MeanMag

Damn good post.

I think some people don't appreciate how much fan support has increased under Dickey. Yes, INCREASED. It's not just RV or enrollment. I have a coworker that graduated from UNT. When we were getting beat by South Florida and back in 2001, I was telling him we didn't have a bad team, and our defense was stellar and the most exciting defense I had ever seen. He didn't believe me. I was persistent. We won the Sunbelt that year. In his opinion it was a fluke. We did it again the next year. His thoughts: How could it be? We WIN the bowl game which happened to be televised. His thoughts: I'm on board with Dickey ball. We claim SBC title again the next year. His thoughts: As long as Dickey is here we have a chance to do this every year. He started going to games, supporting the team. Even joined the board and posts regularly. Ever since, he has been a supporter of Dickey ball and Dickey has done nothing but strengthen his opinion of that. We owe Dickey more than one down year in which we have to start a freshman QB and graduated a defense last year.

To parents, I want them to know that we wouldn't be talking about this if there were no supporters of the team. I think, for the most part, every member of the team does a great job representing the school. Coaches included and especially. This board isn't the only pressure on coaches.

Commies

I heard this is the first time in NCAA history 2 teams have gone into overtime 0-0 and might be the first 3-0 win ever. Bama and Tennessee was a good defensive game as well, 6-3 bama was the final score.

Meager scrambles for a 2nd and 3 inches, can't remember what quarter it was in. Next play is a pass, incomplete. 3rd and 3 inches and for some reason we try a screen pass to patrick cobbs. It fails. Boy, our line has lost the coaches confidence too.

Now, I think I hit a nerve somehow. I don't see why you have such a hard on for Meager. Maybe it's you that has the boyfriend. I think you are a very insecure person, otherwise there is no excuse for that sentence to be in there. If you have to resort to trying to make me look gay, it just shows how little ground you have to stand on with this subject and maybe college football. Just because you can get on the internet and look up stats doesn't mean that you automatically gain credibility for your point. Any educated football fan will tell you that 20 yards a game difference IS huge. And if you watched UNT football this season, you would realize that we need every yard we can get, we can't be losing yards on avg. at the QB position. It is a couple of penalties, penalties that we have too many of. It's a 1/5 of a football field. When our offense is straining to get yards, it could put us or take us out of field goal range. I am on this board because I am a UNT fan. Maybe you would like to be stuck in mediocrity for the rest of your life. Now, I have been a fan of UNT football for 5 years, a member of the board for almost as long, I don't have to defend my pride in UNT to some newcomer statboy that thinks MEAGER is better than Bomar. Give me a break. The Big XII is not one of the weakest, There are at least 4 conferences weaker and the SBC is the weakest. I guess your right TCU isn't a good team. And Tulsa, boy, they weren't good either. Kansas State was a horrible team. But Troy was good. Don't let your love of UNT football cloud your judgement. You will lose your credibility to make a valid point to any college football fan, not just me. Then you will have to question everyones sexuality because someone doesn't see things your way. We are UNT fans, I will personally be at the next home game. I support our team. It has nothing to do with comparing these 2 qbs. Now grow up, stop getting so defensive because not everyone sees Meager as the next John Elway.

I'll argue that there is a huge difference when taking avg. yards per game between -4 and 15 yds. Thats a difference of 20 yards per game. That's HUGE. I'll also take issue that a (+) plus sign in front of yards rushing is way better than a (-) no matter how many yards are behind it. Stop comparing them to each other, they aren't anything alike. Is this supposed to make me feel better about Meager being the starter? Because I don't and given the choice I would take Bomar. If Meager played for OU, he'd be sitting 5th string for 4 years watching Paul Thompson do his thing while holding Stoops' Caffine Free Diet Perrier, if he didn't get hurt first. I'm not saying Meager is a bad QB, although I wouldn't argue with anyone that said he was. It's just assenine to compare the 2. So some stats are close... they have played the same amount of time in CFB, they play the same position. I bet there are more QB's than just him who have similar stats. Maybe Rice, Navy, who knows, I'm not gonna look up stats because it's BS. Hell, take any innept offense in the nation and compare them. Fact, and I hate OU, and I would love for this not to be true: THIS YEAR: OU beats and gets beat by good teams. THIS YEAR: NT barely beats crappy teams, and gets beat by teams we shouldn't lose to, slobberknocked by good ones. For some reason we want to compare a 4yr old midgets manhood with Yao Ming. Someday, we will get there. There are too many folks that want to see this program do well. But until we get there, spare us these outrageous comparisons, that don't mean anything, please. And put away the "Meager for Heisman" signs because he is seviceable, just like any QB during Dickey's era has been.

Both went to and graduated from highschool Both go to college and play quarterback Both have mothers Both are on this planet Yep, they're similar alright, but who cares? What's the point? It's very apples and oranges They (OU) still beat and get beat by good teams.

