CalallenStang

Hello UNT fans - I heard the bad news about your head coach and just wanted to stop by and say that many Pony fans, myself included, are praying for Dan McCarney's quick and full recovery. Good luck to him and to all of you in the future.

All indications were that Padron was going to play in the 2nd half of the UH game even if Bo Levi Mitchell were not injured. Those close to the program said that Jones saw that Mitchell would not be able to handle the pressure's of being the program's top QB after the Washington State game. At that time, the decision to remove Padron's redshirt and prepare him were made, and they were planning on bringing him on in limited time vs. UH to see how he did. BLM's injury in the second quarter of that UH game sped the process up a bit, obviously. Rick - multiply your number (10) by 2 and you have the number of donors in the "Circle of Champions" (donors giving $100,000 per year each to finance Jones' salary). Rumored members of this Circle of Champions are Gerald J. Ford, Ray Hunt, the guy in charge of Brookshire's Supermarkets, and Eric Dickerson, to name a few. No member names have been released, however, so it's possible that none of these guys are among the 20. To all - I've seen the sketches of your new stadium and believe it will work wonders for your program. It's a beautiful facility that screams "top-notch" all the way (whereas Fouts screams "half-a**" - no offense). The new facility should help recruiting, and with better recruiting will come better results. It's also my personal belief that Todd Dodge is a great guy, but he's just not the right fit for the UNT program (think he would have been a better choice as an offensive coordinator, rather than as a head coach). Put the right coach in the new facility, and UNT could become scary good very fast.

Kaepernick was one of the three (2nd leading rusher, in fact) and played in the game. The Nevada fans were telling us that it wasn't the backs - it was the O-Line. They pointed to Mike Ball having something like 5 touchdowns in only 18 carries in a game where Taua and Lippencott were out earlier in the season. If they were right, and it was the O-Line, then SMU's defensive effort needs to be commended. Something tells me that the O-Line contributed, at least a bit, to the success that Taua and Lippencott had earlier this season. Bottom line - SMU is back (and it feels great). We were a lot further away from success than you guys are right now, and we made it. UNT can get to this level as well - you just have to get the right guy in at the head coaching position, and that takes a long time sometimes. Don't fret, UNT will be back in the bowls soon. And speaking of being in the bowls, if the Mean Green ever get invited to the Hawai'i Bowl, by all means, go. It was a tremendous experience for the fans, and I am told that the players really enjoyed themselves, as well. 45-10. I still can't believe it happened. Go Ponies, and Go Mean Green as well. You guys deserve to have a competitive program as well.

Coach Gansz passed today. June Jones wrote on his twitter page: "Heaven became even a better place today.....God bless Frank Gansz" Thanks to all of you for your prayers. Coach Gansz touched the lives of everyone he met here on Earth, and I'm sure he will do the same in heaven.

Thanks for your prayers. We may be rivals on the field, but situations like this make that seem so irrelevant.

Hello Mean Green Fans - I come to you today to ask you to pray for our special teams coach, Frank Gansz. Coach Gansz is in the hospital with life-threatening complications from knee replacement surgery. He's a really good guy, and losing him would be a tremendous loss for football. Here's a story about him from the Honolulu paper: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/04/2...ts/simpson.html Thanks.

All of us at SMU are praying for his family and all others who have lost a part of their life.

Hello all. Missouri and SMU mutually dropped the series a few weeks back, when they decided to continue playing KU in Kansas City. Mizzou's athletic director wanted to continue having the Tigers play 6 home games per year at Faurot Field. In 2010, Mizzou's game vs. KU in Kansas City will be considered a Mizzou home game by the Big XII conference; therefore, Mizzou only had 5 games scheduled for Columbia. Therefore, Mizzou wanted to cancel its trip to Dallas that year, but still wanted the Mustangs to make the trip to Columbia in 2009. SMU refused and the series was dropped. There were rumors that the possible replacement was going to be North Texas; however, I guess the deal never got done. I'm not too excited about a trip to Pullman, Washington next year, but I am excited that we got a deal worked out with a beatable (hopefully) BCS team. By the way, I haven't been on this board since you guys got your new stadium passed; from the looks of the designs, it's going to be a nice place. Congrats!

Wes Danaher and LaDanien Tomlinson

Interesting note about that...Gerald R. Ford (the President) spoke at the 1975 commencement and said "Bill Clements, our Deputy Secretary of Defense as well as the former chairman of SMU's board of governors, informed me that I had been named the first and only honorary member of your sensational Mustang Band. All I can say is, I have always been proud to be a Ford. In the future, I will be even more proud to be a Ford Mustang." http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=5250

One could say the same of the way UNT fans anticipated the SMU game last year.

Hello all. I heard about Dickey's heart attack and I wanted to drop by and let you know that I am wishing and praying for his speedy recovery. May he return to full health soon and lead UNT to a Sun Belt crown! CalallenStang

When we have a new coach, hopefully.

Hey everyone. Just wanted to stop by and say congratulations on the win against us last night. You guys wanted it a whole lot more than our team did and it showed on the field. I don't know where our football team is going to go from here. We didn't show up to play, period. That can only be blamed on the coaching staff. Anyway, good luck from here on out. I'll be checking in from time to time to follow your season.

I wish I could be there! Unfortunately, I have a prior commitment that day. Aside from the game next week, I'm hoping you guys have a good season!