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97% is a pretty overwhelming concensus for science in 2014. JustSayin'

#Hit69

It's a pretty lengthy blog post after he attended an SMU hoops game a couple weeks ago but he makes some interesting points that can be applied to NT attendance concerns. Here's the link... http://blogmaverick.com/2014/02/23/my-2-cents-on-sports-marketing-and-what-i-learned-from-smu-basketball-this-week/ If you've ever heard or read Cuban's thoughts on the topic, you already know that he's against trying to incorporate social media (specifically phone use) at a live event. His position is that people attend such events to have an experience and will gladly ignore their phone (maybe aside from taking pictures to document the experience) for several hours if they're in the process of creating memories. He offers several guidelines: 1. Know where your team is in their “lifecycle” There's a momentum at NT right now that must be capitalized on. 2. Know who your long time fans/customers are. We all have varying opinions on how well NT does this, but I have always felt appreciated appropriately given my level financial commitment (not nearly as much as many on this board). I also think they're improving in this area simply by engaging more frequently with this forum. 3. Price to the market, not to maximize revenue. I've always thought ticket prices were more than reasonable and think there are plenty of options available to accomodate various financial situations. 4. Fans buy tickets where they like to buy them Probably my biggest frustration with the AD is the difficulty of completing the ticket purchase process online. It's not easy and I can only speak for myself but 2 yrs ago as we were all anticipating Tony Mitchell's run to position himself in the top 5 of the NBA draft, I was up watching Midnight Madness on ESPN and hopped online to make an impulse purchase of NT season tickets even though I hadn't really planned to since it's hard to make the trip to Denton for many mid-week games. After working through the website for at least 30 mins, I wasn't able to make the purchase and resorted to sending an email to the ticket office through the site. I still haven't received a reply from that email and never followed up with the impulse purchase. So, while this only represents 2 basketball tickets for one season, I can't help but wonder if the AD is similarly missing out with other casual (or even not so casual) fans. 5. Selling is the most important job at a team Hearing the AD announce that there are 600 more "accounts" for season tickets is both encouraging and likely strategic on their part. I wonder if those "accounts" include those who purchased tickets through the office for the HOD bowl. Hopefully, they're attitude is that those are season ticket accounts just waiting to be sold. 6. Spend money on fun. In general, his thought is to make sure fans leave having had a good time - win or lose. One of his ideas means catering to children in a way that allows their parents to leave having watched their kids experience too much fun to not return. That's why I've long hoped an alliance could be established between NT and the local youth sports leagues. As I've posted elsewhere, if pee-wee football players get to visit the lockeroom or get on the field of a 30k seat stadium, that's lasting. In fact, I'd love to see this worked into the Spring Game. Those youth football leagues would LOVE to have reason to maintain spring contact with their families. Why not let them experience NT football and then see if the kids can become free sales staff begging their parents to come back to Apogee in the fall?

I don't like it being used again. We need greater expectations. I'm honestly waiting to see what Mac comes up with so that hopefully I can start to ramp up a campaign this summer mirroring what they do.

Certainly. If everyone here shot around with other enthusiasts at the gun range on weekends for a little bit, they'd realize that Sun Tzu would have done the exact same thing. I dunno, I guess I'm just a fan of wars. Win or lose, I'll still be here.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/03/06/yo-roger-raps-with-unt-head-coach-dan-mccarney/ You’ve seen him on the field, but have you ever heard him behind the mic? It’s “Yo! Roger Raps!” with special guest Dan McCarney!

And here I thought TSU was the Fightin' Armadillos...

I don't think you really laughed out loud. Typical American overstatement.

2105, eh? You got something the rest of us don't have?

I think that this graduating class disproves the "lack of talent" part of your statement. I think we had talent on the team when Mac got here (Lance Dunbar was one of the best we have ever had at RB). I think the biggest issue we had when Mac arrived was depth and morale. The JUCO route killed our depth and this dog had been kicked so many times that it stopped caring. Mac brought back enthusiasm and as some of the guys that knew only losing and had been demoralized filtered out of the program, the tide began to turn. I don't begrudge them for not being excited given the state of the program, but that certainly contributed. Once he had a group of seniors that were ready to win and lead to that end, things really came along.

