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North Texas is not a member of AAU (tier 1 research universities) yet but they are now members of Universities Research Association, Inc. whose membership is the Tier 1 research universities and those that are on the path to become one.
http://ura-hq.org/universities/index.html
It appears that UTEP has dropped from the list of tier 1 aspirants as the other six are all listed.
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I don't think that he's pursuing a pro career. I remember reading somewhere that he plans to get an MBA degree for the business side of sports management.
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I have no idea if he's close to signing with Houston or not. I do know this; he has added us as a medium interest recently. I am hoping that he might want to play for the Mean Green with his brother next year. He would definitely be a good one to get.
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No Jamone Greer.
My apologies. I believe that Greer may be gone.
He had originally been assigned #24. I see that Brandin Byrd now has that number, changing from 38.
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Happy birthday, George. I remember you from as far back as 1956 so I know that you didn't just fall off of a turnip truck. I'm pretty sure that basketball is your true passion but you've always been loyal with your money, time, and attendance to both sports and academics. As they say, I wish that we had thousands more like you but that would be extremely difficult for any university. I wish you the best on your birthday and all of your days to follow.
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No Jamone Greer.
I could be wrong (I've slept a few times since) but I believe that Greer had been injured when Dodge recruited him and McCarney decided to keep him and rehab him this year. He wasn't supposed to see the field this year so I see no need in issuing a uniform yet.
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By the way, all freshmen have now been assigned numbers and they are posted on the athletic site. The only freshman missing is Kendall Washington. Must he sit out a year even though I don't believe that he actually enrolled at Iowa, Washington State, or any place where he held an offer?
I assume that all were here to choose their number (but yes I know how to spell assume).
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Why would anyone NOT wear their green?
The heat. I may wear my white shirt but it does have green on it and also a 'North Texas'. It could still be around 100 at 5 pm.
Besides, I may be bringing family that don't yet have any spirit gear.
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My knee-jerk interpretation of that is "I'm waiting for the school I want to go to to offer me."
Amen to that. I'd pull the offer but that's just me. He should've said nothing.
His size and speed are impressive but 1,300 yards against the likes of Joaquin, Union Grove, Winona et al shouldn't make you that cocky. He's not projected to be the offensive POY or best rusher this coming year in his 2A district. There certainly are some talented players in that classification but the level of competition is not compelling enough to take a lot of notice in statistics.
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Thankfully, I trust Coach Mac and his staff. If this had been Todd Dodge he'd have really dampened my enthusiasm. We have put out offers to some great athletes but so far all our commits are pretty far under the radar. It's not that these kids won't be great athletes it's just that I was hoping for some names that we can all agree would mean that we were coming on strong.
This may take longer than I thought and I don't have many seasons left.
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I don't know whether the Big East holds the key to the WAC expansion or not but they may be a factor in the WAC survival (football-wise).
None of the eight in the Big East that play FBS football are Catholic universities. Notre Dame, who plays all other sports in the Big East, could have saved the conference before TCU was invited but they chose to stay with their big, fat contract and screwed the conference and the NCAA.
Now the Big East has announced intentions of expanding to twelve. Based on attendance and a reasonable product on the football field it seems to me that UCF and East Carolina should be two of the three but the other isn't as easy. If they take those two it's likely that the third would also come from CUSA. That would trickle down affecting the Sun Belt as the more likely replacements to CUSA since they are geographically closer.
Also, don't forget that the Big XII and the MWC are looking for two each at some point in time and the Sun Belt might also need one or more replacements or additions.
Where will these replacements come from? Other than possibly Temple, they will likely come from the WAC or BCS teams moving up. I only see three or four of the WAC teams that might be attractive to other conferences (look at attendance, accessibility, and market). I hate to say it but I see the WAC as a basketball-only conference in a few years.
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Will the Alumni Pavilion be covered? Any clues about the menu? Is it located behind the secondary video board?
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Why I think that we'll have a much better team/record this season:
Coach Dan McCarney
Retention of Coach Canales, who put a lot of life in the team for its last five games
Coach Clint Bowen, improved WKU in one season; bowl seasons under Mangino
We can't possibly have as many injuries this year
Coach Kent Riddle, who built the special teams at Boise State that made the Broncos special
Higher morale and enthusiasm because more will get to play
Coach Mike Simmonds, another builder of South Florida
Better conditioned and won't have to play until their tongues hang out
A new stadium!
Lance Dunbar, Zach Olen and Brelan Chancellor
Although we've had a few key losses the emergence of Zach Orr, Will Wright, Brad Graham, and D'Leon McCord and the return of J.J. Johnson, Steven Ford, Dewaylon Cook, James Hamilton, and Will Atterberry.
In spite of the loss of a likely Hall of Fame linebacker I think that you will really like the 2011 defense.
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The network is UT's outlet to go indy. 2 football games a season isn't going to make ESPN any money.
If Texas leaves say bye to the Big XII.
I agree that Texas' TV agreement could let them go indy for the moment but I don't know that would sustain them.
