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..........DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE?.....er I mean THE MEAN GREEN? Rick

Anyone else in the nation going to Bass Hall tonight? Rick

Fantastic! Way to go ladies. Rick

GOOD LORD WE DON'T NEED THIS, NOT NOW, NOT EVER!. Ask Emmitt, both Drew, the passenger and the "unkown" are lucky to be alive today to even talk about it? Self destruction! Rick

I have been impressed with the defense so far as well. They were after all the only highlight of last years miserable season. Rick

Wow John that's biting your tongue on the issue? I can't wait till you toke up and sing us another Rocky Mountain solo! Don't forget to fuel all the way till it reads "FULL" before you take off, ya hear? Rick

F16Jock, you don't have to explain it to us, we understand and deep down all of us are proud of you guys and what you stand for. We know who's on the front line giving us the freedom to have what we have today. Coach Dickey said during his show tonight how much of an uphill climb we have this saturday because Coach Deberry already has a very disciplined group to work with and takes that to another level with his difficult system he runs. You would have to have lived under a rock to not realize the extreme high standards our cadets are held to. Thanks for coming onto the board and sharing your thoughts with us. Rick

He thinks he got hit hard against Northwestern, wait till the Mean Green lays the wood on him. Rick

Since the DRC doesn't print responses to non resdents I thought someone in Denton should respond to this letter this in this way. If what this professor says in the above paragraph is true then why is the University of North Texas WASTING precious time, money and resources offering degrees in fields that do not help it's graduates earn even a meager, much less a comfortable living in which they can't even afford an $8 dollar football ticket, EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO? Rick

There you are! Remember though that 64 faculty prof's at Tt signed a letter stating they did not want the Bobster on campus. It's at a&m, it's at tU and everywhere in between. Rick

Get your GoMeanGreen.com shirt now while supplies last. The shirts are $10.00, add $2.00 for shipping. They come in Large, X Large and we have a few XXLarge. The easiest way to get one right now is to find the GMG.com guys(Harry or Cerebus) at one of the practices. Or just send a check or money order along with your size to: Greenstock 5024 Prairie Creek Trail Ft Worth TX, 76179 Also include a phone number and/or email so that we can contact you for varification on availability. Rick

I would vote for the '83 Daingerfield Tigers 16-0 run. They were 3A and gave up a 2 point conversion in the first game of the season to a 4A team that made it deep into the 4A playoffs that same year. So they went 15-0 without being scored on. If I remember correctly nearly 6 players off that same Tiger team made it into the NFL. To this day they are THE BEST highschool team that I have personally seen play. They were the dominant force in Texas in 3A in the 80's until they handed it off to Southlake Carrol. Before that year, the town of Daingerfield had just started to come out of and put behind them one of the worse tragedy's in Texas in which some nut case college professor walked into one of the towns' most popular churches during a Sunday service with an automatic rifle and killed/wounded several. Plus the area was in hard times due to layoffs and poor economy. Dale Hansen did a special about the team and town during they're '83 run that year and it was an emotional experience to see how the town looked to their team for support, and gave back all they could as well. Rick

Hickmon had a rough start because he was asked to do something he had no intentions on doing. He left the team for a short time, but instead of feeling sorry for himself and quitting like so many do these days he checked his pride in at the door and came back to get the job done. I'm very proud of Mike myself. How much more reward/respect/confidence could coach DD show in the man when he placed last season upon his shoulders when so much was riding on it during the NMSU game? I spoke to Mike after the N.O. Bowl game down on Bourbon and asked if he was going to try to pursue ball after college. He said "nah, I'm graduating now and I'm planning on going out and getting a steady job!". Rick

Doesn't this mean that he probably didn't qualify? Or am I to believe he just wanted to go to PV instead....just because? Rick

People donate beer for tailgating because me and about 20 other Mean Green Nation members ASK them too. It's not the Mean Green Nations' responsibility to ASK for donations for this athletic department. But if you feel so compelled then lets have a fundraiser. I'm game for it. Put it together, organize a meeting(on a night I'm off duty hopefully) and get going. Rick

Thanks, I'll check it out. By the way, for you older Rocker fans, Three Dog Night is on PBS right now. Unbelievable, those guys still got it after 40 years. I went to a Beach Boys concert in which Three Dog Night and America opened up for. The Beach Boys came on stage to introduce Three Dog Night and led with the question: "Can you believe we used to open up for these guys in 196?". Rick

