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Amen to everything that has already been said. I had a lot of fun today, and it was mainly because I was able to hang with people that share the same passion as I..............Mean Green Sports.

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Great pics Erin, we had a great time out there today. Thanks to everybody out there serving those guys. It was hot, but we had a lot of fun. (I got to rib Isaac Thomas and T.J. Raymond a liitle in line)

We have a very good bunch of players and coaches.. Makes you feel good about what we have going at North Texas!!!

GMG!!!

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Where did you get that shirt . . . the one in the last picture?

That was for an RHA (Residence Hall Association) conference. You'd have to talk to Maureen Clouse, Ed.D. to see if there are any left.

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Is this something put on by the university or by your message board? Looks like a neat deal........

Message board - working with the University. We bought the smoker a few years back and Rick pretty much handles the upkeep of it. We added a second one last year but it was in really bad shape. Sound Man is working on rehabbing that one now to give us some more cook space. Our group started out as the Mean Green Club, founded by Mean Rob Black in the late 90's and then the University asked for the name back (Coach Hayden Fry had used that name for the fan booster club in the late 70's but it had changed into the Foundation over time). The Mean Green Club (our version) is what brought a lot of us together back when Harry ran the old Paradise board and we realized that we weren't the only North Texas fans out there. We grew it and now have quite a bit of firepower. We have smoked more brisket over the last 5 years then a lot of restaurants, lol... We chanegd our name to the Greenbackers when the school took over the Mean Green Club name and have used GMG.com to move that unofficial group forward. We are definitely the largest tailgating crew at North Texas, and we have annual flag football games along with a permanent spot in the Mean Green Tailgating village as a result of it. Other groups have to pay to reserve their spots in that village but the department gives is some aid by not charging for the space along with helping us out with some tables and chairs for our events.

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Message board - working with the University.  We bought the smoker a few years back and Rick pretty much handles the upkeep of it.  We added a second one last year but it was in really bad shape.  Sound Man is working on rehabbing that one now to give us some more cook space.  Our group started out as the Mean Green Club, founded by Mean Rob Black in the late 90's and then the University asked for the name back (Coach Hayden Fry had used that name for the fan booster club in the late 70's but it had changed into the Foundation over time).  The Mean Green Club (our version) is what brought a lot of us together back when Harry ran the old Paradise board and we realized that we weren't the only North Texas fans out there.  We grew it and now have quite a bit of firepower.  We have smoked more brisket over the last 5 years then a lot of restaurants, lol... We chanegd our name to the Greenbackers when the school took over the Mean Green Club name and have used GMG.com to move that unofficial group forward.  We are definitely the largest tailgating crew at North Texas, and we have annual flag football games along with a permanent spot in the Mean Green Tailgating village as a result of it.  Other groups have to pay to reserve their spots in that village but the department gives is some aid by not charging for the space along with helping us out with some tables and chairs for our events.

How do ya'll collect the money for this? And how many board folk (estimate) usually participate (both financially and labor-wise?

We would love to do something similar at MT. I know the Cajuns do this annually too.

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