FirefightnRick

In monday or tuesday's Startlegram the MWC commissioner was qouted as saying their expansion ended with TCU. And after the magic wand that was waved with Louisville at the end of last season so that their new conference could count them them as a member so they could miss having to go their first year without a team ranked in the top 10, preventing the first step towards losing it's BCS rating, then there is no way the MWC will become a true BCS. No way. I predict TCU is headed for a huge train wreck. Rick

I'm ticket #31. Rick

I think this is an appropriate thread to say it, and you know I have to say it: I TOLD YOU SO! Rick

And we paid over $200,000 for that. Amazing! Rick

Absolutely! That and the firing of Craig Helwig and a complete new attitude in which athletics became the "window of our university". Rick

You had better pray for an overlap. Is there any hope that Dr. Richard Rafes can get some consideration for the job? Probably not as they will more than likely go outside but I can dream, right? Rick

This is a day I have feared since last summer and what a lousy, sorry day it is. I hope Jackson is happy now. I wonder who's toes he will stomp on next? Thank you Dr. Pohl for all you have done, especially back in November of 2000, we won't soon forget it. You and Barbikay have been such class acts and wonderful represenatives of our university and we wish you both the best. Rick

Gabe Kirkpatrick at the Ticket Office can sign you up for this or can send the info to you. Rick

Nothing at all. Rick

Your a lucky man yourself GGII. Rick

Check your P.M. Rick

Today was the most vicious day of the tour with over 120 miles of climbs including several category 1 climbs and finishing with a non-rated category climb(mean's steeper than a 1). And for the first time in Armstrong's team history one of his own wins the stage, George Hincapie, Armstrong's second in command. I just don't see how these guys do what they do. If you have ever spent any time on a bike on even a 2% climb(Category 1 is 6%) you understand what it does to you after just a few minutes. I couldn't even imagine spending over 5 hours doing it, average over 20 mph? Crazy. Armstrong added over a minute of time to his nearest rival so barring a crash or the flu from here on out for the remaining 6 stages then the fat lady can start to warm up. Hincapie wins stage 15 By the way, the USA has 3 riders in the top 10 and 5 riders in the top 20 overall out of the remaining 160 riders. That is incredible for this, the worlds greatest bike race and possibly the most grueling sport ever. Rick

Burleson's Steve Warren was also his district offensive MVP last season. A district that includes Mansfield Summit and Duncanville. He ran an offense very similer to NT's. They ran, ran, ran....then ran some more, then WHAMMO...a 40 yard strike behind the defense for a TD. Everyone I have talked to who watched him play last year said the guy was very entertaining to watch. Evidently he has a good arm but has some serious wheels on the ground as well. Rick

I'll never forget the night that NT was down by 1 and Deon Hunter took the inbounds pass with less than 10 seconds to go at ULM, drove the length of the court and laid it up at the buzzer to win Conference. Mr. Mercer went bananas and the team nearly tackled him at his table. He was doing the game alone that night and witnessed the end of what would turn out to be our most memorable basketball season ever. We hosted the post season tourney and won the championship on ESPN enroute to our only ever trip to the dance. Rick

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2005/news...tory?id=2109457 Armstrong may have put the nail in the coffin today. If not today he may just well do it tomorrow. T Mobile's entire team had him isolated today and he dropped them like a bad transmission at the end. Rick

Not football related, but darn near as inspirational....at least for me. Yesterday at 4 p.m. our hot water heater elements went out, no hot water. Our water is abundant and very cold and tastes great but we live in B.F.D. western Parker County and have a 375 foot deep well and even though I installed a commercial softener system 4 years ago the elements in the heater can still corrode due to the amount of calcium that builds up around it from the sediment in the water, and this happens every 3 to 5 years or so depending on how your system is set up. We have a Reliance 808 dual element waterheater that uses a very rare element thread size(Amory 1 3/8th inch thread). NO ONE who was open last night had this element. Not Lowes, Not Home Depot, Not Handy Man, and not our local Ace. Finally after 8 hours and without half the skin on both hands I gave up at midnight figuring I would have to take up the fight Sunday morning when I got home from the firehall. Not a chance! The wife calls me at 9 a.m. this morning, refusing to take a freezing cold, well-water shower and asked how to take the elements out? I told her and she did. Then while dragging two small children around with her(4 and 15 months old) she drives across two counties, visits three hardware stores(because you cannot describe this element over the phone to people because they are trained to say their "Universal element fits all heaters"...which took me 6 hours to find out this is not so), goes back home, installs the elements, fills the tank, checked for leaks, rewires the elements, flipped the breaker and five minutes later: PRESTO......HOT WATER! She's my wife, the mother of my two beautiful kids and my best friend. She raises them by herself 120 days out of the year when I'm on duty and still gives me up to the Mean Green every weekend in the fall with no complaints. She holds a masters in counciling and even though she works in a public I.S.D. and has a shorter summer than teachers she never complains. Last month she walked 60 miles in the heat in Dallas to raise $2700 for Breast Cancer research........ and now she's the family plumber! No doubt, God helped me choose wisely. I love you Darla Jo. Rick

bison Would something like the MEAN GREEN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION interest you? Rick

I think this game is going to be tough for us, considering now how our current QB situation seems to be getting worse each week. LTU has 11 starters back. They have a returning experienced line that blocked for Moats into the NFL third round this past draft, including their right tackle, a junior that weighs 375 lbs. Mark Dilliard will be the guy who will replace Moats. He's unproven, but we all know what an experienced line means. They also have their QB back as well. And like us, they feature three returning starting LB's on defense. But unlike us, they have 3 seniors returning on their D line and 3 seniors returning in their D backfield including Tramon Williams who had 4 picks last year. This game will be a good matchup for us but we'll see. As far as the games against ULL and ULM go. ULM to me is the team to beat this season. 19 starters returning plus one hell of a natural talent at QB has to give them an edge? We have owned them for 3 straight years now but it can't last forever. We have truly owned ULL for 5 seasons straight but can we make it 6? NT has a big target on it's chest and with so many questions to ask for this season you wonder how long the ride will last? Rick

Stan, Directly after my interveiw with the Exes in April, I asked David and Sarah if they had someone in mind to RESTART the Tarrant County Chapter and they both said "No, but we'll let you know". There is no one listed on the site and the contact email goes nowhere as of right now. I have yet to hear from anyone so to me, that means there still is not a chapter and they have not found a chapter president yet. The flyer your talking about may be something completely separate, who knows. I know nothing about it. Can you scan it and send it to me please? If I can be there for it I will. I'm with you, I want to be part of the answer, but the problems can't get fixed until they are identified first. I'm tire of identifying, time to fix. Rick

I'm getting a late re-report also now that Byerly will not be playing this fall. I had to correct my previous post on this. If it's true what a shame. Rick

I suspect the walkon many have talked about here is Matt Phillips from Lakeview HS. I'm trying to find out more. If it's not him then I would guess it's Wissle. Rick

Purple Kats, what year did you graduate and with what major? Rick

The Belt was just what the doctor ordered for us. Now if all members including us mostly, could just help the Belt take the next step. Rick

Done. I got my season tickets, Mean Green Club membership, away tickets to LSU and MTSU and the F5's Junior Mean Green Club membership ordered. Are there any bus trips planned? Rick

I've recieved nothing either, nor is there anything listed on the Exes website under Tarrant County chapter. Rick