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Is that you posting as MeangreenGem over there? Whoever that is, please stop. Your an embarrassment to the fan base and making us a laughing stock over there.

According to his facebook, he didnt tear anything.... Good News

The thing is your giving them ammo. No they don't make the decisions, but there is nothing good that can come from talking about our school in that way. IMO you should never go to another conference board and bash anyone, even if they bash you. Your a guest there, show humility and people will eventually come around and be courteous. Your just adding fuel to the fire.

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Guys let's cut the crap here, okay. WKU has won five in a row in the Sun Belt. Again, Belt is Belt. Need I remind you all that FCS Indiana State took WKU apart 44-16 at WKU earlier in the year? I don't care how "good" WKU looked while LSU ran a scrimmage offense at them all night. Belt is still Belt. And, if Indiana State can run roughshod over WKU at their own house, we can surely do it here. WKU by 10 my ass. Us by 10 and probably 20. Hell, the Sycamores beat 'em by 28! They better sack up, too, because Mr. Three DWIs will hear it from our student section.

Agreed. It doesn't matter that decision makers don't base decisions on smack boards. It still makes UNT look ridiculous to other fans. It gives them more fuel to make fun of us. Never mind the fact that its annoying to the members of that board as well. I cringe every time I check out another board and see that. It affects our public image no matter how you argue it.

Is it just me, or does dude look like he wet his pants in this pic?

Well Bowen is not an idiot, but it is quite obvious his replacement at WKU is a drunk.

Is it possible to "decapitate" a knee ?

Ladies win it 63-50 in front of 900 at home. So Coach Aston wins her debut on the road and at home. One more win and she will be more than half way to matching all the wins for last year. NT Ladies are 2-0 for the first time since 2005 I believe? Nice start! Rick

Should we play AC/DC's "Have a Drink On Me" when they enter the field?

my apologies to those of you that may have tuned in hoping to see the aggies...hope i didnt ruin your evening.

Hey, makes sense that their DC would want to be as close to the club level area as possible since they serve alcohol there!!

Well Alumni, looks like we have our work cut out for us :-)

I'll take 23 take-aways and 26 sacks through 10 games, thank you.

Ridiculous bullsh*t from the WKU press releases...remember, these are adults: From Lance Guidry: "I would like to apologize to my family, our players, coaching staff, administration and fans for the undue attention my poor judgment has caused. Our football team put forth a tremendous effort against the nation's top ranked team, and I have done a disservice to our entire program by shifting the focus away from where it belongs." Comment: Uh, Lance...drunk driving is cause for attention, son. Also, the point should be the danger you have caused on the road multiple times, not how WKU performed against LSU. Can the routine. Also, if you "would like to apologize" then go ahead and do so. Nothing's preventing you. From Willie Taggart: "While Coach Guidry did not miss any meetings or functions while he was away from our team hotel, his conduct was certainly not consistent with our value system and how we must operate. He understands the seriousness of his actions, and he and I spoke to our entire team about this before we left the stadium last night. This type of conduct is not acceptable, there will be disciplinary measures as a result, and they will be handled internally. Our football team is a family, and families stick together during challenging times. We have two very important games remaining, and our program will be focused on finishing the season strong and reaching our goal of winning a Sun Belt Conference championship." Comment: What a relief that Coach Guidry was at all the meetings and functions. What you do in front of people is as important as what you do when no one is looking. In fact, at WKU, it's a wash - you act right in public and make the meetings and function, we'll let whatever you do in your free time slide without penalty of missing games. It's good that the team got to hear Coach Guidry talk after the game Saturday night. It was important for the WKU players to see that drinking and driving will not keep the coaches off the sideline. Accountability is never to be public, shameful, or meaningful. Finally, it's good that Coach Taggart can brush it all aside by handling it "internally" so as not to impede progress towards a possible championship. Rings and trophies are far more important than punishing someone for driving drunk and endangering the lives of others. From Ross Bjork, Director of Athletics...this one's long and, by far, the most full of crap: "I am personally disappointed in Lance’s actions during our trip to Baton Rouge. Lance is a great football coach and has brought great energy to our team and defense since he arrived." Comment: How awful. Because a guy can coach and get kids excited, we thought he was Jesus. You must have been shattered. "Right away, Lance was very forthcoming, remorseful and accepted total responsibility for his actions...In terms of Saturday's game, we assessed all of our options and felt it was in the best interest of our student-athletes to have Lance coach them against LSU. Removing Lance from the sideline would have been a detriment to our players who have worked so hard to be in this competitive position so late in the season. Lance’s punishment should not be at the expense of our student-athletes. Because of Lance’s contriteness and honesty after the arrest and the information we gathered, it was decided that he would coach the game." Comment: We never want to be mistaken for people who try to show kids that you pay for mistakes. Our lesson to the kids should be plain: Football is so important that drunk driving should not keep you out of the big game. Just say you're sorry and suit up. After all, other people have worked so hard. Your continual reckless disregard for human life over a period of years outside of a football stadium should have no bearing on what happens inside a football stadium. “When all university employees are hired, outsourced criminal background checks are performed.... Comment: We checked and found nothing, and even so...we don't even do the background checks ourselves. So, if there was something we hadn't found, it wouldn't be our fault anyway, it would be the third party vendor's fault. Unfortunately, mistakes are a part of life, and how you deal with them will determine much about the future and how we all make decisions as a leader. Lance owned this mistake from the moment we became aware of it, and he understands as a public figure the standards are different from others. I am convinced he will learn from this and our team and staff will be focused on the last two games of the regular season as we compete for a championship. Comment: It's unfortunate that they make police reports public so that we have to be going through the motions here. We've already told you Lance is sorry, and by letting him coach we are giving our players the example we cherish at WKU - words speak louder than actions. Our athletes need to understand that the important thing is pursuing championships, not whether you've piled up a DWI or two over the years. FREEBIE: Big Ten, take that old trophy with Joe Pa's name on it out of the trash can and give it to WKU - they're trying real hard to earn it...because their student athletes are working so hard, you understand. When athletes work hard, coaches can't be held responsible for piling up DWIs.

