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Though I feel pretty strongly that McCoy vs. Leaf is the most unnecessary sports argument happening almost anywhere right now, I'm somehow compelled to chime in. While I agree that people tearing down McCoy's achievements or character just because they hate the logo on his helmet is silly, I also DON'T think it's off the rails crazy to argue Leaf was as good or better as a college QB. I think Leaf being Jamarcus before Jamarcus has tainted some of his legacy. Some thoughts - McCoy started for four seasons, Leaf for two. They each lost 8 games in their college career, so you can argue that Leaf lost twice as often - that said, Leaf was also playing at WASHINGTON STATE. The Coogs hadn't been to a Rose Bowl for 67 years before Leaf took them there, and had a history of mostly futility. They are one of the lowest profile, lowest funded teams in their conference, and have only managed to so much as qualify for 3 bowl games in the 13 years since Leaf left. Meanwhile, McCoy took over at a storied program coming off a national championship with essentially unlimited funds and facilities, surrounded by the best talent available. The number of NFL players surrounding McCoy is staggering... not so with the mostly mid-range bunch around Leaf... and while you might say Texas played OU, etc. in that time, WSU played SC, Arizona State, etc. In his best statistical season, Colt McCoy averaged 297 yards passing and 2.6 TDs per game. In Ryan Leaf's best season, he averaged 331 yards passing and 3 TDs per game. They each ended the season with a loss with the national title on the line...one at Texas, one at Washington State. McCoy definitely has Leaf in the completion percentage category - At his best, McCoy completed passes in the low-mid 70s percentile, a ridiculous number. Leaf generally completed passes in the mid-high 50s range. That said, over each of their best two seasons, McCoy threw almost 10 passes per game MORE than Leaf, a considerable number - yet Leaf averaged 34 yards more per game. One made a living of very accurately throwing short, the other racked up big plays at a much more frequent clip. Despite getting so many more yards per attempt and per game, Leaf wasn't much more prone to turning the ball over than the low yards per pass safe style often employed by McCoy - over this same span, McCoy threw .77 INTs per game, Leaf .9. This is not to belittle McCoy in any way - I've got nothing against him, think some of the comments here were crazy, and I think most people (myself probably included) would take him over Leaf to start a college team. But I'm just saying to those who so quickly dismiss this argument as ludicrous - Ryan Leaf was one hell of a college QB. I'd have LOVED to have seen what he could have done with Texas talent and Texas resources. It's a fair debate. No retard-calling necessary.

If Bacsik had just wondered aloud how Spurs fans would be able to travel and see their team play the Suns without legal hassle, it would have been savvy political commentary.

Look...UNT has had one of the worse football programs in the history of college football...if you think the SEC is going to add UNT to the conf. then you are smoking crack....UNT will be lucky to even get a shot at conf USA in a shakeup....it is sad, but true...I wish it wasn't, but big changes (like the stadium) will have to take place and these things take time to mature...respect, tradition, etc....time. The mismanagement of athletics at unt has be significant over the years and while things are changing...and fast, I might add, I still don't see a major conf in near future for UNT.

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Cut out the snapple, longjim, and company dime parts and you've got me pegged.

McCoy's favorite color is greene and Greene's favorite color is McCoyrange.

As much as it pains me to join step with the national association of unnecessary, unchecked and unbridled Texas hate: David Greene had the winningest QB record before Colt. Anyone besides Georgia fans care? In fact, I'd argue that if you're the winningest college QB (regardless of school) and your national title/Heisman mantle is empty, either you were overrated or your coaching staff let you down.

Let's be honest here... EVERYONE should just delete their twitter accounts.

