2008 North Texas Mean Green

[texasheat]

Here are the projected white starters for new coach Todd Dodge and the Mean Green Eagles for the upcoming season.

Offense
QB -- Giovanni Vizza
RB -- Micah Mosley
WR -- Brock Stickler
WR -- Sam Dibrell
RT -- Victor Gill
LG -- Tyler Bailey

(last year = 5 starters)

Defense
None !!

(last year = 2 starters)

Overall outlook -- well I am pretty disappointed that the ol' alma mater ends up with a big fat zero on the defensive side of the ball. (First time I have seen that in a long time). But, since I am a glass half-full kind of guy I prefer to look at the amt of white skill players on the offensive side of the ball.

Depending on whether or not Riley Dodge (Coach Todd Dodge's son) ends up getting red shirted or not, there could be times were 4 white WR's are playing at the same time (Dodge, Breece Johnson & the aforementioned Stickler & Dibrell). Dodge will be a stud & it probably does make sense to red-shirt him this year & have him take over at QB in a few years. (He played QB in HS but was recruited as an "athlete". Imagine that). Anyway, stay tuned for this team as once Coach Dodge gets his recruiting classes in here my opinion is he won't be a caste system disciple.

 

[celticdb15]

Agreed texas heat. They have a multitude of white skill players but it is dissapointing to have zero whites on D, and only two on the O line

 

[Colonel_Reb]

15 players test positive for drugs!


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3669259


Fifteen football players at North Texas failed a drug test conducted earlier this fall, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported.





The program, at the request of coach Todd Dodge, tested 86 of the Mean Green's players, the newspaper reported, citing source material obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.





The university did not identify the players who tested positive or what drugs they tested positive for, according to the report.





"I don't think we have a problem with drugs, but I will say that it's every coach's prerogative to test his team," Dodge said, according to the report. "It's a great tool to help players stay away from drugs and temptations. When I talked to my team about drug testing all of them, I told them that if there was one young man on our team who secretly needed help, if it saved one young man from getting in trouble or ending up dead, then it is worth it."





North Texas AD Rick Villarreal declined to comment on the test results, according to the report.





The tests were conducted from Sept. 24 to Oct. 15, the Record-Chronicle reported.





While the school normally tests athletes at random, "We call ourselves a team and it was appropriate to test the entire team," Dodge said, according to the report. "I don't go by the protocol of what every other team has done."





According to the university's student policy manual, athletes who fail a drug test must attend drug counseling and are subject to additional tests, the newspaper reported.








A second offense results in a suspension, additional testing and mandatory counseling. A third failed test results in suspension from the team while the player undergoes a rehabilitation program. A fourth positive test results in dismissal from the team and revocation of his or her scholarship, according to the report.





The NCAA drug-tested 20 North Texas players on Sept. 30. The university has not yet received the results of those tests, according to the report.

 

[johnnyboy]

i think this is Dodge's way of cleaning house. he probably has a lot of ghetto blacks from the previous regime and this is his way of starting their removal process. i love South Lake Carroll and they were awesome with him in charge. hopefully he will continue winning with good white athletes that are smart enough to run a complex and high flying offense.