Hey RV!!!

DeepGreen · October 26, 2015

ULM signed a 1 and 1 with Memphis.

Ben Gooding · October 26, 2015

Yeah, but Northern Arizona.

Harry · October 26, 2015

ULM signed a 1 and 1 with Memphis.

Not sure I would want Memphis right now!

Rudy · October 26, 2015

Yeah, but Northern Arizona.

And Tulsa

GoMeanGreen1999 · October 26, 2015

Not sure I would want Memphis right now!

I will take any ranked team here in Denton.

greenminer · October 26, 2015

"I got this." - The Buick

UNT90 · October 26, 2015

Don't fret, RV has scheduled other FCS schools that are capable of beating UNT at UNT.

Army of Dad · October 26, 2015

Not sure I would want Memphis right now!

Unless something really strange happens any games with Memphis wouldn't be for some time. They might not be so tough by then and could be much, much better.

Cr1028 · October 26, 2015

Don't forget we opened our new stadium in the first game of a home and home series with UH. UH went 12-1 in that season and finished ranked #18 in the nation and were presented an invi-TAY-shun to the Houston, no the Ticket City Bowl.

MeanGreenTexan · October 26, 2015

Don't fret, RV has scheduled other FCS schools that are capable of beating UNT at UNT.

Yeah.

You know, I'm beginning to think these guys are a little ungrateful for RV bringing a RANKED team into Apogee!

UNT90 · October 26, 2015

Don't forget we opened our new stadium in the first game of a home and home series with UH. UH went 12-1 in that season and finished ranked #18 in the nation and were presented an invi-TAY-shun to the Houston, no the Ticket City Bowl.

Such high standards.

UCF sold out their opener. Remind me, how did that go for UNT?

Harry · October 26, 2015

Such high standards.
UCF sold out their opener. Remind me, how did that go for UNT?

That was a pretty pathetic showing for a U of H team that had a heisman trophy candidate and had beaten UCLA the week before. But yeah I get your point.

The truth is, we have not had one big time fan supported program in Apogee since it was opened. That, along with our record is the primary reason we have not had a sellout.

UNTFan23 · October 26, 2015

That was a pretty pathetic showing for a U of H team that had a heisman trophy candidate and had beaten UCLA the week before. But yeah I get your point.
The truth is, we have not had one big time fan supported program in Apogee since it was opened. That, along with our record is the primary reason we have not had a sellout.

Even when we had Baylor in Fouts we didn't have a sell out. The "magic bullet" of having a name team is still not the full solution to getting a sell out. We'll need several years of success (aka: winning) leading up to a "name opponent" coming to Apogee before we get our first ever sell out.

Perhaps a problem with the Houston game was that we lost by a pretty big margin against FIU (41-16), and that might have kept some folks away. Had we won that game it could have only helped attendance.

Ben Gooding · October 26, 2015

I think our play is the PRIMARY reason.

We are 22-34 overall since Apogee opened. That is why our lack of attendance is what it is.

I still can't get over RV legitimately hanging his hat on 18 wins over a 3 year span.

untbowler · October 26, 2015

I think our play is the PRIMARY reason.
We are 22-34 overall since Apogee opened. That is why our lack of attendance is what it is.
I still can't get over RV legitimately hanging his hat on 18 wins over a 3 year span.

#HIT6 Bro that is what they wanted so why would he not be excited

untjim1995 · October 26, 2015

Guys, Memphis was just looking at the great PR they will get by playing a game in a huge market that will attract tons of viewers and the attention of recruits...oh wait...

My stance against watching FCS opponents saved me this year a ton of heartbreak by not seeing Portland State murder us on Homecoming. If we had lost like that against a Memphis or Houston, most people would have understood that they are teams that are just way farther ahead than we are, but it also might have kept McCarney as the head coach, so maybe RV is a genius for scheduling Liberty, Lamar, Incarnate Word, and Abilene Christian in the future...he can use those games as "fireable" events for the next head coach if we get clobbered again. After all, you gotta have standards...

Cr1028 · October 26, 2015

Such high standards.
UCF sold out their opener. Remind me, how did that go for UNT?

Yes, but UH brings more fans than Memphis and Memphis having a 1 and 1 with ULM is what the thread was about. Scheduling UH is better than scheduling Memphis, in my opinion.

UNT90 · October 26, 2015

What???

