meangreendork

This could be good for MTSU-sometimes walk-ons have the kind of work ethic and discipline that the scholarship players don't have.

Everyone's right- preseason rankings are usually based on your player's skill levels, and even then, if you're still playing in the SBC or even in the CUSA, you're still hard-pressed to get a high ranking. Highest I've ever gotten was #11, and that was after 14 seasons (after my first 4, I basically simmed about 3/4 of the games) and 5 BCS champs seasons.

Both. The other schools didn't want to compete with NT on a fair field, so they decided they'd just pull the field from underneath the program.

He was more off than on last season. He's not fragile or anything, but I keep reading about his hamstring.

Rick Yeatts is the de-facto school photographer. RJY.com should take you to his site and I'm sure he can sell you super-hi-res images.

Flames and diamonds? What's next, chrome hog-style handlebars? An O.C.C. logo?

Hit up GettyImages- you'll be pleasantly surprised to see 3 shots of Patrick at the Patriots' mini camp.

Probably so. If Madden 2006 on the 360 looked much, much better and ran faster (despite missing 1/2 the features of the PS2/XB/GC versions), I'm pretty sure that the additional work time EA had would take care of the features and probably even ramp up the AI's capabilities.

Bloody smileys.

It was just supposed to be a correction about the t-shirt trading program that was said not be running when it had been since at least 2003. The two of us had actually been pretty quiet despite all of the previous critcism. But this one was pretty bad since an assumed statement had been taken (almost) as truth, and it really wouldn't be all that hard to find out the truth. It really makes me wonder about some people if they'll take one person's statement as truth and not even consider checking on it. Especially if the person is rarely on campus during regular campus hours to be a reliable source. Then all the craziness erupted.

Begun to feel what being a Talon should be like? No, it's been like this for some time now. And it's more than just going to events, it's also helping in their running and also running them. I'll applaud Rick- he's the alumni that would really be type where voting would more than deserved. Why? Because he contributes. Rick should be given a vote because he participates and puts forth effort and is there. And you? You sit and complain. And complain. And to only two members of the organization. Funny thing is, the rest of the membership doesn't know who you are. The membership has cycled so much since then that the older members have vague information about you. Meanwhile, the guys behind the cannon and the Model A are fresh in everyone's mind. Not solely because of their involvement in those very important symbols, but because the membership sees them, and watches them in action. They hear their names during the new membership meetings and they hear their names in discussion during the games. Maybe you've been forgotten. And honestly, if you're going to do nothing but speak lowly about other people besides Bryan and I who do put so much work into the organization, maybe you deserve that. I know that I complained about the football team last fall and I'm sure I'd deserve a major snubbing by them if I tried to shake any player's hand. Don't forget that there are still people that care dearly about the organization, enough to push themselves to their breaking points to keep it going. People who've sacrificed a letter grade, who've given up time they could spend at another job, time they can spend with people they care about. While they may not be the most innovative people and might not draw the media blitz, that doesn't make their efforts any less valuable. But you, you thump your chest. You constantly applaud yourself for how you kept things running with only 8 members. And that is a true feat, especially with the athletics program being nearly a waste during that period of time. Did anyone back then know about Talons? Honestly, did they? How often does any Talon, Bryan, myself or any show us here and start patting our backs about anything we've done? Almost never. Matter of fact, just about anything we've said, especially now, has been in defense of the people currently in the organization. And this time, to correct an entirely erroneous statement on your part. Just simply saying that the program may no longer exist caused a few people to form ranks behind you, none of them bothering to double check what you said. Up until this point, we've stayed pretty silent, even with the board raging about what's wrong with the organization. Many of those things were problems- divisiveness within the membership due to social groups, lack of participation in university events outside of athletics and others are either addressed, or being worked on. I remember back when you and I went over many of the problems in the organization, and that many of these problems stemmed from the people in charge. The changes won't happen overnight, but they're taking place and some are already fixed. While you've been complaining about the supposed "new leadership" many of them had already graduated or left. Many of the people you and I both agree were bad for the organization left fairly soon after I joined back in 2003. More left as time passed. As a matter of fact, I'm certain you would have difficulty recognizing a majority of the organization now. Especially since so many have joined within the last 12 months. Now, before we go on about who's thumping chests, it's you that's done that more than anyone else. I'm sure it was easy back then, with only 8 people, to motivate everyone to do everything. Small numbers are easy to influence, especially if they're all very like-minded. It's even easier since there are less schedules to work around. At this point, the organization is larger than just 8-10 people, some of which aren't big sports fan, but they're there because they love the school and what it's done for them. Because of that, the leaders have to shape events around the schedules of who can make what, and when the events are being held. Emmitt, stop complaining and do something about it. I know for a fact that Coach Dickey probably doesn't care about what I have to say because I'm not at the practices, not in the locker room, and not on the bus between games. And because of that, it's entirely logical to dismiss everything I have to say, especially since like a lot of fans, I only speak well when the team wins, and I speak negatively of him otherwise. Now, if you'd actually participate and possibly be a little more positive about what the members are doing, then they'll start to see who you are and how important you were and how important you can be again to the organization. Those same members who may not have liked you before are basically gone, and those who know about you don't have an opinion either way. And up until now, I'd been pretty neutral about you. Step up, be there, and let the membership know that an alumni vote won't be used by uninformed alumni. You can step up and lend your experience to the new leadership and become part of something you helped build. Or, you can be forgotten as more and more membership graduates and be nothing more than a ghost and a name on the alumni list.

SMU for me too. They're the closest team to us aside from TCU, and they're team that's come up against the NT teams most often. The rich vs. poor thing helps out alot too.

