Cougar King

All P4 schools do this to the opposing band.

You're an SMU fan, you're apart of this too. Lmao

The fact you had to go back 50 years even though we have played several times since and as recently as 2019 sums up UNT football in a nutshell.

I'm assuming this was before Crooked Crust and when the Flying Tomato or whatever it was called still existed.

At least they get to play Duke on their home court. Meanwhile, UNT lost to Memphis and nobody gave a shit.

Here's what Google AI says

Oh that's easy UNT football is so mediocre, the one time they had an elite player, a guy named Mean Joe Greene, the school changed their mascot to commemorate him.

Stop accepting mediocrity. Almost winning a game is still a loss. Give people a reason to care. Want more butts in seats? Make the gameday experience unique.

This is a major reason why we ran off our old AD and brought Nuñez in.

1. I didn't mention anything about UH. I'm contributing to the thread and subject. 2. I realize this post is about basketball, but Jim mentioned the CULTURE at UNT. My point is that UC-Berkeley has a similar culture to UNT but shows up when Berkeley is winning big or is getting national attention. Winning the NIT is a big accomplishment but if it's not the NCAA Tournament, you casual fan isn't going to know or really care. George Mason got more mileage out of their Final Four un almost 20 years ago than they ever did in their NIT runs. Here's UC-Berkeley basketball to make you feel better. https://youtu.be/CmSUBcvOGDk?si=IW-msh3bd4-v-LOa

If UC-Berkeley can show up in full force including the walking, talking stereotypes then so can UNT. UNT's problem is that they never won big and gave people a reason to give a damn. If UNT can give College GameDay a reason to show up or get some sort of national attention, EVERYBODY gets on the bandwagon. Including people who all of a sudden remember that they are alumni.

If that was the case, it would be the Big 10 and SEC are trying to take management of the postseason. Also the Big 12 media contract is worth almost $3 billion. Can that change in the future? Sure but as of now, there are 4 Power Conferences. If there wasn't a difference between the Big 12, ACC and AAC, Memphis, USF, Tulane and Rice wouldn't be so desperate to leave.

UH, UCF, BYU, Cincinnati and SMU truly did get the last life beats. I thought it was hyperbole until recently

I haven't even been alive for 35 years lmao.