UNT vs. SMU

Steve Bateson, his son Cameron, and I joined Steve's UNT college roommate to go to this game. It was a pretty good game to have gone to. UNT's starting tight end played at Diamond Hill-Jarvis last year (where Steve is a basketball coach) and one of SMU's defensive ends was a basketball player at North Crowley that I really liked (though he did not play in this game). The game itself was pretty exciting. Apparently there was a very big crowd for a North Texas game, though the endzone seats were pretty close to empty. And the fans were pretty excited and into the game. The lasting memory of the corwd was a universal cheer for "Another ... North Texas ... First Down!!!" with a mass first down signal. SMU had lots of people out as well, but they were less involved. Perhaps this was because on SMU's first drive, they were forced to punt. It was blocked and North Texas recovered in the end zone. After that, it was pretty one-sided. UNT's offense did not look particularly good until they put in their backup quarterback, Woody Wilson, who made them look a whole lot better. The final score was 24-6. After the game, we went ot a pizza place on a main college street with college type places that is being leveled and replaced with a Barnes and Noble. I signed a petiton to save ... something street. I forget. The power of political protest, right? A good game, good food, good times.