Ryan Munthe

He'll always be immortalized for being behind that incredible defense last season in NT lore.

Didn't TCU go 4-8 last year and look like a trainwreck? Doesn't TCU rank towards the bottom of P5 schools in recruiting? Now they're gonna win the B12. Just sayin'. Continue the circlejerk. Good coaches find ways to win. I think Mac is an excellent coach. I'm not worried about the future.

This.

Take it as a compliment. If Ben Gooding says you're the problem with the university, then you're actually the opposite.

Settle down there, Rambo. No need to get testy.

All that people will remember next year is the 6-6 record. Gotta win out, and gain some momentum for next year.

As we discovered last year, this team thrives when people count the team out. When the backs are against the wall. Say what you want about the opponents they've beat, but they've *throttled* the teams in each of their three wins. They were really rolling vs Rice for half the game. I think there's a lot of talent that is just now starting to click. Call me a homer, sure. I like what I saw.

If we beat UTEP I'm all in on getting bowl eligible. Gotta beat UTEP to make me a believer. That would be some huge momentum for next year.

It was full like 2 hours before. Frustrating they didn't go in. There was 40,000 in the parking lots. Traffic was unreal. It's very frustrating they didn't go in, but it's just a good sign that people came, even if they didn't go in. It's a good sign for the future.

If we beat UTEP, probably. Probably double the amount tailgating is what's insane.

There were cable problems. There were a lot of technical problems tonight at the stadium. Nothing to get worked up about, temporary things.

Bowel again? Man.

D played excellent. You're not kidding. Shameful. There were probably 40,000 people there, half went in. Haven't seen traffic or a tailgating scene that large since Houston.

Sabrocita is just so damn good and so damn cheap. It's also great post-Fry Street food.

Haven't heard anything. I am rocking my one from last year today though.

Yup! Great news. Now we need to improve endowment and restricted research.

We're really missing that 1% of the economy. I'm glad you don't live here too. Thanks for detailing a civil argument.

I tend to vote conservative, more libertarian though. There were ordinances for infrastructure that passed already. The money was budgeted for legal fees before hand if you believe the council and the mayor.

I meant to say that there are no new taxes in the quoted spot. The money has traditionally gone into a fund for legal fees, but seeing as the money doesn't get used often, the taxpayer won't notice any difference in that regard, if the council and mayor is to be believed. That's why I said passed, but that was a typo on my part.

You can't compromise unless you have both sides interested in compromise. The oil companies thought that they would be able to easily throw nearly a million dollars in marketing to outright lie to the voters and the ban would fail. As soon as they were proven wrong, they sued. This was proven by their multiple attempts to close down the UNT voting place and comments about how "bohemian hippies" voted for the ban. If the council had made their own decision and then got sued, it would look bad on Denton and then the citizens would be asking "Why are my taxes going to legally fight something that I don't agree with?" No, I'm saying that there is no taxes that will be passed onto the voters to pay for the legal fees. The city used existing taxes to set aside the necessary funds to fight it in court.

Texas did maintain it's mineral rights. What I'm arguing is that the home rule laws are identical. Home rule is the factor here. The city has ability to trump state in regards to zoning, according to home rule. But it gets messy because the Texas Constitution is famous for contradicting itself because of the immense amount of amendments. The council tried to take care of it itself, and was not successful because EagleRidge and the like said "too bad. Deal with it." They did not want to outright ban drilling if the city didn't support it. They found out the city supported it, as they did as well, and here we are. You will not be paying a dime in legal fees, either. Y'all can go about arguing whether or not it is constitutional because that's a valid debate, I just wanted to come on here and lay down some base-level facts that people do not know because the campaigns were so emotionally-driven.

