RIP Sportswriter and UNT Alum Brett Tulloss (GreenBat)

[rcade]

Brett Tulloss, a UNT alumnus and longtime member of GoMeanGreen under the handle GreenBat, died on August 21 at age 58:

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/universal-city-tx/brett-tulloss-10903439?fbclid=IwAR3q_AinpH7kAd6ysq53RfRbt564LI-vSNtFYbKBwOyqD1oUv4vXi7zHkrE

I was on the NT Daily staff with Brett in the late 1980s. We bonded there as Mean Green fans and joined GoMeanGreen 11 days apart in 2002.

Brett loved sports and a good argument (as many of us here can attest). He collected jerseys and donated Cody Spencer's Blue-Grey game jersey to the UNT Hall of Fame in 2009. Spencer played so well in the game he was drafted in the sixth round by the Raiders. Brett found his game jersey up for auction and decided it ought to be seen by all Mean Green fans:

https://meangreensports.com/news/2009/10/15/Green_Gang_Fan_s_Jersey_Donation_Adding_To_NT_Hall_Of_Fame

The last time I saw Brett in college we were leaving a drunken off-campus gathering of student newspaper reprobates and he was loudly giving hell to a Cowboys fan. That was another of his favorite hobbies.

Edited August 29, 2022 by rcade

[Harry]

So sorry to hear this.  He was a great fan and good guy.    We were able to get to some games together over the years shared in our love of the Mean Green.  May he rest in peace.

[untcampbell]

Thanks RCade. I appreciate your tribute and wish I knew Brett. 

Thanks to Harry also. This is a community, filled with many different life experiences that shape the way we see things. But every time I read one of these posts, I really wish I knew those passed, and those with us still, better.

 

Peace and comfort to those that knew and loved Brett.

 

GMG

[rcade]

A photo of the NT Daily staff from 1989. Brett's holding a football (middle row right edge) and I am, for reasons lost to history, lying across the laps of several people.

[MeanGreen_MBA]

A MEAN GREEN RIP

[PlummMeanGreen]

Sorry to hear this.  
RIP, Brett. 

[NorthTexasWeLove]

rip. Sorry for the loss of your buddy. 

[NT93]

Sorry to hear this.  I knew Brett back in the late 80’s/early 90’s, but haven’t seen or talked to him since then.  RIP

[UNTLifer]

Hate to hear this. Prayers for comfort to his family. 

[Glory to the Green]

Sorry to hear this. Too young.  Thank you for sharing. 

[eulessismore]

So young. I'm guessing he's in Sportswriter Heaven. It seems like someone I've encountered, perhaps online here, but my memory is not improving with age. Prayers that his family will be comforted.

[Marty]

RIP Greenbat.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Sorry to hear the news.  He was a colorful poster here, and I'm sure a great guy in real life.  Prayers for the family.

[drex]

Brett loved North Texas athletics and was a very instrumental part of the Athletic Top 20 (student group) that I created to market Mean Green sports. His energy really helped the Top 20 do some great things.  He was a fixture around my office, always wanting to see that was going on with the athletic department.  I am sad to see him go so young.

[FirefightnRick]

 

I will miss Brett Tulloss as well as Carlos Leal(standing two to the left of Brett here), who we lost back in ‘18.  Those two knew more sports trivia than anyone I ever knew.  I once told them while we were all at a  bar if they didn’t shut up talking so much nerdy sports trivia we were never gonna get laid.  I had to post this pic from the Daily I remembered having which had them both at a game at Fouts.  

When Brett started covering local HS football teams for the DRC I would go with him to spot and do stats.  One time we nearly froze half to death in a blizzard in an open press box at Mineral Well’s old Miller Stadium during a playoff game.   Most learned that if you spent enough time with Brett some kind of crap was bound to happen to you sooner or later and with me it always did..

One of the stories I can publicly share…He once got the PA gig at Fouts for a first round 3A playoff game between SL Carroll & Frisco and he asked me to spot & do stats for him.   And of course, from the very start SLC started  drilling the hell out of Frisco and Brett was having to constantly say  The Dragons did this….The Dragons did that.  Everything was Dragons! Dragons! Dragons!, and Brett was starting to feel bad for Frisco and their fans, and he was chomping at the bit to finally get to say something positive for them.  Finally, at one point Frisco put a drive together and advanced the ball to about the SLC 25 yard line…and Brett announced it as…”And the Racoons Are Scratching At The Back Screen Door!”…. and I looked at him like WTF????  Suddenly the door to the press box swung open and a little old lady with a cane, who had to be in her late 70’s to 80’s stumbled in and started chewing Brett’s ass out something fierce for “Being so one sided and so damn negative to Frisco High!”,…and as she  yelled at him she leaned over Brett like she was gonna start beating the shit out of him.    Brett was so shocked, he kept shrinking in that chair thinking she was gonna smack him, and he stumbled and fumbled through what had to be 20 apologies trying to explain himself and she was having none of it..  I nearly hurt myself trying to hold back the laughter and not instigate it further.  
 

Anyhow, lots of good times I’ll never forget.

 

RIP GreenBat.

 

 

Rick

 

Edited August 31, 2022 by FirefightnRick

[SilverEagle]

RIP Greenbat!

[Rudy]

R.I.P. Greenbat😪