Announcement from Wren Baker

[TheColonyEagle]

Mean Joe Greene statue to be unveiled in front of Apogee before the La Tech game. 

Also wearing the throwbacks from that era  For the game 

AWESOME

[ipd054]

1968 Throwback uniforms as well for that game.

Edited August 29, 2018 by ipd054

[TheColonyEagle]

SO COOL

[jtm0097]

Such a cool gesture by this administration.

[ipd054]

Quotes from Wren

"If we finish out this week as well as we have sold the last few weeks we have a good chance for a sell out" 

"If you are a fan do not mess around, get your tickets"  

[ipd054]

Groundbreaking for the IPF is on the 29th as well.  More details coming soon.

[MeanGreenTexan]

IPF Groundbreaking on 9/29.    Expected to be completed July, 2019.

[Salsa_Verde]

Awesome! I get to see both things happen before I graduate! 

[Wag Tag]

Sweet! Congrats to all!!!

[TreeFiddy]

Just now, MeanGreenTexan said:

IPF Groundbreaking on 9/29.    Expected to be completed July, 2019.

You could literally hear a noticeable pause and a hard swallow right before WB made that announcement.  Funny how the body works. 

I think it is great.  He is not taking the easy way out.  He is pushing the envelope and not accepting, "we can't do that at North Texas".  Hope nothing but success for him.  So thankful that the Prez and the BOR are finally on board with athletics as well.  Just have to keep the momentum going.

[CMJ]

In a total stroke of luck, the LA Tech game will be my first football game to attend in a few years.

[southsideguy]

please do not list names or anouncemts without a lead of what is about.  I see these message and hold my breath to open them.

[Aldo]

9/29 

 

 

[Green P1]

Wasn’t it a member on here doing the sculpture/statue?

[TheColonyEagle]

17 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

please do not list names or anouncemts without a lead of what is about.  I see these message and hold my breath to open them.

what's the fun in that?

😉

[Mean Green 93-98]

1 hour ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Mean Joe Greene statue to be unveiled in front of Apogee before the La Tech game. 

The only problem I see with this is that it is guaranteed to perpetuate the myth that the North Texas Mean Green took their name from Mean Joe Greene.

[UNTLifer]

3 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

The only problem I see with this is that it is guaranteed to perpetuate the myth that the North Texas Mean Green took their name from Mean Joe Greene.

Hopefully a plaque will be included that gives his story, his nickname of "Big Joe" while at North Texas and the correct origin of the nickname coming from the entire defense he played on.  Great news!  

[DentonLurker]

They may want to proofread the headline on meangreensports.com

 

 

[GrandGreen]

Great news on all points. 

 As debated before I think a statue or some type of acknowledgment of Haynes and King should be also at the stadium.   

Greene stands alone as NT's greatest athlete, but the social consequences of NT being one of the first universities in the South to integrate college athletes is a very important story.  

[TheColonyEagle]

11 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

They may want to proofread the headline on meangreensports.com

 

 

Oh dear 

[THOR]

13 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

They may want to proofread the headline on meangreensports.com

 

 

oh deer

[Tyler Maryak]

1 hour ago, Green P1 said:

Wasn’t it a member on here doing the sculpture/statue?

That was an option being explored when the old administration was in place. I believe Wren went a different route. 

[Harry]

 

[GrayEagle]

25 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

Great news on all points. 

 As debated before I think a statue or some type of acknowledgment of Haynes and King should be also at the stadium.   

Greene stands alone as NT's greatest athlete, but the social consequences of NT being one of the first universities in the South to integrate college athletes is a very important story.  

I agree that Abner deserves recognition but not King.

Abner took about ten times the abuse that Leon King took because he was the star and thus had far more playing time and there was far more incentive to do him bodily harm.  Abner was elected to the old AFL Hall of Fame and is in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.  He is also in the North Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

It also seems to me that Abner Haynes has maintained a much closer contact with our university.  I do appreciate what Leon King went through as well but I think that we're comparing apples and oranges as far as the level of involvement.

 

Edited August 29, 2018 by GrayEagle

[ipd054]

It has been fixed, give them credit it used to take a few weeks not a few minutes to post news to the site.  This was bad though...