Is that all you have, Emmitt? Don't you have more misinformation to distribute? More out-of-date, assumption-filled statements to make? I mean, of the 35+ members, only Bryan and I really look at the GMG.com board, so we can't really speak on behalf of everyone else as it concerns feelings. I mean, you're already assuming one person is speaking as a whole for everyone else. You've somehow managed to convince some people that all Talons does is show up at football games and does nothing else. I can tell you, from personal experience, and from talking to younger members, that at this point, being a Talon can be almost like having another job, especially if you're a member that likes to be at absolutely everything. But with the members at 35+, we can't all make the same schedules and be at the same things- which means we have to run a lot of different things at one time. That alone means we have to keep our schedules filled. I didn't take the statement that way, though the way it's placed (now that I see it again) might not sound that great. -nothing against Zeke, I know I was pretty pissed off about Emmitt yelling that out- Or maybe, Bryan's sick of hearing someone complain about something they don't want to fix, and won't even go to the "new-new" leadership (this said since the exec board has changed alot even since I was on it) to fix. And even if you did come around about it, it was always in a horribly biting, condescending manner. I don't know about you, but it's not easy to keep someone's attention if you do nothing but complain and stop there with any sort attempts to make things better. It's alot like being the guy that doesn't vote, but continually expresses his own dissatisfaction with the current presidential administration. It looks as if this "new leadership" you were complaining about has cycled out. I mean, you won't even consult current leadership to find about a program that's been running for three years. I understand that you can't be on campus since the PD's got you more than occupied, but it doesn't take more than a few minutes to place a phone call. Go Mavs.

Has he corrected his passing? He's got the arm and the speed to be a good QB, but he wasn't that accurate last season.

And that was...what, 3 years ago? Meaning that your statements really don't carry much water, do they? It's alot like complaining about food you've never tasted. If you sat in the Pit Crew's section last spring, it was as simple as turning around. What Emmitt did was kind of uncalled for, though. Didn't see him much after that game, or at least, in Pit Crew's section. Now I'll admit there should have been more activity for the BB games in the fall. But there was activity for the soccer and volleyball games...that usually don't draw much attendance these days.

Those predictions are based on the fact we coughed up just about every game last fall, that DM is still listed at starting QB, and that we haven't gone into the the fall practices just yet. I have faith in the team- that the players have the talent to win every game but UT, and maybe even give those suckers a run for their money.

Go easy on him, he's not an english major

There seems to be a missing post. Wonder why that is...it's not like it wasn't mostly factual information with a little bit of opinion. I mean, there's attendance at women's softball, basketball, football, volleyball, freshman orientation, the Get Connected events, the two big school-sponsored parties at the start of each year, the Campus Cleanup/GreenOut program, Adopt-a-Spot...who knows what else.

We still do it- got a table in front of the union for almost the entire fall and spring semester. It's either run on Wednesdays or Thursdays. We take t-shirts from other schools, trade em for NT shirts, simply. The shirts from 03-05 were deep green with North Texas on the front with a script font over a swish-like mark. The 06 shirts are that new ugly light green with new North Texas on the front and the San-Bay logo small on the upper-back (they cut us a deal). Seriously.

I own a PC, use MACs at work. The funny thing about PC and Mac crashes and errors is that to my experience, PCs (especially those that don't get a lot of maintenance) have errors fairly often. Macs don't have errors as often, but when they do, it's a sure sign that the drive is about to go. Little story: I worked at a magazine in Dallas awhile back, they were running a Mac G4 on OS/X Jaguar, it was only a year or so old, used only for magazine work. At home, I had a 5-year old PC running on WIN98SE that I'd used for everything from PC gaming to writing papers. While I had a good number of BSODs on my PC, they were nothing bad. But when the Mac at work started to bug up, it preceeded the Mac's harddrive failure. At a newspaper I worked at last summer, they had an iMac (where the whole computer is in the flat-panel monitor) and that poor thing's hardrive cooked itself, and before that, the CD/DVD drive didn't function properly. This was also just used to for newspaper work and wasn't that old, running OS/X Jag as well. It turned out that that model's hardrive had a failure rate of 30%.

Hey whatever happened to this guy>?

It's a grudge game. It's not THE BIG game. Ultimately, the big game is UT. It'll be the biggest crowd for any UNT appearance game this season, bar none. The other OOC games (Tulsa, Akron, and LaTech) are all equally big games as I'm sure the general public will expect losses in each game. I don't want 0-5 OOC.

Even if the sentence is poorly arranged "nice and fluffy AFTER", I don't blame anyone for thinking we'll get steamrolled, especially with last season's performance. But on a positive note, the team I saw at the G/W spring game was entirely different from the team at last year's G/W spring game. Keep in mind, lots of people thought we'd be steamrolled by Baylor. Even when they did win the next season, the win gap wasn't nearly as big as the 52-14 drubbing at Fouts.

Most of the claims are correct, really. Granted that some of them are a result of the Mac's software architecture and popularity (virus issue, for example)...but the univeral connectivity isn't entirely accurate and the crash/reboot issue is DEFINITELY false. Besides, the performance of a PC is really more in the hands of the user. If you allow pop-ups, don't maintain the machine (and with System Mechanic or something, it does it on its own), and open random emails, you're bound to get foul-ups. At this point, I just own a PC. I'll buy a Mac, but it'll be more for work. I'll have my PC for everything else. Frankly, the two are basically equal to me.

I've been seeing the new run of Mac ads lately...and as someone that's used both Macs and PCs, the ads aren't that great, with one being basically wrong. The one that basically says that Macs don't have to restart is utter nonsense. I've had Macs at work (brand new and previously run) lock-up, crash, and just go nuts. As for the other ads, they're pretty close to correct, but I don't know if they're effective or not. Are they aiming at PC owners? If so, then they're taking a big risk by taking a shot at them. Frankly, I would've done something more direct.