Fans To Vote For Flag Design Outside Apogee Stadium

meangreen15 · June 14, 2017

http://www.meangreensports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/061417aaa.html

June 14, 2017

DENTON – The University of North Texas will be adding a new 120-foot tall flag pole located in between the black lot entrance and Apogee Stadium marquee along Interstate 35. Mean Green Athletics is launching VoteMeanGreen.com for fans to vote on the flag that will fly from the pole, coinciding with Flag Day, President Neal Smatresk and Vice President and director of athletics Wren Baker announced Wednesday.

“We are very excited about this flag, which will be a source of pride for all UNT fans and graduates as well as a tremendous branding and awareness opportunity for our campus,” Baker said. “We thought it would be fun to let fans vote for their favorite design and I look forward to seeing the design our fans select.”

Fans can rank their favorite flag designs from 1-4 and can only submit the form once. The voting period will be for one week, beginning Wednesday, June 14, and concluding Wednesday, June 21. The winning design will be announced on Twitter (@MeanGreenSports) Friday, June 23.

mgfan · June 14, 2017

To me it is a no brainier, the battle flag.

greenjoe · June 14, 2017

My least favorite is the "UNT" flag. Of the other 3 I could live with any of them.

Vote early and often.

ipd054 · June 14, 2017

Please God, choose the battle flag. The others are good but reading a flag going 80 mph will not happen.

Flags are visual. Quick easy visual is what is needed. That is why most national flags are just colors....

All About UNT · June 14, 2017

agreed that it should be the Battle Flag.....it just pops

BTG_Fan1 · June 14, 2017

9 minutes ago, ipd054 said:

Please God, choose the battle flag. The others are good but reading a flag going 80 mph will not happen.

Flags are visual. Quick easy visual is what is needed. That is why most national flags are just colors....

With all the construction that is going on and will be going on, no one will be going 80 anytime soon

Cerebus · June 14, 2017

MeanGreenTexan · June 14, 2017

4 minutes ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

With all the construction that is going on and will be going on, no one will be going 80 anytime soon

We need to take advantage of this and post the lyrics to the fight song on this flag until I35 construction is completed. We'll have 1000's of people who know every word after a few weeks!

BTG_Fan1 · June 14, 2017

Just now, MeanGreenTexan said:

We need to take advantage of this and post the lyrics to the fight song on this flag until I35 construction is completed. We'll have 1000's of people who know every word after a few weeks!

Agreed, but at the rate of construction that UNT is looking at this flag pole may not be up before its completed lol, with the delay for the soccer track, and the IPF delayed announcement.

Christopher Walker · June 14, 2017

Since it's ranked choice voting...

This is also a clever way of gauging the temperature on preference for UNT, North Texas, and Mean Green for forward branding as well. See what people identify with most.

MeanGreen_MBA · June 14, 2017

1 hour ago, Christopher Walker said:

Since it's ranked choice voting...

This is also a clever way of gauging the temperature on preference for UNT, North Texas, and Mean Green for forward branding as well. See what people identify with most.

nice observation

Side Show Joe · June 14, 2017

Thank you Mr. Baker.

I have been pushing for a large car dealership sized North Texas flag at the stadium since we first broke ground at Apogee. (Best solution: North Texas flag 6 days out of the week, with the Battle Flag on game day)

I hope they also take my other suggestion and have a flag raising event at the start of the football season. It would be a great event where our athletes and students can come together and raise the flag together. Alums should also attend. It would serve as a fall semester kickoff type event.

Maybe, conference title flags could be added as our teams win them throughout the year.

Also, the flag should be lit by green spotlights at night.

dmaxel · June 14, 2017

5 hours ago, greenjoe said:

My least favorite is the "UNT" flag. Of the other 3 I could live with any of them.

Vote early and often.

Same. Good God it better not be the UNT flag. Anything but that.

Greenrex · June 14, 2017

2 minutes ago, dmaxel said:

Same. Good God it better not be the UNT flag. Anything but that.

I agree...may as well go ahead and find a "C" shaped pole.

BTG_Fan1 · June 14, 2017

17 minutes ago, Greenrex said:

I agree...may as well go ahead and find a "C" shaped pole.

That is one way to make the news

Hunter Green · June 14, 2017

I would have preferred just the SOW, but absent of that, I like the NORTH TEXAS with the SOW first, Just preference. The Battle Flag has meaning for us hardcore fans, but I'm afraid many who are not connected will look at it and say, "what the hell?" They won't make the connection. Maybe not.

Stix · June 15, 2017

Thinking about it, the one missing option is the battle flag with the SOW replacing the star. Might that be the best option?

Ryan Munthe · June 15, 2017

49 minutes ago, Stix said:

Thinking about it, the one missing option is the battle flag with the SOW replacing the star. Might that be the best option?

That's cliche. Pretty much every school has something like that. Few have just a straight green and white battle flag. I wish we would use it as a logo, even though it technically is a secondary one.

It also aggravates big schools. And I love that. At least, it pissed off UT fans.

Edited June 15, 2017 by Ryan Munthe

TheWestie · June 15, 2017

Even if it doesn't win this poll (Which would be a travesty) don't forget that I made sure the Battle Flag is forever a part of the new Union.

FirefightnRick · June 15, 2017

I voted for the NT Battle Flag and its 31 years of tradition.

Rick

Green Lantern · June 15, 2017

9 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

I voted for the NT Battle Flag and its 31 years of tradition.

Rick

^ He's right you know.

Hunter Green · June 15, 2017

From Glen Robertson..."Only students and alums know anything about a "Battle Flag". What about the thousands driving down the highway who know nothing about it? Treat this flag as advertising; it's all about name recognition! Learned that in Marketing and Advertising at good ol' NTSU!"

NT93 · June 15, 2017

6 hours ago, Side Show Joe said:

(Best solution: North Texas flag 6 days out of the week, with the Battle Flag on game day)

5 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

From Glen Robertson..."Only students and alums know anything about a "Battle Flag". What about the thousands driving down the highway who know nothing about it? Treat this flag as advertising; it's all about name recognition! Learned that in Marketing and Advertising at good ol' NTSU!"

Side Show Joe answered the question before it was even asked. Impressive.

Ryan Munthe · June 15, 2017

1 hour ago, FirefightnRick said:

I voted for the NT Battle Flag and its 31 years of tradition.

Rick

Exactly!! Celebrate our tradition.

oldguystudent · June 15, 2017

17 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

We need to take advantage of this and post the lyrics to the fight song on this flag until I35 construction is completed. We'll have 1000's of people who know every word after a few weeks!

On a somewhat related/unrelated note, I noticed in the student union this past weekend that the words to the fight song are embedded in the floor so you read them as you walk, assuming your face isn't glued in the screen of your phone.

I wrote in a flag with the imposing motto, "The site formerly known as Sack-N-Save."