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Excited to see what Abou can do next year! 4 more years for him and he could really shine! The future.

With Munoz and Ortiz off this week, it may be a good moment to look at some of NTs other alumni again. First lets stay in the Americas, where -by my count- 3 NT alumni are teeing it up on the PGA Latinoamerica this week (third level of professional golf). That tour had many cancelled events because the VID is still strong in south America. Because of whether only half the players finished their 2nd round on friday. Rubio and Villasana will miss the cut, but Cazaubon is currently tied for 4th. Next lets go to Europe, and there is good news there on the second level of professional golf, the challenge tour. While Rosenmueller who plays regularly on that tour missed the cut. However Kristof Ulnaers is killing it on his first start there: leading the field by 4 shots after two rounds! Lets hope they don't pull a john Rahm on him). or those who wonder: that challenge tour tournament has a total purse of 200k Euros (240k$) He got that start after having so far a great season on the pro golf tour (third level,) where he finished in second last week and is currently 5th on the order of merit (which totals about 10k in winnings). Meanwhile Ian Snyman just keeps playing great on that Big easy tour in south Africa (third level I guess), and has made 4 top 20 results in a row and won a second one of those tournaments. Since that is a small tour I assume that is about 3k in winnings all together for him.

I realize, that most of us know that Munoz and Ortiz are succesful on the PGA tour. However I tried to look up who else is currently out there trying to make a go of it. I Found quite a few from the last few years, but am sure I am missing more. Currently I count at least three alumni who have profiles on the PGA Latinoamerica tour, where Cazaubon is currently 27th on points, Gonzalo Rubio is 55th and Villasano also has a profile. For those who forgot, Cazaubon actually managed to qualify for the last Olympics. Doesn't look like he will be able to repeat this as too many Mexicans have gotten good recently and Ortiz appears to have one of the two spots locked up. Thomas Rosenmueller won the Pro golf tour in 2020 (Third European tier, based in Germany) by winning three tournaments. I think this will allow him to move up to the challenge tour (the second tier of European golf, roughly equivalent to the Korn Ferry tour). He made about 28K in the process. He is now 375th in the Official World golf ranking (OWGR) Kristof Ulnaers is apparently also playing on the Pro golf tour (where he finished 49th in the order of Merrit in 2020). Ian Snyman has also broken into the world golf rankings top 1000, by winning a tournament on the "big easy tour " (i think that is an African tour) earlier this year. Cory Churchman appears to be 2nd on this years NTPGA Players Tour Points List and has recently also played once on the Korn Ferry tour (I assume through Monday qualifying) Andrew Hudson was apparently playing on the PGA tour China in 2019, don't know what happened since. I am sure I missed a number.

If Judy remains....CUSA will never move forward.

A couple offseason tweets the last couple days, showing the new team getting some early practices going. Rasheed Browne and Hameir Wright signings announced Practice shots. Not sure who that is with Thomas Bell. Abou looking ready for more workload this year

Thank you for these great, thorough updates. I didn't know about some of the guys. I knew about Carlos and Sebastian, of course....and knew of Cazaubon. I had hopes that Snyman and Churchman were on some tour. But I had no idea about the others. And thanks for the info on Cazaubon, Snyman, and Churchman. (and how they're doing on current tours). It will be really nice if either of our really good lady golfers...Lauren Cox or Audrey Tan....get a shot at the LPGA. I know Audrey is just a junior....and has one more year here. We had an alum on the LPGA for a year or two. A Swedish gal named Nina Reis. She never won....or even challenged....but she made the cut a few times. Thanks again for these updates....

•••I give it 6.5 to 7 stars out of 10. It started out slow but ended fast. Weatherford’s Pythian Home off Bankhead Highway was featured as the FW Masonic School. Mineral Wells Baker Hotel was used in the shooting as was other recognizable venue in the North Texas area. ••• Martin Sheen did a more than commendable acting job as Doc. •••Luke Wilson was good as Coach Rusty Russell. •••Treat Williams played the part of FW’s Amon Carter. Comedian Ron White, Robert Duval & Matthew McConaughey’s brother were also in the movie. “Newman!” from Jerry Seinfeld played a villainous role. •••Featured in the credits were the original Orphans with bios on each. 3 of them attended 🦅 North Texas. ••• I saw Weatherford acquaintance Congressman Roger Williams in a bit part as a referee. (How ironic that Roger Williams Dodge dealership was right next door to the theater I saw “12 Mighty Orphans.” https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/12mightyorphans/

https://moneywise.com/a/ch-c/worst-stadiums-in-college-football/p-11 Apogee comes in at number………

Don't shoot the messenger!

