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Just do your best to endure all this, Jeff. I guarantee you that all this won't last forever and as some like to put it: THIS TOO SHALL PASS?
We are one of the largest universities in Texas that sometimes operates like we're one of the smallest and that part is a shame for all who attended UNT like many of the ones on this board and beyond who have gone on this "non-stop" roller coaster ride for more years than there ever should have been.
Had UNT football attendance grown (accordingly) thru the years and decades with all the boom growth on campus and in greater Denton, in a perfect & normal world we should now be at a point that we would never have less than 30,000 per home game & would have needed a larger stadium years ago.
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So it's just very difficult for one to to put a finger on what it is that is making all this annual "non-significant growth" at the Fouts Field turnstiles occur during a time of boom growth within a 20+ mile radius of our main campus.
Is there a correlation to the old nestors making athletics "operate with one arm tied behind the back" for the past 40+ years and the fact NT has a paltry $40 million war chest? I think so. Alums have simply given up on our University and do not give the big donations back to the university. And who can blame them.
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Didn't Rick Villareal mention his vision of having a retail type mall near Eagle Point and/or the proposed new stadium at Eagle Point? This is what is going on at Univ. of Central Florida.
I can definitely hear that "whooosing" sound.
http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/sto.../17/story5.html
ORLANDO -- Retailers are lining up to be part of the University of Central Florida's on-campus shopping strip that will be attached to the new 10,000-seat convocation center under construction.
When the center is completed in the fall of 2007, the 60,000 square feet of space to be occupied by restaurants and stores will give UCF a mixed-use dimension not before seen at other state universities, observers say.
For retailers, part of the project's allure will be the new housing component -- three buildings that will add living quarters for 2,000 more students. At present, some 4,000 students live on campus.
Add another 4,000 off-campus living accommodations within walking distance to the convocation center and you have some 10,000 students in close proximity -- or roughly the population of the city of Mount Dora.
No wonder retail space, which is being leased at $26-$28 per square foot, is quickly filling up.
The revenue stream from leasing retail space at the convocation center alone is expected to generate roughly $1.5 million annually, says John Tittman, director of finances at UCF.
In fact, Tittman adds, there's more than enough income to cover the $7.12 million debt service on the mixed-use project. Revenues are estimated at $3 million from events; $1.3 million from the sale of suites and club seats; $5 million a year from housing; $1.5 million from in-house rent of the convocation center; and interest earnings.
Campus-friendly stores
Chris McCarty, a business and economic expert at the University of Florida, says he's not aware of any universities in the state that have as much retail on campus as UCF will have.
He says the concept makes a lot of sense.
"Parking is such a nightmare at most campuses that many don't even want to drive out for lunch," McCarty says.
Bill Merck, UCF vice president for administration and finance, says the $250 million project involving the convocation center, retail space and student housing also will include three four-story parking garages that will add another 2,100 much-needed parking spaces.
Merck says that with another 1,300 parking spots on a lot across the street from the convocation center and service parking available, he doesn't anticipate parking to be a problem.
"Remember, students will be living right here and they won't be driving," Merck says. "It won't be like TD Waterhouse."
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The hacker registered as Polly? We were hacked by a parrot?
When you start taking donations for the software upgrade, I’ll help.
Those who made fun of Polly Parrot, aka Parrot Eagle..... you know who you are. Paybacks are hell.
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yes. the athletic deparrtment staff needs more bodies and reorganized. it is too busy now to handle things correctly. they can't get basic ticket packages right. more media is too complicated for them to attempt but a simple daily update would be nice. trying to be big time on pennies,.
So, our 11th year back into D1A and all we are getting is smoke and mirrors? How much could it possibly cost to hire a journalism student to report on the practices and input it into the website?
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Now I'm officially jealous.
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I'll weigh in on this. I'm on the monthly charge for the Premium Content on the athletic site. You can watch football games and basketball games, or whatever, when you absolutely cannot attend a game. I live 350 miles from Denton, so it is a good thing to have.
But, I am disappointed that after almost three days of practice, all we have is interviews with players (which is very good stuff), and DD's media day comments. Again, good stuff. But why can't we be privy to what's going on at the practice field? A simple training report covering both practices would be nice. I mean, am I asking for too much?
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UAB ovresigned on recruits, now MTSU has this three star that will be on the team this Fall. From the SBC message board:
"...Offensive lineman Jamaal Lewis (6-foot-4, 280 pounds) has inked scholarship papers with MTSU after originally signing with University of Alabama-Birmingham on National Signing Day in February.
Lewis practiced in shorts with the Blue Raiders Tuesday, as he must complete a five-day NCAA-mandated acclimation period. He has already been certified by the NCAA Clearinghouse and will be admitted to MTSU pending acceptance of his final transcript.
"He's a real good player, and we recruited him at South Carolina," Stockstill said. "When we got (to MTSU), he hadn't qualified, so we didn't continue to recruit him. Then he got qualified right before signing day and signed with UAB. ... Well, UAB oversigned and couldn't take him, so they called us to see if we were interested and we were."
Lewis, who won't turn 18 until late in MTSU's season, was a standout at Butler High in Huntsville, Ala. He was named to The Huntsville Times Super All-Metro team the past two seasons and tabbed honorable mention as a sophomore. He was also named to Huntsville's All-City squad three straight years and All-Region twice..."
