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Consider the source...
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Antonio Johnson is the fastest, most athletic lineman on this year's squad. If I were a quarterback, I'd rather have him protecting my flank. He has a tackle's body with quick feet. If strength or technique is a problem then I'd leave that in Frank Wintrich and Mike Simmonds capable hands.
I've seen several reports that Ellard will be moved to center. I had hoped that Y'Barbo would be moved there but with Feldt coming in I won't worry about that position other than depth for the future. I think that Ellard could make a capable backup in time.
I don't worry as much about the offensive line because of their coach, Mike Simmonds. He is an outstanding addition to the coaching staff.
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We all know that Bush gets a "poor" rating for fiscal responsibility but this chart, wherever it came from, distorts the hell out of things.
Where is the revenue produced by the tax cuts in the chart for instance? Here's another point...who voted for this spending? How much of this was proposed/caused by Bush's party and how much by Obama's? The Democrats controlled Congress during Bush's administration and check to see how much of the spending came directly from bills rammed down our throats by Pelosi/Reed. The chart covers eight years of Bush vs. two years of Obama actual without future spending already voted in by Congress. Remember when Nancy Pelosi said you'll have to pass this bill to see what's in it? Has that been included? How about adding those items in then produce a chart and let's see what it looks like?
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I really hope we are able to redshirt some of these youngsters, especially Brooks and Thompson.
If Brooks and Thompson are among the four best defensive tackles then they should play. They can't gain experience by redshirting and they seem to be pretty solid in size so there's no need to sit while gaining weight, speed and strength. They are needed now; we're already thin at that position.
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Two impact players are on that list...Cam Feldt, the Arkansas transfer and Kendall Washington, the 76th rated safety this past draft. He accepted very late and could be gray-shirting or just reporting late, I don't know which.
The rest are walkons which usually means that they are either a few pounds too light, a few inches too short or a few steps to slow. However, there are 6-8 of those with better chances than the others.
Nick Crewe probably had FCS offers but chose to try his hand here. He's a possibility.
Ryan Long of Leonard (hometown of the Renfros) has looked good at times but needs consistency.
Tanner Smith is the son of Charlie Smith, a letterman from the 80s
Jeremy Brown has great speed but is just too small
Dimitri Wilhite is pretty much Jeremy Brown revisited.
I wish that we could keep Jason Bruner just to lead the charge onto the field. They wouldn't think that we were samll with his 6'9", 311 pound frame leading the charge. He's actually a long snapper from Mineola who went to Trinity Valley CC.
All appeared in the spring but I don't expect many, other than those listed above, to return for the fall.
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Hadn't Todd Dodge already agreed to go to Tulsa before Todd Graham accepted the Pitt job? I'm thinking that somehow Riley got substituted for Todd in the article.
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Amen, though some old timer(s) will find a problem with this
I qualify as an old-timer (I saw the first game at Fouts) and I won't miss much of the stadium. Perhaps just a photo and a short paragraph or two for display in the AC.
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I'm talking about a long time ago and my memory may not be vivid on this.
Pat Boone was a Kappa Alpha pledge in the spring of 1955. I believe that their pledges wore one white shoe to identify them as KA pledges. White bucks were popular at the time.
I believe that Pat was called to New York in late '55 or early '56 to do his national variety show. It was on that show that I remember he wore white bucks and they became his trademark. I'm only guessing but I believe that his pledgeship could have been a factor in his choosing white bucks.
Pat loved North Texas and I believe that he would have liked to have stayed here but only a fool would have turned down that kind of money. Living in New York while doing that show is what prompted his going to Columbia and graduating from there.
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I noticed that Kendall Washington is not yet listed on this year's roster. He was supposedly a late recruit for the current class but has yet to be issued a uniform. Will he eventually be added to this roster, gray-shirted, or has not yet qualified? Anyone have any information?
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Our chances for getting any of those four are somewhere between slim and none and slim just left town.
Size is not that much of a problem it's developing that size into players. With Wallace we will have three offensive guards and tackles and defensive tackles that stand less than 6'4" and those three already weigh 300. Some of those six foot four and five players already weigh 290 to 357 so we should not be embarrassed by our lack of size. Add in 6'5" 295 Cam Feldt for next year and we'll be fine size-wise for the next couple of years at least. However, that would mean taking two of our best defensive tackles (Boutwell and McCoy) and putting them at DE where they belong.
We are fortunate that our head coach both played and coached linemen. He'll have them up to speed (and size) by this year or next.
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The color green Coach Mac sported at the stadium open house/cookout?
I don't think so. That was too close to the apple green of the flying worm days. Could have been a hand-me-down that Hayden gave him.
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Win games in Denton. Take care of internal business. Win more games in Denton. Stop peering over the fences of other conferences. It's completely inconsequential because if they're not the WAC, they are not peering back until there are more wins in Denton.
I mostly agree with those statements except for the peering over the fences. Don't make it public but there has to be some posturing ourselves for our future. Maybe quietly, but keep our name before the conference leaders and members. But you're right on the wins. It matters little what you have done in the past it's what have you done for me today?
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I assume you are talking about this story in the DesMoines Register in 2004.
"Hayden Fry knew it was time to move on when the pressing matter of the day was the layout of the women's locker room in the new basketball facility at North Texas State.
"As athletic director at North Texas State, I'd just hustled $26 million to build a new basketball arena," Fry, 75, recalled last week. "The women's coach knocked on my door, said there's an emergency and could I walk across the street with her to the arena.
