Harry

Check higher up in the thread. It was on a Rivals Site I believe.

http://footballrumormill.com/Scoop.htm Here are the highlights that may or may not pertain to us: LSU OC Jimbo Fisher has emerged as a serious candidate at Cincinnati, NC State and North Texas. and Rumors in Nebraska have Huskers defensive line coach John Blake, the former OU head coach, possibly headed to North Carolina to join new coach Butch Davis' staff. Blake declined interviews Tuesday night. But Nebraska coach Bill Callahan said Tuesday he didn't think Blake had been in discussions about other jobs. "Not to my knowledge," Callahan said.

Now that's an intriguing one... the guy is an unbelievable recruiter that part is true. He could be an assistant just about anywhere in the country but I imagine he would like to be a HC again at some point.

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/...1.3eb9158f.html Georgia Tech's Modkins interested in UNT job UTEP's Price has not been contacted 06:37 PM CST on Thursday, November 30, 2006 By Brett Vito/Staff Writer Georgia Tech running backs coach Curtis Modkins expressed interest in North Texas' opening for a head coach on Thursday. Modkins played at TCU and was an assistant coach at the school from 1995-97. UNT athletic director Rick Villarreal was the director of football operations and was also an assistant athletic director at TCU over the same three years. Modkins is in his fifth year at Georgia Tech and his fourth as running backs coach. He has yet to be contacted by UNT, but said he would be interested in talking about the job after Georgia Tech's season. UNT is looking for a replacement for Darrell Dickey, who was fired in the middle of his ninth season with the Mean Green. Briefly … UTEP offensive coordinator Eric Price said Thursday that he is still interested in UNT's opening for a head coach but has yet to be contacted by the school. Midwestern State head coach Bill Maskill also expressed interest in the job but has not heard from UNT. BRETT VITO can be reached at 940-566-6870. His e-mail address is bvito@dentonrc.com.

A Memorial Mustang is ok in my book!

Jimbo Fisher would be a huge coup for us but I'm not sure we can afford him. At a place like LSU he probably makes 350K+ as an assistant!

Yeah I've had better topic descriptions that for sure

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http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/...ivan_pat00.html Pat Sullivan joined the UAB coaching staff in January 1999 and serves as the Blazers' assistant head coach while working with the running backs. Since joining the staff, Sullivan has also spent much of his time at UAB working with the quarterbacks. Under Sullivan`s tutelage, quarterback Darrell Hackney became one of the most prolific signal-callers in Conference USA history, finishing his career last season with 9,886 career passing yards and 71 touchdown passes. Prior to joining the staff at UAB, Sullivan was the head coach at TCU for six years (1992-97), posting a record of 24-42-1. Sullivan led TCU to a 7-5 record in 1994, including a berth in the Independence Bowl; a year later, he led TCU to a 6-5 mark. He earned the Top Newcomer Award by American Football Quarterly in 1995 for the progress the TCU program achieved during his first three years, going from a 2-8-1 mark in 1992 to a 7-5 finish and postseason bowl game in 1994. Sullivan was named the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1994 as well. Prior to serving as head coach at TCU, Sullivan spent six years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Auburn University. During that span under head coach Pat Dye, Sullivan worked with the Auburn quarterbacks, including three of the top passers in Auburn history: Jeff Burger (1986-87), Reggie Slack (1986-89) and Stan White (1990-92). The Tigers posted a record of 52-16-3 in those six seasons, winning three Southeastern Conference championships and making five post-season bowl appearances. A native of Birmingham, Sullivan was a three-year starter at Auburn, in becoming one of the most prolific quarterbacks in SEC history. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1971, becoming the first college player from the state of Alabama ever to win the award. Sullivan continues to rank as one of the top passers in Auburn history, as he led the Tigers to a 26-7 record during his career, including three postseason bowl appearances; he was twice named SEC Player of the Year (1970 and 1971) and was a consensus All-American in each of those years. Sullivan was named Most Valuable Player of the 1970 Gator Bowl, as well as the 1971 Sugar Bowl and the 1972 Senior Bowl. Following his senior season, he participated in the College All-Star Classic, leading the collegians vs. the Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys. Sullivan earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from Auburn in 1972. He was named as an Academic All-American in 1972. After his collegiate career, Sullivan played professional football for five seasons, including four with the Atlanta Falcons (1972-76) and one with the Washington Redskins (1976-77). After his professional career, Sullivan was in private business before joining the staff at Auburn in 1986. Sullivan is a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame, the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame, the Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame, and the Gator Bowl Hall of Fame. Sullivan and his wife, Jean, reside in Birmingham. They have three children -- daughter Kim and twins Kelly and Patrick; and six grandchildren, Alex, Jay, Mallory, Joseph, Taylor and Lucy.

