The Fake Lonnie Finch

Two things: First, we need to see how much we make for home games in the new stadium. Will we generate enough to be able to buy out of contracts. Second, if we start winning a la Boise State and TCU, the bigger schools will start wanting to buy us out so they won't have to play us. It'd be nice for both to occur so we can replace those money games with home games in the future.

In addition to donations, I still like the idea of a GMG.com lottery ticket pool. We win the lottery as a pool and use the winnings to help pay for new stadium. It worked a little when K-State was rebuilding...remember, this article was written in 1998 talking about 1988-1991, so $1 million meant something back then: http://www.ddy.com/catsfb_story_miracle.html "Before the 1988 season Kansas State was so desperate for football revenue that it agreed to play its next five games against Oklahoma in Norman, because the road money there was better than the home money in Manhattan." "When there was no money to begin renovating the football complex, Snyder offered to write a $100,000 personal check. Instead, Kansas rancher Jack Vanier came up with the funds for the complex named in his honor. Then Dave Wagner of Dodge City, Kans., a $25-a-year contributor to the Wildcats, won $37 million in a 1991 national lottery drawing and donated $1 million to buy Kansas State new artificial turf. (Hence, Wagner Field.) Since Snyder's arrival the university has pumped $15 million -- modest by some standards -- into football facilities, and every penny has been paid by private donations. "I never wanted a Taj Mahal," says Snyder. He doesn't have one, but he no longer has a dump."

The bar in the Sun Belt isn't high. We came pretty close to breaking even last year with a banged up squad...so that was basically playing with inexperienced guys. Tulsa is overhyped. The coaching staff is simply stacked with guys who know the game. Other SBC schools have hired what I consider to be high risk coaches, none well known or known to build FBS-level programs. Look regionally, UT and OU coming off losing seasons hired Mack Brown and Bob Stoops respectively in 1998 and 1999. They both won in their first seasons with tougher schedules. We've got a coach who's been up there, and who has been up there his whole career. It's been all BCS, FBS, Division I-A, whatever you want to call it for Dan McCarney. You've got the architect of the Kansas defense under Mangino in Bowen. You've got a guy whose special teams work helped Colorado and Boise State to annual bowl games in Riddle. Look...the pieces are here on the coaching side. Even if we lose to FUI and Houston to open the season, their players won't be running back to the sidelines like OU's players were saying, "Coach, coach! They're not even trying to disguise their coverages!" On the defensive side of the ball, Dodge tried to man up on OU all night. McCarney, Bowen, and Riddle aren't that stupid (yes, I know Dodge eventually progressed, but that night was stupid). Anyone who beats us this year is going to be in a dog fight for 60 minutes. I agree that having McCarney, Bowen, Riddle, etc. on board is good for at least five wins. The Tulsa game is pivotal. We'll both have been through tough early stretches. They'll be loaded with returning starters on both sides of the ball; we'll have the better coaching staff. The theories of those of us who say coaching makes a huge difference at this level will leave theory and be put into raw practice that night. We will not be plundered in 2011 like we have been since 2005 under Dickey and Dodge. This is real. Many of us have never seen real. Those who saw Hayden Fry teams of the 70 and the late 60s Mitchell/Rust teams saw what competent coaching can do. Also, throw Corky Nelson into the mix for beat Texas Tech, Texas, and Rice (yes, I know the referees gifted Texas with a touchdown in the official record books). That was us as I-AAs beating three SWC schools in one season. We have that caliber of coach. We're just so used to seeing chicanery that we don't know what we have.

True. Rice's victory over us in 2008 was sandwiched between a 52-10 loss to Texas and a 63-28 loss to Tulsa. So, it wasn't like we were facing the 1987 Miami Hurricane defensive unit.

Thanks for the board pic, Matt! That clears the discussion up. I'm on board with the SMU and Tulsa series. Those are great regional rivalries we've picked up and dusted off. That's an in-state and out-of-state OOC pair I could live with playing every year or every other year. The four games with SMU from 2014-2017 will move that series to 37 games, moving it to 2nd overall. Tulsa in 2011, and 2014-16 give it a four game boost to 26 overall. But, in conference rival Arkansas State will have caught them by then. As for the "money games" - it's nice to break the OU/Texas cycle and move into Big Ten and SEC territory for some games. Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Iowa, and Indiana will make nice visits. Army is great. K-State, LSU, and Arkansas are familiar territory, albeit not as familiar as Norman and Austin. It does kind of feel like a momentum crush to have only 5 home games in many seasons. And, if we have nine SBC games in the future, that wraps everything from now until 2019.

