Fun Facts: North Texas-Iowa

[Moobs]

1 hour ago, dmaxel said:

How much did we pay Lamar again? What's our total profit?

That's what I want to know too

[Cr1028]

9 minutes ago, MGNation92 said:

Don't they know we're the mean GREEN,

Not the mean WHITE. GOD THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. 

THE SONG ISN'T LETS GIVE A CHEER FOR THE U OF NT, CHEER FOR THE WHITE AND WHITE. BULLSHIT

But those uniforms are green and white Lieutenant Dan.

[TreeFiddy]

There are about 800 kernels in the average ear of corn.

[Mean Green 93-98]

4 hours ago, Ben Gooding said:

 

[greenminer]

"Icy whites", really?

[TreeFiddy]

Maybe it will snow and they won't be able to see our guys on the field and we can, as Parcells likes to say "jap 'em".  

No disrespect, of course.

[Cerebus]

2 hours ago, TreeFiddy said:

There are about 800 kernels in the average ear of corn.

[southsideguy]

19 hours ago, Cerebus said:

Even our uniforms...

 

i love this look, green and white who would of thought.

[UNTLifer]

20 hours ago, meangreen08 said:

I wasn't insulting Andrew, but the mere fact that we were reminded 5,000 times they were both from Iowa city. 

Andrew is a fine young man, but someone somewhere convienced him his was a FBS level QB, which he was most certainly not. 

He should have never been our starting QB. 

This all goes back to Dans lack of recruiting. 

Correction: this goes back to Dan's relationship with Mr. McNulty. 

[meangreen08]

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Correction: this goes back to Dan's relationship with Mr. McNulty. 

Yes, very true.

[golfingomez]

fun fact... A hawkeye is a finch... 

a FINCH!!!

we are going to soar so much higher than those finches...

We are going to rise above any other bird in the sky...

i feel sorry for those finches... 

we're gonna have beer... and bacon... and chicks... and cheese... and football ball

FOOTBALL BALL FOOTBALLBALL FOOTBALLBALL!!!

[VideoEagle]

16 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

fun fact... A hawkeye is a finch... 

a FINCH!!!

we are going to soar so much higher than those finches...

We are going to rise above any other bird in the sky...

i feel sorry for those finches... 

we're gonna have beer... and bacon... and chicks... and cheese... and football ball

FOOTBALL BALL FOOTBALLBALL FOOTBALLBALL!!!

Eagles eat finches as a snack. 

[TreeFiddy]

[UNT 90 Grad]

[UNTLifer]

4 hours ago, golfingomez said:

fun fact... A hawkeye is a finch... 

a FINCH!!!

we are going to soar so much higher than those finches...

We are going to rise above any other bird in the sky...

i feel sorry for those finches... 

we're gonna have beer... and bacon... and chicks... and cheese... and football ball

FOOTBALL BALL FOOTBALLBALL FOOTBALLBALL!!!

Actually, the hawkeyes reference a hawk.  The golden finch is the state bird of Iowa.

Edited September 13, 2017 by UNTLifer

[VideoEagle]

Eagles also eat hawks.

 

 http://www.whateats.com/what-eats-hawks

[southsideguy]

 I have been to iowa on business flew in from Minneapolis on a turbo prop during a snow storm.  We flew into the town where the DC-10 crashed (can't remember the name).  I remember thinking the guy who sold the tickets is the same guy who loaded the bags was probably the only firefighter at the airport and he used a garden hose.  I think the guy also rented cars out.  Not a good place for D10 to crash land.

[SilverEagle]

9 hours ago, VideoEagle said:

Eagles also eat hawks.

 

 http://www.whateats.com/what-eats-hawks

Eagles (Golden Eagles) have also been trained by Mongolian Herdsmen to kill wolves.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=mongolian+herdsmen+train+eagles+to+kill+wolves&view=detail&mid=52E0ADD6893959436BB352E0ADD6893959436BB3&FORM=VIRE

I don't know if Golden Eagles are better suited for the task, or just more trainable than Bald Eagles.

Golden Eagles have always been more common in our area than Bald Eagles, which is why I always thought they would have been a better choice for a mascot than Bald Eagles.

However, considering our tendency to complain about the least little thing, I have recently come to believe that the Harpy Eagle would have been a better choice.

They're also very annoying on occasion, as Jeff Corwin found out.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Harpy+Eagle&view=detail&mid=F818311AAF0BE2039920F818311AAF0BE2039920&FORM=VIRE

He's lucky he still had all his scalp after that video segment.