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I was looking for some new gear for the game tomorrow (they have a great selection). There was a family next to me in the UNT section. The older gentleman asked me, “Are you North Texas?” I said, “Yessir.” His daughters proudly told me, “He’s going to the game.” I got the impression it was his first game in a while. We then discussed our graduation years (1969 and 2005) and then the Joe Green/Big Ben wager. It was just cool to have that connection with strangers, you know? Hoping we can bring home a win tomorrow. GMG!

Top 5 reasons San Antonio junior college lost: 5) Sincere McCormick didn’t play. Apparently someone told him North Texas was playing in Frisco, he got nervous, and he decided to “sit out” 4) Several of their players were retaking the SAT to try to get a qualifying college admissions score 3) The pre-game meal had original instead of extra crispy in the box 2) The stadium sprinklers came on the day before the game, one of their coaches saw it and mentioned it to Frank Harris, and he couldn’t overcome his water phobia 1) They were overrated the entire year

These announcers keep going on and on about UTSA. I wonder when they’re going to mention that they are allergic to water and couldn’t stop North Texas’ running game.

I think it is more special. We beat them with their whole team intact. SDSU beat them with no Sincere McCormick and a few other players out. We can talk about the weather all we want, but we played in the same weather. Good teams find a way to get it done and they did not even come close to getting it done against us.

I thought the 12th man concept was that students in the stands volunteer to play. Isn't that why they stand the whole game, ready to enter on short notice? This proves the 12th man is no longer valid and any further claims to its existence are null and void.

Please people, stop engaging with University of Phoenix GI Joe

Win a bowl game then talk. Better yet, actually beat us then talk

It was December 21, 1946 I stopped by Coach Mitchell's grave in Denton this week It was beyond comical how the 1946 football season started for North Texas. The football program had been cancelled at North Texas State during World War II. The was no equipment and there were no facilities. North Texas had hired a new coach to rebuild the program but he never reported to campus and he called to say that he had taken another job just two weeks before the fall semester started. Former Athletic Director Theron Fouts had been instrumental in the creation of the new Lone Star Conference and now his own school was not even going to be fielding a team. A call went out to Odus Mitchell, football coach at Marshall High School in the tiny east piney woods town of Marshall, Texas. Mitchell had studied the game and it's great innovators, and was having a very successful career coaching at Marshall. His 1944 team, with a side throwing kid at quarterback named Y.A. Tittle, had just made the Texas football quarterfinals. Coach Mitchell must have been crazy because he boldly jumped at the opportunity. He was then told "you have no team, you have no equipment or facilities, you have no time to recruit players so you'll have to draw from current students on campus, and, you play at Texas A&M in College Station in 11 days." Nothing daunted Coach Mitchell and he enthusiastically accepted the challenge. In a 1982 interview, Mitchell recalled the whirlwind start to the 1946 season. "It was nearly time for the season to start," he said. "I hadn't done any recruiting or anything, and I hadn't had an experience with recruiting. I got initiated like heck the first game." Texas A&M trounced North Texas in Mitchell's first game at the helm, 47-0. But things turned around quickly. Mitchell got his first collegiate victory the next game with a 14-0 win over Austin College. Two weeks later, the squad beat Fort Sam Houston. Three wins later, North Texas was geared up for a showdown for the Lone Star Conference Championship with rival East Texas State, now known as Texas A&M-Commerce. North Texas exploded for a 47-7 victory and was headed to its first bowl game in program history. Mitchell was set to square off with legendary coach Amos Alonzo Stagg's College of the Pacific Tigers in the 1946 Optimist Bowl. First year North Texas coach Odus Mitchell with Pacific coach Amos Alonzo Stagg the night preceding the bowl game 1946 Optimist Bowl Public School Stadium, site of the 1946 Optimist Bowl, later to be renamed Robertson Stadium The game was scoreless through the first quarter, but NT got on the board in the second when Ned McNeil intercepted a Pacific pass and ran it 58 yards back for a touchdown. Pacific tied the game in the third on a five-yard touchdown pass following a fumble recovery deep in North Texas territory. The Tiger broke the tie late in the fourth quarter on a 22-yard touchdown pass, but a key miss on the extra point gave North Texas some life. NT then drove down the field to give the school its first ever bowl victory. The drive began with a long kickoff return, a 20-yard gain through the air, a lengthy quarterback run and a couple Tigers penalties, making it first-and-goal from the Pacific nine-yard line. After three failed pass attempts, North Texas was down to its last chance. NT hall of fame running back Billy Dinkle, who frequently took snaps at quarterback for the 1946 squad, stayed back and threw a pass to wide receiver Louis Rienzi in the end zone to tie the game. Dinkle, also the kicker, then won the game himself by putting the extra point through the uprights with only seconds left, giving North Texas the 14-13 lead and victory. Legendary Coach Stagg prepares to shake hands with victorious North Texas Coach Odus Mitchell as he watches the final seconds tick on the game clock Mitchell went on to win an incredible 122 games at North Texas, took the team to 14 winning seasons and led the school's efforts in integrating the team in 1956, making it the first team in Texas to allow African-American students to play college football as he instituted a policy allowing "any African American students who showed interest in the football team to be given a fair chance" while he was the head coach at North Texas. He extended a scholarship offer to incoming African-American freshmen Abner Haynes and Leon King in 1956, promoting them to the varsity squad in 1957. Haynes and King both made their varsity debuts on September 21, 1957, becoming the first African-Americans to play major college football in Texas. In the summer of 1965, he also recruited future National Football League Hall of Famer Mean Joe Greene from Temple, Texas. The ferocious Greene-led defense allowed an average of less than two yards per carry in 1966, Mitchell's final season at North Texas, earning the team the nickname "Mean Green," which stuck and is now the official mascot of the university to this day. In that 1966 season, North Texas went 8–2, which helped earn him National Coach of the Year honors. In 1986, he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Mitchell retired in 1966 and was selected for the North Texas Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 1981 and the Optimist Bowl-winning team boasted several other hall of famers as well including Dinkle, tackles Felton Whitlow and Dick Lindsay, defensive linemen Jim Cooper and Jim Eagle and starting quarterback Fred McCain. North Texas HOF Center Jim Eagle's varsity blanket. Mitchell, now a member of the Texas Hall of Fame, took North Texas to the Salad Bowl the very next season, but nothing could compare to the scrappy 1946 team that rallied around him and won the Optimist Bowl in his first season. We are now heading into our 13th Bowl Game this Thursday in the Frisco Classic *** and in an odd side note*** ... that high school quarterback that he started despite the sidearm-throwing-hitch went on to play at LSU. He got moved to running back because of his throwing style, but was then pulled back to QB due to personnel shortage. Tittle then played 17 years in the NFL, and still holds the NY Giants record for most touchdowns in a season, and only retired when he said "I think it's a hint to retire when your backup quarterback is dating your daughter." (That's a hint to Aune, keep playing) Almost all of the notes in this post are compiled from other people's notes and stories. If you feel like thanking somebody, please thank Randy Cummings, for he compiled all of Coach Odus Mitchell's recorded memoirs into a compilation for the Willis Library back in the 1980's. For those of you that don't know him, Randy is the tall white haired guy wearing a referee jersey at the sidecourt table at every North Texas men's basketball game. He's had a lifetime of selfless devotion to our sports programs, please stop by and tell him "thank you". .

