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What great memories. I was at that game but do not recall who the quarterback was. At one time, NM State was our most frequent opponent. I suspect that is not the case any longer.

Yes indeed there was. Wasn't there a feature article about Dodge coming to North Texas in SI or USA Today?

If we were really serious about these traditions, we would make freshmen wear beanie caps.

Texas A&M has been dunking rings for many years. To your comment about Academy rings, in the Air Force, we had a nickname for Academy grads; "ringknockers". At meetings, they would gently knock their rings on the table to let others know they were Academy grads, not low-life ROTC or OTS officers!

Ikey, Mikey, Jakey, Sam We’re the boys that eat no ham, We play baseball, we play soccer, We keep matzos in our lockers Aye, Yiye, Yiye, Yiye Yeshiva!

Joking aside, Lynchburg is a nice looking town on the James River. History buffs in particular will enjoy coming to both Virginia games. Near Lynchburg are Appomattox, Lexington, the D-Day Memorial and more. But I have to agree, the airfare to LYH is killer. You might as well go to Paris for that kind of money!

As a Durham resident, I am delighted two games will be played in Virginia next season. You can be sure I'll be at both. However I am disappointed as anyone about losing the Army series. There is no better place on earth to watch college ball than West Point on a crisp, fall day. But we should not despair, great restaurants abound in Lynchburg. I hear McDonalds has a new cooked to order quarter pounder that I can't wait to try! As far as the chippy play of Army and the other academies, it goes back a long way. http://afteraction.militarytimes.com/2009/11/24/service-academy-football-teams-play-dirty/ Given the size and academic restrictions those guys face, I wonder if they should even be playing FBS football?

He should strongly reconsider his move to NO. His home will be at risk to to water damage!

You are right. I'm going to spread the word by contacting the Navy today and tell them the thousands of sailors that live in Norfolk should move inland immediately.

Speaking for Norfolk only, it is not a matter of choice. Founders in the 1600's settled near the water to have access to the port and fishing and it grew from there. When you visit Norfolk, you will see everyone is close to water without exception. We have the Chesapeake Bay, two major rivers, and numerous tributaries transversing the city. Finally, due to the age and density of Norfolk, if you want to build something new, it means tearing down an existing structure. There are literally no vacant lots of significance and if they are, you can be sure something stood there earlier.

Yes, I remember most of those hurricanes from 1953 onwards (!) and we always took a beating from them but it is the addition of the tidal flooding we are seeing now. This did not happen when I was a child there.

It's about 5 to 7 feet in most places in the city. Norfolk is surrounded by water, primarily the Chesapeake Bay and the Elizabeth River so combine the low elevation with the rising water and we have a big problem on our hands. Returning to the proposed stadium, another problem faced by ODU is the high density of the city. There is nowhere to go unless you exercise Eminent Domain and you can only imagine how popular that can be. Basically, they are stuck with the existing stadium and can only improve upon that.

A Norfolk native here. Yes, the flooding of Norfolk is a very real problem for not only ODU but for the entire city. Just google "Norfolk Floods" and you will see what I mean. I am fortunate to own three beach front properties and worry how long it will be before the bay closes in.

If Mercer wins, great news for all. it is hard to beat a Nu-way weiner... the pride of Macon. https://nu-wayweiners.com/

A great game. Congratulations!

I can't address the AAC question, but Virginia law limits the amount of student fees that can be used for athletic programs. Until ODU moved to FBS, the entire state had only two schools in that division, UVa and VaTech. They are limited to 20%. ODU was given ten years to reach a maximum of 55% student fees. Right now, they are at about 75% IIRC.

It's interesting to see Harry Minium called a "click baiter", "troll", and "obscure sports writer." He is 65 years old and has been with the Pilot since graduation from ODU. I have known him since our junior high school days. He is a fine writer and has been quoted here numerous times as he had information that none of the other beat writers uncovered. Sure ODU just started football but even before they did, had one of the top athletic budgets in CUSA. They easily have more national championships than any other CUSA school. Other than their three WBB championships, the others are in minor sports but national championships none the less. I second Arkstate Fan's theory. ODU is using CUSA as a stepping stone and wants to be elsewhere. They want to be in the AAC but barring that, will move to form a new conference...wait and see.

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What's a zero or two among friends! 120,000 is a bit closer. Sorry for the error!!

After running non--profit organizations for almost twenty years, I have learned that the best way to get people to buy into a program is to tell them how they will benefit from making a donation. If I were to receive a solicitation with the heading: "Building Champions , Preparing Leaders", the first thing I would ask myself is, "let's see, we have about 250 student athletes and an athletic budget of 30 million. Gosh, we are spending over 100k per student and they still want more?" Unless this increase can be sold as a benefit to the students, I suspect the UNT vote will meet the same fate as that of UTSA.

Yes, I understand the acceptance rate is now about 15%.

Three Grammy wins last night for UNT COM alumni out of ten nominations bringing the total to 112 UNT Grammy's. Pretty impressive stuff!

Two games, Liberty and ODU, within driving distance. Hot dog!!

It is an interesting exercise thinking about what could have been. A few remembrances... Texas is a football state and while we never set the MVC on fire, it was obvious that our campus' attention was on basketball. Many believed in those days that the Valley was the best overall conference in the nation. You could not get a seat in the Pit unless you came early. I am sorry that most of you never had a chance to see a game there as the atmosphere was unbelievable. When the MVC imploded, four of our former conference mates, Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis, and St Louis, went on to form the Metro conference along with two others. It was basketball only and I understand it was an attempt to form a super conference, without the weak links of the Valley such as us, Drake, West Texas, NMSU, Bradley, etc. They also wanted a metropolitan footprint, hence the name. I have no idea if we were extended an invitation to join or not but my guess was that we were not. I am not certain we were left with any alternative than to go independent in all sports. As has been said many times, Fry is a world class raconteur. One such tale is that Roy Orbison was a student of his at Odessa High School! Fry and Orbison were in Odessa at the same time but Orbison had already been a student at NTSC before moving to Odessa!

Corso never has anything good to say about North Texas. When he was coach at Louisville, we used to whip them like a red-headed step child!