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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.

That seems stupid to me. We redshirted him for a reason. Now we've lost the benefit of that, and all he has to show for it is one drive of less than a minute. How would you feel if you were Thompson? Why stick around when you're that unimportant to the program?

Even George and Hank, who do everything they can to give Dodge the benefit of the doubt, were stunned by this decision.

No biggee?

Even if Tune was hurt, I'd rather see the team direct snap to the running back than blow up an entire season of eligibility for Derek Thompson.

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I don't think Dodge is going to get fired.

I've seen enough to think we need a coaching change.

Stupid question. As for people bashing Dodge at every turn, what has the team accomplished that does not merit criticism? Surely you are not happy with the results he is getting.

With all the talk of Dodge crying after games -- I didn't hear the shows, so I don't know if it's true -- it makes me wonder whether he can handle adversity. It's not like he faced much of it coaching high school.

As long as we're comparing Dickey and Dodge, it's worth pointing this out: Dodge is 5-30 in his first 35 games with UNT, with wins over Western Kentucky (three times), Ball State, Louisiana-Monroe and 11 losses of 30 or more points. Dickey was 8-27 at the same point in his tenure, with wins over Boise State (twice), New Mexico State (twice), Louisiana-Lafayette, Nevada, Samford and Texas Tech, and two losses of 30 or more points. Dickey started out much better than Dodge. His teams were almost never blown out and he had a few high-profile wins against Texas Tech and Boise State.

She's not really leaving -- just getting out from that show deal and starting her own daily show on OWN -- the Oprah cable network. There's no escape.

Hate gays much?

Black couples were winning homecoming court for all the years I went to UNT.

This hardly seems like a specific failing of UNT. I went to four schools and was involved in student government at all four. They all caused some trouble and got some publicity, not all of it welcomed by the university community. But so what? The way some people are talking about how this reflects poorly on UNT sounds like their own inferiority complex about the school. UNT is not going to be affected one iota by this in the long run. It's a freaking homecoming controversy.

I don't see why this is a big deal. So what if the media covered it because the idea of a same-sex homecoming couple is a novelty. Next week the Virgin Mary will appear on a taco supreme and it will be forgotten by 99.99 percent of the population. If students want to elect a same-sex couple to homecoming court, they should be able to do that. It's an award of their choosing. When I was a student, several friends tried to elect Hector the Eagle Dog and Agnes the Squirrel as the homecoming king and queen. Sadly, they lost.