Working in the pro shop at a country club in south Texas in the fall of 1993, I was watching football highlights on the shop TV. Nebraska had just beat the crap out of a school called North Texas. The pro said, motioned at the TV "I know you are still deciding on schools, but you ought to take a look at North Texas. I know a lot of people that really liked going to school there....not much of a football team, but a good school"...I started looking into it and liked what I found. In South Texas, it wasn't a school you heard much about. A buddy of mine was in the same boat, undecided, and we took a trip up to Denton during the holiday break to check it out. We came through Fort Worth and stayed at a hotel on 35 and University. After checking out the campus, we went over to fry street for lunch at the Flying Tomato. We had some Pizza and noticed a rough looking guy playing a stand up video game. At another table there was a group of people getting up to leave. After they left the guy turned around watched them walk out the door and then ran over to their table and grabbed all their left over crusts and shoved them in his pocket. Then he ran back to his game....my buddy and I just sat there staring when a girl who was cleaning tables saw us and just leaned in and said...Art student", then walked off....
That was my first intro to the school and campus...
Had some great times in Denton. Graduated in '97, and around that time met Harry and people on the old board. Been part of the cult following ever since.