BonfireBrian

Interesting concept. I had heard about a place similar to this. From what I heard, they decided it was going to be too expensive to open in the Unicorn Lake area and too close to residential housing, so they are opening another restaurant there instead. This is likely another concept. Maybe I could get in touch with you and we can discuss some different ideas?

Yes, that's basically what I am looking for. I don't think it's fair to ask people to invest and not give them anything in return. I would definately want to pay out profits to all of the investors, making the Mean Green nation richer all of the time!!! I have not chosen a particular location. I am still looking at places in Denton. If you have any suggestions, feel free to put in your input. Thanks for the input so far... keep it coming.

I had briefly mentioned this possibility in another thread about a month ago and I was encouraged to write a business plan and see who might be interested. Well, I definately don't have a completed business plan but I am curious to what everyone thinks.... The concept is simple: A sports bar and restaurant to open in Denton. It will be a pretty typical establishment except for one notable exception: It will be 100% supportive of the University of North Texas. I would like to donate a set percentage of profits every month to the North Texas athletic department, the University as a whole, and a general scholarship fund. I would like to be the official game-watching establishment for all North Texas sporting events. The main concept is that this would be a great place for any North Texas student, alumnus, fan, or friend of the University to eat and drink because they are basically donating to the University when they visit the establishment. We would also make every attempt to hire only North Texas alumni and current North Texas students, but I'll have to check on the legality of such hiring practices. I am putting this here on the message board because I don't have the required financing to get this started. I am wondering how many gmg.com members would be interested in investing in this type of business venture or may know someone that would. Please post if you may be interested in investing so that I can get an idea of who would be interested or you can email me at b_gilmore@yahoo.com if you prefer. Also, if you wish not to be a part of the business, but would likely visit the place, please post that as well. In my opinion, there is no better business to be in then one that supports your alma matter. Go Mean Green!

Buy tickets through the UNT athletic department. This way, you'll be in the North Texas section and you help North Texas athletics.

I only included OOC games. Big Ten 11-0 1.000 Big East 7-1 .875 Big 12 10-2 .833 Pac 10 6-2 .750 SEC 7-3 .700 ACC 6-4 .600 IA Ind. 2-2 .500 Sun Belt 3-3 .500 Mtn. West 4-4 .500 Conf. USA 3-6 .333 WAC 2-5 .286 MAC 2-8 .200

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OK, so party probably wasn't the right word.... but if we somehow pull off the upset of all upset... then it would be a party! Anyway, keep me updated on what's going on. It's always better to watch the game with some Mean Green faithful. And I recently moved to north Dallas out of Denton and I notice so much UT crap everywhere. It's absolutely disgusting. It's ok becuase they're all just fair-weather fans anyway, and they'd root for us if we were in the top 5 every year.

Anybody know of any bars in the Metroplex that will be North Texas friendly to watch the game Saturday. Myself and a couple others want to watch the game somewhere but don't want to be surrounded by a bunch of Texas fans. Let me know where you are watching the game or where you know some other North Texas fans will be.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/airq...057?dp=precipdp Scattered thunderstorms, high of 97, chance of rain 60% I think rain during this game will be beneficial for North Texas. The more rain in Austin on Sept. 2, the better as far as I'm concerned. Of couse it is 10 days away, and we all know how much weather forecasts will change between now and then.

No, definately not a pyramid scheme. Just an investment opportunity for North Texas alumni to help themselves and their school.

What a great thought Stan. I just graduated with an entrepreneurship degree this May and I definately plan to hire North Texas grads when I start my own business. At my current job, I always try to hire current North Texas students. Your thought couldn't help but make me think. What if North Texas alumni gathered together to start a business, taking investments from local alumni, such as members on this board. Everyone could receive stock in the company for their investment, giving North Texas alumni and even current students the ability to invest in a North Texas alumni-run company. We could even donate a percentage of the company to the athletic department as well as the University in general. Maybe the athletic department and the University would openly support the venture considering it actually owned a part of the company. I'm just throwing ideas around? What does everyone think?

Well, I guess I know I'll never be as good as PlummMeanGreen.

