[Will Be Interesting to Track the Reaction to This Announcement]

11 hours ago, Rudy said:

I don't think we're really talking about football since the precedent has already been set. I think the issue is more about a guy who can't make it as a shot putter suddenly deciding to compete in the women's division. Or a 6'2 male competing in the women's 200m hurdles. 

These are good points, and thanks for correcting the omission of the football precedent. I do think the fact of some sports being, by their very name "women's", poses the greatest issue. I honestly would watch womens softball in preference to the generally all male baseball, and would hate the see the essence of it changed due to issues around gender preference. That is my personal feeling however, and I think a lot of this will be resolved on a sport by sport basis.

[Will Be Interesting to Track the Reaction to This Announcement]

2 hours ago, GrayEagle said:

Which way?  I think that it's grossly unfair for a biological male to compete with biological females.

In some places in the world, there are some women who can compete and even dominate some of the male athletes in this part of the world. However, people don't always stay in the same place, and some of those women could probably be found in the city where I live. If a woman could make UNT competitive at the highest level of football by becoming the first female quarterback in college football, would any of us here care about her gender after she proved herself on the field?

[UNT Softball Perfect Game with 21 k's]

From WFAA website, with interview of Trautwein by KVUE TV sports director Jeff Jones, out of Austin: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/hope-trautwein-north-texas-perfect-game-21-ks-pflugerville-hendrickson-graduate/269-53eb1d1d-1162-461e-9b02-1b2337b1e843

[Possible walk-on Siosifa Leota - Euless]

He's one of a fairly long line of Euless Trinity football players from the Leota family, some of whom have gone on to success playing at the college level; I only wish him the best in Denton. The tape reminds of the 3 man rush Trinity had from the Steve Lineweaver days, and he seems to fit the mold of some pretty good linebackers they had. I hope he can get some good weight on. Always glad to see a Euless Trinity guy heading up the road to UNT.

 

[Jorden Williams V Tony Mitchell tonight!]

On 4/6/2021 at 6:58 PM, TheTastyGreek said:

It's a euphemism for a person's genital area. 

Thanks for the best laugh today, or yesterday, for that matter. 

[DRC: UNT added Southlake Carroll S Cinque Williams, thanks largely to former QB, Carroll coach Riley Dodge]

On 3/30/2021 at 1:44 PM, meangreen11 said:

Looks solid but with players from Carroll you wonder if it is a stepping stone.

What I've noticed is that solid players from good schools want to play. If they don't see the prospect of playing time, often they do leave. This guy has enough skills to find a place for him. I want to see what he does on the field in 2021.

[DRC: UNT forward Zachary Simmons has signed with an agent and will go pro]

2 hours ago, Andrew said:

So essentially he is just going to try to go play in Europe or South America. Very odd choice.

Not really. We've had others who have gone that route, and were planning that as they were finishing up at UNT. It's just another way to go pro, and maybe make it to the NBA eventually. Some do make it to the bigs that way.

[Good news and bad news]

11 minutes ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Players get mad at Vito for his comments because they aren't always positive, and I love that because you have to hear the truth

You never learn anything at the deepest level without negative feedback.

[The question now]

1 minute ago, UNTLifer said:

Yep and I selfishly want to remember them as North Texas lettermen. Not lettermen that also played elsewhere. Again, I am being selfish or a proud alum, probably both. 

I can understand any of us being selfish, as that is human nature, but can't resent another exercising self interest.

[The question now]

6 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

I want to thumb’s up and thumb’s down this post. We aren’t s stepping stone to high major. We can become one and should. Honestly, and call me selfish, but I would be pissed if they decided to take advantage of their extra year and then transfer. 

Ah, but: “This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

[Villanova (3/21/21)]

Well, our guys never gave up. Don't play horse against Villanova for money.

[Purdue (3/19/21)]

1 minute ago, TheTastyGreek said:

I mean... I had fun watching, but I'm a filthy, distant casual observer at best these days. I'm glad for people who were heavily invested in the season.

I know if this had happened 10 years ago or so, when I was traveling to see as many as 27 games in person one year... This might have literally killed me. Stopped my heart cold.

Anyone who was ride or die all year, I'm glad they got to experience this as a possible once a generation or once a lifetime payoff. Hopefully there's more basketball to come. 

Yeah, they'll carry those memories with them forever, but how many will remember sitting under the court as we beat UT Arlington in their previous cafetorium home, with JJ drawing up the final play? I guess I was never truly dedicated, but got reminded by the geography professors when I changed to that major that said professors were scorekeepers in that Bill Blakely era, so began attending at the Super Pit, thinking that was a strong hint. Those were large and raucous crowds for such limited post season possibilities. Strange that I mostly remember those 1970 style jackets Blakely wore, but can't remember what they were called.

[Purdue (3/19/21)]

19 hours ago, TheTastyGreek said:

And maybe the bus back to the hotel will catch fire and the entire team will die in the explosion. 

Take 5 minutes and enjoy things. This is a neat thing that just happened. 

I'm just glad that you got to see it happen. I can still remember watching TV and seeing you and Matt in the stands, maybe with Matt painted green, but I'm older now and don't always trust my memory.

