wardly

Thanks for information.All in all, the MAC has been most stable. This map also shows how foolish SDSU and BSU's move to BIG LEAST for football only really look.

I was there 1961thru 1966. We were 19-28-2 in football,even worse in basketball, but we always packed the pit.Saw some great MVC teams and players,but only one in green and white was John Savage.

Boys,it's Christmas, and no one has died because our mens basketball team was perhaps overated and maybe undercoached. I would not have used a comparison between Sandy Hook and our mens team,but I'm sure no harm was intended. The bottom line is that we expected sirlon for dinner and got chicken fried steak. While I would not have hired a coach without a successful head coaching background, Bedford is not the one who can't hit an outside shot nor has an attitude problem[Tony Mitchell]. We are just not a very good team. The UNT/Southeastern La. game was the worst college basketball. game this 70 year old geezer has ever seen bar non. I went to pre-NIT tourney at K.State, and in our loss to Alabama-Huntsville our opponent did what everyone else has done;pack in in on Tony because we have no one who can hit from the outside on a consistant basis. Mitchell had 10 points and 5 fouls in that game,which pretty much mirrors his season YTD.[ By the by,UAH had about 10 times the number of fans than we did]At any rate,the conference race begins in January, so lets hope for a fresh start in 2013 for our team and our nation. Best to you and yours over the holidays,Ward White.

Helment has basically 2 different types of eagles on it.No way Rick is even going to allow one. Desigh one with NORTH TEXAS on one side and MEAN GREEN on the other and send to Rick,and tell him that we want to look more like the Terps.

Can't open it.

1&3. Only win I see here is against the Spuds.

Tony Mitchel's ATTITUDE, for one. He has missed practices,and as a result has not started a few games as punishment. If his off court attitude is as bad as his is on court,he will bust out in December.

If BSU backs out,SDSU won't be far behind.

The addition of Tulane proved that, and was the straw trhat broke the camels back for the basketball only Big East Teams. Look at them to go after Tulsa if BYU stays independent,which i think they will.

If our loseing ways continue,and I see no reason it won't, it will be interesting to see who transfers out. I can't think that we have a bunch of happy campers.

Suggest you try Afrin. It will clear that nose right up.

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Guys, Sundays game was worst example of college basketball I have ever seen.We were 0 for 13 [or more from 3]from point range. We are a very bad team now , and are going to get out butts beat Thursday.

We have no team leader,no one who plays with passion,and no one who can hit outside shots. Therefore our competition packs it in on Tony, who gets nearly as many fouls as points. We are a very poor team,with more smoke than fire. At this point I doubt a 500 season,certainly not a division winner let alone the Sun Bely tourny. Color us "way overated. "

I think our main concern is if the Big East adds 3 more teams in the West to compliment SDSU,BSU,SMU,Baylor, and Tulane in order to create a true Western Division.They can only come trom MWC,CUSA,and Sun Belt.In fact,CUSA looks a lot like the Belt.If Tulsa and S.Miss. leave,we are still in better shape than being in the Belt,but not by much.

While I would not have hired a basketball coach with no head coaching experience, I don't think you can lay all the blame in his lap. We have no one who can hit an outside shot,no floor leader, and no passion. Since we can't shoot from outside, they pack in on Tony, who seems to have as many fouls as points. Sunday was the worst college basketball game this 70 year old has ever seen, and I don't know that its going to get much better. Right now we are a very bad team.

Tulsa's nearly new arena seats 7,000,same size as UTA's new $69 million venue. Not exactly tiny.

I am 70 years old, and this was the worst college basketball game I have ever seen.

Texas wants a 10 team conference and as long as the do thats whats its going to be. Regarding Big East, I read somewhere that both Boise and SDSU have free passes out if the tv money promised doesn't happen. I can see them returning to MWC, but I think SMU,Houston,Memphis,Tulane,UCF,ECU,and Navy will probably stay in Big East.Just a guess.

Does that mean that the Basketball schools get to take the name " Big East" with them? The remaining schools could then title their conference " Big Mess".

Reminds me of a story about the frog that wanted to get to the other side of the pond but was too tired to swim. A cotton mouth snake offered the frog a ride on his back but the frog initally resisted saying" you are a poisonous snake, and will bite and kill me". "No I won't ", said the snake. "I promise". So the frog got on the snake's back. Sure enough when they got to the middle of the pond the snake bit the frog. As he was dying,the frog said"but you promised". "Yes said the cotton mouth,but you knew I was a snake when you got on my back". The End.

I get a little tired of members of this board ragging R.V. about his coaching hires. When D.D. left, we had a budget of about $250,000 for a head football coach. Rick took a risk with T.D., and it didn't pay off. It happens to most of us in business as well as life. With the new student athletic fee, we are now able to be competative in the market place, and I feel that Coach Mac will turn out to be a good hire, just like Johnny Jones and our previous as well as current women's basketball coaches. I admit that the verdict is out on Bedford, and now it is not positive. However,there is a lot of basketball to be played, so lets reserve judgement until seasons end. I have said before,and feels it bares repeating,that only those who have never made hiring mistakes are those who have never hired. It's not an exact science,otherwise there wouldn't be such a head coaching turnover in colleges. You need only to look at Texas Tech as a recent example.I was in health care sales and distribution from 1968 thru 2003,and using the same profile hired some of the best and worst sales reps in my industry. I am not looking at R.V.'s hires with rose colored glasses. Personally,I would have hired an experienced men's head basketball coach. However, I feel Rick's positives out weigh his mistakes in hiring. On another note,I attended NTSU from 1961 thru 1966. Until Rick arrived, the only dedicated athletic facility was a football administration building built during Hayed Fry's era. You youngsters may remember it as our old ticket office. In my opinion,and no one is perfect[ except some of us who post on this board], Rick,despite some misfires,is the best Athletic Director in our history. So lets cut him a little slack,and look at our cup as half full instead of half empty.Just an old man's opinion.

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Don't you think his sideline incident with one of his assistants had something to do with it? After Leach,they must have a zero tolerance policy for legal reasons if nothing else.

Rick, nothing in my in box. think I checked my PM correctly, but who knows. Just email me :wardly1943@gmail.com, or call 214/417/9735. Thanks, and best to you and yours. Ward