"The Pesky Mean Green"

foutsrouts · September 16, 2012

Am I the only one who gets pissed off by that kind of a segue on the front page of the DMN? It sounds as if we are a lower division team going against a higher division team. Can you imagine someone referring to UT-Austin as "pesky" when going against a higher ranked team? Not happy about Vito's presentation of the game. Sensitive or not, I think I'll cancel my subscription. About time anyway.

JRock · September 16, 2012

I agree. It's pathetic. Regardless. It's great to be a UNT fan. To build something special and be a part of it.

Greenhorn · September 16, 2012

Vito wrote it?

Rudy · September 16, 2012

The DaMN still exists?

UNTLifer · September 17, 2012

Am I the only one who gets pissed off by that kind of a segue on the front page of the DMN? It sounds as if we are a lower division team going against a higher division team. Can you imagine someone referring to UT-Austin as "pesky" when going against a higher ranked team? Not happy about Vito's presentation of the game. Sensitive or not, I think I'll cancel my subscription. About time anyway.

I was thinking the same thing. Some of his other quotes from this year's team:

Mean Green Blog: "The Mean Green hung with one of the top teams in the country until the Wildcats superior talent took over..." Really? I didn't think it was that much better.

Mean Green Blog: "The other notable talk from today’s call was about Western Kentucky’s win over Kentucky (think UNT beating Texas or Texas A&M) ..." Kentucky is far from a UT or A&M.

There were a few others that stood out to me, but I am not finding them at the moment.

UNT90 · September 17, 2012

Mean Green Blog: "The other notable talk from today’s call was about Western Kentucky’s win over Kentucky (think UNT beating Texas or Texas A&M) ..." Kentucky is far from a UT or A&M.

HAHAHAHAHAHA......

Vito is so funny sometimes.

It's more like UNT beating Indiana... which UNT did last year...

MeanGreenTexan · September 17, 2012

HAHAHAHAHAHA......

Vito is so funny sometimes.

It's more like UNT beating Indiana... which UNT did last year...

I think he's trying to insinuate that WKU beating KU is a very big deal within the state of Kentucky. Like UNT beating A&M or Texas would be in Texas... Problem is, KY is a basketball state, so until WKU beats KU in basketball, people won't really care. It would be like UNT beating Texas A&M in basketball. Big deal for UNT fans, kinda bad news for A&M fans. Not so huge for the rest of the state.

UNTLifer · September 17, 2012

The other quote, that I can't find at this time, was regarding the LSU game and how we were physically manhandled by the Tigers. Funny, I seem to recall more LSU players being helped off the field than any of our players. He referenced Cantly and Sarge, yet they are only out for a couple of days.

UNT 90 Grad · September 17, 2012

I think he's trying to insinuate that WKU beating UK is a very big deal within the state of Kentucky. Like UNT beating A&M or Texas would be in Texas... Problem is, KY is a basketball state, so until WKU beats UK in basketball, people won't really care. It would be like UNT beating Texas A&M in basketball. Big deal for UNT fans, kinda bad news for A&M fans. Not so huge for the rest of the state.

Fixed. (I know I'm being anal, but my family has UK ties. KU is Kansas. I have family ties there too.)

#likecallingusNTU

MeanGreenTexan · September 18, 2012

Fixed. (I know I'm being anal, but my family has UK ties. KU is Kansas. I have family ties there too.)

#likecallingusNTU

my apologies. From now on, I'll remember, Kentucky = United Kingdom.

unt_rocket09 · September 18, 2012

Vito always writes with this type of slant. Ever noticed every injury is the end of the world for UNT? Everyone has some type of agenda...he seems to make sure and let everyone know he will show no bias towards UNT.

foutsrouts · September 18, 2012

Yeah, it's kind of all about the culture change that Mac is pushing which is referenced to in another thread. No more of this little guy talk other than the Little Guys Movers ad. We're big guys, and we need to start acting that way in every respect. The quicker we do, the quicker the outsiders will become believers.

unt_rocket09 · September 18, 2012

I can promise you the players now believe they belong with the big boys. And quite honestly that is all that matters and Vito can write whatever he wants. I will give him a little credit bc he is high Mac when he writes his colomns. He for some reason thinks we barely have a shot to get to 6-6...even though this is the damn sunbelt and we have shown more grit and toughness than I've seen since I've been watching mean green football