[DRC: Source -- Petrilli top option to replace Ekeler as UNT's special teams coordinator]

It sounds like the main knock on the guy is that he (may) move up from a "quality control" position to one as a full time assistant, but that seems like a path that a lot of up-and-comers seem to be taking, as indicated here: https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-football-best-young-coaches-30under30-151573416/#151573416_1.

And I believe we hired Graham Harrell as OC and QB coach from a similar background at Washington State. I guess some of us didn't like what we were seeing on the field with him until we got a chance to see his successor at work, who seemed to have the traditional career path to success as an FBS OC, through success in that position at the FCS level.

Has anyone mentioned any other promising candidates for ST coordinator out there at this time?

[Anyone here remember the Jankovich era at UNT?]

30 minutes ago, stl.pony said:

Jank is an odd man. He left a HC job at Illinois state to take an assistant job at SMU. Just an odd thing to do. 

Didn't he come expecting to be head coach in waiting, which is actually what happened? Kind of a strange way of getting a HC job, but maybe it all happened the way it was supposed to, except that Jank didn't meet the expectations y'all had.

[LaTech - CUSA Semis (3/12/2021)]

Channel 8 DFW was giving us love on their 6:00 news. Tune in at 10 tonight and they'll probably show some of the same coverage.

[Prayers for the Drummond Family]

Yes, prayers for the entire Drummond family, and thanks that it was no worse than it appears to be, although those are injuries that will take a long time to heal. Amazing, to travel 70 feet from impact and live through it.

[The Next Special Teams Coach]

Any ex Airborne have to love the guy for that, but he sounds damned qualified overall.

[Tony Mitchell]

19 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Yeah I don’t disagree at all. My point is I think that’s a problem, and I hate that college is touted as some land of opportunity during the recruiting process, then most schools just put these guys in easy classes so they can focus on sports. Then they haven’t gained any real opportunity that college offers for life after sports.

Billy, this is something I've wondered about when we see new coaching regimes come in and (we hope) step up the recruiting game, much of this taking place in a narrow window of time, during which said coaching staff probably knows little about the various degree granting programs and the marketability of them in the workplace. And I'm not saying, "hey, take up accounting" to a person who make not have the desire or ability for it just because it has obvious earnings potential. 

I doubt if many people outside of my fairly small circle are aware that knowledge and credentials available from the UNT Department of Geography and the Environment can provide meaningful work and an upward career trajectory, when combined with skills in Geographic Information Systems. I can still remember when down in the City of Dallas Emergency Operations Center, while providing staff training, one of the EOC staff bringing a group of high schoolers in to show the scope of that work, and informing them that the academic credentials could be acquired "just up the road" at UNT.

Overall though, I agree with the need for better counseling of the sort which helps any student, whether athlete or not, prepare for a college career that lays the groundwork for success after school and athletics. And it's probably worthwhile for schools to consider how to teach students how to present themselves. But it's not hard nowadays to notice many, whose behavior would have been ill mannered at one time, apparently successful by current standards. But if you're someone just asking for any kind of work, it may be best to show good judgment, rather than just reaching the rather low bar seen on much social media content. 

[Ice Ice Baby (February 2021)]

4 hours ago, golfingomez said:

damn... not even the yearbook could get our name right? no wonder these broadcasters have so munch difficulty nowadays!

I guess you're serious, but are you not aware that the yearbook had the name right at that time?https://blogs.library.unt.edu/unt125/2015/06/22/name-change-unt/#:~:text=On May 15%2C 1988%2C the,College and Teacher's Training Institute

 

[Bryce Drummond enrolling early]

1 hour ago, VideoEagle said:

I've got one of her cookbooks already. I guess I'll need to get more and show support for our newest athlete. 

 

If your spouse already has the cookbooks and is a fan, you can find this as a late Christmas present at your local Barnes and Noble or favorite local book retailer (too late for Amazon): Ree Drummond "Frontier Follies".

[Happy for Wilson]

Glad to see him get the touchdown for the niners, probably with his folks there in the stadium, as they always were in Denton.

[‘21 QB Bryce Drummond - Pawhuska, OK [SIGNED LOI]]

2 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

I worry about this young man missing his mama's home cooking

 

Denton can do food. Check out this National Geographic Article (just ignore everything else and scroll down to the picture and caption at the end of the piece):https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/meat/

[I Come in Peace :)]

1 hour ago, ASU_Jeff said:

Hello from North Carolina!  Looking forward to playing you guys next week in Myrtle Beach!  How many of you will be making the trip?  My family and I are hoping to get tickets; it will be interesting with the limited attendance mess due to COVID.

If you have any questions about our team or Myrtle Beach let me know.

I have fond memories of that part of North Carolina; I wish I could make it Myrtle Beach again (went there once while stationed at Ft. Bragg with 82nd Airborne), but too short of a notice. It would be a nice drive there from Boone, I'm sure.  I was up in Blowing Rock shortly after y'all beat Michigan, and enjoyed seeing all the pride being displayed by the folks going up there for the scenery before playing a Saturday game. I did wonder if winning in such notorious fashion wasn't a bit of a distraction from your conference play that year.

 

[DRC: UTEP coach Dimel says UTEP never seriously considered site change, calls for UNT to forfeit if game isn't rescheduled in El Paso]

If Dimel could get UNT to forfeit, getting a UTEP win out of it, that could get him to winning more than 3 games for the first time since 1999, a considerable achievement for him, but not one to ever get him hired at Houston again.