Payton delivers motivational speech to North Texas football team

[Harry]

For the first time in three months, suspended New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton stood before and spoke to a football team this week. The team? LSU's season-opening opponent, North Texas.

Payton, who lives in the Dallas, Texas area, said he received a phone call from North Texas asking if he'd make the short trip to the Mean Green's brand-new football stadium to speak to the team. 

No. 3 LSU plays host to North Texas Sept. 1 in a game a majority would believe will over before it starts, but Payton said that's not how games are won or lost. 

"You're a week away from playing and no one in Louisiana gives you a chance in that game," Payton said. "And really no one gave (the Saints) a chance in that Super Bowl. You can go through the history of sport, that's why you play it."

North Texas has a lackluster football tradition, but Payton said the team is on the cusp of establishing a new reputation for the Mean Green.

Read more: http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2012/08/payton_delivers_motivational_s.html

[LakeTravis]

He pulled up at fouts and walked around.

Couldn't find anyone, turned around and looked across the street "wow"

Classic lol

Amazing speech!

Wish we could of seen the video they watched since he referred to it a lot.

Also, sounds like he will make it to a few North Texas games!

That itself is incredible.

[UNT 90 Grad]

For the first time in three months, suspended New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton stood before and spoke to a football team this week. The team? A 6th grade football team he is coaching, followed weeks later by LSU's opening opponent, North Texas.

Fixed, though it kind of loses something.