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I suspect everyone's eyes were glued to MSNBC this afternoon and know about this anyway... MSNBC chose to broadcast their story about the football season cancellations from none other than good old North Texas. IIRC, the correspondent was named David Chesky who interviewed Mike Scurrico (sp) who spoke to the financial damage the cancelation would bring. Apogee was shown in the background. It is always nice to see an unexpected story from our alma mater!

Rico Bussey chose the wrong school to transfer to.

I already did that with conference basketball tournament tickets that I bought and was never able to use. The financial dire straits up there aren’t due to people like me who religiously buy tickets, they’re due to the thousands of alumni they’ve never managed to convince to give ANYTHING

I’m sure the athletic department will (understandably) wait until the last minute to begin that process. No judgement whatsoever but I encourage those who are able to either leave your money in or at least make some form of a donation to do so. Things are going to be reeeeal tough up there. Were this a different era of Mean Green athletics I’d probably ask for my money back but Wren and co have worked so hard and we have come so far.

There has to be a domino effect because of the liability issue. Organizations with in your industry are shutting down to protect students. I believe all will have to follow.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/06/politics/jordan-osu-wrestlers-strauss-invs/index.html The D or R doesn't matter - it is about former wrestlers accusing Gym Jordan of a cover-up of college athletic abuses. Which is where TTG's comment stems.

Looks like he's second to last in this video. Seems to be moving well with no brace

If the SBC plays and somehow C-USA doesn’t.....I’m going to lose my sh*t 😂🧐

Could there be a silver lining in this for UNT? With Big 10 , MWC, and MAC out with PAC 12 probably to follow. there seems to be be a void of "fall ball" games to be televised. Does this open any doors for CUSA,AAC, and SBC to fill that void? I am clueless on this issue but brought it up assuming greater minds might share their knowledge.

If there are no injuries (or covid events) happing to our RB's, I would like to be the first to say that we really look loaded at that position.

Delay is smart. Get the guys past last day to enroll and they can’t do immediate transfer.

“If any portion of the 2020 home football schedule is impacted by COVID-19 resulting in games being cancelled or the number of in-person fans being limited, Mean Green season ticket holders will have the option to apply payments to future UNT Athletics events, convert payments to donations to the Mean Green Scholarship Fund or receive a refund.” https://meangreensports.com/news/2020/5/26/tickets-mean-green-football-season-ticket-assurance-program-announced.aspx

2 hour drive from Las Vegas in one of the most scenic regions of the USA. Close to Zion national park, Bryce Canyon another hour north. Spectacular outdoors options. nice little stadium at the foothills of red rock mountains. drove through their on many a hiking trips to mountains when living in LV. GMG

I heard the MWC isn’t playing in the fall. This is getting weird as it may come down to an odd mix of schools that want to play.

wouldn't a canceled season be less expensive on the fan?

So no one thinks he got hosed by the NFL? I think this sucks... Yeah, its cool he can work with his old coach and work with Drummond... but does it mean he is done chasing the dream? Or does this give him the flexibility to still try out for teams and get a paycheck? I think he for sure got screwed due to the pandemic. Teams cant take too many risks right now. Someone would need to take a risk on Mason.

Any updates on Siggers knee? Is he practicing? Concerning because we’ve heard very little so far. Hope he’ll be back strong for us.

Correct me if I'm wrong (like that will be a problem), but I believe the biggest cost of renewing season tickets is the "donation" to the Mean Green Scholarship Fund. When I sent my season ticket money in, the required "donation" was greater than the cost of the tickets. Plus, I was encouraged, almost chided to increase my donation in order to get a better parking spot in the black lot. I signed up for the "plus 10 (%)" option and I still didn't qualify for the black lot. That means there were the equivalent number of donors in the green, white, and black lots that donated more than me. I don't know what that number is, but I would think it's at least all the suite holders and all the club seat members. I'm looking forward to football. GO MEAN GREEN

Grades is the only explanation I can come up with. Either that or they don't allow campus tours prior to kids committing.

Not sure how this impacts his eligibility, but I can think of worse places to be social distancing in a pandemic. Having to spend an extra year in Hawaii might not be that bad of a deal.

I dunno. I’m one the fence as to whether or not I put much credence into what Ralph D. Russo tweets about. 😉

University dorms will be far from empty this school year. Residence halls at Texas Woman’s University and the University of North Texas will likely see a dip in occupancy compared to previous years, but thousands of students are still on track to move to town in the coming week. Monica Mendez-Grant, vice president for student life, estimated dorms would be 75% full this year compared to roughly 93% at the start of the 2019-20 school year. “We have actually recalibrated the occupancy and so we have a larger number of single rooms, and there cannot be more than two students to any room,” Mendez-Grant said. read more: https://dentonrc.com/education/thousands-of-students-still-on-track-to-hit-denton-next-weekend/article_e2bba49d-1183-54e7-9e43-57bae51c554a.html

It seems like the pandemonium is because this one thing is being tracked like nothing ever before. It won’t be long before they find that the incidences of other things, and their possible connections to other other things, make life just too risky to live. It has been all along.

