TheTastyGreek

26 games. But otherwise, carry on, sir.

You don't stand pat on the problems we're still having in year 3.

My guess? Either: 1) Man, what a great job our new OC, __________, did in his first year to put us over the top again. Good thing we brought that guy in here. Or: 2) Coach Kragthrope just oversaw one of the greatest single season turnarounds in NCAA history... AGAIN! How lucky for us that Louisville let him go and we were able to snap him up at just the right time. A guy can dream...

I'm hearing that Rickey Bustle is insisting the NCAA conduct gender testing on Riley to determine whether he's competing in the right classification. Could be scandalous!

And he's probably going to be ruled ineligible by the NCAA, because he was actually born in Kenya.

I think we've known for a long time now that Flyer is a knee-jerk, fair weather pseudo-fan. He's constantly slagging the coach and the department, and he's pretty much a giant drain on the fan community. Him saying the coach should be fired isn't new or unexpected, and it's easily dismissed. Just ignore the troll, and eventually he'll go away to build stadiums for some other metroplex team. I, for one, won't miss his pessimism.

Lonnie beat me to the punch here... First, Riley is our best option, by far. He's still young, and this sort of stuff is what's going to happen when you throw a smaller and inexperienced guy out there. People who want his scalp now or mythologized him in the offseason are just being ridiculous in their expectations. If you'll remember, Charlie and I got into an argument of misunderstanding over the offseason because he thought I was knocking Dodge, while I was just trying to get people to be reasonable in their expectations. Even if he could come in and make this offense work, coaching be damned (hey there, Mr. Ford and George!)... He's not going to be able to do it this young. Second... Also perhaps surprisingly, I'm not ready to pull the trigger on Dodge the coach, either. I've got a lot more to say about this later, on our own webspace, but the sad fact is that firing him now isn't really going to save us any pain. If we'd fired him last year, then this could have been a foundation year for another coach. But if he'll replace Ford and George, we can go into next season with a complete staff (the defensive staff is ridiculously good, considering our budget and recent stature), then (unless we could land one of the 2 or 3 dream head coaches on my wish list in the offseason) I'd rather hang on to the supporting staff we have here already. Get a real college offensive coaching staff, give them Riley, Lance, Darius Carey, William Cole, and Tyler Stradford... with Jackson and Outlaw and Lewis and Roberson and Rucker available as ancillary weapons... And DeLoach on defense? With the schedule we have set up? The only game we shouldn't be expected to win would be Clemson, and that one ought to be a hell of a fight. If we go into next season with just the talent already committed or on board, and get a real offensive staff... Todd Dodge as a caretaker coach ought to be able to get 8 or 9 wins next year. The depressing thing is that with what looks like another disaster of a season on our hands... The bar may be set at .500 for 2010. That would be unacceptable. But, for the folks who are fed up now, I offer a soothing bit of poetry. When we get bad news, our recent tradition has been to respond with haikus to process the pain in a humorous way. As suggested previously by oldguystudent, I propose we use limericks the same way to help us deal with our more chronic problems. In that spirit: A coaching disaster named Dodge Turned our program into a hodgepodge. How can Todd save the day? I can think of one way- Start his car, but don't open his garage.

What happened?

I hate to spoil the surprise, but I'm releasing a book through Random House about the modern political culture. It's called "Lame Play on Words!: Post-colon subtitle that engages in shameful hyperbole and/or consists of an inflammatory rhetorical question.". First run hits stores a little after Thanksgiving. It's just barely over 200 pages, with larger-than-average print text. It talks extensively about left vs. right schisms, with footnotes (that really only refer to Lexis-Nexis or Google lazy research I did) that make the whole thing feel very scholarly. Depending on your political ideology, it will either soothe you and reinforce your opinions, or give you and your friends something to mock and complain about at your next social gathering. I don't mean to brag... But I think it's so good, half the population will try to draft me into a presidential campaign, and the other half will complain loudly about how they ought to leave the country as long as people like me are free to publish such idiotic hate-speech. Unfortunately, this Nobel announcement came too late for me to crank out a poorly reasoned, grammatically questionable chapter about it in time to get it to the printers... But the paperback edition should be out next summer (buy both!) and I'm sure we'll throw in an appendix so I can try to drum up additional paperback sales and hopefully justify a second book tour on Random House's dime. Still... I think there's some insightful stuff in there about our current situation. And you don't have to take my word for it- The back cover is absolutely jam-packed with flattering blurbs and positive reviews from similarly aligned political pundits who'd kick their own mother in the throat to get themselves in front of a TV camera for 10 minutes. Makes a great stocking stuffer! Just don't download it or share it with a friend, you thieving jerks.