No one told me any of this.

Few people know this, but Lee Corso was actually the second man to appear nude in Playgirl.

Never question Dunbar.

Heard him say today in class that he's going to try to practice. He didn't seem to be in pain or limping.

So, you are telling me we have a men's basketball team? And they play Texas Tech in Lubbock Wednesday(tomorrow?). And we had the 30th ranked recruiting class in the country + Roger Franklin(4* xfer) + Tony Mitchell(5* xfer starting in December?) Wow... I wonder if we should all pay attention... So, there is a watching party at Buffalo Wild Wings in McKinney, TX where they have drink specials...and well, wings? I think those drink specials are for beer... could this be? I don't know if we'll win since our team is pretty young...but, watching them against an NAIA team, they looked raw but talented... Not sure what you can take out of the opener... probably nothing. Can't wait to see them take on the Tech'sters. Go Mean Green

I heard about this game in at least 3 different ways: ** There was no Coach Dan show tonight because of the WBB game. This was discussed during the Troy game by MGRN. ** Hank mentioned the WBB game at least twice during the radio broadcast of the Troy game on the MGRN. ** Twitter....during the day, and then I got about 30 tweets from the game. Felt like I was there, while I was dining with a customer in STL. GMG

Plus 1,000 if I could. Anyone going over to another conference's or school's board who vomits tons of univited UNT specific information accomplishes nothing except to make us look ridiculous. Combine it with fonts of varying size, colors, and tons of emoticons makes us look beyond ridiculous. It's probably OK to participate if 1) they bring us up and 2) they state something about us that is wrong or off. Even then you should just correct them and be quick, clear and polite about it.

If the A.D. has someone's e-mail address, they need to e-mail them about things like this. Whether or not they ask for it.

Fan travel again is not a good excuse. If you want to travel for a game then you'll go...it is only every other year so there's plenty of opportunities for travel planning. The MWC in all levels trumps the SBC. Perception makes a huge difference. There is no question we need to jump on a MWC offer if it ever came calling. I'm one that thinks I'd rather be in the MWC over CUSA even if there's no Houston, SMU, and UCF.

Section 103 does rock... Just stating a fact

It's Louisiana. Their prison system couldn't handle it if they sent people to prison after their 10th DWI.

Drunk with power.

Probably.

Students: you MUST use this as ammo in your heckling.

Agreed...with all his additional posts, I now edit my previous statement: MeanGreenGem is trying way too hard...to embarrass us.

Yep, I was there in full ski gear + a rain suit over that + a flask. Problem was I had 2 in my group (I drove) that came in jeans and a coat. They were soaked and frozen by halftime + our football team didn't appear to have any interest playing in that first half. So I succumbed and took them to a bar on the Square to warm up. Sorry I missed the finish, but that still ended up being one of the better gameday memories I have. Even when the team and weather stinks, it's hard for me to have a bad time on a gameday in Denton.

Forced 21 Lobo turn overs and leading by 10 Rick

FAU 84 Georgia St. 77

MTSU is still on the top of my Belt love-to-hate list.

