Turn down the invite

[BTG_Fan1]

Also, Wren wasn't the AD and Missouri turned down the offer because Picknel I believe retired/quit because he had cancer as well.. 

[Cerebus]

37 minutes ago, @UNTSportsFan said:

 

So... what exactly is there to do in Tuscon?

[BTG_Fan1]

3 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

So... what exactly is there to do in Tuscon?

We going bowling in AZ?

[Side Show Joe]

Just now, BTG_Fan1 said:

We going bowling in AZ?

If we do, you can kind of watch this fine event on the internet.

[CMJ]

If it's in Tucson I may be able to go.

[emmitt01]

1 hour ago, MCMLXXX said:

Aren't you the same guy that showed up in New Orleans, for a 5-7 team that lost the bowl, all pimped out in a fuzzy lime green jacket etc. For half of that season you were calling for Dickie to be fired even with your good buddy Ramon Flanigan as OC.

The best thing that has come out of this thread is the return of El Guapo.

Take the offer if it comes.

That 5-7 team was a CONFERENCE CHAMPION.  

 

Amd, if you think Flanigan was my buddy, your credibility is already shot

[shaft]

The Nova Home Loan Arizona Bowl, in Tucson, AZ is on Dec. 30 vs. a MWC or SBC.

15 extra practices spread over the month of December.  Might be exactly what this team needs.

 

13.5 hour drive from Denton.

[BillySee58]

12 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

So... what exactly is there to do in Tuscon?

*Tucson

[Cerebus]

Just now, shaft said:

The Nova Home Loan Arizona Bowl, in Tucson, AZ is on Dec. 30 vs. a MWC or SBC.

Check out how many bowl eligible teams those conferences have vs contracted bowls. 

[Side Show Joe]

31 minutes ago, All About UNT said:

 

ULL can't go to a bowl this season. They are in trouble right now.

[CMJ]

6 minutes ago, shaft said:

The Nova Home Loan Arizona Bowl, in Tucson, AZ is on Dec. 30 vs. a MWC or SBC.

15 extra practices spread over the month of December.  Might be exactly what this team needs.

 

13.5 hour drive from Denton.

I think that 13.5 hours is pretty generous.  When I was in school and my folks were in AZ, I made the drive.  I think it's probably more around 15.

Edited November 27, 2016 by CMJ

[shaft]

12 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

if you think Flanigan was my buddy, your credibility is already shot

I thought we had a rule to lock any thread with three or more RF references.

[southsideguy]

Congrats to the team and the coaches on a much improved season.  We did better than i thought we would do.  I just don;t think we are good enough to go to bowl game this year.  Next year maybe if we continue to get better,  The UTEP loss shows how far we have to go still.

[EagleMBA]

25 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

So... what exactly is there to do in Tuscon?

Well, if you have a rental car, drive 1 1/2 hours to Sierra Vista and see the museums at Ft. Huachuca. It was the home of the Buffalo Soldiers and there is great history. It is also an electronic surveillance/warfare post and there are great displays on military intelligence history. Or, you could go a tad further afield (same general direction from Tucson) and visit Tombstone.

[Rudy]

24 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

That 5-7 team was a CONFERENCE CHAMPION.  

 

Amd, if you think Flanigan was my buddy, your credibility is already shot

Flanigan was only friends with athletic department employees named Mandy.

[MCMLXXX]

7 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

That 5-7 team was a CONFERENCE CHAMPION.  

 

Amd, if you think Flanigan was my buddy, your credibility is already shot

He did call you Coach, right? Your disagreement with Flanagans coaching is well known.

We were in fact Conference Co Champions with  an 8-3 Middle Tennessee team that beat an SEC team, destroyed Troy, lost to LSU and Mississippi, and did not go to a bowl. We went to the bowl on a head to head victory. We could in fact have declined and let them in. I saw several MTSU fans who had already booked New Orleans trip and they would chant "MTSU we got screwed we got screwed."

 

 

[NT91]

The web shows MT west vs SBC.

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

I'm actually a big fan of Arizona. Underrated state in my opinion. Might try to make that if that is indeed where the wind is blowing. 

[Got5onIt]

You have to take the invite. Embarrassing way to end the season. NT knew UTEP was going to run it and flat out couldn't stop them....

[PlummMeanGreen]

2 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Do we deserve a bowl by 1976 standards? No. But it's 2016 and the reality is the standards for being a bowl team are this low. 

 

Actually, our 1976 MeanGreen football ? team did deserve a bowl game. 

[greenb.o.g.]

3 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

So if we make it to a Bowl game do we thank RV and Mac?????

Exactly what I was going to post IF we made it to a bowl.

Nobody wants to admit it, but you have to give McCarney credit for this bowl invitation, if one is coming. He may not have recruited the most talented athletes, but he did recruit smart kids.

[Green P1]

Man it's neat to be able to bitch about TURNING DOWN a Bowl Game in year one of the #newdenton

 

lets line up to tell the seniors that the work they did to get the grades they got that helped us be eligible right now that we don't want them to play one more game.  Who wants to be first in that line?

Edited November 27, 2016 by Green P1

[FirefightnRick]

2 hours ago, @UNTSportsFan said:

 

Hell yeah...I wouldn't turn down an all expenses paid free trip to the Bahamas or anywhere-else-USA either.

 

Rick

Edited November 27, 2016 by FirefightnRick

[GMG24]

5 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

Hell yeah...I wouldn't turn down an all expenses paid free trip to the Bahamas or anywhere-else-USA either.

 

Rick

Don't let people fool you, I doubt CUSA would be able to foot the full bill to fly our entire team etc out there all expenses paid.  The AD will undoubtedly have to pay for alot of stuff.  I still say you don't turn it down.  

[FirefightnRick]

31 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Don't let people fool you, I doubt CUSA would be able to foot the full bill to fly our entire team etc out there all expenses paid.  The Athletic Department/University of North Texas will undoubtedly have to pay for alot of stuff.  I still say you don't turn it down.  

FIFY.  And yes I agree.  I wouldn't turn it down either.

Hell, I got a free ticket and an enjoyable ride to Ford Field to watch that beautiful Navy triple option kick the peruna out of SMU today.  It's in the middle of crowded hell known as Dallas...but when you don't have to pay or drive to go...you go.

 

Rick

Edited November 27, 2016 by FirefightnRick