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DentonTechsan

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  1. Snyder is a good option straight along US 84 with almost every mid-tier brand just over an hour southeast and on the way back via I-20.
  2. Far from it, the potential for a UNT(-Denton) and UNTHSC merger in the early 2010s was derailed by the former UNTHSC president who sabotaged efforts against the UNT System's efforts: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/2013/01/05/former-president-of-unt-health-science-center-at-fort-worth-says-he-was-fired-unfairly/%3foutputType=amp https://www.scribd.com/document/124809948/Report-on-Evaluation-of-the-Proposed-Merger-of-UNT https://fortworthbusiness.com/health-care/unthscs-new-prez/ Merging UNT and UNTHSC makes more sense today than it did when the private Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine was taken over by the State of Texas, and put under the control of the NTSU BoR. Now that the TCU/UNTHSC partnered MD school has been taken over fully by TCU, UNTHSC no longer has the same direction/distraction for the first time in decades. The primary reason to merge is aggregating the research expenditures from a Med School (MD/DO) with the general academic departments at UNT towards metrics AAU considers for admission. It's not enough to bridge the gap where TTU (has two med schools, but in separate HSC universities like UNTHSC) and UH (who just opened their med school within UH) already are, but is the modern organizational structure UT Austin, UT Rio Grande Valley, Texas A&M, UH, and soon UT Tyler, already benefit from. UTSA and UT Health San Antonio tried a similar merger around the same time UNT/UNTHSC was proposed and failed: https://sanantonioreport.org/the-move-to-merge-utsa-and-uthscsa/
  3. Back in 2017, The American already announced their plans to host the men's basketball tournament here Fort Worth from 2020-2022. DFW is already within driving distance for half of their conference (Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and Wichita State) without UNT as a member: Located in Fort Worth’s Cultural District, Dickies Arena sits among a thriving tourism area and just 10 minutes from downtown Fort Worth. Six of The American’s 12 members are located within driving distance of Fort Worth, while the other six members have direct flight options to the metropolitan area. https://theamerican.org/news/2017/8/14/MBB_0814173938.aspx
  4. GMG needs to have a pinned link to the most recent media guide each season in the football and basketball forums. Easiest way to answer any of these random questions to the board at large and the trivia game of replies that follows. https://meangreensports.com/documents/2019/8/19/2019_Fact_and_Record_Book_with_cover.pdf
  5. For a program's first winning season in nine years, there's nothing to be ashamed of receiving a bid to either of those two bowls.
  6. With the UNT/UNTHSC merger, we'll see a rebranding of the campuses (i.e., UNT at Denton, UNT at Fort Worth). It'd be odd to have the "University of North Texas at Denton School of Public Health" located in Fort Worth. There's no reason UNT can't become the #1 team in North Texas, and the state. Abilene Christian, Boise State, Sam Houston State, TCU, and Utah all became recognized programs after sustaining runs winning against "lesser" teams. In the Southland, Big West, and Sunbelt, UNT has had the opportunity to do the same thing and will again in C-USA.
  7. Judging by the results of the poll, these must be other posters than the "Ugh, we haven't been NTSU for decades!!!" crowd...
  8. After seeing the newly expanded 30,000-seat Bobcat Stadium, Texas State-San Marcos has stepped up to the Division I plate finally. The Bobcats will be able to carve out a chunk of both the Austin and San Antonio markets from the t-shirt UT and UTSA fans in the next few years the same way UNT will be able to with the Big 12 schools t-shirt fans in DFW. Just like UNT (with DFW), Texas State-San Marcos is just far enough out of the metro (Austin) to not be lost in the pro shuffle and keep its identity. The only reason UTSA is in C-USA is their domed home field in a major metro. How different would UNT be if UT Arlington had brought back football but this time at Cowboys Stadium? Considering that the Mean Greens' most played opponent are the Bobcats, there's already a history there that UTSA doesn't have with UNT (or anyone else for that matter) that could develop into one of the better rivalries in the state. Both Texas State-San Marcos and UNT have more similaries than differences and with both programs looking for an anchor, having the Bobcats in C-USA with the Mean Green would only help BOTH universities.
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