[Your Favorite Coach Since Fry?]

• I voted for Coach Dickey.   I enjoyed being around him (one of the few on this board to make that statement), I enjoyed watching his teams play, and I loved those four trips to New Orleans.

[Bill Vogel]

Bill Vogel was one of the really good guys in the world.  If there was an out of town athletic event he would load up a van full of UNT cheerleaders and hit the road.  When that bright green van rolled in you knew that North Texas was there.   I don't know how many miles he put on that van taking kids to events but it was a bunch.   He continued to support North Texas athletics after he was not working for the athletic department.   He would be at an event with his bright green jacket and cowboy hat.   He was one of a kind and the world is a poorer place because Bill Vogel is no longer here.

[USM signed a 1 for 1 with Kentucky]

I agree with UNT86. Army and SMU are great series for us.

[Ft Worth Caravan]

My wife and I went to the meeting and were pleasantly surprised at the turnout. It was more than we had expected. The food was okay and lots of North Texas staff members were present. Most encouraging was the fact that there were a lot of younger guys there. That is good for our future. The coaches were about like always......very positive about the coming season. The best thing about it was that my wife won North Texas golf shirt that was given as one of the door prizes. She hardly has any green North Texas stuff.

[MGB: Interesting report on C-USA football ticket sales]

It will be interesting to see what happens with the Club Level seats at the end of the 2015 season. The initial plan was for five years. Those five years are up at the end of the season. The promise was that there needed to be a One Time contribution in order to purchase those seats. I am not sure that the athletic department understands that promises are made to be kept. The Club Level is nice but the product that has been put on the field during this five year period has not been good. It will be interesting to see how many people choose to walk away from the Club Level at the end of this season and what - if anything - the Athletic Department will do to keep that from happening.

[Mike Smith comes to UNT]

When I saw that post I got my hopes up because I thought he might be replacing John Nitardy. I am NOT impressed with that gentleman. Unfortunately he will be working under Mr. Nitardy's supervision. Oh, well.......hope springs eternal.

[Our New TV Commercial....]

Yes. They took two today from UTEP.

[WKU vs. UNT game changed]

For our family this one hurts. Our daughter and grandson come to the games with us. Since this is now on a school night they won't make this one. We were already probably going to miss the Halloween game and the Thanksgiving weekend game so this cuts our family football events to two. That stinks.

[Two College Athletic Associations?]

I don't see any way that TCU does not go with the other "big boys". They got left behind and wandered in the wilderness for several years after the old Southwest Conference broke up. I just cannot see them letting that happen again. They will do whatever it takes to stay with the other major schools.

[Offseason workouts]

Green Crazy in 1976 we played Florida State in the snow in Denton. It was Hayden Fry vs Bobby Bowden. Those were two pretty good coaches. FSU scored late in the fourth quarter, went for two after the touchdown, and won the game. Some video from that game was shown earlier on a different thread. You might look at it just to see what you will be seeing just in case we get another one.

[MGB: UNT's future nonconference opponents]

I agree with MeanGreenHoops about it being a great trip. They do not have tours of the campus on football game days but if you go a day early or stay a day late it is well worth your time and money to do it.

[2015 Open Date]

Don't forget that the final of those five home games is the Saturday after Thanksgiving when all the students have gone home. This schedule is a really bad one.

[Somebody needs to fly to Albuquerque...]

The only reason that I can think of for anyone to fly out there would be if this kid had a big, mean defensive tackle on his team. THEN we ought to have someone on the next plane headed west.

[Ohio State Undisputed Champions?]

My TCWho friends are convinced that the Horned Frogs would have beaten any of the teams in the playoffs. I think my Horned Frog friends need to put down their crack pipes and quit whining.

[1st week of college football in 2015]

Remember that Conference USA said that they would completely reshuffle the conference schedule after UAB withdrew. I have not looked at the schedules for any of the Eastern Zone teams but we might be scheduled to open with one of them. I agree that opening with a conference game would not be good but it might be the only option at this point.

[MGB: UNT Hall of Famer dies]

The story that UNT86 is thinking of is a good one but probably does not need to be told in mixed company or on a public message board. Thanks for remembering it '86. It caused me to smile.

[MGB: UNT Hall of Famer dies]

I always liked Andy. I hope he will rest in peace.

[What was your major at UNT? When did you graduate?]

1964 BS in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

1965 MEd in Secondary School Administration

Looking at the years in which some of you guys graduated makes me feel even older than I am.

[Commencement Ceremonies Moved to Apogee Starting 2015]

I hope the weather cooperates better for this group of graduates than it did for our group. We were scheduled to graduate at Fouts Field in an evening service. We practiced at Fouts that morning then the weather changed and it rained harder than I have ever seen before or since. We moved our graduation event to Men's Gym. We sat in folding chairs on the gym floor with our parents and friends in the stands. North Texas was MUCH smaller in those days so we were able to make it work. The school is a lot larger today so the event would have to be broken up if moved to The Super Pit. Most high schools that I know have moved their graduations to an indoor facility due to the uncertainty of weather at that time of the year. I hope this works out but I have my doubts.

[What Do You Expect From This Program]

Shaft's expectations for the program are pretty modest but sadly it would be an improvement over what we have seen in the past. We have had four winning football seasons in the last twenty years (2002,2003,2004, and 2013). Only one of those winning seasons has come in the past ten years so his hope that we would make it to a bowl game once every three years would be one heck of an improvement over where we have been. That is really sad isn't it ?

[Give The Buick A 7th Ranked Scoring Defense....]

I liked Coach Dickey and enjoyed watching his teams play. I am glad to see him find a place where he can be successful.

[UAB]

Thanks, Cerebus, but I don't think either one of those would be worth the phone call.

[UAB]

If the end of the UAB football program does happen, among my first telephone calls would be to any school that was scheduled to play them in a nonconference game in Birmingham in 2015 to see if a trip to Denton could be arranged.

[Skladany to retire at end of season]

Remember that if Coach Bowen is not hired as the next head coach at Kansas and is not retained by the new head coach he would be coming to us not from Kansas but from Unemployed. There is a big difference.

[Just received word of Corky Nelson's passing this AM]

I enjoyed knowing Corky and watching his teams play. I agree with GMoney that he was not perfect, but then who of us are?