In posting about the Tulsa game, I figured I'd pull out the bat and beat the dead "Who's Our Rival" horse. Here is a list of schools we've played most often, and the last time we played them: SWT/Texas State - 39 (1994) New Mexico State - 34 (2004) SMU - 33 (2007) Sam Houston State - 30 (1994) Stephen F. Austin - 29 (1994) ULM - 27 (2010) Tulsa - 22 (2008) UTEP - 21 (1980) Arkansas State - 20 (2010) Memphis - 20 (1980, regular season - 2003, bowl) TCU - 18 (2002) Cincinnati - 17 (1973, regular season - 2002, bowl) Louisville - 17 (1995) Louisiana - 15 (2010) Baylor - 13 (2004) Houston - 12 (1998) Louisiana Tech - 11 (2006) Nevada - 11 (1999) Oklahoma State - 11 (1994) Middle Tennessee - 10 (2010) Northwestern State (La.) - 10 (1994) Future Schedules - Out of conference (correct me if I have these wrong): 2012 @ LSU @ Kansas State 2013 Ohio Ball State @ Georgia Army 2014 @ Texas SMU @Army @ Tulsa 2015 @SMU @Iowa Tulsa 2016 SMU Tulsa @ Florida @ Army 2017 Army @Iowa @SMU 2018 @ Army @ Arkansas SMU Happy to see SMU and Tulsa on the future schedule. Very solid. The series with Army is classic. Love that as well. I also like tapping into the MAC. Now more than ever with Midwesterner Dan McCarney piloting the ship. Correct me, if I'm wrong, but I think I see these home dates available: 2012 - Two home dates available 2015, 2017, and 2018 - One home date available Available, from the "rivalry" list to play us at home in: 2012: TCU, Baylor, Tulsa 2015: Texas State, New Mexico State, TCU, UTEP, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, Baylor 2017: TCU, Memphis, Cincinnati, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, Baylor, Oklahoma State 2018: UTEP, Memphis, Cincinnati, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, Oklahoma State Would be nice to see some old rivalry games with schools now in the Big East (Cincy, Louisville...*sigh*...we were once conference mates), but it's unlikely that they'd do one shot home game with us. Ditto, Oklahoma State...although they did go to Louisiana last year, so it's not unheard of. TCU probably won't "bow" to play us at home ever again. Baylor, maybe. Although, they have been going FCS early to get an extra home game (something some of us have preached for years). We know Louisiana Tech thinks very highly of themselves...and, for no apparent good reason. So, where are we left if we want old rivals in the future? Slim pickings. With two away games already in the books from 2013 to 2018, we really have to room for back-to-back year home-and-homes to offer any of them. Happy to revive SMU and Tulsa, and should probably just leave it at that...although, I'd love to hammer Texas State once they jump up to FBS! This post has been promoted to an article

