Cerebus

Jack "SUMG" Ruby was working for the CIA.

Really? Any grassy knoll theories?

Lifer, I sent you a PM, but for the benefit of everyone else. I shut down the thread because of what Matt just said, and because I had several of the posters in the thread PM me and say there where tired/angry/embarrassed about what had been said, and I had to agree with them. Sorry the response took two days, but I am busy with work/school/gmg.com stuff. Contrary to what some people think, I am not retired and I don't actually spend 8 hours a day on the board, and I couldn't.

Play nice.

Uh, you wouldn't want that. Everyone, play nice.

Issac has looked great. What impressed me last night was the couple of times when people just stood around, he just drove and created something himself. I thought we played offense well, but ULL just had excellent passing, and they hit thier shots whether anyone was in thier face or not. What we could have improved on greatly was the defensive glass, they had way too many second chance points, a couple off of air balls.

Some fans at the game... kinda funny... kinda distrubing

Thank God you saw the error of your ways... I thought I was going to have to ban you.

It over. Try to act your age people.

What price are we looking at for this to happen?

We're going to invade SMU. Damn Pony-ista regime.

Sooo... being the only school to ever have back to bck rushing championships isn't an accomplishment? And before anyone says "well we only run", lots of schools have run even more than we have, and not done this. I dont think you'll see more minority coaches until you see more minority AD's.

I have to add that I beleive Flanigan was also a canidate for the Tenn. St. job and 1A job, not just the SELA job as the NYT stated.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/sports/n.../12coaches.html Division I-A Minority Hiring Still an Issue By PETE THAMEL Published: January 12, 2005 LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 11 - The North Texas offensive coordinator, Ramon Flanigan, arrived at the American Football Coaches Association convention this week with a loaded résumé and limited options. Flanigan, 30, is the youngest offensive coordinator in Division I-A and has impressive experience. The Mean Green has reached four consecutive bowl games, and two different running backs have led the nation in rushing in Flanigan's offense the past two seasons. But Flanigan has received no calls from Division I-A programs about becoming a coach, and he has not even been sought out for a coordinator position at a bigger university. The seeming lack of opportunity for a black coach like Flanigan is one of the big issues hovering over college football as the A.F.C.A. holds its annual convention in Louisville. When Syracuse hired Greg Robinson on Tuesday, the last of the 22 Division I-A openings was filled. Only one job went to a minority applicant - Tyrone Willingham at Washington, after he was fired by Notre Dame. Willingham, U.C.L.A.'s Karl Dorrell and Mississippi State's Sylvester Croom are the only black head coaches among the 117 Division I-A teams. "The numbers were abysmally low to begin with, and they've gotten worse," the N.C.A.A. president, Myles Brand, said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "We continue to have the problem of assuring the best candidates get a fair hearing in the search process." Two percent of major college coaches are members of minorities, in contrast to 51 percent of the players. Brand said there were five minority coaches last season and eight, the high-water mark, in 1998. The reasons for the decline vary, but one issue that coaches and administrators have identified is that minority coaches are not becoming coordinators. Croom said that perpetuated the stereotype of minority coaches as recruiters instead of decision makers. Croom, who became the first African-American coach in the Southeastern Conference last season, pointed out that he, Willingham and Dorrell had jumped into their head-coaching jobs from the N.F.L. Croom suggested one change: allow more graduate assistants than the current four, only two of whom can coach on the field, to create more opportunities for young coaches. Without his graduate-assistant position, Croom said, he never would have been able to be a head coach. "I look on the outside and I see minority coaches have been restricted in the business and don't get coordinator jobs," he said. "I don't fully understand it myself." The only call that Flanigan received recently regarding a head-coaching job was from Division I-AA Southeastern Louisiana. Flanigan was interviewed Sunday and said he thought he performed well. Part of his confidence stemmed from a three-day N.C.A.A.-sponsored course he took last year. The course is dedicated to helping minority coaches move up. Flanigan said the course taught him invaluable skills, including organizing his philosophies and strategies into a succinct package. He gave his program-building plan to the Southeastern Louisiana administrators. The N.C.A.A. held its second coaching academy last weekend, tutoring 20 minority coaches. "Everyone has different aspirations," Flanigan said. "I don't want to be a running backs coach at a B.C.S. school and never become a coordinator. I don't want to be labeled as a guy on the staff who can just recruit. I want to have something to do with the games on Saturday." Dan Boggan, a former N.C.A.A. and university administrator, spoke to the 20 minority assistant coaches last weekend. He said they faced a systemic problem that involved institutional and cultural bias.

Wait, what if Randy Moss went back in time and tried to eat baby Hitler? Would that be ok? Monkeypox, what if Moss mooned Fidel Castro? Would that be a good or bad thing?

In.

The had the game? I am surprised. They closed the school at 2PM. I assumed, I know, that the game would be called off.

Yes.

The American public education system is officially dead.

ok, spill it, what program is this?

Yes, they have a hospitality room. I'll be there, I am trying to bring at least a handful of people.

1) If you can go to NO and you decide not too, then your part of the problem., 2) Bandwidth costs money....

This poll is insane. We're about to lose a HOF QB and 8 defensive starters. Some people on here sound like TCU fans last year, the same fans who are too ashamed to show thier faces after a 5-6 year.

This may be the worst thread, EVER, at GoMeanGreen.com... And thats saying alot.

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