Jump to content

Students are noticing

emmitt01

By emmitt01
in Mean Green Football

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Popular Post
emmitt01 Grand Master

emmitt01

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted

I was in the Academy sports store yesterday with my wife and daughter. The daughter and I had on our NT shirts. The girl in line behind us asks "Do you go to UNT?" I explained that I was an alum and she says "We're bowl...worthy, or something...now". I asked if she was there Thursday and she said yes and that she couldn't wait for Homecoming. Said there is quite a buzz amongst her friends who "aren't really football people" normally.

  • Upvote 12
Link to comment
Share on other sites
meangreener Newbie

meangreener

Posted
Posted

I was in Houston this weekend and got stopped multiple times. Was in line to get a piece of the Astrodome and we had a nice long conversation with an old alum from the Fry years who hasn't been back since the 70s, who is attending the UTEP game. "That Rice win was one of the biggest ever for that program," was his words.

  • Upvote 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Stan R Collaborator

Stan R

Posted
Posted

Forgot I was going to post this last weekend. I was at the new Dick's sporting goods in the Heritage area of Keller - and I was shopping with the family and wandered over to the shirts section or what I typically call:

"UT and TAMU love fest section with absurd amounts of those schools with some TCU and Tech sprinkled in"

And what do my eyes witness!?!?!?

wait for it... wait for it..

AN OASIS OF MEAN GREEN GEAR ON THE FREAKING END CAP SECTION BEFORE YOU GET TO THE OTHER STUFF!!

Yes I am not making this up I took a picture with my computer-phone.... awesome!

  • Upvote 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites
meangreener Newbie

meangreener

Posted
Posted (edited)

Forgot I was going to post this last weekend. I was at the new Dick's sporting goods in the Heritage area of Keller - and I was shopping with the family and wandered over to the shirts section or what I typically call:

"UT and TAMU love fest section with absurd amounts of those schools with some TCU and Tech sprinkled in"

And what do my eyes witness!?!?!?

wait for it... wait for it..

AN OASIS OF MEAN GREEN GEAR ON THE FREAKING END CAP SECTION BEFORE YOU GET TO THE OTHER STUFF!!

Yes I am not making this up I took a picture with my computer-phone.... awesome!

I work over there at that Best Buy. I'm going to go bask in the MG apparel. Edited by meangreener
Link to comment
Share on other sites
UNT90 Newbie

UNT90

Posted
Posted

Forgot I was going to post this last weekend. I was at the new Dick's sporting goods in the Heritage area of Keller - and I was shopping with the family and wandered over to the shirts section or what I typically call:

"UT and TAMU love fest section with absurd amounts of those schools with some TCU and Tech sprinkled in"

And what do my eyes witness!?!?!?

wait for it... wait for it..

AN OASIS OF MEAN GREEN GEAR ON THE FREAKING END CAP SECTION BEFORE YOU GET TO THE OTHER STUFF!!

Yes I am not making this up I took a picture with my computer-phone.... awesome!

This may be what I was referencing. Thanks for the post. I would hate for people to go to the wrong place..

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TheColonyEagle Grand Master

TheColonyEagle

Posted
Posted

The advantage UNT has always had in this region is shear NUMBERS. It has always been there, under the surface. This is the "sleeping giant" we often hear about. We just haven't been able to take advantage of it. We're starting to scratch the surface.

The last few weeks I've noticed it as well. Anytime I'm wearing UNT gear out the FIRST thing anyone mentions to me: "hey their football team is playing some ball!"

First thing out of their mouth.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
meangreener Newbie

meangreener

Posted
Posted

The advantage UNT has always had in this region is shear NUMBERS. It has always been there, under the surface. This is the "sleeping giant" we often hear about. We just haven't been able to take advantage of it. We're starting to scratch the surface.

The last few weeks I've noticed it as well. Anytime I'm wearing UNT gear out the FIRST thing anyone mentions to me: "hey their football team is playing some ball!"

First thing out of their mouth.

Was it like this during the bowl years? Or was there no publicity and nobody cared because of Fouts/SBC/OOC games?

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Stan R Collaborator

Stan R

Posted
Posted

Was it like this during the bowl years? Or was there no publicity and nobody cared because of Fouts/SBC/OOC games?

That's actually a great question. Hmmm. Don't think it was as good as it is now, that's just my opinion. I'd say mostly because of the SBC and lack of local teams. Beating Rice means something in Texas. So will beating the rest of the Texas teams.

Fouts did drag down the rest of the opinions as well.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TheColonyEagle Grand Master

TheColonyEagle

Posted
Posted (edited)

Was it like this during the bowl years? Or was there no publicity and nobody cared because of Fouts/SBC/OOC games?

It wasn't like this.

We got some attention but the Sun Belt hurt, being non competitive in non conference hurt, facilities hurt. But the biggest difference in my opinion is the access available for UNT now.

More TV , more coverage of "mid majors"

I laughed the other day when I complained to my wife that the game on Fox College Sports wasn't in HD. Wow how far we've come.

Edited by TheColonyEagle
Link to comment
Share on other sites
meangreener Newbie

meangreener

Posted
Posted (edited)

Fouts was just a wet blanket on everything. Gawd it was awful. I mean. Depressingly awful. Any students who didn't have to experience it, consider yourself very lucky. Older Alums may poop on this opinion however.

