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Not that I've given it a lot of thought or anything, but... Tommy Amaker Todd Bozeman Jeff Bzdelik Joe Cravens Scott Cross Cliff Ellis Rob Evans Tim Floyd Ray Giacoletti Billy Gillespie Avery Johnson Larry Krystkowiak Dale Layer Dave Leitao Ritchie McKay Steve Robinson Jeff Ruland Quin Snyder Russell Springmann Ronny Thompson Brooks Thompson Jeff Webster (best link I could find) Tim Welsh Listed alphabetically, with varying degrees of appeal and plausibility.

How come K State band always got to play first during every break. They would play so freaking long that we couldnt even complete the fight song. The UNT band finally just started playing at the same time. I hate the Big 12, even thier sucky bands.

This group was freaked out by the name "Obama." Can you really picture some of these guys wearing a jersey with "Farokhmanesh" written on the back?

mean green band was the best. kstate just played more variety but you know that since you were there, right? no?

The people voted for a socialist agenda and that is what obama is giving us. Next up: legalizing all illegals. Looks like we will need the influx of more people to help pay for all the new taxes.

Whatever. He's the biggest media threat our school has faced since the wizards at the Bleacher Report decided to start covering us.

And look at all the wonderful things that alcohol has given us. DWI deaths by the B load, escalating family violence, and health complications a plenty. So, of course, the logical thing to do is open the door to another mind altering substance. Think about how many of the youth today consider thier 1st beer a right of passage into manhood/womanhood. Look at the consumption rate of alcohol by teenagers trying to be adults. Do we really want to tell them that another mind altering drug is perfectly fine? And no, education won't be the key to avoidance of the newly legalized marihuana. Why? Because the tobacco companies will target youth with about a quadzillionmillion dollars in marketing to establish thier market at an early age (just like cigs and alcohol today), compared to the $1.50 that will be spent on education. The only hope is that youth is 1) smart enough AND 2) scared enough of the CONSEQUENCES of thier actions that they will stay away from drugs. Alcohol has already done enough damage, no need to unleash another mind altering substance on our population. And yes, alcohol should be illegal, even though I love a good beer. Never happen, though. It's been a part of society for to long. Quick poll: How many involved in this conversation have kids?

THIS When it is legalized, the incidents involving marijuana use and abuse will compound greatly in my opinion.

How would you regulate it? Do you need a license to grow it and distribute it? Can just anyone do this? Depending on regulation and enforcement, you could have tons and tons of homegrown and they will distribute it. Then there is no taxation to fund anything. I do not think it will stimy anything in Mexico. They will be able to freely distribute it if there is no proper regulation? With regulation, this will result in the same enforcement to keep it from coming across the border. Most cases, price will drop. Marijuana is much simpler to manufacture and conceal than huge barrels of alcohol. Besides being simpler to regulate, the differences I see between marijuana and alcohol are in usage. I've never smoked a joint. So, I have no idea how it affects someone. But, you can drink a beer or a glass of wine with dinner for flavor or just refreshment. It is a substance that taken in any type of normal moderation such as a normal drink (not binge), will not have too profound of an affect on you. For the most part, it requires abuse to impair you. Marijuana ... one reason to smoke it ... to get high which means impairment and it does not require much abuse to impair you. Does it taste good and goes great with steak? Or does the steak go great with it after you've smoke it? So you legalized it. Can you smoke it in a bar? Can you smoke it in public? Every night club would be filled with the smoke and whether you are smoking it or not, you are going to get the side effects, maybe high yourself? It is not contained. Again, you are smoking it to get high, right? This just adds to the already tragic driving impaired. There is no public good there. Similar to PI, are you a safety threat to the public or yourself? I would say considerably so more than alcohol. Right now, because it is illegal to possess it, less alone to use it, the result is most folks try to use it privately, etc. But there are still DUI issues in the current state of legality. I've seen my fair share of tragedies involving DUI. We have a stretch of highway in our district which is 4-5 lanes wide on each side. On this stretch, specifically 1 mile of it, during my 10+ years of tenure with the FD, we've had atleast 4 head on collisions in the northbound lanes where the DUI driver was headed southbound, both doing alteast 70 mph, all resulting in multiple fatalities each. Most recent case included a toddler. And what really pisses you off, the DUI driver walks away over 50% of time. There are other DUI incidents including a one truck collision with a wall which resulted in the death of its 7 passengers. So, anything that will add to this type of tragedy, I am 100% against it. A substance which its intent is specifically to be high/impaired can do nothing but add to it. And I see marijuana being abused considerably more than alcohol. I agree with KingDL's point on more emphasis needs to be placed on the trafficing than overcrowding our jails with those that use it. But at some point, the law has to hold both sides accountable. Otherwise, the persons buying it will be free to do as they wish with no fear of retribution. The law does take into account severity based on possession limits and number of convictions. But lets face it, it is so much easier to catch the folks buying it and street dealers for that matter than it is to get the folks higher up the distribution chain. I do not view marijuana in the same category as other drugs. When it comes down to it, legalizing it sounds simple and a great remedy. But, it seems there are way too many extra variables that make this much more complex and I do not think it will magicly fix these issues south of the border. It could quite possibly compound them. Regarding alcohol abuse and DUIs,etc., I would like to see more stiff penalties for these. Add to that the offenders with multiple offenses, no excuse.

