New stadium...

The university that I'm attending, U of North Texas, has LOST all 8 football games played thus far. That includes this week which was Homecoming, losing to Troy 45-17. Earlier on the schedule we lost to Rice 77-20. It's official, we suck. Our only hope would be if the St. Mary's Catholic Girls School was on the schedule... although it wouldn't have much of a spread. In fact Hubby unaffectionately refers to the Fighting Eagles as the "Screaming Chickens."

And yet, a vote by the student population was in favor (58%-42%) of building a new football stadium.

According to the university press release, the new stadium will replace Fouts Field and expected completion date is Fall 2011. Luckily the per-credit fee increase won't take effect until then.

My main question is why do we need a new stadium? A UNT home game was on ESPN recently, and we noted the vast amount of empty seats. And it's not like a new stadium will attract better athletes, not with residing in the same state as UT, Texas Tech, Texas A & M, et. al.

One more thing I noticed in the above mentioned press release- it states the current $3 per-credit fee will increase to $10... but it doesn't say the projected cost of the new stadium, information usually presented in an official statement. Hmmmmmmmm. Sounds like a blank check to me.