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I hadn't been to a UNT game since the last homecoming and had a chance to take my 2 kids and wife out opening day. We subsequently decided to become season ticket holders and Mean Green Club members given the experience. I have two boys - 9 and 5 and always look at events like this as a way to show them the "College Experience". By the way, the mood at Apogee far exceeded anything I felt at Fouts as both an undergrad and Alum. Well to get to the point, I wasn't able to attend last weeks game so I offered my tickets to a good friend who has high school age boys. His one son plays on the freshman football team so we thought it would be a great opportunity to show him what college sports can look like. His other boy was considering possibly not going to college at all. After the game, I spoke to my friend to hear how it went. All he could say was how excited the boys were to be there. The parties going on and the excitement around the stadium. He said it provided a glimpse of what college life was and afterwards both boys had a newfound desire to go to college. Whether it happens is another story, but my friends wife was so happy we offered them the tickets because all the talk in the world about the benefits of college couldn't outweigh the actual feeling of being there. Sometimes seeing the diversity of our school can open the eyes of those with preconceived ideas of what a college student looks like. The best way to fill the stadium is to invite someone out. My friend is now thinking of going to homecoming with his family just to watch the game even though he didn't attend the school. I think that's pretty cool.

Dear Coach Mac, Please don't take coaching advice from a message board.

Assuming similar math is used in the Sunbelt, the exit fee would be about $27.73, give or take a penny. GMG

Jake Molbert Count Chocula (if there was a strawberry version)

After going to opening game, I was on the phone with the Athletic Department on Monday about season tickets. Given my younger kids, we got front row in the endzone and they love it. My wife also liked the idea of blue lot parking so I became a booster given the perk of blue lot parking for boosters with season tickets. Worth every penny and a great family experience. Of course, my kids are now both Junior Mean Green members and I can't seem to go to a game without having to purchase some sort of clothing item. Shirts, hats, and of course 2 foam fingers.

I still maintain that there is a reason that there is no Sun Belt logo or artwork at Apogee. I am convinced that there is far more going on behind the scenes than we know. I have faith in President Rawlins...plus he is well connected in the NCAA circles. Stay tuned.

I would like to nominate me. Do I have your vote? My platform, unequal revenue sharing, with 90% going to UNT. Plus, no exit fee when UNT bolts... Who is with me?

If we were to be LaLa, we would probably have to pick up and move to Louisiana and start talking funny. But if we are to stay here in Texas, yes FIU would have the tiebreaker over us with head to head, but I guess there is a reasonable possibility that there would be a three way tie or that FIU could lose another one.

Saying someone will not play in the NFL is not being negative. Royce is a great player. Several great players have suited up in the Green & White and never made it to the league. My being negative was towards the TS who doesn't seem to know the difference b/w a good college player and one who plays on Sundays. If he somehow makes it , I'll be the 1st to eat crow. I'll be the 1st to buy his NFL jersey. I'll scream from a mountain top that I was wrong Being negative would be more like starting a thread about getting a kid off the field because he doesn't deserve to be out there . Or starting a thread that assumes a kid is only on the field because of his dad's relationship with the coach . Now that's what I would call being negative

I know everyone has been dying to know what happened to my NT flag and flag pole. The North Texas Police called me aboout 4:00 this afternoon (Tu) and said they had my flag/pole. It seems it blew over in the wind early in the game and some Athletic staff people saw it laying in the parking lot. They thought it belonged to Athletics and picked it up and put it somewhere under the Stadium. The Police called around and I got it back. Thanks North Texas Police and Athletic Staff. And if my flag pole damaged Brad's car, I want to make that right. GO MEAN GREEN

Let Coach Mac Coach! Go back to being a fan....

i'm going to go out on a limb and say that mac knows what he is doing...could be a shot in the dark, but coaching for him is almost second nature...

