wardly

what do we need in a new head coach? just my opinion, but: 1] college head coaching experience.[ lets get real guys,leach is not in the budget. probably $500,000 per year is our max, but just an educated guess] 2] must run a simular offense. t.d. inherited clydesdales from d.d., tried to turn them into quarter horses 3]must have strong texas ties for recruiting purposes.for example, i don't remember the name of sam houston head coach, but he was strongly considered by houston and made their short list of 3 finalist 4] in a perfect world he would have a defense coaching background. 5] he must be able to walk on water, part the seas, and heal our very sick football program which has gone from bad to worst.

if i am not mistaken, we have more seniors on this team than anyone else in the belt. looks to me that our new coach will have to rebuild a team that has won only 6 games in 4 years.

what are you guys smoking? we will open our new stadium next year with another in a long line of sorry teams. unless we win, something we have done only 5 of the last 20 years, the "new" will wear off and we will be back to 18,000 or so attendance, looking to hide 12,000 empty seats. we will need to expand this stadium when pigss fly.

we are in violent agreement. my point is that we have not had a coach with a winning record in 32 years. we have a history of having a sorry football program that is getting worse instead of better. in that context, corky did ok in my book.

he had 5 winning seasons in 9 years. since he was fired, we have had 5 winning seasons in 20 years. he looks pretty good to me, since about 20 of his losses were against the likes of texas tech,a&m, smu, okla.state,baylor,texas,tcu,kentucky,kansas state,oklahoma,new mexico,tulsa,etc. during his tenure we beat new mexico,kansas state,tcu,texas tech,rice,smu, and were robbed in austin in 1988 24-27. only hayden fry had a better modern? day record 1973 to 1978, winning twice as many as he lost.

this is too logical for us to ever do. it just makes too much sense. forget it. what are you thinking?etc,etc,etc

winner is scott franklin. thanks for playing. tickets in tomorrows mail.

golf outing this weekend,so i have 4 seat back tickets on 50 yard line with vip parking available at no charge to first response with mailing address to wardly@tx.rr.com

its always been a problem for us, smu or tcu ,to draw well at home up against texas/ou weekend.while we may not attend cotton bowl classic, some of us have guests that make it difficult to attend. last year our guests went to texas/ ou game, and then we all went to unt evening game. with time change moving classic back, we couldn't make it work this year. just saying.....

well said, i'm sad to say.

great idea!

good teams find a way to win, bad teams find a way to loose. we are a senior loaded bad team who has gotten every bad break one could image this year.having said that, look at the number of personal fouls we had in this game.that,+ six wins in 3&1/2 seasons = poor coaching. as soon as we loose 6 games, i would terminate dodge and find a replacement that we could announce before seasons end. i heard hank talking on radio broadcast about the good players and good teams in the 90's. i must have slept thru that decade. we had 2 winning seasons in that decade, 3 in the following, and only 5 in the past 20 years. we are a sorry football team in a sorry football program in a sorry football conference. its time for a change.[ sorry for the rant, but i am fed up with our state of affairs regarding our football program, or lack there of.]

the wac just doesn't work for us. closest school, other than la tech who has bags packed, is 600 miles from us [nmsu]. our experiebce in the big worst taught us that. also, 6 years ago we didn't have the budget. playing boise, nevada, and hawaii are not the same as competing with them, especially boise. they are the largest state school in the largest city[ which i think is state capitol] in a small state. in a micro way you might compate they to ut. bottom line; we will never have resourses they do. the belt is a much better conference than the new wac, and a better fit for us. just an opinion.

seattle and denver have both tried to get in the wcc, who says they are not expanding after addition of byu. montana, who is experiencing financial problems, is locked at the hip with montana state, and they are not going anywhere. for basketball, it makes sense to add seattle and denver. for football, the have no choice but to add texas state and utsa to get up to 8 schools. does it make them a better conference? no way, but it keeps them alive until realignment strikes again. i give them credit. they are the conference that should be dead but find a way to survive, even if its at a much lower level of competation.

