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Yeah, but we have two college football stadiums. SO, booya.

we should start quoting that UNT is capable of housing 60000 fans on gameday!

That USM poster needs a new wife.

My stadium is more stadium than your stadium

Why do I care what usm thinks of our stadium... Clearly all he saw was the outside of the wing zone... I think apogee is amazing... And that's all that matters to me

I read the chapter on North Texas from Hayden Fry's remembrances and most were as I remembered them, a few I hadn't heard of and a couple had minor slips. Hayden was a great guy. He liked to spin a few yarns without facts getting in his way. He and Lou Holtz were the best. Hayden almost pulled off getting us into the Southwest Conference. He especially had the support of Darrell Royal who was the most important advocate that you could have in your corner. Contrary to some opinions, there was never any announced opposition to North Texas being in the SWC. Conversely, there wasn't a lot of vocal support either other than DKR. The only reasons stated in opposition were that our academics were suspect and several didn't want a 10-team conference. The former argument was valid except that we were not the only one with lower entrance requirements. At one time it was easy to get into NT. All you needed was a high school diploma. Staying in was the hard part. There were many students who only lasted one year. They went on scho pro the first semester and flunked out the next. Few came back. The requirements slowly changed but had not yet reached the level that the private schools would find acceptable. I do believe that had we been voted in that we would have immediately changed our requirements. The argument against ten members would have had more merit had not the two premier conferences, the Big 10 and the SEC, not been ten member conferences. The only rumored opposition that I heard came from Arkansas. It wasn't that the Hogs had anything against us personally it was just that we were another Texas university and they were the only out-of-state institution . I don't think that they would've voted against us had the application reached a vote but it seemed to slow the process and not long after that they left the conference. Had we been admitted to the Southwest Conference the time period would have been short lived. I think that we would've gone with Houston to CUSA since many had roots in the MVC.

i'm pretty sure there are two things that outsiders can say about UNT right now to get us instantly fired up: 1.) Apogee sucks 2.) Tony Mitchell is overrated we should have more things on this list... we need to improve so that we get pissed off about everything!!!!

There is a word I'm thinking of. It's a magic word. It can be a noun, an adjective, an adverb, a transitive verb, an intransitive verb, an interjection and an exclamation. It can describe pain, pleasure, hate and love. As one of the most useful and most frequently uttered words in the English language, I give absolutely zero of this word what somebody on a CUSA message board has to say about Apogee.

I saw USM's stadium two months ago. Was a bit old and out-dated looking but on top of the field and looked high. I would take our stadium over theirs any day.

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You are definitely correct about SMU, TCU opposition, but I'm not so sure about Baylor. Fry was a Baylor alum and close to the BU AD at the time. Don't know for sure about Rice, but all the rest gave positive vibes. I even heard former TT AD Dewitt Weaver say that TT really thought NT would get the SWC bid that TT secured after the loss TT suffered in Fouts in the 50's.

The dashboard camera is unblinking. But when gun laws are passed that allow citizens to protect themselves, there is always an outcry from anti-Second Amendment folks that law-abiding citizens will somehow take the law to the extreme and turn society into the Wild West. That's what they argued when Texas allowed conceal carry permits. They said fender benders at 4-way stop signs would escalate into a shootout. They said children would be slaughtered at amusement parks if someone accidentally stepped on someone's foot. They said the streets of Texas would run with blood. None of that happened, quite the contrary. Glen White, former president of the Dallas Police Association said "All the horror stories I thought would come to pass didn't happen. No bogeyman. I think it's worked out well, and that says good things about the citizens who have permits. I'm a convert." It truly underscores the difference between the right and the left... specifically, that people on the left do not trust their fellow citizens to behave in a responsible manner and as such require government supervision and guidance on all things, even if it requires stripping such a fundamental human right as Self-Defense.

Probably about as happy as you liberals are for bringing us the Frankenstein that sits in the Oval Office at White House these days.

Honestly, I am tired of hearing many on this board talk shit about firearms and those who enjoy shooting. So, I have a suggestion. Who on here would be willing to meet up and do some target shooting? If anyone has, or knows someone who has some open land in the country, those of us who have firearms can meet up and have an afternoon of target practice, and maybe some friendly competition. Those who don't have any can come up and borrow mine, or someone else's weapons and join in. Anyone interested?

