Unt To Get Pig Payday

[Brett Vito]

DRC

[SUMG]

Wow....that's great money. This will be the first time we've ever played them.

[NT03]

F'N Awesome !!!! I'm already there

[UNTflyer]

According to the contract between UGA and North Texas, obtained by the Journal-Constitution under open-records laws, the teams are to play on Aug. 31, 2013.

[UNTFan23]

Bets that Georgia will be the MNC for the 2012 season?

[NT91]

Can you say doormat!

I do not like playing these body bag games!

"That leaves the big-time football programs aggressively seeking opponents like North Texas"

[DeepGreen]

Cannon fodder. That's what we are for these BCS programs.

[UNTflyer]

Cannon fodder. That's what we are for these BCS programs.

More than 5 years away and people are still pessimistic. I prefer to think that come September 1, 2013, Georgia will be regretting this decision.

[Arkstfan]

Why would you book in that far down the road for less than a million? ASU goes to Auburn next season for a million. I know there is always a chance that the market for guarantees could go bust but with the money the SEC is getting for TV...

[bstnsportsfan3]

a pig payday?...do pigs make good money?

[greenjoe]

Play no more than one pay check game per year, but the "automatic win" should cost at least one million.

And I hate the term "body bag" game.

[gangrene]

a pig payday?...do pigs make good money?

I thought it was going to be an announcement that we were playing Arkansas.

[NT80]

When is the return game in Denton at Fry-Mitchell-Greene Stadium??

BTW, we are the highest paid future opponent for Georgia. We are also described as a "lesser Division I-A opponent". Article from the Atlanta paper compares fees....

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/u..._opponents.html

Edited June 2, 2009 by NT80

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

More than 5 years away and people are still pessimistic. I prefer to think that come September 1, 2013, Georgia will be regretting this decision.

2013 - 2009 = 4

...... LOL.........oink.... oonk... snort.....oink

We have a history of playing the defending national champion... so expect 2012 to be a good year for them.

I hope you are right and that we are much much better than we are now and can bite those dogs.. Remember Rice put 70+ on us this past year.

Return game in Denton -- 2113 --- If global warming hasn't sunk Georgia below sea level.. (about as likely)

Edited June 2, 2009 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[NorthTexan95]

Return game in Denton -- 2113 --- If global warming hasn't sunk Georgia below sea level.. (about as likely)

If global warming does sink Georgia the they would have to play here. "

[emmitt01]

North Texas will get a whopping $975,000 payday for opening the 2013 at national powerhouse Georgia, while Georgia will pocket around 3 million and start yet another North Texas season with embarrasment, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today.

Fixed it.

Edited June 2, 2009 by emmitt01

[Charlie NT 73]

Money talks, and that, is all there is to this deal.

A one time deal, take it or leave it.

The SEC and Big 12, loves the SBC teams for their home openers.

What happen to the theory of guaranteed return game?

How many times has NT opened the season at home?

I would rather open at home with a team like Baylor or Houston.

As long as Georgia is the only power house team for the 2013

season, I can go along with this game.

On the bright side, there is always a chance for a NT win!

Winning at Georgia, would be worth more than the paycheck!

Edited June 2, 2009 by charlie nt73

[KRAM1]

UNT 28 - Georgia 24!!! GREAT things are happening for UNT by the time this game rolls around. You heard it here first!!!!! Hey, if you are going to dream...dream big. Can't hurt and doesn't cost a thing.

[Smitty]

I thought it was going to be an announcement that we were playing Arkansas.

I thought it had something to do with a big barbecue announcement.

[LoveMG]

GREAT things are happening for UNT by the time this game rolls around. You heard it here first!!!!!

yes new coach will be here and should have his team together by then

[Green Crazy]

I thought it had something to do with a big barbecue announcement.

or that we would get paid in bacon and ribs.

[UNTLifer]

Tim Tucker; Atlanta Journal Constitution:

North Texas, a member of the Sun Belt Conference, was 1-11 last season.

What a douche for bringing up last year's record. Every time he writes an article about North Texas he brings this up. Don't believe me? Just do a search of Tim Tucker's articles. Must be related to Vito

Edited June 2, 2009 by UNTLifer

[Got5onIt]

yes new coach will be here and should have his team together by then

Definitely a bright spot in the sea of darkness.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

How many times has NT opened the season at home?

I would rather open at home with a team like Baylor or Houston.

I've been posting that we should open at home for years. Although, my argument is to have the home opener against a very beatable team from the FCS/I-AA ranks - Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Missouri State, Northwestern State, etc.

To me, it's the only part of our schedule that's missing. I like the idea of an FCS to open, a couple of games with mid-majors, and one BCS school. It's a formula many other schools have used to grow out of the mediocrity.

Again, nothing builds confidence in a player than winning - even if its against a Sam Houston State. To me, you get a lot more mileage out of that in the long run that going up to Big 12 school to be whipped 79-10 or 45-6 to start things out.

What good does it do to install your game plans in spring, fine tune everything in the fall, only to fold it away halfway through game one? Get game one at home against an opponent where you can actually run everything you practiced throughout spring and fall for an entire game.

This isn't rocket science.

[UNT_playmaker]

A real serious football program would never sell a loss for money- That is what our program has been all about for the last several years. If you need to sell your first game of each season then you shouldn't have a football program. This is just plain ridiculous, let our boys play a decent similiar team not a national powerhouse that just won the freakin BCS title game.

What looks better on paper 1-0 or $500,000.... Can anyone remember the last time we were 1-0 to start the season.

Thats what I thought.