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Back in the 90's the Athletic Department used to have yearly auctions. They would have athletic equipment and uniform stuff along with autographed and donated sports items, plus I think some fan trips, all to raise money for the department. There was some really neat stuff at those. 4 first-year Stars tickets, autographed puck and parking went for about $40.

How long is the SBC's contract with the New Orleans Bowl? I know this is mostly rumor but I'm concerned we're shopping our league champ around for a new host location, doesn't sound good.

30 minutes old, off Yahoo national sports ticker

NCAA Bans Indian Mascots During Postseason INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA banned the use of American Indian mascots by sports teams during its postseason tournaments, but will not prohibit them otherwise. The NCAA's executive committee decided this week the organization did not have the authority to bar Indian mascots by individual schools, committee chairman Walter Harrison said Friday. Nicknames or mascots deemed "hostile or abusive" would not be allowed by teams on their uniforms or other clothing beginning with any NCAA tournament after Feb. 1, said Harrison, the University of Hartford's president. "What each institution decides to do is really its own business" outside NCAA championship events, he said. Guidelines were not immediately available on which logos and nicknames would be considered "hostile or abusive." The NCAA two years ago recommended that schools determine for themselves whether the Indian depictions were offensive. Among the schools to change nicknames in recent years over such concerns were St. John's (from Redmen to Red Storm) and Marquette (from Warriors to Golden Eagles). The NCAA plans to ban schools using Indian nicknames from hosting postseason events. Harrison said schools with such mascots that have already been selected as tournament sites would be asked to cover any offensive logos. Such logos also would be prohibited at postseason games on cheerleader and band uniforms starting in 2008.

I'm more concerned about the OL pass-blocking for our new QB who has never thrown a college pass.

Quotes from Marshall players about their new surface like ours.... ........................................................................................................ One of the problems the players and coaches faced at practice was the new playing surface at the stadium. "It's not done yet obviously," Snyder said. "Their [players] feet are burning hot because the rubber and the sand are not all the way in it. This is what we have to go with so that's what we have to go with." The field still needs the bags of sand and rubber infill to be placed and ground into the field. Senior safety Chris Royal said the field will be much better than the old turf. "For years guys have been complaining about the old turf," he said. "It wears down your body a bit more, but this season the smooth surface will speed things up a little bit. Guys won't be afraid to dive after balls and then get turf burns."

The Sunbelt official page shows all the SBC school logos, including our new one. Only ours and UALR's don't have names or initials, just a logo. SBC official page

"To reserve a seat in Floyd Stadium, please call the Blue Raider Ticket Office at ...... 1-888-YES-MTSU." ............................................................................................. We need a National Phone Number like theirs that's easier to remember. Find out who has any of the following and let's buy them out... 1-800 (or 888)-Mean-Green 1-800-NT-Tickets 1-800-UNT-Game 1-800-UNT-Sports etc.

I didn't think it possible to make Fouts far side seating look smaller, but this field cam does, as well as make the field itself look far away. Here's Marshall's new turf to compare...... Marshall Stadium photos with new Field Turf being installed

Well, at least he's aware of it. Now if he can just find an answer for it! <_<

"Authentic reproduction...." Is that like Genuine fake? Those were great looking helmets!

6pm on a Thursday. Have you ever driven from Dallas to Denton between 4-6pm on a weeknight? <_<

I like that they are throwing the bait out there. It's just like fishing, you never know who may bite.

What did they say and show?

I don't think they'll get many women from outside Denton on a weekday at 6pm...the rushhour drive up there at that time is a killer. Why not a Sunday afternoon?

"was" a real blessing... (as in past tense?)...... Howard said last year you can't win a National Championship in the Sun Belt and that FAU has higher goals.... it's time we set him back a notch in his Master Plan.

