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We lose recruits to schools such as SM,TCU, and in this case perhaps Northwestern because their degree is thought to be more valuable .If Xavier's goal is to play as soon as possible, then either UNT or UH would work.If its' about education, hard to turn down Northwestern.

I recall SMU taking 2 linemen committed to us on last day. Its not over till its over.

Big 10 vs. AAC & CUSA. Your choice? Grey shirt would allow him to ease into academics.

Exactly how does a "grey shirt " work?

It would be great if it went out to all alumni and those who bought HOD tickets by mail, otherwise you are just milking the same cow.

What about the stud from Ft. Worth All Saints that had his Louisville scholarship jerked?

Liberty for all sports or just football? New Mexico ST. and Idaho are joining the Belt next year for football only.I think Benson has done a good job just keeping their conference alive. I

Probably on way to Chicago.

I thought naming rights from Apogee were for "services to be rendered", not cash.

Harry,DMN shows us chasing 4 other DL's as well; Olie,Washington,Jenkins, and Williams. Any idea as to how we stand?

I didn't realize NCAA fixed the insurance problem, which was my only issue.Thanks for bringing me up to date.Regarding unions,next it will be the cheerleaders.

About 20+ years ago a TCU football player broke his neck in a game. He spent the rest of his life in a wheel chair, and there was an annual golfing fundraiser to help pay expenses. He sued to be classified as an employee, but lost.The acceptance of all scholarships is voluntary. Athletics is the only one where you know up front that you have a chance of severe injury, but aren't told of what their liability is.This is the hole that I would like to see filled, which should be if they were insured. Do you have health care coverage that covers catastrophic injury?

These colleges also leave them out to dry if they suffer a catastrophic injury. University insurance provide little if any long term benefits [high schools probably provide even less]What they really need is to be considered employees and eligible for workman's comp.

Would someone please bring me up to speed.Thanks,Ward

Did I sleep thru the details of Coach Mac's contract extension?

To remain at the 1a level you had to average 20,000 home attendance per game in 30,000 seat stadium. This is why a successful alum donated enough money to put 10,000 bleacher seats in our stadium, none of which ever saw a butt.

We played only 4 home games[10 game season] that year and averaged 19,500 per game in attendance. Lost at Oklahoma State by 2 points, and at Boise in 1aa playoff by 4 points.

MVC at the "The Pit" watching John Savage play are some of my favorite college memories. I later became friends with an SMU basketball who played against Savage in "The Pit". He said that he had a breakaway near the seats on the side and someone stuck their foot out and tripped him.For those of you too young to have seen a game there in the 60's missed some of the best basketball teams in the nation playing us in a high school gym. I wonder what ever happened to "Big John".

I served on the University Foundation Board for 3 years in the early 90's, and part of our job was to try and consolidate small donations into funds that Al Hurley could have access to for special speakers,events,etc. However,we made him jump thru hoops when he requested money.I asked why, and was told that when Hayden Fry left North Texas the athletic program was indeed broke. The only thing that had kept it afloat was President Nolan transferring funds to the athletic department that had been given to the University,some of which had been designated by the donor for a specific purpose other than athletics. When this was discovered[i think after Nolan's departure] the Athletic Department had to repay the misappropriated monies. This was reason given to me for our drop to 1AA in football, and why the Foundation Board had installed procedures to prevent this abuse happening again.I am 70 and have slept since then, but this is my understanding of these events.

The program is in a tough situation with an outdated stadium and shunned by Bear Bryant Jr. who runs the Alabama B.O.R.,either officially or unofficially. He killed a new on campus stadium a few years ago, and prevented UAB from hiring an up and coming coach whose name escapes me. As long as he is alive,UAB is dead.

I think its harder for a small town like Denton to keep locals as opposed to a major city like Houston,San Antonio, or Dallas. What surprises me is the small number of players that TCU was able to keep in Ft. Worth.

Would of, could of,should of.UTSA is not a joke of a program, beat us at home, and came in 2nd in West CUSA. Let's see how we do against them this year in S.A. I don't understand the need to tear down their program is an effort to build our up. Penis envy?

This will be a great venue for our students majoring in Hotel Management[that's probably not actual name of degree].

I don't count any wins against high schools. Our non conference home schedule was a joke, with exception of SFA.

We have enough money as a member of CUSA to compete in athletics with AAC,MW,Sun Belt,and MAC conferences. What we don't have is enough extra cash to buy out bad hires.That money will have to come from alumni,and while we have a few deep pockets,we probably don't have nearly enough.