I say we give Mexican Illegal Immigrants the same courtesy that the Mexican Constitution gives to illegal immigrants in their country and we can see who is being more fair and understanding. Ask the Salvadorians, Guatemalans what they think of their neighbor to the North. Of course this is not a Black, Brown, or White issue it is the issue of our Federal Gov't not doing their job, as for the all the boycotts of AZ, bring it on, who cares if San Franpsycho boycotts, but when an AZ legislator or elected official does it, they should be immediately recalled and booted out of office.

gangrene, Agreed. My wife is from Mexico and came here legally. And, it isn't easy to come here or stay here legally - even if you are married to a U.S. citizen. Sometimes when her brothers come to visit, they can't bring all of their families because getting the visa paperwork renewed is tedious and precise. And, that's the way it should be. I've got a real problem with people who think a "pathway to citizenship" should be opened to those who came here illegally. Is the government trying to find a way to sell a cars cheaper to auto thieves? If I trespass, does the government try to find a way to give me part of the land I trespass upon? When people are here illegally, they are here illegally. I don't want to put the cart before the horse for anyone here but illegal mean "not legal." Stop me if I'm going too fast. The idea behind the visa is that only people who have jobs and can support themselves in Mexico (or whatever country) can apply for and receive the visa. The assumption is that if they are already making a living in the homeland, they aren't going to try to stay here illegally. And, that makes sense. If another country - insert Mexico here - has an economic/unemployment problems, we should not be the default safety valve to get them out of that government's hair. Arizona's new law aside, the problem always has been - and continues to be - that our stupid government doesn't apply the law already on the books! Why not? If I steal, rape, or murder, they would apply the law to me, and with great measure. So, why not just enforce the laws against people here illegally? It's so damn simple that it's maddening. And, it's costly to States to have to take care of these people while the federal government sits back in Washington, D.C. not giving a crap in most cases and getting in the way of actually enforcing immigration law in others. It is not fair to people like my wife who played by the rules to get here either. I understand the economic situation in Mexico isn't great. But, it's way, way past time for the Mexican government to take care of its own house. But, look at it. It's so corrupt and incompetent that druglords rule whole swaths of the country in the northern parts of the country, and they are making inroads into traditional tourist territories. Mexico needs to privatize many of its industrial sectors - mainly in the areas of energy and technology - and allow it's citizenry to have a shot a developing a true middle class. Everything else is bullsh*t. The American hispanics who foment protest against common sense immigration law are the worst. They are true traitors in every sense of the word. This country gives them more opportunities than they can ever know and all they can do is spit on it. And, spit on those, like my wife, who followed the rules to get here. I know things will get worse before they get better in this endeavor, but I'm all for what Arizona and other Mexican border states do to protect the economic and safety interests of their citizens.

Some of the older articles are about football recruits including one I have known for years. He is the first one I did. I have no relationship with North Texas other than I have known Ricky V and ate at his brothers sub shop in Hattiesburg, Miss. I have been to some Eagle games and met some fans. I had a website on the Rivals Network, sold it and retired. Found it boring so thought I would tinker around writing as an independent for North Texas. Why North Texas? Folks things are about to change for your football program and I want to be some part of it. (I have an article already written about it and the conference changes.) Plus, Rivals and Scout have no desire to cover UNT Football. One of them asked me to take over the TCU site, where I would make money. I choose this and it costs me money. In otherwords, I'm putting my money where my mouth is. As for football recruiting, you have three players that will start or get a majority of playing time as true freshmen. In watching the team several times, there are five or six recruits that are coming in better than some junior and seniors on the team. As for basketball, after he signs the two transfer guards, Jones will have a team that will go deeper into the NCAA Tournament. I think he will be gone after that but you do have a coach ready to take over. He is a recruiter and a proven winner. So don't be nervous. You see Jones not only can recruit players he can recruit winning coaches. (Have an article ready about another freshman in junior college he is looking at.) No, I do not want to post here and there is a reason, I do not want to lose my objectivity. Plus, what I do may interfere with this board owner and do not want to do that. Yes, I will have an RV at the games and you can stop by and share a cool one or maybe watch some of the other games going on that are on TV. I will visit tailgating parties if you ask me by. Almost always have something to give away. There is a story on Courmouche up, Pasternack would not tell me if he has asked for his release but book it, he is gone. Article on Orr will be up tomorrow. Feel free to call 972-968-8845

It will also take the Mean Green Nation rising up and supporting UNT with its donations and season ticket purchases. This, too, is improving, but still has a long way to go. Time it will take, but time and desire most members of the Mean Green Nation have in spades. With the new stadium and all the conference alignment talk, I am looking forward to the possibility of record numbers of attendees at this year's Mean Green games...both football and basketball where it seems to matter the most in this sort of thing.

