What Getting Our @ss Kicked In Football AND Public Relations Looks Lik

[Ben Gooding]

next step: phasing out his twitter account

Nah, I like him having a twitter. It sends the right message to current and future students. Plus it's kind of a part of his personality.

[DeepGreen]

Twitter, hell!

Someone send him the link to GoMeanGreen.com. He could learn from his Alumni right here- all the feedback he needs! Hell, just link him into all of UNT90's posts!

Just kidding '90. I probably agree with 99% of your posts. You are my hero!

[emmitt01]

Let me guess which one?

"A Green Light To Greatness"?

"....something something something Success For Thousands Less"?

"...something something something something no one can read cause it's too effing long something something call call 1800MEANGREENSPORTS.com"?

Were those the ones?

Rick

I could have saved them thousands and given them " The University of North Texas...The Wal-Mart of Higher Education" for free. It sums up all the other slogans and is more direct.

[Mean Green Matt]

I'll make it $50 if we can get artwork for the billboard that makes it look like Scrappy is soaring majestically, while at the same time flippin double birds at the bulldog... you know, classy.

Which Scrappy? Eugene Levy or classic? Graphic designing those eyebrows could be pricey...

[greenit]

Think of what Dallas' team must be thinking about the new sign. They may have to come up with a new slogan.

[flyonthewall]

Debra liliaert. That is her name. She is the brainchild of the worst billboards i have ever seen. "Above the rest for thousands less!"

[UNT90]

I would hope she and UNT have parted ways.

Permanently.

[emmitt01]

I would hope she and UNT have parted ways.

Permanently.

Hahahahahahaha

Good luck with that.

[GRN-WHT]

When's the last time there was a UNT athletics permanent billboard? Not the alternating video billboards that get a fraction of the impressions.

What about any athletics billboard in Dallas County?

[Travis Scott]

I could have saved them thousands and given them " The University of North Texas...The Wal-Mart of Higher Education" for free. It sums up all the other slogans and is more direct.

Would some of our players try to steal stuff from UNT then?

[NT03]

When's the last time there was a UNT athletics permanent billboard? Not the alternating video billboards that get a fraction of the impressions.

What about any athletics billboard in Dallas County?

I believe we had one under TD when our slogan was " it's wide open". I think it was somewhere along 35 in the lake dallas area. Last one I can recall

[Quoner]

I believe we had one under TD when our slogan was " it's wide open". I think it was somewhere along 35 in the lake dallas area. Last one I can recall

NEVER FORGET

[UNTFan23]

It's been a while since we last had a AD billboard thread.

[SilverEagle]

Let me guess which one?

"A Green Light To Greatness"?

"....something something something Success For Thousands Less"?

"...something something something something no one can read cause it's too effing long something something call call 1800MEANGREENSPORTS.com"?

Were those the ones?

Rick

We need billboards that reflect the attitudes of the board.....

UNT.......WE HATE SMU!

UNT...JIHADING SMU SINCE 1975......not that they've ever noticed.

OR.....UNT traditionally indifferent about school spirit since 1890

......at least we have one tradition!

Edited December 15, 2014 by SilverEagle

[Travis Scott]

UNT... 50 Shades of Green.

[oldguystudent]

UNT: GTFO with your helmet stickers

[LongJim]

There's a new (?) billboard on 35E northbound I saw yesterday. Just caught a glimpse but tag line was "Established 1890."

[UNTLifer]

Ahhhh, the off season. Bitching about billboards, because they make all the difference in the world.

[Eagle1855]

There's a new (?) billboard on 35E northbound I saw yesterday. Just caught a glimpse but tag line was "Established 1890."

I like that.

All the "this is _____ country" stuff is stupid. Like A&M putting a billboard up in Austin that said "this is SEC country." It's just obnoxious.

Take the classy route. Extol the virtues of your University. Make it look like a place to go to get a quality education -- not a bargain.

Edited December 15, 2014 by Eagle1855

[MeanGreenTexan]

Oh btw if you hated:

Green light to greatness, and

above the rest for thousands less

So does the new president!

So don't expect to see them anymore. They are to be phased out ASAP.

Are you sure?

The Eagle Express Tuition plan, which the "above the rest for thousands less" was advertising, is Dr. Smatresk's brainchild. It's practically the first thing he instituted when he got here.

The same type of program worked very well for him during his time at UNLV getting students to graduate in 4 years or less so they can get money back.

Now "green light to greatness" was the marketing campaign started under Dr. Rawlins, and you're right, that does appear to be getting phased out in favor of "UNT: The Creative Heartbeat of Texas", with an emphasis on music & other arts.

[UNTFan23]

More shameful plugs by DFW companies and organizations furthering the lack of respect that North Texas gets in Dallas/Fort Worth, right?

https://www.facebook.com/DARTDallas/photos/a.137395399811.107413.82233029811/10152893759074812

[Cerebus]

Are you sure?

Upon further review: Above the rest etc is here to stay.

Headed for the axe is Greenlight to Greatness, and that creepy green circle eye thing behind things.

[aztecskin]

I chose UNT and therefore UNT athletics fandom because I saw the ugly blue/green/brown sticker on my teacher's desk. It made me say "What is a North Texas?" She responded "It's where Scott Hall went" Oh Cool. I'll look it up.

I did.

I'm sure UNT had a slogan then. I'm sure I don't remember it. I don't remember any of the school's slogans at any of the time I was considering them.

I don't even remember the UNT slogan on the SA billboard.

It doesn't matter as much as seeing the UNT logo/getting the school name in your brain-space.

It should be part of a collection of reminders -- a billboard here, a mailer there, a shirt here, a sessy gal in green there, etc. So you go "hey, NT, I saw them on a billboard on 35 by Splashtown. I think its a music school or something."

You know what will do just as much as a billboard? Buy some green shirts. Buy some hats. Buy some stickers. Put them in stockings.

[untjim1995]

Are you sure?

The Eagle Express Tuition plan, which the "above the rest for thousands less" was advertising, is Dr. Smatresk's brainchild. It's practically the first thing he instituted when he got here.

The same type of program worked very well for him during his time at UNLV getting students to graduate in 4 years or less so they can get money back.

Now "green light to greatness" was the marketing campaign started under Dr. Rawlins, and you're right, that does appear to be getting phased out in favor of "UNT: The Creative Heartbeat of Texas", with an emphasis on music & other arts.

If this becomes the slogan, I'm out...as one who has a BBA in Finance from our alma mater and likes college sports, this message couldn't even remotely appeal to me. It screams, at least to me, that the school wants to just be Liberal Arts School. In freaking Texas...

At this point, just go ahead and be done with it. I got better things to do with my time and money if it goes down like this. Hell, Greenlight to Greatness was miles better than Above the Rest for Thousands Less, and that is a million times better than Creative Heartbeat of Texas. WTF???

[NM Green]

I think of Denton when I see creative heartbeat of Texas. Denton is the eclectic energy in north Texas.

GMG