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Looks like we have 3 freshman walkons. Can someone check out the credentials of these youngsters?
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I have a question about practice - if you can see through the fence, is practice really closed? I realize you could actually go through that gate inside the fense with DD, but I mean you can see a lot of what is going on behind the fense. If the team has practice at Fouts, and you can watch from the stadium, is that considered closed because you can't get on the field?
Just curious.
Part of your problem is staying inside the fence rather going behind the fense.
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Many of us have been posting on gomeangreen.com for several years now, and yet, have never met one another. Many of us distance out of towners make 2-4 games a year at best so we are not able to mix with many of you on a regular basis. Personally, I'd like to meet people like GreyEagleOne, MeanGreen61, FlyingEagle, and others. Quoner, I'm not so sure about.
O.K., I'm just kidding!Sure would be nice to have at least two home games early in the season, or one special home game like Navy, where we could actually make a point of meeting one another.
Do the GreenBackers still exist, with tailgating tent and all??
Any thoughts, ideas?
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I think we all should take note of this, or the Italian will have us "taken care of."
If you are referring to me, Sicilian would be more appropriate.
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That would be Giovanni "The Don" Vizza.
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The whorn faithful should be proud!
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It amazes me to see the anti-UT predictions on this board. I cant even imagine ASU getting 17 points let alone pedicting an outside shot that they could win. Texas will win 64-3
My thoughts exactly. Whorns have too much talent, too much depth.
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Having two McCoys on the roster would make it even easier.
So which one is the real McCoy?
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This is not UNT related and can be moved.
Spurrier blasts South Carolina admissions for denying two recruits
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier blasted the school's admissions process, apologizing to two recruits who signed with the Gamecocks last winter and were denied academic entry this summer.
"In my opinion, I still believe we made a mistake," Spurrier said Sunday.
Spurrier had spoken with university president Andrew Sorensen and the two agreed, the coach said, that things needed to change.
Spurrier was angered that receiver Michael Bowman of Wadesboro, N.C., and Arkee Smith of Jacksonville, Fla., were cleared by the NCAA to enroll, yet were turned down by the university. The rest of the Gamecocks football team officially reported Friday for preseason camp.
"Hopefully, I truly believe this is the last year this is going to happen, because I can't operate like that," Spurrier said. "I can't operate misleading young men."
Spurrier signed a contract extension, which included a raise of nearly a half-million dollars, that ties him to South Carolina through 2012. However, he said if things didn't change on admissions "then I have to go somewhere else, because I can't tell the young man that he's coming to school here," then not have him admitted.
University spokesman Russ McKinney said Spurrier has been involved in talks with Sorensen and other administrators about refining the process of athletic admissions.
"I think the university administration understands his frustration," McKinney said.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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There has been a sprinkling of tailgaters in the Green Lot and it's getting a little better.
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I hope they practice the Statue of Liberty play to open with at OU.
Gawd, wouldn't that be a hoot! That should be our first play from scrimmage!
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Given the fact that we have been on the outside of the SWC since forever and are in arguably the lowest of the low 1A conferences, cheap shots towards UNT are to be expected. Southeast Texas, specifically Beaumont/Port Arthur, is SWC/Big 12 country. It's been about aggie$ and whorns, with a smattering of raiders and cougars. We are being mentioned down here more than I can remember in the past 20+ years. Like I said, cheap shots can be expected until we prove ourselves.
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You can also read another article in The Examiner, published in Beaumont weekly and covers SE Texas. They are reviewing all ten D1A football programs in Texas, and with Todd Dodge being a local, they are giving NT very good coverage. It was a shocker that NT was the 8th team reviewed and not the last. Hey, we're making progress! Of course the article shows that we lost in 7 overtimes to FIU.
