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Wow, that's terrible.

Man you said it there! Welcome to the post-American America.

No, none within walking distance but several close enough for a short drive. Hermann Park is a pretty good walk from Rice Stadium and you have to cross some very busy streets to get to the Rice campus. Also, I don't think the train is there anymore. You better check that, though. I would encourage those who haven't done so to take some time to stroll through the Rice campus. Very nice.

Both my brothers live in Houston. I'll get with my NT grad bro and go to that one.

Since I was born here I'm a native American and I say fie on those who want to censor American Indian names!

Ruston, LA to Moscow, Idaho to Honolulu. No wonder it's called the Wack.

RUGBY PITCH!

Hate it.

According to Dan Fulks, an accounting professor at Transylvania University who analyzes athletic finances for the NCAA, in 2006 only 19 Division I-A football institutions reported a profit from athletics, with an average of $4.3 million. The 99 other schools lost an average of $8.9 million.

I'd like a multi-state regional approach: SMU TCU Houston Rice UTEP Tulsa Tulane Arkansas State New Mexico State Nine conference games and three non-league tilts.

Superb work, congratulations and thanks.

Oh come on, ROASTED? A few frustrated fans have expressed disappointment but I'd hardly say he's being roasted, unless you have a ridiculously low threshold for tolerating criticism.

Mahtini Muffy?

Connie Mack Berry was a Parade All-American, I think.

Yeah, that's a charming, heart-warming story .

That's true for the most part, but they did beat Missouri at home in 2004 and Oklahoma State there just this past season.

It's been done before. Lou Saban coached high school ball in Miami, Emory Bellard coached at Aldine Westfield in Houston, but Danville, Kentucky? That seems like a real step down.

*Snicker* Not that there's anything wrong with it.

Bravo Coach Dodge! Keep em in state!

R.I.P. Neal Wilson.

Think we could those guys to "pony up" for a down payment on a football stadium?

Damn! Those peckers are serious about getting back into football!

I'm with you LongJim. We don't need no stinkin' playoffs for college football to be exciting and good.

Actually, this is a great deal for Jones and SMU. He has cache with getting Hawaii into the Sugar Bowl, something no one would have believed possible just two years ago. SMU is a rich school that sits in the middle of a ton of football talent. Did anybody hear the Sugar Bowl announcers talk about how little money Hawaii spends on the football program? This is Jones' chance to cash in on his UH success. SMU's last two hires were uninspiring. Cavan? No way. Bennett busted. Tom Rossley was better than both of them. I think this is a go.

Not exactly. The poorest nations on earth are black nations. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere is Haiti. The poorest cities in the USA are politically dominated by blacks (Detroit particularly). There are some coorelations between wealth and race. I grew up in a liberal household. Saying nigger was tantamount to cussing. My brothers and I were part of a program that integrated an all-black elementary school in the 1970s. We encounteresd all kinds of black people there good, bad and indifferent. Some of the black teachers were openly hostile to the white kids who represented about 10 percent of the student body. As athletes we to battle the stereotype that blacks are naturally better in athletics. We had to be twice as good as any black player at the same position. My brother, one of the finest natural athletes I have ever seen, finally won a starting QB HS job in the third game of his senior season. Afterward, he had 23 scholarship offers and played big-time football at a big time school where he had to fight the stereotype all over again. I had the same sort of battles as did my younger brother. Blacks use white guilt to gain economic and political leverage. Whites condone in blacks what they condemn in whites. Whites prefer not to mention racial aspects of cases and incidents that go against them in the silly notion that by ignoring black racism it will go away. I do not condone knuckle-dragging racism of any sort -- anti-black or anti-white -- but the idea that we can ignore race is ridiculous. Blacks have been encouraged to think racially, whites have been punnished for it. I think you should give those "racist assholes" as you refer to your family a second chance. They are, afterall, your blood kin. We all have family members with whom we disagree but blood ties are binding and I would never toss over my own kin because we disagree. There are actually worse things than not liking blacks. All men have prejudices.