Or give the kids a little respect that bust their tail to make sure they represent our University. Those names plates aren't that expensive and give the kids family and kid a sense of pride.

I didn't get a chance to see the bowl game last night, UTSAMarineVet09. Can you catch us up on how it went?

It would be nice to be responsible for their only L. But regardless who the opponent is or what conference they are in, I root for UTSA to lose… ALWAYS. Personally, I see this as a win-win situation. They win the bowl, and we were their only loss in the season. They lose, and they still suck. 🤷‍♂️

I agree. I want to forever be the single L in that column that ruined their national championship season by 3TDs.

I stole this topic from @PlummMeanGreen but did anyone see Traylor hat last night with the THSCA on it? Stands for Texas High School Coaches assoc. I believe. Anyway, is it just me or is this guy the Garth Brooks of coaching? I mean we get it that you think you are gods gift to coaches and all but damn man could you give it a break with all the gimmicks like Triangle of Trust and just coach your damn team? This guy is the biggest used car salesman I have ever seen.

Not all exactly true. What RV didn't know was that Mattress Mac's people had made arrangements with one of RV's people to have a limo pick this very important donor up at the airport. RV's person failed in her responsibility. Mac was left standing waiting outside the airport and eventually took a cab from the airport to the reception hall downtown, getting there very late and very upset. RV never claimed to be a genius but he was one hard working son-of-a-gun. We are much better off for having had him at North Texas. We probably wouldn't have football today if we'd hired somebody like his three predecessors; Sloan, McDuffy, or Helwig.

The fact that this jackoff comes here to post the day after his school got their ass whooped on national TV... Says all we need to know about all their insecure fans. Take your L and move along you petulant child.

I’d kind of like to see UTSA win to make our win over them that much more special. Am I wrong? I also struggle rooting against our conference in non-conference games.

This is why I had to stop buying big game tickets through them. They often charge more, and you get worse seats, than just going to the event site.

I think we win, but I also think people are underestimating the level of play in the MAC.

