[Lodging]

Chain places to eat near your hotel or head to the square and try a number of local unique places. I would highly recommend the square. 

[Mean Green soccer picks up 300th victory in season opener]

Thanks.  Did not realize he was the men's coach.

[MGB: Saturday scrimmage notes]

8 minutes ago, MeanGreenMailbox said:

Also, as to the Doug Flutie references...as noted several times before:

The average weight for an NFL defensive tackle in 1981, the year Flutie was a freshman at Boston College, was 268 (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=493).  That was NFL.  College was lighter.

Do you like charts?  Here's one with a chart:  http://regressing.deadspin.com/chart-the-average-weight-of-nfl-rookies-by-position-a-1490494148

It think it goes without saying that it isn't 1981 anymore.

Also, even back then, Flutie was the exception, not the rule.  I don't have the names of the thousands of other quarterbacks who were a Flutie-like 5'9" and never played a snap past high school.  Sorry.  

Just because Doug Flutie did it 35 years ago when d-linemen weighed, on average, 40 pounds less than they do now, doesn't mean every sub-6' guy isn't going to make it.  Most, if they do play even a bit, will get banged up, like our old pal Riley Dodge.  After the injuries here and a transfer down to FCS level, one concussion at McNeese State was his last hurrah.   

It's not that Fine wasn't a "great athlete", "speedy", "quick", or however you want to phrase it this week.  He was great against tiny Oklahoma schools like Jay, Adair, Inola, etc. and other schools that are a ball hair away from moving down to the Oklahoma 8-man level of football play.

My hope is that he is switched to receiver and can give us a fellow short in stature, small high school Oklahoman Wes Welker-like target. 

Have you seen Fine play in person?

How about Russell Wilson, Greg Ward Jr., Drew Brees, Colt McCoy, Case Keenum, Vernon Adams Jr., Johnny Manziel, etc...

[MGB: Saturday scrimmage notes]

12 minutes ago, MeanGreenMailbox said:

Answer to all above:  after Morris, there is no FBS-level quarterback on the roster.  Sorry.  Practice is practice. 

Many of you, through out the years, have gotten jacked up about this player or that player based on spring games or practices.  Such is the domain of the Shanbour people.  A few seasons ago it was Brock Berglund. 

It's always going to be someone...who will rarely, if ever, play a snap of actual football during a game - usually a kneel down or two at the end of a victory. 

Fine is the latest example, and more high profile precisely because there is no one else to whom this coaching staff can turn.  After spring it was Shabour some were drooling about.  With no actual games being played, what else can you do...if you are not going to use history as an example/warning about getting your hopes up about practice squad All-Americans?

This squad has no QBs to develop behind Morris and needs several in the pipeline.  Some will transfer away once they don't hit to two- or-three deep, and that's fine.  In normal circumstances, it means you have depth and the writing is on the wall for the transfer player.

Littrell, Harrell & Co. will get us there by signing four to six QBs over the next two signing periods.  Fine will either transfer or switch positions.

Print this and hang it on your refrigerator next to your former claims about the greatness of Brock Berglund as a reminder about the needs to sign more QBs. 

 

Again, how many practices have you seen in person?

[MGB: Saturday scrimmage notes]

4 minutes ago, MeanGreenMailbox said:

Here's the long view - Shabour and O'Hara have never made an impact anywhere. 
-Shanbour has given it a whirl at tow FBS schools; should have transferred...if he really wanted to play football.  He may be happy just being a part of the team.
-O'Hara had two years at an FCS and didn't crack the two-deep, then went to a JUCO.  He's not lighting it up here. 
-Neither one has the tools for FBS.  O'Hara has already proven he doesn't have the tools for FCS either.
-Both are Division II guys at best.
-They are upperclassmen/short timers, anyway. 
-If there were any other underclassmen QBs, these two would just be wasting snaps for someone who might develop.

Here's the long view on Fine - he had no other FBS offers.
-This is a stab in the dark recruit
-He's a great athlete, it is said.  It's what everyone says about small, fast guys:  "great athlete."  But, really, he competed against small Oklahoma schools.
-He might be a guy to come in and run gadget plays, or for a "change of pace"...which is code for "quarterback who will pull it down and run, but not good enough to start."

Whatever.

The point is, these coaches came  in with nothing, and need to sign a bunch of guy the net two signing periods, because after Morris, they are down to nothing again.
 

Just curious and a serious question.  How many practices/scrimmages have you watched in person?

[Day 10 Notebook: Rain Can't Stop Two-A-Days]

Wyche is making a name for himself during camp which leads to a question.  Is Wilson being protected during camp and is the presumptive #1 with everyone else shooting for #2, or is Wyche a threat to be the #1 back?

[Mean Green soccer picks up 300th victory in season opener]

13 hours ago, GM1998 said:

Congrats Coach Hedlund. He has come a long way form the guy who delivered the death blow to the Men's program 1994. He is a class act and runs an amazing program. Him and the women of UNT soccer deserve our admiration and thanks. As an alumni I am proud to be associated with both!

GMG!

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[How about we honor Abner Haynes before the kickoff against SMU?]

Relax.  It's all okay.

[Let The "Wrenovation" Begin!!]

[How about we honor Abner Haynes before the kickoff against SMU?]

32 minutes ago, MeanGreenMailbox said:

Hmmm.  Oklahoma wasn't a major college in 1956? 

http://footballmatters.org/celebrating-college-footballs-racial-pioneers-prentice-gautt/

A decade after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier, Gautt became the first African-American to play for the Sooners.

