SilverEagle

Interesting article about Clint Renfro. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/13741875.htm I have to wonder if we were ever interested in him, or if we thought he was too unattainable and didn't even try. Here are some ideas that I would have tried with him. I would have invited him to the new athletic center and showed him his grandfathers jersey that had been retired (our first as I recall), and told him that we would unretire the number for him. Since he is interested in track, I would have made sure that he got to talk with Johnny Quinn and Jamario about their dual-participation in track/football. I would have talked to him about how his grandfather helped North Texas move up into the (for it's time) the D-1 level, and how he could help North Texas regularly get into the top 25 D-1 level......or higher.

You know Jim, in some ways you remind me of the person that been married about 7 times, and is about to enter into his 8th. You wonder why he keeps doing something that he's clearly not successful at (in your case trying to convince the Mean Green masses and/or administrators to fire Dickey) but you kind'of admire his persistence. BTW, I'm still open to taking up a collection for that "PMG-better-drugs-and-getting-laid" fund. BTW, congratulations on your new job. PM me and give me details. And to Baby Arm. Don't make fun of the "Lone Gunmen". It was one of my favorite shows when it was on.

Yep, he's the one. I'd say he's quicker than Patrick.

Any word on who our "John" will be in late September.

I couldn't make the link work on that RB. Is that the same guy that played for Decatur last year? Because if it is, then he is one quick RB!

I believe in Meager. I think that if he has had the opportunity to do more PT on his shoulder, and the PT has been effective, then I think he has the physical and mental ability to be our QB. During the season, it seemed to me that he wasn't comfortable with his throwing motion, and I got the feeling that he was being told not to run. I think that toward the end of the season, the coaching staff either let him loose to do his own thing, or he made the decision to do it on his own. We'll see what sort of effect this last season has had on him psychologically when spring practice starts. I hope that he has a tendency to look forward, and that last fall is not part of his current thought process. Being at his best is only going to make all the other candidates work harder, and therefore make the QB position one of our strengths this fall,.... instead of the question mark that it was last fall.

There was a cartoonist/illustrator that worked with the NT Daily during the mid/late 80's that used to do sports cartoons (like McClanahan of the old Dallas Morning News) for the Daily. This cartoon looks like his work. I wonder where that guy is now?

[ BTW, can't remember, but did you ever receive any semblance or hint of an apology from your debate opponent? There wasn't a debate. Did you get my PM?

I prefer the term..."stress management professionals". .....

I hope that all is well........or reasonably well.

Thank you for that clarification officer nit-pick. Have a nice day.

Jim. (and I say this as a friend) Honest to God, I'm going to take up a collection so that you can get better drugs.........and get laid while you're at it.

Now you think that subtleties escape me? I'm just sure you didn't mean that. "no one but me seems to care about the future of this program" I have never been that "Joan of Arc" in any of my postings. What would be more accurate would be "I reserve the right to say that "the King has no clothes". Simple enough for you?

First of all, I'm not lobbying for our head coach to be fired. I'm am real sorry that he got such a long contract extension, but I don't want him fired. What I DO want, is for him to stop being so cautious, and come out with guns blazing at every game. We will never move up and have any *real progress until that happens. I'm sorry, but if you want me to stop referring to our past success as being "king of the dip-$hits", then we had better start adding some OCC wins to our future conference championships. We went to four bowl games and won only one! Our last one was an embarrassing ass-whipping. Where in our four bowl trips, where we had three losses, do you find any sort of progress? Since you want people to stop using certain terms and phrases, then let me suggest one for you. I want you, to stop referring to our OCC losses as "disappointing". Our OCC losses to Florida-who? at home, and Tulsa were humiliating....not disappointing. I've watched North Texas football games for longer than you've been alive, and I've never been more embarrassed by our performance at home.....and away for that matter, than I have these last two years. Sorry for the rant. I will continue to support my University no matter what. I just don't like people telling me that I can't use as a valid argument if I choose to engage in a debate. Especially when I know what I'm talking about. *real is any win that the general public in the North Texas area recognizes as a valid win against a valid opponent.

If any of the players who sign-up don't bother to even show-up to fall practice (like some have done in the past) then you will certainly hear some early criticism from me.

When everyone on your list is signed, then Deep and I will say "kudos".....about signing up some "potential". Like Deep, I'll reserve the rest of the "Kudos" for when the group produces.

If it didn't set off alarm bells with the opposing coaches in his school's district, then I don't see why it should with us.

Looks like the QB position is getting pretty crowded.

You consider "wannabe" name calling? My, but aren't you the hot-house orchid. Texas can affort to ignore people wearing "other" gear, because just about everyone else in the state of Texas buys and wears their gear......and many have never set foot on their campus. Texas has established themselves as the school that everyone loves to be associated with. In case you haven't noticed, North Texas can't even find many places that will sell their gear, much less have their students/alumni (god forbid) buy any of it. Texas regards loyalty to the Longhorns as some sort of entitlement. North Texas continues to struggle for even a fraction of that loyalty from it's students/alumni. Even though North Texas gave these same people (who wear UT gear on the North Texas campus) a fine education for a very reasonable price. Jealousy? Maybe, but frustration would be more the case.

Oooooooh, you compared a player to Nick Zuniga.......now we're talk'in.

Well, if Brent believed that North Texas was going to offer him a ship, then it must have been based on something other than wishful thinking. Has the coaching staff said things to Brent and/or his parents that... A. they are now taking back? B. denying that they said? I believe that Brent is not the only one that thought that an offer was going to be made.

Santiago played on both the offensive and defensive lines at Coronado. He earned honorable mention Class 5A All-State honors from The Associated Press as an offensive lineman. Did they actually use the words "All-state" in the same sentence with one of our recruits.

For Monroe, they could always be the fight'n Nutrias. http://images.google.com/images?q=nutria&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagest Or they could borrow the Sherveport minor league team's name......the Mudbugs. Some of the fans of Arkst. are trying to get the administration interested in the Red Wolf. If their administration doesn't go for it thenm, we could suggest something obvious like the "Fight'n Ridge Runners".

You need to PM FFRick. I can tell you that there is not any North Texas Flag trailer hitches out there, but Rick can tell you where to call for someone local who makes trailer hitch covers. Right now, your best bet is to find a regular Texas flag hitch cover and paint over the blue and red colors with dark green and lime green.