fyi, lane rawlins was at the fau game working the small nt crowd, introducing himself, and thanking those in attendance for coming. i talked to him for about 10 minutes, and was impressed by his interest in our football program. his feeling seemed to be that we need to take care of business in the belt amd that if we do so realignment will take care of itself. not a direct quote, but what i gathered from our conversation.

i don't think out patched up o-line can do that every week. remember that fau ranks last in ia rushing defense. however, our o-line did a great job, and r. dodge had one of his best games ever. hope he can make it thru season without injury. he has more guts than just about ant kid i have ever seen. bottom line: there was " no quit" in our team. glad i was there to see it.

i was at the game and several things impressed me.1]r. dodge played very well. he forced 1 pass into double coverage in the end zone that was intercepted, but other than that, was outstanding. 2] this was the type of close game that we normally loose. going into 4th qtr with a lead and not closing the deal, such as with rice. 3] the players were really pumped, shouting "1&0" as they left the field 4] lets not go overboard with our offensive line play. fau is worst in nation in rushing defense, giving up 256.5 yards per game. we rushed for 257 yards. this word of caution is not intended to take anything away from what was a excellent outing by our patched up o-line, but to put it in perspective. if we can beat ull at home, we may yet have a decent season with 4 or 5 wins, maybe more, but we are very thin regarding player depth. fau's new stadium costing $68 million will be simular to fiu and mtsu in construction, a steel erector set.

of the 6 remaining wac schools, 4 are former members of the belt, and with the possible exception of hawaii, bottom feeders in 1a football.[latech may be a step above, but san jose is certainly a big step down]. i just don't see what we gain in the wac. latech is a 3 hr drive, and new mexico st. is 600 miles from denton. historically we do not have a natural rival. while we look at smu as one, they don't consider us to be their equal. to me , the only thing texas state and utsa bring to the table is an opportunity to develope long term intrastate rivals. otherwise, we are stuck in the belt, as cusa doesn't need another school in dfw market and neither does mt. west. we need to get out football program back to winning first and worry about conference alignment second.we have had 3 winning seasons in the past 10 years,and 5 in the last 20.to illustrate what a sorry program we have become, corky nelson had 5 winning seasons in 9 seasons during the 80's, including 3 of his last 4 and got fired. go figure.

tickets went to zach owens.

i have 4 tickets available at no charge for this game. they are chair backs and on 50 yd. with vip parking pass, and will go to 1st e-mail to wardly@tx.rr.com with mailing adress including zip code.we are going to fau game this weekend, but can't make 10/2 game at home against ull. enjoy.

not for me. while wins are certainly important, we need our student athletics to graduate, and a staff that represents the university well. we can have both. we just haven't yet.

regardless of won-loss record, is our football program better off now that it was under dickey?

actually we probably are in violent agreement as to what level of coach should replace dodge. our sticking points seem to be who and how. since neither of us will be involved in the decision making, our opinions are an exercise in fun and futility. i do appreciate your passion and support for north texas athletics, as i hope you do mine. i just must poke the bear every once in a while.[ count me in. only 498 more]

since i am originaly from arkansas, i am used to being stereotyped.unless you have 500like minded friends,you might wish to send the money directly to leach to help with his legal expenses in his suit against tech. also, what makes you think my gameday is cheap?

just for the sake of discussion, we now pay our head coach about $250, 000 per year. to get someone "major", who preferably a coach who was not fired from his last job, we need another $750,000 for a $1million budget. the school needs to up their share to $500,000, and we need to raise the same plus another $500,000 for his upgraded staff for an alumni comitment of $1million per year for the length of his contract. that means we need 10 @$100,000, or 100@$10,000, or any combination that works to give a set amount in addition to the level of giving they presently do.we have only about 400 or so members of the mean green club, and i don't think all would be willing or able to pitch in. i might be off a little on stadium construction pledges, but i think it was only in the $5million range.we basically have champagne taste and a beer pocketbook. i do appreciate your support of the athletic program,and am not saying we should not think outside the box. i just know my own ranking in priority points wouldn't get me in the u.t. end zone, but affords me 50 yard line seats and reserved parking at n.t. i hope the university is willing to step up to the plate when we hire a new coaching staff, as i just don't see any external financial support. that doesn't mean i don't want a" name "coach. just show me the money.