[Karen Aston gets 2: Eboniey Jeter and Itiana Taylor]

No idea if this is old or not , but : BROOKS also signs w/ the MEAN GREEN

"North Texas is looking to rebound from a difficult 5-25 season last year under Aston"

Ummm...

[Sunbelt Action (11/11/11)]

Lamar 65

ASU 62

Wow! I didn't think losing Adams would hurt THIS bad?!

Texas Tech 90

Troy 85

Someone who knows a little more than me, please answer:

Obviously, little defense was played, but what happened here? Is Troy this good? Is Tech this bad?

[It's Roger Franklin Day!]

I find it amusing that Roger Franklin Day falls on Veterans Day this year...

We should all pause to thank our veterans like Kenny Lyons, Chris Davis & Josh White who gave their all for this fine basketball program.

[It's Roger Franklin Day!]

This is the first of a huge 4 holiday stretch.

When does the Roger Franklin music start playing on 103.7?

[Mountain West board mentioning UNT as possibility]

I would love to go to Hawaii, but will probably never go... unless I could squeeze in a UNT game while there.

[Riley Dodge should have played for Frank Solich at Ohio]

Please, for the love of all things pure and good, the era of the Detroit automobile manufacturers is OVER! No Fords, no Dodges, no nothing! If any mention of vehicles is to be made, it should be solely based on the Mack Truck Company in Greensoboro, North Carolina.

I wouldn't mind having that 5* kid from England, Aston Martin.

[UNT V. Troy prediction thread]

UNT is coming off a bye week. 2 weeks to focus on this Troy team. Thompson is expected to be back, and Jeremy Phillips should be ready to step back in, which will be helpful with the loss of Z. Orr.

Troy is really having a tough year. They're at home and of course, UNT is their homecoming game. They are still the defending conference champions and are always dangerous.

Give me UNT in a squeaker:

UNT - 27

Troy - 24

[Season Predictions]

I applaud North Texas for playing some tougher teams (Texas Tech, Texas, Mississippi State, LSU) but there are some others that are real cupcakes: St. Gregory (NAIA), UTA, Sam Houston State (Southland Conference), Jackson State, Grambling State (SWAC) and New Orleans (dropped to D-II).

Georgetown basketball under John Thompson Sr. got away with playing a “weak” non-conference schedule. I would like to see tougher teams than NAIA team, two Southland teams, two SWAC teams and a D-II team.

Good idea, but here are some questions for you...

Who would you like to replace these teams with?

Do you like home non-conference games, or would you prefer almost all non-conference games to be on the road?

With this young roster, are you ready to see 15+ losses if we remove these "weak" teams (assuming you want to replace them with "strong" teams)?

Have you been to a UNT/UTA game or UNT/SHSU game?

[FRANKLIN APPROVED!]

[Central Florida NCAA Scandal, AD Resigns]

To me young boys continually getting raped on school facilities and the university looking away and covering it up to me is a completely different level. The university actually facilitated this crime. I was not saying that the Penn State scandal is justified. Paying some players, giving them stuff, doctoring some grades etc...to me that stuff is petty. I am talking about that. Just be good and dont getting blatlantly caught. It's obvious the NCAA doesn't enforce against it very much. Again, I am not saying it is always right but in the grand scheme of things this is what you have to do if you want to become a big boy.

Again this Penn State stuff has reached a level I don't think we've ever seen before.

I think you would make a great ponzi schemer.

[Mean Green Sign two]

I think one of the most important takes from here is a guy FROM DFW signs with the Mean Green... first in Johny Jones's coaching career here (as a freshman). DFW is such an underrated basketball mecca, and the more we win, the more people here will take notice.

Huh?

[OCU Predictions]

- Win by: 19

- Stand Out: Alzee Williams

- Most Points: Jacob Holmen

- Biggest Dunk: Alonzo Edwards

- Pick to Click: Jacob Holmen

- Most exciting play: Alzee steal and Alley-oop to Edwards.

[Duck Hunting]

I dabbled in it, but it's been years.

Just couldn't put up with that smartass snickering dog.

I'm not proud of it now, but I would intentionally shoot the dog due to my duck hunting frustrations.

