Any Questions for Rick V?

[Harry]

We are fortunate to have an audience with UNT Athletic Director Rick Villarreal this afternoon in Denton and would welcome any questions that you may have for him. He's busy with all the good things going on but we will try to ask him as many questions as we can in the time allotted. Please post your questions here in this thread. We will try to have the pod up tonight but certainly should be up by tomorrow at the latest. Thank you for your continuing support of GoMeanGreen.com!

[NTSUEagle]

First off, thanks to Rick and Harry for this opportunity! Being hypothetical, if by chance, North Texas is given an invitation in the future to a BCS Conference for Football, is there a plan in place to increase the capacity of Apogee Stadium to meet with that certain Conference's Standards? And, what would that ideal capacity be around?

Erik/NTSUEagle

[EAGLE83]

Who is our Track coach this year.

[UNTcrazy727]

Now that the stadium project is completely done what's the next thing on the agenda? Will it be baseball, which has been said before or something else?

[Green Mean]

What um....do you like your gig?

[UNTcrazy727]

What's the deal with next year's schedule? Are we really only going to have 5 home games with Texas Southern being our only home non-conference game?

Also, I've heard RV in the past say he wants to cut back on body bag games, but our future schedules are littered with them. Even some years having two. Doesn't really look like a big change.

[Maduro]

When will the full basketball schedule be released including OOC games/tournaments?

[meangreanmick]

What um....do you like your gig?

Thats not the question. Do you like being Chief of Police.

[MeanGreenTexan]

What's the deal with next year's schedule? Are we really only going to have 5 home games with Texas Southern being our only home non-conference game?

Also, I've heard RV in the past say he wants to cut back on body bag games, but our future schedules are littered with them. Even some years having two. Doesn't really look like a big change.

Going along with these, is there any interest from (or has he reached out to) other teams regarding home-home series?

[cdizzle86]

Anything revolving around upcoming conference realignment & new football jersey availability.

Oh also any questions about next years uniform changes and whether we will be switching back to white helmets.

[Green59]

Will there be a Mean Green March? If so, what is the route and when will it be?

[Eastwood Eagle]

Tailgate situation on game day. A lot of confusion about this topic currently.

[H-towngreen]

RV mentioned that the Apogee deal would help other sports as well. What can we expect in the near future? Indoor football facility? Baseball?

How is he preparing NT for the conference shuffle that is about to occur?

[LongJim]

Provided CUSA still has at least 2 Texas schools remaining after any realignment moves, in a choice between the Mountain West and CUSA which direction do you feel the administration favors, provided there is a realistic shot at both conferences?

[Hunter Green]

Will the Marcus/Flower Mound and Marcus/ Lewisville games be coming back to Apogee?

[Green Nightmare]

Any chance we get a shot at "real" replica jerseys

Definitely press him on the tailgating. I am so confused. All I know is we can park where ever we want up to 1.5 before

However where do i put my tent etc?

[UNTflyer]

When will tailgating instructions be made known?

[Green P1]

Would it be alright for me to spray paint the stalls in the Super Pit green?

[UNTFan23]

Tailgate situation on game day. A lot of confusion about this topic currently.

Yes, please get some clarification on this.

[KRAM1]

Would it be alright for me to spray paint the stalls in the Super Pit green?

We have our answer to the question of will it be "man up" time or "all hat no cattle" time. All hat no cattle wins...anyone surprised?

[greenminer]

We have our answer to the question of will it be "man up" time or "all hat no cattle" time. All hat no cattle wins...anyone surprised?

what?

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

First, tell him thanks for the football coaches, stadium, and pretzels.

Second, ask whether he'll try to leverage the stadium into more home-and-home series with maybe some MWC schools to gain some exposure there, so they'll more familiar with us when we take over their conference after Texas A&M - and possibly Oklahoma and Missouri - abandon the Big 12 creating several black hole-type vacuums in the college football realignment continuum in 2013 or sooner.

