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So I'd been meaning to share this before but hadn't had the time and couldn't really find the right place. As some people know, I'm the rare TAMS kid who stayed at UNT and got my degree. This summer was my 20-yr TAMS Reunion, and, for the first time, UNT hosted an official reunion for us. Now, we're not idiots (TAMS kids, remember?) so it was a pretty obvious money grab... and I applaud it. UNT has long needed to tap into a resource of people who leave UNT and go to places like MIT and CalTech and UC Berkeley. But a lot of those kids also go to places like UT and A&M. One reason that happens is that UNT has not historically granted auto-scholarships to TAMS students, post-TAMS. Well, Smatresk spoke at the event and indicated the University was going to do this, and committed to coming up with ways to encourage and keep TAMS students in the fold. This is the first time the University has really paid attention to TAMS alumni, who are generally doing pretty well out in the world. Now I'm admittedly a vagabond and weirdo who operates on the fringes of society, but most of my classmates are exactly what you'd expect. They're physicians and engineers and programmers and have letters before and after their names. When members of my class opted to start an independent endowment fund for TAMS this past year, it hit $52k within about 6 months. Half of that total came from my class of less than 200 people. That was without any real formal push and minimum effort. This is a resource that has been woefully underutilized for a long time. I'm glad UNT is finally working towards giving it attention. As the Zen Master said, "We'll see."

This will really get you going then. Still gives me goosebumps.

We took this a few days ago at Disney Land. It was Mean Green Day for the Scott Family.

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ESPN makes all of the decisions for athletic departments anyway. He has all the background he needs.

Im always looking for sweet Wall paper. How about this one?

Obama is not responsible for crazy people flipping out. Neither are any other Republican or Democratic politician. This is why I hate politics. The guy who killed the police officers, we now know, had serious personality issues. Got kicked out of the army. Couldn't hold a real job. Held extreme views. This is something no politician can just "fix." What can be done, but what rubs up against the First Amendment die-hards, is cracking down on hate groups' use of the internet to spread/spew their messages. The balancing act, then, would be, 'how much do we let these hate groups get away with before shutting down their online presence,' This police killer seemed to become radicalized online same as the kid who murder the people in the black church. There needs to be a revisiting of what constitutes protect First Amendment speech in light of those two incidents..

Our athletics have recently undergone changes in leadership on their own. Do you believe that they can boost school spirit this fall? Smatresk: I’m also very excited for the new coach and football program. It’s going to be a few years before we see the full potential of the program, but I believe choosing [Seth Littrell] was the right decision. Gosh, I sure should have liked to hear President Smatresk voice a "commitment" and backing for athletic success. And hiring a top athletic director to lead us.

My favorite!

My personal Favorite so far

no one paid attention to my previous inane ranting, so here's a longer and angrier and somehow more inane version. please...everyone...pay attention to me. I have important things to say and am thus important. please. me. look at me.

I expected us to be near the bottom since we are coming from a 1-11 record with a new coach and a new quarterback. Prognosticators are not going to dig very deep reviewing one and two win teams. I still believe that this coaching staff is going to be better than advertised and the talent on board is underrated and late signees were done after the preview articles went to press. I believe that Coach Littrell said that the talent level was better than people think and that poor performance last year was more due to lack of motivation and effort. My instinct and optimism tell me that this is a four win team with the capacity to even be bowl eligible if the coaching staff is able to get new schemes to gel. The enthusiasm of the new recruits is refreshing. If all new JUCO recruits show up and play to near their potential we could be the team with the biggest turnaround.

Why Kansas State of all places?

I think it's safe to go ahead and shut this thread down. Lots of folks have needlessly lost their lives over the past few days. They deserve respect... not this drivel. Kudos to Quoner for trying to make something positive out of it.

Glad Emmitt is okay. Donation made. Dad was a 40 year DPD vet- great department, better people. I know it's egocentric, but damn if it doesn't feel different when it hits this close to home. I feel numb. And to some of Y'all- stop it. Not here. Not this one. It's beyond gross.

Little insensitive and hypocritical to turn this into a political bitchfest already, you think?

I had a response typed and at the ready, but you're right (online, no less). donated and shutting up

Suggested things we can all do today to try to make the world a better place: Make a donation for the officers and their families: https://atodallas.org/donate?sf30530737=1&sf30533598=1 Attend the prayer rally in Thanksgiving Square or think a good thought if that's not your thing Be good to people around you. Listen to their concerns, passions and statements. Some of it may be wrong and you don't have to cut them off with a "well actually" or a similar thought. Let people talk. Don't angrily engage with UNT90 (if you disagree with him) or CBL for a few days. No one died last night to help you be RIGHT ONLINE(TM). Repeat 1, 3 and 4 - schedule follow up actions accordingly Fire the non-sports forum into the sun.

but you know...just continue to hear what you want to hear.

and we're off. wonderful.

#ThanksMacAndRV

Thinking that the Clinton's law breaking activities only include the publicly known accusations, is like thinking that a 3 time convicted DWI guy only drove drunk 3 times. Those 2 slick HillWillies just can't be trusted.

