North Texas Linebacker Recovering in the Hospital

UNTLifer · August 23, 2005

Football: UNT linebacker recovering at hospital

08:21 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 23, 2005

North Texas backup linebacker Lawrence Brown was taken to the hospital during practice for precautionary reasons on Monday after he had a reaction to medication he is taking for an illness.

UNT coach Darrell Dickey said Brown was resting comfortably.

The sophomore from Houston North Shore is expected to serve as a backup linebacker this season. He did not see any game action last year.

UNT resumed practice and completed its afternoon workout after Brown left the field.

— Staff report

PlummMeanGreen · August 23, 2005

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Football: UNT linebacker recovering at hospital
08:21 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 23, 2005

North Texas backup linebacker Lawrence Brown was taken to the hospital during practice for precautionary reasons on Monday after he had a reaction to medication he is taking for an illness.
UNT coach Darrell Dickey said Brown was resting comfortably.
The sophomore from Houston North Shore is expected to serve as a backup linebacker this season. He did not see any game action last year.
UNT resumed practice and completed its afternoon workout after Brown left the field.
— Staff report
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Have no idea if this was heat-related, but the heat usually affects most medications.

There is a reason mean old crotchity and grumpy Bill Parcels of the Cowboys approved Oxnard as the Cowboys training camp, folks, and IMHO it has everything to do with not having to train in the Texas heat of August and part of September. I know football teams have to practice in some heat, but the dangerous kind we should be avoiding.

We need many things and we need much money to get those many things at Eagle Point Campus but I'm not so sure an indoor practice facility should not be one of those things toward the top of our wishlist at NT. Heck, watching the DVD documentary on Celina's football program even they have an indoor practice facility albeit a very simple costructed one. One of the UT message boards said they built their "Bubble" for $4 million, so I guess even at NT that is not a completely insurmountable amount (or out of the question)?

The global warming trends should concern us all for our own health, but for darn sure it should really concern us for our football players who have to practice many times in the sultry Texas heat. Just my .02...

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ADDENDUM: If NT College of Music officials knew the marching band would have some use of an indoor facility (as UT's Longhorn Band does theirs), might they want to put some of their budget monies along with NT athletics for such a project? Some scheduling would have to be done for both groups to use it, but that part should be do-able.

AND....if you let the NT general student body use it for some morning & early afternoon P.E. classes then you have other possible state-assisted funding for such an indoor practice facility at the Mean Green Athletic Village.

Edited August 23, 2005 by PlummMeanGreen