The University of North Texas hopes to make history this evening with a chance to qualify for the college football playoffs .

With a win against Tulane, UNT would advance, along with 12 other teams, into the postseason.

It's considered a miracle run for the Mean Green, and who better to talk about that than the school's football legend, Mean Joe Greene.

Greene recalls senior season in 1969

In a suite high above the field at UNT's football stadium, he reflected on a past that stretched back 56 years. As a senior, he had taken the field in a stadium across the street, representing what was then North Texas State University.

"Our hopes and dreams were getting into a bowl. Can we get a bowl game? And a bowl game never came our way," Greene said.

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