What is the footprint of the Big XII? Large state schools. Houston and North Texas are big state schools in Top 10 markets. Neither are BCS worthy now but they could be soon if they were in a top conference. I think that alumni support for North Texas would double when they cease to become the red-headed stepchild. Houston has been there before and would haveno problem establishing additional fan base when in a higher level conference than Rice.
Yes, I know that's only eleven and there are no more large state schools but there is a large private school near the area with a large following...Brigham Young. There would have to be some concessions made but other conferences have so we know that it can be done.
Truth is, I don't believe that they would want to bolt with the (unshared) bucks that they will be making.
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Only when BCS teams aren't playing. I am have much larger sheds created in my backyard to house even larger and more grandeur BIG 12 team murals. Seriously....I almost had to step outside the other night with a huge sports buff who graduated from UNT but refuses to cheer for us (and called UNT "them") because UNT's football team "were losers". I said he should be ashamed of himself and his ND obsession and called him a t-shirt alumni. This guy was so full of it.
Change the ND to OU and you'd have Junior Miller.
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No university in Louisiana should ever discuss academics.
LMAO until I realized that Tulane is in Louisiana. LSU does reasonably well also. They should. The state legislature is loaded with LSU alumni who give their alma mater whatever they want within reason For the others it's barely operating expenses, or less.
It's even worse for La Tech to be talking about conference academics. Based on entering SAT scores they rank sixth of the seven that will remain in 2012. No one in that conference is ahead of FIU or North Texas academically.
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Don't know what we have done on the field to be ranked this high. Makes me think the writer is a UNT alumni.
Several schools behind us on that list that are miles ahead of us, football program wise.
I've seen five or so of these over time and we were ranked in the 80s in each.
I'd guess that they consider all of our years in major college/division I/division 1-A/FBS. That's 50 years. We had a decent winning percentage, a few conference championships, a top 20 or two, a few significant wins, a few close losses to quality teams and qualified for many more bowls.
What I don't understand is being tied with FAU, who has only been in the FBS for seven years compared to our fifty. They've appeared in two bowls but I don't think that they've ever won a conference championship.
Maybe the one that compiled those statistics was a FAU alum.
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I agree with those who prefer Texas State over Louisiana Tech. I even wish that I could agree with those that believe that the girls of San Marcos are hotter than the girls of Ruston but alas, time has a way of making that qualification less important.
While I totally disagree that the WAC is superior in academics to the SBC I can understand why LaTech should remain in their crumbling conference. 1) Money....after Hawaii, Fresno State and Nevada leave the WAC the Techsters should have the major portion of what's left due to wins and length of service. In addition, no entrance fee is required. 2) Prestige....wouldn't it be preferable to be the 800 lb. gorilla in a small jungle than to be just another gorilla in a slightly larger jungle? 3) ULM....While they probably wouldn't like any of us in the SBC (for various reasons) they really don't like ULM. They don't need competition in a relatively small market. There are also hints that the state may reduce one or more schools (likely making them into community colleges) in both North and South Louisiana; making Louisiana Tech the dominant team in the north.
I believe if ULM returns to the FCS/1-AA; LaTech is not approved for admisssion in CUSA or equivalent; and LTU has received all that they can muster from conference distributions, then they would be receptive to joining the SBC.
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For the present, give $500 annually and you should be able to park at the Victory Hall (white) lot. Contingent upon the widening of I-35 there will be a footbridge across the interstate from the Fouts lots so parking spaces in the vicinity of Fouts will be pretty close too. Also, don't forget there will be a large parking garage across from the Super Pit eventually.
We'll have more close-in parking than about any stadium in Texas. If you think that's bad try parking at SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, LSU, etc. You have a 10-15 minute walk if you don't get there early with NO shuttle busses. You pay through the nose at parking garages anywhere near Royal-Memorial Stadium and you still have a pretty good walk. The situation looks excellent to me. Are we talking about a wrinkled $100 dollar bill again?
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Happy Birthday, Scott. Enjoy the coolness with your family. I hope that you have as many birthdays ahead of you as you've celebrated in the past.
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Dunbar and AK47
An inside tip...#40
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BTW, if you want more relevance to the University of North Texas on "The Longest Yard", the part of Caretaker was played by former North Texas cheerleader Jim Hampton in the original 1974 version.
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My question on this is doesn't title 9 come into play. The reason I wonder is why wouldn't SMU start a baseball program? I mean money less an issue for them than it is for us no?
We are in good standing with Title IX and baseball only allows something like 13 scholarships so it wouldn't tilt the balance very much. As to SMU, I believe that SMU gave up baseball primarily because they needed the room that the stadium occupied for other purposes. That, and to make them closer to Title IX compliance.
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That's inspiring.
It may be inspiring but who pays for this technology and consulting? Apparently it's not enough to keep enough people employed to buy each other's services. If we had a nation of nothing but college graduates would the unemployment rate be 4.5%?
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