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My seats are on the top row just below "the giant lawn chair " (4:57). I think that is the first time I have seen them when they were empty. I have been to every home game at DATCU/Apogee and there is someone other than my family sitting in my seats when I arrive EVERY game. Discussed my sad tale with at least 50 athletic department humans over the years. None have fixed the problem. Thanks for respecting the seats, Gfed. GMG

I learned how to tailgate late in life, and I am glad I lived long enough to do so. Tell me the game time and we will be out there 3.5 hours before. Six weekends a year, weather be damned, I stop everything I am doing and just enjoy being outside with friends. It is weird...some of my best friends, including immediate family, brothers and family and friends, are my tailgate crew. I see most of them more during football season than the other 8ish months combined. My blood pressure drops, we enjoy good food, talk about current and old times, reminisce on great tailgates and games of the past, speculate on crowd size and scores of the game of the day, have a pre-game peaty Scotch and then the pickle, and just enjoy being alive. Then the game happens. It is the reason we did the above. And six times a year in Denton, a few other times elsewhere, I watch my team. The players and coaches come and go, the team remains. My team. My only team. I treasure every minute of these six days a year. GMG

There was some talk about doing something at the Alumni Pavillion. Right decision to do Eastside. One of the Mean Green's biggest supporters, and a true Denton-raised entrepreneur. GMG

My identifying picture is an homage to that sentiment. And I have used that picture for a long time. Happens to be the weekend we set for our annual BBQ. Early start sucks but are planning a meal for 80, and we will figure out how to make it great again (11th year). That said, we have another excuse for poor game day atmosphere. But ehether we have 10 at our normal tailgate or 100 at the BBQ, our little cohort finds a way to squeeze a little great game day atmosphere into Section 110. Atmosphere is local. I am confident King will do the same at the Mean Green Nation's premier tailgate, and at the game. GMG

So the Scrappy squad members get on the field before the game now? My son (27) and daughter (24) were Jr. MGC members back at Fouts. The experience played a role in my son's decision to go to North Texas. He has never missed a home game in his life. Literally. GMG

What a great kick! GMG

Home schooler. Would love to see him do well here. GMG

Chili, in two flavors: pee-pee and kick ass. GMG

I am interested, and I would follow closely. I have a special place in my heart for the underdog, and promotion/relegation captures it beautifully. GMG

That really brings joy. This is a good man and I am happy to see him as a positive influence. GMG

Please clarify: drop all semi-pro teams from our schedule, or just this one. I like to play P5s every once in a while, especially at home. GMG

That should cover the AAC exit fees. GMG

Matt doing his part. All fans need to do what we can. For this game, I: Changed which flag I flew on game day. North Texas with SOW, green with white lettering Replace my lime green Road ID band with a Go Mean Green rubber wrist band that includes my Road ID plate Simulated high fiving Mean Joe Greene statue on my Saturday morning run Meditation mantra: just on the inhale, win on the exhale. Wore my only pair of green boxer shorts. They didn't work last year, but 1-0 this year. Wore a green NT shirt and a green NT baseball cap. No black, no gray, just green and white. Ate my traditional pre-game pickle on the way to East Side, listening to the pre-game show Drank my traditional pre-game Scotch before getting into the food truck park. Ardbeg An Oa. Green bottle. Went to East Side to watch the entire game. Connected with long time friends and fans. Admired green jerseys Ate some Tomato pizza during the game, but removed the green (bell) peppers GMG

Bit. Failed. GMG

Nice job. Chandler's pocket presence is strong. The pocket was collapsing around him and he escaped a number of times, often times for significant yardage. His peripheral vision is superior and/or he has a great feel for what is happening behind him. GMG

Gee, thanks Mean Joe. GMG

How crowded was it for game one when they let everyone in for free? GMG

I high-fived Mean Joe Greene this morning so I am going with NT wins. GMG

Correct. I spent most of my childhood in adoration of Team Burnt Orange. Made my decision to go there on Jan 1, 1970. I was 9. UT beat Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl and won the national championship. I went there from Fall 1978-Fall 1979, was dating a girl at home, and transferred to North Texas Spring 1980. I embraced the school's athletics program from day 1 as passionately, truly more so, as I ever felt about UT. In fact, the first NT game I saw was on January 17, 1980 in the Super Pit, against Texas. We won 79-77 on, as I remember it, a buzzer shot 30-foot bomb by an excellent point guard but poor shooter named Pat Hicks. That set me on the path to where I am now. Rabid. I am also grateful to God. He knew this cheap ass would never be able to enjoy the on and near the field experiences at UT that I have had here. What I give is first page here, but wouldn't even be listed in the program, if they still have those, at UT. Since selling similar programs at Amon Carter Stadium as a kid during one of TCU's lowest football periods, I embraced the underdog. At NT, we have learned how to do what we can with what we have and what we are given. We can do that better, giving and living with what we got. But I still embrace the underdog. I hope, someday, to test the theory when this program is not the underdog. I suspect I will be just fine with that. GMG

