MeanGreenTexan

I thought we are back to the full allotment of scholarships now? So the players leaving from earlier in Dodge's tenure have been accounted for in previous APR penalties. I hope that Cole will not affect the APR, and if Williams left in good academic standing it doesn't hurt right? Maybe Cole transferred here without a scholarship in hopes of earning one. If so, then would that count against our APR (I have no clue how APR works)? Sounds like Williams left for playing time at ACU.

I think this could be an area where coach Canales can help! He didn't get to participate in recruiting much, but I'm sure he knows some people who can help.

Other than Dunbar (no reason for him to drop off), do you think there are any Mean Green guys on this year's All-Sunbelt preseason team? Last season, Jamaal Jackson & Esteban Santiago were 2nd teamers, and Kelvin Drake & Craig Robertson were honorable mentions. I think Jamaal might sneak up and be on the 1st team this spring. I think Drake might move up to the 2nd team OL as well. I think with the departure of the Troy LB's that Robertson has a chance to jump up onto the 1st team. He'll at least make 2nd team. I would like to see Carey in the mix somewhere. Any others that y'all think may be on the list?

I know this is putting the cart WAY before the horse, but I think if we were to win out and get to the SBC final, our best bet for helping get a higher seed in the NCAA tourney would be to play WKU in the title game. WKU would be the last team (maybe ASU would be worse) I would want to see in the SBC title game though because they've been there every year and perform that way. But, I think that would be the only way any of the selection committee would place higher seed value on us. Now, stepping back to reality: 1st step to the tourney is tonight. Go Mean Green! Take care of business!

Does the preseason expectations of us winning the West title, and by some folks the Sun Belt title, possibly move UNT to a higher seed (13-14 range) if we take the SBC title? I think we might need upsets in some other conference tournaments in order for this to be realistic, but I would hate to go back as a 15 again.

Any chance we could compromise and have Dunham sing Thunderstruck with some "seriously hot chicks"? Isn't the new stadium supposed to double as a concert venue? Looks like we have our first performer!

Well, apparently it's a done deal according to Vito's blog during the game last night. "The UNT board of regents granted the school's athletic department to finalize a two-year extension for head coach Johnny Jones this afternoon."

Why bring Hitler & Nazi Germany into this thread? Brown Shirts

Was this position recently created, or is this a replacement hire for someone who left the program? Nice to see his experience with raising funds for athletic venues. Welcome to the Mean Green Nation Coop!

NO seems to play well defensively at home so I doubt we get into the 70's. NT: 67 NO: 58

I dont think Rick was commenting on JJ, rather he was commenting on how RV has Dodge wait until the end of the year to talk about the season/future... so why not JJ as well? Maybe I'm wrong. (Like GreenP1, I also wonder what all of the dots mean?) I think we should treat the Bball team and Fball teams differently though. 11 games gives you a good idea of how your coach is doing. In Fball, this is a whole season. In Bball, that's only about 1/3 of your season. Based on what Johnny has put together here, I think he deserves this consideration right now. Especially with what he's done this year in working through injuries.

"It looks like he will be around a while as long as he doesn't make it back to the NCAA Tournament and make an extended run, which would make him a prime target for another school." I don't think I would mind this at all... as long as we capitalized off of the next hire and continued the high level of play.

1. I keep a 9 2. I'll be finished before I post this. 3. No sir. 4. It's alright. I could use more time off. 5. My best guess is skid marks? 6. No, but the hair around them is. 7. Be careful, Chris Hansen appears out of thin air and dashes the dreams of folks like you. I really like the direction that this thread moved in... and I love the Census!

Gabe Hollivay could probably eat 40 hot dogs faster than any other guy on the team.

I think the Bud Light (I would rather drink water from the tap than Bud Light) commercials were the best. The house made of bud light cans/bottles was funny, but the one with everyone synthesized with T-Pain voices was my favorite.

I'm always leery of a team with nothing to play for, especially when they are home. I'm sure UNO likes losing as much as anyone else, so they'll probably bring their best shot at us. Hopefully the good guys can pull this out!

Great showing by the ladies!

Without a doubt! If JJ can't win this game by at least 30pts, he should promptly have a concussion administered by RV's fist, then locked in the electrical closet with no cell phone (for legal reasons).

OK. So Troy slays MT, we get help from ULM, and a nice surprise from UALR. Of course, we weren't expecting UNO or FIU to help... So going forward, are there certain scenarios that would benefit UNT more than others? Obviously, we want ULL and ASU to lose as many as possible, but what about the East? Who should we be pulling for to win? I think the biggest game left on the calendar is our matchup with ULL at home, and barring serious injury or anything, and assuming Denver continues to stink on the road, I think we should be on a 6 game win streak heading into that game.

Is this what made the Kansas CC's what they are today? If you look at them, they are full of highly recruited players. Were they built up because kids knew that if they excelled in the Kansas Jucos, then they would have a good chance of going to KState? Or, were they already a high quality league and KState just happened to be a good team in close proximity?

I hope that it's not only coach Dodge that is infused with confidence. I'm pretty sure that coach Canales will come in with confidence, I just hope he can convey that to the players. I hope the incoming juco defensive guys will bring coach DeLoach some confidence as well. I hope he'll have confidence to rush QB's with more than just his down linemen more often next season. I also hope that Olen is as advertised so that Dodge can have more confidence in his kicking game. I think that with Dodge learning the speed of the game over the past few years, he'll now have his own confidence (at least I hope so). +1 by the way... you're not splitting hairs, that's a big difference.

I really liked what I saw of Alzee yesterday. I hope this is the beginning of the norm for him.

Cam was definitely a favorite of mine. Congrats Cam on a job well done!

Pretty easy to see the teams we need to be pulling for here, other than the Troy/MT game. Would it be better for Troy to win and keep the seeding knotted up, knowing we have the tie-breaker, and have MT brought down into the pack? Or, would it be better for us if MT wins and pulls away in the East while knocking Troy down?

Overall, a toss up between Orr and Bellazin. I like the H.S. guys a little better because we have them around a while longer. Orr because of his pedigree and the praise that the coaches were pouring on him. Bellazin because of his size and his highlight videos. Impacting this year, I like Forlando Johnson. From the way the coaches were talking about him and his highlights, I think he starts right away. As a sleeper, I like Graylan Hawkins. I think the frame is there, he just has to hit the weightroom with coach Gahagan. Redshirt him this year, and I think he could be a nice tackle for us in the future.