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My apologizies to Coach Dodge...now I feel about 2 inches tall.

Since part of Dodge's salary is predicated on having a coaches show, and he was a no show for two shows, should part of his salary be withheld 'for personal reasons' by Villareal?

Here are some recollections from the old pit days that might be of some help to you first timers. 1. The place will be hot ( assuming that not much has been done to the heating/cooling system). 2. Those of you on the first row will be able to 'talk to the opponents' quite easily. 3. One toilet each for men and women. 4. Concessions ( if they have them ) probably will be in one corner of the pit. 5. It will be noisy. Sound really carries. 6. You will hate your hard seats about 10 minutes into the game. 7. Lighting should be poor compared to the SuperPit. 8. Speaker system will be hard to hear. 9. Come to the old pit in a surly mood....it is not uncommon to stand and boo the opponents during their warmups. 10. When you leave, you will say 'man, that was fun, though primitive.'

Also suggest you try the archives of the 'North Texan'...they have run stories in the past with pics.

We need more of those 'escort services' in the future.

Second Hand Rose is still going strong at a new location. It is located in the same shopping center as Good Eats north of Denton on I-35 ( just south of the truck stops and on the east side of the freeway).

Thanks for hanging with us, Mathman. Perhaps both programs' best days are ahead. Just curious, what is your take on SMU upcoming basketball season? We think we will be pretty good, which should ease some of the sting from football.

I think that Dickey sorta got the big head after some success and began to get a little lazy in recruiting. I think he put too much emphasis on his 'stealth' recruiting of marginal kids. Eventually it caught up with him, coupled with the rise of other SunBelt programs. The eventual outcome is where we are now.

As I wrote on my last banner for the last game at the old pit...."Ain't a team come to Denton who can ever forget 'bout them three month nights in the nasty ole pit.'

Nice post. Three corrections. One, we lost the Homecoming game to Florida State, secondly, we were not Division II, we were Division I, subset I-AA when we made the playoffs in Nevada and thirdly it was Walt Parker (Fred McCain's boss), not Fred McCain, who would not put up the money for a home playoff game.

I had a 25 year old Swedish lass 'babysit' me in 1979...yes, it is fun.

OK, I was there and here is my write up for Ty Sports (who wanted good news). Denton, Texas AP- Three thousand jam Alumni Center to greet Johnny Jones and Shanice Stephens North Texas basketball coaches Johnny Jones and Shanice Stephens spoke to alumni and friends of the university Thursday night at the UNT alumni center. Both coaches predicted over 20 wins and both seemed confident that their teams would make it to the Big Dance. Over three thousand fans cheered at the news, as they sipped mint juleps provided to them by the event sponsor, The Baptist Student Union. Athletic Director Rick Villareal introduced the two coaches and added that he had just gotten clearance from the board of regents to explore adding another 10,000 seats to the new football stadium. The Mayor of Denton and all members of the City Council were at the event and both coaches were presented a bonus check for $10,000 by the president of the Denton Chamber of Commerce. The event lasted about an hour and a half, but BSU officials indicated that some did not leave until all mint juleps were consumed. -30-

I'm not very enthusiastic about juco players....the odds are long that the majority of them will contribute. However, you gotta do what you gotta do to keep your job.

Husker fans will go anywhere, anytime, to any bowl game, to get out of Nebraska.

No clue...in fact, I have not even got my season tickets yet and it is my belief that they still have not worked out seating for the game at the old pit.

Tailgating goes back as far as the 1988 basketball season, when we went to the big dance. There was a lot of interest then, as we had a good team. Back then we called it 'freeze your tailgating'. Our recent mild winters should make it more and more popular ( especially on Saturday game day ) if we can have a winning season.

Thanks for the kudos. Yes, I designed the flag in 1986 for Dr.Hurley to use on his podium when he addressed an alumni gathering in Fort Worth. The thought behind the flag was to incorporate the Kelly Green which has been used off and on for decades with the Hayden Fry green. As you see, the field with the star is the Kelly and the lower bar represents the Fry era. More than you ever wanted to know, perhaps.

As soon as I see a well thought out, detailed, structured fund raising campaign for the new stadium, I am donating. It should be all inclusive, allowing people to contribute from $25 to $1million. We need everyone for this to work.

Come to think of it, what is the graduation rate of all NT students on scholarship?

How about the graduation rates for the College of Music...many of them are on scholarship, too.

Best wishes to Fred. The thing I will always remember about Fred was his thick East Texas accent that made Mean Green come out 'Main Grain' when he was on the radio. Good guy.

Brilliance...it will never happen, however.

Nice to see we cracked the top ten in something.

I thought that we had a men's team, too.

My vote is student field at mean green eagle stadium.