Just FYI. I checked the webalizer stats today and in the month of November and we had 4,115,670 page hits. November was only surpassed by last September when we had 4,346,885 page hits. "Hits" represent the total number of requests made to the server during the given time period (month, day, hour etc..). Also for the month of November (2006) we had 1,794,638 file hits. "Files" represent the total number of hits (requests) that actually resulted in something being sent back to the user. Not all hits will send data, such as 404-Not Found requests and requests for pages that are already in the browsers cache. We also had 78,433 new user visits in November. Visits occur when some remote site makes a request for a page on your server for the first time. As long as the same site keeps making requests within a given timeout period, they will all be considered part of the same Visit. If the site makes a request to your server, and the length of time since the last request is greater than the specified timeout period (default is 30 minutes), a new Visit is started and counted, and the sequence repeats. Since only pages will trigger a visit, remotes sites that link to graphic and other non- page URLs will not be counted in the visit totals, reducing the number of false visits. I continue to be amazed at the traffic on this site! Keep it up! GMG!

Great to hear from you Mitch. We were all sad to hear of Zeke's passing. Hope all is well with you and your family.

http://insidehighschoolfootball.com/(X(1)S...CookieSupport=1 If you could establish a pipeline to just these two programs in your backyard you could do a lot of special things!

Smitty those logos looked awesome. I would like to incorporate some of them into this site in fact if you would allow it. JPerg - awesome page buddy. I love what you did with that schedule. Are you updating it for next year? If so I will permanently link to it!

Whether or not we hire Chambers or not, I am pleased that we contacted a former letterman and alum who has been successful as a coach at the highest level of college football. We haven't always treated our alums as well as we should have and RV deserves a lot of credit for reaching out and making them feel at home again at NT. Think about this, we could probably fill up 1/4 of the stadium with former lettermen! They are a tremendous asset that we need to develop!

Too early for UNT to start narrowing down search for coach By TROY PHILLIPS Star-Telegram Staff Writer North Texas remains in the process of identifying potential candidates to fill its soon-to-be vacant job of head football coach. Athletic director Rick Villarreal said Monday that response to the UNT job has been good, and that "a number of inquiries" are arriving daily. "There's stuff in my office I haven't picked up yet," Villarreal said. "We're gathering information on those people interested in us, and those we're interested in. Once we've done that, we'll evaluate our options." No timetable is set for interviews, but Villarreal wants to get going as soon as possible with recruiting season under way. UNT, which started the season 2-7, fired coach Darrell Dickey Wednesday, effective at the end of the season. The Mean Green won at Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday to go to 3-7. On Monday, Texas Tech co-offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes, believed to be someone UNT could target, said he has not heard from UNT. Dykes, a final-three candidate last year for the Rice job, removed his name from consideration before Tech's game against Alabama in the AT&T Cotton Bowl. Dykes did so after waiting at least a week to hear from Rice officials on their decision. Dykes, 37, said he's happy at Tech but still wants to become a head coach at some point. He added that UNT's location and recruiting base in Dallas-Fort Worth makes the job desirable, but with any job opening comes questions. "They have to play a couple of money games every year, but you don't want to play four or five," Dykes said of the "guarantee" games UNT plays against teams such as Texas or Oklahoma. "You have to find out how much control you have over the schedule. From the outside, it might be a pretty good opportunity for somebody." Dykes said he has "heard talk" about UNT wanting to ramp up its commitment to football, in addition to the recent construction of the school's $8 million athletic complex/dormitories and practice fields. "The worst things is to go somewhere and have no opportunity to win," Dykes said, speaking in generalities. "That doesn't get you anywhere. You want to make sure you have a chance to put a stamp on the program." TCU offensive coordinator Mike Schultz and Carroll High School coach Todd Dodge remain two potential targets for Villarreal. Schultz, 48, also a Rice finalist last year, has had no comment on the UNT job. Dodge, 43, is a former UNT assistant (1992-93) and oversees one of the state's most explosive high school offenses at 552.2 yards per game. Carroll is favored to win its fourth state title in five years. Dodge has coached his son, Riley, at quarterback for the past two seasons. Riley will be a senior next year, but Todd Dodge said that wouldn't keep him from leaving Carroll for the right college opportunity.

