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Tight ends coach and special teams coordinator Mark Elder has been hired as the new head coach at Eastern Kentucky, the Football Championship Subdivision program announced early Tuesday afternoon. Lexington-based television station WTVQ reported late Monday night that Elder would be hired. "I'm excited, blessed and honored for the opportunity to lead one of the most tradition-rich programs in college football," Elder said in Eastern Kentucky's release announcing his hire. Since Tennessee splits up its special teams responsibilities among its coaching staff, Jones has some flexibility with this hire, though he will want to ensure there's no drop-off on special teams or in recruiting. Offensive coordinator Mike DeBord has a background coaching tight ends, so Tennessee could elect to hire a full-time quarterbacks coach and have DeBord oversee the tight ends. Graduate assistant Nick Sheridan is highly regarded by DeBord and Jones and could be promoted, but he may in play to join Elder at Eastern Kentucky. Jones also could bring in another coach to whom he has ties. One possibility could be Mike Canales, most recently the interim coach at North Texas. Canales has a background as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and spent a couple of years in the NFL before coaching at Arizona, South Florida and North Texas. read more: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/college/story/2015/dec/08/tennessee-assistant-mark-elder-reportedly-hired-eastern-kentucky/339465/

Join fellow Mean Green football fans at Fuzzy's Taco Shop in Allen to watch North Texas take on the Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. Kickoff is at 11:00am this Saturday, November 14th. Come hang out with fellow gomeangreen.com posters, knock back a few cold ones, and talk about such popular topics as RV, potential coaches, banners vs. billboards, Chico's future, etc. Heck, you can even broaden discussions and talk about basketball expectations, the shining star of UNT (women's soccer), over/under on when we'll get baseball, and on and on. You might even choose to look at the TV's periodically. Fuzzy’s is located at 790 W. Exchange Parkway, Suite 140 in Allen. (By the Walmart at the NW intersection of Exchange and US 75) We’ll have free North Texas items and a drawing for North Texas prizes, courtesy of the UNT Alumni Association and the Mean Green Club. https://www.facebook.com/events/464790960397608/ GO MEAN GREEN!!!

Single-game tickets for Tennessee football have been on sale for only two weeks, but the Vols have effectively sold out their two most highly anticipated home games. According to Chris Fuller, Tennessee's associate athletic director for external operations, the Vols have sold 5,653 single-game tickets for their Sept. 12 home opener at Neyland Stadium against perennial Big 12 power Oklahoma and 5,574 single-game tickets for their Oct. 10 home game against SEC East favorite Georgia. A single-game ticket for Oklahoma was $105 with Georgia at $90. The Vols have sold about 64,000 season tickets, Fuller said, and allocated a total of 66,627, including complimentary tickets. They also allocate about 11,000 tickets for students, a varying number of tickets for opponents, player and coach guests, the band and other groups. Fuller said those allocations combined take up about 95,000 seats in 102,455-seat Neyland Stadium, and about 2,000 more are saved for additional season-ticket purchase and other considerations, leaving around 5,700 for single-game tickets. Tickets are available for the other five games at Neyland Stadium, but they are selling quickly. So far, Fuller said, 3,831 tickets have been sold for the Sept. 19 home game against Western Carolina. The Vols have sold 3,490 tickets for the Oct. 3 home game against Arkansas and 4,315 for the Nov. 7 game against South Carolina. They have sold 2,032 tickets for the Nov. 28 game against in-state rival Vanderbilt. The only game that is lagging is the Nov. 14 home game against North Texas, a non-league game against a small-conference opponent deep into the season. Fuller expects ticket sales will pick up, however, because that is the homecoming game, and he believes the rest of the SEC games will be sellouts or close to it. Read more: http://www.knoxnews.com/govolsxtra/football/ut-says-oklahoma-georgia-are-effectively-sold-out_82189530