Also, UNT is a tier 4 university going through a regime change with a relatively small endowment compared to schools in the SEC. I will say this, with sound leadership(which is hard to come by around here at times)and patience, North Texas has tremendous potential. It just may take a generation for this potential to be realized.

I'll have to wait to check that out... I just heard today that there may be a conference realignment shift in the future.

You know who could surf the hell outta some RedTube?? Ryan Leaf.

That's how I feel about football whenever I read a Tobee Rights article.

Today is giving me an enthusiasm for GMG participation that I haven't felt since basketball season ended.

An anagram of Daniel "Colt" McCoy is "edontlicamcocy"

On the plus side, we may've found a new job for Mike Bacsik.

So what would be considered "reasonable suspicion" in this situation?

Mariners series starts tomorrow... NOT A COINCIDENCE! Ask this guy!

Short story: Bacsik is out at a bar, drinking to excess (which is apparently out of character for him) and sharing this information on his Twitter page. After the game ends, he (apparently a longtime Mavs superfan) posts something congratulating 'all the dirty Mexicans in San Antonio' (Not a direct quote, I don't want to look it up and that's the gist of it). San Antonio is up in arms over it. Bacsik is suspended. Then, Bacsik is fired. The moral of the story is not to show sportsmanship to dirty people of any ethnicity. Only congratulate the clean ones. Or, better yet- Don't single out any specific ethnic group within a city for special congratulations. Just say "way to go!" to everyone, be they white, black, hispanic, asian, aboriginal, inuit, or anything else you can imagine. So if a Canadian team wins the Stanley Cup this year, don't congratulate all the dirty white people who live in that team's city. Because while fatties need love, too... People who don't adhere to modern standards of hygiene do not deserve specific congratulations. I'll miss Bacsik if for no other reason than I don't trust Sean Bass to explain what should be done about Chone Figgins whenever we have a series with the Mariners.

Greene's secretary was named McCoy, and McCoy's secretary is named Greene.

Minutiae: Greene and McCoy were both drafted in the 3rd round, overall pick 85.

or "XXX's smoke"? People serously need to learn to tag things with the disclaimer "just for fun." On another note, has anyone else had the Rangers game preempted/blacked out in favor of television poker lately? I swear this is the second time its happened in the past week. I mean... whats the deal?

Thanks for the input. It sounds like your experiences have been similar to mine and I, too, consider the immigration subject to be a sensitive and personal one. I find it VERY difficult to just sit on my hands and say nothing when people complain that illegal immigrants aren't hurting anyone and should be granted amnesty simply because they "contribute to our society". It totally baffles me how the INS can be so strict and by-the-book when legally admitting immigrants to the US but the federal government does nothing about those who refuse to abide by the laws and unlawfully reside and work within the US. Many of those who enter illegally do so because they just don't want to pay the fees and wait the 6-12 months (or longer in many cases) to do it legally or have already been refused visas - none of which is a justifiable reason for illegal entry. I agree that the real solution is much more complex than beefed-up security, ID checks or more fences that will just be circumvented. But, I think the real problem centers around ignorance of the current laws. The average American knows zip about the immigration process and, therefore, sees no problem with granting amnesty to all those here illegally. And the media works the emotional angle by doing stories on families who are "ripped apart" by ICE when illegally-present parents are deported, placing all the blame on ICE rather than the parents who chose to put their children in the situation. The problem with making it easier to come here (and I don't necessarily disagree with that) is that 3/4 of the world wants to come here. Making it easier to get a tourist visa, or even a temporary work visa, will solve nothing without better accountability and a fool-proof system for tracking people here on those visas. Illegal status is not solely achieved by illegal entry. Many of those who currently reside in the US illegally followed the laws and came here legally - they just didn't go home when they were lawfully required to do so. Yes, the entire immigration process is very confusing, and almost as intimidating as the IRS tax code, but I think the best place to start is to educate the public by communicating the basic requirements for legal immigration, why those requirements exist and why illegal immigration should not and will not be tolerated. Aside from being much more lenient and unenforced, our immigration policies are not that different from most other countries. But, instead of educating themselves on the subject, everyone wants to claim racial discrimination and civil rights abuse because those accusations are what make our government cower. Get ready for this topic of immigration to really heat up with all the planned protests/demonstrations we'll witness this weekend (including Dallas). Hopefully, we won't see the same refried-bean vandalism the Arizona capitol recently experienced or any of the "reconquista movement" that was/is present in California at past May day marches.