"When I got there, we talked 35 minutes about how to arrange the women's locker room. I hustled $26 million and we've got an emergency with the bathroom.
"I walked back across the street and said to myself, 'Fry, you're out of your mind. We're going someplace else.' ''
The groudbreaking for the "Super Pit" was in 1972, and it opened in 1973.
As much as I love Hayden Fry, and what he did for our program, he told the DesMoines Register a big fat lie.
Mostly, it was just Hayden being Hayden. He could spin a tale with the best of them. Besides that, while Hayden made the major AD decisions, Andy Everest did more of the day-to-day work that went with the athletic director's job.
I'm trying to remember his salary figure but I just can't come with it. I seem to recall that our salary for both jobs was about the same as his coaches' salary at SMU or maybe slightly less.
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Someone mentioned a while ago that 3-stars are being handed out much more liberally than previously.
I wonder if that overload is being compensated on the number of 4 and 5s handed out.
I don't know; I haven't been counting the 4 and 5 stars handed out previously but I did count the offensive players this year. Here are those results:
QB - 0 5-star; 16 - 4-star
RB - 1 5-star; 21 - 4-star
WR - 2 5-star; 58 - 4-star
OL - 3 5-star; 34 - 4-star
It seems that there may be fewer 5-star rankings awarded but that seems like plenty of 4-stars to me. It does seem to me that there may be more 5.5s and fewer 5.4s. That's purely from memory which may be fading fast.
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Which leads to the next logical question. Has Boone Feldt ever actually played Center? The video shows him at left tackle (which I personally think is the most important line position) and I just wonder if he is going to have to spend some time learning how to snap in the spread formation.
I don't know for sure but this is what his dad/coach had to say about it...
“Boone has really good feet and runs well,” Blake Feldt said. “He’s a good athlete. He’s not as tall as Cam, but moves well in space and has good hands. He is tailor-made to play center.”
That quote is from Vito's article in the Denton Record-Chronicle.
We'll just have to agree to disagree on the importance of the center but just let the center make a few bad snaps in a game and you'll be calling for his head. Or fail to pick up a blitzing linebacker or safety. I realize that the left tackle is protecting the quarterback's blind side (if he's right-handed) but he can miss a few blocks and it's not necessarily a disaster.
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I go with the six wins also. I'm afraid that we only win one of the first five but five of the last seven.
The focus, the enthusiasm, the strength and conditioning and the coaching staff (no major injuries?) are the real pluses as I see it.
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And Cam says that Boone is a better athlete, so screw rivals. I give Boone a 5 and Cam a 4!
I definitely agreed with you on this. You know there's something wrong when the 11th ranked center in the entire country only gets a 5.5. The highest ranking given was 5.8. I think that center is (next to the quarterback) the most important player on offense. They're all important but the center has to make blind snaps almost perfectly every time and is at the closest point of attack to the quarterback and has to react quickly to keep him protected. The 11th best player at other positions are probably 5.8 or 5.7. I consider them both four stars; screw what Rivals says.
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Would Tiger or Charlie S be too obvious?
It would depend on which personality Charlie S was in at the time.
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Ya basically the police said to the csc guy...im not throwing him out for standing in the student section which IS allowed. For anyone to think standing wasn't allowed to me was appaling.
Personally, I like CSC. They are the largest and they made that reputation by being efficient.
I'm sorry about your clash, Matt. They should have known better but it's possible that someone may have complained that they couldn't see. I agree that shouldn't apply to the student section. I'm also glad that the officer put him straight.
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To me it's not only when...but who?
Admittedly, I was a little disappointed at first that the earlier commits were "under the radar" players who could be stars by graduation but are not attention-getters. What seemed to change the tide was the announcement of the transfer of Cam Feldt. It was then the rate began to pickup. Tucker,a ***,decided to go ahead and commit. Trice decided that he liked the conditions here and decided to transfer. The two highly-rated transfers and the brother of an excellent TCU player really piqued the interest.
The football camps and innovations like "Friday Night Lights" are improving our esteem higher than ever. An experienced recruiting and coaching staff is also paying dividends.
There are two other things that will improve our stature (and recruiting) even more. The first is winning and the second is a better conference. I have no idea on the latter but the first begins this season.
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Another factor as to how far we'll go is whether Roger Franklin will be eligible. If he is then I believe that this young team can win the SBC. If not, I see them in third place.
From what little I could find I don't see the Frenchman as being much help offensively but maybe he plays good defense.
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If indeed it's Mexia Day when WKU visits it must be because of HOFer John Love.
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If Alzee has been working hard on improving his outside shot, then I would definitely see him starting at either the one or two. If not, I suspect we'll have new guys at both positions. Of course Walton's shooting numbers are pretty suspect as well, so I guess that JJ's going to have a lot of tough personnel decisions to make this year.
I hope that Alzee has been working hard over the last year as well because they were pretty bad the last year that he played. He plays great defense but his offensive numbers haven't cut it so far.
Walton's numbers at Casper weren't sensational but fairly solid. He was their leading scorer and had 3-point scoring percentages in the upper 30s both JC years. Williams had a 3-point percentage of .161 his last year played. I know that it's hard to compare due to the level of competition but Alzee has had virtually no competition in the past year so he'll be rusty also.
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No, Vizza didn't actually score on those TD tosses; the receiver did.
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