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  1. yup... this is going to be a fast boring game with the running backs probably getting 65% of the touches on both sides for this game... i think both coaches know that this game is going to be won in the trenches... the funny thing is, our O-Line vs their D-Line is going to be a matchup of two very good units, while their O-Line vs our D-Line is going to be a battle of two unproven units... let's just hope our d-line surprises like it did last year.
    6 points
  2. Something something the athletic department should be taking care of this themselves. Whatevs. Good on the College of Business for getting proactive. Hosting a tailgate and everything!
    6 points
  3. Denucci gone. Another Snow job.
    6 points
  4. I just don't see it as a "backhanded" article & title when they're just quoting the coach. The media is always going to use headlines that grab attention, and that does it. It's not necessarily the DMN's opinion. I definitely agree with retiring the "woe was me" routine.
    5 points
  5. Were that the case, the email surely would've included a meandering statement about how unfair the fans were to Derrick Thompson.
    5 points
  6. Anyone still interested in season tickets? Minis? Groups? Single games? Give me a call or an email. I really want to hit 32k for this game. Let's do this! Go Mean Green! 940-369-5380 eddie.delgado@unt.edu
    4 points
  7. The issue I have with this is there is no way to get in the club. I would be completely behind this if they said, ok here are the rules to be P5: XX millions in budget, attendance, stadium size, athlete subsidies, etc. A clear list of requirements for schools. If UNT/CUSA offer the exact same thing why can't we have equal footing and get in on the big money? It's complete *%$#! that we are automatically pushed out from the start.
    4 points
  8. It wasn't a slight though. They were talking about Cole Beasley and how good he is even being small. Plus Lance and Brelan are small. You dont have to be big to be awesome football players.
    4 points
  9. From Vito's latest update: “We are pleased that the NCAA Governance Redesign Model was adopted today by the NCAA Board of Directors. We extend our congratulations to Dr. Nathan Hatch and to the NCAA Steering Committee for its excellent work in designing a model that we believe will enjoy broad acceptance. We also appreciate the exemplary efforts of our NCAA Board representative, Dr. John Hitt of UCF, and our Conference Board chair, Dr. Gerald Turner of SMU, who were deeply engaged in this process. Our conference membership supports the new governance model and the opportunities it will present to enhance the student-athlete experience and student-athlete welfare. Our presidents and athletic directors are steadfast in their commitment to these ideals and also to providing our student-athletes with the ability to compete at the highest level of collegiate athletics.” – American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco In other words, Mike Aresco would like to welcome our new benevolent overlords.
    4 points
  10. Competition is a bitch, no? Complain all you want about McCarney not handing the starting QB job to Berglund or Dajon, but the man makes people compete for a job. I like that. And, so should you.
    3 points
  11. Right. Mac knows that last season was a blip on a flatline for this program. Beat some big opponents. Become nationally ranked. Win CUSA championships. Those are the goals now; That's the next level. Start accomplishing those and maybe the conversation about adding the second deck on the student side won't be as laughable as it's been in the past. I agree 100% with him that there are still many more goals to reach as a program. Last year was incredibly fun for hardcore Mean Green fans. We need seasons that are incredibly fun for currently completely disconnected students and alums as well as DFW area potential fans. I highly doubt Mac wants his legacy at UNT to be, "Yeah, we had a couple winning seasons after a decade of losing." He wants to put this program on the map.
    3 points
  12. "When I got here we didn't have newspaper articles. Hell, none of the players could read anyway so it wouldn't have mattered. Luckily I won three literary national championships at Florida so I founded the Dallas Morning News as soon as I arrived."
    3 points
  13. So anxious about this season! I PRAY that we have a .500+ season and make Mac's W/L at UNT better than .500 as well.
    3 points
  14. Man oh man, that was a fun read. Who will they have playing receiver..... The TE's? UNT just needs to come into Austin and smack those T-sips right I'm the mouth and roll from there.
    3 points
  15. A guy on the CUSA board said this and I agree. Any reason this can't happen? "The P5 schools should lose their tax exempt status and have to pay income tax on the profits. The donations would no longer be tax deductible so i assume the donations would dry up quickly. If the P5 want to act like a professional league they should have to abide by the tax laws governing for profit corporations or partnerships."
    3 points
  16. Practice 4 S/O: Y'Barbo, Rentfro, Lemon, Chelf, Terrell (Wow), Kidsey, Rutherford, Brown, McNutly, Greer, B-Day Boy "Means." #Hit6 — Coach Mike Canales (@coachcanales) August 8, 2014