I don't think it would be significantly more competitive, but the opponents would still generate more fan interest. Rice, Southern Miss, Tulsa, UTEP, Memphis, Marshall > FAU, FIU, ULM, MUTS, etc. as far as fan interest. It seems it would also blow the doors off the Belt as a basketball conference.

That's the best observation of it all I think.

I'm not saying I have any inside information....I just find it curious that there is no reference to the Sun Belt at the stadium. This, coupled with the fact that Rawlins is very connected, leads me to believe that efforts are being made to make NT a player in this reshuffle. Size of university, television market, alumni base and our recent upgrade of facilities makes us a player. The success of football right now will have some bearing, but not totally when conferences scour the landscape for candidates. All sports but football are cruising rather nicely. Upgrade in women's basketball and football (the two problem areas in the past) seem to have been addressed. So, we are open for business.

Devon Lewis-Buchanan Amish door knocker

Well that is why there is tailgating and I like the short skirts better than jeans.

This is how Coach Mac ends up inventing the 1-5-5. It'll be Sarge, plus a whole lot of defensive backs.

Yes...my point exactly. Just signs with the "Screaming Eagle" (I refuse to call it SOW by the way) and UNT. No need to have signs saying "Big East" or "C-USA". It's just about fans throwing up their flags. It's about awareness and marketing a brand. "Rick V and Rawlins are going to put us in the best situation and if they feel we need to promote ourselves publicly about it for a certain situation then they have SEVERAL marketing firms on the standby." It's the fans responsibility to. Team ownership from all stakeholders. JRock

If we win... i drink some beer IF we lose .... i drink some beer so that i still win.

- Throwing beer bottles and snowballs with batteries in them...classless. - Poisoning 200 year old Oak trees...classless. - Filing the opponent's team bus with manure...funny, but classless. - Yalies pretending to be the Harvard Pep Squad handing out flip-cards that spell out "We Suck" to the Harvard student section in 2004...awesome, but way above the capabilities of our fan base. - Booing? Seriously? Not only is it fine, it's too be expected.

If we beat Lala then front pant stains. If we lose to Lala then back pant stains. GMG

He could be a lame-duck figurehead until then, with someone else actually making the decisions.

Still not in control, but if we beat ULaLa and then they win out, FIU wins out, and we win out, we are looking at a 3 way tie for 1st place. Good times. If we beat ULaLa, we immediately become Cajun fans.

It is very cool, and this is a great story, kudos to you. But I have to ask--you do know that your handle is "shart", right?

I just hope we don't somehow end up in the WAC.

They're not on sale yet but here's the latest info from the website on mini-plans... Mini Plans On Sale Soon! Holiday Pack - $45 Premium reserved seating for following 6 games: Dec. 18 vs. Jackson State Dec. 20 vs. Grambling State Dec. 22 vs. LSU Dec. 27 vs. New Orleans Dec. 29 vs. UALR (DH) Dec. 31 vs. Tory (DH) 4 for $40 Plan Premium seating for your choice of any 4 Men's or Women's games* during the 2011-12 Basketball Season. *Excludes Dec. 22 vs. LSU Individual Game Tickets On Sale Soon! LSU: $30 Premium Reserved -- $15 Baseline Reserved Regular Season: $12 Premium Reserved -- $7 Baseline Reserved Family Fun Packs: The Mean Green Family Fun Pack includes 4 tickets to the game, food, and 4 drinks. Fun Packs are $35* pre-ordered and $40 at the gate. *LSU - $65

My wife and I brought her dad and step-mom to the Indiana game. The following Monday they were season ticket holders and sat with us for the FAU game. I agree, bringing folks from the area to a game is key. Perhaps a contest would be good to see how many season ticket holders you can create from the game day experience.

This is strange timing with all the realignment talk going on. I guess Dan Beebe is available.

