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http://www.springhillpanthers.com/nationalsignings.htm

Awesome!

Seems small to me also but in the paragraph above it lists the LB from McKinney that committed to BYU as 6' 215 lbs. Not much difference in the two players.

Back in the mid 70's (Blakely era) you could win the use of a AMC Pacer for a year if you hit a half court shot at halftime.

Howe 65, Whitewright 56 Whitewright 12 17 13 14 - 56 Howe 13 15 16 21 - 65 Whitewright (12-9, 2-2): Josh Benedict 7, Aubrey Cox 5, Fred Bowen 14, Jeremy Ballard 3, Shawn Green 4, Joel Luper 11, John Davis 2, James Heather 2, Matt Smith 8. Howe (12-8, 2-2): Steven Richardson 10, Zack Hodge 6, James White 2, Sean Stanley 2, Michael Mariano 2, Collin Mangrum 43.

I've touted Miller and Franklin on here before. Franklin was all-state LB as a soph, then was out almost all of last season with a broken leg I believe. Looks like he came back in full force this year. I would love to have both of them.

for those of you that attended the Celina-Paul Pewitt game: what do you think of the Celina QB? Is he college material? Seems to have decent size and speed and nice touch on his passes.

Went over to watch Howe play Gunter last night, Mangrum did not dress out. Heard that he had a high ankle sprain.

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I'll be on the Celina side also.

Mangrum had 21 Tuesday night in a 57-53 win over Fannindel.

LE 92 Michael Strahan 95 Adrian Awasom LDT 70 Kendrick Clancy 97 Kenderick Allen RDT 94 William Joseph 98 Fred Robbins 99 Damane Duckett RE 72 Osi Umenyiora 91 Justin Tuck 93 Eric Moore SLB 53 Reggie Torbor 54 Nick Greisen MLB 58 Antonio Pierce 57 Chase Blackburn WLB 51 Carlos Emmons 52 Barrett Green LCB 25 Will Allen 23 Corey Webster RCB 24 William Peterson 39 Curtis Deloatch 41 Frank Walker SS 28 Gibril Wilson 36 Shaun Williams 37 James Butler FS 26 Brent Alexander

Title: Head Football Coach Category: Exempt Positions Department: Athletics Location: Sherman, Tx Salary: Date Posted: 11/23/2005 Posting End Date: Contact: Karen Spore Responsibilities: Austin College seeks a person with energy, creativity, and football coaching skills to lead its NCAA Division III football program as it joins the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2006. The program boasts a 109 year history of competition in the southern regions of the country. The position is a full time, 12 month appointment reporting directly to the Vice President of Student Affairs and Athletics. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to continue the College’s tradition of balancing a rigorous academic program with the desire to achieve athletic excellence. The head coach will be responsible for directing all aspects of the football program, including but not limited to, recruitment of qualified student-athletes reflecting the undergraduate profile, preparing for competition, and supervision of staff. The finalist will be expected to relate to the academic areas of the College and will/may be requested to teach or assist in administrative activities depending on their skills and background. Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree is required; master’s degree or greater is preferred. Coaching experience of no less than 5 years is required. Experience as a student-athlete or coach at a non-scholarship, residential, liberal arts and sciences institution is beneficial. Salary and benefits to be commensurate with experience and credentials. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To apply: Send a letter of interest, resume, statement on coaching philosophy, and list of four references to be contacted either to: Ms. Karen Spore Austin College 900 N. Grand Avenue, Suite 61595 Sherman, Texas 75090 or Email to: kspore@austincollege.edu.

If you get a chance, check out Gainesville if they play anywhere near the metroplex next weekend. They have 2 players, Mike Miller and Jeremy Franklin, that I hope we're recruiting.