I'm not crazy about jazz but someone should preserve these for the music school, unless they already have them...... eBay: NTSU reel-to-reel jazz tapes 1959-74?

of your list probably Best Buy...you want the 20-35 age guy crowd.

posted by fauowls561 , 07-24-2005, 16:10, from 24.55.140.154 I hope for a lot of Belt upsets! The one that I want from an FAU standpoint is this year against OK State. It'll be awfully tough, but we have them down here and it'll be on ESPN2 Thursday Night Football. It was released today that the Owls will have some more impressive opponents coming up. We play UF in 07 and 2011 and next season we'll face South Carolina, Clemson, K-State, and Oklahoma State.

from the new logo items NT Bookstore site... Is this the "new" Scrappy?....in stuffed animal form

Can't argue with that.

So why is this NT Bookstore site still using the outdated Daffy Eagle logo on this "Announcements and Events" page? Catalog main page

New poll to use big-name retired coaches By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP Sports Writer July 25, 2005 NEW YORK (AP) -- A dozen retired coaches with impressive resumes have agreed to take part in a new college football poll that the organizer hopes to unveil in late September. Ideally, the Master Coaches Survey will have 15 or 16 voters, who will be provided game films of the top teams, said Andy Curtin, an Atlanta-based lawyer and former sports agent who came up with the idea after watching last season's Orange Bowl. Southern California beat Oklahoma 55-19 in the Bowl Championship Series title game. ``After that debacle last year in the championship game, I started thinking about what was wrong in the method of selecting teams,'' Curtin said Monday in a phone interview. Curtin met with 14 coaches last week to discuss his idea. John Cooper (Ohio State), Vince Dooley (Georgia), Pat Dye (Auburn), LaVell Edwards (BYU), Hayden Fry (Iowa), Don James (Washington), Frank Kush (Arizona State), Dick MacPherson (Syracuse), Bill Mallory (Indiana), Don Nehlen (West Virginia), John Ralston (Stanford), John Robinson (USC), R.C. Slocum (Texas A&M) and Gene Stallings (Alabama) attended the meeting in Georgia on July 17. Curtin said Bo Schembechler (Michigan), George Welsh (Virginia) and Terry Donahue (UCLA) have also expressed interest in being part of the panel. That group includes 11 coaches voted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Curtin said 12 coaches have already committed to take part in the poll, but would not identify them. Last year the BCS formula used The Associated Press media poll, the coaches' poll and a compilation of six computer rankings to determine which teams played for the national title. Each element counted for one-third of team's BCS grade. The AP asked the BCS to stop using its poll after last season, and the BCS recently announced the creation of a replacement poll, which will use a panel of 114 former coaches, players and administrators, plus some media members. Curtin presented his idea to BCS officials in March, but they passed on his proposal. Coaches participating in the Master Coaches Survey would participate in a conference call or round-table during the week to discuss their opinions then vote on a top 25, Curtin said. Curtin's plan is to have the poll released Wednesday nights during a television show with the coaches, who will be made available for questions on how the teams were ranked. He has hired a marketing firm, hoping to draw interest from a television network, possibly ESPN or College Sports Television, to air the show and help pay the coaches for their work. Curtin proposed a fee of about $60,000 per year for the coaches when he went to the BCS. ``You would not believe how well informed these guys are when we met last week,'' he said. ``They know the current teams and players. One of the coaches has three TVs in his basement and watches nine games a week.''

A flight to Chattanooga is cheaper at $233....looks about 80 miles from MUTSboro. 1 adult Total: USD 233.40 Flight: American Airlines flight 3689 operated by AMERICAN EAGLE on a Embraer RJ140 Jet Depart: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (DFW)- Sat, Sep 10 11:02am Arrive: Chattanooga, TN (CHA) - Sat, Sep 10 2:01pm Flight: American Airlines flight 3688 operated by AMERICAN EAGLE on a Embraer RJ140 Jet Depart: Chattanooga, TN (CHA)- Sun, Sep 11 2:32pm Arrive: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (DFW) - Sun, Sep 11 3:47pm