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The HoD bowl and a win over a good opponent in that bowl, plus some great bragging and recruiting rights to boot, plus momentum to carry into the next season that turns into wins and a conf championship, then another bowl win. I'm just being thorough about where the one gift can go.

It's an interesting matchup and one I think our guys can win inside of. I think our team will be viewed as the underdogs, but I think our team is better overall, especially when it comes to points scored by and scored against.

http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/man-made-earthquakes/ Seems like the earthquakes are caused less by drilling and more by the disposal of the wastewater. Either way, the evidence seems to show that the earthquakes happen more often in places where fracking is done, especially when a ground fault is nearby. What I am sure of is that the fracking wells are noisy, smell terrible, and they're a pretty serious eyesore in the middle of the towns I've seen them in.

Too true. Everything from the boulevarding all the way to the band uniforms screams exclusivity to the average Dallas-ite and they likely don't want anything to do with it. Even more if they have a degree not from SMU or no degree at all.

I'm a little concerned about that, too. Then again, I'm also seeing underclassmen at other positions get playing time so I'm not entirely worried we'll be in the same place as Tulsa and Southern Miss next season - which is pretty much the nightmare scenario.

I would give the D some slack - they were on the field for what seemed like 45 of a 60-minute game on a bitterly cold day. The offense has to pull its weight more consistently and that also means the coaching staff calling plays that allow the offense to do so.

Don't know if I'd want UNT in the MWC. The All-American, sure. But not the MWC.

Something like that. Then again, the guy pushing this agenda has plainly stated he didn't really read anything explained to him, so it's basically like asking a deaf goat to understand Taiwanese.

This is the best: I love the "the women got additional sports and pretty much all of Mean Green Village for every sport" answer. Like UNT wouldn't adhere to Title IX guidelines.

Basically, the folks predicting a 3pt win for UTSA forget that UNT has a thing for scoring in all 3 phases of the game. Come to think, a lot of coaches UNT has played have had a thing for missing that UNT scores in all 3 phases of the game.

The pro-Marshall/ECU fans forget that scoring can still happen on defense and on special teams. Sure, you can tie the UNT offense and match them score-for-score, but that means nothing when the UNT defense and special teams have another 14 points on the board. That said, I think Marshall is a paper tiger. Nice stats offensively, but most of those stats were earned against weak, weak teams. And while they score well, their defense was horrific against MTSU. The same MTSU our team took apart on offense and especially on defense. ECU is another story - they look like the most legitimate team that CUSA-East has. No one else in that division comes close. ECU would definitely give our team a run for their money and probably win. Oh, and the guy who thought Rice was the better team? That "the better team didn't win" argument would work in a game won or lost by 3-7 points. That would work when the officials gave the winning team a possession they didn't earn or called a penalty a that negatived a big play. It doesn't work with a score gap as big as the Rice/UNT game, and it doesn't work when the officials gift the losing team an additional 4 opportunities to score on the goal line and the losing team can't make it happen.

I think the game comes down to defense and special teams scoring and scoring opportunities. Turnovers have cost our opponents something like 14-21 points per game on average. Special teams errors have cost them between 7-14 points per game on average. UTSA is only able to score in one phase. UNT can score and has scored in all 3 phases of a football game and is pretty consistent about it. As far as offense goes, the two teams are fairly close when compared against like opponents. But when measuring defense and special teams, that's where the differences show and that's where UNT is a better team. If UTSA can come and play a mistake free game, I think UNT wins by 7. If UTSA comes out and turns the ball over as they normally do, UNT wins by 14. If their QB, Soza, has a bad game like he has earlier this season, UNT could win by 28. I'm hoping our defense gets in his face all day and keeps him shaken while the special teams eats UTSA alive.

Woke up to one of the classic statements about the library and stadium, and had to do the ol' clarification dance. The hilarious part is that the fees for the library and its services are 65% higher than that of the athletics program - all of the athletics program. So that said, I think the priorities are in order. As for that odd regulation, it does seem strange that funds for salaries/wages/benefits have to come from a specific source. I would understand why you couldn't cover football with state funding, but I don't get why something that's directly tuned to academics (library salary/wages/benefits) can't come from funding aimed specifically at academics. But from what I've gathered, here's the deal: At some point, however many years back, UNT's libraries were joint funded through state funds and student fees. Back then, the fees were designed to be a supplement to state funds to bump salaries, get new materials, etc. Then, the student library fee was increased (again, many years ago), and some people thought that the fee alone could cover the expenses of the library, salaries/wages included. So for employees past a certain cutoff date, they were paid out of student fees. And for employees before a certain date, whose pay came from state funds, they continued to be paid from state funds. To offset this, both the previous and current Dean of the Libraries asked for a fee increase, but they were declined. Now the issue is that ALL library employees have to be paid through student fees, no grandfathering allowed. This means that a student fee that was never designed to support the pay of all of the employees and running operations of the library has to do exactly that. Apogee or not, the library system would still be dicked right now.

Beat out USAFA, NMSU, Tulsa, Ohio and Indiana for Adams. Welcome aboard, man.

End of the day, none of the numbers are in UTSA's favor, both historically and this season. Their bare-win over Tulane is their one point in this whole mess. I know their fans want a win, but the odds look extremely slim for that win.

That side-swipe would be cool on a mobile device. But it's a lot like the Windows 8 tile interface in that it ONLY really makes sense with a touch panel. Plus, depending on your window size and browser, it might not render up properly and it'll put articles under the bars. I kinda like the idea, but it doesn't translate to user-friendly.

This beats the kneepad piece they did for SMU.

Tulane doesn't make any sense. They've lost winnable games and won games they shouldn't have. They're the most inconsistent team in the CUSA.

There were some monster blocks against UTEP, DT's among them. That aside, I hope the offense is ready for UTSA and Tulsa - lots of missed passes on Saturday and against Rice. Maybe the OC is experimenting and seeing what works as far as long passes go?

How a team that's 3-5 with a piss poor SOS is ranked ahead of a 6-3 team with a stronger SOS is beyond me. But hey, if you can't play your way to the top, might as well pay your way there.

The less-than-awesome DT showed up again - luckily, we don't have to depend on just the passing attack, and it's always great to be able to rely on running to score. Okay, running and turnovers, I mean. DT did have some great link-ups though. UTEP might be troublesome next season. I saw that they had some weapons developing, it's just a matter of time before they become competitive.

I've been watching the Beyond the Green series, and when they have some of the underclassmen speaking or feature some of the younger players, I can see some of those men stepping up and leading in the coming seasons.

That's on Dickey and a bit on the folks who decide on funding for athletics. Dickey just couldn't reload the roster with good players after his miracle class, and the guys he did get weren't good enough to keep the talent gap between us and the rest of the SBC.

Inconsistent? Maybe because DT and coaches are spreading the ball out to make sure the opposing team can't key in on just one guy.

If Kugler lets this kid leave the pocket, he might get some yards. Too bad Kugler is pretty deadset against a speed offense.