Nov. 22 Prosper Here 5:30/7:00 JV-V Nov. 29 Lindsay There 5:00/6:30 JV/V Dec. 1-3 Melissa Tourney There TBA V Dec. 3 Howe Tourney Here TBA JV Dec. 6 Fannindel There 6:00 V Dec. 8-10 Celeste Tourney There TBA V Dec. 12 Trenton There 5:00/6:30 JV-V Dec. 16-17 Prosper Tourney There TBA JV Dec. 16 *Gunter Here 5:30/8:00 JV-V Dec. 30 Texoma Christian Here 2:30/3:30 JV-V Jan. 3 *Blue Ridge There 5:30/8:00 JV-V Jan. 6 *Anna There 5:30/8:00 JV-V Jan. 10 *Whitewright Here 5:30/8:00 JV-V Jan. 13 *Leonard There 5:30/8:00 JV-V Jan. 13-14 District Tourney TBA TBA JV Jan . 17 *Tom Bean There 5:30/8:00 JV-V Jan. 20 *Bells Here 5:30/8:00 JV-V Jan. 24 *Gunter There 5:30/8:00 JV-V Jan. 27 *Blue Ridge Here 5:30/8:00 JV-V Jan. 31 *Anna Here 5:30/8:00 JV-V Feb. 3 *Whitewright There 5:30/8:00 JV-V Feb. 7 *Leonard Here 5:30/8:00 JV-V Feb. 10 *Tom Bean Here 6:00/7:30 JV-V Feb. 14 *Bells There 6:00/7:30 JV-V Feb. 21 Bi-District Championship Feb. 23-25 Area Championship Feb. 27-28 Regional Quarter-Final Championship Mar. 3-4 Regional Tournament @ Tarleton State University- Stephenville Mar. 9-11 State Torunament @ Frank Erwin Center- Austin

He said that he would like to coach and get into recruiting.

Howe's Collin card Mangrum ready to sign letter of intent with North Texas By Bill Spinks Herald Democrat HOWE - For two seasons, Collin Mangrum played literally in the shadow of a 6-foot-9 teammate who drew a lot of attention from college recruits. Little did Mangrum know he was getting his own positive evaluation all along. While scouting Howe (and future North Texas) center Justin Howerton, the UNT coaching staff became interested in the Bulldogs' swing man early. “Somebody told me when I was a sophomore they saw me working out after practice, and they decided to keep an eye on me from there and see how things turned out,” Mangrum said. Things did indeed turn out. Mangrum will sign a national letter of intent with the Mean Green on Wednesday, the opening day of the NCAA's early signing period. Next fall, he will team up once again with Howerton in Denton. “That's one of the main reasons I went down there,” Mangrum said. “So I can reunite with him and play with him one more time. I'm looking forward to it.” Howe coach Tim Rose said it's rare at the Class 2A level to have two Division I signees. “We're just very fortunate to have Collin,” Rose said. “He's a very special player. He's worked hard to get himself where he is now. He's the hardest-working kid I've ever had in 26 years (of coaching.) His work ethic is what sets him apart.” The 6-foot-4, 195-pound Mangrum committed to the Mean Green on May 27, choosing UNT over a list of colleges including TCU, SMU, Tulsa and Baylor. He took his official visit to the campus last weekend. He averaged 15.6 points, seven rebounds and 4.5 assists per game last winter. He raised his scoring average to 22 points per game during Howe's postseason advance to the Class 2A state tournament. On the state's biggest stage, Mangrum scored 32 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in a semifinal loss to Jim Ned at the Erwin Center. “That game wasn't a good game for anybody,” he said. “It could've been anybody that day. It just so happened I was able to get some shots off, and they fell early. They were triple-teaming Howerton, and you can't go to him when he's being triple-teamed. That opened me up.” At the end of last season, Mangrum was named to both the Class 2A All-State and All-State Tournament teams by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. This fall, he is a preseason second-team All-State selection (in all classifications) by Texas Basketball magazine. He was ranked as the No. 38 recruit in the state by Texas Hoops. Mangrum missed most of last spring's AAU action while healing a stress fracture, but returned in the summer and played for the Dallas Mustangs, a team featuring some of the area's top players. Summer AAU basketball is a level higher than typical Class 2A ball. Basketball in Division I, even in the mid-major ranks, is a whole level higher still. “The speed of the game is so much different,” Mangrum said, “but hopefully I'll get accustomed to that by going down there and playing with the guys, and getting in the same type of shape they are. It's a different shape. In 2A you can be in great shape, but in Division I you'd be in horrible shape.” Mangrum will probably play as a shooting guard at UNT, which finished 14-14 last season and enters its fifth year under head coach Johnny Jones. Rose said he thinks Mangrum has a chance to develop into a solid player at the collegiate level. “He's big, he's strong, and he's pretty quick,” Rose said. “He can elevate on his jump shots, so I anticipate him (eventually) getting to play.” Besides Mangrum, the only other recruits to have verbaled to UNT are a pair of JUCO players from Mineral Area (Mo.) Community College: Jonathan Jackson, a 6-foot-8 forward from Portland, Ore.; and Curtis Mjuse, a 6-10 center out of Vashon High in St. Louis. Mineral finished 21-10 last season and was ranked No. 19 in the preseason NJCAA Division I poll.