    3 points
  17. Shortest Mean Green career eva?
    3 points
  18. 3 points
  19. This is all becoming a huge mess
    2 points
  20. Oh. And, also, f*ck Baylor anyway.
    2 points
  21. Baylor, despite its recent success, still has to face reality - it is located in Waco. What does that do for a school whose fans travel? Do major airlines fly directly into Waco, or even near Waco? No. Dallas-Fort Worth is an hour and half away. Austin, the same. So, if what Baylor fans call "blue blood" fans had their school schedule a home and home against them, what is the draw? DFW and Austin aren't really at a convenient distance to say, "We'll hang out in Dallas or Austin a bit, then hit the game." You look at, say, Kansas State. It's out in the middle of nowhere as well. But, within walking distance of the K-State's football stadium is Aggieville, with restaurants, bars, and whatnot. Do you have that at Baylor? What do you really have at Baylor if you are a "blue blood" fan and your school chooses to play there? Nothing. So, you can't fly into it, or even very near it. There is nothing to do once you arrive other than wait for the game. What do Bear fans really they think the draw is? "Blue blood" fans have already been into big stadiums. They play in conferences full of them. Plus fans of "blue blood" schools have been to major bowl games in big, "state of the art" new stadiums already. So, no one outside of Baylor and its alumni are really going to give a crap about their new stadium either. They basically have a big steaming plate of sh*t sandwiches that no one wants to eat with them. And, expensive sh*t sandwiches to boot. Sadly, for Baylor, UTSA might be a better draw for the "blue bloods" simply because most yankees still fall for the idea that San Antonio is a neat place to visit. I mean, hell, if you think Tex-Mex is Mexican food, San Antonio is an exotic locale. And, having had a sister who used to live in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and trying to flag down even Tex-Mex-like fare there, I can tell you that those folk wouldn't know Mexican food if it took its sombrero off and tacked it on their asses with a churro.
    2 points
  22. This is my exactly true, especially in the McCarney era. Coach Mac plays his Fall camp extreeeeeemely close to the vest. He knows if folks like us are around, we'd be spilling all sorts of info online like we do in the Spring, including injuries. He absolutely hates publicity of injuries and doesn't even tell Brett Vito of them unless they're career ending. For four weeks, UNT Fall Camp is essentially North Korea in terms of information getting out and I think this is rightly so.
    2 points
  23. They should allow season ticket holders,donors, or club members a peek. Would it be any value or incentive if that was a privledge?
    2 points
  24. After a bowl season and a supposed commitment to athletics, they may be open to it. Never know if you don't ask. A phone call should be made. Also, did I read that thread right? Did they sign a home and home with Incarnate Word?
    2 points
  25. I like how we complain about coverage... then we get coverage, and everyone gets their panties in a wad about semantics
    2 points
  26. Is he wrong though? All that hard work and success will be quickly forgotten if we plummet this year. I see it as a challenge, a slap in the face to say, don't think we have made it yet. You grab that opportunity by the throat and earn it on your own.
    2 points
  27. This is great news about Smiley. Replacing Brelan and Darnell Smith is a top priority. Coming out of spring practice and the spring game, my vote for Darnell's replacement was Cameron Brown #87.
    2 points
  28. The point of that statement is that they do not have the autonomy to change those. They ring-fenced the areas that they can make their own changes and rules and left the rest for the NCAA. It would have to be brought to a vote to get that changed. I hate to say this, but I think that the best course of action for the G5 is to get more move ups so that we have the same number, or more, votes than the P5. Safety in numbers would probably be a good thing about now.
    2 points
  29. Very good article. He has a valid point. I think he will stop making comments like that when we have 3 seasons of being a top tier team in the conference. one down, two to go.
    2 points
  30. We can only hope that we stay injury free. Ash returning is huge for them even if he is injury prone. With their high powered running game, we will still have our hands very FULL
    2 points
  31. Somewhere in the stadium. <fears AD sniper unit> Lol.
    2 points
  32. I will have the best view... of the skyline. I'm upper 102, I plan to buy some binoculars soon.
    2 points
  33. Full DRC story with Mac video: http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/sports-headlines/20140807-football-smiley-capitalizing-on-early-opportunity.ece
    2 points
  34. 2nd that. More time to get roudy and slap around the SMU fans
    2 points
  35. Not sure how much it means but Rentfro did get a shout out from Coach Chico today.
    2 points
  36. Chelf again. Should we start expecting things from him this season?
    2 points
  37. Love seeing Rutherford on there and that "Wow" for Terrell. No DW, hope it's just a blip to give the B-day boy a S/O and we will see him back up there next practice.
    2 points
  38. Can we say someone quit before they even really started?
    2 points
  39. Okay damnit. I told you pro playoff effers that when you got what you wanted, you would not like what you would get. We had a perfect bowl system with a mythical national champion and everyone got a chance to play during the holidays while having a big party for alumni which was a perfect opportunity for school pride and fund raising. Humans voted for the mnc and everyone got to debate the results and it did not matter. Now there will eventually be a 16 team playoff that we and other G5 teams will not be invited to. And if you think that there will be bowls for the rest, who the hell will sponsor that and who the hell will watch? While we probably did have too many bowls, the fact that there will be so few chances for post season play is going to insure that the top 16 teams will turn the rest into the Washington Generals of cfb. And that is referring to the lower p5 also. The rest of us? Relegated to bowls that will not bring broadcast money? Our own playoff? Oh boy! Maybe we could set up a doubleheader in Frisco with dublay!!!. I will be a fan of the Mean infinitely, but those of you who wished for playoffs just saw your wish heading to fruition. And that will eventually put us in the place that we dread, 2nd tier.
    2 points
  40. Agreed. Also, JRock, I'd be very down for that.
    2 points
  41. Say what you want about Ricky V., but this interview was great, I thought his responses on scheduling were very realistic and up front... I hope he continues to be upfront about what the reality of the situation with UNT football is... also... VERY CLEAR, that people in the AD are spending WAY too much time on this forum
    2 points
  42. dang man... you are going to be waiting for a long time until kickoff #dedication
    2 points
  43. Thx guys. I prefer to listen via iTunes. I appreciate all you guys do.
    2 points


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