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Erskin has been battling injuries for most of the year. ut was hopeful he would come on in the post season, but it doesn't look promising for him.
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And to think, I was just getting used to being referred to as a child molestor by the folks at the Helmet Project!
These are awesome.
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I guess we'll find out how good we really are by playing them.
OR, Notre Dame will find out how good they are!
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We need to thank our lucky stars we get Indiana at home next year, not many schools in our situation get to host a high caliber team like that.
Thank goodness we already have the Super Pit and aren't waiting on the Denia HO's to approve this building. Seriously, the Super Pit is the best college venue in the Metroplex and should be a drawing card for us. Now we just need to fill it up on a consistent basis.
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Welcome to the board untbowler
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It looks to me, strictly just an outsider's view, that UTA is headed for the crapper.
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My point is that Denton, the businesses and citizens, have not supported UNT throughout the years. My family came to Denton and UNT (then NTSU) in 1965. My mom tells the story of them getting being excited about their first football game at NTSU and arriving 2 hours early to guarantee a seat. Well, lo and behold, when they arrived not one other person was in the stands! It has been that way for years.
With almost 100,000 citizens, 30,000 students and over 100,000 alumni, filling Fouts should be easy.
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Too bad it took her 2 years and roughly 60 games to figure out "what turns her on."
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BTW, I'm still trying to figure out why the other thread was closed?
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UNT and Denton can point fingers at each other all day long, and it is not going to get us anywhere. Oh, and before you spout off about people living outside of Denton making comments, I lived in Denton for 27 years, the son of a UNT professor, Chairman of a Department, and Dean, so I have the historical knowledge to backup my views.
The climate that currently exists was created over many years of neither institution supporting the other. The main culprit in all of this was Denton, so the hard feelings that UNT has are well earned. Show me one example of how Denton has supported any of its educational institution's athletic teams through facility upgrades/enhancements! Denton is just now getting around to building a suitable football facility for its public schools, only after every community surrounding it has done so. I played baseball at Denton High, and our field was easily the worst I played on. Did DISD ever do anything to improve it? No, not until the last few years when they realized what a disadvantage their students had against other community's students.
Sure, UNT's athletic department should solicit more involvement from the community's citizens and businesses, but after 113 years of futile results, don't you think UNT wonders why they put forth the effort? Shouldn't the long term businesses be able to figure out who to contact if they want to support UNT? True, we have to keep trying, but like someone said earlier, "If the girl keeps saying no, go looking for another." I think PMG's idea to sell UNT to the Lewisville community is great. Maybe then Denton would again realize it has fallen behind the times, and jump on the bandwagon at the last minute!
I'll step down now
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I will add this one point regarding the move of Fry Street Fair and then move on. I did mention earlier that Denton should work to keep the Fair in Denton, although the Fair is not my "cup of tea."
I would place alot of the blame on the Delta Lodge. Look at their history on the UNT campus. First they were the Sigma Alpha Mu chapter until their national organization yanked their charter for hazing and other ridiculous stunts. In fact, I think the main reason they were discontinued was because they were an embarrassment to their national organization.
Next they became the Delta Lodge and procede to run their house on the corner of Fry and Hickory in to the ground. I seem to recall a motorcycle hanging from a tree for years! I don't think their behavior won many fans with the Denton community. I know that when I brought friends into town, they would ask what that place was. This "counter-culture", as the gentleman that wrote the editorial in the Daily calls it, was nothing more than a bunch of people wanting to stand out and be different from the rest. Maybe if they would have tried to work a little harder with Denton on managing the Fair, then Denton would have been more receptive to keeping it.
I know this is a change of heart from my original post, but the more I thought about it, the more my feelings reflect what I just posted.
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I just love it when people who don't even live near Denton obviously know what is best for Denton.
It makes we wonder if there isn't something in the water that makes people type before thinking?
Who would you be referring to?
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23! I think I already forgot that year.
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It was 106 at the Baylor game two years ago at the end of August. I can imagine what the temp will be at some of these games. It's gonna look like a giant Zima commercial or Sierra Mist commercial before they are through.
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She may be sucking in, but there isn't much fat on those abs! Besides, the point of the post was that she gave a shout out to the Mean Green, not what she was doing with her abs.
I would also like Green Grenade's assessment on this, plus his assessment on anything else he deems worthy.