Agree. She violated 18 U.S. Code 793. At least 110 emails were listed as "Classified" or higher. Her lawyers intentionally erased others to keep them out of the investigation. She has testified she used only one device to read/send emails...but the FBI says she used multiple devices. And it goes on. Rick

I think he's wrong to do that, for sure. Can't argue that. However, even before (and, even as) he says those type of things, hate groups are spreading their hate online. Something must be done about those groups - black, white, ISIS, and otherwise. The miscreants at facebook, twitter, etc. aren't policing it enough themselves. The thing I do fault Obama for is the thing I fault the media for: jumping the gun (no pun intended) on placing blame. But, sorry, Micah Johnson was a headcase set to explode no matter what Obama said or didn't say. Obama didn't radicalize him, online hate groups did. In addition, with the Minnesota situation, that governor is out of control; as is the media. Murder one is a high bar to clear, almost impossible against police officers in the line of duty - which is as it should be. They are fanning the flames there, and it does no good. This thing in Minnesota may end up the same is the situation in Baltimore - suspect died in police custody, but there is no ill intent on the part of the police that would rise to the level of a criminal act. Police must be able to do their jobs; and, they are constantly in danger. In the Minnesota situation, you had people shouting to the officers about having a gun, then not following directions. Okay, look...police officers have to make split second decisions based on their training. It's sad that the guy died, but you can't prejudge the officer publicly the way Minnesota's governor has, and the media has...as always on the media's part. Confused also as to why the Minnesota situation, with Jeronimo Yanez, was orginally called a white police/black person killing when Yanez is obviously hispanic. There is, for sure, an agenda that is being pushed, a narrative that some (in a sick way) want to keep pushing in spite of the facts. To me, that's despicable.

90 doesn't put anything beneath him.

find those posts.

Santa ain't coming until we show improvement and start winning.

Could this be the future of ADs? More of a marketing type? I think so! Syracuse hires ESPN's John Wildhack to be its next AD John Wildhack, who has spent 36 years with ESPN, has been hired to be Syracuse's next AD. His last day at ESPN is July 28.

I am pretty sure they did not dump $500 million into anything. That is over half the annual budget for UNT. The real number is around $5 million which is nice but not enough for tier 1.

Same goes for Big Billy's perjurious lies. As both the POTUS and an attorney, I guess he just wasn't educated enough to know any better.

Again, disgusting.

I can tell you, from the scene, that the news blew the "man in the garage" story out of proportion. All of the sweeps were done because we are being overly cautious right now

look, there's no way we he Jilts thE bigger programs to come here. he was a 5-star qb who everyone wanted, he looked good as a true Freshman, and he's got 3 years of eligibility leFt. but eff it. let's say we do Get him. here is hOw it goes. 2016: sits out. 2017: taking over for aLec morris, stiDham throws for 3,380 yards with 21 touchdowns against 12 picks, we go 7-6 with a tough loss in our BowL game. 2018: comes oUt strong, leading us to an 8-1 start with a tough loss at arkansas and coach brett bieleMa. he gets INjured and mason fine Takes over, still getting us to tHE cusa championship game. we Fall to chase Litton and marshall in huntington, but rebound in the bowl game and finish 12-2. littrell takes the hc job at kansas state. 2019: with graham harrell as hc, stidham throws for 4,231 Yards and we go 14-0. we lose in the first round of the cfb playoffs to washington but stidham goes first in the nfl draft and unt becomes a top destination for hs quarterbacks.

Her servers were perfectly legal and many others in government have used a similar set up. The only question of legality is did she use those servers to transmit classified information and know full well that she did. So far what has been proven to be her biggest offense is to be a careless idiot. Gary Johnson for President!

Extreme end? Make all the excuses for her you want. I'm not going to.

Every fan should have one of these. It's the Mean Green version of a Bluebonnet portrait. No, I didn't sculpt it, but I would have.

think they will hire benford away from us?

http://m.meangreensports.com/m/sports/c-xc/spec-rel/051016aaa.html a couple of thoughts: 1. Really surprised our AD wasn't able to provide the 4K for such a critical training trip. You would think as overpaid as RV is, he would just write the check himself. Miser 2. Also surprised one of the 17 hasn't already covered this entire expense. If I had enough money to be one of the 17, I'd fund this in a heartbeat. Instead, I'll only be able to give a benjie.

An ironic photo... now a S&C coach at ULM.

Get off the drugs...

He said all of the coaches have played or coached in the air raid system. He kind of laughed when talking about the players transition. They have bought in, but there have been some challenges. It's more of a mind set thing, not a talent issue. Sounded like he was glad to leave Washington State, but liked coaching with Leach. Spoke highly about Littrell's vision. Talked about Alec Morris' leadership. He said Mason Fine has been looking great this summer. Also spoke highly of Quinn Shanbour. Mentioned that 7 on 7 has helped receivers and qbs transition in the spread. Jake made a joke about the Denton Ryan/ Ennis rivalry from his high school days. Teachers and coaches give him a hard time when he is recruiting there. On a side note, needed to listen to this interview today. Made me excited for the upcoming football season, and forget why I am not working downtown today.

Thank you all. It has been a long rough night for all of us in the DPD family. Clearly there is no way to make this "positive" but the outpouring of support means a lot to all of us. Now I'm going to go kiss my wife and children...five of my brothers can't do that anymore.

Yurp! Dat photo mine.

This. If Littrell gets us to 4 wins this season, he will have done something miraculous. To me, I see one game we will be favored in and that is butt cookman. Maybe we beat SMU, ARMY, UTSA or UTEP, but it's hard to see us winning more than one of them. Seriously, we go 2-10 and double last year's miraculous win total of 1--and it was a miracle--nobody better complain about Littrell being a disappointment. He is literally trying to dig us out from under a gigantic pile of manure left behind by RV, Mac, and Chico.

It was the SID's wife and Joe Greene's nickname in college was "Big Joe."

Hey that's my pickup line!

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