I actually thought he was going after the Goose (Top Gun) look. GMG

I found little evidence of player or fan or band heat danger, in defiance of pre-game predictions, at the game. GMG

Harry, always enjoy your missives. You are a fine writer. GMG

And Baylor. GMG

@TIgreen01 I'd certainly be up for testing the theory. I am not a huge giver by any means...I think there are something like 19 that can claim that. And that is the point. When there is only a few billionaires and millionaires, even they have an upper limit they can give. I bet they are praying other similar dollar givers to join them. Soon. If I had my way, we would all post the amount of money we give to the program next to our (mostly) alias names. It wouldn't change our right to voice an opinion....just provide context as to the commitment of he who opines. My point: The person who calls out "fire the coach" after that coach's first game is rarely the guy responsible for the million+ dollar buy out. I want to hear the opinions of the guys that are coming out of pocket. (Caveat: I fully understand we all have different circumstances that affect what we give) (Caveat 2: apologies to @UNTethered Eagle...just reading some of the other threads and it appears you already fought this battle) GMG

* I pull for one school, and all of its teams. The only professional sport I watch is golf. There are no Ranger, Stars, Mavs or Cowboys wins to salvage a weekend. North Texas is it. I invest a lot of emotional capital, along with a few bucks, in my passion, my hobby. * Pretty sure there is not a single player, coach or athletic department employee who has been here as long as I have. The school and the name last, no human does. I pull for the school and the name. Everyone else is temporary. I deeply care about this school, and its most passionate and long(er) time fans, like Gray Eagle, SUMG, FFR, et al. * The three hours before the game, tailgating, do salvage some of the mood swing I get from a loss, any loss, but especially losses like Saturday. Yesterday, it was gumbo, cornbread, pre-game Scotch (Laphroaig this time), pre-game pickle and some really great family, including my son who has never missed a home game in his 27 years, and friends. Thanks also to @Pete Hadley for the nice welcome and parting gift, @malonebbqsauce. Maybe I need more Scotch next game. * I try to wait 24 hours after a loss before paying much attention to gomeangreen.com. It is always nice to see how moods change from ground zero over the next 24-48 hours. * I am a loud, often sarcastic fan. I yell when we win, and when we lose. I don't yell against players. Almost every fan that was sitting in my seats before I got there, and who we have to negotiate with to get the seats we paid for, abandons the general area I am sitting in well before the game ends, usually before the half. If you are planning to study at the game, you will probably move also. * The 2Q Earle to Maclin bomb was thing of beauty. Seems like the ball was in the air for 23 seconds and Maclin ran to that ball like few could. I was almost drowned out by the other fans in Sections 109 and 110. * @aztecskin, MGN now on Substack, put things in perspective. If North Texas didn't come out in the second half, we would have scored the exact number of points and gained 9 less yards. @Venson suggested, and I concur: start Stone, put in Ruder if needed. If he doesn't emerge, Stone should be the starter for the rest of the year. * I gripe about the petty when the play on the field puts me in a bad mood. Petty like the much-hyped water stations. No one, security, other vendors, etc, knew where they were. When I spent about half of the third quarter looking for them, I found one that was empty and one other. On the way, I tried three water fountain stations. One worked. Petty like giving a decent amount of money to the program and buying approximately 80 football tickets a year for the games (48 of them season tickets) and having to pay $15 to print my tickets. Petty (not) like having to ask people to get out of my seats for something like the 70th straight game....every game since the stadium opened. Three different ADs have heard my complaint now, along numerous other department employees, including the 3 or 4 humans over the last decade or so that have invited me to breakfast once a year. Question for athletic department: will you print my tickets if I buy the breakfast next time another human? * All that said, after dropping by gmg.com this afternoon, I come to one conclusion: I suspect no other group of college fans demands more and gives less. We get what we pay for. You lads and lasses still need some venting, it appears. Flame away. GMG