OK 08:10 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer Daniel Meager gave the North Texas football team a scare Monday morning. Daniel Meager The redshirt freshman quarterback took a tumble during team drills and hit his head on the ground. Meager felt dizzy after the hit and left practice to be evaluated. He returned for UNT’s second practice of the day in the afternoon, but not participate in 11-on-11 passing drills. “Daniel’s fine,” UNT head coach Darrell Dickey said. “We were just being careful.” Meager entered the fall atop the depth chart at quarterback and has worked with the first team throughout practice. Meager’s absence opened up playing time for several other players who are competing for both the starting and backup jobs. Freshman Matt Phillips and junior Cullen Mills are among the players who received extra work with Meager out for a large portion of the day. Meager missed the majority of spring practice with a shoulder injury, but entered fall practice with a clean bill of health. Moore among players not with team Kevin Moore is not practicing with Mean Green to attend to what Dickey described as personal issues. Moore has served as one of UNT’s primary backup running backs the last two years and has also been a key player on special teams. The former Houston North Shore standout rushed for 267 yards while playing behind Patrick Cobbs in 2003 and added 141 yards last season. Moore was at his best as a kickoff return specialist last year when he averaged a team high 28.9 yards per return while racking up 318 yards. UNT has plenty of depth at running back with the return of Cobbs and Jamario Thomas, the last two national rushing champions. The Mean Green also returns Zach Muzzy and Ja’Mel Branch, a pair of players with experience returning kickoffs. Muzzy averaged 18.5 yards on a team-high 23 kickoff returns last season, while Branch averaged 19.7 yards an attempt in 2003. Branch, who sat out last season, is averaging 21.1 yards a return for his career and has racked up 1,118 yards on kickoff returns in three seasons. Backup linebacker Isaac Colbert is also not practicing with the team and is considering transferring. Colbert played in two games last season and was not on the Mean Green’s depth chart entering fall practice. Early returns to practice Linebacker Shawn Early returned to UNT’s practices on Monday afternoon, although it was in a completely different role than expected. Early suffered a sever knee injury in the spring when he tore both the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in his knee. The Jacksonville, Fla., native tried to rehabilitate the injury, but did not recover in time for the beginning of the 2005 season. Early, who is on track to graduate this year, stood on the sideline as a spectator for the first time since last season. Early said he plans to spend the season as a redshirt and return next year for his senior season. Phillip Graves has moved into the starting lineup to replace Early, who finished with 60 tackles last season.

UNT QB Meager misses part of practice 12:06 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 By BRETT VITO / The Denton Record-Chronicle DENTON – Quarterback Daniel Meager, who has worked with the first team throughout the fall, missed the second half of a workout Monday morning after hitting his head on the ground during a team drill. The redshirt freshman was dizzy after the hit and left practice to be evaluated. Meager returned for the afternoon session but was held out of drills as a precaution.

August 15, 2005 How the UNT brand was made DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas is offering a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of UNT's updated brand and new marks during an exhibit starting Aug. 29. The designers of the new, sleek eagle and the distinctive university logo will display hundreds of ever-changing sketches they created during the branding process. The exhibit runs Aug. 29 (Monday) – Sept. 8 (Thursday) in the Union Gallery in the University Union, one block west of Welch and West Prairie streets. An opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 30 (Tuesday). Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The updated brand – including a brighter shade of green, new eagle symbols and the tagline "Discover the power of ideas" – was unveiled in April. The new look is designed to capture the university's unique personality while preserving its traditions. The exhibit was organized by two branding design team members -- Eric Ligon, associate professor of visual arts, and Keith Owens, assistant professor of visual arts. Other design team members were team leader Diana Bracken, UNT's creative director; and professional designers Kyle Poff and Kris Murphy, both graduates of UNT's communication design program. Designing UNT's new brand was a rewarding challenge, said Owens, who has worked as a designer in Dallas, Houston and San Francisco. "It is always difficult to balance the various institutional and political interests associated with large-scale institutional change," he said. "It's rewarding in that the design team was able to arrive at a dynamic, visually memorable identity system for the university." For gallery or exhibit information, call (940) 565-3829. For more information about the branding design, visit www.unt.edu/branding.

Thanks for the practice notes, I think. I'm almost afraid to read one of these updates as it seems the injury bug has found us. Hope all a speedy recovery, well before Sept. 3!

Wreck Tech!

Do you realize this is a 4"x5" ad for North Texas and North Texas Athletics on the FRONT page of a NATIONAL paper displayed in every town and newsstand in the U.S.? Do you realize what that would cost if you could even BUY that kind of ad space? Has the University ever been on the front page of a National paper? Has the Music Dept. ever? Has Denton ever? I showed the front page to some people at work and I never saw so many mouths drop open. A few asked if I had the cover "made", as in a gag. The time is now to find that BIG donor!!