Sucks for you, bozo.

Then you get promoted, Deputy. CBL - Are we going to have to go to the B or C strikeplan? How was the Grand Canyon?

I have two things to say: 1) Courtland... GENIUS. Loved it. 2) Capricorn One, man. Capricorn One. Believe and be suckers, suckers.

Which just goes to show how meaningless that label is, considering it used to be applied to a segregationist who created the military draft, enacted the first federal drug prohibitions, and committed some pretty serious crimes against the first amendment.

The Nobel Prize was created as a means of alleviating disgrace and international shame/remorse for previous acts. According to the logic you mention, this is perhaps the most appropriate and relevant choice in the history of the award.

The whole thing reeks of Affirmative Action. It's obviously liberal guilt for giving the 1919 prize to Woodrow Wilson, a noted (and virulent) racist. I just think it's repulsive that Obama gets the award, when so many more qualified white Americans are still unemployed, and could desperately use the accompanying cash prize to buy health care that will murder the elderly relatives of poor people.

Looking through some laureate history, this looks like Eisaku Sato, take two. I'm excited for Obama. If Lech Walesa has taught us anything, it's that a Nobel Peace Prize can be a fantastic springboard into a lucrative career hosting a fishing show on Polish TV.

If it makes you feel any better, it's distinctly possible that he'll give the award to Jack Lemmon. The work Lemmon did in Grumpy Old Men (and continued in Grumpier Old Men) showed the world through parable and art the futility of long running conflict, and was (in the opinion of many political analysts) the driving force behind the 1993 Peace Accords. It'll all work out in the end.

It's a kiss-and-make-up from the rest of the world because of the whole Chicago Olympics deal. Later today, they'll announce Oprah won the prize in Physics. And Chicago gets to host the Eurovision competition next year.

I generally use one of those backpack spray guns when I'm painting the poor. It keeps them too far away to possibly touch me, and helps me avoid any unpleasant smells they may be carrying with them.

Humpty Hump.

Oh, it's always the fractions or it's the media stereotypes or it's the drugs... Maybe the numbers just need to learn the meaning of the phrase "Self Respect". Until the numbers start standing up for themselves and expressing some confidence and pride in who and what they are, it'll just be one excuse after another. Who's manipulating the numbers this time? Nobody, that's who. The numbers knew the deal before things ever started to escalate. If they don't like the reputation they're getting, the numbers have nobody to blame but themselves.

I love Kedrick, but if we had to lose one of our post players, he's one of the ones we can best compensate for. Hopefully Holmen can handle his minutes without a defensive dropoff, and maybe even use his outside shot to provide some more scoring than Hogans did. Also, a redshirt year for Hogans helps spread out our Junior class a little bit. We have eight scholarship juniors... Pushing Hogans' eligibility out a year means we only have to sign seven players next season.

Nobody manipulated the numbers. The numbers are consenting adults, and the numbers knew exactly what they were doing in that report. If they didn't want to be cited, they wouldn't have drunk so much, and they DEFINITELY wouldn't have left the house dressed the way they did. I think it's time for the numbers to start taking a little responsibility for themselves, and recognize that their choices have consequences.

Grocery stores float on less than 1%, or at least they did as little as 6-7 years ago. Their margins are so slim, a rash of shoplifters can tilt a store into the red.

I am already sick of watching North Texas games in the rain. 3rd time is NOT the charm.