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If my memory serves me correctly, Cedric had seven sacks at Fouts vs. Tulsa in 1970. The qb for Tulsa was Dobbs, the coach's son. Those seven sacks sent Cedric into the NFL as the number one draft pick of the '49ers. As many of you know, we had three consecutive first round draft picks from '69 to '71.... Greene in '69, Cedric in '70 and Leonard Dunlap to the Colts in '71.

Classy post...thanks for the comments. We will be competitive, I think.

Hey, let's put this Bottom 10 thing in perspective. The reason we are not there is that we have won one game and lost one. We are not 0-3, or0-4, etc. We also are currently atop our conference standings.

I think that Saturday's game showed us that there is a gap in the talent level between C-USA and SunBelt. The real key to the future of Mean Green football is the success men's and women's basketball. We must have those key components in place before we can move up to C-USA. Even with Fouts as an impediment, we might have made it to C-USA had our basketball programs been stronger. If you want to see football advance, please give the basketball programs so tender loving care and attend the games.

North Texas can easily make up the $500,000 deficit...just invoice Louisiana-Monroe for $500,000. Also, make sure that LSU drops the Indians from its 2006 schedule. Northeast Louisiana was low life and apparently so is its successor. In all seriousness, the commissioner of the SunBelt needs to step in and tell ULM to move the damn game and shut up.

You guys are brutal...I tried to give you an objective report on the new turf and you have turned on me. Did I mention that I also wind sprinted to the beer barn just after the sprints on the turf?

I went over to Fouts on Sunday and ran a few sprints on the new turf...sweet. It is a great new rug. Lots of spring in it and it is soft.

Apparently UTA's decision to construct a real basketball facility is having an effect on their recruiting...they have about four listed already...maybe UTA as a non-conference game might not be a good idea...we have only one guy listed.

Can you say 'save my job?'

Lee Jackson has no academic backgroung, in fact he has no background at all. Incidentially, I thought the Board of Regents hired a President, not a free lance chancellor. God help us if the regents let this guy run amuck. Oh, by the way faculty, be careful what you wish for...it just might happen. Pohl was wonderful and all segments of the university better pray to the god of their choice when this Jackson train starts rolling. By the way, those of you who suspicion that Jackson ran Pohl off are not far off track....remember, however, that our dear faculty put a stake through Pohl's heart, too.

Just for the record, Joe Greene played defensive tackle, not defensive end.

I noticed recently that Voertman's now carry Exes merchandise.

We have had that problem for years and years. I was concerned about it in the 80's but was told by the 'computer types' that the cost of doing the cross checking far outweighed the actual cost of the duplications. In other words, the computer people would charge us more to fix the problem than it cost us for the duplication. Frustrating then and now.

I know that a lot of you are frustrated by the impotence of the CLC licensing program at UNT, but here is a good story. I was in Cracker Barrel in Denton yesterday and noticed a lot of North Texas t-shirts and caps. The shirts all had the new logo and aren't bad. The caps were the outdated artwork type, but at least they were available. Anyway, the only other college shirts that were displayed were Texas. No TCU, no SMU, no Texas Tech, etc. All the buying by Cracker Barrel is done from their corporate office in Tennessee. If we were not nationally licensed we would never have been chosen for a purchase by Cracker Barrel. I talked to the buyer for the Denton store and she was happy to have North Texas stuff, but emphasized that the buy was done out of the Tennessee HQ.

OK, here is the history lesson on UNCC and the Mean Green, etc. When the school started competing in intercollegiate athletics they had no nickname, no fight song, etc. The Texas influence at the school was instrumental in picking a version of 'Texas Fight' as their fight song. The mean green was 'adopted' while they were in transition. Finally, they picked the name 49ers because they are located on Interstate 49 in North Carolina. We have tons of documentation about the use of Mean Green back in the 60's, so we have a good leg to stand on should push come to shove. Actually, I doubt that we can have an exclusive on the name Mean Green. However, I have always wanted us to wordmark the phrase "Home of the Original Mean Green-circa 1968."

Ironically, the kid in the North Texan picture was wearing a Hayden Fry era flying worm shirt.

Just for the record, this is not a university sponsored event. It is being put together by Deon Hunter and Wendell Williams, both of whom were on the 1988 men's basketball team that went to the NCAA Tournament. Bill has graciously lent his name to the event in an attempt to help the guys raise money for Building Believers, Inc. It seems a nice way to honor Mercer and raise some money for the non-profit Building Believes, who teach character, etc. through basketball for kids.

The site is a joke...why the old typeface for Mean Green and why all the blue. I thought we ditched all that stuff in April.

There are two guys who played for Hayden, who together, make a great combination. I was watching us play Texas in Austin in the 70's and Earl Campbell was tackled by Champagne/Bottles.

At the time that the Exes developed their logo the university had about 127 different logos and colors. The block NT was chosen to encompass all alumni..all went to NT, whether it was North Texas State, University of North Texas or North Texas State College, etc.

NT91...good idea about the Exes having a plate...we will investigate it and get back to you on this.

Who designed the South Alabama board? Looks like something that Mrs. Smith's fourth grade class did as a class project. What's with the North Texas State?

Did anyone besides me find it funny that the inside front cover of the 'North Texan' was dedicated to proclaiming that green and white were the true school colors? They even digged Helwig and co. with the denouncing of orange and blue. Here's a thought...if we are having UNT crammed down down our collective throats, will the 'North Texan' be called the "UNTn' in the future?

OK, here goes my trip down memory lane. First, it was Maury Johns, the coach of the Drake Bulldogs who said that this was a snake pit and that these were the worst fans in America. The next home game there was a sign proudly proclaiming 'welcome to the snake pit, home of the worst fans in America. Soon thereafter, a rubber snake was thrown on the floor during a game. The old pit was a magical place...I wish each of you could have experienced it. Now, as to the Blakeley era...we had good crowds and at times played the likes of Sam Houston State and even Austin College. Why were the growds good for even these lightweights? Blakeley made it fun. His teams were run and gun and he was in the entertainment business. He always had a slogan on the back of his seat for each season and never made it past ten minutes into the game without throwing off his sport coat. He made fun of bad calls and prayed when our guys were at the free throw line. The fun is gone from our games and we are way too serious. There is a terrible disconnect between our teams and our fans, which is why our crowds for football and basketball are so terrible. It just is not that much fun to attend. Sorry, but that is the brutal truth.

When it comes to the NIT, you had better have some decent home attendance numbers....the games are then bid to those who made the field. If your home attendance stinks, you probably won't bid very much for a home game. If your attendance stinks and you are on the bubble, then kiss the NIT good bye. They don't call it the National Insult Tournament for nothing.