Right? You want to get back on board with fun...it looks like fun is starting to click and build some momentum...but in the back of your mind you just know fun is going to be replaced in two minutes by Brandon Walton for him to go 0-5 from three.

#HitTexas or #HitUT or #HitTu #HitSMU #HitLaTech #HitNichollsSt. #HitIndiana #HitUAB #HitSo.Miss #HitRice #HitFAU #HitUTEP #HitFIU #HitUTSA

Wasn't this the same guy predicting Captain Phillips as the Academy Award winning movie? Just couldn't resist...I'll go back to reading again now.

It's labeled "concept" for a reason.

I think it should stay Hit6. a) because this team is not chock full of senior leadership, and the young players should be reminded that you have to work hard to become bowl eligible, before you can go on to other goals. Success does not come for free. b ) because the people who talk about greater expectations seem to be forgetting how much this team loses due to graduation. Too great expectations in that situation may be counterproductive. I totally expect UNT to challenge for (and win) the division title in 2015, but 2014 looks like rebuilding. Going bowling while rebuilding is nice enough for me (and is it not crazy that that is the expectation after where UNT comes from).

Every coach makes the situation they inherited sound terrible and talk about how greatly they have improved the situation. It's the nature of what they do, especially in the middle of contract negotiations. Unless they are a coach named Tony Benford, that is.

Remember, Apogee looks nothing like the coneptual drawings/animation of a new stadium that we saw at first.

Kaspar almost doubled his salary by going to TSU. He hopes it will be easier to recruit to being near two airports. His daughter graduated from TSU this past December so the family could be together a while longer. Plus San Marcos ain't Nacogdoches. Underwoods genius is that he recogized what they talent he inherited was good at and kept 80% of what they were used to doing.

We need to remember it was Dodge's recruits that won it last year, now it is time for DMac's recruits to show up and continue. All DMac did was get the SR's to buy-in and in their 4th and 5th years they got it. Now it is all on DMac. Dodge sucked as a college coach but he certainly did not leave the cupboard bare.

France?

NT is currently in the No. 10 seed for the upcoming C-USA Tournament, but can jump as high as the No. 8 seed with a win over Tulsa and some help. The top four seeds will receive a double-bye, while seeds five through nine receive a bye. • How can NT get the No. 8 seed? An NT win over Tulsa, a UAB loss to Middle Tennessee and a Charlotte loss at Marshall. • How can NT get the No. 9 seed? An NT win over Tulsa and a Charlotte loss at Marshall. Should NT lose to Tulsa it would fall to 6-10, and seven different scenarios could come into play - all but one of which have NT staying at No. 10. NT would still own the individual tiebreakers over East Carolina (5-10) and Florida Atlantic (5-10). However, there is a chance that NT could fall to the No. 11 seed if NT, Charlotte and ECU tie at 6-10 and LA Tech is named the No. 1 seed. From meangreensports.com

#Hit25

I really don't have a clue what we can realistically do. President Bush didn't in 2008 when Russia invaded Georgia, and our current administration is in the same situation regarding the Ukraine. What would/could Russia or the world do if we decided to invade Baja California?I don't think much.

Please no. No. It's a new year...greater expectations.

Ugh..... Toss those uniform designs in the basketball dumpster fire. Kill two birds with one coach.

Hmm. That's a lot of glass that will reflect the setting August sun right in the faces of everyone on the Press Box side of Apogee....

I wished we had. We did however come up with the "The Eyes Of North Texas Are Upon You" with the Eagle Eyes staring a hole into your forehead. Rick

The browser downloader?

Yes, the journalists at the New York Times, TIME, and Newsweek have so often been shills for conservative political efforts. How could they be trusted to interview scientists and report on their studies without injecting their well known right wing bias? The next thing you'll be telling in is that MSNBC is a front organization for The John Birch Society because when they report on anything environment, they don't read word-for-word the scientific papers and journals about which they report. The point is, not every one - not even among scientists - agree with climate change theories espoused by the various Henny Pennies of science. And, some, who shill for it today are the same who shilled for global cooling and other such nonsense and overpopulation in the 1970s, such as Obama's science bozo John Holdren. That isn't left wing or right wing opinion - that's just historical fact.

