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Son Of A Flying Worm · November 15

LongJim · November 15

Those are sharp.

NorthTexan95 · November 15

Rick Villareal approves of the helmet design.

wardly · November 15

18 minutes ago, NorthTexan95 said:

Rick Villareal approves of the helmet design.

Rick told me he changed the nickname from Eagles to Mean Green because of all the local/regional high schools that had an "eagle" as their mascot.This is first time I have seen Mean Green on our helmets and I really like it .

golfingomez · November 15

all whites on indoor turf... hopefully we play as fast as we look.

NT80 · November 15

36 minutes ago, wardly said:

Rick told me he changed the nickname from Eagles to Mean Green because of all the local/regional high schools that had an "eagle" as their mascot.This is first time I have seen Mean Green on our helmets and I really like it .

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NT80 · November 15

If only we had a Logo we could put on a helmet, instead of feathers and script...

Mean Green is great for Branding and Marketing...

so would a visual Logo people could associate with us=

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Edited November 15 by NT80

SilverEagle · November 15

6 hours ago, wardly said:

Rick told me he changed the nickname from Eagles to Mean Green because of all the local/regional high schools that had an "eagle" as their mascot.This is first time I have seen Mean Green on our helmets and I really like it .

It was Hayden Fry who came in and set about to change the culture of the athletic department. Toward that end he took the nickname that was being used for the defense and made it the nickname for the whole team. He then changed the shade of green that the teams wore, and he had someone create a very unique Logo for the Helmet. Which happened to be a "stylized Eagle".....aka the "flying worm".

The Eagle is our mascot, and Mean Green is our nickname.

Thank you Sydney Sue Graham. And thank you Hayden Fry.

Edited November 15 by SilverEagle

NT93 · November 15

Great look.

Can’t decide how much I like the helmet. I definitely don’t dislike it, but I don’t think I love it. I’ll decide after seeing it tonight.

Green and white = no complaints

UNTLifer · November 15

2 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

It was Hayden Fry who came in and set about to change the culture of the athletic department. Toward that end he took the nickname that was being used for the defense and made it the nickname for the whole team. He then changed the shade of green that the teams wore, and he had someone create a very unique Logo for the Helmet. Which happened to be a "stylized Eagle".....aka the "flying worm".

The Eagle is our mascot, and Mean Green is our nickname.

Thank your Sydney Sue Graham. And thank you Hayden Fry.

And Rick Spears

NT80 · November 15

3 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

It was Hayden Fry who came in and set about to change the culture of the athletic department. Toward that end he took the nickname that was being used for the defense and made it the nickname for the whole team. He then changed the shade of green that the teams wore, and he had someone create a very unique Logo for the Helmet. Which happened to be a "stylized Eagle".....aka the "flying worm".

The Eagle is our mascot, and Mean Green is our nickname.

Thank your Sydney Sue Graham. And thank you Hayden Fry.

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greenjoe · November 15

T-shirt police here. Why can’t we either have our players tuck their undershirts in their pants, like basketball players, or cut the bottom of the undershirt off so that it doesn’t hang sloppily out. And here’s a thought…Why not wear a white t-shirt with a white uniform ?

UNTLifer · November 15

Just now, greenjoe said:

T-shirt police here. Why can’t we either have our players tuck their undershirts in their pants, like basketball players, or cut the bottom of the undershirt off so that it doesn’t hang sloppily out. And here’s a thought…Why not wear a white t-shirt with a white uniform ?

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Tired of the sloppy look.

wardly · November 15

3 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

It was Hayden Fry who came in and set about to change the culture of the athletic department. Toward that end he took the nickname that was being used for the defense and made it the nickname for the whole team. He then changed the shade of green that the teams wore, and he had someone create a very unique Logo for the Helmet. Which happened to be a "stylized Eagle".....aka the "flying worm".

The Eagle is our mascot, and Mean Green is our nickname.

Thank your Sydney Sue Graham. And thank you Hayden Fry.

I don't think Hayden did this. Perhaps you could provide some reference as I can't recall the term "mean green " applying to our team as a whole until the 2000's. Yes the eagle is our mascot and mean green is the nickname of our team. Also I believe Jim Hobney [sic] was also involved in the creation of the flying worm bet can't exactly remember how. Maybe you know.

wardly · November 15

5 minutes ago, wardly said:

I don't think Hayden did this. Perhaps you could provide some reference as I can't recall the term "mean green " applying to our team as a whole until the 2000's. Yes the eagle is our mascot and mean green is the nickname of our team. Also I believe Jim Hobney [sic] was also involved in the creation of the flying worm bet can't exactly remember how. Maybe you know.

Opps! Jim Hobdy created the UNT Battle Flag in 1986 and WAS NOT involved with Rick Spear's design of the flying worm which was adopted by Hayden Fry and used during his tenure.My bad. It is a shame that we didn't stick with it and it certainly separated us from any other eagle mascot. However if you google history of Mean Green knickname you will find the credit for its universal usage by UNT attributed to Rick Villareal, not Hayden Fry.