College football preview: 2007 North Texas
By Chase Hidalgo, Sports Writer
Dodge
Former Port Arthur standout Todd Dodge leaves the high school ranks, where he had much success at Southlake Carroll, for Saturdays and the excitement of college football. Since Dodge’s hire, North Texas has changed everything from its offense to its defense and even its uniform, which will be a lighter shade of green in ’07. Dodge’s presence in Denton has restored the swagger that the Mean Green faithful once possessed, which is evident as one can feel the excitement on campus.
Offense
The main question for this North Texas team — can Dodge come in and use his spread attack to restore the Mean Green program and get them back atop the Sun Belt Conference?
Dodge has declared the race for the quarterback spot to be wide open at the beginning of fall workouts, which will leave the door open for juniors Matt Phillips, Woody Wilson, redshirt freshman Nathan Tune and true freshman Giovanni Vizza. Daniel Meager is getting most of the reps in practice and he will likely be the guy that leads Dodge’s offense, but it seems Dodge still wants to portray the fact of no job security and the best player will play. Despite his philosophy, expect Meager to be the man come September.
Former national rushing leader Jamario Thomas is back for his senior year after being haunted by injury his sophomore season and unnoticed last year due to a less than mediocre offensive line. He will have to be patient and adapt to the spread offense, but should still shine in Dodge’s system. Even though the focus of this offense is passing, 1,000 yards rushing is not out of the question for this talented back.
The main focus for this offense lies in the hands of the receivers, which will be led by senior Brandon Jackson who was UNT’s second-leading wide-out a year ago. Casey Fitzgerald and Korey Washington have shown a lot of potential in spring drills and coach’s think they will be a perfect fit for this five-wide set. Only problem with these two is the fact that neither has any experience, so if they turn out to be busts, Dodge will have to rely on six of his talented receiving recruits to pick up the slack.
The Mean Green will also have to deal with a young offensive line, which includes Robert Peachey and Matthew Menard at tackle and Kelvin Drake at center. Dodge thinks these three could be the foundation of his offense for seasons to come but will be a basic rebuilding year in the trenches.
Defense
When former head coach Darrell Dickey won four-straight Sun Belt titles with the Mean Green from 2001-04, he did so with a head-hunting defense that put fear in opposing coaches. Though the intimidation factor of those defenses have left over the last couple seasons, Dodge has still came to this new job extremely pleased with the talent he gets to work with. Ten starters return (eight leading tacklers) on this defense from a year ago with hopes that experience will pay off.
This year the defense moves back to the 4-3 system of two years ago and will be anchored by senior end Jeremiah Chapman, an all-conference pick who had 52 tackles last season and 10 of them for losses. Junior defensive tackle Joseph Miller should improve this defense while defensive end Blake Burruss and tackle Montey Stevenson look to improve on their stats from a year ago. The Mean Green defense allowed 72 yards per game less with the 3-4 defense last year than in ’05 and Dodge is hoping changing back to the 4-3 will not derail the improvement.
This defense’s major strength should be at linebacker as senior Maurice Holman returns after his second consecutive all-conference selection and was second on the team with 74 tackles last season. Germain Dawson, a junior, and senior Brandon Monroe will have the rest of the middle locked up for Dodge’s defense. Monroe will be coming off a sprained MCL, which cost him all but two games last season. Tobe Nwigwe stepped up when Monroe went down, but will take a back seat due to him not being as experienced as expected. If healthy, this group should be solid and provide confidence for Dodge that his defense can get the job done.
What star power the Mean Green lacks in the front seven should be made up in the secondary as senior safety Aaron Weathers returns along with his team leading 78 tackles from a year ago.
Sophomore Antoine Bush and senior Dominique Green will be the two guys locking up opposing receivers, while senior Roy Loren will play alongside Weathers and look to improve on his 33 stops from last year. The big problem in the past with this group is that they have the tendency to give up the big play. Hopefully new defensive coordinator Ron Mendoza can come in and correct that flaw.
Special teams
UNT will have to do a little rebuilding with the special teams unit, but with the athletes Dodge has, it shouldn’t be too bad. The best part of this unit is junior Truman Spencer and his 40.8 yards per punt from season ago returns for his final season. Spencer, a two-year starter and second-team all-conference last season, dropped 15 punts inside the 20-yard line, and if he repeats this, this defense could be putting a couple two-pointers on the board this fall.
