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All About UNT, Here ya go, this explains it... http://recruiting.scout.com/2/1126488.html and http://recruiting.scout.com/2/1117929.html He was putting up pretty good numbers at the beginning of this season as well, but a stomach problem required surgery. He is recovering nicely it sounds like.

Committed to TXST today. http://rivals.yahoo.com/texasstate/football/recruiting/player-Dede-Westbrook-122581

MeanGreen61, what do you expect when you troll that wac board for months? I'm lucky that since I work with a bunch of UNT grads I know how good of people they are, but the same probably can't be said for fans of schools like San Jose, Idaho, Utah State. 61, you successfully trolled and pissed off a bunch of people. Congrats I guess on that, but if you got 51 registered members to think UNT fans are the most irritating...I wonder how many more casual viewers saw it? Probably a lot more. For the rest of y'all, the new stadium is looking good. I like it when we play you guys in basketball, hope to see y'all on the football field too a few years down the road. PEACE

Hah, exactly. Yes, Fran hired Darrel Dickey. He is primarily the Running Backs coach, but is also the Co-OC. The Dickey you saw was Jeremy Dickey, Darrel's nephew who transferred from Tarleton to TXST when Fran hired his uncle. The real OC who will be playing the calls is Mike Schultz. Schultz is most well known in Texas for being the OC at TCU for 11 years...up until 08 when he got an OC position with U of Illinois that didn't work out. Fran was lucky to have scooped him up.

Yeah that's a good point about the best WAC schools leaving. So, if the WAC schools get moved down a notch, instead of being mostly above the Belt, it would probably be a more even mixing of Belt/WAC teams. So they'd be about even and ratings would depend on which conference does best in OOC. So again, the argument that the WAC will become "clearly the worst conference in FBS" goes out the window again. I guess I just don't understand why UNT wouldn't want a pair of in-state conference rivals. I am not super familiar with UNT rivalries, but are Ark State and Troy big games for you guys? Plus, (and this is only my personal opinion), the WAC has a better "brand name" than the Sunbelt. Could maybe get an increasingly interested fanbase in Denton, what with the new stadium and all. I agree with you, there's no doubt that the WAC is the only team interested in taking FCS upstarts right now. The Belt's past history has shown it's interest in FCS upstarts as well, it just finds it's membership to be at a good number of teams right now.

I'm curious as to why UNT is turning down the offer for the WAC? Please no smack talk. Is it just because they've stuck with the Sunbelt for a decade now that they've got some loyalty? Have they actually developed real rivalries with Sunbelt teams? Do they feel the Sunbelt will be easier to win in the future than the new WAC? Is it an ego thing and not wanting to be associated with Texas State and UTSA? Is it because of bad memories of being in Western-centric conferences? Is it because of potential budget issues for the olympic sports? Is it because they feel a C-USA invite is close? I would imagine, it's a mixture of all of them, right guys? Anyways, I hope TXST and UNT start an on-going or every other year type of OOC rivalry over the next few years. Cheers, TXSTBOBCAT I will attach some Sagarin ratings to show how the Sunbelt and new WAC/soon-to-be-WAC teams compare as of right now. I know these ratings are just that, only ratings. But I think it shows that the new WAC will be FAR from "clearly the worst FBS conference" that is getting thrown around a lot. I'm not attaching these ratings in an attempt to flame anything, but as pre-emptive strike against any uninformed responses that will probably be along the lines of "Because the new WAC will be sooo weak, duh." Sagarin Ratings Hawai'i - #80 > Troy - #81 Idaho - #86 > MTSU - #104 San Jose St. - #106 > Arkansas State - #116 La Tech - #109 > Florida Int'l - #120 Montana - #117 > Florida Atl - #125 Texas St. - #130 > Louisiana - #137 Utah St. - #133 > WKU - #144 New Mexico St. - #163 < ULM - #149 UT - San Antonio - No football team at this time < UNT - #151 Sagarin ELO-Chess comparison Hawai'i 80 Troy 82 San Jose State 88 Idaho 105 MTSU 113 Texas State 116 Tech 117 Montana 126 FAU 127 ULL 129 Ark St 130 FIU 137 Utah St 141 UNT 142 WKU 143 ULM 147 NMSU 162

Looking at the new suites from the field in HD... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGjyQqbEPlM Some updated pictures...