SUMG · November 15

29 minutes ago, wardly said:

Opps! Jim Hobdy created the UNT Battle Flag in 1986 and WAS NOT involved with Rick Spear's design of the flying worm which was adopted by Hayden Fry and used during his tenure.My bad. It is a shame that we didn't stick with it and it certainly separated us from any other eagle mascot. However if you google history of Mean Green knickname you will find the credit for its universal usage by UNT attributed to Rick Villareal, not Hayden Fry.

The Mean Green nickname was used a lot during the Fry era. There were "Mean Green And Proud Of It" bumper stickers and buttons. Almost every other bumper sticker used the words "Mean Green." Before football and especially basketball games....the fans would start chanting....."Bring Out The Mean Green!....Bring Out The Mean Green!....."Bring Out The Mean Green!".....

Travis · November 15

6 hours ago, wardly said:

Rick told me he changed the nickname from Eagles to Mean Green because of all the local/regional high schools that had an "eagle" as their mascot.This is first time I have seen Mean Green on our helmets and I really like it .

I always thought Rick was a dummy and stubborn when it comes to the marketing and PR pursuits. He so desperately wanted to seperate the athletics from the university that he didn't want the U to be with the NT and I always thought that was simply misguided.

SilverEagle · November 15

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

And Rick Spears

OH ABSOLUTELY!

wardly · November 16

1 hour ago, Travis said:

I always thought Rick was a dummy and stubborn when it comes to the marketing and PR pursuits. He so desperately wanted to seperate the athletics from the university that he didn't want the U to be with the NT and I always thought that was simply misguided.

A lot of us old timers didn't want to make a change from NT to UNT. He went through 4 or 5 presidents while he was AD, I each who had their own idea as to how to market North Texas.In addition his budget was pocket change. You can thank Rick and C.Dan Smith for your new football stadium.

greenjoe · November 16

To SUMG’s point, I remember the Mean Green Club and the Mean Green 100 Club starting during the Hayden era. Remember the beautiful lime green sport coats given to the Mean Green 100 members ? I still have a decal on the wing window of my ‘77 sports car that I applied sometime after I bought the car in ‘77.

And, I’m convinced we might still be in Fouts Field were it not for Rick V. Thanks.

NT80 · November 16

Hayden Fry pushed the name Mean Green in marketing, uniforms, and fundraising.

He changed our nickname to Mean Green when he was hired as coach/AD in 1973 to make us more unique. Eagles were still our official mascot.

But Mean Green was also used by NT athletics even before Fry….

Edited November 16 by NT80

wardly · November 16

You guys apparently are correct regarding when the usage of "Mean Green" as a reference to our entire football team instead of just the defense.I don't know if that applied to the basketball teams as well.I was in St. Louis 68/70 and Indianapolis 72/74 so I missed these seasons. However I did contribute to the athletic department when Fry was AD/HC receiving a paper weight engraved with North Texas State University and had a flying worm in center above "MEAN GREEN". I just looked at it and realized that Fry did promote the nickname.I also got the ugliest green polyester jacket i have ever seen that should of had a no smoking sign on it. In addition I got a flying worm helmet that was actually a working telephone that I lost in a move 25 years ago. Regardless I think we can agree that our nickname is unique even if we don't always play to it and wish that we had kept the flying worm which really popped in electric green.

NT80 · November 16

13 minutes ago, wardly said:

You guys apparently are correct regarding when the usage of "Mean Green" as a reference to our entire football team instead of just the defense.I don't know if that applied to the basketball teams as well.I was in St. Louis 68/70 and Indianapolis 72/74 so I missed these seasons. However I did contribute to the athletic department when Fry was AD/HC receiving a paper weight engraved with North Texas State University and had a flying worm in center above "MEAN GREEN". I just looked at it and realized that Fry did promote the nickname.I also got the ugliest green polyester jacket i have ever seen that should of had a no smoking sign on it. In addition I got a flying worm helmet that was actually a working telephone that I lost in a move 25 years ago. Regardless I think we can agree that our nickname is unique even if we don't always play to it and wish that we had kept the flying worm which really popped in electric green.

Ok, yes, I will buy your ugly flying worm jacket, paper weight, lost phone (when you find it), and anything else “flying worm”!

Message me!

FirefightnRick · November 16

10 hours ago, NorthTexan95 said:

Rick Villareal approves of the helmet design.

Looks like a green line on TV.

Rick

NT80 · November 16

3 hours ago, wardly said:

A lot of us old timers didn't want to make a change from NT to UNT. He went through 4 or 5 presidents while he was AD, I each who had their own idea as to how to market North Texas.In addition his budget was pocket change. You can thank Rick and C.Dan Smith for your new football stadium.

You should put President Norval Pohl at the top of that group. As I heard it, he was the one that suggested to RV that the former NT golf course property had become available (lease not renewed) and should be used by Athletics. This would also free up the Fouts land for future core-campus uses.