Announcement from Wren Baker

[KRAM1]

2 hours ago, CMJ said:

In a total stroke of luck, the LA Tech game will be my first football game to attend in a few years.

Welcome home Mean Green!

[Withers940]

On 8/28/2018 at 8:00 AM, Withers940 said:

Throwback Uniforms are going to make an appearance this year so be on the look out. Possibly week 5

 

On 8/28/2018 at 10:23 AM, Cerebus said:

1967:

 

1968:

[Cerebus]

The Wren™ said the 1968 uniform would be the template for the LaTech game. 

[Green Crazy]

they keep using that one pictures in the promo/tweet.  is that going to be what the statue is modeled after? please say no.

Edited August 29, 2018 by Green Crazy

[Cerebus]

4 minutes ago, Green Crazy said:

they keep using that one pictures in the promo/tweet.  is that going to be what the statue is modeled after? please say no.

It is.  

[Withers940]

Wren said Mean Joe approved every step of the process so if its good for him, It's good for me

[GrandGreen]

1 hour ago, GrayEagle said:

I agree that Abner deserves recognition but not King.

Abner took about ten times the abuse that Leon King took because he was the star and thus had far more playing time and there was far more incentive to do him bodily harm.  Abner was elected to the old AFL Hall of Fame and is in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.  He is also in the North Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

It also seems to me that Abner Haynes has maintained a much closer contact with our university.  I do appreciate what Leon King went through as well but I think that we're comparing apples and oranges as far as the level of involvement.

 

Disagree, the commemoration is of the importance of early integration not the prowess of the athletes. 

It has always irked me that SMU is given much more credit for the integration of the SWC with Jerry Levisa in 1965,   King and Haynes were at NT in 1956 almost a decade before.  

I have never understood why NT has mostly ignored this great achievement. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

53 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

Disagree, the commemoration is of the importance of early integration not the prowess of the athletes. 

It has always irked me that SMU is given much more credit for the integration of the SWC with Jerry Levisa in 1965,   King and Haynes were at NT in 1956 almost a decade before.  

I have never understood why NT has mostly ignored this great achievement. 

Abner Haynes is definitely on the Mean Green Football Mount Rushmore & probably deserves a statue of his own.  But I agree with you on this one GrandGreen.   Both men were instrumental in breaking down barriers.   Both can/should be commemorated.   Their contributions were much more monumental than wins/losses & stats.

Edited August 29, 2018 by MeanGreenTexan

[UNTexas]

Looks like we finally get the interlocking NT! I hope they sell t-shirts with it on them. 

[Harry]

2 hours ago, Green Crazy said:

they keep using that one pictures in the promo/tweet.  is that going to be what the statue is modeled after? please say no.

Why exactly do you have an issue with that?  😕

[UNTLifer]

12 minutes ago, Harry said:

Why exactly do you have an issue with that?  😕

I was hoping for a statue of him downing a Coke.  Coca-cola could pay for it!  (I kid, I kid)

[drycreek]

6 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

IPF Groundbreaking on 9/29.    Expected to be completed July, 2019.

NEED INFORMATION ABOUT IPF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE----READY TO SEE THE DIRT MOVING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RiseUNT]

Hey old timers when was the flying worm first used? 

[Cerebus]

1 minute ago, RiseUNT said:

Hey old timers when was the flying worm first used? 

1973 was the first year on the helmet.  

[UNTLifer]

1 minute ago, RiseUNT said:

Hey old timers when was the flying worm first used? 

73' to 82'

Wait,  you calling me an old timer?

http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/

 

[DeepGreen]

2 minutes ago, RiseUNT said:

Hey old timers when was the flying worm first used? 

Mid '70's under Fry?

[RiseUNT]

10 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

1973 was the first year on the helmet.  

Dang. I love the throwbacks we wore for Idaho.

[RiseUNT]

10 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

73' to 82'

Wait,  you calling me an old timer?

http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/

 

Yes

[Green Crazy]

1 hour ago, Harry said:

Why exactly do you have an issue with that?  😕

I just think those old school football card poses are kind of hokey.  I'll love the statue, just not as much as I would had it been a candid photo. 🙂

Edited August 29, 2018 by Green Crazy

[Side Show Joe]

7 hours ago, Tyler Maryak said:

That was an option being explored when the old administration was in place. I believe Wren went a different route. 

I don't think my idea for a sculpture was ever an option for Wren. Truth is, Hanlon is a top notch sculptor and we are fortunate to have him sculpting Joe Greene. Wren should be commended for selecting a truly talented sculptor. I know every member of the Mean Green Nation will be very proud of the results when it is unveiled before the LA Tech game.

 

Here is an example of Hanlon's work. This is his Chuck Bednarik Statue.

[UNT 90 Grad]

9 hours ago, DentonLurker said:

They may want to proofread the headline on meangreensports.com

 

 

Great googly moogly.

[Side Show Joe]

ESPN has a nice article on this announcement, but I can't find anything from the Dallas Morning News. Not even a link to Vito's DRC story, which is part of their news organization. The DMN is just sad.

[GreenN'walinsVet]

9 minutes ago, Side Show Joe said:

ESPN has a nice article on this announcement, but I can't find anything from the Dallas Morning News. Not even a link to Vito's DRC story, which is part of their news organization. The DMN is just sad.

I’m pretty sure The DRC is no longer associated with the DMN. 

Werent they sold to the former owner?

[UNT Mean Green]

12 hours ago, TreeFiddy said:

You could literally hear a noticeable pause and a hard swallow right before WB made that announcement.  Funny how the body works. 

I think it is great.  He is not taking the easy way out.  He is pushing the envelope and not accepting, "we can't do that at North Texas".  Hope nothing but success for him.  So thankful that the Prez and the BOR are finally on board with athletics as well.  Just have to keep the momentum going.

Absolutely, but this place needs incremental donors. The same few guys grow fatigued after doing it over and over again. Not the few who give a lot; need to leverage the alumni base for this, and those who want “a voice”, could earn it with their cash.

[NorthTexan95]

1 hour ago, Side Show Joe said:

ESPN has a nice article on this announcement, but I can't find anything from the Dallas Morning News. Not even a link to Vito's DRC story, which is part of their news organization. The DMN is just sad.

Speaking of that ESPN article:  Nice gesture: Mean Green to honor alum 'Mean' Joe Greene with statue

Here's a quote from the article:  

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Despite his deep ties to the program, the "Mean Green" nickname is not related to Greene.