What the NCAA should do is pull a scholly or two from UAB for next year for oversigning this year. Either way, MTSU benefits and the player doesn't have to sit out a year.
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If OU releases him from his scholarship, does he still have to sit out a year if he ends up at NT or another D1A school?
What the hell, offer him preferred walkon status.
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If I was younger and had a few extra steps in me, armed with a couple of five gallon cans of kerosene.
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Did Texas win the National Championship? I did not know that.
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So who do we have left at the DL position now?
I'm guessing that Mr. Santiago will definitely be put at the DL position.
I think Adam Venegas needs to go on the defensive side of the ball. From the Athletics website-
"High School/Personal: Received All-State 6A First Team honors ... Was named one of the top 11 players in the state of Kansas by The Topeka Capital-Journal ... Ranked second on North’s defense in the Eagles’ point system, racking up 30 solo tackles, 29 assists, seven tackles for loss and a team-high six sacks ... Recorded nine career sacks and started on a North team that lost one game ... Participated in the 2003 Shrine Bowl Game ... Was state champion in wrestling ...
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I'm discounting WW because he was a no show during voluntary workouts for most of the summer.
Ah, yes. don't you just love the committment.
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I would be a sad sad camper if Dickey were to keep his job after a record like that. I seriously doubt i could continue supporting a program that allows for a sub-par performance coach to stay year after year that produces anything close to what we went through last season
You may want to switch to an electric razor for a while.
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I'm already looking forward to the basketball season.
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maybe we should hire Don King to Hype the games!
Looks like a good idea. Eagle claw not there yet, however.
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And here's mine.
Sun Belt Teams
Texas 47 North Texas 14
Arkansas State 17 Army 10
Middle Tennessee 28 Florida International 14
ULM 21 Alcorn State 13
LSU 52 ULL 14
Clemson 55 Florida Atlantic 7
(Troy vs Alcorn State not listed)
Others of interest
Nebraska 37 Louisiana Tech 0
Penn State 52 Akron 10
Tulsa 60 S.F. Austin 7
SMU vs Texas Tech (Who cares?)
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So you're saying that, 10 or 15 years ago when he left here, you said we should have made him the head coach because you knew how successful he'd be down the road? I find that hard to believe. Wasn't he just a QB coach?
Yep. I knew all along.
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From Football Scoop:
"Tulsa's head coach Steve Kragthorpe gets a 6 year extension through 2011".
I have always thought and still believe that this is where UNT missed the coaching train.
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If the dealership, or anyone associated with the dealership, was part of this violation and OU monetary supports, won't those individuals be banned from any OU sporting event? Like forever?
And Pettersen drives around in a Lexus for six freakin weeks and no one at OU notices this?
Doesn't this open the door for players to simply "look" at cars by test driving them around for six weeks at a time and then turning them in when the parents they can't afford the payment? Time to move on to the next dealer....surely Norman has a BMW dealership. Nah, I think I want to test drive that Infinity FX45 for a while.
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----I am 100% agreement with Long Jim (Horn). We do not want anything to do with the WAC....apparently SMU, UTEP, Rice, and Tulsa were not thrilled with it either....they left.
I think SMU, Rice, and Tulsa all left the WAC for CUSA because Cinncinatti, Louisville, and USF left for the Big East when it got raided. UTEP was added to round out to 12 teams. SMU, Rice and Tulsa bolted the WAC because of the CUSA openings. Just like NT would do if the opportunity presented itself. The chances of that happening to us now, SBC to CUSA, are slim, remote, and none.
Bottom line is, we blew it.
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For all of those who would like a UNT move to the WAC, remember the Big West. It really wasn't that bad of a conference, was it? With the WAC, the addition of Hawai, San Jose, Fresno St is not too bad either.
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All I know is, when I hear the name Big East, a BCS freaking conference for crying out loud, I think of South Florida. Yes, <10 year old football program and they are now in a BCS conference. I use to laugh when I heard they were making the transition from 1AA to 1A for football. Now I'm crying.
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Also, don't we have another Alumus that lives in Hawai - NMGreen?
Welcome aboard!
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Damn you people. Super Jamario is not the problem. He is not injury prone. If he played with the same hamstring injury he supposedly had last year during his freshman year, then he has proven that he will play injured---and that he plays AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL even while injured. Do you people not remember him being fully dressed out for every home game last season....heck, he even rode the bike during most of the games. Blame RF. Blame Pat Cobbs....but stop blaming Super Jamario.
Settle down. No one is blaming Jamario on anything. At least I'm not. I merely want to know what the battle plan is in case he gets hurt.
"Texas Bowl" replaces Houston Bowl
in Mean Green Football
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This is the ultimate slap in the face. All of Texas' 1A programs are eligible to play in this bowl with the exception of one - North Texas. If the officials of our university bend over and once again take it in the b%tt, then this university and it's athletic programs are a joke. If the BOR, Lee Jackson, Rick Villareal, Dickey, and whoever else is running this train wreck in Denton, do not from a investigative committee and file a complaint with someone, somewhere, then we know where this program and university is going. Nowhere! Our officials need to at least put up a fight damnit! Do nothing and we will all know the future of NT.
Everyone of you who want to hang around the Sun Belt and play for crap, well this should be your wakeup call.
Again, this is the ultimate slap in the face.