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It's almost like the majority of the posters know little about actual football -- probably from all the time they spent learning everything there is to know about marketing, design, stadium layouts, architecture, politics, famous priests, the economy, fundraising, internal communications and countless other disciplines. It's a renaissance board; don't fight it!

Rainey has 6 more career caries than Lance. Rainey has 281 fewer yards and 10 fewer touchdowns. Lance is far and away the better receiver out of the backfield. Rainey has never busted off a run of 60 yards, heck he's only broken the 50 yard plateau once in his career on any play from scrimmage. The longest reception he's ever caught was 24 yards. Lance has at least 9 runs of 50 or more yards and I'm willing to bet many more(ESPN only shows your long for the game and once Lance starts busting them they come in bunches.) Lance has at least 3 receptions of 50 or more yards(again with ESPN only showing the long fore each game.) Rainey is a workhorse who got fed the ball a ridiculous amount. Lance is a threat to score whenever he touches the ball from any spot on the football field. When you look at the careers of the two backs its impossible to consider Rainey the better.

When I talked to him and Ked they both informed me that yes they did have there knees cleaned.. Both are regulars at the rec as well and seem to be healthy, especially Ked who has absolutely shown more hops and has had some nasty jams

You're the kind of guy who cleans out his iPod the second his favorite band goes big, aren't you?

THIS...everyone has PLENTY of warning...let's have no whining come game day if you don't arrive early. You can do this. Stay calm and just come early. Even early there will probably be some confusion. Remember, this is the first game for the UNT Police, the Denton Police, the Parking folks, the UNT staffers AND the fans. So, everyone is in exactly the same boat. Do your part by staying calm, listening to instructions, arriving early, car pooling as much as possible, obeying all traffic regulations (yes, including the crazy stuff regarding the Denia neighborhood), and by keeping a smile on your face. All here have waited for this day for a long time...let's enjoy it and not let anything take away from that enjoyment...especially not some issues with parking, tailgating, etc. We are probably in control of over 90% of how the day's experience turns out...for me...NOTHING is going to spoil that day! GO MEAN GREEN...simply cannot wait!

RV mentioned that the Apogee deal would help other sports as well. What can we expect in the near future? Indoor football facility? Baseball? How is he preparing NT for the conference shuffle that is about to occur?

What's the deal with next year's schedule? Are we really only going to have 5 home games with Texas Southern being our only home non-conference game? Also, I've heard RV in the past say he wants to cut back on body bag games, but our future schedules are littered with them. Even some years having two. Doesn't really look like a big change.

Thank you for your generous gift, Serena Cole! I suppose that learning this in the midst of multi-million dollar gifts. this gift may seem small but I can assure you that it's not. Many on this board would want to give a body part to be able to give a gift of that magnitude. You are a beautiful lady with a beautiful soul. May God bless you. 1

Hmm. I say stay in Denton. We keep saying the stadium would be beneficial to the city, so let's encourage visitors to stay here.

I'm glad we're worried about major traffic congestion. The opposite would be horrible.

Well, it worked for Baylor.

I really hope this donations ends all the stupid "UNT should invest in education, not athletics" comments from the usual collection of morons (Including the NT daily editorial staff). I doubt this donation comes without the school investing in many areas, including the new stadium. $52 million in the 1st month of the stadium's completion. Not bad, not bad at all. Athletics benefits all colleges of UNT. It has never been more clear than it is today.

There is a great Days Inn down in Big D. In a beautiful neighborhood called South Oak Cliff. You can even pay by the week. I would recommend it for the team hotel if I were you.

Mean Green, My father and I will be driving up for the UH game. Any convenient hotel recommendations? Restaurants worth hitting up? BTW, major congrats on the new stadium/naming rights/donation. Looking forward to seeing it in person.

Another very good Mexican place is Migulitos up north in either Krum or Sanger

What was it like sitting right near Scottie Pippen watching the NBA Finals?