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=573917 I think he is just trying to upset people, but people are believing him. I guess some people just like to do that sort of thing.

Word on the streets is Benford will be in studio at TXA 21 tonight on The Fan Sports Show. Show starts at 6:30

The season is less than 82 days away. Think about what you were doing 82 days ago...Wednesday, March 21, 2012. That's how close the taste is to New Season Flavor. Lament the past no longer, my friends, the future is ahead of us; it's always ahead of us.

If she were a good wife, she would say that Apogee seats about 60K!

An under appreciated comment!

Tsk, tsk, tsk Oklahoma, Oklahoma.

I can't wait to play some of these teams....

I rememember back in the day when we first got SMU back on our schedule in the NCAA 's modern era (circa, 1974) how many times after those games were played how the rest of the season seemed anti-climatic to some extent. CUSA with the regionalized division we will be in will give us many home and away games starting in 2013 which will create so much more interest for conference games than we have now that playing schools not far from Denton will create. It will also be fun to have more than 1 conference opponent that come to Apogee who will bring 2,000 and more fans to Denton, too. That sorta' thing just spices up a college football game IMO. And won't most of our CUSA division school's be bringing their marching bands most years, too?

Belated but still....................Happy Birthday. Enjoy your posts. GMG!

Well, let's hope Stoops holds his ground with these guys...might send a bit of a lesson to the team that he will no longer condone bad behavior and violations of team rules. My guess, however, is that he has players already in position that he likes as well as these guys, so it's probably not a big deal for him to dump a few trouble makers. As laxtonto says, let's keep watching this and see if they reappear this fall on the team.

Funny how "every" program that is small (compared to the Big 6 schools) and has some success, is compared to Boise. Everybody is the next Boise! LOL In Hud's defense, he didn't make the comparison; but simply said it's nice to be compared to Chris Peterson and the Boise program. We (the Cajuns) are no where close to being like Boise. That said, like so many, we believe we have the environment and resources to be competitive in a Boise-like fashion. The hard part is reeling in the long-lost Cajun fans who turned to LSU football (in particular) while our program was practically abandoned by the last University President. It will take time to recover from that neglect; but we have good leadership in place now to make that push. Hopefully we can keep Hud around for a few years to build a solid foundation. That said, Boise put their entire focus into football; at the expense (IMO) of the remainder of their program. And there are some things I would certainly NOT like to be compared to Boise in; for instance, academics! :<)

It wasn't initially . . . a board admin moved it.

Hey...Happy Birthday...I'm probably a tad late to this party, but wanted to add my 2 cents anyway...appreciate your support for UNT and I hope you had a great day...it's your day....Happy B'day!

Thank, Harry! Thanks, Bro! It was the Patrick Cobbs birthday - #43!

Cool a thread on what somebody said on another message board. Hopefully the CUSA commish doesn't read that thread. We might get kicked out.

There stadium is the Wooten Hall of stadiums and our is more comparable to the new business building. Which do you prefer?

I think both stadiums (Apogee and The Rock) look great, and that their impression of our's would change drastically if they stepped inside. But it might not, especially if they're comparing everything that isn't the Rock to LSU Tiger Stadium.

He definitely has a great start, but a little early to be comparing ULL with Boise State.

The SBC is so volatile though that one never knows. ULL and ASU could fall flat next season, or could repeat their success from last season.

We were not just that strong in the late 70's but the late 60's as well. Corky Nelson absolutely amazed me in the eighties with his ability to have a I-AA team go toe to toe time and again with D-! teams. Victories over Rice, TT and very closes misses to OSU,UT, and KSU. You just have to wonder what Fry and/or Nelson could have done with today's resources at their disposal.

Playing North Texas was a nightmare for Texas Tech. They probably have the Mean green filed under "gone, forgotten and good riddance".

I admit not being in the loop as far as Denton politics is concerned, I just know that if not for UNT, I have no reason to come to Denton. Grapevine or Frisco, you bet, and have often.