Just saw this posted on another board and wanted to get some reactions from UNT fans...would this three division WAC interest you more than the current WAC or not? Why? Central - Texas State, Texas-San Antonio, Lamar, Louisiana Tech Mountain - Utah State, New Mexico State, Idaho, Boise State Pacific - Hawaii, San Jose State, Fresno State, Nevada

Updated pics... http://www.bobcatfans.com/forums/viewtopic...24&p=179907

In the drawing of the press box and suites, I think the tracks are just out of view to the left. The artist left out a lot of background detail as theres a busy road that should be to the left also. In the "Master Plan" picture I posted a while back, rail road tracks would currently go through the bottom of the picture, but I think so would Aquarena Springs Drive a lot more than it shows, so I don't think the picture is supposed to be super realistic at this point. I guess take it up with the artist?

http://www.bobcatfans.com/forums/viewtopic...4&start=165

3/25 Construction pics: http://www.bobcatfans.com/forums/viewtopic...4&start=120

All this should be completed by the beginning of next season. A reminder of the "Master Plan" for Texas State University's Bobcat Stadium. A few more years down the road...

Just felt like sharing the good news...after a 48-45 OT win yesterday against Sam Houston in Huntsville, the Tx St Bobcats won the Southland Conference Championship and the Automatic Qualifying bid to the playoffs. We just got the news today, we are facing #4 seeded Montana up in Missoula this Saturday. Wish us luck!!

Looks like not only this season does Texas State have Fred Bleil coming onboard to overhaul our defense, but we just hired Mike Bugar as our D-Line coach also. http://txstatebobcats.cstv.com/sports/m-fo.../071808aaa.html Mike Bugar Named Defensive Line Coach Highly successful veteran coach brings over 31 years of experience to Bobcat football program July 18, 2008 San Marcos, Texas - Texas State University head football coach Brad Wright has named Mike Bugar as the new defensive line coach for the Bobcats. Bugar comes to Texas State after serving seven seasons as the interior defensive line coach at North Texas from 2000-07. "We are very excited to have Mike Bugar as our defensive line coach," Wright said. "He brings an unbelievable wealth of knowledge and experience to our staff. He also will help enhance the same "mentality" that we began to implement in our program this past January." During his last six years at North Texas, Bugar produced seven All-Sun Belt Conference selections, including two-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Brandon Kennedy. The Mean Green also led the Sun Belt in every major defensive statistical category three times during that span. In 2002, the defense ranked No. 3 nationally in scoring defense and No. 9 in total defense. From 2001-2003, only five opposing players rushed for over 100 yards in a game against Bugar's front line. His defensive front also helped hold opponents to just 104.7 yards per game rushing in 2003, which is the school's best average since 1967. Bugar joined North Texas in 2000 as the program's strength and conditioning coordinator and became the team's interior defensive line coach in 2001. He has over 31 years of experience in coaching the defensive line and strength and conditioning. A three-year letter winner and 1969 graduate of Florida State University, Bugar began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater in 1970. He also has served on the staffs at Wofford College (1971-76); Gardner Webb College (1977); Clemson University (1977-79); University of Florida (1980-82); West Georgia College (1985-87); Southern Miss (1988-89); LSU (1990-93); Baylor (1994-96); Mary Hardin-Baylor (1998); and Jacksonville State (1999). In addition, he spent one year in the professional coaching ranks as defensive line coach for the Arizona Wranglers of the USFL in 1983. He has coached under Curley Hallman at LSU, Danny Ford at Clemson and Charley Pell at Florida during his career. He has coached for schools that appeared in 13 bowl games, including the 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 New Orleans Bowls (North Texas), 1994 Alamo (Baylor); 1990 All-American (Southern Mississippi); 1988 Independence (Southern Mississippi); 1982 Astro Bluebonnet (Florida); 1981 Peach (Florida); 1980 Tangerine (Florida); 1979 Peach (Clemson); 1978 Gator (Clemson); and 1977 Gator (Clemson). During Bugar's playing days at Florida State, the Seminoles participated in four bowl games - 1964 Gator; 1966 Sun; 1967 Gator, and 1968 Peach.