VideoEagle

Yes he was, maybe by the Cowboys. I remember hearing him tell a story of a group of NFL players showing up in Denton, drunk, trying to encourage him to join the NFL instead of the AFL. But his father with a Baptist Minister. He took one look at the drunk NFL guys, and insisted Abner go to the AFL.

Since we usually call Davy Crocket a "naturalized Texan" for being here all of three weeks, I'd say you can count whom ever moved here as the first Generation. One of my great-great Grandfathers signed the Texas Declaration of Independence - A. B. Hardin. They drew it up in a bar and I suspect that is why he was there!

Tulsa is the Champion of the conference we hope to get into! They might be a top 20 team next year. But if we beat Texas in week 1, then we certainly would get a number of votes. But "if we beat Texas" is akin to saying "if I win the lottery" - it's not impossible, but very improbable. Still, their entire Jr and Sr classes could all go to the NFL, then the rest of the team could have bad grades, and ...

HDnet or GuyTV (one of the two) was showing it a couple of weeks ago in high definition. That's the way to look at Kathy Ireland.

Dan Fouts at least once mentioned the Big 10 officials "probably weren't used to seeing players with moves like these." Gee, where's I heard that before?

That is the rule! In a close game, you don't want the refs to delay stopping the clock because a play MIGHT be reviewable! If the buzzer worked the way it is suppose to, then they know to stop the clock. And, as Arkstate Fan pointed out, the actually were a little pro-active on a play the replay official had already waved off. They seem to have done just that. Everything on the replay was done as correctly as possible. While some might not like the Sun Belt Conference, the conference from which the officials come does not effect the electronic equipment like the buzzer. This happens even when Big 10 officials are doing a game. When all of the facts are examined, the SBC officials handled it correctly.

I guess we only have one good crew. The announcers at the other bowl game done by SBC officials mentioned how on top of everything those officials were. I think it was the Champs Sports bowl with Colorado and Clemson. Saying "the officials were used to seeing that kind of speed" is just the Michigan excuse for a lose.

During the Citrus Bowl the announcers were complimenting the SBC refs.

Yes, I think our defense was our biggest weakness this year. Even if the offense gets a lot better, we are not going to win games giving up 45+ points! I still think a new DC is more important than a new OC.

I haven't seen the actual numbers yet - I don't work as much in that area anymore - but according to Arkstate Fan, this New Orleans Bowl had the highest ratings ever. ESPN should be pleased. While being the first bowl is inconvenient to many, it certainly helps get viewers. Merry Christmas!

The only real negative about leaving the MVC was basketball. If we'd been in a conference with the record we racked up in basketball back then, we would have gone to the NCAA or NIT several times. And back then, the NIT really WAS something! Remember, the NCAA only took 32 teams back then.

Sure you weren't watching MSNBC? It would be nearly impossible to pull off sports broadcasts on a regular basis with student volunteers. Unless you are an announcer, you really can't work the game and watch it at the same time, so you need volunteers who don't want to watch. Then, the need to be willing to give up prime relaxation time as that is games tend to happen. The First Methodist Church of Dallas has around 50 people who have volunteered to help with their Sunday TV recording. They have 3 cameras and it takes 9 to 10 to do the broadcast. They have a hard time some weeks finding enough people from their pool - and that's once a week on Sundays!

WOW! That is a fascinating idea, but with huge challenges First, I don't see how you can do a baseball game with just 3 cameras. You need one in the outfield, just past 2nd base and just past 1st base. That means never have a picture of your announcers, nor a picture of the pitcher facing the hitter. And don't even think about a replay tape deck! Second, the lens on cameras for baseball games need incredible zoom lens. It is not uncommon for the LEN to cost $35K, not counting the camera, or the view finder, or the tripod, or the cabling. Yet Rice is using an entire system that costs $20K. People who build remote trucks spend more than that on the cables! Still, the University will completely control the broadcast and thus most of the ads. I'm sure the cable company is getting some of the ads in exchange for giving them the channel, but most of the add will be theirs. And after they tape a game, they can re-run it over and over for a week or so. It will be interesting to see their viewer numbers. I don't think they'd get many casual fans because of the lower quality of the broadcast, but a Rice alum who can't get to the game can watch it - or buy the DVD for $10. Sound like a great way to tie back in their fans to what's going on.

I was rooting for Carroll as well. I've never liked Katy.

I agree with NT80 about Moore. However, after a year of Bob Tyler, I was wanting Moore back!

Very true, but at least we are getting one now. We can't change the past, but at least we aren't repeating the mistake.

Thanks to Arkstate fan, I have the answer on NT's move to purgatory. We were forced down, but could have come back in '83, but we didn't!

I remember there was something about the staduim, but I can't remember the exact details anymore. I know the athletic department would not have dropped down if it did not have to. The faculty were in one of their periodic "football hurts academics" moods, so they were in favor of the drop down. But, I'm pretty sure the NCAA forced us, not that we chose to go. And La Tech did drop down to 1AA for a while. U La La did not which makes me think it had something to do with stadium size. I've seem something from Arkstate fan a while back that explained the creation of 1AA, but I haven't seen it lately.

If you are in Div. II, then the Championship game is the weekend before Christmas. Some years it's less than 7 days before Christmas. I had a niece who went to Judson in the 80s. She was a Cheerleader. Besides all of the normal multiple uniforms my sister had to buy, every year when they got deep into the playoff, they had to get a "santa" version of their cheerleading uniform! Of course, it was never the same from the year before.

Wow! Your right. I understood all of the coaches/programs were evaluated for progress after each season. At least was the impression I had gotten from RV in the past. Hopefully, the writer just wrote the sentence wrong and this is the first formal meeting since the END of the string of conference championships.

Not really. DD would want to do his evaluation of the entire program first. Then he'd want to go over things with each coach individually. RV would also do his evaluation. Only then would both sit down together in a formal situation. I'd think there would be some imformal discussions before the formal one.

6 years of education down the drain! Let me guess, after 6 years he's just 24 hours from graduation!

No, the State of Texas owns the copy and other rights. I simple majority vote of the legislature would strip these from TSUSM. They are and will remain Texas State University AT SAN MARCOS. Some will shorten the name when talking about them to Texas State, just as other schools get their names shorted to Texas, Tech, A&M and North Texas. They won't get their name shortened to just State as there are too many other "States" in Texas. And no one is going to just call them by the initials TSU as that is what Texas Southern is already known as.

How many of you remember Bob Tyler? We got rid of him before he had time to violate TOO many NCAA rules.

As Arkstatefan has pointed out before, comparing 1AA and 1A through the Saragin ratings is questionable. There is not enough games between the two to get an overall valid result. Neither one plays more than two of the other: 1A's would play no more that two 1AAs and 1AAs generally don't play more than two 1As. Generally, each only plays one team in the other division. Many do not play any.