kingwoodgreen

I just wanted to also chime in and agree on the Landry's comment. You can find much better in the Houston area. I am not sure any locals eat there. Find a Pappas or maybe somebody more familier with that area can suggest something better. Even though I live in Kingwood we do not venture in the big city much. My son and I ate at a great little pizza joint close to campus last year. It was called Foxes. We ate their before the b-ball game. I am really looking forward to this game. Rice is a very nice campus of course the staduim is a relic of the past as is Fouts. I hope to meet alot of Houston area alums there. I am not sure what their taligating situation is. Rice does not strike me as a tailgate type gameday. They do struggle with attendance. They are still running full page ads in the sports page promoting the smuu game. I bet we could have a dencent turnout with the locale. It was sure fun to see our attendance at the smuu game last year. Alot of green grouped together looked great as I had seats on the wrong side but was proud of the view and heard many comments about our spirit. Most of the alums were spread out but the students were impressive. I hope we all can be in the same sections for Rice.

who better to give you your lunch choices for the day. what was the ape's name, ajax?

thank you, Drummer

The Houston Chronicle has an article on a new fund drive to expand Robertson Stadium. This is not tin the sports section, called city and stateI cannot link but here is the jest and quotes; "the school is hoping it can increase attendance at games, RAISE THE SCHOOL'S PROFILE, and even boost it into a more desirable athletic conference." Headline - athletic director says it would boost school's reputation "all the great schools have good athletics" "people have to look at us as, they really do mean this" 38.7 million in which the school will kick in some due to part of it will include things other than athletics, this is part of the end zone

CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SONS Adler most of these guys just do not get it. And for you older guys like myself. SECOND VERSE IS THE SAME AS THE FIRST Not that many "money people" out there are going to contribute to what they see as a student body that does not really care. And belive me we do have "money" people out there. I know many but they have no interest in sending money to what has been an embarrassing athletic history. Even with what I see as an old timer as some great strides and hires we are not going to get many of the old alums back. So we might as well get realistic about going back to that well. If we were to max the fees and get the money needed to fund a good division 1 program then maybe some will see the light. But we cannot carry on with the status quo or we will get the status quo. Somebody has to kick start this program and cash is the way. Time to pull out the stops now. Max the fee, originate an agressive alum donation plan for a mid size kick ass stadium and bring every butt we can to all the games. Dodge can take us to a new level but he needs a staduim and funds. We shuld have been implementing a fee all along and raised it as the years went by and there would not be a peep. Desparate times call for desparate measures. If you think we are not in those times then stick your head in the sand and shout it to the housetops about how your alma mater has a great music program. Feel the pride and then turn on the UT game for some good collage football. Or get the cash in house and stop making excuse that we do not need any extreme fixes. Stop saying we can get by on this so we can be all we can be. Which is probaly a very good mid major program that is a blast to come and see exciting div 1 football (and other sports). We will have a state of the art stadium that includes some new and old traditions. The old golf course should be a great canvas to design the best tailgaiting park in the country. Occasionally we will bring in some fun teams to watch and we will occasionall provide the faithfull with some upsets that will make headlines on gameday. None of this can happen without a financial windfall. If we could all sit down with RV or Todd and have a beer I am sure they would eventuall tell us the same thing. Money cannot buy you a national championship but it can put you swimming with the sharks and that is all I want us to be doing, not hanging with the small fry.

I could not tell you how many chicken fried steaks I ate have eaten at the Charcoal Grill. I had forgotten about that place until you brought it up. It was cheap and great. I was friends with the owners of the NY subway way back. One was local (Ted) and the other was actaully from the NY area. He stayed the owner for quite some time. I got a 13 which was pastrami. I lived in the Sig Ep house back in the early 80's. They would have my sandwich started before I made it through the turnstile. Another popular place was the Cozy Oaks on University. Nemo's sub shop was good as well as Godfather's pizza. Denton county Hamburgers always rocked. They pick up was a great place to take a first date, preferably a new freshman.

I had a mean green encounter in the Subway in Malakoff, Texas. I eat there often as I am building a waterfront home development on Cedar Creek Lake. There was a couple eating in the booth nearby that I overheard talking about their son. They were talking to someone else about how they had high hopes for next season and about their son moving back from the Air Force Academy. Upon further conversation with them they of course were chuck Peterson's parents. They were super nice and very excited about the team under Dodge. It was nice to hear as I was walking out the door his Mom yell "go mean green" across the restaurant. Kingwood Green

For those of us in the Houston area it was dissapointing to not see us included in the front page article. For those of you not in our area it was a story on Texas basketball success stories this year. It included of course ut and a&m but was mainly on the success of uh, uta, sfa and shsu. Sure would have like to be included in that group but our record did not warrant it.