gangrene & hickory house....well said +1. the democrats have always built their base around new immigrants, illegal and otherwise as well as other diverse groups. just take a look who tradionlly votes for them. of course they want illegals naturalized for a greater hold on power. do you not think that approximately 20 million new voters would enhance their power?

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immigration is a touchy issue for me, I have a situation personally where I deal with the subject on a regular basis and believe me it is no fun. I don't have objections with this law as long as it doesn't require you to carry anything other than you ID, which you should already have on you... The real answer to ilegal immigrationis not in ID checks, border patrols, fence building or over excited militia guys patrolling the border. There are two things that need to happen to really even begin to effectively address the issue of illegal immigration: First we need to enforce laws that are on the books and implement the punitive effects that have been written with them. ID checks are a great idea, the racial profiling is definitely a concern but this legislation is at least a start. Second, and most importantly, we need to make it easier to come here legally! People that get here legally often spend 6-12 months going through the various different types of paperwork and approvals needed to even apply for a work / student visa. Once they apply there are separate hoops to jump through to aquire the desired visa and these can take several more months as well. If you successfully complete the first steps and do aquire your visa often times they give you only paperwork saying that you are approved but as you arrive in the country, or if you extend your visa or if you get a new passport from home the visa stamped in your passport goes way and that is needed for everything that you do while you are here. Lets say that you are from the Czech Republic and you are here as a student. Odds are you don't go home very often and if you happen to no longer have the stamp you can't. Immigration and customs do not have to let you back into the country even if you have the proper paperwork. It takes months to even prepare for the trip with the government and even after all that prep you are still not guaranteed to get back in the country. The complexity of the situation is difficult at best to describe, and living through it makes it seem even more complex the trying to sell the Texas Rangers. My point being that if we want real immigration reform then we need to reform and streamline the process for the people that want to be here legally and enforce the laws that we already have to keep those that don't wish to participate out. The entire immigration system here is nuts.

It makes our fan base look retarded when you two say things like that. I assume that you are trying to push buttons, because this is not a rational line of thought.

So who's co-hosting diamond talk going forward?

Nobody would show up. Build the facility on campus, commit to nice grandstands with an overhang from dugout to dugout. Berm down the sides and outside the outfield fence for grass seating. You can add seats as needed.

Texas lawmaker to introduce anti-immigration bill similar to Arizona law As someone who has personally navigated the US immigration waters, I feel I have an above-average understanding of immigration policy - US laws, as well as those of many other countries. At the same time, I realize the majority of Americans are ignorant on the subject and attain much of their knowledge on US immigration policy from Hollywood romantic-comedy movies. (No, foreign nationals don't simply obtain US citizenship immediately upon marriage to a US citizen.) It's not easy to get a tourist visa, much less an immigrant visa, for citizens of most countries outside of Europe - those included in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). For that reason, my daughter barely knows her maternal grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins. But, I also don't believe we should allow anyone in the world who wants to come to the US to simply enter undocumented and in unlimited numbers - we'd quickly be overwhelmed. So, from my perspective, simply ignoring the illegal immigration problem on our southern border is not fair to the citizens of other countries who'd like to come to the US, but have no other choice but to do it lawfully. As much as I try, I simply can not fathom why the US federal government is so lenient when it comes to enforcing the immigration laws on our southern border and in our southern states. (Take my word, they are certainly not as lenient when processing paperwork at the US embassies/consulates abroad.) I know of all the common excuses - separating families, working the jobs that typical Americans won't work, afraid of losing votes, etc, etc. However, none of those excuses hold any merit with me. As far as I can tell, the "new (state) law" in Arizona is nothing more than enforcing the federal laws in which enforcement has been neglected by the federal government. And, "showing immigration papers" (as every news source is reporting) can be as simple as showing your state-issued driver's license, because all but nine US states now verify lawful US presence before issuing identification cards/driver's licenses. Even though the Arizona law is not yet in effect (and may never be if the White House administration gets involved), it is already making those unlawfully present in Arizona scatter, just as Oklahoma's 2007 bill did. And, you can rest assured, many of those will make their way to Texas. I am, obviously, happy that similar legislation is being proposed in Texas and will support it.