Happy birthday, dude.

"We're now the hunted"? Is this some kind of joke?

That's just gotta hurt.

We will be on national TV for three games. The third is at Navy and will be on CBS sports network. http://texasstate.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=2793&tid=155630490&mid=155630490&sid=1217&style=2 Texas State football to have three games televised in 2012 The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) announced today that a minimum of 13 football games will be televised on multiple ESPN platforms this fall that will include Texas Tech at Texas State on September 8th, 2012 and Nevada at Texas State on September 29th, 2012. Both times are TBD. Also the Bobcats at Navy on November 17th will be seen on CBS Sports Network at 2:30pm CST. This post was edited on 6/7 3:41 PM by Brent BR Brent Thibodeaux Publisher BobcatReport.com brent@bobcatreport.com Follow me on Twitter: BrentThibodeaux Follow me on Facebook: BrentBR Follow BR on Twitter: BobcatReport Follow BR on Facebook: BobcatReport 6/7 3:00 PM | IP: Logged

Oh, and you're a douche.

You can have one when someone gets attacked, fired from a job, denied a hiring, persecuted by entire religions, or generally harassed for being straight.

BTW, the goal of the NRA is not to eliminate gun regulations. It is to eliminate stupid and unconstitutional gun regulations.

"allows residents to use deadly force in response to the "unlawful intrusion" by a "public servant" to protect themselves and others, or their property." Which is exactly what the Second Amendment was intended to protect. Now... if you pull a gun on an officer who pulls you over, you better damn well be able to prove your it was an "unlawful intrusion" and that your life was is danger. Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/06/05/4010577/officers-worried-about-new-indiana.html#storylink=cpy"

Ya...hyperbole has no place in a legislative discussion. Also...I love how your phone correctly spells the most advanced word in your reply, yet butchers a first grade level word and racially profiles a police officer.

I take it all back. I'm glad they can run so fast! They will be great!

Okie dokie. Since we'll never be able to play with the big boys in recruiting... lets all just be happy with early signings of deep deep diamond in the rough kinda guys! Maybe one or two of them will be able to put on the size required to play Conference USA ball!! Maybe some of them won't leave/quit the program early!! Times are good!!

We were definitely lacking in those areas, but Fry seemed intent on pushing through and fighting it until he realized that the bowls were a "no-go" at the time for Mean Green football...no matter what did That was probably the last straw for him and the catalyst for him deciding to head to Iowa. I don't blame him, really. In an era that did not have internet or social media exposure, the bowls were all the more valuable for their exposure/reward. To read that LaTech made it to a bowl after we beat them 41-14 the week before, and the bowls still wouldn't take our 7 (or 9, can't remember) win team. That'd piss me off too.

That's not a good link ... that's a great link! I just read that entire chapter about his North Texas time. It seems money and support were what we were really lacking.

And as much as I love Coach Hayden Fry and what he did for North Texas, he also told this story to the demoines register...... Written by RANDY PETERSON REGISTER STAFF WRITER FILED UNDER Sports Sports Extras Hayden Fry knew it was time to move on when the pressing matter of the day was the layout of the women's locker room in the new basketball facility at North Texas State. "As athletic director at North Texas State, I'd just hustled $26 million to build a new basketball arena," Fry, 75, recalled last week. "The women's coach knocked on my door, said there's an emergency and could I walk across the street with her to the arena. "When I got there, we talked 35 minutes about how to arrange the women's locker room. I hustled $26 million and we've got an emergency with the bathroom. "I walked back across the street and said to myself, 'Fry, you're out of your mind. We're going someplace else.' '' Amongst the many exaggerations that Hayden Fry has put out through the years, this has to be the biggest. Actually it's a big fat lie. Ground breaking for the coliseum took place in 1972 (Fry was HC at SMU) and it was opened in 1973 (Fry was hired at the end of 1973). There was no fundraising involved in building the coliseum. So, this seriously calls into question his comments about SMU not being opposed to our membership in the SWC. Because he still had friends there, and I believe that one of them had been his broker. Here is the link.........http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20040704/SPORTS11/50708005/Hayden-Fry-University-Iowa-2004