They tried, many, many, many times. The oil companies refused to compromise. That's why the original moratorium was put in place. The oil companies flat out told the City Council they would not negotiate. I totally agree, that a compromise ordinance would have been a better idea. But it was impossible, as one side would not bend even a bit. And personally, I think what will come out of this after many legal battles is a compromise ordinance, because, yes, the ban as it stands now is an outright drilling ban despite technicalities which I think will cause problems from the RR Commission (which is hypocritical coming from a Republican legislature and citizen body.) Yes, despite me being a firm supporter of Frack Free Denton, I'm not sure this will stick as it is written currently. But this will not affect the Denton citizens monetarily, is what I'm saying. The gas companies already don't contribute to the economy and they set aside money to back it in court. The Council is prepared. Kevin Roden and Chris Watts have said repeatedly, in fact, beforehand, they knew millions of dollars worth of lawsuits would come if it passed. Yet, Roden openly said he voted for the ban and Watts was enthusiastic about it passing.

Yes, outside lawyers that are now on the salary and have been since the ban was put up for a vote. The city, is once again, fairly confident that is has the ability to ban it due to home-rule laws and that the ban is procedural. It was put up to a vote because the city did not know if the City Council's anti-fracking sentiment was echoed throughout the city. They did, and it passed overwhelmingly. I realize that it is New York and it is far different than Texas, but New York's home rule laws are nearly identical to the Texas ones and fracking bans were upheld there. EDIT: While I am on the side of the fracking ban, I couldn't care less to anyone what side you're on. I understand both sides (as long as you are invested/live in Denton), nor am I going to get baited into a political argument. Just want to make sure that people are educated on this topic, as it is something I've been invested in.

Normally agree with your posts, but there's a lot of misinformation here. It may technically be a full on drilling ban, due to the properties of the Shale, but the ban is procedural. There are no "surface vs mineral rights" arguments because the ban is against a particular method of retrieving it. There's nothing stopping the oil companies from putting wells up on their properties or mineral rights owners from selling it. The ban says you can't shoot water down into the well in people's backyards. Furthermore, this ban is the result of tone deaf companies who refused to compromise repeatedly. The city has already set aside $4 million dollars for lawsuits and are quite confident that they will not cost anymore than that, with no extra burden on the taxpayers for the existing $4 million set aside. The city is quite confident it will win because the ban is procedural, I am not sure you even read the ban. There's no anti-growth sentiment at all. Denton is a college, small town with a liberal-leaning central city who didn't want wells in their backyard. They want to make Denton a destination city that people want to live in (which has been successful, judging by the numerous awards it keeps winning and the massive growth in population and overall size.) Denton is already one of the safest cities in Texas, and the median income continues to rise as the arts/music scene continues to grow at an astronomical rate. Denton is no longer a hidden treasure, musicians who are trying to make it now live here, contribute here and are ultimately helping the city's profile. The drilling economy is less than 1% of our economy, manufacturing and UNT being the major players, and we have a burgeoning tech scene which is the wave of the future, not our ever-scarce fossil fuels being harvested in people's backyards. The city council knew exactly what they were doing. The average age of the voter was 51, by the way, so your comment about people voting for it who are not long Denton residents is factually incorrect. There was a massive influx of UNT students voting, but I still fail to see the issue in that despite what the pro-industry people want to say is "bohemian liberal college students." Are we really complaining about young people voting in a midterm election? The lawsuits are small business, the real concern will be the Texas RR Commission wanting to claim superior over fossil fuel laws via the city due to the Texas Constitution. Problem even there is the Texas Constitution is so terribly written that there are also amendments that give the city trump power over the Texas RR Commission, despite them having trump power as well. This was emotional, because it affected people emotionally. On one side, you had people fearing their well-being and concerned about our already worse-than-Houston air quality as well as having wells 200 feet from their house...on the other side, you had people fearing losing their jobs, rights and well-being. Can't separate emotion from it. It's untested waters, and we will see how it plays out. Either way, it set a big precedent. Yes. They set aside $4 million to fight lawsuits. When they put the ban up, they knew it would face legal challenges.

I love how Denton keeps winning all of these accolades and awards despite it being filled with people that TFLF would deem undesirable and being absent of McMansions.