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  1. I used to have a Band Director (NT McAdow student), who one day stopped us in the middle of practice and asked "how many of you believe the old adage that practice makes perfect?". Well, we thought that was an easy question, so we all raised our hands. "Well you're all wrong" he said. GOOD PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT AND THIS PRACTICE IS THE WORST I'VE EVER SEEN". The rest of practice ended up better. My point? Under DD and Littell, North Texas won a lot of games. They set impressive rushing and passing records. But when it came to winning games that REALLY COUNTED (the good practice part of my analogy) like conference championship games, and bowl games, and games against La Tech at home with a big crowd watching.........WE GOT OWNED. Winning the conference championships, and bowl games, and big games at home in front of large crowds , does wonders for a program.
  2. Find a way to keep the students from broiling in their seats. Such as no games before 6 PM early in the season. Get the spirit groups more involved in engaging the students and alumni DURING the game (I don't give a crap about our cheerleader's gymnastic skills) They (the aforementioned students and alumni) come back when they feel that they have been an active part of the team's win. The cheer/ Talon staff should try to engage/encourage the tailgaters to participate in the pre-game team walk into the stadium. Start the "NORTH-TEXAS" chant and continue it until they are past the crowd. It would be a great start for crowd participation prior to the game.
  3. But fear not Rudy! Because more and more school boards are pushing for an "abstinence-based" sex education program. Unwanted pregnancies and dysfunctional new parents are soon to be a thing of the past.... therefore, making your job much easier.
  4. WHAT???? Plan ahead for traffic? Are you kidding? That's not the Texas way. Build those mega-housing editions first, then maybe......just maybe, worry about the traffic impact. Not to mention the stress on an over-stressed grid and water resources.....or the lack thereof.
  5. For clarification. He is a Battalion Chief (Battalion 1, A-shift). Since there are many of them, that makes him A Chief.....not THE Chief. So proud of you Rick. You are the perfect model of a true fan. My hope is that more and more people will be inspired to emulate you.
  6. Maybe I'm getting too picky about words in my dotage. I think foundation is (or should be) the appropriate word. I think I would prefer to talk about taking on greater and greater challenges in order to continue to strengthen our foundation.
  7. #1. I totally agree #2. Also agree #3. This is not directed at you, as a lot of people use this phrase. BUT, our first football game was in 1913 and we are still talking about "establishing a foundation?".
  8. Hmmm, interesting idea. It would seem to go along well with our military-sounding nickname for the Band "The Green Brigade". Are you going to develop a flag/guidon that represents this passionate clan from the North Texas alumni/fan base? IF so, a natural representation of an infantry would be someone walking like this guy.... ....or maybe this guy.....
  9. I got out my 2005 media guide and counted the conference championships. We have 25 if you count the Southland Conf. Championships.
  10. Chuck Curtis - Wikipedia I take it back. Todd Dodge could never coach and recruit as well as Chuck Curtis. Chuck Curtis, if given the same resources with an opposing team, would have consistently kicked TD's ass. Chuck Curtis: Glory on and off the field | Local News | cleburnetimesreview.com
  11. I've always referred to him as the "ultimate opportunist". Kind of like Chuck Curtis. Only Chuck Curtis had a lot more personality.
  12. Do "edge rushers" check for off-tackle/end runs before going after the QB? Because one of the most effective runs against our defense was a simple off-tackle run to the left. I think on two occasions it got a TD, and on other occasions it got very large gains. We're not talking about trick plays with lots of motion. They just handed it to the RB and he straight away took of toward the left DE (who often wasn't there) and was often untouched by anyone playing any position in the DL.
  13. I don't think we will ever get "freaks of nature"-sized like most SEC schools.
  14. You know, it just occurred to me that NOW the average Cowboy fan, like the average North Texas fan, knows how it feels to have a QB with recording setting stats and absolutely O championships.
  15. After watching Jimmy Johnson during the half-time show, I think they should offer him the job. Video: Jimmy Johnson Gives Impassioned Halftime Speech To Cowboys (msn.com)
  16. My thoughts exactly. On a related matter. I had never heard of T.J. Finley before watching him in the bowl game. I thought "DAMN, now THERE is the perfect NT QB"....real big, strong armed, mobile, and almost indestructible.
  17. Very excellent idea. I would favor an ale. I would also suggest that "Mean Green" not be used in the name of the brew. Unless of course, it ends up being an IPA.
  18. Hmmm, sounds like a farm system inside a farm system for the NFL.
  19. But it gives me great satisfaction that they have paid MUCH MORE for their situation than we have.
  20. Since I was mentioning in another thread how Hollywood blew daises and rainbows up the rear ends of the general population back in the 30's to help them have a vacation from reality. They also took a reality-based look at college football........IN 1937! Saturday's Heroes - Wikipedia
  21. Well Hollywood in the 30's helped a lot with that. People were looking for an escape from their reality, and Hollywood came through for them....big time. Also, crime in the west was not as much of a concern as the crime rate in general in the US. Horace Greely's encouragement to "go west young man" was an much an effort to push the socially unacceptable people living in the cities, out into the wide open spaces away from the citizens that were burdened by their dysfunctional behaviors, as anything else. Maybe they would become successful......or maybe they would fall victim to indians and the elements. Social thinkers, and/or what we would call "influencers" of that time pondered the problem and came up with a solution. They all noticed that most of the crime commited in the US was by people who had no formal education. They pronounced the educated class in America as the most moral and upstanding of people. They declared that an educated man would be a more moral citizen of the US. SO, they got behind an increase in construction of more Colleges, mainly teacher's colleges, thus giving more of the citizens an opportunity to formally improve themselves. All of this sounded good, and a lot of money was poured into new colleges so that more Americans would have the opportunity to formalize their good moral character with a higher education. Then in 1924, what was called the "crime of the century" took place. The case of Leopold and Loeb....Leopold and Loeb - Wikipedia. Turns out that the educated/intellectual man wasn't so moral after all. I'm sure all those social thinkers/influencers were sitting at their breakfast tables reading the headlines and pulling their hair out.
  22. You mean like Mason Fine? The record setting QB that never won a conference championship game or a bowl game? I am not attempting to denigrate his statistical accomplishments, but it takes more than an accurate passer to build a winning program. It is a good start however.
  23. So, did Earle only threaten to leave? Is this guy still on the roster? Dylan Gebbia - Football - University of North Texas Athletics (meangreensports.com)
  24. It seems that just about every state school that was founded around 1900 started out as a Teachers school. Especially in the rural areas of the U.S.
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