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Hello everyone, here's my lengthy breakdown of how North Texas won the CBI Finals and the adjustments that went into it. Plenty of clips in the story which I hope load for you. Let me know what you think, enjoy. -MB https://www.ntdaily.com/analysis-how-mccasland-and-his-staff-coached-their-way-to-a-cbi-championship/

Damn! Rick

"Perhaps the most impressive thing is he has assembled a leadership team that works collectively and cohesively." So important for UNT's continued success.

Even if he does retire (someday), I really hope that he helps with finding his replacement before he's out. I would highly trust his opinion in that regard.

I'm a huge fan of Dr. Smatresk and hope he stays for a long time.

Rick

got to keep him---best prez we have had

pay him!

He is underpaid big time! He is a stud!

It’s old now, requires constant maintenance and is a huge resource drain. They’ve been discussing moving the Regal Eagle out for several years now. Maybe they’re in the market for something newer?

Its a good rumor to put out there, if you think of negotiating up your salary ;)

DRC: http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/mean-green/2018/04/03/unt-working-contract-extension-smatresk

Writer made predictions for 2020 in January of 2010. Some are amusing (Todd Dodge will get hired by Baylor) but a number of others hit well like Georgia Southern to Sun Belt and Charlotte and La.Tech to CUSA and Big East leaving the elites and taking Memphis. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/334329-25-predictions-about-fbs-college-football-circa-2020

Under what Prez has I 35 been 95% finished? Bam! Double the bucks!

What the hell does that have to do with you saying Colorado State is going to the PAC-12 because of their upgrades of their locker room and meeting rooms? somebody has been inhaling the laughing gas at the office for their own benefit, so it seems...

officially quoted.

To answer Fly's question... They do know about it, my understanding is that it was donated to the school but it ended up costing a good amount for repairs etc. so they were looking into options to sell or retire it with out offending the donor's family. That family has given generously to the university and endowed a chair etc.

Facilities like this aren't built to aspire to win the Gildan Bowl as a plateau. They'll be getting into the Pac-16 when it turns to 16, book it.

My top events that I've been in attendance for would have to be: 1. Tearing down the goal posts, marching them to Fry and proceeding to get excessively drunk and make plans to go to New Orleans. 2. The Stand 3. The Drive 4. Bowl win vs UNLV (first football game ever attended with my now wife) 5. CBI games 2 & 3 6. Final game at Fouts. Honorable Mention: Although not a favorite memory, sitting front row on the 50 at the HOD Bowl game against Army was a cool experience. And had a play or 2 gone a different way, it would have definitely been near the top of the list.

6'4" 285 LBS. Also holds offers from Army and Air Force. https://247sports.com/player/regan-riddle-46054488

6'3" 272 LBS. Also holds offers from Kansas St., Texas Tech, Houston, Air Force, Cornell, Harvard, Minnesota, Princeton, SMUt, Syracuse and Tulsa https://247sports.com/player/trevor-stange-86273

First time since 1969 that two North Texas players have scored 30 points or more in a game - when Crest Whitaker had 36 and Joe Hamilton had 31 vs. Drake on 1/30/1969. How many of you oldtimers were at that Drake game in the Snake Pit? Proud to admit I was.

#1 in Texas!

Like many alumni, I went to high school in Dallas County and worked in Dallas County after graduating from NTSU. There has been so little coverage of North Texas athletics in the Dallas media, coupled with little to no communication from the alumni association, that I was simply not able to keep up with North Texas athletics. At different times, I had season tickets to Cowboys, Mavericks, and mini plan with Rangers. It was not until my office relocation to Denton County did I get caught up with UNT. All that to say, our huge alumni base in DFW outside of the Denton area is not aware of UNT athletics. Last week I learned that a casual acquaintance here in Flower Mound graduated the same time I did. He asked if we were still in the Missouri Valley Conference! I will make sure he stays informed from now on.

A 1-1 with CSU would be a great series, IMO.

Would really like to get CSU on our schedule maybe a 1-1. How much better is the MWC to C-USA? Based on these facilities it looks a whole lot better. It is tough being a tweener.

I would love to know if the President or Mr. Baker even know about the Regal Eagles existence?

I agree with all of the accolades about Dr. Smatresk but I would be hard pressed to put him in more than a tie with Dr. W.J. McConnell who changed us from a teachers college to a university.

Let’s not forgot their new stadium.

I've got three boys: 12, 9, and 8. Hopefully future UNT athletes!

@UNTFan23 I'm using other schools in our conference as a measuring stick, for example Marshall, UAB, Charlotte, UTSA, and FAU just to name a few. Based on what I saw online, we have one of the smallest athletic staffs across the board in all of CUSA. UAB: https://www.uabsports.com/staff.aspx Marshall: http://www.herdzone.com/staffdir/mars-staffdir.html Charlotte: https://www.charlotte49ers.com/staff.aspx UTSA: http://goutsa.com/staff.aspx FAU: http://www.fausports.com/school-bio/fau-school-bio-directory.html

Nah Bradshaw was a totally different runner. Wilson is a run bender. Bradshaw was 50% razzle 50% dazzle and 10% agile af

I'm impressed that not a single CUSA team went down from their previous rank.