I drove down from Houston to see this game versus a big 12 team. I got to see us beat Rice last year in a very good game also.I don't care which big 12 team it is they all have big budgets and should out recruit us any day of the week. It was a great game for us I hope the players take this momentum and build. I left north Carrollton around six. I had to pick up my 8 year old nephew to take with me. Butts in the seat and all. We got to the parking lot around seven. I was thinking from the traffic that a sell out was close but it was not. I have been to two of the best attended games at the pit. Our SLC championshsip game and the regional tounament with a & m and North Carolina. The pit crew blew me away. They looked great in all the green shirts. You have to admit the amount of orange present was impressive. We could do better in green but it is probably the best I have ever seen. The cheers were great but the band needs to learn how to end it on a high note. To continue playing until you run it into the ground loses some of the effect. The team. Wooden was a stud. If we had another real good big man we would be a top 40 team. The young guards had no fear and a nice touch (especially at the free throw line). Everyone else looks a little lost, tentitive or just outmanned. When we had the right five we stayed up by 10. The next five we let them get back. But that did make the see saw battle exciting. When they would get close we took control. The end was a little scary but makeing FT's for a change was the difference. Yes it was worth the drive and traffic. From what I heard on the radio we were lucky the game was not tonight.Oh the post game mob was cool to watch. Showed alot of school spirit. Hold on I just said school spirit regarding a NT sports event. Things really are looking up. We have a ways to go but Rome was not rebuilt in a short time. We old timers have to admint things have been worse. Kingwood Green

I will be driving down from Houston for the day. I plan to bring my nephew who lives in Carrollton. I am looking for some others to bring so we will have some more butts in seats. Kingwoodgreen (we have some studs at Kingwood HIgh I hope JJ takes some interest in. The last two went to Arizona and TTech).

A flyover is also in the plans. This game can be special if done right and I believe we will. A sell out is probably a given. Get ready.

The coach here in Kingwood has done very well. Three straight years in the finals. Two losses to Duncanville (this year), a loss to Plano and a win against Desoto. This season they beat Christ the King out of NY and lost to Dematha. Huseman is his name and they play a mean defense.

I was at that game. even though I am anti-aggie it was great to see Dean Smith lose. He was the father of the four corner stall and I always hated that play. The shot clock later took care of that style of game. UNC had a late lead and went into the stall and it cost them. The pit was packed and had all the atmosphere of the tournament as it is today. They later raided the attendance minimums that put the pit out of contention for further venues. Anytime you get a program like the tarheels in town it was good pr for the school.

I don't pretend to know anything abut this recruit but I do see the bigger picture. He is the icebreaker regardless of how he pans out. Hopefully he is the first of many area locals to consider UNT. This had to happen for us to open the gates. Thats what I am talking (excited about).

Please add me to the list if possible. I do not post much but read every day.

that is as good as it gets. especially against ou

Soon I will be starting my first development. It is 14 waterfront homes on Cedar Creek Lake. I also have a mosquito misting systems business out of my home in Houston and I also rep for the manufacturer. Our family sold our electrical supply business (Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, Atlanta and New Jersey) a couple of years ago. I have been also trying to build an indoor sports facility with indoor soccer and basketball for several years now.

I just got back from the Rice game. Not crowded but a fun enviroment especially with the mob band. They were loud and funny. My ten year old son thought it great when they would chant "sponge bob square pants". We wore our mean green football jerseys which enabled us to meet a high school coach from Bush H.S. He had a mean green jerseey also. He is not an alum but his daughter is a freshman. Interesting, said he wanted to try and help NT recruit in Houston. Momentum swung both ways during the game. We had some real cold periods. Rice at times looked sharp and they almost came back and won. Our free throw shooting could be our downfall. We played tough and had a good zone and full court press. We beat a good team tonight and Watson was the man who stepped up. I had hoped to see Wooden stand out but Rice was tough on him inside. Overall good win angainst a CUSA team. I will take those anyday.

I plan on being there with my son. If possible I will bring the entire family. I would also like to seat with the other Mean Green fans. I have never been to a basketball game at Rice but something tells me we will have not problems finding a place. If we all walk up at diiferent times we will no know what section to ask for but probably will be able to move as a group if desired.

I agree about having the law collage in Denton. But I am uncertain if the opportunity is there unless it is in Big D. It seems as if this is only possible as a boon to downtown. I am actually not that excited about the school's image being promoted with the Dallas campus also. But that being said my choice would be to have it on campus. Additional building would add to campus. Law school would bring in more traditional students. More apt to be involved with athletics. With engineering and law we could really promote ourselves as a school on the move. The perception is that we would be reinventing UNT. We have a perception problem. These elements would assist us getting in CUSA as much as some success in the smaller sports.

The name escapes me but the famous artist that does all the "blue dog" paintings has a place there. It is great. anyone in town should be able ot get you there.

Not sure if anybody can help on this but am desparate. I signed up dring the smu game and could not log on. Tried again today and same thing. They have sent me my password verification but still cannot log on.

the exact same thing happened to me. Are you able to log on yet?

Rick, do you have any hitch covers left?

I lived in Knoxville for a short time. Game day there is huge. Everyone whether you went to ut or not followd the Vols. With the Vol Navy (huge houseboat tailgating on the Tennessee River next to the stadium) and capcaity of 100.000 it is quite a sight and experiance.