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Florida State isn't automatically reloading talent any more because of the mess of recent years. It is the fourth best program in the state behind UF, the U and USF.

Hogwash. This is empty cheerleading. You've got spirit, yes you do. The fact that RV claims to see improvement is not a surprise. He gambled his credibility on hiring a high school coach. It hasn't worked. It is completely absurd to use "close losses" as an excuse in a 2-10 season. Close my ass. Teams lose 10 games for a reason -- they're bad teams.

OK. I see your point now. Burning a bra still means what people think it does ... free love hippie chicks who might have low standards.

Did you not get a chance to see the last 12 games?

Stop being such a hater. UNT would be 12-0 with Vizza.

I think you're trying too hard to be upset. It was a metaphor, not the end of the world. Oops. I just compared this to the end of the world. I am sorry.

Would anyone here trade places with Troy, Arkansas State or Louisiana-Monroe? UNT has 7,000 more students than Troy, 25,000 more than Arkansas State and 29,000 more than Louisiana-Monroe. We also have more than double the endowment of all three schools. I'd be embarrassed for UNT if we needed an exception to the APR to educate our athletes.

Vito's a good reporter who has covered the Mean Green professionally and fairly for years. I don't get why so many fans bash him.

If a coach is capable of killing excitement for the new stadium, wouldn't it already be dead? I don't think changing coaches now would be appreciably different than changing two years from now. There are arguments for keeping Dodge, but I don't think that's a good one.

I think you're wrong about how the term is used. The term "burn his redshirt" means to withdraw a player's redshirt status by playing him in a game during that season. It doesn't mean to use his redshirt so that it can't be used in a future season. Examples of usage: Georgia Tech's Wright may burn redshirt Saturday http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/722/...dshirt-saturday Haphazard burning of redshirts real reason Groh needs to go http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/sports/ot...ds_to_go/46460/ Utah May Decide to Burn Freshman Jordan Wynn's Redshirt http://www.mwcconnection.com/2009/10/28/11...o-burn-freshman

I've been in favor of a change, but if Dodge comes back for another year I will approach it with an open mind. At the beginning of Dickey's stampede through the Sun Belt, who would have thought that might happen?

I hate the decision to burn Derek Thompson's redshirt. But I'd like to play devil's advocate with benefit of a little time to think. In fairness to Dodge, how much would Thompson have played this season if he wasn't redshirted? He got the third-string quarterback's practice time and a year of prep in Dodge's offense. If Dodge hadn't redshirted him at all this year, he would've gotten the third-string quarterback's practice time and a year of prep. As a non-redshirt freshman, he would not have played this year unless the number two goes down in a game. That didn't happen until the final game. Although Thompson has lost a year of his collegiate career he thought he'd have, we don't know how all of this will play out. If Dodge is gone and Riley follows him out the door, Thompson goes into next season as a contender for the starting job. He didn't hurt his chances with that short, flawless touchdown drive. If Dodge stays, Thompson competes with Tune for the backup job behind an injury prone starter. The year this decision hurts Thompson most is in 2013. By then, who knows what the quarterback situation is like?

Calling people haters is stupid. Anyone who has stuck around for another pathetic year of Dodgeball is a loyal fan of UNT and a masochist.

I think it was a chump move by Carroll -- and he made it worse by dancing around afterward like USC won the national championship. So many USC players were jumping around like Kris Kross that the sidelines cleared and it almost became a brawl. Check out the video:

Veteran LA Times sportswriter Bill Plaschke says that Carroll didn't go for another score until after he took a knee and Neuheisel called timeout to stop the clock. http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/...,5628166.column "In the end, while his players deserved better, Neuheisel got exactly what he deserved. ... By calling a timeout, Neuheisel was making it clear that he did not agree with Carroll's decision to take a knee. So Carroll said fine, he would keep playing."

Anyone who values an entire season for a quarterback that he redshirted. Respect it? Screw that. It was an idiotic decision, and thus far your arguments are only making it seem more idiotic.

What do you think the odds were of coming back at all? Was the improvement in odds between Thompson vs. the wildcat *so great* that you would sacrifice an entire season of his football eligibility? It was a stupid and thoughtless move. Even if you believe Dodge is a class act, as many people here do, that was not his shining moment.

And you should be Dodge's Coke boy.

The uniforms were rec league quality, didn't contain the conference logo or the names of players, weren't cleared with the AD beforehand and violated the agreement with the team's uniform sponsor. If it had been a planned thing in reaction to a player request, it wouldn't have been so half-assed. It was Dickey's F-U to the school and its fans.

I'm beginning to see why you'd defend such a stupid decision. There's no comparison between playing a freshman an entire season and throwing him in at the end for a couple of snaps while he's redshirted.

That story about the seniors wanting to wear the black jerseys for the final game was total BS, according to parents of players on that team. It was Dickey's idea, and he blamed it on the players.

You don't see the difference between playing a redshirt for an entire game and bringing him in for a nearly hopeless comeback attempt with 2:33 left?

I don't think Dodge did this to spite UNT. I think he's just completely over his head as a college coach and needs to get gone.

Just heard Dodge's explanation. He doesn't give a crap about Thompson's eligibility. No concern at all. I hope we send this clown packing.

I miss Dickey. At least he only messed with black shirts instead of red ones.