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I hope you all keep doing the grab bag and fan questions segment. Good show.

The University of North Texas can charge out-of-state American citizens higher tuition than undocumented students who live in Texas, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. The appeals court reversed a federal district court ruling that had blocked the practice. Monday’s ruling allows the school to continue its current tuition policies. The ruling is a win for undocumented students in Texas who benefit from the lower tuition rates and advocates who have fought against some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to eliminate the in-state tuition benefit for undocumented students. If the appeals court had upheld the previous ruling, the decision would’ve had broad implications for all public universities in the state that financially rely on charging out-of-state students higher rates. In its decision, the appeals court said the lower court misinterpreted federal statute, also ruling that U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan abused his discretion when he barred the university from offering in-state tuition to undocumented students in Texas because it relied on an incorrect legal analysis. But the court did leave the door open to future challenges of other aspects of Texas’ in-state tuition law. “There may be valid preemption challenges to Texas’ scheme here. But this is not one of them,” the court stated. Rob Henneke, executive director and general counsel of the right-leaning Texas Public Policy Foundation, said Monday’s ruling is only a minor victory for UNT. He disagrees with the court’s analysis but thinks the court left room for another challenge on different legal grounds. He said TPPF is considering its next steps to potentially pursue further legal action on the issue. read more: https://news.yahoo.com/university-north-texas-charge-state-234628994.html

After losing Houston to the Big 12, the American Athletic Conference ended up trekking north in the Lone Star State to add its newest representative: North Texas. Here’s who comprises the coaching staff leading the Mean Green into the new realm for 2023. Head Coach, Eric Morris Morris takes over for Seth Littrell, who was fired on December 4, 2022, after seven seasons in Denton. Littrell’s teams were an even 44-44 overall with six bowl appearances. Last season’s 6-2 mark in Conference USA marked his best conference output since 2017. Littrell is now back at his alma mater, Oklahoma, as an offensive analyst. While Morris comes over via Washington State, where he was the Cougars’ offensive coordinator, he’s no stranger to being a head coach in the state of Texas. He once led Incarnate Word from 2018-2021, where he guided the Cardinals to the 2018 and 2021 Southland Conference titles. He went 24-18 overall in San Antonio. At Pullman, Morris guided Wazzu to ranking 10th nationally in red zone efficiency by scoring on 91.5% of its trips inside the 20. That production can help the Mean Green as they only scored red zone touchdowns in 36 of 56 attempts, giving them a 64.2% percentage. He was with Houston for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, but that was during a time when the Cougars were in CUSA. He’s also part of the late Mike Leach coaching tree, serving as wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator from 2014-2017 at Texas Tech. Assistant Head Coach and Special Teams Coordinator, Drew Svoboda Svoboda was one of Morris’s first hires in December 2022. He’ll also handle the special teams unit while serving in the assistant role in Denton. While Morris comes from the Leach tree, Svoboda gets plucked from the Nick Saban one, as Svoboda served as a senior special assistant to the multiple national title winner at Alabama from 2021-2022. Svoboda additionally had a strong hand in the recruiting department at Tuscaloosa, which included identifying prep and transfer portal prospects. He also coached Cameron Latu at tight end before being drafted in the third round by the San Francisco 49ers. While he had a prior stint at Memphis in 2021, Svoboda helps UNT with his own Texas roots, having coached high school ball in the Houston area at Caney Creek, Klein, and Oak Ridge High before moving on to Rice University from 2018 to 2020. read more: https://collegefootballnetwork.com/north-texas-mean-green-coaching-staff/

I respectfully disagree @UNTLifer If the news reports and Huggins attorneys are indeed correct, and his resignation email did come from an account belonging to his wife and not directly from him there may be legal recourse for him. If what Coach Huggins and his attorneys are saying is true, and no other resignation letter exists, this was extremely sloppy on WVU's part and reflects poorly on their athletic department.

The University of North Texas at Dallas is excited to welcome Kelly R. Perry as the new Athletic Director as announced by University President Bob Mong. Kelly brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in both athletics and student athletes academic relationships that will surely cultivate and develop immediate improvement and success to the athletic program and university campus. Perry will be the second athletic director after inaugural Athletics Director Jack Allday announced his retirement this past spring, after being at the helm for the past 9 years. Perry was the Associate Athletic Director at Colorado State-Pueblo where she has oversight of the compliance department and internal operations of 21 sports. She also served for nine years as Associate Athletic Director over Compliance and Academics at Oklahoma City University.