Ever randomly realize how much you've missed Longjim while sipping a Snapple and surfing Redtube on the company dime? Me neither.

Moral of the story: Stay away from freaking twitter. NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY 24/7!!!! Unless, of course, you say something really stupid. Same for facebook and Myspace. Isnt GMG.com enough?

i love the new law and hope that texas, as well as other states, follow suit. if you don't belong here, you shouldn't be allowed to be here. i love how rush limbaugh read off his laws or something like that for immigration and it was actually mexicos laws. they are damn harsh and i wish are's were as harsh...and for the record, i'm not a limbaugh dude...i don't even understand what it means to be "left" or "right"! these are "his" laws: “All right, immigration proposals under discussion. Let me add mine to the mix. I want to call this proposal the Limbaugh Laws. …First, if you immigrate to the United States of America, you must speak the native language. You have to be a professional or an investor. [America is] not going to take unskilled workers…There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for elections, no government business will be conducted in your native language. Foreigners will not have the right to vote…nor will they ever be allowed to hold political office. According to the Limbaugh Laws, if you're in our country, you cannot be a burden to taxpayers. You are not entitled, ever, to welfare, to food stamps, or other government goodies. You can come if you invest here, but it must be an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. If you don't know have that amount of money, you can't come and invest. You have to stay home. If you do come and you want to buy land, okay, but we're going to restrict your options. You will not be allowed to buy waterfront property in the United States. That will be reserved for citizens naturally born in this country.” “In fact, as a foreigner, you must relinquish individual rights to property… Another thing. You don't have the right to protest when you come here. You're allowed no demonstrations, you cannot wave a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies, or you get sent home. You're a foreigner. You shut your mouth or you get out, and if you come here illegally, you go straight to jail and we're going to hunt you down 'til we find you.” “I can imagine many of you think that the Limbaugh Laws are pretty harsh. I imagine today some of you probably are going, "Yeah! Yeah!" Well, let me tell you this, folks. Every one of the laws I just mentioned are actual laws of Mexico, today. I just read you Mexican immigration law. That's how the Mexican government handles immigrants to their country.”

Bill Wennington has more NBA titles than Karl Malone, Charles Barkley and Dirk Nowitzki combined. That means something right?

You act like Leaf wasn't greatness in college.

1. Why? 2. Does calling each other retarded not make our fan base look retarded? 3. Who's fan base are we trying to impress? 4. Ryan Leaf was a better college quarterback than Colt. Disagree and you're retarded.

The law requires police to have reasonable suspicion in order to be able to ask for citizenship documents, which in Arizona is an Arizona drivers license or state ID card. This is the same standard that police need to detain anyone for any reason, so the fear of racial profiling is unfounded. I'm sure there are those that will say that police will use this offense as a reason to stop hispanics, but that is bad logic. Police could use any offense to stop a hispanic (which, by the way, if they are committing that offense, is not racial profiling), so why focus on one law out of about a 1000? The challenge in the courts will be whether or not a state can enforce federal immigration laws.

Good piece on a phenominal athlete. Goes to show though that one goes on between the ears is more important than what goes on between the sidelines.

I like, no really like, picking up Dez in the first round for the cowboys. Now, after saying that I don't get the selection of the LB from Penn state. Didn't Jerry learn about white linebackers from the Big Ten(Carpenter anyone)? Also, people expect us to believe a QB who couldn't go in the first two rounds would have been the decisive player in the national title game????