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He definitely is the best I've experienced Had a funny run in with him at a Denton Chamber of Commerce function. I have talked to the Prez on a number of occasions but this one time, I was standing in the bar area (DUH) he was making his way through the room meeting and greeting people and then he came up to me and said "Hi Jeff" and I was completely blown away. I thought to myself, a man of his caliber and knowing so many people, he remembered my name. I was blown away! After our conversation ended, he continued working the room and then I looked down and realized that I had a name tag on....................

I remember when I took a tour of UNT my senior year of high school. We were walking around campus and we actually happened to run into him while on the tour. He asked us all what we wanted to major in and do with our lives. He told us we’ll be successful here and Go Mean Green. That + the great campus atmosphere (plus only living 2 hours away from family) made me decide UNT is the right place for me. Now I’m entering my senior year of college, and he actually follows me on twitter haha.

Love Dr. Smatty... Rick

If your get near him he's gonna say "Hi" and "gomeangreen". Potentially the best hire by this university in my lifetime!

Nice to see a lineman make a preseason watchlist.

Got me PUMPED for the big game in SEC country fast forward to 6 minute mark if you don’t want to listen to the whole thing.

I don't think we let him go too soon. I think we let him go at the perfect time. I am not sure he would have ever grown and got better being where he was. I think it took all these things to better him. And, I am still not certain he would be good at the head position.

I think he's the coolest president in the country.

Somewhere up there?...

Would be cool if it weren't Kuehne. Not because the money would be worth more or less, but because it'd be a sign of getting a broader distribution of big-time donors, which would be long-term beneficial for UNT. That is not to say that UNT shouldn't take everything that Mr Kuehne is willing to give and be extremely thankful about it.

I hope FAU wins

I also wonder what would have happened if he actually had an AD that was like we have now??

Like our coaches he is very approachable and bleeds green!

I wonder if our recent success helps him. UNT is an emerging name in the G5 schools. Now it seems a little more "in" to mention UNT on his resume. They mention it quite a bit in that article.

I don’t normally play the “what if” game but, boy howdy, I wonder how things would have transpired in Denton if we afforded him the resources he deserved.

That made me think. Could these hats ever become a thing at UNT? Maybe if the brown parts were green, but I digress.

Yeah, UTSA will be more prepared for dealing with losing. That will be really helpful for them this season.

I was a DD fan then. He could coach then and he can coach now. The AD and all the short sighted leadership at the University at that time are just as responsible for the Dickey's failed last season and the miserable seasons that followed. Happy for him wish it would it have worked out for him here. It will be particularly disappointing if he has a part in Texas A&M winning the SEC Championship cause that is the Texas region football fandom I dislike the most.

DD seems to have conquered his personal demons and became an excellent assistant coach. I do think that he ruined his own career at NT and he should have been fired.

DRC: UNT want to compete for championships. It's looking more and more like C-USA's Florida schools will be a key obstacle in the East https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/florida-schools-rise-changes-dynamic-in-c-usa/article_a2e6d41e-d457-5b4a-b5da-bb320b2614be.html

This is great news. I really believe while well deserved these inclusions also have a lot to do with a more proactive athletic department

Don’t they know his players wore black once?

One of the 17?

that sorta looks like @emmitt01... Yes, it needs to be green, and the eyebrows need to be bushier (on the eagle, not on @emmitt01)

I hate Lane Kiffin... Tom Herman is a close second.

DRC: MTSU Stockstill father-son duo prepares for final season together https://www.dentonrc.com/sports/notebook-unt-wide-receiver-duo-make-biletnikoff-watch-list/article_1467c744-d6a7-5d64-ad1f-ce7c007c324f.html

I think as long as we hold onto Chancellor Roe and BOR members of the crop we've had in the last ten years, we may not have to worry about this as much. For as thorough Roe's credentials and expertise are in managing STEM-minded organizations, funding, et al, she is also very well-acquainted with the value of sports to universities. Her son is a Redshirt-JR DT at Virginia Tech, if you recall.

Don't do that to me...

I agree. The softball game against Oklahoma was sold out but was cancelled due to bad weather. I think softball is the most popular or is rapidly becoming the most popular women’s sport.

I said conditions weren’t ideal not that it was the only reason these schools don’t have baseball. I see your a sensitive person so I’ll leave it be.

It's all about the money. I have always said that this program would go nowhere until it found more donors and more season ticket buyers. They have done both to some extent and have increased the student fee. This extra money is proving transformational.

Lets just hope we get to here the lady sing when the game is over. Sorry I just think this is the funniest video ever.

DO NOT go to "Pigtails", their adult entertainment bar...it gets too rowdy for UNT fans after a game.

If he had dumped Ramon Flanigan as OC it would have helped.

Taking a look at CUSA Tourney attendance, according to the reports, the average session attendance did slightly increase over 2017 (90 per session) but overall attendance dropped significantly (24.1k in '17 vs 16.4k in '18)... http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2017.pdf Will be interesting to see how the momentum of the new scheduling format, possible NBA draft interest Chareless Bassey may bring, and (I trust) a North Texas squad poised to make a deep run impacts the second go around at The Star for the tournament. Would be curious to see if any game format or promotional changes are made this time as conference leadership certainly seems to be taking an aggressive approach to improving the attention our conference gets in basketball.

Joe.

Hopefully we win out in the long run. Looks like we are building a program and FAU builds teams. If FAU hits on jucos and p5 runoffs they will win and if a few miss they won't with the possibility of sanctions. Hopefully FAU is undefeated going into our late Thursday night national TV game in apogee.

Well deserved.

Fla schools in the east, North Texas in the west. Good pub for the conference.

If you ask any media outlet, Kiffin is the only HC in CUSA. The rest of us are all coached on a rotating schedule of what players dad is available that week and can also bring the orange slices.

Maybe, but he's done so much for basketball already and he's got a grandson coming on board the football team next year so I'd think that his next big donation would probably be to football.

I assume that number also reflects our CBI games?

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This Youtube channel has terrific and funny videos about college football. Though they are almost always about SEC teams they are still worth the watch.

Our 2,644 average placed us 9th in attendance average in the conference. Middle Tennessee led the way with 6,774 but that had a very good team and they've lost their coach so I don't expect to see them back on top next year. ODU and UTEP each averaged more than 6K and Marshall and WKU more than five. Western Kentucky may very well lead the attendance average this coming season because they'll get good attendance from those coming to see their new phenom and they'll get a couple more home games against a good opponent with the new scheduling. Since we know much about the players on our team (and the coaching), I expect our attendance to approximately double over this year as I believe that the new culture will include basketball.

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I can feel your passion for UNT football recruiting. It’s actually refreshing reading articles by someone based on interest; instead of it being their job. Thanks for being a fan first.