Houston was brought up because they were our opening game at Apogee and were compared to UCF having UT open their new stadium.

There was never a Memphis comparison.

gangrene · October 27, 2015

Guys, Memphis was just looking at the great PR they will get by playing a game in a huge market that will attract tons of viewers and the attention of recruits...oh wait...
My stance against watching FCS opponents saved me this year a ton of heartbreak by not seeing Portland State murder us on Homecoming. If we had lost like that against a Memphis or Houston, most people would have understood that they are teams that are just way farther ahead than we are, but it also might have kept McCarney as the head coach, so maybe RV is a genius for scheduling Liberty, Lamar, Incarnate Word, and Abilene Christian in the future...he can use those games as "fireable" events for the next head coach if we get clobbered again. After all, you gotta have standards...

I honestly thought you were joking about these... Sadly, a quick check on fbschedules.com confirms that you were not. WTF are we doing scheduling games against these schools? Incarnate Word, are you effing kidding me? Talk about a fire-able offense.

UNT90 · October 27, 2015

That was a pretty pathetic showing for a U of H team that had a heisman trophy candidate and had beaten UCLA the week before. But yeah I get your point.
The truth is, we have not had one big time fan supported program in Apogee since it was opened. That, along with our record is the primary reason we have not had a sellout.

It was RV's responsibility to make sure every seat in that stadium was filled for the opening game. He failed. From scheduling the right opponent, to marketing and advertising the game, he failed.

Even if it meant giving seats away when you realized you weren't gonna sell out, that's what should have happened.

it didn't.

DeepGreen · October 27, 2015

RV should have brought in one of the Texas B12 teams for the Apogee opening. Some how, some way, he should have made that happen.

Maybe it was an accident or planned, but UCF did it right when they opened their new stadium with Texas.

As to Memphis playing a 1 for 1 with ULM, doesn't seem like the Warhawks mind that Memphis is on the upswing. That's a nice series for them. And they have less resources than RV.

No, RV schedules the likes of Liberty, Lamar, Incarnate Word, and Abilene Christian so we can pad the win column. How did that last FCS home game work out for us RV?

Edited October 27, 2015 by DeepGreen

untjim1995 · October 27, 2015

I honestly thought you were joking about these... Sadly, a quick check on fbschedules.com confirms that you were not. WTF are we doing scheduling games against these schools? Incarnate Word, are you effing kidding me? Talk about a fire-able offense.

the amazing part is that he will probably get an extension...

greenit · October 27, 2015

Seems to me that RV would rather not schedule the FCS games, but between his coach and the fans on this very board screaming about 5 game schedules, he was backed into a corner.

So...congrats to the schedule Nazis. You and Mac asked for this.

UNT90 · October 27, 2015

Seems to me that RV would rather not schedule the FCS games, but between his coach and the fans on this very board screaming about 5 game schedules, he was backed into a corner.
So...congrats to the schedule Nazis. You and Mac asked for this.

This is an extremely ill-informed post.

RV's scheduling plan, as stated by RV on the podcast with Harry, is to have one whore game and one FCS game on the schedule every year from this year forward.

And he has demonstrated such by scheduling exactly that for the next 4 years, completely ignoring what he told the fans would happen if Apogee got built (Quality opponents we couldn't get at Fouts. Both Army and SMU played very recently to 2011 IN FOUTS). But lying to the fan base is old hat for RV.

So, I'm guessing you would rather have 2 whore games a year? Because that is exactly what you are asking for.

greenit · October 27, 2015

This is an extremely ill-informed post.
RV's scheduling plan, as stated by RV on the podcast with Harry, is to have one whore game and one FCS game on the schedule every year from this year forward.
And he has demonstrated such by scheduling exactly that for the next 4 years, completely ignoring what he told the fans would happen if Apogee got built (Quality opponents we couldn't get at Fouts. Both Army and SMU played very recently to 2011 IN FOUTS). But lying to the fan base is old hat for RV.
So, I'm guessing you would rather have 2 whore games a year? Because that is exactly what you are asking for.

Personally, as I have stars many times, would put eliminating the paycheck game at the top of the todo list so we could have 4 active H/H series going at a time.

RV had scheduled a few FCS games to appease the coach and the fans, but had not scheduled out through 2020.

Then there was a huge uproar about the 5 game schedule and how there would likely be more 5 game schedules in the future so RV's response was to schedule FCS games out through 2020. Great.