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  1. "The Grand Old Man of Football" Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965)

    Stagg was a member of the first "All American Team" in 1889 when he played at Yale. He then coached from 1890 to 1946 at the University of Chicago and the University of the Pacific and won the 1905 and 1913 National Championships. He designed much of the game of football during his career.

    Five-For-Five: NT Rallies For Win Over Legendary Coach - University of  North Texas Athletics

    Amos Alonzo Stagg with North Texas coach Odus Mitchell the night before the 1946 Optimist Bowl. The bowl game, a 14-13 loss to North Texas, was the final game of Stagg's legendary college football coaching career.

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  2. On 4/4/2024 at 1:23 PM, Mean Green 93-98 said:

    The Big 12 already turned down Louisville.  What makes you think they'd go after Pitt?

    That would have been back when the Big XII was UT, OU, and the nameless dwarfs. The Big XII didn't need additional viewers and nobody wanted more divisions to the pie.

    As per the video, ESPN will not want to fund a severely depleted AAC at its current value and has essentially an escape clause if the ACC drops below 15 members for even a tiny amount of time. 

    ESPN is partners with the Big XII and would consider the Louisville and Pitt viewership to be incredibly valuable. And... the seven ACC schools fighting to leave the conference prior to June 30 (Magnificent 7) will need will need at least one more escapee to join them to dissolve the conference.

     

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  3. On 3/28/2024 at 9:14 AM, drex said:

    Just another passenger on the SMU train that is travelling at 800 mph only to hit a brick wall in two years.

    True. Andy had an incredibly mediocre record in 11 years vs Pac12 competition and it was very obvious that his 2024-2025 squad would be challenged to even be competitive in the BIG10. He realized that he'd surely be terminated after another lackluster season. Instead of working to keep his job he cowardly jumped in the first lifeboat available.

    He had previously coached at USC and was headed for the BIG 10. Now he'll be coaching at our prissy little sister school as it becomes the sad wheelless caboose dragging behind the ACC Train while the engines and lead cars all start uncoupling to escape elsewhere.

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  4. Duke has to keep its options open.

    The ACC is toast if the projected defections happen. Seven current ACC members; Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina, Miami, NC State, Virginia, and Virginia Tech are exploring options with Florida State and Clemson already suing to escape.

    On the other side The Big Ten wants Notre Dame and has already annexed about every single Irish rival except Stanford. They are now in perfect position to take both.

    Virginia and North Carolina are the top prizes bolting from the ACC because of their media value and are highly desired by both the Big Ten and the SEC.

    There will be a mass exodus of remaining schools applying for Big 12 membership if Stanford, Notre Dame, Virginia, and North Carolina all accept their forecasted P2 invitations.

    This will leave Boston College and Wake Forest with the Washington State/Oregon State dilemma; owning a legendary conference name but without any media contracts, and Cal and SMU relegated to the discard table again.

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  5. On 3/23/2024 at 9:40 PM, meangreenfaninno said:

    I agree.  But on the other hand it is just a microcosm of society.

    Society has been pressured since 2020 to make a lot of incredibly stupid decisions.

    *** and there's at least 6 people on this board that love the stupid decisions agenda ***

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  6. 2 minutes ago, Andrew said:

    He already showed who he was running tail out of town then ending up in the NIT and losing before UNT. It’s all about me me me….

    So, you're saying that if somebody offered you a quarter million dollars to cheer for Oklahoma this year instead of North Texas that you would turn it down? If you, a dedicated supporter can be bought, then how can you expect a player to not take advantage of that offer.

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  7. 19 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

    Hired gun?  Bigger stage?  Did KSU get more coverage this year than we did last year?  I know Big XII, but I don’t recall them being on television much. 

    I'd love for every star player to stay at North Texas for the remainder of their college eligibility, but... I also want what's best for our players. If a player receives an extremely lucrative offer to play elsewhere I fully encourage him/her to transfer and accept it. Perry did EVERYTHING he could do for this program while he was here and only left when KSU reportedly offered him a quarter million dollars. That's pretty serious money for most college students.

    We just need to build our fan base to the point where we can afford to retain that type of player.

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  8. 3 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

    I’ll drink to that.

    This was an outstanding season and I can't believe that North Texas basketball fans are complaining about losing in the second round of the NIT, on the road to a very good Seton Hall team, with a team that lost its coach and most of its starters to graduation and the transfer portal.

    We've been spoiled as very, very few teams win as consistently as our does. The teams are doing their part.

    Our challenge now is to build up the fan base so that we can afford to retain productive players. That means selling tickets, marketing the program, and promoting the hell out of our branding.

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  9. 1 hour ago, Green Otaku said:

    The frustrating thing about today wasn't the loss, but not doing the simple things like making layups and timing our rebounds right. Too many times we seemed out of control and trying hard, but not playing smart. We really need to clean that kind of thing up because it's putting unneeded pressure on the team.

    Some days you eat the bear, and some days the bear eats you. All our guys can hit layups and free throws. Today they just didn't fall while we were playing against a very good team in a loud hostile environment.

    Basketball Gods, please grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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