Fouts was the main reason I only went to two games my Freshman year.

No atmosphere. Dump. One bathroom. Terrible concessions. Five miles from the players.

Edited by meangreener
Link to comment
Share on other sites
CMJ Grand Master

CMJ

Posted
Posted

I can't speak to the buzz in DFW during the bowl years, since i moved RIGHT BEFORE they started.

However...

I remember uNT had a nice sized story in the LA Times right before we played Cincy in the 2002 New Orleans bowl talking about how we were a program on the rise. That was a decent sized surprise considering the Times rarely covers much outside the Pac 12(10 back then) or Big 10. They do love their Rose bowl conferences out here.

And that was before we won. It seemed like everything was coming up NT back then.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
North Texas Shep Newbie

North Texas Shep

Posted
Posted

Fouts was the main reason I only went to two games my Freshman year.

No atmosphere. Dump. One bathroom. Terrible concessions. Five miles from the players.

When I was working on my undergrad I maybe went to five games total because of the same reasons. All the bowl games I watched on TV. Apogee is much better and the students seem to really be into it. I love it!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
meaniegreenie Mentor

meaniegreenie

Posted
Posted

I live in Plano and it seems I never see any stores around here and Collin County area in general carry UNT gear.

UNT should be targeting northern CC, Frisco, etc. Not a bad drive up to 380 and over to Apogreen. Likely there's a lot of UT, aTm, etc fans there, but there's got to be some potential fans there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Rudy Grand Master

Rudy

Posted
Posted

Love the TV coverage. We've come a long way from the time myself, Emmitt, and a couple of others went to the Buffalo Wild Wings to watch us play Arkansas State, but had to huddle around my laptop in a booth to watch the game since they couldn't get some obscure channel that had the game. Now we expect to see it in HD.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Green Mean Contributor

Green Mean

Posted
Posted

As a former resident of Collin County, and transplanted hippie from the left coast, I can say with some degree of confidence that this is because nobody in Collin County is from Texas.

Sure there are a lot of transplants here but I think they're pretty abundant all over the metroplex and even region.

UNT should be targeting northern CC, Frisco, etc. Not a bad drive up to 380 and over to Apogreen. Likely there's a lot of UT, aTm, etc fans there, but there's got to be some potential fans there.

With the sheer amount of current students and alums that are in the area there really isn't a reason every sporting goods store shouldn't carry UNT gear. I know for a fact there are plenty of UNT alums in CC, Plano, Richardson etc. They may be in the "I don't care" camp or apathetic but based off of how many alums are all over the metroplex, I would expect to see UNT gear selling everywhere...ideally of course.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Tell a friend

    Love GoMeanGreen.com? Tell a friend!

  • What's going on Mean Green?

    1. 10

      SB at Charlotte (5/3-5/24)

      The bats have definitely been the biggest disappointment the past two years. The run support simply hasn't been there enough. Now, I'm still optimistic for the tournament. Last year we won three straight to make it to the title game. But that double bye would have been nice especially if we only have two reliable pitchers right now.
      • 1
      • Upvote
      Matt from A700 in Mean Green Athletics
    2. 8

      2024 Coaching Caravan locales, dates and times announced

      I’m going to try and make it to Ft. Worth. Ive never been. Looking forward to it!
      Glory to the Green in Mean Green Football
    3. 10

      SB at Charlotte (5/3-5/24)

      Idiot alert
      • 2
      • Haha
      • Upvote
      UNTLifer in Mean Green Athletics
    4. 43

      The NT Purge of 2023

      Isaiah Johnson to ACU Dillon Williams to UTEP
      UNTLifer in Mean Green Football
    5. 16

      Why the NCAA model is dying and will be replaced

      You can rebuild a college basketball rotation to contend at a high level in one year. That is just 8-9 players. And if you get lucky with 2-3 absolute monsters, you can make a run in any given season. Of course, then those 2-3 monsters will get poached by deeper pockets and you will have to start all over again. But still, it is possible. But we can’t rebuild a college football two-deep in one year. That’s almost 50 players that we need to compete at a high level. And as has been demonstrated, any time we get football players who have any kind of success in the NIL era, they are gone quicker than you can say “Chandler Rogers”. Another reason it is easier for us to compete in the NIL era in basketball is because that sport is dominated by guards. There are LOTS of talented guards available in college basketball and some of the very best can fall through the cracks and land with us for atleast a season. And while many people would say that college football is dominated by quarterbacks (and that position is VERY important)… what really separates the elite college football programs from everyone else are the defensive linemen. The supply of 18-24 year-old humans who weigh 300 pounds with the strength to take on multiple blockers while also having the speed to run down a quarterback is no where near the demand. And these defensive linemen usually take a while to develop. But anytime a defensive linemen shows a hint of promise, he gets funneled to the highest bidder and that won’t be us. Which means we will never be able to compete with the SEC or Big 10 in football.
      MeanGreenZen in Mean Green Football

  • Popular Contributors

  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      15,380
    • Most Online
      1,865
    KeithSHU
    Newest Member
    KeithSHU
    Joined

WE BELIEVE IN THE MEAN GREEN!

News

Recruiting

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Please review our full Privacy Policy before using our site.