Looking Ahead: Georgia vs. North Texas, Never

[Harry]

The Dawgs have never faced the North Texas Mean Green, so without further ado, I present you with... random interesting things about our future visitors from Denton, TX.

When I decided to launch this series, I looked at this game as a potential snag in my master plan, but decided I would incorporate some suggestions from commentors on my South Carolina post with some of the thoughts and ideas dancing around my own head over the past few days. Before composing this post, the only thing I knew about the University of North Texas was that they turned me down for a job a few years ago.

Reading up on the Mean Green, I found a few interesting tidbits that I considered worth sharing.

Conference Alignment

The Mean Green began playing football in 1913. Since 1932, they have won 25 conference crowns as members of the Lone Star, Gulf Coast, Missouri Valley, Southland and Sun Belt Conferences. While North Texas's conference membership over the years has been erratic, competing for conference crowns has been consistent. Yet another conference switch is in store for the Mean Green, most recently of the Sun Belt Conference from 2001-2012. They will come to Athens as a member of Conference USA in 2013.

read more: http://www.dawgsports.com/2013/3/19/4120142/looking-ahead-while-looking-back-georgia-vs-north-texas-never

[NorthTexan95]

That was a pretty good article. It's nice to get a little respect for some of the great things about UNT.

[Green P1]

I suppose it's just the battered North Texas fan in me... But reading that article all I could think about is how generic you have to get when you're set on writing a non negative piece about UNT football.

[PlummMeanGreen]

Heads-up Alert! An Actual Color Photo of Mean Joe Greene While He Played Football At North Texas !

Many of us on this forum have seen almost every publication or photo concerning Mean Green football during or post-Joe Greene era at North Texas but for the life of me, I have NEVER seen that color photo of Joe Greene found in the content of Harry's link in any past North Texas Mean Green football media guide or publication since I started checking those out circa 1973; instead, we always had the old standard black & white file photo of Mean Joe with hands outwardly extended.

Any of you other older alums agree with this "color pic" discovery or have I just missed seeing it thru the decades? ? ? ?

GMG!

Edited March 20, 2013 by PlummMeanGreen

[ragpicker]

I suppose it's just the battered North Texas fan in me... But reading that article all I could think about is how generic you have to get when you're set on writing a non negative piece about UNT football.

Generic, Perhaps, but it is still a nice article with a few facts even some of our alumni and certainly some of our current students don't know. Incidentally, that picture of Joe Greene is from the All American issue of PLAYBOY In 67 o(68, I think.} I may still have that old issue somewhere.

[ADLER]

Heads-up Alert! An Actual Color Photo of Mean Joe Greene While He Played Football At North Texas !

Many of us on this forum have seen almost every publication or photo concerning Mean Green football during or post-Joe Greene era at North Texas but for the life of me, I have NEVER seen that color photo of Joe Greene found in the content of Harry's link in any past North Texas Mean Green football media guide or publication since I started checking those out circa 1973; instead, we always had the old standard black & white file photo of Mean Joe with hands outwardly extended.

Any of you other older alums agree with this "color pic" discovery or have I just missed seeing it thru the decades? ? ? ?

GMG!

It's from the Playboy 1968 All America Team photo.

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[Greenrex]

My wife and most of her family are UGA grads and the bro-in-law is a long-time season ticket holder. There is not much I would not offer the Football Gods for a Mean Green victory. We ordered our tickets to the game today.

[NorthTexan95]

It's from the Playboy 1968 All America Team photo.

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There's a helmet logo I could live with. Much better than having the North Texas script.

[UNTLifer]

Glad to see the All America team was integrated in the late 60's.

[NT03]

I'll be making the UGA trip , anyone else plan on going ?

[PlummMeanGreen]

It's from the Playboy 1968 All America Team photo.

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Hint to all UNT campus-based publications who cannot find a single color pic of Mean Joe Greene in your vintage files in Denton well then do this..................crop this Playboy AA pic of Joe and there you go by-George.........I think you got it!

HUH? Another idea coming from GMG.com that will be totally ignored? WHO SAID DAT?!?!?!?

GMG!

[Mean Green 93-98]

If you do a Google search on Joe Greene "North Texas", that's one of the first photos to come up.

[PlummMeanGreen]

If you do a Google search on Joe Greene "North Texas", that's one of the first photos to come up.

Of course, during all those decades that color pic of Joe was available, it was never used in any future media guides and especially during the Fred Graham era as UNT's sports information director. (I think they could have cropped that pic of Joe even back then to separate him from the other players in that picture).

No big deal on this pic thing, just funny to me with how it has shown up now on Harry's link and only because it was in a Playboy College Football All American issue back in 1969.

Heck, we didn't have Playboy magazines at Griffins General Store back in my hometown. And if we would have and if you had purchased a copy of Playboy back then, everyone In town would know about it before the next Sunday sermon. LOL! Life in Small Town, Texas....you just can't beat it!

GMG!

Edited March 20, 2013 by PlummMeanGreen

[KRAM1]

Well done write-up on the Mean Green. very respectful and points to some nice Mean Green history. Nicely done...nicely done.

[Eagle1855]

I'll be making the UGA trip , anyone else plan on going ?

Yes. This is one I've been looking forward to since I first saw it on the schedule. Athens is supposed to be a fantastic college town with a great music scene.

[Censored by Laurie]

Yes. This is one I've been looking forward to since I first saw it on the schedule. Athens is supposed to be a fantastic college town with a great music scene.

Make up day for Nashville? I might be in on this.

[NT03]

Make up day for Nashville? I might be in on this.

I've been trying to talk Tasty into this trip as well

[Green P1]

I've got a group of three tentatively planning on making this one.

[NT03]

I've got a group of three tentatively planning on making this one.

Sweet

I think I'll have at least 2 more brosephs making trip with me. Wife was going to come , but she said something about being 8 months pregnant by then ... Like that's my problem

Edited March 20, 2013 by NT03

[greenminer]

There's a helmet logo I could live with. Much better than having the North Texas script.

Disagree, but I'd be fine with it if it meant we had a player like Big Joe.

[Censored by Laurie]

Sweet

I think I'll have at least 2 more brosephs making trip with me. Wife was going to come , but she said something about being 8 months pregnant by then ... Like that's my problem

Total power move, brah.

[JesseMartin]

I suppose it's just the battered North Texas fan in me... But reading that article all I could think about is how generic you have to get when you're set on writing a non negative piece about UNT football.

It may seem generic to those of us who could recite it all in our sleep, but since it's the first time our teams meet and many UGA fans probably don't follow North Texas football or history at all, it's a nice little introduction. I'd like to think that our team surprises everyone and wins this game, but at the very least it would be nice to see them competitive, a la the K-State game from last year.

[TheTastyGreek]

I've been trying to talk Tasty into this trip as well

Talk, nothing. Been planning on it since the game was announced. I thought we were carpooling.

CBL, if you decide to come through Atlanta for the game, we can save you a rental car and pick you up at the airport.

[NorthTexan95]

The guys at dawgsports (link in the op) offered to provide info on what to do in Athens before the game. They seem like a good bunch of guys.

[NT03]

Talk, nothing. Been planning on it since the game was announced. I thought we were carpooling.

CBL, if you decide to come through Atlanta for the game, we can save you a rental car and pick you up at the airport.

With the pregnancy, it may mean flying for me.