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Agreed! I also agree that SMU is Dallas's hometown university just as TCU is F. Worth's and both UNT and UTA will always be an afterthought.

I read that Sabin's plans on staying at Alabama and keeping an office at A.D. building to assist new coaching staff in transition. If so that is the kiss of death for his replacement.

Actually it might have been their #9 recruit. I have read conflicting reports.

Yesterday 9 football recruits at Alabama de-. committed . Probably more to follow.

Please remember that in Texas state funds can't be used for athletic facilities. A compromise would to have the athletic department raise funds via donations to update the locker rooms, etc. I suggested that for basketball games we cover the top sections with tarps which are [just guessing] about 4,000+ seats to force fans down and give the arena a more intimate feel but got nowhere. This was several AD's ago so if anyone agrees they might want to bring it up with our current administration. I am really dating myself but in the original Men's Gym [aka The Pitt] students planned and committed to go to games because if they didn't there was no room at the inn. In a 10,000 seat venue there is not that commitment as seats will always be available unless you somehow reduce capacity.

At least they responded. While it may be a complete blow off they are now aware that there are fans following UNT. Thanks for reminding them.

Unfortunately ABC is in a contract dispute with some of its carriers and Frisco hasn't had access to its programing for many weeks .

And yet we still only average 4,000 fans regardless of our record and championships.

Just a guess and by golly but as NIL grows and D1 officially splits into "haves and have nots" the number of sports sponsored by the "nots" may shrink.When the split happens the NCAA will be weakened and universities will have more control over membership requirements. When these schools have control of NIL funds they will soon discover that football and basketball will eat up all of it. I just don't see how NIL and scholarship monies will avoid being co-mingled but who knows.

Historically Wichita has had a great deal of fan support from its locals. However the AAC has lost U. Conn ,Cincy, and Houston, who all had strong basketball programs, since the Shockers left the MVC for greener pastures. The addition of 6 CUSA schools doesn't move the needle for them .

I will defer to your memory regarding 8,000 in attendance for basketball " several times" but you don't build a venue for the very few instances you sell our an event. Regarding Apogee, I would not have put the " eagle tail" section in the end zone and left that space for future administrative growth. Again the handful of times Apogee has been over 25,000 is in stark contrast to our average attendance of 20,000 in a 30,000 seat stadium. I may be incorrect but attendance at our game against California from the PAC 12 was about the same as our game against ACU. Hopefully you are correct and improvements in scheduling, marketing, and winning will improve attendance.

So we are averaging only 20,000 fans in a 30,000 seat stadium. Did we overbuild? Also when you have a 10,000 seat arena with less than 4,000 fans on average it looks pretty pitiful.Until we get an understanding of the negative impact NIL wiIl have on our athletic program I really don't know what I would do regarding investing in more programs and bricks and sticks.

Why would you put any money in a basketball venue that averages less than 4,000 fans per game?

Different pay for different play is called the NFL. I am no attorney but I can't see where the NCAA has the power to intervene in NIL payments.

Moving up in conferences can be difficult. Houston, Cincy, UCF, and BYU all struggled. Also, except for UTSA, the newbies in the AAC did as well.

Once at a point in time in a galaxy far,far away from North Texas football fans, the DMN looked at the college careers of the top dozen or so highly ranked high school players from the Metroplex. It was surprising to see the number of 4 star players who flamed out in college. I am not saying that I wouldn't like having a few on campus, but sometimes ranking can be misleading . If we had gotten just a little more play out of our defense this year against Navy and Memphis we would have finished 7 & 5 and gone to some piss ant bowl that no one ever heard of , and probably lost. Morris knows the holes that need to be filled so I trust the process. Merry Christmas to all you Mean Green grinches , and have a happy new year.

The DMN has great article today on number of athletes playing Olympic sports recruited from local high schools getting NIL money. This bodes major problems for G5/ Mid Major programs and all their other sports.

We are now alone in 5th place , just about 5 points behind Memphis. Tulsa is #2, and sighed 10 of top 100 in DFW

Remember that UNT has played in 3 bowl games despite having a losing record.

They have moved SMU out of AAC, have Charlotte 1st, UNT,UTSA,UAB tied for 5th, Rice last. Navy doesn't report.

The one I saw earlier today had us last with 10 commitments and SMU first. Its a moving target thru tomorrow.

Guys, 247 has us ranked last in the AAC regarding transfers coming in. Hopefully this will change.

On another note, I googled "The top 10 college football trick plays" and our punt return against Arkansas is listed as #3.

Well, we did give both Navy and Memphis a gift.

I have been to Liberty Bowl. Think Cotton Bowl at Fairgrounds.