Nicholls State

The answer is in today's Mean Green Report =

Maybe they could use temporary paint for a center logo also for just the Troy ESPN-2 game?

"The Mean Green play at 30,500-seat Fouts Field, which resembles an overgrown high school facility. Their only I-A consensus All-American is Mean Joe Greene (1968), whose photo hangs on the side of the small press box." That part is not good media. It may be true but they could have mentioned the new AC, practice fields, and future site for new facilities to balance the Fouts slam. His pick of UNT behind MUTS and ULM also hurts.

Great writeup and pics. Thanks.

8/14 = 8/15 =

When will we know if T.J. "Big Cat" Raymond made his grades?

Great report, thanks for the updates. I had an appt. in Denton today and stopped by practice just as they were finishing and running sprints. The practice fields look very nice. That whole Athletic Complex is going to be very special when all is complete. We are so lucky the Raddison returned the Golf Course lease when they did. Otherwise our AC would now be over in the old Print Services Bldg and we'd be talking about renovating Fouts. There's not many schools that get 160 acres handed to Athletics to build something on by their BOR. I also visited the turf work at Fouts. Very impressive field. They were starting to put "North Texas" in one endzone. I snared a piece of scrap new turf to go with my piece of old Fouts turf. Wow, what a difference!

At one time I read that the City wanted to make a park out of it and maybe add a couple tennis courts and a bike path in exchange for upkeep or some kind of agreement with NT.

I'd switch it around to: Be Loud, Be Proud, Be GREEN

OU indoor football practice facility

Jun. 28, 2005 - A&M to build indoor practice facility A&M plans to build indoor practice facility -- and Franchione will help pay for it Aggies coach to make $1 million gift to A&M to help build new football facility By Olin Buchanan AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Saturday, June 25, 2005 Texas A&M officials are expected to announce today plans to construct an indoor practice facility for football, and Coach Dennis Franchione -- who said A&M would be the final stop in his coaching career when he accepted the position three years ago -- is making a $1 million gift toward its construction. Franchione's nomadic track record as a coach -- seven head coaching jobs in 22 years -- might have caused some to be skeptical about his future plans. But he said that his $1 million gift to help build the facility should end any doubts. "Does that sound like anybody that intends to leave?" said Franchione, who also is having a new home built in the exclusive Miramont Country Club development in Bryan. Texas A&M Athletic Director Bill Byrne, with Franchione in Colorado for a meeting with the 12th Man Foundation advisory board, said Franchione's gift to the university puts the coach in select company. "When I learned of this gift, two names jumped to mind: Joe Paterno and Bear Bryant," said Byrne, who will tell 12th Man Foundation members today about the plans to build the facility. "As far as I know, they're the only two other coaches to make a major gift back to their universities to help their own programs and respective institutions," Byrne said. "That's rarified company, and Dennis Franchione belongs in that group." Paterno funded a library at Penn State University and Bryant started a scholarship fund for the children of former Alabama football players. Three years ago, the University of Texas constructed its $4 million, 69,750-square foot practice bubble for the Longhorns' football team to practice indoors. Located on the northwest corner of Interstate 35 and 26th Street, Texas' facility helps the Longhorns escape the heat of August two-a-days and other extreme weather conditions, and its 55-foot ceiling is tall enough for kickers and punters to work out. Texas' facility took approximately six months to build. Though there has been speculation that A&M would follow Texas' suit -- even perhaps with an indoor facility that could be big enough to house two football fields and an indoor track -- the size and expense of the indoor facility has not yet been determined. A&M, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Colorado are the only Big 12 Conference schools that don't have an indoor football practice facility. A&M's new facility is expected to be built in an area on campus that is now a parking lot, just north of the current football practice fields. Franchione, who led A&M to a 7-5 record and a Cotton Bowl appearance last season, earns $2 million annually on a contract that extends through 2012.

What was wrong with the SnakePit? Wasn't it a volleyball-only facility now too? It seems larger than anything they have to renovate at Liberty Christian.

"Sales of the University of North Texas specialty license plate have generated more than $64,000 for scholarships since 1994. A new version of the plate, featuring UNT’s new logo, will be manufactured in about four months." I'm curious to see what new design they come up with. Hint: keep it simple and large to be the most visible!

Senior LB Early out for season 11:20 PM CDT on Thursday, August 11, 2005 DENTON – Linebacker Shawn Early will sit out the season as a redshirt to continue his recovery from a knee injury he suffered during spring practice. Early didn't report for the beginning of fall workouts but will return to school for the beginning of classes. The senior started 11 of 12 games last season and finished fourth on the team with 60 tackles. Early's loss leaves UNT with three returning defensive starters. Brett Vito Briefly ... UNT coach Darrell Dickey said freshmen Matt Phillips and Steve Warren will have a chance to compete for the starting and backup quarterback roles.

L. J. disabled it?; web-cam gate? Seriously, someone march out there with a flashlight and see what logo is on the field!