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It's about time this eye sore goes away! This is very good news! http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20140918-unt-set-on-buying-sack-save-site.ece

I don't feel bad. Txdot is the one who is taking half the land and devaluing the property. It won't be as functional anymore. We are trying to buy it up without using eminent domain. The value is only going to fall. I also don't feel bad for a business that has continued to decline and has not invested in improving the property conditions in 2 decades. Good riddance.

Indeed! With our quarterback situation and our "above the rest for thousands less"....SACK and SAVE was hitting a little too close to home. Let's spruce up that entrance fast!

First Fry St. now Sack and Pillage. Memories of the cookie aisle that looked like a war zone; undefinable odors from the vegetable bins; and 17 cent packages of ramen. All the monuments of my misspent college days are dropping one by one.

Great video, thanks to Mac for making this happen:

I'd guess like four. Four people. Nobody in a dorm room has a place to store groceries. Most fraternity and sorority members have cars -- or people who can take them somewhere (and further, no one wants to put anything inside a fraternity house 'fridge). And I'd guess a very small number of people live off campus without any sort of transportation. So, four. Four people is my guess as to the number of students who will be greatly impacted by the closing of this grocery store.

So what most of you don't know about me is that my friend and I have been supporting a school in northern Thailand for quite some time. These kids are learning English and a trade and would otherwise be pinning a number to their chest on Soi Cowboy in Bangkok. But they don't have clean drinking water all year. We're endeavoring to build them a water tower that will collect the water during rainy season and given them a source of clean water year round. There is no CEO, there is no skimming off the top. 100% of proceeds go to building a water tower for these kids. I'm asking the mean green nation to help out. https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/clean-water-for-the-charlermrus-whittayakom-school?col=-45717 Edit: Please watch the video.

I think I read that the university's still aiming to partner with shops in the area surrounding the campus because well, it's just something the campus needs as part of its culture. I'm hoping this means a grocery place near campus because for a lot of students who don't have cars, or for folks who live near campus, a good SnS replacement would be great. Tear the old store down, put up a newer one in its place (or nearby). One of the things that people are forgetting when they argue that the shop is about to lose out to imminent domain or a standard buyout, is that store is RIGHT on I35 and it's something that people see as they drive into and through Denton. While I'm no fan of imminent domain, I think that the city of Denton deserves something better to represent itself than a rundown grocery chain right by its crown jewel campus. A lot of the great things about Denton can't be seen from I35, I don't see a reason to hide them behind an eyesore.

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Except Sack and Save was about to lose most of its parking to the state through eminent domain for the I 35 expansion, making the location not viable for a grocery store, right? Hence property value dropping by half in 2012? And UNT had nothing to do with that. Seems like a win win for the school and the business. They should be thanking UNT for taking an unusable building off their hands.

Breaking down North Texas game vs. the Nicholls Colonels. Includes match-ups, starters, stats, advanced stats, scouting reports and a game plan for victory inside! Check it out: The Breakdown FYI - I'm not gonna lie and say I spent the last 20 hours breaking down 180hrs of game film of Nicholls. This game to me is more about what I want us to do than what Nicholls is going to do. That being said they do have some good athletes and players. I would not be surprised to see them score 2 TD's on our defense. I would be very surprised if we don't hit 200 yards rushing especially if we run at 30 times.

Stay hard, Sack n Save!!!

Between this (I'm assuming they'll tear it down) and the 35 expansion project consuming the Exxon/McDonalds/IHOP around Avenue D, the entry to campus is going to look MUCH different in the very near future.

For me...The wife was in surgery...left her at the hospital once she was given a room...made it to the game halfway through the first quarter...

I think one under-appreciated aspect of Thompson's game was his ability to take a step or two away from the pass rush and then quickly release the ball. He helped the offensive line minimize their sacks allowed totals and maybe inflated our expectations of them going into this season. Don't get me wrong; our OL is one of the strengths of the team. But, they are far less effective when we are in obvious run/pass downs.

Not nearly as many as you think. And if they don't, the buses run to the local grocery stores. You'd be surprised how many don't buy groceries. Mom and dad will be here this weekend and take them to the store and it will be the Kroger, not that dumpy sack and save.

Agreed. There are far too many people in the UNT/Denton community that are only interested in taking, while never giving or supporting. It's all "how will this help ME", not how will this improve the university or the community. They also only provide disdain and complaints, never solutions or help. They also aren't informed enough to point their criticisms in the proper direction.

Yep that's the same group that always against this and that in Denton especially the Hotel Convention Center. It's the Denial Neighborhood saga oh poor us attitude.

Don't get me wrong. I too find S&S unpleasing to the eye. Im just not too fond of bully tactics.

Agreed. I think we are headed in the right direction with this...if we can pay for it.

My only suggestion is to Open up a beer as soon as you get out of your vehicle. Its not my rule, its just Blue Lot Law

Yes! That place needs to go. That whole shopping center needs to go. First step of the master plan to clear out and improve that entrance to campus. Good riddance.

