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  2. What Are We Made Of?

    in Mean Green Football

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    I'm with Emmitt on this. I actually thought the team played better against OU this year than against UT last. I thought Vizza played with confidence for that being the first time out on a game of that magitude. Meager was okay as well.

    What did we expect? We didn't have a clue. We had our fantasies, but not a clue. I think we did fine for #114 vs #8. Next week might not be much better, but we should all stick together and stick with the team. Our rebirth is just beginning and you want to be on the bandwagon during the struggle as well as the good times.

  3. Besides The Band Looking Like Crap.

    in Mean Green Football

    Posted · Edited by CawClaw

    It was OU's stadium - of course they will let their band run on!

    The black shoes and the black socks - they wear those because that is part of the normal uniform and students already have those items. The band members don't get any say in the t-shirts they are handed to wear to the first game. They will be in full uniform at SMU as they were last year at home against SMU.

    I guess your glass is half empty. Sorry about that. I second that suggestion - send a check to the Green Brigade to help finance expenses that aren't in the budget of the school or the band student. The band student is already giving a lot time and heart towards supporting the football team and school.

    Proud Mom of a Green Brigade Trumpet Player and UNT

  16. Why Did We Lose?

    in Mean Green Basketball

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    I got to watch the first hour and I saw both teams make as many mistakes and misses as other. But UNT was ahead and I thought they might just pull this off. Then at 28-28 we left to come back to the office. I guess that's when it fell apart.

    I think we lost because

    1) we were the big underdogs (almost no one gave us any hope at all)

    2) they were bigger, maybe stronger

    3) they weren't suppose to make their FT's

    4) one team has to lose so the other team can win (doesn't count in soccer)

    But we got to go and play. Got lots of positive national attention - even the College of Music got good comments (which it should). I got to know a little about the players and the coaches - nice to know we have all these good, quality people up at UNT (along with Todd Dodge and Gretchen Bataille).

    Our glass is definitely half-full.

  24. Unt On Deadspin

    in Mean Green Basketball

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    http://deadspin.com/sports/college-basketb...exas-243374.php

    NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN

    1. Green Eagle. Although we all know UNT as the Mean Green, the school mascot is actually Scrappy the eagle. And Scrappy he is. In 1974 (back during Vietnam, when college students used to protest war in between bong hits), the school scrapped "Scrappy" because the flower children thought his name was too warlike. They renamed him "Eppy" the Eagle. That name stuck until December 2, 1995, at the UNT vs. Alabama Crimson Tide game, when the college announced that Eppy was Scrappy once again, no doubt pleasing many-a-confused fan who'd spent two decades wondering what the hell "Eppy" even meant. As for the "Mean Green" moniker, it's usually associated with 1969 UNT graduate "Mean" Joe Greene, but there is another story that links it to a couple of jokers starting a chant at a game back in the '60s. Understandably, most Mean Green fans prefer to stand by the Joe Greene story.

    2. Cannon! North Texas loves its victory cannon. It's as much a part of the UNT family as Eppy, er, Scrappy the Eagle. They love that cannon so much, he even has a name! It's Boomer. Boomer the cannon. Boomer has been blowing his explosive wad to signal touchdowns since 1970. The original Boomer was retired in 1996 when the U.S. Field Artillery Association for Texas deemed him unsafe to fire, but the school promptly had him replaced. Which means that today's Boomer, a scale replica of a Civil War model, is actually Boomer II. The Son of Boomer. Boomer Strikes Back. The Wrath of Boomer. And so forth.

    3. New To Hoops. Mean Joe reps UNT's respectable football program (they also have a decent soccer team, not that Leitch cares), but the Mean Green has never really been considered a national basketball powerhouse. This is UNT's first visit to the tourney since 1988, when they lost to second-seed North Carolina, which went on to the Elite Eight that year. The NBA standout to come out of their program is probably the mighty Lee Winfield and his 7.2 PPG through seven seasons with Seattle, Buffalo and Kansas City in the early 1970s. Things are looking up, though, with the Mean Green winning their first Sun Belt Conference title this season with a 23-10 record, the most wins by any UNT team. -- Mike Bruno

    Go Mean Green!!!

WE BELIEVE IN THE MEAN GREEN!

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