There are a girl in my junior high who...

The Fake Lonnie Finch · February 17, 2012

...was ugly and kind of awkward and gangly. In high school, she wasn't much hotter. She did get on the drill team. But, I mean, I went to a high school with an enrollment of over 3,000, so there were tons of girls on the drill team.

A couple of years into college, an old high school friend asked if I'd heard about her. I said, no. He told me she had become a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.

So, we got tickets to a game, and sure enough, there she was in the Game Day program and on the field shaking the pom-poms and whatnot, and hotter than fish grease.

Why is this relevant to UNT football?

Well, I think our little UNT is like this girl. When we had Fouts and were I-AA, we were pretty much just another girl at school. Not real outstanding. Like the junior high version of the girl, nice, but not really catching anyone's attention.

We got back into I-A and, after a few seasons, began to win some championships. Our profile was raised a little, but not to a huge degree. Like the girl joining the drill team in high school.

Now, we've got Apogee, decent basketball, and some real coaches pretty much all the way around. I don't think it will be too long before we are surprising people like this gal did when we all discovered she was a DC cheerleader.

So, kids and fans and TCU lurkers wondering where you're going to buy your next bag of weed now that your sources have been busted, don't despair: we will one day be hotter than fish grease. Then, we will align the conferences instead of them realigning us.

Book it, Dan-o!

Edited February 17, 2012 by The Fake Lonnie Finch

Green P1 · February 17, 2012

Is this some kinda riddle?

Green Mean · February 17, 2012

Even if it's an ugly girl...I'd still most likely hit it tho.

greenminer · February 17, 2012

You are quietly making a claim for the top spot on my list of off-season posters.

MeanGreenTexan · February 17, 2012

You are quietly making a claim for the top spot on my list of off-season posters.

TFLF has definitely been one of my favorite posters ever since he did an about face on UNT football when Coach Canales was hired in early 2010. Since then, his enthusiasm rivals that of KRAM1.

oldguystudent · February 17, 2012

Even if it's an ugly girl...I'd still most likely hit it tho.

Word on the street is they try harder.

Eagle-96 · February 17, 2012

If you're gonna talk about junior high kids take it to the Penn State board.(too soon?)

foutsrouts · February 17, 2012

If you're gonna talk about junior high kids take it to the Penn State board.(too soon?)

Too old.

SilverEagle · February 17, 2012

...was ugly and kind of awkward and gangly. In high school, she wasn't much hotter. She did get on the drill team. But, I mean, I went to a high school with an enrollment of over 3,000, so there were tons of girls on the drill team.

A couple of years into college, an old high school friend asked if I'd heard about her. I said, no. He told me she had become a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.

So, we got tickets to a game, and sure enough, there she was in the Game Day program and on the field shaking the pom-poms and whatnot, and hotter than fish grease.

Why is this relevant to UNT football?

Well, I think our little UNT is like this girl. When we had Fouts and were I-AA, we were pretty much just another girl at school. Not real outstanding. Like the junior high version of the girl, nice, but not really catching anyone's attention.

We got back into I-A and, after a few seasons, began to win some championships. Our profile was raised a little, but not to a huge degree. Like the girl joining the drill team in high school.

Now, we've got Apogee, decent basketball, and some real coaches pretty much all the way around. I don't think it will be too long before we are surprising people like this gal did when we all discovered she was a DC cheerleader.

So, kids and fans and TCU lurkers wondering where you're going to buy your next bag of weed now that your sources have been busted, don't despair: we will one day be hotter than fish grease. Then, we will align the conferences instead of them realigning us.

Book it, Dan-o!

Well, the difference I see between us and your jr. high friend who eventually "blossomed" is "motivation" and "drive". She was obviously driven to get better and better. But getting dressed up in her new Dallas Cowboy uniform (our Apogee) came in the proper order. She had to earn her spot on the squad and get her new uni by working on her looks, her attitude, and her PRESENTATION.

My stance is that North Texas got it's new uni (Apogee) BEFORE we improved/upgraded our looks, attitude and presentation. Our attendance still sucks, our traditions still suck, and our game day pageantry REALLY sucks.

To use your analogy, we're wearing that new Dallas Cowboy uni, but we're still looking like we did in Jr. High.

GrandGreen · February 17, 2012

What an analogy, it has been decades since I have viewed a woman wanting to be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader as a favorable pursuit. I do think and hope that NT has finally got it together enough to move up the athletic food chain. There should be a limit on how long a program can remained mired in the bottom tier of fb divison football.

Aquila_Viridis · February 18, 2012

I bet she had to put out. What does that mean for us? Also, can you provide some before and after pictures?

eulessismore · February 18, 2012

...was ugly and kind of awkward and gangly. In high school, she wasn't much hotter. She did get on the drill team. But, I mean, I went to a high school with an enrollment of over 3,000, so there were tons of girls on the drill team.

A couple of years into college, an old high school friend asked if I'd heard about her. I said, no. He told me she had become a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.

So, we got tickets to a game, and sure enough, there she was in the Game Day program and on the field shaking the pom-poms and whatnot, and hotter than fish grease.

Why is this relevant to UNT football?

Well, I think our little UNT is like this girl. When we had Fouts and were I-AA, we were pretty much just another girl at school. Not real outstanding. Like the junior high version of the girl, nice, but not really catching anyone's attention.

We got back into I-A and, after a few seasons, began to win some championships. Our profile was raised a little, but not to a huge degree. Like the girl joining the drill team in high school.

Now, we've got Apogee, decent basketball, and some real coaches pretty much all the way around. I don't think it will be too long before we are surprising people like this gal did when we all discovered she was a DC cheerleader.

So, kids and fans and TCU lurkers wondering where you're going to buy your next bag of weed now that your sources have been busted, don't despair: we will one day be hotter than fish grease. Then, we will align the conferences instead of them realigning us.

Book it, Dan-o!

I got to know her when we both first started college. I've looked back and regretted listening to my a-hole "friends" who talked about how homely she was, when I could have thrown them under the bus and kept having a good ole time with that fun loving gal. Of course I was a jerk and a moron for listening to those guys.

bstnsportsfan3 · February 18, 2012

ugly chicks are just hidden hot chicks...boom

eulessismore · February 18, 2012

ugly chicks are just hidden hot chicks...boom

+1. Performance still matters.

emmitt01 · February 18, 2012

If you're gonna talk about junior high kids take it to the Penn State board.(too soon?)

Don't feel too bad. I actually got the red to turn around and scold me when I said "Tony Mitchell is doing more damage to these young men than Jerry Sandusky." in my defense he had just posterized someone.