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I expect that the defense will certainly improve over last year, but I think improvement in the offense will be the key. The defense will look better when the offense can get a couple of first downs and not turn the ball over (and we don't start at our own 10 yard line over and over). We had 33 turnovers last year according to MGS 2008 stats - and we forced 16 turnovers. The main thing I want to see from Riley is accuracy and very few interceptions/fumbles. Improving on turnovers and getting better on special teams will make such a huge difference. Riley doesn't need to have Graham Harrell numbers - just make good decisions and deliver the ball to open receivers.

I would also be interested in a watching party from the South Side if anyone knows of a gathering. Otherwise I'll probably head up to F&H at Midway in Dallas - who else will be at F&H? Would love to get up to the Pourhouse but would be tough on a Thur night.

A sold-out Ford stadium on hand to watch SFA upset the ponies - now *that* would be cool!

Wow - that was fun watching Troy's #14 run through our defense like we were just standing still... Can't wait for the return of the true Mean Green Defense!!!

Also Under. I think Cam will be right at the 1,000 yard mark - Second Team All SBC. I think Lance Dunbar and Riley could both go for 300+ yards.

Is the 1977 figure really true - that we averaged 19,599 at Fouts (capacity 20,000 at that time)? If so, then every game was basically a sellout? Given our poor records over the past 4 years, our average attendance hasn't been too bad (I think maybe around 17,500 over the past 4 years)?

Set 'em up Joe and keep drinking the Green Kool-Aid!! I'm predicting 1-3 OOC but 5-8 overall - we'll be better this year in SBC play with victories over WKentucky, MUTS, Ul-Monroe, and Fla Atl (yes, we'll win Homecoming this year)

That wasn't the question...

I never drink the Kool Aid behind a wheel - but I drink plenty of it while logged into GMG.com!!! BTW - we will beat Ball State

Yeah, that definitely caught my eye... North Texas over Troy (OT) A sign of things to come?

Did we just get called 5-year olds? This is going too far - must report this thread immediately

Now that's what I call "glass half full"

Here we go! 9-3 @ Ball St LOSS 9-12 Ohio WIN 9-19 @ Alabama LOSS 9-26 ?????? 10-3 MTSU WIN 10-10 @ ULL WIN 10-17 ULM??? WIN 10-24 @ Troy LOSS 10-31 WKU WIN 11-7 FAU WIN 11-14 @ FIU LOSS 11-21 Army WIN 11-28 @ ASU WIN

Interesting number - because I would have guesstimated 8,000 just thinking about our average attendance during the I-AA days. Although, I attended multiple games during those days where I swear we had less than 1,500 in Fouts. If nothing else, we've certainly come quite a ways with our average attendance.

Easily #92 - Booger Kennedy - watching him blow through double-teams like he was going up against high-school kids. Those were some good times...

My luxury suite costs 19 million - that's probably where Vito got his number... Y'all can come party in the suite though.

The folks at Scout.com are obviously dyslexic - I'm sure they meant "9-3" for the Mean Green

True dat! If you think UNT has a lack of school spirit, take a stroll down the TSU or UTSA campuses and notice all of the UT and A&M garb being worn. It will remind you of the North Texas State University student body circa 1985. Somehow - Someway - we've been able to build some semblance of campus spirit at UNT.

Maybe they'll get a D1 team soon. Sorry UTSA... looks like AIOU is Sun Belt bound.

Wikipedia says we're still #4... Top 10 as of Fall 2008[1] Ranking University Location Enrollment 1 The University of Texas at Austin Austin 50,006 2 Texas A&M University College Station 48,126 3 University of Houston Houston 36,104[2] 4 University of North Texas Denton 34,795 5 Texas State University–San Marcos San Marcos 29,125 6 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio 28,585 7 Texas Tech University Lubbock 28,422 8 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington 25,070 9 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso 20,458 10 University of Texas–Pan American Edinburg 17,577 Wikipedia - largest Texas universities

If we're talking about UNT Football, then following are some golden marketing rules... 1) Football is mostly for men 2) Men mostly like women 3) Scantly clathed women work at Hooters, Bone Daddy's, etc. 4) Therefore, host Mean Green Promotion nights at these fine establishments

Yes, but the Spring enrollment is always smaller than the Fall - so my guess is that 33,366 is a record Spring enrollment. BTW - I've noticed 2 billboards on Central Expressway in Dallas that UNT has used for advertising this year - the first one made reference to that record Fall enrollment. Good to see that some marketing is happening.

Hey - Shavod committed, we're getting a new stadium, and Plumm is posting again. All is right in the Mean Green World!!!

This thread is going to be "awesome" Waiting patiently for the first double-quoted "Haiku"

No concerns here - I think we are pretty deep at RB: Cam Montgomery - senior Lance Dunbar - sophomore Jeremi Mathis - sophomore Micah Mosley - junior James Hamilton - sophomore (converted DB - assuming he stays with the offense this year)