I just don’t know how much there is available to add to the current bench at this point in time. The time for cutting and replacing dead weight was in April and May.

Spriing in the MWC, they better be a running team because those spring winds can be tough in many of MWC schools locations. Not unusual to see 50 plus MPH wins in Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Nevada and it can be tough in Wyoming, CSU in the winter (spring).

Well we are apparently playing football!

I think you can either opt for a refund or credit the money to next years tickets. I don’t think it’s a refund or else it’s just a donation thing.

I don't think there is anyway that fall football occurs. If it does, those teams that play would lose a year of eligibility for players; while those that sitout will gain a year of training for their players. I am not sure if I were a senior football player, I would want to play my last year in empty stadiums.

Fan roster update: I'm up 25lbs. It ain't muscle, I can assure you of that.

Mason was great, but come on...a God?🤣🤣🤣

That puts us at 12 scholarships being used out of an available 13. With 4 key seniors this year it would be nice to opportunistically use that spot on a transfer who becomes available. Let him sit this year then be in position to take over a starting spot after Hamlet, Reese, Bell, and Simmons graduate. https://meangreensports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

One lady I work with her daughter is starting as a freshman at NT. She was making her daughter do all online classes but her daughter cried about it and she gave in. She already had put a down payment on a dorm and had a best friedn roommate etc.

so there will be classes held on campus this semester?

Are the MAC and Mountain West seeing any of this last minute transferring happen? Certainly they have players worthy enough to play at some other lowly school like SMU.

Unless NCAA steps in with an emergency rule players at schools not playing get a free transfer as long as they don’t miss last day to enroll at the new school

Disclosure: I know nothing about the transfer rules. Is the portal still open? Could a player transfer from a school not playing to one that is this late in the game? I realize there will be several more dominoes to fall, so probably wouldn't be worth it if it was allowed, but it'd be fun to see this play out like free agency in pro sports, but only because it might benefit G5 schools.

Probably only reason haven’t changed their name.

Utah of all places....St. George, Utah 😂

Talked with the owner Rob, he would love to have us back this season.

I've been here and it's awesome (as long as the weather cooperates)

Commits to ULM. Really hate to lose him because I loved his video, but with 4 DT's already committed, my assumption is the offer was no longer on the table.

I think that the reasons here are not as cut and dry as many want to think they are, flatten the curve was great but now what is the goal? It is undefined as far as I can tell and zero virus is never going to happen so then what? Do we trust the overall reporting on this pandemic? Are the numbers really where they say they are? How does this virus impact young people? How does that impact compare to other public heath issues such as flu, drunk driving or STD's? How do those numbers break down on an age basis? Who is really at risk and what is that danger when compared to other risks that we are exposed to on a day to day basis? I don't feel as though these questions are being addressed by the information brokers at large. There is no reason that after 6 months we don't have reliable statistics on the pandemic that break down who is most impacted and we can't work as a whole to create policies to protect the most vulnerable in a logical way while allowing those at lesser risk to continue without continuing to weaken the economy, and generating more unrest. The impact of this situation is much greater than just public health or sports. I work in Hospitality and I will also agree that when Dallas sports are winning the city is a better and more vibrant place to be and it thrives as a whole. I have been lucky and have been able to keep my job, being at work every day during this time and not hunkering down at home can be stressful and frightening at times, but millions more people are being impacted by outside forces generated from no fault of their own and the lack of people being able to think critically and work together to create thoughtful and logical solutions that don't include "stay the f home" is frustrating and potentially more detrimental than the virus itself to a great many of them. I miss sports more than I can put into words and I can't wait to be front and center at Apogee again or screaming like a banshee when Hamlet lobs one up to Big Zach when basketball returns. This experience is frustrating and I want to do my part to slow the spread, I just can't for the life of me figure out what comes next or how best to help the many problems that are being created. I am enjoying the recent uptick in Mean Green football content now that camp has started!

Working this season with Drummond, if he doesn't get a Pro chance, this would be the perfect move to become a grad assistant here next year.

I noticed that Mike Lawrence is a GA now.

If the fire dept fails to attend to the fire, says its a hoax, ignores the meteorologists about how it may spread, is ok with homeowners not taking any preventative measures, then are they not also partly to blame for its spread? No doubt China could have done a lot more here and they must be held accountable for hiding what they knew. But when other fire depts around the world aren't having as large of a problem as we are, maybe we need a new chief?