UNT Is Sick of Michigan State Getting Billed as the Mean Green

[Harry]

Since the late 1960s, University of North Texas sports teams have been known as the Mean Green, in honor of UNT defensive tackle and future NFL and advertising star “Mean” Joe Greene. UNT trademarked the name in 2011.

To the consternation of some alumni and local sports broadcasters, that didn’t prevent ESPN from billing Michigan State (known by the far lamer and more generic “Spartans”) as the Mean Green in a promo for MSU’s upcoming game against the University of Michigan (“Wolverines,” also wacker than “Mean Green.”)

As of Tuesday night, the same promo had also ticked off UNT athletics director Wren Baker, a man blessed with three things: the righteous little-guy fury of an often overlooked athletics department, the legal protections of a registered trademark, and a Twitter account allowed to surpass the traditional 140-character limit.

We may still get a Mean Green grudge match out of this, as Baker told the Lansing State Journal in Michigan that North Texas would consider scheduling a game against Michigan State.

read more:  https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/10/north-texas-mean-green-michigan-state/

[MeanGreenHoops]

Getting so much free press out of this. It's an opportunity to also mention we aren't NTSU anymore either.

[UNTLifer]

 UNT athletics director Wren Baker, a man blessed with three things: the righteous little-guy fury of an often overlooked athletics department, the legal protections of a registered trademark, and a Twitter account allowed to surpass the traditional 140-character limit.

We may still get a Mean Green grudge match out of this, as Baker told the Lansing State Journal in Michigan that North Texas would consider scheduling a game against Michigan State.

Love this

[MeanGreenTexan]

9 minutes ago, Harry said:

Since the late 1960s, University of North Texas sports teams have been known as the Mean Green, in honor of UNT defensive tackle and future NFL and advertising star “Mean” Joe Greene. UNT trademarked the name in 2011.

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read more:  https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/10/north-texas-mean-green-michigan-state/

[greenminer]

I was never actually angry or fired up about this.  I have been loving the attention, though.

I mean, if MSM wants me to be fired up about it, I can be.  That's how this works, right? Comon, they said so!  Who's with me?

[Aldo]

3 hours ago, Harry said:

read more:  https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/10/north-texas-mean-green-michigan-state/

Updated @MeanGreenTexan

[meaniegreenie]

5 hours ago, MeanGreenHoops said:

Getting so much free press out of this. It's an opportunity to also mention we aren't NTSU anymore either.

Nice that our record is 3-2 instead of 1-4 while we're getting this attention too.