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Jeff Andrews: Despite last two years, Dickey was nice to me 11:37 PM CST on Saturday, November 11, 2006 Jeff Andrews My first encounter with soon-to-be former North Texas head football coach Darrell Dickey didn’t go very smoothly. Fresh out of the music department, I was a rookie news reporter for the North Texas Daily, UNT’s student newspaper, who had a single journalism class under my belt, and my managing editor sent me to football practice to get a quote from Dickey about the possibility of disciplinary action against a player who was involved in an altercation off the field. Completely oblivious to how media went about getting quotes from coaches -- just like my managing editor -- I barged onto the field after Dickey dismissed afternoon practice. “Coach, I’m with the Daily. Is there going to be disciplinary action against this player?” I asked him. Obviously dejected at my blatant but unintentional disregard for media boundaries, Dickey gave me a one-sentence response without making eye contact with me and walked off. Apparently I was supposed to check with North Texas sports information director Eric Capper before talking to Dickey. Apparently the Daily ’s sports department took it on the chin because of the incident. Yikes. Talk about a bad start. But the following fall I covered the 2004 edition of the Mean Green for the Daily when freshman running back Jamario Thomas rescued the team in guiding it to a fourth consecutive Sun Belt title -- and my reporting practices caused far less commotion. As a member of the professional media, you don’t want to get emotionally involved in the teams you cover, but as a member of the student media covering your alma mater’s football team, that becomes a little more difficult. So when Thomas’ first carry as a starter went for a 54-yard touchdown against Colorado, I was cheering more than covering. And when the team endured an ugly 0-4 start, my student media colleagues and I were certainly rooting for Dickey to get the season turned around. And I came to appreciate all the Dickey-isms, those quirks that all coaches have, including the way every sentence seemingly started with “There’s no question,” and the staunch, robotic voice with a slight country accent he used to describe every Sun Belt opponent as a “much-improved football team.” Dickey was gracious in accepting all my short-sighted, generic questions, despite the fact that I was a jittery, long-haired, unshaven first-timer. “I’ve never seen a reporter that could recognize a 3-4 defense before,” he told me during one of the first times I interviewed him -- an interview in which I was probably noticeably nervous. “You really know your football.” Brett Vito, you can’t recognize a 3-4 defense? He never made the connection between me and the kid who barged onto his field to ask an awkward question on a sensitive subject, or if he did, he didn’t care. And he even gave me a compliment after one of the UNT media luncheons. I wrote a column defending Dickey and Thomas after an opposing coach said Dickey’s offensive style is to play not to lose and that UNT only landed Thomas because he couldn’t get into bigger schools. “Hey,” he said firmly after the barrage of questions ceased, staring right at me. Of course, I was bracing for some sort of onslaught in front of the dozens of student and professional media types from around the Metroplex who attend the luncheons. “I appreciate the column. I liked it. Right on the money. You said it, I can’t.” Thanks, coach. You made walking to my reporting public affairs class a little easier, and I was king among my fellow student media, including those dorky radio kids who make conversation in Rick Renner voices. Now as I reflect on Dickey’s firing, I don’t feel the usual sports writer urges to analyze whether it was the right move or what UNT should do now, but I remember the D-I coach of my alma mater who was nice to me as I was insecurely trying to launch a career in sports media. Good luck, coach. Thanks for the championships, and for giving me an excuse to go to New Orleans four times while I was in college. JEFF ANDREWS can be reached at 940-566-6873. His e-mail address is jandrews@dentonrc.com.

Not a bad thought.

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Nice work Zeke. I have found that if you ask people nicely they will typically update our logos.

I am happy for Bennett. He got us a series with SMU when everyone else at SMU said he was crazy. Our win against them almost cost him his job. He seems like a good coach and good man.

Just kidding of course. Austin Talon where you be man? Austin Talon, paging Austin Talon...

Austin Talon switched his allegiences over to UT after the La. Tech fiasco. He doesn't post on the board anymore. He posts over on the Texas rivals board now.

SMU sticking with Bennett 02:27 PM CST on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 By KATE HAIROPOULOS / The Dallas Morning News Phil Bennett will remain SMU's football coach. Athletic director Steve Orsini confirmed Bennett's return in a university statement Tuesday. "Coach Bennett has exhibited the leadership traits necessary to put us in a good position to reach our goals," Orsini said in the statement. "While we did not succeed to the levels we had hoped this season, we continue to make progress. We will return SMU football to national prominence." Bennett is 17-41 in five seasons at SMU. He led the Mustangs to their best record since 1997 this season, but 6-6 was not good enough to earn a bowl bid. Bennett said at the start of the season that fans should expect a bowl. Orsini, in his first year at SMU, agreed. The two spent several hours discussing the direction of the program during the last two days. "As the head coach, I evaluate the program at the end of every season," Bennett said in the statement. "It is a comprehensive assessment of where we are – what we did well and what we need to improve. "We'll look at all aspects of the program. We have a great nucleus coming back and I am confident that we will again be competing for a conference championship in November. "It's my charge now to determine what final steps we need to take to reach the goals for the SMU football program." Bennett signed a one-year contract extension in January that runs through 2009. E-mail khairopoulos@dallasnews.

Sweet. I am changing from Dish to Direct TV tomorrow afternoon so I should be able to watch the entire game. My move to Direct TV is already paying dividends!