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This seems laughably paranoid to me. A coach recruiting against UNT has so many arrows to sling against the school -- the facilities, the record, Coach Dodge's ineptitude, the Sun Belt -- that he would never need to resort to an appeal to homophobia.

There's no such thing as a pseudo-fan of North Texas. Anyone who is still around after all these years of misery is a fan.

That's our problem right there. North Texas is climbing a mountain looking for a corner to turn.

RV isn't going anywhere. He landed the new stadium and outside of football the state of UNT athletics is good. You wouldn't want to drop an AD in the middle of the stadium project, and it's probably a reason why Dodge will be the first coach to lead a team in it. This would be a lousy time to start over.

That sucks. What kind of person hates on a dog?

In the 11 years since I moved to Florida, I've heard a lot of talk about college football. This is a college football crazy state, going all the way from Florida on down to UCF. I have never -- not one time -- heard anyone give the excuse that an afternoon game hurts attendance. The problem in North Texas isn't the time the games are being played. It's the way we play the games. Most people don't want to see a lousy product.

Brilliant suggestion. If changing our uniforms doesn't make us a better team, we should change our fight song. And as a last result, we should give Scrappy a name that's not so warlike.

The win's great, but it doesn't change the fact that Western Kentucky is a lousy football team that has the nation's longest losing streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision (16 games) and has only beaten one FBS team in its entire history (Middle Tennessee in 2007). So this may be the least worthy team to beat in the entire subdivision.

Members of GoMeanGreen and other alumni were active in the stadium vote effort too. It's great to give the current UNT students credit, because they achieved something that past students weren't able to get done, but a lot of other people were a part of this as well. I don't think this ever happens without the fan support that has been built over the years by GoMeanGreen.

I agree. If Dodge can't win five games this year, I don't see why he deserves any more time. He's been here too long to blame Dickey.

This poster makes a terrific point. Who among the North Texas faithful has not dreamed of the day we could host Fresno State?

This is Dodge's third season. It's ridiculous to blame Dickey for this.

Oscar Wilde was stupid?

Didn't see that one coming. Such a biting rejoinder. You're a regular Oscar Wilde.

Sorry to bust chops, but calling something "gay" when you think it is stupid is a cheap shot. Why throw gays under the bus because somebody posted a stupid message on a sports forum?

You could argue that going for the field goal there would've been running up the score. The 4th and 1 call at least gives the opponent a chance to stop you without points.

It can't happen soon enough for me.

If the football team was a joke to 90 percent of the school, why did the students vote to increase fees to pay for a new stadium? Losing a body-bag game to Alabama says *nothing* about the football program. Our win against Ball State and the close loss to Ohio are more indicative of where the program is at today.

Do North Texas fans ever chant "bullshit!" after a controversial call?

The refs shouldn't have asked them about the penalty until the review was over.

Thanks. I pull for the Belt also when we play OOC.

I disagree. Coach Dodge's move will come back to haunt us. Point differential will be an important factor in whether we get a chance to play in the BCS national championship after we go 12-0.

Realistically, I'm expecting something like Ball State 40, North Texas 13. But I've still got hope we can bring home a shocking upset.

I'm watching at home in St. Augustine, Florida. My sons and I have been throwing around a North Texas football all week. Took it to the beach too. Go Mean Green!

Absolutely. If you post something here that damages someone's reputation and it is proven false, you have a moral obligation to do everything you can to correct it. This is a well-read message board within the North Texas community. This is particularly true when you're talking about people who work at the school. Posting disparaging material here can hurt their careers.