I think most people were replying to the assumption that McCarney would blow a close game due to a "experimenting" with something that hasn't been tested yet. The late drive against Alabama wasn't a do or die situation therefore it was an acceptable point to try out a goaline package and see how it worked against the reserves of the best defense in the country. McCarney and Chico used that situation to test that package out, it didn't work and therefore it hasn't been attempted in an important situation if at all since. Perfectly acceptable in my book.

You guys blame NTEX1990 for requesting Coach Mac. not to experiment? Then you want source documentation. How about UNT playing Alabama and our defense plays pretty well. Then bring in our I guess 3rd string QB who played JUCO ball and he drives UNT down to inside the 10 yard line of Bama. Then, we put the QB that produced drive and put in I guess our 2nd string freshman QB, and Oh well. Guess it wasn't OK to score against Nick Sabin. Maybe Coach Mac. has to much respect for Coach Sabin. I have seldom if ever seen a coach pull a QB in that situation. Guess we wanted to build McNulty's character, but crush Osborn's for producing a productive drive on the #2 team in the land. Then, Oh well!! What do we arm chair QB's know anyway. In the DD or Dodge era there were plenty of arm chair QB's not questioned about their posts on the message board. God forbid you read Scotty's board back in the day!!!

Grr I hate my laptop so if somebody else wants to post it, Jake Molbert=Andy Kaufman...really...

You forgot to add in the money from the New Orleans bowl... I think it comes up to about 34.73 afterwards.

Cordian Hagans Sinbad

I know its football season, but basketball season is right around the corner. Practice starts on friday and the Super Pit will be rockin. In Decemeber well be going to a bowl game and well finally get to see the Mr. Tony Mitchell play for the Green and White, I dont know about yall but I can wait. GMG Thats right, we will be going to a bowl game.... They dont want the basketball team and soccer team to be the only ones celebrating in the post season

I told the guy next to me Saturday night that " That kid needs to be on the O line". I guess someone heard me I also think Richard Abbe would be a great OG. Kid has a nasty streak , he's just not quick enough as a DT to get to the QB

Obviously those of you who watch Game Day aren't paying attention to the crowd. There is always someone in the crowd other than SMU holding up signs. I have seen OSU fans holding up signs when Game Day has been OK. There is always an Aggie in the crowd holding up a sign when Game Day is at UT. I think it's a great idea.

100% agree with JRock. Props to SMU. Wish we would have though to do it. It would be great to see NT represented at GameDay

They also don't have much to offer in the TV market category. That is the major player in most of the moves now. It is all about having access to TVs for contract negotiations. If you don't have a market nearby, you'd better have a major following that will watch.

You are right it seems much smarter to do nothing. I don't think there would be any negative feelings about this if it wasn't SMU who did it.

If North Then Texas

I am hoping that Mac will really light a "far" under this kid. I am told that he likes to be addressed as "Sir" and not as "Sir Calvin" - but I gotta feelin' that will change real fast once his Mean Green teammates (and coaches) spend a little time with him in the weight room and on the field - GrandGreen, that is one area where going from 3-A to Div 1 can tend to take a little starch out of one's perception of one's self. Either that perception will change or he will be such a "bad ass" that he will be called anything he wants to be called........and I hope it is the latter! GMG

Hey thanks fellas, I appreciate it. Rick

Somewhat on the subject...does the boots and short skirt look do a little something for you, as it does for me? Add in the NT boots and the ED is cured. GMG

We. Need. Butts. In. Seats.

Great example of why it is so important to attend games. I was SO disappointed with attendance. There really is NO excuse. I don't care how much we've lost in the past, we have over 36k enrolled students and couldn't even get HALF the attendance that TCU got in Ft. Worth, which has about 7k students. Local citizens, UNT STUDENTS, and Alumni all need to realize that showing up really helps these players. They work hard and WANT to win and if more fans show up, that motivates them to work harder. Please PACK the stadium on homecoming and show more allegiance to your OWN university. Let's talk to students who have negative perceptions about UNT athletics and convince them of the importance of supporting UNT's teams. Thanks.

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