Mean Green games

I'm at the Super Pit tonight for the North Texas doubleheader basketball games. The women had a huge lead, but let it slip away and lost in overtime to Grand Canyon University. 

Right now the men are coasting to a win over Incarnate Word. I know a player on the UIW team so it was special to see him play a little. 

I'll have a big announcement about North Texas basketball tomorrow so look out for that. 

Here's a picture of the action right now. 

Coach Mac

I received a text message today explaining what was talked about in the Coach McCarney press conference. Coach Mac is the head football coach at UNT and I board-op his weekly coaches show so I get to hear his same six or seven sayings every Monday. 

One of the interesting things that went through my mind is if there's another head college coach in Texas that could beat up Coach Mac. Now Coach Mac is in his early-to-mid 60s, but the guy is insane. I remember covering one of the first pressers of the season in September and watching him run the stairs of the football stadium after the conference. 

Here's part of the show Beyond the Green where they delved into Coach Mac and his impressive work ethic, but the health problems he has dealt with recently. 

Coach Mac suffered a stroke a year and a half ago. After being treated he was quoted as saying "Nothing a little Grey Goose can't fix." I love the attitude Coach Mac has!  

Football Saturday

Today has been an insane day for football. One of the biggest things I do is broadcast high school football at the radio station. Today we broadcasted the area round match-up between Denton Ryan and Waco Midway. This looked like it could be Ryan's last game of the season because Midway, from our research, appeared to be a great team.

Not only was this a great battle, but it was an 11am kickoff, which means 10:30am air time. My alarm went off before 7am, which should almost be criminal for a Saturday morning, but it was all worth it.

The game did not disappoint -- really our first close game of the year so far. Ryan was down by 13 points at halftime, but came back to score 17 unanswered and finish it out 34-33 over Midway. What a great game and a great experience because it was at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

Here are some pics I snapped before we went on the air this morning.

This is our view from our radio booth. Being in the corner is a bit strange because of the angles. You have to keep in mind how you say left, right, near sideline, and far sideline when you aren't on a normal sideline.

The North Texas football game, well, that left a lot of things to desire. But if I were to dwell into that it would need a new blog post.