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I just read that the Fry Street Fair is moving to Deep Ellum in Dallas!? Now I have never attended this festival because it isn't really my type of scene, but didn't this bring alot to the Denton economy? I know they have had some problems over the years, but is this another case of Denton running off something that could benefit the town? Just wondering
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Tim MacMahon: Sun Belt sees star-crossed season ending
03/10/2003
Tim MacMahon
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — This was supposed to be the season the Sun Belt broke its streak of being a one-bid league.
So said Louisiana-Lafayette coach Jesse Evans at the league’s preseason media days, the implication being his Ragin’ Cajuns and two-time defending champ Western Kentucky would both be good enough to earn an at-large invite to the Big Dance.
Imagine Evans’ embarrassment in having to explain the his team’s immediate exit from the Sun Belt Tournament, the result of Denver’s upset of the West’s top seed Saturday.
"Rustiness was definitely a factor," Evans said, referring to the long layoff his team had because of its first-round bye.
Funny, the rest of the Sun Belt’s No. 1 seeds over the last 20 years somehow overcame the lengthy rest to win at least one game.
But it’s fitting that the Ragin’ Cajuns ruined the possibility of a rematch of last season’s title game with Western Kentucky — this time in the Hilltoppers’ house. This season certainly hasn’t unfolded as planned for the Sun Belt.
Louisiana-Lafayette’s 20-win campaign is symbolic of the season as a whole for the Sun Belt. There are plenty of positives to point to, but there is a strong sense of letdown.
The league’s Sagarin rating (14) and RPI (15) are better than last season’s. But with Western Kentucky ranked in the preseason and nine teams returning at least four starters, the Sun Belt expected to create a significant buzz in early March. The league hasn’t, however, done anything to distinguish itself from other middle-of-the-road mid-major leagues.
"We made a good year out of what could be a great year," Sun Belt commissioner Wright Waters said.
There were several preseason signs that the Sun Belt would be star-crossed this season.
Western Kentucky star center Chris Marcus wasn’t recovered from the ankle injury that led him to withdraw from the NBA Draft. He ended up limping through limited minutes in four December games before heeding the advice of doctors to shut it down for a while. (To make matters worse, junior forward/center Todor Pandov suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Hilltoppers’ season-opening loss at top-ranked Arizona.)
Some of the best players on two of the league’s better teams — center Michael Southall of Louisiana-Lafayette and forward James Moore and center Chris Jackson of New Mexico State — were ineligible until the second semester because of grades. Florida International forward Taurance Johnson, a budding star like Southall, was suspended and eventually dismissed from the team.
And sadly, other stars joined Marcus as seniors whose college careers ended on tragic notes. North Texas swingman Chris Davis narrowly missed becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer, as he suffered through the Mean Green’s collapse after running mate Leonard Hopkins went down with a broken foot. New Orleans forward Hector Romero, the league’s reigning player of the year, tore his ACL and was forced to watch the last couple of weeks from the bench.
With its top competition eliminated, it would be anti-climactic to watch Western Kentucky win its third consecutive Sun Belt Tournament title. But that’s exactly what the league needs. The Hilltoppers, who have a nation-long 37-game home winning streak, will sell out E.A. Diddle Arena, making a very positive impact on the Sun Belt’s image to a nationwide TV audience.
Western Kentucky, which has managed to win 22 games in a season that has disappointed its diehards, is also the only team in the league that has a legitimate shot to be a tourney sleeper. But the Hilltoppers, a smallish team that could use a boost of athleticism, won’t be going anywhere in my brackets.
Assuming its one and done in the Big Dance, the Sun Belt certainly shouldn’t be ashamed of its season. It just would have been nice to take a big step forward.
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Thank you for being a class individual, an exceptional ball player, and for representing the University of North Texas with class and dignity. I wish you well in the future.
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I sure hated to see the Ladie Eagles lose, but our future really looks great with the players coming back and the freshman that will be added to the team next year.
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I know it was posted that this is on I35 just south of town, but are there any better directions? Such as what exit off of I35, cross streets, etc... I am guessing by the name that they serve the standard burgers, steaks, chicken, etc...
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"Go ahead and get exited about your softball North Texas."
GREAT QUOTE!
Yes Ma'am!
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We all need to visit the Texas Roadhouse and express our thanks and support this business.
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Great news! You keep recruiting young ladies like this, and UNT won't be viewed as a new/infant program for long.
Question for Stacey Segal
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Great news Coach, and we all look forward to supporting our newest women's sport.
BTW, does anyone, besides me, see the irony in playing our games at DENIA park?