No. We've posted articles quoting the scientists and their research. That's enough. You go dig through the stuff. If I read in a reliable news report that, say, Dan McCarney has signed a new contract, I don't have to go read the contract itself to believe it. I didn't personally see the 1969 World Series, but I've read that the New York Mets won it from people who were there and wrote about it. NY Times, Newsweek, all of them, cite the scientists, along with either the work they produced or the universities or orgnaziations they worked for. We don't have to go find the entire study just for you. We already know what your opinion is. We just happen not to believe it. You should be able to be a big boy and live with it.

I didn't get that from the quote.

This project is 100% good for NT and the region. I am excited about it and grateful to those making the effort. I don't want to sound ungracious in any way but, I do wish the design could be more dramatic and unique. It doesn't have to look like Picasso designed it but how much more could it cost to rivet steel and lay bricks in a reasonably attractive and unique way compared to the same ole' same ole'?

"... I appreciate that opportunity to stay here. I'm not looking to leave. I love this place." I hope he truly means this. I'm also hoping that at his age, he doesn't want another restart somewhere else. I look forward to the years to come in Mean Green football.

Fully clothed, for pro-creation purposes only.

I definitely think NATO should go to the 2-3 troop formation.

Sunday's tennis match with UTEP was moved indoors to the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving and started at 7:30 a.m. This was the first match with a Conference USA foe and UNT prevailed 4-1. UTEP kept several matches close, but UNT won 4 of the 5 completed singles matches and was in route to win the 6th if needed. Due to court space, the singles matches were played first and no doubles was played since the victory was already decided. UNT looks to be improving steadily this spring. The ladies have played a very steady dose of higher ranked teams and it seems to have improved the games of the players. Hopefully they will peak by the Conference USA tournament in Virginia in mid-April. The team is very young (2 juniors, 2 sophomores, and 4 freshmen) so experience is being gained daily. Some observations: #1 player Kseniya Bardabush seems to have overcome her ankle injury and is playing at a high level; junior Franziska Spinkmeyer is still out with an Achilles problem, but says she will begin to play some again in a couple of weeks; if she comes back strong, that will strengthen the team going into the tournament #2 player Anastasiya Shestokova (enrolled as a freshman in January) is the real deal...look for her to do great things in the future; she has won the first 4 matches she has played for UNT Current lineup has freshmen playing in the #2, #3, #5 and #6 spots, with a junior playing at #1 and a sophomore at #4. Spinkmeyer, a junior, if back to form, could play anywhere from the #3 to #6 spot and is a valuable doubles player as well. It will be an interesting spring season. Conference USA is a tough tennis conference and I see UNT in the upper half of the teams. Tournament seedings may well determine how far we go in the tournament. No doubt that the next few years look bright. Coach Lama is a great coach and now has ex-TCU head coach and ex-SMU assistant head coach, Jeff Hammond, assisting him. The foundation looks solid. GO MEAN GREEN!

I'm also going to add I will mercilessly mock anyone who has an HSO without reading this thread.

I'd say this all depends on McNulty as our starting QB or not.

Boom. This.

Like maybe UNT...if we'd picked up a phone.

No, this is 2015 rankings. These kids will sign in February of 2015

The English speaking population of Baja California is drunk and far from oppressed. Wish I was there right now.

*cough* I didn't saaay that, exactly. *cough cough* Edited to add: Aaaand of course, I see the WWII posts after mine.....pardon the interruption. Please carry on. They're quite entertaining.

Sucks for him...oh well...

Well if we're nitpicking, Dan arrived on 12/01/10 and we played our last N.O. Bowl game on 12/14/04. It was a long and hellacious stretch any way you look at it.

If so.... they should make them again. I sure thought I remembered it being some on-campus organization though.

If you are not used to seeing games and practices up close, the size and speed is pretty awesome. That is what gets to most freshman in their first practices. Night and day difference from high school to College no matter what level of high school you come from.

"for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback." --Michelle Obama You don't think it might because Laura Bush was experienced enough not to fire off HSOs like this? The vitriol level at Bush and Obama has been pretty consistently high, just from different sources... AND NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE UKRAINE. There is a political cage fighting thread, go circle jerk in that one.