SMU 's New Facility

[DallasGreen]

It only took four donors to build Ford Stadium. SMU has unlimited $$$$ to build or buy anything they want. Always best team money can buy.

[NT80]

11 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

That's pretty daggum nice. They did a great job in design and the money bags cut some big checks. 

Is our locker room still pressed plywood lockers with fluorescent lighting? Sigh. 

I'm not really sure if you're one of us...or one of them?    We have a lot of trolls infiltrating this board lately, pretending to be North Texas fans.   Prove you are a true fan....what is the origin of the Mean Green nickname??

[NorthTexasWeLove]

10 hours ago, NT80 said:

I'm not really sure if you're one of us...or one of them?    We have a lot of trolls infiltrating this board lately, pretending to be North Texas fans.   Prove you are a true fan....what is the origin of the Mean Green nickname??

First, not sure why you highlighted my post? Our lockers do look like pressed plywood and last I saw we did have fluorescent lighting. 

As to your slow pitch softball question... According to every ESPN broadcast ever, UNT received its nickname after Joe Greene. Duh. 

[untjim1995]

11 hours ago, NT80 said:

I'm not really sure if you're one of us...or one of them?    We have a lot of trolls infiltrating this board lately, pretending to be North Texas fans.   Prove you are a true fan....what is the origin of the Mean Green nickname??

This is a weird post, NT80. He's posted on here for years and knows more about the program and its issues than 98% of UNT students and alumni. 

And google can answer that question in a heartbeat for anyone from anywhere.

[NT80]

1 hour ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

First, not sure why you highlighted my post? Our lockers do look like pressed plywood and last I saw we did have fluorescent lighting. 

As to your slow pitch softball question... According to every ESPN broadcast ever, UNT received its nickname after Joe Greene. Duh. 

Wrong answer.   Turn in your fan card.

[NT80]

37 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

This is a weird post, NT80. He's posted on here for years and knows more about the program and its issues than 98% of UNT students and alumni. 

And google can answer that question in a heartbeat for anyone from anywhere.

Obviously not.  Yes we need all the fans we can get.  There are times and ways to criticize the program without trashing it constantly.  

[Cougar King]

13 hours ago, NT80 said:

I'm not really sure if you're one of us...or one of them?    We have a lot of trolls infiltrating this board lately, pretending to be North Texas fans.   Prove you are a true fan....what is the origin of the Mean Green nickname??

Oh that's easy

UNT football is so mediocre, the one time they had an elite player, a guy named Mean Joe Greene, the school changed their mascot to commemorate him.

[Cougar King]

Here's what Google AI says

[keith]

On 1/10/2025 at 3:22 PM, dodgefan said:

A Baylor friend of mine sent me this video, said it's more impressive than the one that they have. It takes a lot of committed donors, to do what they have done.

 

At 1:17, did he really say, "...they're not only professional football players" when describing the goal to be efficient with the layout?

Edited January 14 by keith

[NT80]

4 hours ago, Cougar King said:

Here's what Google AI says

Joe wasn’t "Mean Joe" until the media gave it to him at Pittsburg…after playing at North Texas.  
The defense he played on at NT was called the Mean Green defense by the SID’s wife, thus became a fan chant during games. 

Edited January 15 by NT80

[Coffee and TV]

1 hour ago, Cougar King said:

Here's what Google AI says

[GrandGreen]

15 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

1 hour ago, Cougar King said:

Here's what Google AI says

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So you believe everything you read.  Mean Green, came before Joe Greene ever went to the steelers and had nothing to do with him. 

It was accredited to the NT's sports director wife who referred to the North Texas State defense as being the mean green. 

This caught on and was used to refer to the NT defense.

It was much later resurrected as the team's name, and heavily promoted by Hayden Fry.  

Joe Greene played on the NT defense known as the Mean Green and this moniker followed him to the Steelers.   So the truth is that Joe Greene got his very appropriate nickname from NT, not the other way around. 