When esports at the University of North Texas (UNT) was first offered, gamers only had one space to use, and it was shared with the media library. But due to unprecedented growth in interest, UNT has expanded its efforts. “Since then, we realized we needed more facility time for students wanting to use the space,” said Dylan Wray, the assistant director of UNT Esports. “The end result is the varsity team has their own space, and open recreation now has their own lab. The open lab is the most important component to any program right now. It’s a meeting ground of people who love to game and something we should always keep doing. It’s how to ingrain esports into the college experience. That’s been a big change for us.” Similar changes can also be found at Franklin College where Todd Burris, the director of Esports and head coach, said they recently took an unused racquetball court and turned it into an esports gaming arena. “I built this program from the ground up a few years ago,” said Burris. “When they hired me, I inherited maybe five kids. I started recruiting on campus to grow the program, and we now have over 40 students. It’s turned into something that’s very popular. We use esports at Franklin College to leverage our mission and retain students.” Burris said once you combine views across all platforms, esports is now the second most-watched sport in the U.S. behind the NFL. The surge in popularity has led to a spike in the number of programs at colleges offering gaming opportunities for students. read more: https://campusrecmag.com/the-changing-landscape-of-esports/

North Texas Mean Green Location: Denton, Texas Enrollment: 44,336 One thing to know: Mean Green men's basketball won 18 or more games in each of the past six seasons. Connections to Wichita State: Former Shocker Tommy Newman, a member of the 1965 Final Four team, coached North Texas from 1983-86. Harry Miller coached North Texas in 1970-71 before taking the top job at Wichita State. The Mean Green played in the Missouri Valley Conference from 1957-75, where it finished with one winning season in men's basketball. North Texas won 13 MVC golf titles, which remains second in conference history behind Wichita State's 21. The Mean Green won four straight NCAA titles from 1949-52 and placed second in 1954, 1955 and 1956. LINK: https://goshockers.com/news/2023/6/27/the-roundhouse-rh-aac-newcomers-series-rice-owls.aspx

The Mean Green Morris era kicks off — just one of the many changes in Denton. Change was the only constant for the North Texas athletic department as 2022 rolled into 2023. The Mean Green hired Jared Mosley to replace Wren Baker as athletic director while relieving head coach Seth Littrell of his duties following a trip to the Conference USA championship. He was replaced by former Incarnate Word head coach and Washington State offensive coordinator Eric Morris. The school also enters the 2023-24 athletic calendar with a new men’s and women’s basketball coach. Oh, and North Texas is ditching C-USA for the greener pastures of the American Athletic Conference. Morris inherits a squad that went 7-7 in 2022 and that’s reached a bowl game in six out of the last seven years despite a 21-28 record over the last four seasons. With the playoff expanding to 12 teams in 2024 with an automatic spot for the top G5 team, the Mean Green feel poised to compete thanks to location, resources, and a fresh face in charge of the football program. “We’re trying to win the American,” starting safety Logan Wilson said. “That and a bowl game. I know we’re stepping into a new conference, but I think we’ll surprise some people.” Morris knows how to elevate a program. He took over an Incarnate Word program that started in 2009 and was 30-67 prior to his arrival in 2018. The Cardinals went 14-22 in his first three years before a 10-3 record and a postseason run catapulted the former Texas Tech wide receiver to the offensive coordinator job at Washington State. Incarnate Word went 12-2 last year and made it all the way to the FCS semifinals with a roster mostly constructed by Morris and his staff. UIW was one of the worst college football jobs in the Lone Star State prior to Morris. It is now one of the best at the non-FBS level thanks to him. North Texas is in a much better starting position. Morris was forced to help with laundry, nutrition and field maintenance while at UIW. In Denton, he has a full staff on and off the field with great facilities and an administration firmly behind the team. “There’s almost too much help here,” Morris joked. “It is important for me to make sure everyone is working towards the same goal. I divvy out the roles and trust them to do that job. My job is to get the most out of everybody.” Read more: https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2023/07/12/2023-dctf-magazine-team-preview-north-texas-mean-green?ref=article_preview_img

It seems like signing junior college and community college players may be a good strategy.

So true - he will bail at the next best offer. Perhaps gunning for Fla St?

Safety Nick Nakwaasah

It sounds like there is a big lawsuit that is hurting the PAC 12 as well. Also that SMU is offering to pay the lawsuit off to get an invite? Sounds desperate on both sides.

Enjoyable and fairly optimistic read.

This is not new information. They have been reporting this for 6 months or longer now.

This is a good development for us. Shortens the transfer window in half.

http://www.hudl.com/v/2Jqy0b