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22 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:
Why is the player on the left giving the "hook 'em horns" sign?
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The irony is that the ACC started this entire poaching movement about 20 years ago when they raided the Big East.
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I had the great pleasure of meeting you at a MTSU game in Murfreesboro a number of years ago. I am so sorry for your issues and wish you and your family all the best.
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5 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:
Which Logo?
Which green?
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7 hours ago, jtm0097 said:
Here's the conversation.
SMU: Can we join the conference?
ACC: No, we already have a religious school with a small enrollment called Wake Forrest.
Not to mention Duke (Methodist) and Boston College (RC).
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I have already read the term "Power Two" in several articles.
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And now we have our first D1 coast to coast conference. D3 already has one!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_Athletic_Conference
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Wish him all the best. 53 is so young.
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If this tomfoolery does not stop now, I'm calling his big brother, Irrita.
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On 6/4/2022 at 7:53 PM, meangreenfaninno said:
DENTON, Texas – North Texas Athletics will partner with Trey Athletes in its first Athlete Transition Program, a career development opportunity designed specifically for college athletes.
"We are excited to partner together with Trey Athletes in this ground-breaking program that we believe will provide immeasurable benefits to our student-athletes," UNT Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said. "This is truly one-of-a-kind programming that will prepare our young people every step of the way for the next stage after college."
Trey will work with UNT to provide graduating student-athletes who belong to a racial or ethnic minority group and/or who are first-generation college students internship experience for Summer 2022.
To prepare, student-athletes will attend career development sessions covering topics such as:
· Choosing your career
· Resume and cover letter writing
· Interview preparation
· Workplace best practices
After these sessions, Trey will then match the participants with area businesses in their preferred field or industry. Throughout the internship, student-athletes will continue to receive support through advising, as well as build peer-to-peer relationships through group sessions that promote engagement and discussion around the shared experience.
"Trey Athletes is thrilled to be collaborating with UNT Athletics on our pilot program," Trey co-founders & co-CEOs Rebecca Feickert and Brian Reynolds said. "Together, we're committed to developing the diverse and talented young athletes of today to be tomorrow's changemakers."
Trey Athletes is a Dallas-based nonprofit positioned at the intersection of college sports, education, and racial equity. The organization's objective is to unlock the untapped potential of college sports by creating successful post-college outcomes for all college athletes.
After incubating at Harvard Business School, and since launching in Dallas in Fall 2018, Trey has worked with nearly 600 athletes, parents, and coaches representing 80+ zip codes across DFW. As proud fellows of both the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation as well as the United Way's Social Innovation Accelerator, Trey won the 2020 Audience Choice Award for DFW Social Innovator of the Year.
In 2021, Trey launched a virtual programming series, including speakers from the Big 12 Conference, Dallas Mavericks, and US Paralympic team.I'm sure our students can't wait to hear those speakers from the Big 12 Conference!
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4 hours ago, texx2818 said:
For a guy who talks a lot about not thinking about UNT, you spend a lot of time here, meat loaf.
SMU’s boomer crew was ready to go independent over having to share a conference with us. Not sure is very “one sided” to me.
Please be careful here, Meat Loaf was one of us!
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Just think if we had a football coach with that record!
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In my day, the Kentucky Club was the place to go.
https://www.bucketlistbars.com/news-articles2/139-the-world-famous-kentucky-club-juarez-mx
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12 hours ago, Glory to the Green said:
The time Is now! Bring them back. GMG!
This uniform came after my time but there is an "only at North Texas" story to these.
These uniforms were ordered by Robert Winslow who replaced Maurice McAdow after he retired in 1975. While the photo does not show this very well, the front was the apple green worn by our teams during the Fry era while the reverse side was a darker shade. And of course, the flying worm proudly adorned the front.
Due to the long procurement and manufacturing cycle, the uniforms arrived about the same time as Fry's departure. The school then abandoned the flying worm and apple green. Not knowing about the worm or the apple green, new students and fans of the football program would then look at the uniforms and say, "WTF?".
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I suspect some of you are too young to remember when the Olympics went from being a truly amateur endeavor to professional. This happened in 1986 and there were similar cries of outrage. Of course now, no one gives this a second thought.
The same will happen with college athletics. Just as the amateur athletes were left behind in 1986, many universities will be left behind as the professionalism of college athletics takes hold. In twenty years or so, no one will give this a second thought as well.
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22 hours ago, Quoner said:
Who else is gonna taco bout the cabanas the kids relax in during free time at The Pines?
GMG.com - safe and fun for the whole family!
Very clever!
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I think he has been there for several years as I seem to recall someone posting about this. I see his son is there as well.
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Rationing began in the spring of 1942, making that t-bone a thing of the past!
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Failure to successfully execute these four steps may lead us to twelve steps.
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My family arrived in Virginia from England in 1628 as indentured servants. Thankfully, we have worked our passage off now and can do what we want, including going to school at North Texas when all of my friends and family stayed in state.
I have many friendly wagers on this game including one with my niece who is our most recent UVa grad.
It will be a close game but the Mean Green will prevail!
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10 hours ago, Arkstfan said:
If I’m not an overly cheerful and weirdly happy BYU fan (hey such might exist) I’d be very pleased with the Big XII deal.
They get a genuine, bona fide blue blood in basketball and you get a conference that is a step up from the peak WAC that had Arizona and Arizona State but lacked the depth of new Big 12 and it’s a step up from peak MWC that had some really outstanding Utah and TCU teams but still lacked the depth the new Big XII likely has.
It’s a home run for them but not a grand slam or even two run shot in my opinion.
Now my BYU story.
Wife and I were poor post-college, post-law school but had saved up and had a beach vacation for just after Christmas lined up, my parents were going to watch the kids. Wife gets an ear infection and doctor rules out flying. So we drive to Memphis to spend a few days. Inexplicably hotels are pretty booked up any place we’d want to be but finally get a room at the Marriott near the Pyramid except for the first night so stay at a Days Inn in a room roughly the size of a VW Beetle. The bed was so close to the dresser and TV had to climb across the bed.
We go downtown to Beale Street and landed at Silky’s which I discover is owned by a Tulane alum and it finally hits me. Liberty Bowl. I’d be so busy scrambling for alternate plans had not thought about it.
So we are in Silky’s and it’s almost all Tulane fans and a handful of just here to have fun people. In walk five members of the BYU band (jackets were a give away)
The five BYU kids order a Sprite. Not a Sprite each. A Sprite and split it.
It was then I remembered Coach Edwards explanation of why bowls hated BYU fans. “Our fans go to bowl games with a copy of the 10 Commandments in one hand and twenty dollar bill in the other and they don’t break either of them.”
Great story!!
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Welcome Gulf Coast Hoo, and thank you for the update. We are really looking forward to the game!
I suspect the Mean Green faithful would enjoy knowing the origin of your secondary nickname, the Wahoos.
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First of all, no one called it the "Snake Pit" (my little crusade)
If we are speaking of teams in the title game rather than champions, we can add:
Memphis
Cincinnati
Bradley
Oklahoma State (then A&M)
Houston
I'm sure there are others.
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As we are as well.
We forget that it was not all that long ago that we could not even qualify for our own conference tournament
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Can we change the forum name?
in Mean Green Football
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In the early 70's, one joker started the rumor that our name would be changed to Lyndon B.Johnson U. This rumor got some traction and there was actually some serious discussion about the pros and cons of such a change.