Mrs. Esterhouse

There definitely needs to be more done to reach out to students, faculty and staff. I've been on campus for a long time and for most of those years, I've hardly seen any advertisements on campus promoting upcoming games in any sport. They need to get coaches and players out on campus promoting the games. Have them walking around talking to students, handing out freebies and showing them how to get tickets. You could even have them giving out free general admission tickets to games. Have pep rally type events in the Union during lunch time. Get the coaches and athletes in the dorms and the greek houses. Make it easier for people to get tickets. I love the idea of having a ticket office in the Union or somewhere on the main campus. Offer more free tickets or discounts to faculty and staff. There are over 40,000 students and a ton of faculty/staff. If we could do more to get even a fraction of those people engaged and at games, it would be amazing.

Consider donating to UNT Libraries. They even have a University Archivist and would likely love to have your items in the collection.

The whole way home I kept thinking of things I should have said to her.

I got them too. Strange. My guess is it's just a glitch.

We had some FAU fans sitting in front of us last night and they actually turned around and told me I needed to chill out because I was cheering our team and yelling at the refs. She said there was no need to get so into the game if I didn't have money on it. Lady, don't come into my house and tell me how to act. On a related note, I am so tired of paying for season tickets year after year and ending up with obnoxious visiting fans sitting around us. Just whining, sorry.

Was anyone else disappointed by the turnout for the 50th anniversary player recognition yesterday? There was only one player from this century. I'm really glad the department invited them back but why weren't there more former players there especially from the past 20 years?

Keeping my fingers crossed that we lose Caponi in the off-season (if not sooner)

Mac as in Coach McCarney? The last coach to get us a bowl win? That Mac? Yes, his tenure ended horribly but he also led some great teams and he truly cared about the character of his players.

How many years have they been doing construction at the Pit?

For his first years, then it was Aune.

Are you talking about our win against UTSA? A game that was at home in the cold rain against a team that is not used to playing in bad weather? That was a great game but I have a feeling we would have lost if the weather hadn't been on our side.

Why is the softball team playing all of their home fall games at Guyer High School?

Tennis fan and his wife is retired from the UNT Library.

Most of my complaints about this pathetic game have already been stated by others on here so the only new thing I have to add is why did our DJ play California Gurls??? On the plus side, it was good to see Tylor Perry back at UNT if only briefly.

Overtime for who? Most of the department employees are salaried so I'm not understanding how that would be an issue.

2- Volleyball and Swimming

This may just be a coincidence but David Anwar was an assistant coach there for several years until last year. When he left UNT, there was an investigation into our basketball program. It ended up not coming to anything but still weird coincidence.

According to AD employees, WBB is a revenue sport...or at least that's what I was told a few years ago.

He's Sonny Dykes' brother-in-law.

Exactly. We buy season tickets and have attended just about every home game for almost 20 years. I try to get my friends and family to go to games but it's not my job to promote the program. That's why the AD and other senior staff in the Athletic Department get paid the big bucks. They need to promote the games and the team. They need to get people excited. We also need a most consistent product on the field to get people engaged.

Those expansions were part of the strategic plan they unveiled in 2016/2017 (?).

That was the third time Lake Worth has played at Apogee this season.

My Nextdoor app is filled with people asking about the fireworks and fire from Thursday night. Too many Denton residents had no idea UNT Homecoming was this week. So depressing. Also depressing is how many students came out for the bonfire but didn't come out for the actual game.

There have been years with yard signs advertising games, pep rallies in the Union, coaches and players going around campus talking to students, giving out shirts. I haven't seen any of those things in years around campus. The only reason most students know it's a game week is because of the signs telling them to move their cars which piss them off more than motivate them to support the team.

Why didn't Wren or the Athletic Department not know about the change to tower lighting before it was brought to their attention by a fan? Shouldn't someone in the department communicate frequently with Talons? Not everything falls at the feet of the Athletic Department but student engagement is their responsibility. There are no signs around campus for games. They just aren't doing enough to get the students invested.