Some thoughts after yesterday's game.

gman1022 · October 23, 2011

As a UNT parent I am a relative newcomer to Mean Green Nation (4th year). I love the campus and the things UNT has to offer to students and actively recruit UNT grads for the company I work for and will continue to do so. Yesterday was my first visit to Apogee (1st game I could make due to health issues) and I was very impressed with the facilities. Even the walk from Fouts wasn't bad (I got my walking exercise in!). We sat in the student section and they were great, especially on defensive 3rd downs. They were into it the whole game, which compared to the first game we attended at Fouts 4 years ago was a change, and they will continue to make a difference. We didn't get to tailgate due to conflicts causing us to get to Denton after 3:00 but I can see where it is a good game day atmosphere and will only get better. Looking forward to making at least one of the remaining two home games and getting there early enough to partake in the tailgate experience.

As far as the change in the football being played at UNT, and its already been mentioned on previous posts, the defensive intensity certainly stands out to me. I was at last year's the ULM game and we made Browning look all world then and this year he was pedestrian (for the most part). Consistent pressure on the QB and punishing receivers is the difference. That and flying to the ball. I was at the K-State game last year and the offense finally seemed to get untracked and deliver the kind of exciting plays everyone expected them to deliver early on this year. I thought it could have been an easier time if Moe, Larry & Curly hadn't been part of the referee crew (Missed PI calls & the roughing the kicker was ludicrous) but I digress.

Will there continue to be hiccups along the road? Sure there will (ask OU or Wisconsin). But stay positive Mean Green Nation. This coaching staff is the real deal and will get this program over the hump. UNT has too much to offer.

PS: Can't wait for basketball season either! GMG!

rjmunthe · October 23, 2011

I love this coaching team. We look powerful and methodical in spurts this year. I never saw anything where we looked so dominating last year, we looked like we fell into our wins last year. This year, we EARNED them.

PlummMeanGreen · October 24, 2011

I love this coaching team. We look powerful and methodical in spurts this year. I never saw anything where we looked so dominating last year, we looked like we fell into our wins last year. This year, we EARNED them.

Amazing the difference a win can make with attitudes toward our coaching staff. Heck, last week I thought there was going to be a tar & feathering from some.

We have a coaching staff in place, now we need to find another 10,000 additional fans who will experience Apogee and just keep coming back the next 40 years.

Thanks gman2022, a good and inpiring post from you as a parent of a UNT student and a demographic (parents of UNT students & even alums) that is as important as any in the entire UNT community. Be nice to see more parents of former Mean Green tootball players back in the fold, too, since UNT did take some burden off their financial coffers for 4 or 5 years. (I ran into #11's dad at the Indiana game at half time and had a nice talk with how Scott was doing).

GMG!

Edited October 24, 2011 by PlummMeanGreen

BeanCounterGrad'03 · October 24, 2011

Thanks gman2022, a good and inpiring post from you as a parent of a UNT student and a demographic (parents of UNT students & even alums) that is as important as any in the entire UNT community. Be nice to see more parents of former Mean Green tootball players back in the fold, too, since UNT did take some burden off their financial coffers for 4 or 5 years. (I ran into #11's dad at the Indiana game at half time and had a nice talk with how Scott was doing).

Could this be the reason we've always struggled with attendance?