UNT Football Hosts 1st Game In Apogee Stadium
It took more than two years, but UNT athletic director Rick Villarreal finally got to see the sheet pulled off the bronze eagle that gazes north upon the university's new football field.
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It took more than two years, but UNT athletic director Rick Villarreal finally got to see the sheet pulled off the bronze eagle that gazes north upon the university's new football field.
Texas A&M said Friday that Baylor had sold only 830 tickets from its allotment of 3,850 for the Oct. 15 football game at Kyle Field, which is less than 100 miles from the Bears' campus in Waco.
Apogee Stadium, the new home of the University of North Texas Eagles, will open its doors Saturday. A UNT spokesman said the $78 million building project is the largest and most ambitious in the school's history.
BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall doesn't need to play in the Big 12 to know all about the grand tradition that is Texas football.
LSU coach Les Miles said Wednesday he'd like to see Texas A&M join the SEC, but will be sad to see some traditional Big 12 rivalries disappear.
The Associated Press has obtained an email indicating that it was Baylor that raised the specter of legal action to stop Texas A&M from leaving the Big 12.
Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long says the school was approached recently about joining the Big 12.
The Southeastern Conference cleared the way for Texas A&M to join its ranks -- with a wrinkle. A Big 12 school has threatened to sue if the Aggies leave the fold.
The SEC says in a statement released Wednesday that it had already received "unanimous written assurance'' from the Big 12 on Sept. 2 that it was free to accept Texas A&M.
The Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry has already gone by the wayside. Could Oklahoma's Red River Rivalry game with Texas be next?