[UNT lands Lake Highlands Lineman Chase Walling]

I had the opportunity to watch this young man play earlier in the season when Lake Highlands played WT White. I remember commenting to my wife how big and athletic he was. The exciting thing is there are 3-4 more D-I caliber players on that Lake Highlands team. There is a defensive end tackle who also caught my eye as well as other positions...they have a lot of athletes! I got to experience the Lake Highlands feeder program because my son played Select ball with their team as a 7th grader last year. They have an impressive youth program there and some good coaches. Those kids learn how to run and tackle at a very young age. I would love to see UNT build a pipeline there as they will have a lot of good players for many years to come.

I love the size and quality of linemen Mac is bringing into this football program! This recruiting class is truly shaping up to be one of our best in a long, long time! GMG!

I guess we already have? John Shorter is from LH.

[BREAKING: NYTimes: Paterno is Out]

Thanks for this...I was trying to remember the title of the Milgram experiment. I'm sure some will view this as defense...I'm assuming you're not intending it as such...rather just empirical data that tells us the human mind is one fascinating, albeit effed up, thing.

Nobody can say definitively what they would do in such a circumstance...what I can say with some certainty however is that every single possible scenario that could play out as the result of their actions/in-actions has played out in their minds over the years and as such JoePa and McQuery and anyone else with knowledge knew the potential consequence.

I wonder if he would be like me: I think my first reaction would be to go ballistic right then and there. But, I would have to calm myself down, and from there, who knows... but I just don't think I could just walk away from that scene. Ever.

[Tags for Sons of Confederate Vets.]

Right...he also authored the book "How a Few Shoes Over-Turned Western and U.S. Culture" but it was largely over-looked...just another unintended result of moccasin propaganda.

This was published after his first autobiographical work: "Touched by Blind Tom Wiggins". A lovely story about his love for the piano.

[Tags for Sons of Confederate Vets.]

You know what I'm digging?

[New Wrinkle Regarding CUSA]

There are a lot of steps between "keeping the status quo" and borrowing $75 million you can't possibly pay back.

Who decides this? Wasn't it public perception that a $78 million stadium was a huge mistake for UNT?

Did you read the story?

An excerpt: " The stadium funding has been structured to be at worst case revenue neutral. No student fees are necessary. UAB has already raised $15 million and sold 25 of 33 luxury boxes nine months before the 1st shovel was scheduled to contact earth. Land has been acquired, major concessions by the city of Birmingham attained..."

[Penn State AD Charged with Child Sex Abuse Cover Up]

Curley's not a law enforcement official. When you become aware of allegations of child sex abuse, you're required to report it to police or a child welfare agency.

This is the law in Texas. Although Paterno was clearly wrong and needs to step down immediately... apparently, this is not the law in PA. The law is to report it to a superior, who then reports it to authorities according to this story: Yahoo! sports story

This is sickening, and in my eyes 10 million times worse than selling athletic gear for tattoo money. This was happening WITHIN THE CONFINES of the football program. If the NCAA can suspend a USC team post-infraction for the Reggie Bush mess, SURELY they can do the same here...

There need to be some serious sanctions handed down here. Just gross.

[SO, IT'S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SEASON]

So? The day people stop questioning is the day the world goes to the dark side. We have every single right to question every single thing the athletic department does.

Someone needs to tell this to Penn State AD employees.

[New Wrinkle Regarding CUSA]

Any moron also knows, if your business loses money for 15 straight years. You dont take out a 75 million dollar loan... You try to get back in the black first.

And so keeping everything status quo will change margins? That makes no sense... I'm glad you were not on our BOR.

[New Wrinkle Regarding CUSA]

...

Basically the BOT did the fiscally responsible thing and said no to 75 million that Uab could never ever get back in its current state. If Uab becomes even a respectible program I think they will revisit the stadium issue.

I'm so glad C. Dan and our board did not take this approach when the Apogee vote results hit their table...

Any moron knows that in order to be successful, you have to spend money. I'm sure the Alabama BOT are fully aware of this. So to me it sounds like they are knowingly resigning any expectations for UAB to be successful.

[Brent Osborn the next Sage Rosenfels?]

Is Sage Rosenfels the next Wind Turbine?

[Patton not eligible!]

Also if it was from prior school can he get his grades this semester and come when Tony comes after fall grades are submitted?

Good question.... Dig Vito!

[Is the Re-aligned Big East the new Seneca Wallace?]

Thoughts?

Mind = Blown.