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Beach volleyball was added this year as an official NCAA women's sport. This would seem to be an easy place to add an inexpensive sport to help out with Title IX, plus it's fun to watch. Has anyone heard anything about UNT adding this? I know we've got some sand courts already that I assume are there for training the indoor team? All question. No info.

Is hope from English realistic this year? We are UNT after all. What are the chances of an appeal going our way?

We got beat by D2 talent.

Helmet stickers.

If bleeping UH can be a Top 25 team, there's no reason UNT can't be.

Was our Defensive Line good?

Dodge installed a similar system and there is no question we were able to move the ball around. Our biggest problem was the defense not being able to stop anyone. If we can hire a solid DC we should be competitive quickly.

No press is bad press?

I've been excited to see the number of posts and videos on Facebook surrounding the Littrell Hire. It sure makes it easy, as an Alum, to hit the "share" button and make sure all my fellow UNT Friends know what's going on. My wife saw the pictures of Coach with his family and she thought their kids were "adorable". Someone in the Athletic Dept got this started in a good way. Loved seeing the video of them on the plane looking down at Denton. I'm sure there are other ways to keep the excitement level up surrounding this hire, but the use of Social Media has been great. I don't remember them doing this as much in the past, but maybe I'm just blocking it out.

Come back with your shield, or on it.

Yep. Didn't say it would be easy!

Feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Can't wait for the official announcement! Go Mean Green!

Clemson wins 11-4 in the weirdest game ever seen.

I refuse to believe we should ever lose to any former Sun Belt Conference member. That doesn't mean we won't, just means we shouldn't, so I won't predict something that shouldn't happen. Go Mean Green!

The key is beating schools people have heard about which isn't going to happen quickly, but HAS to happen. The Dickey era was nice, but we were always viewed as beating spares. Nobody gives a crap about beating a lower tier (perception) school like ULL, ULM, FAU, FIU, USA, ASU, MTSU, etc.... We are in the DFW market. We are surrounded by people that went to Big 12 and SEC schools. We need to be able to play them competitively. Ultimately the goal should be to win some of those games. As long as we're the whipping boy of the "Big Boys" you're not going to change public perception. Scheduling 2-3 pay check games a year kills your public perception. Facilities and conference killed the Dickey era success. But - It all starts with winning. You have to win against the lower tier schools and not put yourself in a position of playing the 'Body Bag" games for a while. See TCU in the early 2000's. They kept winning. They won their conference, and played other similar level teams and kept winning those. Eventually they started to be noticed by the fans of big schools who would say "yeah but they haven't played anyone". That's when they started playing the "Big Boys" again, and being competitive and started winning those too.

Agree. It should be RV's job to work in the community. The coach needs to win. People will come out of the wood work if it appears we've changed our stripes.

I watched almost the entire game and, just like Charlie Brown, I kept waiting for the ball to be taken away. Great game! The announcers commented that we only had 9 girls available because we have 4 transfers from Big12 schools who have to sit out this year. At the end of the game we had 3 who had fouled out, and if I'm not mistaken included all of our Post players. Go Mean Green!

I'm so tired of being a North Texas fan. Having to have the same conversations about being bad every year with friends and coworkers. 2013 was fun, but it's like giving a single piece of bread to someone who's starving. I'm tired of the excuses. I want following UNT to be fun. We don't have to be competing for a National Championship but even Houston gets ranked in the Top 25 sometimes.

What area has he been responsible for recruiting? Even if his coaching is outstanding, we still need someone who can improve our recruiting.

He's been around for 21 years? So RV didn't hire him?

Way to go Ladies! I hate to say that we haven't made it up for a game this year. How's the attendance? They getting good support? This is awesome!

Although I love to see the coaches out visiting with the DFW Alumni, I really believe they should tell the new coach that if he wants to see a full stadium, and really make a change for the future of the University, he can just stay on campus and work on the students. No news to anyone here, but with a student population that could fill our stadium to capacity, you don't need to look much further for gameday support. We are turning a corner with Alumni. With a 15 year history of allowing tailgating before the games, you can start to see young alums who at least will go to the parking lot to hang out with friends, and with a decent product on the field will go inside. This segment will continue to grow. Once these alumni no longer have kids at home pulling them in different directions on Saturdays, they will come back to support the school, especially if the game day atmosphere continues to be fun. I look forward to the day the Green Brigade is forced to sit in the endzone because the student section is packed. We're getting close.

Couldn't you just fly a banner that says "We Want Change"? You don't have to publicly crap on a guy to get your message heard. The powers that be will know exactly what you are talking about, and those that don't will assume it means something to the effect that we, as a fan base, are tired of being on the ass end of the major college sports. We want change. We demand change.

Not with this defense. You can't give up that many points.