It's funny, I had not heard of some of the groups ya'll listed, or rather, most of those under ground bands. But it's funny to go to a site like ColumbiaHouse.com and pull up one of these newer bands such as Fuel or Incubus and over to the right it will have a sidebar that say's, "If you like Fuel, you may like:" and then there will be listings of other groups with similar sounds. Such as if you put in Incubus then you will get Red Hot Chili Peppers or one of their sound a like groups from the past. If you keep going you eventually get to what ever generation of music you may have grown up with say back to the 80's or 70's. Just keep clicking on a band and you will eventually end up with say Ratt, Motely Crux, ACDC and even Black Sabbath, which started in 1970. You think Small Brown Bike will still be recording and selling in 2036? But I guess my main question is, are we then to believe that groups from Sabbaths era led to what we have today? If I am to assume this trend will continue in teh direction it's headed then I'm going to get my big horse shoeing file and an old brake drum out of the shed and hit the nearest studio because there's some money to be made out there. On a more serious note, are the days of the great rock guitarists gone? You just don't hear much llead quitar music anymore. What happen to the sounds and styles of Hendrix, Schone of Journey(1971 at the age of 14 performed in a studio in front of Santana and Eric Clapton and both attempted to hire the young man on the spot),Van Halen, Rhodes, Tipton/Downing, Carlisi, Hagar, Santana, Mars, Clapton, Bettencourt, Satriani, Ray Vaughn, all with their own types of lead style licks and riffs in Rock? I don't hear anyone talking about it on the radio who's the best, or DJ's playing licks in certain songs over and over just for fun like they used to. From the 60's through the early 90's there were different styles of lead Rock guitar. Each new generation adding to what the past had taught them but it seems to have died sometime after Stevie Ray left us. Now the guitar seems to be only used for rhythm. Any thoughts? Rick

My favorite music is: Cummings series 660 diesel's screamin', Whale, Chirp, Siren, Engine #? on, smoke showing!, and of course who can resist to move the hell out of the way to: THE AIR HORNS!. Hell, this music is so popular even the goofy suckers listening to their personal auto racket too loud with their windows rolled up can't resist even the slightest move to the right Rick

Happy B Day! Rick

$50 million? Your $10 million short and don't forget their AD and or football coach say's it's not enough. Here's to the horns living up to expectations. Win the Championship! Then win it in baseball again and then finally bring home a national title in football. You should, you've paid for it! Rick

The banners your criticizing that supposedly make us look so bad represent the best teams we have had ever since. I think what makes us look bad the most is one winning season in the past 6 or so, you think? But at the time they were hung those banners looked just fine, in fact they look just as good as what I've seen in other university's gyms. Not the best, but as good as in SOME places. Your forgetting that at the time the '87' 88' teams played our AD dept was a 1-AA program and the head football coach was the AD too. Also remember we just replaced the ORIGINAL floor that came with the Super Pit this past season and also included upgrades in lighting systems and the new boards and all. Baby steps! As far as the rest about the two girls and not following through with promises well....? Rick

Just curious. How did you hear about it? Rick

Amazing! It's like reading about BIG FOOT, the myth. I don't claim to be a wise man at all, nor will I ever be closest to the most educated around. But I'm not stupid and I am educated. I've played guitar for over 31 years. I love every kind of music on earth. And it's not that I go to a lot of concerts or have a massive library of music or anything like that. But I've never heard of Leon Breedon, nor had I heard of his bands growing up or since. I've never heard the One O'clock Lab band either. Where in hell do they play? And when they do do they ever tell anyone? I spent 4 awesome days in New Olreans this past december. New Olreans in most minds would be considered the home of the greatest Jazz and in those four days my wife and I heard some of the best Jazz we have ever heard. But those four days also saw the home of Jazz open it's arms to The University of North Texas, who is suppose to be known for it's Jazz studies and all. But it didn't surprise me that this mysterious JAZZ SCHOOL and it's WORLD FAMOUS ONE O'CLOCK LAB BAND was a mystery in the city of Jazz just as it's been a mystery to me all these years. Talk about small circles, or is it just a very BIG WORLD? Rick

I second that Lifer! I read about Chief Ganci in Dennis Smith's "Report from Ground Zero". In fact Mr. Smith signed my copy: "For Rick- A brother- to remember!, Dennis Smith" I feel very honored to even be in the same profession as those guys. Eric you never told me. Rick

"....yes Maam, I'll have a Deeeaaaablo sam-ich,........ and uh Docta Peppa!,....and make it snappy cause I'm in a @$#- damned hurry!...." Nothing beats the ORIGINAL! Rick