Redshirt freshman kicker Steven Woodward out of Tulsa, Okla., spent a majority of the time grabbing pine behind Denis Hopovac. Dodge will have two players who returned kicks last year, but the problem is that they only combined to return three.
Outlook
Don’t expect this team to turn it around in one season and become the rest of the conference’s “daddy” like they were once regarded. Dodge will have some learning to do as well as his players once this season is kicked off, and I expect Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma Sooners to be his professor come September 1 when the Mean Green travels to Norman to do battle with one of the nations most feared teams. A .500-year for this squad will be nice, but when Dodge’s recruits become juniors and seniors in a couple of years, look for UNT to be a force to reckoned with.
2007 UNT schedule
Sept. 1 @ Oklahoma - UNT is 0-6 vs. OU
Sept. 8 @ SMU - UNT is 4-27-1 vs. SMU
Sept. 22 Florida Atlantic - UNT is 3-6 in last 9 home openers
Sept. 29 @ Arkansas - UNT is 4-9 vs. SEC teams
Oct. 6 @ La.-Lafayette - UNT is 4-1 in Lafayette
Oct. 13 La.-Monroe - Home team is 15-8 in series
Oct. 20 @ Troy - Troy leads 3-1
Oct. 27 Middle Tenn. - UNT is 5-1 vs. MT
Nov. 10 Navy - 1st ever meeting
Nov. 15 @ Arkansas St. - UNT has dropped last two
Nov. 24 West. Kentucky - UNT is 11-3 since ’93 in home finales
Dec. 1 @ Florida Int. - UNT lost in 7OTs last year
Examiner picks
Chase: 6-6, No bowl for Dodge yet.
Coop: 6-6, Give Dodge a few years and he’ll be moving up.
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38 points is not a shocker to me - though I think it will be closer - but I could just be a homer too.
You are a homer. If we stay within 38 points of zeroU, it will be a miracle. New coach, new offense, unproven offensive line, and this being the first game out of the schut will mean a tough afternoon for the Mean Green.
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You might be a Mean Green fan if........
During the crushing of the Baylor Bears in Denton, the crowd noise was so loud throughout the game that you laughed at an older fan who had to cover his ears all night!
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Section D, Rows 14 & 15, seats 29 & 30 (on each row).
If you're not sure where that is, I think Ramone Flannagan can show you where the seats are...........
Silver, are you and Rick still on the isle, next to Sec E? I changed my seats to where the Balzadua's used to sit. My old seats where right next to theirs and all I did was a swap.
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Sounds like a good nickname for the defensive line....HEAVY METAL
Nope. The NT defense should always be the Green Curtain.
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I didn't bother investigating the restrooms. I never liked going in there before because of the smell. I just tend to hold it as long as I can. I guess only time will tell if the restrooms are updated to a point that humans can feel comfortable in, not just the crickets.
Is this the reason that so many fans left during the 3rd quarter of games? I always thought it was DD's/Flanagans' offenses that causeed the exodus?
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Freaked me out at first... Then I noticed the track was missing and there had been seats added closer to the field. Makes Fouts almost look presentable.
Close your eyes, think about the many times you took a leak in the Mens Room. It's still Fouts.
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Amazing! All of those cars parked at Fouts and no game.
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My take on the game...
-North Texas mentioned early on when our recruits were discussed
-Dibrell had an off night; just a couple of passes thrown his way and he couldn't handle them
-Penson is going to be a good one
-JJ Johnson seemed very solid to me
-From what I could see, all three recruits played the entire game
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You might be a Mean Green.... if you complain about being ranked #60 in the Rivals recruiting rankings, knowing full well that NT has never had 10 committments this early in the year, EVER!
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Quick! Someone lock this page from further viewing before Rick McKinney sees it! The man will have a stroke.
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