It was a good run of +'s for me but I fully realize the -1's I am about to invite. Fuzzy's is a chain... and not even a good one. The DFW area alone consists of 26 of them including the one in Sherman. The greater Houston area where our guests will be traveling from already has 3. In fact, the chain is as far north as Madison, WI and as far west as Tempe, AZ. If we want to recommend Fuzzy's, we may as well also include Taco Cabana, Olive Garden, and Dairy Queen as a Denton Must-See attraction. If we must recommend a chain with Dallas area headquarters, I would prefer we send them to Baja in Grapevine or Blue Goose in Highland Village for some quality mexican food. Our Fuzzy's is most likely supporting Fort Worth as much as it is Denton. We are currently suffering through a local mexican food drought in Denton which Austin based Chuy's is not helping. I truly wish that either guapo's or mazatlan could resolve this issue but constantly finding small bones in every meal and not providing a good margarita has ruined their chances. I'll stick with pushing Metzler's, Rooster's, and J&J's until a true mexican food contender can step up and be worthy of my recommendation. I just wish Casa Galaviz had more to offer than great breakfast burritos. Love Shack is delicious and I'm proud the so-called "tool" owner is from here, but we are the 3rd and I have a terrible feeling that place will be all over the state in no time.

Or, just show up and complain about it all long and loud and ruin the day for yourself and everyone around you! That would make a great impression on everyone I am sure....especially our guests from Houston. While none of US can control the traffic and parking challenges that will most definitely happen on the 10th, we can most definitely control our own reactions and attitudes. Staying calm and doing the best one can will certainly make a challenging situation better. Now, the athletic dept. and the campus police need to do their part as well, and get the info out to folks as soon as possible and in as many ways and as clearly as possible. Will everyone read the info and act accordingly...not on your life, so there will be challenges. Deal with them the best you can and ENJOY the day...you are making an impression on many other people as well. DON'T BE THAT GUY!

I've been to a few opening days at brand new stadiums in my lifetime. In all cases there was plenty of prior notification on traffic routes and parking. Come day of the event.....Total ClusterF. It's going to take an event or two for not only staff but fans to get used to the new setup.

I was at the athletic center on Sunday the 7th. While I was there I ran into Eric Capper. I asked him if some instructions WITH ILLUSTRATIONS about tailgating would be provided to the faithful in the near future. He said there would be something sent out shortly after the middle of the month. I asked him specifically about RV's and he said that he thought that the designated area for them would be on circle drive....which wasn't finished at the time of my conversation with him. After reviewing some of the (great) photos of the stadium, and it's surrounding area, the only circle drive that I could see was the one just over the hill from the Alumni pavilion. To me, that looks like the area where people would "drop off their stuff". The more I keep looking at those aerial photos, the more I keep thinking that the only way fans could tailgate without it becoming a HUGE MESS is to tailgate in that large parking lot that they are still finishing behind the dorms, AND use the old parking area of the old hotel. Actually the parking area of the old hotel would make for a fairly viable place for RV's. Anyway, I am anxiously awaiting the official word, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, from the athletic department on this. Sorry KRAM1, but this is a situation where we need to hear from some retired Army Logistics officer, rather than Norman Vincent Peale.

What are the plans for parking, traffic flow, and pedestrain traffic for the Houston game. Where will fans be allowed to park across I-35. Will there be new signage and what plans are being made to keep incoming and outgoing traffic flowing at a good pace. Will there be any shuttles going across 35. Anyone who remembers the Baylor game remembers the traffic nightmares for a game with an attendance of this size. I know it's a good problem to have.

