emmitt01

Brilliant! Let's not continue to do the things we do now because they may be "copied" or "dorky." Let's create new "traditions" (does this smell of oxymoronic thinking to anyone else) so that we can feel cool. Again, brilliant! And while we're on the subject of the people not getting on board and participating...there must be a VERY loud and vocal few hundred that attend EVERY home game because the "North....Texas" chant from side to side in the stadium sure sounds like people are participating.

So let's see: 1)Firing off the cannon is stolen from whom? Texas? Texas Tech? Army? Shall I continue? And while we're at it can we accuse every one of them except for the school who did it first of being a copy cat? Oh, and let's forget that ours is the ONLY functional civil war replica cannon in the state. 2)Should we stop building the bonfire? Nevermind that ours is the largest hand-built bonfire in the state because we don't use cranes and instead have a group of dedicated people stay out at that site for a week. Nah, let's scrap this too because a few panty wastes think it looks like we're copying. 3)Let's never chant North and Texas back and forth between the sides of the stadium because Texas does something similiar. I wonder, though, does Penn State make fun of Texas since they chant "We are" and then "Penn State?" I mean, if Penn State had the brilliant and obviously untouchable idea of a call and response cheer (see every rock or rap concert in history) then North Texas doing something similiar clearly makes us "dorky." Can we please, pretty please, get some students in here with enough school pride (not to mention growing a pair) to say "I don't give a rats ass what your school does I'm gonna have some spirit about mine"?

That sounds like a personal problem.

Shhhhhh.....you'll wake those who still think JJ's team is about to fold at any minute.

Chuck Norris would karate kick you for saying that.

Why does this surprise anyone? When mother nature craps on DFW, Denton is where she flushes it all to.

And I'm proud to say I was one of the ones who started this way back in 1999.

I look for at least 2 threads that turn into Hillary Clinton is a devil worshipper with at least one "village to raise a child" reference... But how could everyone forget the most ass-whippinest topic of all: DARRELL DICKEY IS THE BOOGEY MAN AND WILL DESTROY...FILL IN THE BLANK

"UNT doing something positive!? It just can't be. My overpriced, overhyped education and football team have got to be clearly superior...they just have to. If I give them credit for improvement that means I can't still love my team...doesn't it? I mean, regardless of the fact that if I truly believed they were no threat I wouldn't feel the need to take shots at them, I need to rationalize my disdain."

http://smu.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=659251 A few things I notice from this article. -900 people? How very small-time. -Secondary is the point of concern? I kinda like this whole "passing" thing we'll be throwing at them. -900 people? In the big city of Dallas? -Seems their front line is the strength of the defense. Didn't we run all over them last year...I mean, it sure wasn't our passing attack. -900 people? Isn't this a CUSA title contender? -Justin Willis seems to be all that he's billed to be. -900 people?

Not really what I meant by "in there"

He's in there somewhere.

Don't eat 30 minutes before attempting step 41.

Does anyone have a crowd shot taken from the student side? I'd like to have one to frame so I can believe it's not a dream.

http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=PonyFans....3875636&T=1 Notice the little icon next to the photos? Given our history with them I found it funny.

I don't highlight this to give kudos to Woody, I just wanted to point out that a quarterback was our leading rusher...and with 26 yards.

From what I've understood (and hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong) Dodge has had Woody running some option and designed keepers in practice. Perhaps a different wrinkle to keep teams honest or punish defenses that are weak against the run?

How much is too much when you consider the number of designed runs? I agree that his touch and accuracy could not rival Meager's today but I don't think we should knock him for the one thing he brings to the table that nobody else can. Also, I don't think it can be overestimated how important and special 5,000 plus is for a spring game. If you took all 9 years of DD's tenure and combined them you wouldn't come up with 5k in the stands. This says to me that there are is a growing number of diehards and, more importantly, a good contingent of 'curious' souls out there.

So you don't actually disagre with the comment you've just found the converse to be true. Disagreeing would be saying that the product on the field wouldn't improve despite a better product in the stands...and this theory, unfortunately, has never been tested.

With rims...cuz Michigan's doesn't have rims.

I look at projects like this and it makes me wonder why the big boys even include the first few weeks of their schedules in the win/loss columns. Spending at a rate 10 times that of the schools you schedule to fill out your schedule makes it virtually prideless to win.

Good...the Villanueva tailgate will be in full effect.

He would have spoken to community organizations but most of them have a problem with being called m'fers.

Major, major kudos to the athletic department for pulling out all the stops.

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