Mean Green

At the Denton Record-Chronicle -- or any other newspaper for that matter -- reporters strive to get the story straight and quotes correct. Unfortunately, today we got one wrong. Athletic director Rick Villarreal gave me a quote on the future of the property that the Radison sits on for the paper. I read it to another reporter over the phone while I was at football practice and it was put into a story written by still another reporter, Randena Hulstrand.

Maybe you saw it in the paper today:

“We all know that the proposed stadium has a footprint on the piece of land,” said UNT Athletic Director Rick Villarreal. “It does not affect what we are doing, but I don’t know what the university has planned for that piece of property. If the president is supportive of what we do, she will keep our development in mind.”

The typo is obvious. There is no "if" when it comes to whether Gretchen Bataille supports what the athletic department is doing. This is a woman who comes to games clad in green, cheers for the Mean Green and talks about how important athletics is to the future of the university. She is a big reason why UNT is as far along as it is in its efforts to build a new football stadium.

The typo probably went unnoticed by most people, but there were a few people who saw it.

We regret the mistake at the Denton Record-Chronicle and apologize to Rick and Gretchen.

For the record, we would like to strike that misplaced "if" from the record.