Let's do the math, Houston.  Jackie Robinson, Dodgers, 1947.  Prentice Gautt, Oklahoma, 1956. 

Oklahoma national champions in 1950 and 1955 at that point.  Won it again in 1956.  So, Houston, you have a problem.  Oklahoma appears to have been a pretty major college before 1965.

 

I freely admit to disliking Houston.  But, if they are trying to ignore true history to devise their own, and get away with it, they will run up against a wall - when a school that actually cares pays attention to them.

And, that's the rub for Houston - they can get away with the history revision because no one is paying attention to them anyway.

Dear Houston,

Chester Pittman, Oklahoma State, scholarship 1957.  Oklahoma State was a member of the Big Seven, a major college school:
http://newsok.com/article/3420674

Oklahoma, Prentice Gautt, 1956
Oklahoma State, Chester Pittman, 1957

Major colleges.  Giving black football players scholarships.  Before Houston finally did it in 1965.

Give it up, Houston.  You are pioneers in nothing gridiron related.

As much as they wish, OU is not in Texas.

[Let The "Wrenovation" Begin!!]

With all credit due UNT 90 Grad for the above tag line, welcome Wren Baker.  Let the "Wrenovation" begin immediately!

[How about we honor Abner Haynes before the kickoff against SMU?]

I agree Cerebus.  I hounded Randy Galloway and the rest of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame selection committee members for about 3 years linking everything I could find about Haynes and King trying to get Haynes inducted.  Leon King deserves a spot there also just for the abuse those two young men put up with during their freshman year as well as their entire career.

[Predict The 2016 Statistical Leaders]

8 hours ago, Wag Tag said:

Sacks Wheeler. Catches Ivery Buyers ... Slot position

I considered Wheeler, but my concern, and I hope I am wrong, is that it usually takes the JUCO's a year to acclimate.

[MGB: UNT's C-USA schedule in men's hoops is out]

That is what happens when Benford coaches a team, nobody knows.  It is like the old question, if a tree falls in the woods with no one around, does it make a sound?

[A few national preseason polls]

On 8/19/2016 at 6:00 PM, cdizzle86 said:

I personally think this season is going to be decided on our O line. We are going to be better/experienced at nearly every position except O line, and if they can't create holes, then we will be one dimensional.

I agree and while we are very inexperienced, at least we have some good athletes along the line.  They need time to gell and they will be fine.  The sooner we can get are starting 6 set, the sooner this will happen.

[Predict The 2016 Statistical Leaders]

2 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

I'm doing passing yards, rushing yards, catches, receiving yards, tackles, sacks, and interceptions. If you want to predict other statistical leaders like touchdowns, go ahead. Here are mine.

Passing yards - Alec Morris

Rushing yards - Jeff Wilson

Catches - Kenny Buyers

Receiving yards - Terian Goree

Tackles - Kishawn McClain

Sacks - Tillman Johnson

Interceptions - Chad Davis

 

Passing yards: Morris

Rushing yards: Wilson

Catches: Goree

Receiving yards: Goree

Tackles: Scott

Sacks: Combs

Interceptions: Brooks

Touchdowns: Wyche

[MGB: UNT's C-USA schedule in men's hoops is out]

On 7/13/2016 at 3:34 PM, bstnsportsfan3 said:

will WKU EVER play in the super pit....jeez

@Brett Vito, how about questioning the CUSA office regarding the above comment?

[How about we honor Abner Haynes before the kickoff against SMU?]

We are on the same page.  I just look at retiring one's number for career accomplishments and recognizing the fact that he and Leon King were the first to integrate D1 football in Texas as two different things.

[UNT to the Big12...]

12 minutes ago, UNT90 said:

The up down vote thing is the dumbest thing ever included on this website.

Have confidence in your opinions. Disagree without name calling or being an ass, something foreign to our younger posters and some of our older ones. Argue your points on the issue. Don't name call. It only makes you look like you are desperate and unable to get the better of the argument. 

Basically, be an adult.

Pot meet kettle.  This is just comedy gold.

[What I want to see on September 3...]

11 minutes ago, Rudy said:

I'd like to see Craig James roaming the $mut section.

Somebody should put up five headstones by the SMU entrance.

[How about we honor Abner Haynes before the kickoff against SMU?]

42 minutes ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

 

 

I realize his number was retired,but I would like him recognized, as well as Leon King, for integrating North Texas and Division 1 athletics in Texas.   The horrible treatment these two men endured and how it molded that group of young men in to a team should not be forgotten and should be realized by those that never had to endure what these two young men experienced.  It may give those that have their feelings hurt by someone wearing the shirt of a political candidate that they do not like something to really think about.

[How about we honor Abner Haynes before the kickoff against SMU?]

This is past due and would show the media and those that are misinformed, that we were the first to integrate.

[UNT Cycling Gear is finally here!!!]

https://goo.gl/images/nrgtMP

 

[What kind of features would you like to see at the new stadium?]

A first class stadium and not a thrown together erector set like the softball field.

[New kicking net and pulley system getting installed at Apogee]

On August 19, 2016 at 10:46 AM, MeanGreenMailbox said:

Funny you should mention that because...

...if we do ever get to sellout stage, they will quickly realize that the restrooms behind the north end zone are too small.  The restrooms in our office building are larger, and we don't have 30,000 people in the building on all six floors combined. 

Just, you know, making a prediction of what can be bitched about once we have the nice problem of handling sellout crowds week in and week out.

I don't think the bathrooms in the north end zone are designed to accommodate 30,000 people, but only a portion of those sitting in the north end zone.