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What do I do with these extra suits?

Yes, the students are paying their own way...about 3,000 each.

It would not be the first time. Memphis State used to whip us like a red-headed step child during our MVC days.

Tom and Jo's was great. They sometimes offered a steak for 1.49 or something like that! I hear Judy has hired them to host the going away party for ODU, USM, and Marshall.

Apparently not. Also, on the UNT official site, you can buy a battle flag with 2/3 of our official colors...green and white, or you can go all the way and order one with green, white and black!

Jitter Nolen was the last president to live in the house but he then moved to his own home and turned it into a reception center or something like that. It was very well decorated as you would imagine.

Today, I was listening to NPR's "Here and Now" when they began thanking their sponsors. I was gobsmacked when they announced The University of North Texas. What was the selling point of the UNT ad? Tier One status? Numerous nationally ranked programs? Affordable tuition? A football program that is the envy of the nation? None of the above. The ad said we have a allergen free dining hall and also offer numerous vegan options all over campus. Who is the target audience? If it is potential students, I would estimate the number of high school students that listen to this program to be the square root of zero. Perhaps it is aimed at their parents? At any rate, I was slightly confused by this.

When Hayden Fry came to North Texas, he had his players stand on each corner of the Denton square with the task of selling tickets to every passersby. Maybe we should try something like that again?

We were supposed to start the '71 season in Texas Stadium against BYU but it was not ready in time so we played at the Cotton Bowl. Our next home game was at Fouts against the mighty Zips of Akron (we lost). The third home game was finally at Texas Stadium against Louisville. This was billed to be the very first game ever played at Texas Stadium, even before the Cowboys had a chance to play there.

At least they have a homecoming parade. My guess is that we will never have one again.

If you think that is interesting: 1. The Va Tech Hokies used to be the VPI Gobblers. We are not the only ones with an identity crisis 2. Blacksburg, the home of Va Tech, is the most wired city in America according to Guiness. 3. Roanoke is the largest city near Va Tech. Elvis Presley played there three times.

It was a rather bizarre event. At that first game, there were no speeches, special activities, nothing...just the game. The coliseum was furnished with burnt orange seats, about 10,000 of them, and it was easy to think were we in Austin, not Denton. The same number of fans came to those early coliseum games, about 4000+, but the raucous atmosphere of the Pit was lost forever and the game experience at North Texas was never the same. The one good thing about that season, we beat TCU, SMU, and UTA!

The Pit Super Pit It is a lost cause by now but at least when I was at NTSU in the early 70s, you never heard the term "Snake Pit" used in common reference to the Men's Gym. I know the origin of term Snake Pit but the gym was never called that name. Besides, when the new arena came about, it was not named the "Super Snake Pit". This is the best I could find but here is a copy of the DRC from 1973 making many references to "The Pit" including the article, "The Pit Hurts The Ears". The noise was indeed deafening from start to finish. When you entered the Pit, you were given a metal clicker which was used each time our opponent went to the foul line. It sounded like 10,000 crickets in there!

"Remember how I just said UC Irvine is the second-best defensive country from a low-mid-major conference? Well, North Texas is first, sitting at 40th in the country." Damning with faint praise.

If college football, or any other sport, were pure capitalist ventures, we would only have a handful of teams to enjoy. The rest of us are textbook examples of good, old fashioned, socialism. Marx my words.

Have I told you about the time we beat Cincinnati at Texas Stadium, 27-25? It was the only game we won in that entire miserable 1972 season. You should have been there! Go Mean Green!

Thank you, that's exactly what I suspected.

Yes, it seems to be an official color but my question is, who made this decision? Was it someone sitting in an office who just decided that black looks good? That would be my guess. I seem to recall reading that in our very early days, the student body voted for our school colors.

What a great thread. Thanks, Adler. I had the honor of meeting Mitchell and yes, he did love our school very much. In the clip above, please note Billy Dinkle was both the fullback and kicker! Can you imagine that today?

and stupid penalties

Just like that.

The nets are at 94 different schools. I had earlier thought that Allstate only sponsored P5 schools but that does not seem to be the case. Does anyone know if SMU has the net? https://www.allstate.com/national-sponsorships/college-football.aspx?_ga=2.179270115.637839311.1640129596-2053494578.1640129596

An excellent game. Congratulations to both teams.

Lets see, we have had 10 coaches since Hayden Fry and each one of them was fired with a losing record. Every replacement was brought in with great acclaim as they were just the right coach to turn this thing around. Except they didn't. Coach #11, SL, is the only coach since Fry with a winning record, such as it is. The #olderthandirtDenton in me says stick with who we have as it can easily be worse.