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Different coach. New coach, new discipline.

Reading his rivals bio it seems that he really likes NT. I know Thompson and Jordan Smith are big targets but is there a chance Busby-Hayden gets offered soon?

From an article about Miami's new head coach Shannon...

Seems we're the only school without a pre-existing relationship.

American Idol as a microcosm of America's ills...sad but true.

I'm there.

Justin, this may be the first time you've echoed my inner thoughts on something that didn't have to do with alcohol. In all serious what you say about the pressure to succeed is exactly what struck me when I heard about this incident. We live in a society where winners are idolized, second place is forgotten and the losers are either ostracized or belittled. Holding down a job, being kind to your spouse and caring for your children is no longer the benchmark for success in America. Instead it is the rich, the famous or, saddest of all, the notorious who command the headlines. Why? Because they are seen as the "best" in their fields...even if that field is being a social pariah. Couple this with the general sense of being anesthetized to violence and you have a recipe for disaster. Just last night while I was on duty the first call I answered for the night was a shooting. A guy who was out celebrating his birthday was robbed by three unknown males. He didn't give up his necklace without a struggle so they shot him in the head in front of his wife. Now his newborn baby will be fatherless because another maladjusted miscreant chose to take his life. In the last month I have attended the funeral of a fellow Dallas officer, stood outside the ER door over the body of an Irving officer while his family greaved, heard about this tragedy in Virginia and now this senseless homicide. Death is far too common lately.

Strangely Fouts doesn't look so terrible from these photos.

Gun control couldn't have prevented this. Armed police officers (or citizens) putting three to the chest and one to the head could have.

The scrimmage was in the middle of the afternoon on a Monday...most people's first day back to work. As for me, I woulda been there but the wife told me I wasn't allowed to go.

http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle...p;ATCLID=866725 This is the kind of stuff I'd love to see done over and over again. Even if the parents are Bevo-heads maybe we can hook (pun unintended) the little ones.

For those that don't realize it...this is ingenius yet unfortunate humor.

You're exactly right...but for the wrong reasons. "BCS" teams have Sun Belt schools littered all over their schedules so it's not that they won't 'play down to our level.' Additionally, as was stated already, MAC schools are not great leap up if any from Sun Belt schools. The difference is that if Baylor plays and beats Buffalo or NT the result is the same...a D1 win they can count towards their seaon record and bowl eligibility. If on the other hand they lose a game to Buffalo vs. NT the results are drastically different. A loss to Buffalo hurts in the short run because it will be talked about for about a week. A loss to NT hurts for a much longer time. Texas recruits see it and think differently about Baylor and NT. NT fans/alums who work in the next cubicle over from Baylor fans/alums notice it and talk smack. It's about prestige and being able to still sell the "We are Big XII and they can't compete with us" myth. Not true with Buffalo and the like. All of the same reasons above apply to UT, aTm, Tech, even Houston, Rice, SMU, TCU and UTEP.

Wasted 'ship then. The Dodge offense doesn't have a set rhythm or pattern. It's designed to attack whatever the defense shows.

I don't quite understand this stance. Short of playing in a BCS bowl name for me a better destination city when you take into account our geography, relative history of winning and accessibility.....

Either the terms "safety" and "cornerback" are interchangeable in our new defense or the writer had several mental lapses.

Perhaps not but I bet his INT totals would be vastly improved.

She told me about that. Said some chubby white guy who looked like a horrid football player yelled at her.

So Lera calls me yesterday to tell me that she is taking part in this sports trivia contest at work with the prize being two tickets to sit in the Belo suite with free food and beverage at Sunday nights Stars playoff game...then she calls me back to tell me she won! I am at a total loss as to how she became so sports knowledgeable but I gotta say I am impressed and had to brag on her a little bit. For those wondering what this has to do with football I believe there was a bonus question asking how many D1 teams have white helmets and whether green ones look better. I'm pretty sure that was what the question entailed.

I think this now makes two SLC quarterbacks hitching their wagons to Big XII dreams...and they will find that those dreams will be short lived.

If I send you a photo (and if I can get his permission) can you do one with Diet Coke Boy on it?

Overall a pretty balanced interview. I like that Dr. B clarified that we are after more long term goals and not just the "flashy" stop-gap stuff that would be great in the now but not so much in the long run.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I was thinkin' to myself "Geez, now this guy goes and takes us to only our second NCAA tournament appearance ever. Now I'll have to deal with almost two weeks straight of seeing NT in the local and national media. Recruits we could have never touched might consider coming to NT. Now we'll have an established coach at our school who will have stability and continuity in the program and coach to sell to said recruits. That happens all the time so this is just more of the same. Please, oh please, won't somebody get rid of this JJ guy!?"

Yes, but only if operated on a public roadway.