I've been a member of gmg.com for a long time, but I mostly just read others posts. Forgive me for my long-awaited Plumm-type post. I've been thinking alot lately about the state of our beloved University and what I can do to help out. Last night, I saw on the news that UT is now the #1 ranked party school in the country as well. I thought to myself, damn, they're good at everything! As much as I personally despise the University of Texas (and always will), I think it is a good model for where we want our University to be in the near future. With that being said, I applaud our new President for making North Texas a national university a top priority. With this, I completely agree. UT is definately a national university and well-respected at that. I also read the article posted here from espn.com talking about the difference in budgets from UT and North Texas. It's absolutely amazing the disparity with money among Division I-A ( or whatever it's called now) schools. Why is it that a lot of alumni simply don't care? Why is it that alot of our current students don't care? Why is it that alot of current faculty and even administration don't care? I have no explanation for this. So, all of us here on this board are here for the betterment (is that a word?) of our University. Whether it's football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, swimming, or any other sport. Whether it's a better business, art, music, english, biology department. We all want North Texas to be the best it can be at everything it does. That's how UT has gotten to be how it is. OK, so what can we do about it. Well, first of all, we stand behind our school. We defend our school if other's are putting it down. We attend every single sporting event we possibly can, not just football home games, everything. Football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, track and field. Everything. Of couse, not all of us are able to do that because of work/family/travel concerns. However, do everything that you possibly can to help out. Next, we donate money. Again, not all of us are in a position to do this. I just graduated this May and I'm starting to get my post-college life together. Do I have a bunch of extra money laying around to donate? No. However, I have already begun to plan donations in the future. Donate where you feel it is most needed. Maybe it's toward a new stadium, athletic scholarships, a general scholarship fund, a University Union fund, a campus beautification fund, wherever you feel it can best be used. Also, buy season tickets. I bought 6 season tickets for myself and some friends. Even though my new job may prohibit me from attending a game or two, I can definately find someone to take my tickets. Maybe even buy a few extras and plan to give them to co-workers. I read alot about people doing this here on the board and I think it's great. Keep up the good work! Wear your Mean Green gear. Not just on Game Days, not just around Denton, everyday, everywhere. Shop Denton. I hear alot of people that come to check out North Texas when considering where to go to school that like the school but don't like the city. I think we can all admit that Denton isn't the nicest city in the Metroplex. However, it does have a lot of character that alot of the new suberbs don't have. By spending your hard-earned cash in Denton instead of surrounding cities, your tax dollars go to support Denton and you're likely being taken care of by a worker from our great University. This is even more important on game day, when buying gas, eating out, getting your hair cut, in Denton lets all of the casual Denton visitors for that day know there is a big-time college football game in Denton later that evening. The most important thing is to remember that we are all in this together. Whether you're a current student, parent, recent alumni, retired alumni, community member, or just a Mean Green fan, it's important to do your part. Just think how far we can get if we all take baby steps. We won't get there overnight, but eventually, we can be a nationally-respected University with great athletic and academic programs in one of the greatest college towns anywhere! That's all for my rant. Please feel free to agree or rip apart anything and everything that I said and add your own comments. Go Mean Green!

What makes the schedule even worse is that 7 of the home games will be during Christmas break for students and only 6 will take place while the students are actually in school. Is it just me or do we always have a home game the day before the New Orleans Bowl?

I'm thinking this should have already been posted, but I'm not finding it anywhere. Scroll down, it's on page 5. http://www.nmnathletics.com/pdf6/17689.pdf...&DB_OEM_ID=4100

The women's championship game is at 3:00 tomorrow and the men's game will be at 8:00. It would be great for all of you who can make it out to get to the Pit tomorrow. We really need some bodies in the seats.

Let's get excited Mean Green faithful. The Sun Belt Conference tournament starts tomorrow and this great university is playing host. The city of Denton is ready. I've seen signs up across the city welcoming visitors to the tournament, which is always good to see. It's time for the entire Mean Green nation to converge on the Super Pit this weekend. We must be loud and proud when our Mean Green takes the court, and have our butts in the seats the rest of the time. It is so important to the future of this athletic program to support this tournament. We have to support our UNT team but we need to be there for the rest of the tournament as well. If you don't want to show up to support your team, at least show up so we can shut up that sports writer from Kentucky. If that doesn't make you upset that somebody writes such words about our university, I don't know what will. Let's show up in force and root on the Mean Green to victory in front of a huge crowd. Bring all of your friends, co-workers, people you don't even know, whatever it takes pack the Pit. It's more important now than ever, let's work together and get it done.

I just finished my 5th season, and I just won the National Championship beating Maryland in the Orange Bowl. After my 4th season, I got an invitation to join the Big 12 and Texas Tech moved to the Sun Belt. Tech won the Belt and then lost in the NO Bowl. Have to agree, most fun game I've ever played.

I went to the Wendy's at 288 and 35 and they wouldn't let me use the coupon there.

Yeah, Allen is a 5A school. I played basketball for Allen back in my day. Well, that was only 3 years ago, it makes me sound old.

Here's the link to the story off espn.com http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=1881801