Yes it does. Losing that grocery store is really going to a lot of the low income family's in the immediate area. But hey... F ALL THEM CUZ THAT BUILDING IS UGLY AND I DONT NEVER SHOP THERE!!!!!1!

13k? Have our expectations really dropped that low? This place is more sad than a funeral home.

You sure? Take a look at the I35 project plans for that area. The proposed boundary (Pink line is proposed Right of Way. Green is existing ROW) is right up against the building. I don't think that can be sustained. Pancho's looks like they may be able to pull it off, but if you saw somewhere else, please link (I certainly wouldn't mind seeing it gone). Taco C is definitely a goner... and that hits home a little because that's where I first met my wife. Also, OGS's favorite motel appears to be affected. http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/dal/i35e/rfp/row_middle_segment/ih35e_north_row_sht3_20130806.pdf This post has been promoted to an article

This is good news. Rip that thing down immediately.

BIH, P. Wanted to beat Tasty to it, for a change.

We could schedule a SMUT game on the Sack-n-Save parking lot.. There would be plenty of room for all their fans.

Kinda sad. Just a little. That was the first place I ever legally purchased adult beverages. Bartles and James coolers as I remember it. Dang...what a pansy. Tear it down!

I usually avoid the Pie forum like the plague, but I heard there was a Ukraine thread and I have good friends/ministry partners there that I talk to almost daily. They were in Kiev until a couple of weeks ago but have moved to Lvov. I do also still have contacts in Kiev. Sometimes they are not really forthcoming because they dont want me to worry, but I will try to get an update on the latest and let you all know what I find out. Anyway, thanks, all of you for being concerned about the folks there.

Yes. And You can listen to records on the iPhone and they have an alarm and electronic mail too.

Not really. There is much more to this story, I am willing to bet. How many major league managers do you think cheat on their wives? How many get caught? Hell, I bet there are even divorces over this very thing. I bet those guys went right on managing before and after their divorce. These guys are on the road a lot and are celebrities. Opportunities and temptations are there. Many have given in to these temptations and lost their marriage because of it. Hell, Billy Martin was married 4 times and had a long term mistress during his third marriage, a mistress that became his fourth wife. And he managed through it all with no need to call a press conference to apologize to his wife. Let's look at exactly what Washington said: "... Today, I'm at a very low time in my life. I'm sorry for breaking the trust that I had with my wife and for disappointing my players, for disappointing my coaches, disappointing Major League Baseball and for disappointing the Texas Rangers." Why the hell is he apologizing for disappointing his players and coaches, who probably a pretty good number of are sexing it up on the road while away from their wife? Why the F does he owe the Rangers or MLB an apology for a personal relationship failing? I think this is a planned preemptive strike against the rumored allegations, stating publicly that it was a consensual affair and apologizing to his wife to possibly attack the credibility of the rumored accuser. Really, why else would he have this very very weird press conference to apologize for something that isn't anyone's business but he and his wife's? Very strange and doesn't pass the smell test.

Gifs on your phong are hard... But imagine an old man shaking his head no with a sour look on his face.

Can baseball please just go away already? I hate how much it cuts in to football season.

I don't know what the coaches would do. I know what the plan on gmg.com would be:

Did he buy a house or rent?

Did he win a national championship at Florida?

Someone should tell him he is at UNT and not UTA before he starts... he screwed that up at my graduation.

I think that's what got him in the predicament in the first place.

Slippery slope there. Suppose he had taken steps to remedy that situation and it had gotten out. Imagine the uproar. So to stay away from taking a side on that issue, we're more prone to point fingers and tell a 19-year-old to keep it in his pants and never, ever make a mistake or give in to the heat of the moment. Our desire is for a good football team. Whether or not that happens, I'll give him credit where credit it due in taking steps to be a responsible father for this child he's brought into the world. I hope he continues on that path. Good lord, I sound like a former "coach" there.

300+ yards and 59-0 Knowledge of the playbook won't matter. Not against Nicholls State. Talent and ability will. Over the past 15 years or so we've seen a tremendous advancement in the passing game in college football. We haven't really been the direct benefactor for much of that. Also seen the rise of the redshirt freshman qb over the past 10 years or so, culminating with the last two Heisman winners being rs freshman qbs. Again, we haven't been fortunate to benefit from that either. I think the time for that is now. Defense also notches its first shutout at Apogee in a bounce-back game with a lot of pride on display. If that doesn't happen, not the end of the world. But it's 2014 and I think it's time we experience some of what the rest of the college football world has in recent years.

i'm glad i don't see anyone particularly upset about seeing this place go. it really was a terrible thing to look at first thing when coming to the university. p.s. excuse my lack of capital letters. my shift key is broken. both of them.

That would be more demoralizing than the LaTech loss.

dang

In January I want you to put self awareness as one of your new years resolutions.

Underrated.

I spoke to a friend that doesn't even know Dajon and she says Chelf has brought a big bag of nothing his entire time in the program in her opinion.

I doubt that the player meant his off-the-cuff remarks about a teammate to be posted on GMG. In my opinion this post was inappropriate.