MG 2000

Why not keep Parcells one more year, and then make a run at Cowher for 2008? You know that he wants to coach again. He will probably sit out for a year and wait for the right job t come open, and he wants to get paid. The Cowboys make perfect sense for Cowher. High profile team. Owner with deep pockets who will not only pay a coach, put will pay to stock the team. A new stadium coming in 2009. I think it makes perfect sense. Plus, if the Cowboys don't get him, do you want little Danny Snyder and the Redskins to hire him? I for one don't. If you let Parcells go, who do we bring in? Jim Mora, Jr? Some coordinator from someplace. I think it is worth it to bring Parcells back for a year and make a serious run at Cowher.

The thing with the media in Dallas is that they so desperately want SMU to be good again. Alot of folks in the media here are closet SMU homers, even if they went to other schools. Better football has been played in Denton, and certainly Ft Worth, but SMU will get the headlines from the media based in Dallas. I would not expect to have a chance to play them again though. It's too bad, but it probably won't happen again. I was talking with my dad about it Sunday (he is a SMU grad) and he was saying that he dreams of the day that SMU, TCU, Baylor, and North Texas played in a conference together. Now, that will never happen, but wouldn't it be great for everyone to rotate home and homes. For example, we could play SMU here and there in '06 and '07, play TCU in "08 and '09, Baylor in '10 and '11, and back to SMU in '12 and '13. The other schools could do the same. I think that everyone would enjoy this.

Um, have you not been watching the past few tournaments? We are behind the curve now. They have caught up and past us. And you can say that we should send our NBA champions to play in these tourneys, but there aren't many good NBA teams anymore that don't have a key player from a foreign country.

It's not the band wagon crash that hurts the true fans of a team, it is the fact that the team is losing that hurts. Honestly, if you are a fan of a team, does it really bother you more when people jump off the wagon, or the fact that your favorite team is losing? In the case of the Cowboys, I know I could care less about other fans, whether they be bandwagon or not. I am pissed if the team is losing. I am happy if they are winning. We live in a disposable society. Teams, be they college or pro, are just brands for people to consume. Right now, the Longhorn brand is on top. They are winning, and people like to affiliate themselves in any way with a winning image. If they fall, some other team will be there to pick things up. Watch our for Notre Dame in a year or two. Imagine how many Shamrocks and Irish t-shirts and caps you'll see if they win a title. It was fun to follow the Longhorns last year. It was a great story and Vince was incredible to watch. I follow all the local college teams. I want the Longhorns, Aggies, Sooners, Frogs and everyone else to do well. It makes things more interesting. There are also teams I want to see fail. The Raiders, Mustangs, Bears, and Cougars. I wish failure on all of them. I'd love to see our beloved Mean Green improve their program and move into a better conference. If this ever happened, I wouldn't be upset if more people attended games or wore T-shirts. It would be fun.

The only thing that I can take as a positive is that Shaq got another title, and Kobe gets to watch. I hate Kobe. And while I hate to see the Mavs lose, I draw a small ounce of comfort knowing that Shaq has one more than Kobe.

You could have just witnessed the birth of the next Jordan. You never know. Everyone thinks it would be LeBron, but Wade has got a ring now. Remember all the calls that Jordan got. Even as great of a player that he was, he got a call every now and then. That is the NBA though. It is about TV contracts and jersey sales. Star players sell jerseys and get people to watch on TV. Star players can become Superstars by getting calls, hitting shots, and winning titles. It gives me tired head. I need to get to bed. World Cup starts in a few hours.

I just pulled out the tape of game 3. (Yes, I know...time to get a Tivo and get away from VHS) If you have it recorded, go back and watch the beginning of the end. Start watching with about 8 or 9 minutes to go in the 4th. Watch closely, every possesion. If you can truly tell me that the game is not called differently when the Mavs have the ball and when the Heat have the ball, then I may watch more NBA next year. Don't just watch the ball. Watch the players off the ball. The Heat are able to have good ball movement all throughout the games because if the Mavs touch them, the whistle blows. When the Mavs have the ball, it is like a football line of scrimmage yet the whistle does not blow. I've watched this team all year long, and really I've gotten back into Mavs ball since Cuban bought the team. I thought we might see something truly special with this group. It is great to make the Finals, but something truly special would be to win the title. However, starting with Game 3, the Heat (with whatever help the could get) were able to make the Mavs look like the playoff failures from the last few years. I didn't think the Heat could do that, but they the Mavs off their rhythm and they never could truly get it back.

Um, yeah. Well, that sucked. Cowboys training camp is in July, right. What about the NCAA? Season start in August? Um, yeah. Let's go football. I guess the World Cup will have to hold me over until then. Yeah. "No funeral" (Gun cocks and fires)

When I was in college, I had an internship at Reunion Arena working with the tv broadcast. I actually got to meet several of the announcers for the Mavericks, and other teams throughout the league. I liked basketball ok, but I have always been a football guy. I remember having a conversation with Jim Durham, who was a Mavericks broadcaster at the time and is now working ESPN radio. We got into a conversation about the star system in the league. He basically told me that the stars are the ones who got calls, spares did not, and teams that some teams had more "respect" from the officials than others. We all know this. But I led the conversation into the point that this is the exact reason that so many people stay away from the game. I am not saying that football is officiated any better, but I hear less talk after a big game about how the NFL is rigged than I do with the NBA. I know many people who won't watch because of this. You would think that the league would make more of an effort to do something about it. Basketball is truly a great game, but they do everything that they can to keep it behind football in terms of popularity, IMHO.

Here is a nice shot of Terry being fouled by Wade at the end of regulation. So how is it that Wade gets a call but the Mavs don't? Wade fouls Terry at end of regulation

Keep a couple things in mind with the foul calls. 1) The Mavs were playing "hack a Shaq" through most of the second half. If you use up most of your fouls doing this, than any time you touch a Heat player after you get 5 team fouls, it is free throws. 2) NBA refs will reward aggressive, drive to the hoop type play. The Heat are always going to the basket. How many times did you see the Mavs pull up and shoot a jumper instead of taking it to the hoop? The Terry shot at the end of regulation is a perfect example. If that is Wade, he takes it to the hole. But the Mavs shoot a jumper instead. It is like the Mavs are afraid to go inside, but can you blame them? However, that is what they will have to do to get it done. I think that Dirk drove to the basket several times early in Game 4 and got Shaq in fould trouble, but the team stopped after that. Look for the calls to go Dallas' way in Game 6. We won't lose 4 straight, but after that, Game 7 is a coin flip. I hope that they can get it done. You never know when you might get back.

She certainly is hot. How about another hot teacher out there that found herself in hot water. Not for messing around with the boys, but just for being hot and taking some truly hot photos. another hot teacher Luckily, this town's school board had some sense about it, but I think that she quit anyway to try to become a professional model.

I actually have some kids that go to Hebron that work for me and I asked them what happened. Basically, he was living that dream and bragging to his friends about it. The kid is not the one who told the authorities about it. Someone else ratted them out. Put that up for debate at the man law roundtable. Do you rat on a man that gets to live your dream? Heck no!!!

Got it bad, so bad. I'm hot for teacher. H.S. teacher gets busted Will they ever stop? Lay off the high school kids ladies!

Genius.