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I have learned the details behind Luncheon-Gate and am deeply saddened at the state of our alma mater. Mosley's original sin was he should have contacted the President and the BOR the second after SMUt lost their game to OSU. They could have changed the deal had he done that. Secondly, Dr. Keller did his best impression of Simon Peter when he denied Jesus after he had been arrested. Keller had a chance to be a UNT hero but instead he took the easy way out and turned his back on us.
This would have been the highest attended game in the possibly the history of UNT. Students were back, the weather was nice, OSU is in a power conference close by that would travel in large numbers. This has to be one of the worst possible decisions in the history of UNT lore, right up there with painting the SuperPit seats orange and leaving the Missouri Valley conference.
So I've heard both about the luncheon and a dance team competition as reasons for this. This from the D-RC:
UNT was in position to host Oklahoma State in a quarterfinal game but will head to Stillwater instead on Tuesday. The Super Pit — UNT’s home venue — is booked for a staff appreciation lunch on Wednesday that will require the court to be removed from the venue. A two-day dance/drill will follow beginning Friday.
(So the dance/drill team thing doesn't even start until Friday. It's funny....the AAC (American Airlines Center) will have several times in a year....where they have a hockey game at 1 pm......and then turn around the arena for a basketball game that night. (or vice versa). Here....we can't even figure out a way to do a basketball game at night.....then turn around and have it set up for a luncheon the next day. I realize it would have required some guys doing overtime. Maybe even bring in extra help from the Physical Plant. But whatever was paid out.....would have been easily covered by concession sales). Unbelievable. )
That press release breaks a golden rule. It makes a damn excuse.
I have long believed that there is a special kind of malaise/apathy over the North Texas area when it comes to sports. I used to tell people in Denton back in the 1980's that Notre Dame football couldn't make it any better in Denton than NTSU.
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