eagle37

I hope you dont renew your seaon tickets for next year. While you are at it, also delete yourself from this board with no more comments. You have no understanding of what it takes to play, much less coach in an hostile environment that some people on this board are apparently setting up. You think that a coach that comes in here can just flip a switch and the team starts winning? Winning is not just physical it is mental. A team that has been beaten down and taken their licks the past few years with losing scholarships, athletes quitting and players going after coaches in the media is not going to suddenly walk onto the the field and start winning. You have no idea, none, about what it takes! I would rather have 5,000 screaming fans in the stands that are passionate about this program than 20,000 fans and 15,000 of them come and leave before the first half is over and then get on this board and trash the program. So, to you and all of the other people on this board that thinks that Dodge should have been let go this year, I will ask that you not renew your season tickets, don't come on campus and burn all of your UNT gear. I don't need the negative talk, the team doesn't need it, nor the coaches. You're either on board 100% or not. For me there is no jumping on the band wagon when they win and jump off when they lose and wait to see what happens next.

I dont think that Clayton is on the block. He is out on the road recruiting. At least that is what the football secetary said today.

It was more of a 3-4 than anything. When Finklea was annouced as DC he changed to this defense. In 1988 we had two undersize, but very fast DE's that could cover and we used them to cover from the strong side depending on coverage. This was the second year that Nelson Barnes was gone and Finklea coached the DL and I was a graduate assistant that coached DL. Speaking of DL. I understand that we are in search of one. Nelson Barnes is sitting at home in Stillwater waiting on someone to call.

The tickets are not avaliable anymore.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the homecoming game this weekend . If anyone is interested I have four (4) tickets avaliable on the 30 yard line. If you are interested, please email me at jeff.cantrell@freemanco.com. First come, first gone.

We were there as well. Words cant explain the tailgating parties. LSU fans are professional partiers. The stadium was very intimidating from where we sat (6th row). We sat in front of Stanley Roberts and his friends and talked most of the first half. There were some recent grads from UNT in front of us, but most of us I realized were scattered between the 30's on the 6th rows. I am proud of the team. They really showed some spark in the first half, so much so that one possession of LSU's they went 3 and out and the crowd started to boo. I think that our offensive line played well, especially in the 1st half and gave Vizza some very good time to throw and find receivers that were open. The defense was okay, but we were definitely out manned on the defensive side. We started to blitz and run some stunts in the second half and put a little pressure on the quarterback, but LSU's overall team speed was just too much. Our special team coverage was terrible. It seemed like they had at least 20-30 yard returns on every punt and kick-off and ran a punt back. We also shot ourselves in the foot with dumb personal fouls and hurt ourselves. I would have liked to seen a little more aggressiveness in some situations where we could and should have gone for the fourth down and also some punt blocking opportunities. I think by playing a team like LSU we let our ca-hones hang and go for it when we have the chance. I keep seeing improvement in this team over the last three weeks. By being that close to the team during the game I was watching the bench when the offense and defense came off of the field. I saw that everyone was talking and seemed to continue to encourage each other along with the coaches. It was a good feeling to know that they all want to win and still have a good attitude as a whole. I was impressed overall with the teams effort and attitude of the coaches and players. I admit at the start of the season I drank too much koolaid and thought we would be .500 this season. Realistically I would be happy if we can get 3-4 wins. I was talking to another UNT fan at the game and we were discussing the amount of freshmen and sophomores on this team. It is encouraging that we have such a young team and know that over time this will become a more solid and competitive team. Eagles, I am still behind you and support you all, coaches and team. Keep going and keep your head up!

Havent heard anyone speak of a road trip to LSU, so who is going? Regardless of the outcome of the game it is one of the biggest tailgate parties on gameday and if you have never been to Tiger Stadium that is also an experience. Just FYI, if you havent booked a hotel room yet then you might either be driving to Shreveport to spend the night or Beaumont. It took me about an hour to research and find hotels last night to book.

Hadn't heard of anything on a reunion or the athletic department plans for the '88 team. I will put in my vote for Corky's face on Mount Rushmore, though. Last year I saw a lot of guys that played on the Corky Nelson's teams at the Lettermen's tent before each game. There a lot of support from those teams for Dodge and this team.

Thanks Rick for the props. It will be twenty years this season that we had probably the best team (debatable by some I'm sure) since some of the Hayden Frye teams. During the time I played we beat TCU, Tech, Rice and UT (you know the story). Since then it always seems that these teams dont want anything to do with us. Everyone keeps wanting to play more Texas D1 teams and I agree, but I dont think these schools want to start playing other schools in Texas, because of recruiting. If North Texas had a non-conference schedule with Rice, Houston, TCU and SMU; for the fans that would be a dream come true, but for the schools that would be very risky, because if UNT could be successful with the schedule meaning that if we would come out of that schedule with a 2-2 or even 3-1 record our recruiting would go up and we would end up probably winning over a lot more recruites that were targeted at those schools. Even on the flip side we could lose a lot of recruits that we had targeted. I believe that this is why there is not a lot of interest in Texas schools playing each other.

Tulsa - Loss, a very close game and could even go into overtime. This game I wouldn't miss, because it could possibly be the game of the season. LSU - Loss, I hope we can keep it respectable and I would like to see us within 21 points Rice - Win, we will come into this game in the top ten in offense and this one will be the coming out game for the defense. FIU - Win, a spanking and a shut-out for the defense. ULL - Win, this game is when both offense and defense start to gel at the same time. ULM - Loss, unfortunately we have had three solid wins and are riding high, but we have to be humbled and this game I am afraid will humble us. Troy - Win, the big upset of the year! Western Kentucky - Win, The spank'n of the year. FAU - Loss, this is a close game, but we have never done well in the state of FL. Middle Tenn. - Loss, this could go either way and I really hope it comes out a winner, but this late in the season with two big away games will take a lot out of the team. ASU - Win, last game, big game, ASU might be in the hunt for the conference championship and we have reorganized and are ready to get a big win at home for the year. We are going 6-5 and this year the Eagles will start to get some national recognition.

Maybe they dont want to play us, because we have beat their ars when we have played them in the last twenty years. We beat them two out of three days during the Wacker Backer days and they havent wanted to play us since.

That is pretty cool logo! I think I will get a thong for me and a t-shirt for my wife...oh, I'm sorry! I meant to say a t-shirt for me and the thong for my wife.

I'm in. I can come out of retirement, although I will be limited to only a few plays. I can still play Corky style football.

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Okay, yea, take the defense out of the top twenty. Sorry, I was wearing my green glasses again. I do think that we should be able to get 5 to 6 wins this year.