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Reading these comments, we are given no choice but to believe that Dr. Pohl was told that at next month's regents meeting it would be recommended that he not get an extension...and subsequently was given the choice to resign to spare himself the embarrassment? WTF?! If this is how it went down, then you can bet the house that we're going to be seeing our AD and Head FB coach head out for greener pastures pretty quickly. WTF is going on up in Denton?! Can LJ really be causing all this??? From connections I have not related to athletics or logogate, I'm hearing that LJ is making life difficult on several others in NT leadership that I, personally, have much respect for. Granted this sounds like one big giant conspiracy theory, but I have a hard time believing that anyone who had just started the largest capital campaign in a University's history would leave before he got to see the fruits of his labor.

I'm going to have to disagree with you on the point that we are the minority--or at least get clarification on who you mean by "we" being the minority. The sheer numbers, alone, say that we're (non arts/music) the overwhelming majority. Also, I believe that most music/arts students at UNT are not anti-business/engineering/athletics. There are always a few loud ones, but the VAST majority simply do not separate themselves from the rest of the campus. We (non-music folks) do more to alienate them than is returned. That said, I agree that the old nestors are a problem. I think that they are a small minority, but they control a lot of power. Dr. Pohl, imho, was so well liked because he represented the students/alumns and their wants better than any president in UNT's history---He was a man of the people. I will be very disappointed if UNT were to hire a milk toast president. On an aside, what becomes of the capital campaign now? Will the monies generated be used according to Pohl's vision or someone else's. I would be very discouraged if I gave money to a cause that will never materialize.

Several questions immediately come to mind. Was this a pressured move..and was this the ultimate result of the tenure scandal? Also, thought I saw someone post on the board a few months back that Bobby Ray's term is up soon. How does that position get selected? What are our chances for at least retaining him? Oh, and thank you, Dr. Pohl. I also got the chance to meet him while I served in SGA. He was new to campus but you could tell immediately that he really wanted to be at UNT. He showed a genuine care for the community and believed that we could acheive greater things. We were lucky to have him.

Ok, so does anyone have a scouting report on these guys other than, "They're supposed to compete for the National Championship?" All I seem to remember about these guys is that they play a very physical, but conservative style. I don't ever remember their skill players on offense being out of this world, but they are great on both lines and their entire D is superb. Also, I'm fairly familiar with the way that Les Miles' OSU teams played. I definitely think that being his first game, he's going to want to make a statement--but after watching that video I think that if we can make solid tackles and wrap-up, we should be able to keep it from getting out of hand the way the UT game did last year. None of those highlights in LSU's video had players way out in the open, they were mostly in traffic...

I loved the frontpage football series...had everyone of them. Playing so much of that caused me to dislike the console football games until they finally brought in the dynasty modes....still, I haven't found anything that compares to the depth of control you had in those games....

what about uniforms, field, etc.....

Don't overlook the impact tailgating has had. My group has grown in size every year. This year, some of our ex-UT friends are actually purchasing season tickets. Gameday atmosphere is the single biggest improvement by RV.

I'll be happy when I see the following: The Sun Belt representative handily beating the opponent in the NO Bowl . I'm sick of not being competitive in the conference's bowl game. I'd take losing the Sun Belt this year to a team that eventually beats the crap out of someone from CUSA. I'd love for us to be that team, but I can't take another beating on national tv....and neither can the conference.

Why did the NT Exes ever develop their own logo that was different from the university's? Was this commissioned by the organization itself?..or by UNT? I guess I don't understand why the alumni association would NOT want to associate themselves with the official UNT marks. Can someone fill me in?

It looks to me like Bill has already made up his mind on Henson and Romo. He doesn't like either one of them. His track record is also such that he has started very young QBs in the past (Bledsoe) so you can throw out any concern that he is being swayed by older, more established QBs. I just think that we've got nothing at QB and he knows it. Jerry just won't let him trim the fat.

I agree with LoveMG's last post: The point of the article was not to jump on the bandwagon of people complaining about the number of minority head coaches in NCAA football. It was to offer an explanation as to how to change that. RF is depicted as a minority, not just because of skin color, but because he's one of so few ASSISTANT coaches who are are black. RF has been given an opportunity here at NT unlike many others in the country. He will have a much better shot at moving on and up because of his coaching experience as a prominent assistant. Now I don't know the numbers on the assistant coaches in college football, but I do know that most college coaches don't get much time to be successful. They had better come in prepared, and not needing to learn on the job. Part of the reason, IMHO, that you see so few minority head coaches is b/c so few quickly succeed when given the shot. Part of that, at least according to the article, is that they may not have had the experience coming into the job. Also, why does everybody on the board feel the need to dog RF at every chance they get. Last I checked, we ran the same crap offense before he took over as OC.

Isn't posting stuff like this illegal?.....

Watched USC's first couple of games. They are not the team they were last year. If they were able to get that WR back, they'd be something. Just haven't seen any gamebreakers other than Reggie Bush. OU and UT would shut that down. OU is not one dimensional, UT is. Think a game with UT would be close, but OU would win going away. Either way, I'll be watching for you on gameday.....one request, though. Bring a big sign, or the NT battle flag if you've got it.....there's no way we'd pick you out in the crowd without something to look for....