Join the Mean Green Infantry

[Matt from A700]

Apologies in advance if this is an inappropriate or spammy post, but I wanted to extend an invitation to join the Mean Green Infantry. We are a new, unsponsored group of passionate Mean Green fans dedicated to increasing fan and alumni engagement and raising our profile by coordinating group outings to make our presence felt at away and neutral site games.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/meangreeninfantry

Last weekend we had over 35 people buy together for the men's basketball game at SMU. We're going even bigger for the last game of the regular season at Rice. So join us! Those group tickets are only $10-30. We're also working on a pregame tailgate. Here's the link to our event page for the Rice game, I'll be making our initial purchase of tickets next week:

https://www.facebook.com/share/RQYQAKVGsHKZXjTY/?mibextid=9VsGKo

Edited February 17 by Matt from A700

[cousin oliver]

Man this is awesome.  I will check it out.

[tmjerm]

Keep rockin Matt!  It's not easy for me to travel in this phase of life but I will as I can.  My daughter wants to go to the conference tournament at Dickey's so we will likely do that if you guys are doing anything for it.  Good work dawg!

[DeepGreen]

HOO RAH!

[Matt from A700]

9 hours ago, tmjerm said:

Keep rockin Matt!  It's not easy for me to travel in this phase of life but I will as I can.  My daughter wants to go to the conference tournament at Dickey's so we will likely do that if you guys are doing anything for it.  Good work dawg!

Thank you!! If you ever do get the chance to travel, let me know if you'd like a travel rewards credit card so I can those referral points/miles. 👀

It would be tough to do a formal group outing for the conference tournament since we don't know when we will play yet. A 2, 3, 6, 7, or 10 seed would prevent us from playing any middle-of-the-day games. But a lot of us will still go, especially since I work in Fort Worth. Hope we can fill Dickies like we packed The Star last year.

[SilverEagle]

On 2/16/2024 at 9:44 AM, Matt from A700 said:

Apologies in advance if this is an inappropriate or spammy post, but I wanted to extend an invitation to join the Mean Green Infantry. We are a new, unsponsored group of passionate Mean Green fans dedicated to increasing fan and alumni engagement and raising our profile by coordinating group outings to make our presence felt at away and neutral site games.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/meangreeninfantry

Last weekend we had over 35 people buy together for the men's basketball game at SMU. We're going even bigger for the last game of the regular season at Rice. So join us! Those group tickets are only $10-30. We're also working on a pregame tailgate. Here's the link to our event page for the Rice game, I'll be making our initial purchase of tickets next week:

https://www.facebook.com/share/RQYQAKVGsHKZXjTY/?mibextid=9VsGKo

Hmmm, interesting idea. It would seem to go along well with our military-sounding nickname for the  Band "The Green Brigade".   Are you going to develop a flag/guidon that represents this passionate clan from the North Texas alumni/fan base? IF so, a natural representation of an infantry would be someone walking like this guy....

 

 

....or maybe this guy.....

 

 

Edited February 18 by SilverEagle

[Matt from A700]

9 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

Hmmm, interesting idea. It would seem to go along well with our military-sounding nickname for the  Band "The Green Brigade".   Are you going to develop a flag/guidon that represents this passionate clan from the North Texas alumni/fan base? IF so, a natural representation of an infantry would be someone walking like this guy....

 

 

....or maybe this guy.....

 

 

I'd love to keep building this. I'm really hoping for a good response for this Rice game. There has been good feedback from some of the alumni association networks, including the head of the Houston one. A good turnout/tailgate for the Rice game could give us some nice momentum to do some big things for the 2024 football season. I've been dreaming about that South Alabama game + Labor Day Gulf Shores trip for a while now.

To me I think this group could bridge a gap between the Maniacs/Talons and the Alumni Association.

[Matt from A700]

If you want to go to the Rice game in Houston on 3/9, I'm buying our initial base of ~15 tickets to get the group discount tomorrow. These seats will be $30 and immediately behind the UNT bench.