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Howe's Mangrum will sign with North Texas By Herald Democrat Howe senior Collin Mangrum will sign a letter of intent to play basketball for the University of North Texas on Nov. 9, joining former high school teammate Justin Howerton on the Mean Green roster. The 6-5 guard/forward, who picked UNT over TCU, SMU, Baylor, Tulsa and Stephen F. Austin, averaged 15.6 points per game last season and helped lead Howe to the 2A state semifinals, where he was named to the all-tournament team. Mangrum was also a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches all-state selection and an All-District 13-2A selection. UNT went 14-14 last season and lost to Arkansas State in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

I have been working out of town and don't know much about the game other than we lost. My question is:what, if anything, did NT do to honor Coach Fry at the game? Was there some sort of presentation at halftime? How many former players were there?

Hopefully RV will let Coach Fry speak to the team before the game. Fry had those teams back in the '70's believe they could play with anybody!

Return to old stomping grounds Ex-UNT assistant is back in Denton as Tulsa's head coach. Bill Spinks Herald Democrat DENTON — Darrell Dickey and Steve Kragthorpe never crossed paths while at North Texas, but for Kragthorpe and two of his Tulsa assistants, Saturday will be a homecoming of sorts. Kragthorpe was an assistant coach at UNT for two seasons (1994-95) before leaving and eventually taking the head coach position at Tulsa in 2003. Also on the current Golden Hurricane staff are a pair of former Mean Green assistants, wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator Bob Schultz and offensive line coach Spencer Leftwich. Now in his third year at the school, Kragthorpe will lead the Hurricane into Saturday's non-conference contest at Fouts Field. "That was a great experience," Kragthorpe said Monday from Tulsa of his time with the Mean Green. "Our youngest son, Nick, who turns 11 on Wednesday, was born while we lived in Denton. So we have a lot of fond memories there. Denton is one of my wife's favorite places that we have lived. There are a lot of great people there and I look back on those times as fun times in my coaching career." The Mean Green won the Southland Conference championship in 1994, UNT's final season in Division I-AA. The team was 2-9 the following season against an independent I-A schedule, but did upset Oregon State at Fouts Field that year, 30-27. Leftwich, who left UNT in 2003 to rejoin Kragthorpe, spent nine seasons in Denton and helped produce Ja'Quay Wilburn, who (for now) is UNT's all-time leading rusher. He also recruited Patrick Cobbs, the 2003 national rushing champion, who is threatening Wilburn's school mark. Dickey, who arrived in Denton in 1998, has kept up with Kragthorpe's success. "Steve's an excellent head coach," Dickey said. "They recruit heavily down here, and we run into them a lot. There's always some good-natured kidding. Some of our assistants are still close with Spencer. There are a lot of friendships, but for three and a half to four hours, we're going to try to whip each other. There is a football game, and this is a business." For the first time in a while — in fact, since the Mean Green rejoined Division I-A in 1995 — North Texas has two relatively high-profile opponents on its home schedule. The Mean Green will play their home opener against Tulsa, and then will entertain fellow Sun Belt Conference foe Troy in a Tuesday night special that will be televised live nationally by ESPN2. "We want to start getting bigger crowds at Fouts Field, and attract more opponents that might be favorable to watch," Dickey said. "But it's also important to play well and try to get as many wins as you can." Seven players from the state of Oklahoma are on UNT's roster, including Cobbs, a native of Tecumseh. "Me being from Oklahoma, I'm looking forward for them coming here and playing," Cobbs said. The good news for UNT is on the injury front. Most years, the Mean Green lineup has been decimated by a brutal money-game schedule. But, with the Louisiana State contest rescheduled for Oct. 29 and with the players emerging none the worse for wear after last week's 14-7 victory over Middle Tennessee, all hands will be available to take on Tulsa. Junior defensive lineman Sky Pruitt, who has been battling a shoulder injury, played last week. Defensive back Gary Oubre, who did not travel to Murfreesboro last week, will play Saturday. "We just didn't get anything major in Game 1," Dickey said. "That's more luck than anything. There were some serious collisions and obviously our guys are beat up and sore, but that's what happens in football. There's nothing serious I know of that will keep anyone out Saturday."

"UNT signed a contract that guaranteed a $500,000 payout to play at LSU, a total that represents a significant amount of the athletic department’s budget. The department worked with a $12.2 million dollar budget during the 2005 fiscal year that ends today. " After travel expenses, how much of that $500,000 is left over? It would seem to cost quite a bit of money to fly, feed, and house a football team plus all the coaches, trainers, equipment managers, etc.