Sneak past Miami(Ohio)? I expect NT to roll over Miami(Ohio)!

thanks for promoting a UNT-led business.

Really? Is that all you got? 1:07 ... 98 yards ...

Speak American...

More empty seats than I thought there would be, but then again the San Antonio city busses probably don't run all the way to Frisco.

Nah they actually charged less since there were no “service fees”. And our athletic program gets a cut of the prices.

Has anything been posted? Personally I like these:

Thankfully the omicron strain is looking to come and go quickly in South Africa - even without vaccination rates like we have here. New York is seeing a big surge, but without the level of destruction as two years ago, still way worse than the flu or "just a cold." You know - this is how communicable diseases work. The disease is not out to kill you, it wants to keep you alive and continue to thrive. You die, it dies. Over time the variants tend to get more communicable and less deadly. Hopefully Omicron is just the step in that evolution to making just just a "common cold" and it can be treated that way. If people are playing a bit close to the vest with Omicron and be cautious, that is good. If/when this does end up being a not-as-lethal variant (unlike Delta), that doesn't mean the WHOLE ordeal was in error. If the logical fallacy of a mask not protecting 100% against spread, so therefore masks are useless. Or the vaccine isn't 100% effective, so it means it is useless. However, on the note of "people with active communicable diseases" playing a football game - I think it is common sense that even with a cold you shouldn't be "playing." You shouldn't even go into the office to work. This isn't rocket science. Until then, how about you leave your (personal) opinions out of it and let the people who run this stuff run the show? I mean, it is a free market, right? You think A$M wants to lose money and not play?

Much like DD wearing the Gallery Furniture cap back in the day.

Congratulations on your first ever in the history of ever ever conference championship

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/11/27/no-15-utsas-perfect-season-ends-in-blowout-at-north-texas/?outputType=amp

UTSA loses. I know it has benefits for them to win but it makes me laugh. Especially if we win we can laugh that we won in Frisco and sold out with no chicken buckets.

Team just needs to make sure they wear the right boots for the pitch condition.

Sec 126, row 21, seats 10 & 11...see you there GMG

i requested a top row ticket....we think alike....of course, i haven received mine yet. called, lady said they are having issues and have to hand assign/send all tickets...no idea....dont care...iĺl be there

I think they look great! Get the win. GMG!

You lose your perfect season to us, then get your ass beat by San Diego State, the best team you played all year...and you immediately run over here to post about winning CUSA, the worst conference in FBS by miles. If anyone ever thinks we aren't their Super Bowl, this is your proof. We are in their minds at all times. Its so strange to see anyone care about our program the way they do. So funny, those cute little birds...

Yeah Rowdy Talk disrespects us constantly. Bunch of chumps.

I was at the game last night and that is an accurate number. SDSU brought their band, dance team, and cheerleaders as did UTSA. The Roadrunners had handful of starters who opted out in order to prepare for NFL draft, including their stud running back. Both teams seemed undisciplined, especially the Aztecs. There were over 20 penalties , at least half of them personal fouls. A parking tip. Jake's Burgers is directly across from Toyota Stadium on Main street. Adjacent to it on the East side is a large parking lot for both restaurants and apartments with plenty of space. If it is full one block South is Cinamark theater, which has a ton of parking space behind it. We got there at 5:00, couldn't get in Jake's, at at Mexican restaurant next door with an hour wait. There are a number of dinning choices on the East service road of DNT and Main Street Northbound . In addition both East and West bound on Main Street a few blocks from the stadium offer dinning choices. However,to my knowledge , down town Frisco,only has Jake's, a Mexican restaurant, Italian restaurant[ where food is good but small venue,] and a Sushi bar.

No it’s very sad how you guys were such a fraud this season and how you hit your asses beat last night on national TV. Way to represent the AAC.

Great opportunity for green vs. red right before Christmas. I fear black pants with grey tops. I hope we never see the grey helmets again.

Cog or motor, you don't change something that appears to be working very well. If we blow out Miami, there is reason to believe we can win 7-8 games next year. Even more if we figure out QB play. If it is close, or we get blown out, red flags are up again and the leash in 2022 is very short. I would be okay in this scenario if Baker fires him after this kind of bowl loss. I wanted him fired when we were 1-6. At that point, I would have agreed he should have been fired. But here we are. The winning streak just saved his job, and gives me hope for 2022.

SDSU really starting to pour it on the Juco now. The community college hasn't done anything since the first quarter

Thanks, ADLER! Great photos, too. 🦅

Thought is was BS. We know you want the be the High School Coaches' "buddy" but support your own damn team on the sideline. He seems to be the gimmick master (also not a fan of the 210 on the helmets)