Exactly. And NT wasn't playing for prestige. This is the biggest takeaway from me in the new era. Make being competitive the norm and losing the exception. I've said this before, but RV had a run of football/basketball hires (basically all of his football/basketball hires) of Dodge, Stephens, Aston, Mccarney, Peterson, and Benford. Those coaches coached a combined 21 seasons and had a grand total of one winning season amongst 21. One out of 21!! Under 5% of their seasons resulted in a winning record! And what happened after that one winning season? The coach gets a big extension and raise when there was no actual threat of him being hired away by a bigger program, and despite never having proven capable of recruiting and developing his own guys at the most important positions in the sport (QB, OL, DL). Which he ended up failing spectacularly at. Because of that I was a little disappointed in the trigger-happy move by Wren Baker to do the same for Littrell, but at least Littrell is a legitimate candidate to move up the rungs of the CFB coaching job ladder. But my point is that winning seasons here, going forward, should not be seen as some amazing coaching accomplishment that serves as an automatic extension and raise.

1.) Killing Baylor, 52-14, in front of a damn near sellout at old Fouts... 2.) Beating Tech in OT at the Super Pit in 2010 3.) Beating Cincy in the 2003 NO Bowl 4.) Beating UNLV in the 2013 HoD Bowl

Good move.

Usually this time of year I like to post a thread thanking the seniors for their contributions to the team, but with Temara long gone and the only other senior being Bryce Jackson, I find that difficult to do this year. While I appreciate Temara's results throughout the year and Jackson's contributions, I would guess, in helping the team prepare, I am just as excited that the majority of our major contributors were underclassmen. The future is bright Mean Green fans! Only Duffy, Miller, Arikawe and Holston will be seniors next year. Woolridge, Smart, Lawson, Draper, and Fuller will be juniors. Z. Simmons, J. Simmons will be sophmores. Gibson and Tikhonenko will be freshmen along with our incoming players. This could be the start of something special. 2018-19 will be a lot of fun.

The Downtown Square and surrounding area have great locally owned places to eat, get dessert, have a drink, etc... There is a good historical museum in the Courthouse on the Square and just a really cool building to walk around in. My 14 year old and I did that this past year and surprisingly enjoyed it much more than anticipated. https://www.sharkarosa.com/ The above is a fun place and was shown a couple of years ago on an episode of "Dirty Jobs." We took our kids and it was a lot of fun. You can usually find specials on the internet but it is well worth the admission. It is about 20 minutes north of town, just south of Pilot Point. FYI, you would probably get better responses if you moved that question to the football board.

No he did not.

I was just thinking we should all be able to live together and coexist despite our differences.

Starting planning Arkansas road trip

Softball?

Pro Day at UNT was a wonderful experience! Going in, I wasn't sure how much I would be able to see...but it ended up being a great day. I was part of the crowd that was counting and cheering as my son did his bench press and then moved on to the broad jump and then measured his vertical jump. It was beautiful outside when they moved to the stadium completed runs and drills there. I am a proud UNT parent and we are thankful for the opportunity.

Congrats again Mean Green fans. I meant to get on here last night but didn’t. Looks like hella first year for McCasland. Nice start, a rough stretch when the schedule got very rough. One hella nice run at the end. You guys gotta feel good about the direction you’re headed. I know how we felt when we got rid of Ken Pol Pot McDummy McDonald and Ray Harper took over. It’s a relief to get rid of someone that you knew early on was a train wreck. I’m talking about McDummy. I’m sure some of you felt early on that Benford wasn’t the guy. It’s hard to go through it. So enjoy the championship. Hang a banner. Be better next year. With Middle having a new coach and with ODU losing Porter we’ll need everyone to step up a bit more if we’re to match what we did as a conference this year.

Why does the GLBT community need their own residence hall? Why can't they live with everyone else?

I had no idea it was this bad. I worked for a non profit for years and fundraising was a big part of my job. It is disheartening to hear that it is like this. Without a good database to START with, its hard to get traction. I will say, it is all about relationships. It can be done, but you need some names to start with. I do like that WB wants people to know the stats. Its an eye opener. I am interested to see if those numbers improve after a year of good fundraising.

Tax forms do little to disclose current stock and real estate holdings (or their values!), only the income create through actions like dividends, short and long term capital gains/losses, and other revenue.

For all of y'all saying, "we have 3 other Texas Schools in C-USA!!", would you consider THIS scenario a good move to go West?

I was there. Drake was nationally ranked and the Men's Gym was packed. I got there early for warmups...when Drake came out for shoot around the crowd stood and booed. I believe we beat them that night. It was not uncommon for North Texas to host at least two nationally ranked teams each year, as the Missouri Valley Conference was very strong back then.