I'd say we need to take a serious look at what our strength and conditioning coaches were doing, and take a look at what our line coaches are teaching. Do they teach techinique? Our lines aren't small guys. They're getting BEAT. Change techniques. Change footwork. Change blocking schemes. TEACH something. What was this team doing in the off season? No, really, were they not in the weight room? Some weren't making the grades? Are we losing discipline? Do we want to win? Sometimes I question the motivation of the players and the coaches. We should expect more from ourselves, I expect the players and coaches to do the same.

As I have said before, Rian Johnson is the best writer for the daily I have seen in a long time, if ever.

that should read THE playmaker, Quinn. Nobody including running backs has given me a reason this season to think otherwise.

Rian Johnson is probably the best team writer I have seen from the daily ever.

A year or 2 ago, OU was looking to raise student fees and tuition because they were going to have an academic shortage do to the misappropriation of funds in that states government. The AD raised ticket prices i think 2$ or 3$ a ticket to pay 3 million $ into the school academic budget.

Well, then screw the Cowboys and all 5 of their championships. They were all bought. I can't beleive I rooted for a team with a lot of money. What was I thinking? I think Rick's point of view is that he fears change and thinks maybe that UNT should cut back it's budget. If we ever spend that much on football or have millions of fans, Rick can't be a fan. I saw it written somewhere... at the top of this thread. Rick, I really admire what you do for this board and the program, keep it up. I don't disagree that maybe that type of spending is disgusting to us now, but if it were reversed I really wonder what your opinion would be. Just as a little comparison, our athletic budget is 12 mil right? UT's is 80 mil. It sounds about right if you look at the size of our stadium, alumni base, FANS and winning seasons. They sell out just about every game, and they charge good money for those tickets. We can't understand what type of cash cow football is for that school, because it has never been an issue for us. Everyone around Austin loves the Longhorns, It is the only major team there. Everyone buys the merchandise and gets spoonfed Longhorns because it is a one man show down there. MERCHANDISE SALES ARE HUGE FOR UT. Why wouldn't they keep pumping money into it if they can turn a profit? I bet if we compared the budget/people who consider themselves fans ratio NT would come out on top.

I will not be such an ass....and I will run for cover after I am done. The more the merrier. I was in your situation reversed. I grew up in Austin. Spent most of my younger days going to UT football and basketball games. Lived there for for a long time. I loved UT. Parents moved to Dallas, went to UNT because it was convenient. I started going to some games and love UNT now. Just because I am a North Texas fan doesn't mean I am not a huge Texas fan. I guess you could call Texas my "pet" school as someone else put it, but they really aren't. If My folks hadn't moved I'd be at UT. I don't understand why this isn't okay with people on this board. Does this make me a fake UNT fan? If going to every home game but 2 or 3 since I started school at UNT makes me a fake UNT fan, I'm fine with that. I bet you are too, because it looks better on TV when I'm there. (and yes I am that good looking) I am a REAL UNT fan, right? I am also a REAL Texas fan, no? There has never been any animosity between UNT and Texas. Never any rivalry. I do not go around wearing UT stuff on campus anymore, nor do I have a problem with some of my friends who do. They still come to the UNT games. Hell, they even go to different Denton area highschool games every Friday night. So it's okay for folks to be a Texan, cheer for both a Texas school and one that is outside of Texas that doesn't receive taxes and such from other Texans? Screw that, I want those Washington people and Ohio State people and California people to know that Texas is better than every single one of them. I hate A&M, TTech, but if they're playing against any college from state other than Texas, I'll pull for the Texas school. I'll take any type of fan to no fan, and you people should do the same and not be so obtuse about the matter.

This was BS, Was this lady by Santa Fe? If it was That lady told me the same thing. So I drove to the next entrance and those people were more than happy to take my 10 bucks to let me park. This was at 9:30am. I dropped some cars off with some friends to make sure I had a spot, and came back later. This also kinda got my blood pumping

or another 4th and 99yds

He cheated... www.gordonkeith.com Still though, It's money.

Everyone is invited, when i say everyone i mean EVERYONE. Ive never been, usually more fun to cook for myself. Maybe sometime this year however.

It's week 2 going on week 3. I think there was some kind of weather phenomenon that occured in week 1

It was in Dickey's contract extension that he could get an upgrade this season at the DC position.

My comment with him being a senior concerned his experience with the game situation. He has seen MT beaten 4 times in a row. He was there to make sure there wasn't any mental mistakes and to point out nuances that may arise. I think that Cobbs has really become a student of the game and is becoming a wise mentor. Kudos to the freshmen for not making many mental mistakes. Again after just one game, I cannot believe this topic has arisen.

Smith I would think should get the start. There was one play in particular during the OU game where he was about to take a sack after the pocket broke down and was able to place a perfect throw, I think it wa to Mills, which made an unthinkable catch. Should be real fun to watch. There was also a post on the Tulsa board that said if neither of our RB's broke 200 then they are not the real deal and Petereson and Maroney are better. While I do think that Peterson and Maroney are amazing and get over 200 yds almost regularly, I don't think that having 2 backs of this caliber means either of them should get over 200 yds rushing. I would rather see them both combine for over 200 yds. Ideal situation would be they combine for 300 yds total. If they can both get about 150, I would be very even more impressed than just one going over 200.