UNT Renames Its Football Stadium, Awkwardly

[Tom McKrackin]

Allow me to be the first to inform you that DATCU Stadium is not, in fact, the place where the Horned Frogs play.

I must confess that, prior to today, I had no idea what DATCU was. Our online managing editor and intrepid UNT alum Matt Goodman informs me it is a Denton-based credit union, so it makes all sort of sense that they would be interested in partnering with the local university. That’s doubly true considering DATCU was founded by UNT faculty following the Great Depression as Denton County Teachers Federal Credit Union (which is known today as Denton Area Teachers Credit Union; here’s a video about it). And it’s triply true considering DATCU president Melanie Vest is a Mean Green alum and the new subject of this moderately disorienting GIF.

Alas, sometimes good intentions trump good ol’ common sense. Such is the case now that, in a new naming-rights agreement, UNT’s Apogee Stadium will now be called DATCU Stadium.

If you’re in the Denton community, this may not scan as odd to you. For the rest of us, I’ll pause as you read that name a time or three, then you inevitably arrive where I did: the University of North Texas will play its football games at a place people will clown as DA TCU Stadium.

And by “will,” I mean “already have.”

More than once.

This is going to be awkward.

read more: https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2023/07/unt-datcu-football-stadium/

 

 

[Cr1028]

It seems like a stretch of an insult and kind of weak. Do people still say da? This isn’t 1985 and da Bears and da Bulls aren’t the big deal they once were. It seems more likely people nowadays would just read it as Dat-koo or D-A-T-C-U as intended. Outside of DFW I imagine Dat-C-U stadium would be more prevalent than Da-T-C-U stadium.

I can only imagine the horror for Coog fans every time the ECU Pirates come to town. I say that with an ample amount of sarcasm. Must be a slow news week over at D magazine or, since they’re in the business of trolling now, D-Bag magazine.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Cr1028

[untcampbell]

One reason SUMG suggested calling it The Dat. No TCU. Or even the Big 12's newest: CU.

 

The Dat, it is.

 

GMG

Edited August 2, 2023 by untcampbell

[Cr1028]

3 minutes ago, untcampbell said:

One reason SUMG suggested calling it The Dat. No TCU. Or even the Big 12's newest: CU.

 

The Dat, it is.

 

GMG

I like it. And if TCU fans want to act like that we can just start saying teachers credit union plays at amon carter.

[drex]

What relevance does this mindless piece have?  TCU will not grace DATCU stadium in a million years and all their other sports seem to dodge us, too.  So, TCU have fun with your cowtown jamboree....leave us alone and pray that we do not ultimately dominate the metroplex. 

[Hunter Green]

1 hour ago, untcampbell said:

One reason SUMG suggested calling it The Dat. No TCU. Or even the Big 12's newest: CU.

 

The Dat, it is.

 

GMG

Love it!

[NT93]

The writer acts as if the AD just chose this name.  They’re being paid $$$ to use the name.  Are they supposed to say, “We’d love to have your money, but we can’t call it DATCU Stadium.”?
 

What a dumb article.

 

[El Paso Eagle]

This "writer", and I use the term very lightly, did a very lazy job and attempt to take a shot at North Texas. What a freaking idiot

Edited August 2, 2023 by El Paso Eagle

[TheColonyEagle]

weird thing,  I NEVER even thought about the last 3 letters being “TCU”.  Didn’t notice it until now. 
 

“The Dat”

I like it. 

In

Edited August 2, 2023 by TheColonyEagle

[Wag Tag]

Who DAT! GMG 

[keith]

9 hours ago, NT93 said:

The writer acts as if the AD just chose this name.  They’re being paid $$$ to use the name.  Are they supposed to say, “We’d love to have your money, but we can’t call it DATCU Stadium.”?
 

What a dumb article.

 

Does anyone know the details around the $$$$ amount and term? 

[SUMG]

8 minutes ago, keith said:

Does anyone know the details around the $$$$ amount and term? 

It was reported as a 15 year deal, at the event y'day. . Since then, Brett Vito is reporting that the deal is for $21.5 million. 

[DentonLurker]

Is it really “clowning it” if the second tweet mentioned is just a guy quote tweeting the first tweet with the same lame joke?

 

[SilverEagle]

No one has mentioned this, but in addition to the money that we are getting from DATCU, I anticipate that every employee at the various locations will be more than happy to provide customers with season ticket applications. In addition, I anticipate that those same employees will be more than happy to help the season ticket applicants do the paperwork for automatic withdrawals from their accounts for season tickets and the Mean Green Club. 

 

[Rudy]

From my FB timeline:

 

 

[DentonLurker]

It must be a slow day in Fort Worth...

[greenminer]

We won't change.  TCU is the one that sucks.

[Eagle71]

Just an old school guy here.  I'll probably just refer to it by a nickname, you know, something boring like "Eagle Stadium".  My wife (also NT grad) thought I was joking when I told her the new name.  Tried to explain the whole thing.  It didn't take. "Fly Like An Eagle" 

[El Paso Eagle]

 The amount of wasted brains in the media never fails to make itself shown. If we had reached a deal with Peterbilt, these idiots would have said we inadvertently paid homage to the porn industry.

[bstnsportsfan3]

Well if “D” magazine wants to crap all over it, they could have ponied up some cash and we would have “The Big D Stadium” but they didn’t so they should just shut up

Edited August 2, 2023 by bstnsportsfan3

[UNTethered Eagle]

This is nonsensical. Phonetically it is “Dat-Q”, and in no way sounds like Da TCU or whatever people are claiming. 

The only thing I can surmise is that people can’t read properly anymore.

[Tom McKrackin]

4 minutes ago, UNTethered Eagle said:

This is nonsensical. Phonetically it is “Dat-Q”, and in no way sounds like Da TCU or whatever people are claiming. 

The only thing I can surmise is that people can’t read properly anymore.

Agree. At the end of the day it is a HUGE blessing.

[wardly]

A friend from Louisiana asked me "who dat?"

[greenminer]

5 hours ago, UNTethered Eagle said:

The only thing I can surmise is that people can’t read properly anymore.

people on the internet are usually 1 of 3 things:

1) Determined to be angry
2) Determined to tell you how wrong you are, or
3) Determined to show you how right they are

[GrayEagle]

14 hours ago, wardly said:

A friend from Louisiana asked me "who dat?"

Did you answer Q or Coo?