SMU is not ready to play the on even par with the majority of the Big XII schools and I find it highly unlikely that SMU would even be considered at this time...for one, their stadium is way too small. June Jones had a great quote that may even be applicable to UNT at the moment...when asked the question "How does SMU become a bigger player in conference realignment?" his response was...."Just keep winning". I think that pretty much hits it on the head. As to Rep. Branch...well, he is doing exactly what i would hope the Reps. in UNT's district are doing...what they think is best for the folks they represent. Why be upset with Branch for simply doing his job? One might look to the Reps. in UNT's area and ask, "what are you doing to support UNT in realignment?" I would love nothing better than to play SMU each and every year. It's the best natural rivalry possible at this time for UNT...and, I think, SMU. So, like some here, I definitely would not mind being in the same conference with SMU. Can you imagine the fun on game days, and the size of the crowd UNT would have when playing in Dallas? So very much fun, and think of the "chatter" that would take place leading up to the annual game. Be still my heart! GO MEAN GREEN!

Provided CUSA still has at least 2 Texas schools remaining after any realignment moves, in a choice between the Mountain West and CUSA which direction do you feel the administration favors, provided there is a realistic shot at both conferences?

Tailgate situation on game day. A lot of confusion about this topic currently.

Going along with these, is there any interest from (or has he reached out to) other teams regarding home-home series?

Now that the stadium project is completely done what's the next thing on the agenda? Will it be baseball, which has been said before or something else?

game day is going to be a clusterF no matter what...just get there early and enjoy...it will get smoother and better!

First off, thanks to Rick and Harry for this opportunity! Being hypothetical, if by chance, North Texas is given an invitation in the future to a BCS Conference for Football, is there a plan in place to increase the capacity of Apogee Stadium to meet with that certain Conference's Standards? And, what would that ideal capacity be around? Erik/NTSUEagle

I see so many of ya'll recommending Fuzzy's. Are we sure we want Houston fans clogging up our nice brand new clean toilets with VIOLENT WHITE QUESO DIARRHEA? We may as well send them to Pancho's if we want them eating mediocre chain restaurant food that is guaranteed to trigger montezuma's revenge. I hope they bring plenty of this...

Wouldn't this help NT move to CUSA? Even if Houston and SMU moved to a new Big 12, if CUSA brought in NT and La Tech, I would love to be in a conference with the likes of Tulsa, Marshall, UTEP, La Tech, Rice, So Miss... I don't know why we care if SMU gets into a better conference if it also helps us do the same.

Like the article I linked to above points out. The fans and alumni and AD's or commissioners don't stand in the way of this deal going down with their feeiings and hearts in mind. It's ESPN's contractual obligations with all conferences involved that stands in the way. And in knowing this, one has to ask. If ESPN knew they were so tied into said contracts that relied on conference balances why did they rock the Big 12 boat by agreeing to give ONE of those teams(texas) a contractual advantage over everyone else? Rick

And kudos to Dr. Rawlins as well. Remember when Coach Mac was being introduced, and Dr. Rawlins was in Thailand? I'm glad he was, and I think he has a lot to do with the new dollars rolling into the university. The man is gettin' it done.

In 1994, when Charn bought 10,000 single game tickets to help us in our need to average 17,000 per game....it was noted that he loved sports when he was at UNT. And that he especially loved UNT basketball.

Some of his best games were in that city! GMG

Anyone ever tried to stay at Cool Beans or Lucky Lou's?

Step 1 ... get embarrassed by being denied by the SEC ... check! Step 2 ... whatever

I think BYU would gladly give up their independence, if it meant inclusion into a BCS conference. Plus it would be hard for the Big 12 to tell them they can't broadcast their games on the BYU Network, when Texas has the Longhorn Network. The only thing I can see as a problem for BYU, is the fact they don't play on Sundays. Also, why would the Big 12 invite Houston, when they could grab TCU. I'd think TCU would rather be in the Big 12 over the Big East. These rumors just don't add up for me. I think the Big 12 will stay at 9, until another program (OU) leaves. After that, I think they would probably expand, but it could be 3 to 5 years before that happens.

Rainey = Boom Roasted!

