CFN's Five Thoughts

[emmitt01]

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2005/5_...ve_Thoughts.htm

[NT80]

"...the evil empire of the Sun Belt, North Texas..."

By Mark Risley

4. While the majority of the college football world was engrossed in the epic battle in Columbus, OH (and the vast overflow entranced in the first half of the eventual LSU/ASU roller-coaster ride in Tempe, AZ), there was a heckuva game being staged in the Sun Belt Conference. Yeah, yeah. It sounds crazy, doesn’t it? You certainly couldn’t imagine anyone outside of Denton, TX and/or Murfreesboro, TN straying from their local ABC affiliates (although, a shot of Jack & a pint of Shiner Bock says that even the folks in those two towns demoted the Sun Belt to second fiddle this past Saturday evening), but having four TV’s has its advantages. In case you missed it, though, the evil empire of the Sun Belt, North Texas, was about to be vanquished by a fleet of Blue Raiders from Middle Tennessee State. MTSU was up 7-0 and about to march into the end-zone for another six pack, which would have likely been the end of UNT’s offensively-challenged chances of winning this game. Instead, UNT’s rising star LB Maurice Holman stepped in front of an intended TD pass from MTSU’s oft-accurate Clint Marks just in front of the goal line, and galloped 99 yards for the equalizing tally. Sure, the game was still very much in doubt at that point, but it may as well have ended with that very play. As usual (at least, for the past four seasons), the Mean Green defense took over & that was that – UNT 14, MTSU 7. Sure, UNT may still lose a Sun Belt game this season, but it’s unlikely that MTSU will be able to overtake UNT for the conference crown. This is what college football is all about – an elimination game in the second week of September. If you think the Ohio State-Texas outcome was a deflating blow to Tressel & Co., then you can imagine, in a conference where only one bowl berth is guaranteed, how much air was taken out of the bubble on the campus of MTSU. One day very soon, Andy McCollum & his Blue Raiders squad will get over the Denton hump, but that “blue dawn” will have to wait for yet another year. In the meantime, the broken levees may have forced the Sun Belt headquarters to jump tracks from its comfortable Crescent City environment, but the song remains the same: North Texas is still the team to beat in the Sun Belt.

[Coffee and TV]

love it.

[Cowtown]

Evil Empire...that has a nice ring to it.

[GreenN'walinsVet]

Cant you just see us coming out of the tunnell, yelling what time is it, and then as we run on to the field, all you see on the jumbotron is the Death Star coming over earth, and the mighty star wars song, with the words EVIL EMPIRE flashing on the screen.

[DeepGreen]

See my signature.

[pollock]

You certainly couldn’t imagine anyone outside of Denton, TX and/or Murfreesboro, TN straying from their local ABC affiliates (although, a shot of Jack & a pint of Shiner Bock says that even the folks in those two towns demoted the Sun Belt to second fiddle this past Saturday

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Mmmmmmm.... shot of Jack & a pint of Shiner. Is it too early to head out to the Fouts parking lot?

[MootPoint]

Cant you just see us coming out of the tunnell, yelling what time is it, and then as we run on to the field, all you see on the jumbotron is the Death Star coming over earth, and the mighty star wars song, with the words EVIL EMPIRE flashing on the screen.

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ROFL I love it; if only it could be done

[NCMeanGreen]

Cant you just see us coming out of the tunnell, yelling what time is it, and then as we run on to the field, all you see on the jumbotron is the Death Star coming over earth, and the mighty star wars song, with the words EVIL EMPIRE flashing on the screen.

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Oooooooo...I LOVE it!!!

[FireFightnJoey]

Have the band play the Star Wars evil empire song...

[good_ken]

I belive that would be the Imperial Death March

[MootPoint]

I belive that would be the Imperial Death March

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I can hear it in my head right now

[Eagle-96]

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/4871/wav/empire2a.wav

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/4871/wav/scum.wav

Edited September 14, 2005 by Eagle-96

[BostonianEagle]

Have the band play the Star Wars evil empire song...

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That was in the book when I was in the GB ('00-'02). We used it for key defensive plays like forcing a 4th down, so they should still have it somewhere.

[Talon90]

That was in the book when I was in the GB ('00-'02).  We used it for key defensive plays like forcing a 4th down, so they should still have it somewhere.

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It was great the first 20 times and then....it became a beating.

Thank goodness it was retired.

It seemed that every college football band now plays it.