Edited January 14 by GrandGreen

[NorthTexasWeLove]

9 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

So you believe everything you read.  Mean Green, came before Joe Greene ever went to the steelers and had nothing to do with him. 

It was accredited to the NT's sports director wife who referred to the North Texas State defense as being the mean green. 

This caught on and was used to refer to the NT defense.

It was much later resurrected as the team's name, and heavily promoted by Hayden Fry.  

Joe Greene played on the NT defense known as the Mean Green and this moniker followed him to the Steelers.   So the truth is that Joe Greene got his very appropriate nickname from NT, not the other way around. 

I don't know about all that. We might need to add an E at the end of Green to get this right. "Mean Greene" has good aesthetics. 

[MeanGreenZen]

I saw the SMU men’s basketball team got EMBARRASSED by Duke the other day. Money can’t buy everything. 

[Cougar King]

17 minutes ago, MeanGreenZen said:

I saw the SMU men’s basketball team got EMBARRASSED by Duke the other day. Money can’t buy everything. 

At least they get to play Duke on their home court.

 

Meanwhile, UNT lost to Memphis and nobody gave a shit.

Edited January 15 by Cougar King

[Rudy]

5 hours ago, Cougar King said:

Here's what Google AI says

Well, shit, it MUST be true.  Nevermind that AI gives humans 6 fingers on images all the time.

[Rudy]

22 hours ago, DallasGreen said:

It only took four donors to build Ford Stadium. SMU has unlimited $$$$ to build or buy anything they want. Always best team money can buy.

[SMU2006]

17 hours ago, MeanGreenZen said:

I saw the SMU men’s basketball team got EMBARRASSED by Duke the other day. Money can’t buy everything. 

Duke is the #3 team in the country and embarrassing just about everyone they play.

Its also year one in the ACC.  SMU has a top ten recruiting class coming in next year for hoops.  Still a 12-4 team with wins over LSU and Washington State.  Probably NIT this year but a strong finish in the top four of the ACC might be enough to get in the tournament.

[SMU2006]

16 hours ago, Rudy said:

Actually one took two donors.  Gerald J. Ford got into a bidding war with Lamar Hunt as the story goes.  Wrote a check for $40m and hence, Ford Stadium.  Lamar kicked in the other 20-ish million to complete it.

[MeanGreenZen]

18 hours ago, Cougar King said:

At least they get to play Duke on their home court.

 

Meanwhile, UNT lost to Memphis and nobody gave a shit.

lol, Houston Cougars: the lowest athletic budget in the P4.

You’re already on the G5 message boards. You might as well bring the whole athletic program with you. Maybe you’ll be able to win some football games again?

[Stix]

3 hours ago, SMU2006 said:

Gerald J. Ford got into a bidding war with Lamar Hunt as the story goes.  Wrote a check for $40m and hence, Ford Stadium. 

And ever since, people have been wondering why it's named for the 38th U.S. President,  and not the 43rd. 

[greenminer]

4 hours ago, SMU2006 said:

Its also year one in the ACC. 

Didn't seem to be a problem for your FB team. 😛

[Rudy]

4 hours ago, SMU2006 said:

Actually one took two donors.  Gerald J. Ford got into a bidding war with Lamar Hunt as the story goes.  Wrote a check for $40m and hence, Ford Stadium.  Lamar kicked in the other 20-ish million to complete it.

Congratulations.  Literally no one here gives a shit.

[NT80]

2 hours ago, Cougar King said:

You cant talk football smack until you beat us.

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc272153/

Partial footage of the 1975 football game between North Texas State University and University of Houston at Texas Stadium, shot for coaching purposes.

The game was held on October 11th, 1975 and the final score was 28-0, North Texas.

[Cougar King]

6 hours ago, NT80 said:

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc272153/

Partial footage of the 1975 football game between North Texas State University and University of Houston at Texas Stadium, shot for coaching purposes.

The game was held on October 11th, 1975 and the final score was 28-0, North Texas.

 

The fact you had to go back 50 years even though we have played several times since and as recently as 2019 sums up UNT football in a nutshell.

Edited January 16 by Cougar King