Third, ask him if he has any Proustian memories about first taking the job when he hears hits songs from 2001 like "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent.

Fourth, ask him if the sky bridge that will someday be built to ferry footwalkers from the campus to roughly the Apogee Stadium area will be lit with candle or light bulbs or those long light bulbs that look like light sabers, but which break too easily when you try to use them as light sabers.

Fifth, ask him if there are any plans to try to leverage the stadium in getting an indoor football league team for Denton.

Sixth, ask him if there will be any special plans to keep the traffic flow around the beer barn running smoothly on game day.

Seventh, ask him if the new green helmets have any special use beyond the intent for which they were manufactured.

Eighth, ask him if the ticket takers at the gate will be wearing boater hats like barber shop quartet singers or beanies like Shriners.

Ninth, ask him if the shade will be cool enough for the people who buy tickets and sit in their seats but then don't stand and cheer at the games.

Tenth, ask him if we'll be able to taste the difference in the stadium's new gourmet popping corn or his name isn't Orville Redenbacher.

Eleventh, ask him if he can get Corky Nelson, J.T. Smith, Keith Wilkerson, and Erric Pegram and Phil McGraw to sing the national anthem as a small choir.

Twelfth, ask him if he Board has given President Rawlins the power to unilaterally discuss our move to the Mountain West Conference with their commissioner.

Thirteenth, ask him if he ever considered constructing a tailgating area that already included black metal grills on a steel post like you used to see at city parks.

Fourteenth, ask him if he ever considers getting back into coaching on those odd days where he goes to the Darrell Dickey practice field to watch Dan McCarney put the team through their paces.

Fifteenth, ask him if the NCAA will ever investigate Baylor, Indiana, Vanderbilt, and Duke for theft, fraud, or misuse of funds for getting BCS money all these years but yet still sucking.

Sixteenth, given how the popularity of the sport has grown in the southern part of the United States, ask him when we can expect an Apogee Ice Arena for the future UNT/North Texas hockey program.

Seventeenth, ask him if the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, and if so, how did that figure in the building of the Apogee Stadium.

Eighteenth, ask him which helmet he would want on his bust if he were going into the Hall of Fame.

Nineteenth, ask him if they ever considered building a two or three or four storied parking structure adjacent to the Apogee Stadium, and if not, what was the main impediment to them doing so.

Twentieth, ask him if the Denia Park residents have been offered seating in the visitors section of the stadium as kind of a good will offering for all of their help along the way to building Apogee Stadium.

Twenty-first, ask him how old he was when he learned how to tie his shoes.

Twenty-second, ask him whether we can expect to see the Sun Belt all-girls soccer team tournament at Apogee Stadium.

That's all I can think of right now.

Edited August 16, 2011 by The Fake Lonnie Finch

[Eagle-96]

What are the plans for parking, traffic flow, and pedestrain traffic for the Houston game. Where will fans be allowed to park across I-35. Will there be new signage and what plans are being made to keep incoming and outgoing traffic flowing at a good pace. Will there be any shuttles going across 35. Anyone who remembers the Baylor game remembers the traffic nightmares for a game with an attendance of this size. I know it's a good problem to have.

[houstonmeangreen]

1 - will Bill Lively be actively fund raising for athletics (mostly football and basketball)?

2 - will UNT release drawings of what an upgraded apogee stadium would look like...may be needed sooner than later!

3- Mg premium has been bad...really bad..the last few years....will thi sbe improved and if so, how?

4 - since I can't see spending money on airfare, rent car and hotel to come see UNT play Texas Southern...will UNT schedule more high profile games in apogee stadium?

btw - thanks rick for everything you have done for UNT...you are very appreciated!

[JRock]

I know this is beating a dead horse but can we get a real answer as to why the Eagle is not on the helmet. And don't give me so people know who we are. It's on our jerseys...blah blah blah.

Also, us fans needs an official statement on tailgating guidelines. Lots of misinformation out there on where to park and who can park there.

JRock