What a waste of time this article is. Apogee is awesome and looks like the Taj Mahal compared to the previous joint. Fouts was simply the worst college football stadium in the country, bar none. Not even close. But Apogee is the exact opposite of the old dump…

I'm sure that they will share; I was just pointing the talent that is available. The usage is up to Tommy Mainord. I have been pleased with Coach Mainord. He has developed several good receivers each year. I feel sure that he will give adequate playing time to the best receivers but he has enough depth to keep fresh legs when necessary.

Yeah... but the Goat never had a viable back-up while here... now we likely have two decent options. Aune numbers wise, was comparable to almost any QB in CUSA last year.

I am eager to see this movie, especially for the Pythian Home scenes. My late wife was a Home girl from the age of 8 until we married after her junior year at NTSU.

Believe that's Jamiah in the lower left.......so that answers the question of whether he would be back. With him....seems to me, that we still have one scholarship to give.

I'm not sure why this hasn't been done already, but the easy solution to all of this is for ND and BYU to join CUSA. Thoughts?

If I remember right, Derek is from Glen Rose. This gets him closer to home (~ 1/2 as far as it was from Sherman).

C-USA Baseball and and Mens soccer are some of the primary reasons C-USA is better than the sun belt....and NT isn't part of it.

Well I hope that is right because usually they look to screw the G5.

Then #FillIt GMG

Chili, cheese, fritos, onions, jalapenos...

That was a great football movie

Exactly. And every sport at every level except FBS football. I won't deny that this new proposed arrangement gives us a better chance than the 4-team playoff. But it's still strongly tilted away from us. And if we cave in on this, what is to stop the P5s from appealing to this precedent in the future, and say, "Not every conference in football gets an autobid....Why should every conference in basketball get an autobid?"?

It might make sense from a parity and competitiveness standpoint, but it makes no "cent$" for the P5.

I may be stupid, but if there are 10 conferences and you are going to allow 12 teams in the playoffs, wouldn't it make since to put all 10 conference champs in and then the next two highest rated teams that are not conference champs? That way, you are guaranteed five G5 schools. At least then a kid knows that if he goes G5, he has a chance to compete for the biggest prize in the game. May not get there, but at least you have the opportunity. Kind of like basketball.

*insert GIF of kid dancing on chair*

I certainly agree. But UNT can’t depend on Judy and CUSA. UNT needs to consistently be the best in CUSA. We need to win. In all sports so our name is in the forefront of CUSA. It should be a household name.

Deepest

Just looking ahead because we know everyone else will be jockeying for re-alignment position—again, that’s “everybody” else. And tired of UNT getting left at the re/alignment train station or having to see how SMU is going to have some say in our conference future. ❇️🦅❇️

adjusted.

I wonder if any of the 3 “Orphans” who went to North Texas tried out for the Eagles football team? ADLER, 2 of my local married couple friends saw it last night & they loved it, but probably (like me) more for its historical value & the fact that all 3 of us enjoyed seeing the Pythian Home locale getting to introduce itself to America. ••• It’s a football movie & outside of made-for-TV “Brian’s Song” that stigma will hurt box office appeal with most any American female. We all know Paramount’s “Necessary Roughness” shot at Fouts & Denton was never on anyone’s favorite sports movie list, but some of us enjoyed the eye candy.👀 ⭐️Your assessment will probably be that of many, but I enjoyed seeing old actors (like Martin Sheen) doing commendable jobs in this flick. Luke Wilson who played the great Rusty Russell probably did his best ever acting job in this movie, albeit he was “quirky” funny in “Death At A Funeral.” Although in very few scenes, Treat Williams was good as Amon Carter. ••• The first referee shown in this movie was none other than Weatherford Congressman Roger Williams (who once showed me his scars from the D.C. baseball practice shooting). Williams once applied for the TCU AD job & as a student was a total asset to TCU baseball. Heck! I still may go see it again just to see who & what I missed in the first showing. I will confess I almost got all choked up during some of the scenes. My daddy (at 10 mos. old) & his 9 siblings were basically orphans when their mom & dad died 1 day apart of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic in Limestone County. For certain “12” is not a summer blockbuster flick, but I was somewhat entertained; somewhat like Mean Green sports—it doesn’t take much for most of us to be entertained & to follow our favorite school’s sports teams but— if we get more no one is going to complain—except on GMG.com!🙄😆 🦅❇️🦅

