GreenTexan13

For some areas, I can get why there are T-shirt fans. The local college football team may be the only one they can attend and not have to travel 6 hours to see a Pro team. Or there are factors like family who have attended a P5 school, so they show their support in honor of the family. UNT is light years ahead of where it was a few years ago though. It's hard to jump on board a program that has notoriously been losing games. I think winning will create lifelong fans. Let's build off of our future students and alumni.

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There is a guy that goes to pretty much every college game day location around the country. He's a Washington State fan and you will 90% of the time see his WSU flag waving around in the background. College Game Day even did a segment on this guy one time, showing his dedication. Not going to the extreme of us traveling all around the country with our battle flags, but this type of stuff gets noticed on TV. ^ This is the perfect post. Thank you.

They need to get pointers from UCF on 2 for 1 series lol

Weren't they getting Oklahoma State & Arizona to come play at their rental stadium at one point? Looks like they are now falling into whoring status. The new car smell of the program has worn off.

I was a winner as well! I received the same email.

LaTech.. The SMU of Conference USA.. Would this apply to La Lafayette? ULM I guess I could see, USM is only an 8 hour drive from Denton.. So I consider local. Since UTEP is much longer distance wise,,

I'm curious as to why you would pick ULM over USM? The golden eagles have more of a deep-rooted football program IMO.

If it's just teams from CUSA and Sunbelt, I suppose the below.. UNT, LaTech, Ulala, Arky State, UTEP, USM, UTSA, Rice, TX State

My brother and Sister are Arkansas Alums. My brother follows razorback football as religiously as I follow my mean green. Let's just say, family get togethers become a fun conversation when football gets brought up😂 I will always remember sitting on the Arky side with him at the game and him getting pissed and leaving. That was a good day to be a UNT fan for sure!

My 2 favorites are Dallas and New Orleans Dallas- Most often the best opponent (although when we have gone we never played a P5..), best attended, closer to New Years which is prime time for bowl watching given that it is getting close to the playoffs and the champ game. 12:30 Start time kind of sucks IMO, every time we play there we get shafted with our opponent (UNLV/Army again) New Orleans- 9PM start time on a Saturday is awesome for viewers, New Orleans is a destination city that is not to far away. Playing the Sun belt hurts a little. I think I would like to play a Louisiana school if we were to go there again. Especially ULaLa Not sure how Florida bowls would go.. But Tampa would be cool. Definite no to Bahamas, maybe if we could play a conference opponent that was from Florida or something (no go because MAC).. But attendance would hurt bad. New Years 6 anyone? Do what UCF did.

Went to NCTC Freshman year and stayed at my folks place saving money Sophmore year (first year at UNT)- The University Place apartments, right next to where R Bar was on Bernard street. There was a bar called Club Rio in that same parking lot and somebody got stabbed and killed out in the parking lot one night. Denton County Sheriffs kicked in the door next to mine on a drug bust. Was not a great place to live.. I drove by it last weekend and the apartment buildings are still standing there and nothings changed. Lol Junior/Senior year- Lived in a duplex with a buddy and fellow UNT student, behind the old Kroger on University where Locust and Windsor streets intersect. I loved that duplex! probably the best rental place I have ever lived in all honesty. Very peaceful and in a sleepy neighborhood. Probably a 10 minute drive to campus.

SMU when they don't see their GOTY is TCU,

I agree with this point on the BF. I think it is a cool concept, but not sure it would look good from a viewers perspective. Might be hard to distinguish where the court is and the sidelines. I think Diving Eagle was getting the most love on social media.

I'm pretty excited for this game! 2 Texas teams playing and all. Hope ACU brings a crowd to Denton..

Exactly. I expect the Houston game to be our first ever sell out at Apogee. Winning in front of a sell out crowd would be a milestone for our program.

What better way too get the AAC's attention, then to beat SMU and UH this season!

Another thing to think about is time zones. How will playing in the MWC impact the times we play on TV and here in Texas? This will make jumping ship more appealing. If we have a travel partner that is much.. much.. much more appealing. I think Rice would be considered too. But LA Tech would be the best travel partner to have IMO.

I was a no on MWC, but now I am teeter tottering on it after reading some of your comments. The thing that is so unappealing is the travel involved. I saw mentioned that our fanbase would not travel well and I think that is a valid excuse as to why it may not be a good idea. What is New Mexico the closest school to North Texas? And that is like a 9 hour drive? UNLV would be a cheap flight, Since you can fly Spirit to Vegas on pennies from when I have gone there in the past. I couldn't see why flights to Colorado would be to expensive either. I'm just skeptical of fans traveling when it starts getting to long to drive a car after work on a Friday to go see the big game Saturday... Plus, how well do MWC teams travel? Why I am changing my mind, is conference reputation. Boise State is highly regarded, and have put the MWC at the big boys table. I could not understand why the MWC would at all be opposed to adding UNT, since the DFW market would be something of tremendous value to that conference. Side note to think about: TCU was once in the MWC and was a top tier team in the conference.. Look where they are now..

Kind of a weird coincidence that the AAC headquarters moved away from Rhode Island and is now going to be in Dallas around the same time. Maybe that might help our case being that our AD can "stop in" just to say hi a few times when/if the time comes to replace a member. Also SMU, might fear that adding us would create more competition in the conference for recruiting in their hotbed. Not trying to crap on CUSA, but SMU is hanging on the fact that UCF and UH have put the conference on the map in recent years. SMU is just riding on that exposure to get recruits who want a better chance at national exposure and going to the NFL.

https://thedailyaztec.com/93419/news/university-announces-250-million-contract-for-new-stadium/ Looks like they are getting more serious with their football program too. Building a stadium more suited for their own games, rather than a NFL sized stadium. I think San Diego has that curb appeal to bring in the Pac 12 giants to play.. So they got that going for them.

Ahh my mistake, well regardless. my point still stands!

2013 was my senior year of college, that was a year I will never forget! It's real awesome to hear what that 2013 season did for the freshman class! Just goes to show, what winning and the publicity of it does for our future alumni at UNT. Think about what Fine/Littrell are doing for current and future fans to come!

Ahh yes, the game where the MUTS QB got hit so hard his helmet flew off! It's going to look a lot better from the alumni side, seeing that bottom part of the stadium filling up.

Lol.. I remember that game against UTSA at apogee 13' towards the end of the season there. The student section was roasting and clowning every player at that bench. I remember their players flipping us off after the game ended. That's part of "home field advantage" Our fans getting into the player's heads.