Tx Hs & Juco Linemen: Help Wanted For Future

PlummMeanGreen · November 18, 2007

THINK ABOUT THIS QUESTION: Do you really want to redshirt your first year at another campus (which is the common practice at the majority of NCAA D1-A schools) but then during your 2'nd year on that fine campus, ie, you might still (possibly) be on a depth chart which has you looking at Year 3 as your 1'st year to be considered as a starter?

Get in on the ground floor of something very special now happening at the University of North Texas. Be part of a pioneering project at a major Texas university; in fact, this northern Texas university located in Denton which has been projected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to become the 2'nd largest university in the state of Texas (only behind UT) within the next 10 years.

Consider joining up & becoming a pioneer in helping UNT Coach Todd Dodge & Staff build a program that becomes an annual Top 25 football program (much like our former conference-mates, ie, the Boise State U football program has done. Remember BSU, right? They won a BCS Championship Bowl game over OU last year in a game many consider one of the best bowl games ever?

YET.......how many traditional conference's schools may never play in a BCS Championship Series Bowl Game a la Boise State U (go ahead--make our day--insert sublimenal North Texas ), you know, like maybe at least 2 of the 4 Texas Big 12 schools for starters and all the other traditional 2'nd division teams of all the other traditional conferences?

If projections holdfast as expected, before you graduate at UNT as part of the Mean Green team, you will play an integral part in the debut of what will be one of the most modern (with all the latest ammenities) and most visible college football stadiums in America...

...and with this new football venue which has multi-acres of real estate already in place for its future location. Also, this new Mean Green Football Palace which will be built at the juncture of Texas Interstates 35E and 35W & inside our fabulous Mean Green Athletic Village of existing new and modern student/athlete oriented venues. In fact, the south end zone of the new stadium will (in deed) be our already completed Athletic Center that you would undoubtedly be most impressed with your first visit to Mean Green Country.

Come be part of an exciting journey that will be as exciting as its eventual destination in Mean Green Country.

Also, come be part of this pioneer adventure and get in on the ground floor of something special that is now just in its beginning stages in Denton, Texas, America.

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Inquire within and/or send your resume' (and some video would be nice, too).

** Other positions besides that of offensive and defensive linemen will also have openings in due time.

Edited November 19, 2007 by PlummMeanGreen

Cooley · November 19, 2007

Put that on Mean Joe Green's stationary and send it out to all the Juco's in the South.

OldTimer · November 19, 2007

Put that on Mean Joe Green's stationary and send it out to all the Juco's in the South.

That sounds great but wouldn't it be a violation on NCAA recruiting rules?

good_ken · November 19, 2007

That sounds great but wouldn't it be a violation on NCAA recruiting rules?

Not the ones that USC uses.

Edited November 19, 2007 by good_ken

November 19, 2007

Post that down in Corsicana. They've got a couple of highly-rated defensive linemen that would fit right in here.

H-towngreen · November 19, 2007

I agree with Tasty here. I think we need more help in the defensive backfield. Both lines will be good for the next several years. We have a very young offensive line that has improved all year long. And a d-line that we are starting to see some depth at

eulesseagle · November 19, 2007

H-Towngreen-

lol, you must have been asleep in english class when the professor was telling the class not to end a sentence with a preposition.

just remember this story:

An aggie was walking across the Yale campus the first day of graduate school and asked a student, "Hey buddy where is the library at?"

The Yale student said, "Yale men do not end sentances with prepositions."

The aggie said, "Ok buddy, where is the library at, asshole?"

Cooley · November 20, 2007

No need to apologize Plumm! This is arguably the worst defense in the history of D1 football. Dodge needs to be fired now if he maintain the status quo. We need better players in here now! If we improve 25% with what is coming back we are still a bad defensive football team.

We need to go Juco heavy if we can't find impact High School kids. We shouldn't guarantee any returning player a starting position. (Not when we average giving up 50 points a game) Dodge's job will be on the line in a few years if we can't fix this defense. Our fund raising efforts will suffer as well. This is big business and we can't worry about hurting the kids feelings.

PlummMeanGreen · November 20, 2007

No need to apologize Plumm! This is arguably the worst defense in the history of D1 football. Dodge needs to be fired now if he maintain the status quo. We need better players in here now! If we improve 25% with what is coming back we are still a bad defensive football team.
We need to go Juco heavy if we can't find impact High School kids. We shouldn't guarantee any returning player a starting position. (Not when we average giving up 50 points a game) Dodge's job will be on the line in a few years if we can't fix this defense. Our fund raising efforts will suffer as well. This is big business and we can't worry about hurting the kids feelings.

Cooley, it is very difficult to judge any 1'st (or for that matter) 2'nd year coach IMHO. At the end of our 1974 football season in Denton, I thought maybe Coach Hayden Fry may have lost his passion (or maybe) ambition for coaching when his 2'nd Mean Green team at UNT only won 2 games. As I've been wrong too many times to talk about being an admitted novice of college football, I couldn't have been more wrong in my assessment of a coach who would get a Big 10 job because of what he did at UNT (high profile wins for starters) and become a future College Football Hall of Famer, ie, one John Hayden Fry.

Even in light of TDodge's 1'st season, I still couldn't feel any more optimistic about the long term upside & possbilities for our varsity football program. Its just a gut feeling that I (apparently) share with many others as we just feel good about Coach Dodge and what he brings to the table with his:

(1) His enthusiasm

(2) His apparent openess to be available our upper echelon administrators in the area of public relations & fundraising

(3) His work ethic

(4) His stressing a "be part of our family style" discipline to his players on and off the field

(5) His ability to walk into any Texas high school and not have to introduce himself (as a total stranger to Texas high schools and most of their HFC's would have to).

I have heard there are so many other intangibles that Todd Dodge has already brought to our alma mater's table that will pay dividends for anyone who calls him(her)self a Mean Green fan.

Albeit I don't make as many basketball games as I used to when I lived near campus, it is so good to see one who I've been pulling for from the git-go, ie, Coach Johnny Jones bringing his program right along, because we know his coaching career beginnings in Denton also had its share of detours, too. All those years of patiences seems to now be paying off for the UNT leadership who had confidence in Coach Jones to make it happen.

Actually, it is a BIG PLUS when our alma mater's varsity basketball program is now doing so good because successful basketball and football programs really can complement each other year in & year out. Anyone doesn't think when we bring potential football recruits (signees) to the Super Pit during Winter recruiting that its really icing on the cake for these recruit's visitation weekend when the Mean Green basketall team wins a big game?

Edited November 20, 2007 by PlummMeanGreen

Cooley · November 21, 2007

I think you missed my point. I'm not calling for Dodge's head. I'm saying that at some point during his 3-5 year contract, he will have to produce; as well as any other coach at any level. With this in mind, he will have to make some tough decisions with personel he inherited. I'm confident he will! I was just addressing the fact that he shouldn't feel obligated to play the kids on the roster, just because they are hard working good kids (with some lower D1 talent and experience)

It should be a coach's obligation to try to upgrade each position at every opportunity. The recent adversity he has had to endure may have formed a special bond with this group. At the end of the day, though, are these the kids to help us shut out our opponents and/or stop drives at crucial times of game. Tough call, but he can't become emotionally attached to these leftovers (and his first class, assembled in 3 weeks). Troy, Middle Tennessee and others continue to upgrade their rosters despite passing us up 3 years ago.