If the top-six conference champions get in then BYU or Notre Dame join a conference or they will not get in through one of the 6 conference Championship slots. They can get into one of the other six at larges

If you really want to dig into this, you could make a case that this is simply about what the NFL needs. Brelan's speed at the college level was unreal, but when you're in the NFL.....everyone has speed. So they're gonna look for other things, like height, or whatever. I think it's that "twitch" that Jaelon has that give him that edge. The league has few WRs who can make that first guy mis in the middle of the field.

I know that we will still be screwed but I do believe that it will result in the G5s getting a little (probably should have been Italicized) more money and could be a foot in the door for more equalization or Baker and Littrell wouldn't have signed off on it.

Just wondering how the DL from UTEP (2nd Team CUSA) is ahead of Novil? https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2021/06/10/dctf-announces-2021-preseason-all-texas-college-teams?ref=related_title

I think you mean:

100% I don't see how he wins more than 4 games this year. Maybe 5 and that's a stretch. In year 6, he will have to have to have the coaching performance of his career this season to get back to a respectable record. I don't know why the lights would suddenly come on here in year 6 but I guess it's possible. If he wins 4-5 games and Wren lets him come back next year, then that's a bigger picture issue (one that will show that nothing has changed at NT) that will put the spot light squarely on our AD. Littrell will have 4 losing seasons here out of 6 and more than likely an overall losing conference record in the worst conference in football. I would say a safe bet would is he's gone after this year and best case for him, is an OC at a P5 next year.

I feel like Brelan had Jaelon-level talent. I’m not sure why he didn’t stick with the Chargers.

Those were some great DT highlights. Thanks for posting.

When the old timer traditionalists relinquish their power, there will be a happening that takes place in regards to Notre Dame. They will either be forced to full time join OR they will be left to the wayside. Either way, it's not far away. They're feeling somewhat pressure hence their decision to part-time associate themselves with the ACC a few years back. Eventually, their hand will be forced. Yuck. No. Will never happen. That type of "seat" isn't even afforded in non-football sports. We just need a seat. I mean, in the theory of fairness and equality, sure. That would be the logical things to do. But, it will not happen. A spot, MAYBE 2 spots at the very most will be set aside for "G5" universities. This will be somewhat accurate to what they do. Nevertheless, this is excellent news. This puts someone at the table to fight for a title.

Yeah. Just wait until your kids meet a partner on zoom. Get married in zoom. Adopt a gender fluid kid in zoom. Only to die (on zoom) learning their 108 year old haitian wife was greenjoe all along

I am a huge fan of this young man. Recruited as a WR, ended up being our best cover CB and is now back at WR. Underrated and is going to produce this year.

This has to be priority 1.

If he couldn't get a majority vote by the CUSA Presidents to fire Judy then all of them must have their heads in the sand.

good First Act should be to throw Judy out on her ass and get the Conference moving in the right direction

1. Jones 2. Drez 3. Bell 4. Wright 5. Abou

It's funny how your memory can play tricks on you.....I was only about 10 at the time, but I distinctly remember listening to that 1968 Arkansas game....and what I remember most is a play where Ramsey passed to Shanklin in the end zone, and Shanklin went to his knees and made the catch for what would have been a TD....but the SWC refs called it incomplete (a trap)....and Bill Mercer went crazy on the radio about what a terrible call it was and how NT should have won the game.......does this ring a bell with anyone or am I remembering something that never happened? I hope I'm right because I've told this story many times.....