[NM Green]

Great work and great idea. Organized supporter groups make noise, get tv shots and lift the energy of our away team. You captured the attention of the smu fans on their board.

I went to Rice last year and that gym was already loud with our good Houston alumni base down there. That game is going to rock. 
 

GMG 

[Matt from A700]

On 2/21/2024 at 1:33 AM, NM Green said:

Great work and great idea. Organized supporter groups make noise, get tv shots and lift the energy of our away team. You captured the attention of the smu fans on their board.

I went to Rice last year and that gym was already loud with our good Houston alumni base down there. That game is going to rock. 
 

GMG 

Thank you!! That's the goal! I want to impact the game so that the broadcasters comment on the "large contingent of opposing fans".

I went to the Rice game too last year, that was my first time at Tudor Fieldhouse. If you decide to make the trip again this year let me know!

[Matt from A700]

A week away, where are our Houston alumni at?

[Matt from A700]

Update, we are now on four social media platforms, please follow us/join if you have accounts on any:

Facebook group
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn

I have been working on coordinating group outings for the games on Labor Day Weekend at South Alabama, 9/14 at Texas Tech, and Friday 11/15 at UTSA. I am not meaning to compete with the UNT Ticket Office, but there is no real effort from the AD to get a lot of people to the road games. Plus, the opposing schools pass along their standard ticket price which makes it a harder sell for UNT. For example, tickets in the worst sections through UNT go for $37 at UTSA, and $45 at FAU or Memphis.

So for those interested, I'm trying to buy our initial block of tickets ASAP for Tech and UTSA. South Alabama group tickets start selling on August 1.

Saturday, 8/31 at South Alabama (Labor Day Weekend on the Coast)
Infantry tickets: $13 ($20 standard price, $23 through UNT)
Interest form: https://forms.gle/UzitbcpzoetygGfg8
FB event page: https://fb.me/e/20vtYbKkf

Saturday, 9/14 at Texas Tech
Infantry tickets: $27.50 or $37.50 ($30 or $45 standard price, $35 through UNT for corner sections)
Interest form: https://forms.gle/973D8Ywq3RLEmETb9
FB event page: https://fb.me/e/1sJ6oKSeu

Friday, 11/15 at UTSA
Infantry tickets: $17-$31 ($18-$32 standard price, $37 through UNT for corner sections)
Interest form: https://forms.gle/NxbVGJBST5ds2x5i6
FB event page: https://fb.me/e/2cYLmHJ08

I'm coordinating with the alumni chapter in San Antonio to make it a big event in November. There are also talks with the Houston alumni chapter to promote not only UTSA but the South Alabama game, now since Charles Barkley has made Galveston's dirty beaches known nationwide lmao.

And reminder this is not only for football. Our group outings started with basketball season last year. I also want to encourage folks going to the Tech game to support the soccer ladies on Sunday the 15th at Abilene Christian on their way home. I have not pitched this to the Houston alumni chapter yet, but October 11th-13th provides a great opportunity to get folks engaged with volleyball at Rice Friday, a chance for an FAU watch party Saturday, and women's soccer at Rice Sunday.

[Hunter Green]

Matt, you're a great fan and a great American! Thanks for doing what you're doing.

[Dannymacfan]

13 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Update, we are now on four social media platforms, please follow us/join if you have accounts on any:

Facebook group
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn

I have been working on coordinating group outings for the games on Labor Day Weekend at South Alabama, 9/14 at Texas Tech, and Friday 11/15 at UTSA. I am not meaning to compete with the UNT Ticket Office, but there is no real effort from the AD to get a lot of people to the road games. Plus, the opposing schools pass along their standard ticket price which makes it a harder sell for UNT. For example, tickets in the worst sections through UNT go for $37 at UTSA, and $45 at FAU or Memphis.

So for those interested, I'm trying to buy our initial block of tickets ASAP for Tech and UTSA. South Alabama group tickets start selling on August 1.