Have you not heard Chico's comments on Riley? It sounds like he's more excited than Coach Dodge is to have Riley at QB!

We could cut out several hundred seats to add in luxury boxes, but let's cut off our nose just to spite or face by reducig the capacity by 1/2. Remember, since this is a multi-purpose facility so we need it to remain viable for other school functions (like gradaution).

Don't hijack a legitimate basketball thread!

Go for the gusto!! N. Iowa or nothing at all!!

This was very well-played. I'd settle for Murray State, but my pants yearn for Xavier and Butler.

I think, as a society, you head down the road (or, in this case, much, much further down the road) of demise when you make a compromise as big as this. Not to bring another issue into this, but think about how much socialized medicine will have to deal with the addiction if you legalize these drugs. Then it does affect everyone in the county, because everyone will be covered for every side effect related to drug use by the simple fact that drug use is sanctioned by the federal government. That means non-drug users will be fitting the bill for those that choose to destroy thier body. I won't even get into the whole prescription drug issue and how legalization will affect that market. Do we tell young parents that it is OK to do methamphetamine in thier own home while raising a newborn? Will there be a federal observer there with young meth head mom to make sure she doesn't breast feed, thereby insuring that the infant does not become addicted to methamphetamine? Will there be a new law that any drug addicted new mother must take random drug tests? Who pays for these drug tests? Me and you. Will the federal government sanctioned strength of methamphetamine be to this young couple's taste? I promise you it wont. I promise you there will be an illegal market to satisfy this young couple's, and many others, methamphetamine needs, and I promise you that market will come from Mexico. Same with every other drug. If young parents are drug addicts, how do you get the small, infant child away from that parent if what that parent is doing is not illegal? No CPS involvement needed because the behavior is sanctioned by the federal government. Methamphetamine users have parental rights, too. The banana analogy is like comparing apples to... well, bananas. There are so many more far reaching consequences of legalization than there is of eating a banana. For brevity sake, I just touched on a few. It's the easy way out, folks.

For once, SMU won't have the most empty looking stadium on gameday in the metroplex.

The only times our attendance is ever under 2500 is during Christmas break...mostly...

they need more tunes. played fly like an eagle 10 times. it gets old.

Too bad UNT didn't go 0-33.. I would really be down for some 33 cent pizza

Thoughts?

None of you have the slightest clue about how on board with everything UNT Timmy is. Relax.

Just incredible, what a bunch of crap. Sharpton is a walking talking POS.

Maybe he just said that because of how we sucked it up on the court. I wish he would have commented on our cheerleaders

Typical. Never happy, always looking for something to complain about.

Are yall getting actual tickets emailed to you or just an email saying you got some?

Legalize marijuana... it's less harmful physically and socially than alcohol.

We only lose coaches to high schools , so we should be okay