I stopped watching NBC5 after they didn't even give the score when we beat Indiana. I sent them an e-mail (never got a reply, but didn't expect to) and let them know I would no longer watch their news broadcasts. I have not since and don't plan to anytime in the future. They'll probably never notice, but I feel better.

I like the cut of your jib.

This should be in the Basketball Forum and not Athletics...

Just checked my e-mail - I received a message about tonight's game, dated yesterday: Subject: Article: WBB Hosts Season Opener Against New Mexico From: "North Texas Women's Basketball" <mail@neulionnetwork.com> Date: Sun, November 13, 2011 3:15 pm Anyone else? I get email about all the sports - Football, Men's BB, Women's BB, Soccer, Volleyball, Track, Swimming, etc. Maybe you need to update your preferences: Mean Green Mail

They are licensed by the FCC to serve the area - NOT just the university. IF they want to only service the university, they can turn off the transmitter and just become a carrier-current station that only goes to the immediate university and half a block further.

TARP, the stimulus etc were put in place to stop the bleeding. Thats it. It wasn't meant to totally fix the economy, that would be impossible you can't fill a multi trillion dollar problem with a few billion.

Let's win this weekend and then begin the Jihad that TCU so successfully pulled off a decade ago. Those Horned Frog fans went jihad on the Sun Bowl and were able to influence their eventual selection into the Sun Bowl vs USC. I was living in NM at the time and remember the frogs being relentless on the Sun Bowl site. I firmly believe they had an influence and then showed up in force to pull off one of their biggest upsets in Frog history. That was the beginning of their rise and I remember it like it was yesterday. After we win this weekend lets get the details in order to blitz the bowls with open slots. Then we will have everyone watching us with a close eye when we line up against Middle Tennessee. They will be looking at how good we are, how many fans showed up for that final game, the momentum we will be riding and our length since our last bowl game. We have much work to do because they will probably look at our attendance against WKU and the season as a whole. So many factors go into the invite and we all play a part. Start with increasing your number of attendees this Saturday, get the bowl contacts ready and let's cheer the team like heck to create a memorable first weekend in December! GMG

The tiebreaker is irrelevant. For the third SBC bowl, the game gets to choose from the "pool" of SBC bowl eligible teams (assuming the AQ conferences don't fill one of the spots). The BBVA Compass bowl, if they do need a Sun Belt team, has no obligation to take the third place team...they will take whoever will sell the most tickets.

Chapel Hill 2011 Schedule Aug. 26 at Palestine Westwood W, 74-23 Sept. 1 vs. Whitehouse (Tyler) W, 59-49 Sept. 9 at Carthage W, 21-20 Sept. 16 Hallsville W, 29-22 Sept. 23 at Lindale W, 51-29 Sept. 30 Center W, 45-17 Oct. 7 *Bullard W, 50-6 Oct. 14 *at Brownsboro W, 49-21 Oct. 21 *Rusk W, 51-7 Oct. 28 OPEN Nov. 4 *at Athens W, 64 – 7 Nov. 11, vs. Jasper W, 70 - 28 Chapel Hill scored touchdowns on EACH of its 10 possessions of the game Friday against Jasper. CH commits to UNT: Andrew Tucker – 205 yards on 15 carries – over 13.5 yards per carry Head Coach Thomas Sitton’s comment regarding Andrew Tucker. “He’s a big kid, he runs hard, he runs fast and he’s very hard to tackle.” Rex Rollins – 7 carries for 113 yards and two touchdowns – over 16 yards per carry Sir Calvin Wallace – created mayhem in the middle of the defensive line, and made at least two tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Number 1-ranked Chapel Hill (11-0) will face undefeated and 10th-ranked Waco La Vega (11-0) next week in the regional round. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Bowers Stadium on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.

I really thought that special teams were a strong point early in the year. Some deep kickoffs and even better kickoff coverage. Was I delusional or was that really happening early?

Oh right, Obama's "far left". Well yeah, to someone maybe to the right of Pat Buchanan. Obama's legislative accomplishments look more like Nixon than they do Carter. I know that's awful to hear, but its true. EDIT: Bad example of someone on the far right.

Can you blame them? I can't blame them one bit. It's been less than two years since North Texas unloaded a horrible curse on them.

This thread is about the MWC, not CUSA. Perception of a conference goes as the teams within it go. Look at that current MWC lineup, removing Boise and Air Force. It's the old WAC. It's not about beating ranked teams....it's about winning all of your games-no matter the opponent. The old WAC blows. You are living in the 70s and need to catchup...

I like the fan sitting a few rows back

Agreed. A MWC with Boise and Airforce makes me reconsider but not for that. Sunbelt has the better regional games, and in the long run the best bet for all sports. Won't doubt if they call though.