No Bobby, they sure don't! 2010: Rush Attempts / Rush Yards / Yards/Carry / Rushing TD / Receptions / Rec. Yards / Yards/Catch / Rec. TD Lance Dunbar: 274 / 1553 / 5.7 / 13 / 28 / 332 / 11.9 / 3 Bobby Rainey: 340 / 1649 / 4.9 / 15 / 29 / 230 / 7.9 / 0 Looks like Lance gets it done to the tune of almost 1 yard more per carry and, gulp, 4 more yards per catch! Lance Dunbar for the Doak! Bobby Rainey for... uh... most touches!

1. As stated earlier, any updates on the Track and Field coaching situation. 2. How will game day work and is there anything we can do to help spread the word on the details.

Neither does the Big 12 commissioner...which is why his conference is falling apart.

The Saints just became my third favorite team...behind the Dolphins and Cowboys.

If the daily had it's way, that shiney new stadium wouldn't have happened and there is no doubt that we would not have pulled in 50 million in gifts this month. That is where my angst comes from. To be fair, I rarely read the daily, and understand that it is ran by a bunch of kids, but they did everything they could to derail tha stadium

He's in the clear!

I haven't heard much out of Brett Vito's mouth about this announcement, but I guess he's too busy writing about the fiasco

That's what we need. A C/D student with an elementary level understanding of the economy, whose response to the debt is to just sell everything (i.e bridges, parks, roads etc) to corporations and have them run things like that. This guy is a joke, Obama will make him look terrible in a debate, should make for excellent TV.

History of drafting RBs at #1... all of them since 1969: How did Buffalo do after drafting OJ (SC) #1 in 1969... He was very good but the team did poor. How did Tampa Bay do after drafting Bo Jackson #1 -1986..poor , they traded him. How did Cinn do after drafted Ki-Jana Carter i#1 in 1995...poor, plus he was terrible once he got paid. How did New Orleans do with #1 George Rodgers in 1981... still poor. How about Billy Sims by Detroit in 1980.... he was good but his team got very little better. How about Earl Campbell in 1978.... pretty good and one game short of the Super Bowl but this boy was so big and strong that he did not need good blocking, he just ran over people, besides the rest of the team got better with a good passing game and better defense. Then there is Ricky Bell (SC) was was taken #1 in 1977 by Tampa Bay. .. nothing good happened there either. Except Big Earl Campbell none of these #1 STAR running back draft picks paid off in the NFL with lots of team wins. Teams should always take the best available player for a postion that have an apparent need. Houston had the 31st defense last year, with few sacks and even less recovered turnovers. Carr and D.Davis aren't the NFL's best but they aren't 31st either. They needed defense and offensive line help in the worst way. Bush, Young, or Leinart would not have turned anything around in terms of a lot of additional wins. The York Giants became a contender when Laurence Taylor appeared and disrupted the other teams offenses. NYG did not have an NFL best offense nor did the Ravens ( with Ray Lewis) when they won either. Bradshaw #1, couldn't win until the Steel Curtain defense with Joe Green (NT) appeared. ---Had Houston not taken Mario Williams at #1, then New Orleans at #2 was expected to take him by most lists projected. People love high-profile offensive players but it takes a lot of them to succeed, such as the Rams had and Indy has (but hasn't made the Super Bowl). Who was Pittsburg's great running back this year???..old Bettis?? New England has been winning without a top name RB most of those Super Bowls also. Corey Dillon was there for only one of them. The other ones they had Antoine Smith and Kevin Faulk, not exactly HOF candidates.

---Texans in 3rd round loading up on linemen, two offensive tackles. Eric Winston from Miami and Midland Texas went to Miami as a TE. He was playing behind Winslow (now of the Browns). In HS Winston played basketball as a center and took Lee to the state tournament in AAAAA, He was the TE for Lee when Ced Benson was the RB and Andy Brewster (of North Texas) was the center. In short he is a multi-skilled athelete. ---Miami has been a goldmine of tight ends... Bubba Franks (Big Spring).. followed by Shockey.... followed by Kellen Winslow and Eric Winston who played both TE and tackle. ---Maybe Carr will not get sacked a million times this year. --Recruit more West Texans at NT.