Saturday, 8/31 at South Alabama (Labor Day Weekend on the Coast)
Infantry tickets: $13 ($20 standard price, $23 through UNT)
Interest form: https://forms.gle/UzitbcpzoetygGfg8
FB event page: https://fb.me/e/20vtYbKkf

Saturday, 9/14 at Texas Tech
Infantry tickets: $27.50 or $37.50 ($30 or $45 standard price, $35 through UNT for corner sections)
Interest form: https://forms.gle/973D8Ywq3RLEmETb9
FB event page: https://fb.me/e/1sJ6oKSeu

Friday, 11/15 at UTSA
Infantry tickets: $17-$31 ($18-$32 standard price, $37 through UNT for corner sections)
Interest form: https://forms.gle/NxbVGJBST5ds2x5i6
FB event page: https://fb.me/e/2cYLmHJ08

I'm coordinating with the alumni chapter in San Antonio to make it a big event in November. There are also talks with the Houston alumni chapter to promote not only UTSA but the South Alabama game, now since Charles Barkley has made Galveston's dirty beaches known nationwide lmao.

And reminder this is not only for football. Our group outings started with basketball season last year. I also want to encourage folks going to the Tech game to support the soccer ladies on Sunday the 15th at Abilene Christian on their way home. I have not pitched this to the Houston alumni chapter yet, but October 11th-13th provides a great opportunity to get folks engaged with volleyball at Rice Friday, a chance for an FAU watch party Saturday, and women's soccer at Rice Sunday.

Matt you are the best!

[Matt from A700]

We are up to 36 in our group for the South Alabama game, but reminder if you're interested in going to any of the road games in 2024, reach out to me as I plan to coordinate group-discounted outings for every game (though I think I'll only be able to make 4/6).

8/31 at South Alabama: https://forms.gle/KS1Yk2K1DLVrd7Lk8
9/14 at Texas Tech: https://forms.gle/kAKdzaZPvQVavxYP8
10/12 at FAU: https://forms.gle/HmhZ5DmZMk31XFJ37
10/19 at Memphis: https://forms.gle/bHpdVVUE4wxFFYZc9
11/15 at UTSA: https://forms.gle/A2KjBrVmmAEqXfXf6
11/30 at Temple: https://forms.gle/HVy8GsE4CfQmLGWo9

[cousin oliver]

Great job Matt!

[TexHammer1983]

Just joined!

[UNTLifer]

2 hours ago, TexHammer1983 said:

Just joined!

Jim Adler?  Is that you?

[cousin oliver]

4 hours ago, TexHammer1983 said:

Just joined!

Welcome Jim!

[Matt from A700]

Just an update, I have created a universal interest form for all events - and added over 40 future away games for football, women's soccer, volleyball, and men's and women's basketball as options, along with some key home games.

Since I do this in my spare time, realistically we're not going to actually have full-blown group outings for all of these games. The goal would be to have multiple leaders within this organization that would rotate being event leaders for these out-of-town games and creating contacts with UNT alumni in key visiting markets - like Memphis, Birmingham, New Orleans, Miami, Tulsa, Charlotte and others - that can help us from afar building the engagement away from Denton. Obviously the existing alumni chapters in Houston and Central Texas will be huge lifts as well.

Just from the effort being made from my home office, we bought 40 group-discounted tickets for the game in Mobile and 57 for Texas Tech so far this year.

So if you know you're interested in going to a future away game, like the UTSA game coming up on 11/15, fill out this form!

https://forms.gle/pyt6iTTJJsMDTE7b9

 

Edited October 17 by Matt from A700

[untcampbell]

Think flights will just be too much for me to PHL, but is anyone planning to go to the Temple game?

 

GMG

[UNT78]

Show up at the UTSA game this year, revenge will be sweet in San Antonio!

[Matt from A700]

On 10/17/2024 at 6:26 AM, untcampbell said:

Think flights will just be too much for me to PHL, but is anyone planning to go to the Temple game?

 

GMG

Even if I have to take a Spirit flight, I'm definitely going to try. Depending on what's cheaper, I may opt to fly into NJ/NY or BWI and take a train the rest of the way.

[untcampbell]

I'll look at the options. Thanks.

GMG