Should be plenty of seats available - Tulsa starts with three of first four on the road, including trips to OU and Boise State. They host Oklahoma State on the Sept. 17. Realistically, they'll be 1-3 when we arrive. It will be a pivotal game for both, especially if we roll in at 1-3 or 0-4 as well. When Bill Blankenship was promoted, he hired Brent Guy as defensive coordinator. Guy is the former Utah State head coach who hired Darrell Dickey as his offensive coordinator. It's safe to say Guy is going to be a step down from coordinating the defense. And, that's not good for Tulsa because defense was never its bread and butter. Even with Todd Graham, a former DC, and Keith Patterson, the Golden Hurricane defenses were never stout. They did have their moments; but, generally, TU outscored teams. They will not outscore OU on the road, OSU at home, or Boise State on the road. They will be returning from a road beating at Boise State when we roll into town. After a 10-3 record in 2010, they could be demoralized about their season beginning 1-3. Heck, if Tulane "upsets" them, we'll be facing a very surprised 0-4 Tulsa team on October 1. I'm not sold on TU's elevation of Bill Blankenship as a coach. He was a high school wonder-coach at powerhouse Tulsa Union for years. But, it's like Dodge and his Southlake story: If you've seen Union's facilities and compare them to other in the Tulsa area, there really is no excuse not to succeed there. The only school rivaling it from Tulsa to OKC is Tulsa suburbs' Jenks. It's true that Blankenship put in four years as an assistant to Todd Graham. And, Todd Graham left him with a veteran team. I'm just not incredibly impressed with his assistant hires, and not sold that he - or, they - can do the job at this level. When Tulsa and North Texas square off on October 1, both will likely be 1-3 or 0-4. This game will be a season changer for one or the other. I think it has the look of the "turn around/springboard" game for McCarney and his group of coaches at North Texas. They are shockingly longer in the tooth than TU's new staff. If the players respond well, we'll have the "upset" of Tulsa on October 1, and will sail into the meat of our Sun Belt schedule with the wind at our backs. So...let's go up there and watch my undergraduate alma mater pummel my grad school alma mater! Now, they will pay the price for hiring a coach whose main experience as at a rich, suburban are high school. My how times and fortunes change. We're 6-16 all-time against Tulsa and haven't beaten them since 1969 - a seven game losing streak. We haven't beaten them in Tulsa since 1968. 2005: Kragthorpe versus Dickey, 54-2 Tulsa 2006: Kragthorpe versus Dickey II, 28-3 Tulsa 2008: Graham versus Dodge, 56-26, Tulsa 2011: Blankenship versus McCarney...I like our chance here. We've finally got a coaching staff with more experience than TU! (Also, as a side note: We were conference mates with Tulsa and played them for 14 consecutive seasons, 1957-1970. This is a regional rivalry that never should have died. Tulsa is a school we should be playing every year since they come into Texas and recruit heavily. Oklahoma State and Texas Tech have tried to make their annual Big 12 game another OU-Texas rivalry. We should do the same with Tulsa. Among current FBS schools, we've only played New Mexico State (34) and ULM (27) more than we've played Tulsa (22). As close as they are geographically, this is a game we should be playing more annually, if not semi-annually.)

We were like one player away from APR sanctions again. Our football score was below average...10th percentile for all football schools in both FBS and FCS. There is a way that they are both right... ...if it was bad when Dickey left, then... ...our barely missing sanctions again this year is evidence of digging out of the hole... ...and, McCarney is honest enough to tell us how deep the hole was. Dickey didn't have to deal with APR, so I don't know what to think about any of that time period. I also think it's harsh to penalize teams if guys transfers or quit. How can you read a kid's mind when he signs up? Not really 100% on board with the way they do APR, but am glad that coaches are at least paying attention to it.

Billboards! Something we've debated for years! TCU also has theirs up around FW now as well. Saw three driving in from Granbury last weekend. I love our billboards...but here's something I'd like to point out that you can chew on: They don't say "NORTH TEXAS" on them anywhere...but, there is a "UNT" in the corner. Anyone? I thought if we used UNT on things...like, say, helmets - that people wouldn't know who we were. But, on billboards advertising the new stadium, it seems to be okay. How will people know we're North Texas? The billboard just says "MEAN GREEN" and "UNT."

Agreed. Even with the injuries, we finally got over the FAU hump...and on the road, no less...beat bowl qualifier MTSU - also on the road - and came within a point of Lousiana and five of Arkansas State. Either one - the Louisiana game or Arkansas State game - going the other way, and we'd have been 4-4 in conference. Blocked extra point after a valiant comeback at the end of the Louisiana game.... Couldn't finish off second half drives in the ASU game - three second half field goals - with fourth string QB Chase Bain leading the way... Could never quite catch up to Troy in 41-35 loss. Matched them TD for TD, but FGs early in the second and third quarter for them was the difference. We were toe-to-toe all game long with the Sun Belt Co-Champs with our ragged, beaten group in November. Almost got over on Kansas State as well. Tough game...again ending with Baine at QB in the fourth. There's some fight in those guys on our roster. Hopefully, this coaching staff takes what remains of them and shapes them from a group that "gets close" into a group that "knows how to close." I'm betting it can be done.

It'll be interesting to see what Graham and Dodge can do with Big East talent. Still can't believe the two head coaches from two of my alma maters ended up at the same school during the off-season. Time to buy some Pitt gear? Anyway, this is what Dodge needs. Graham got his college coaching start with the Big East's West Virginia ten years ago, making the jump from Allen H.S. head coach to Mountaineer LB coach in 2001. He was an assitant, then defensive coordinator for five years before getting his shot at Rice. He turned them around in a flash. Dodge can do the same. I'm convinced that he's got the ability to coach at this level or higher. He just didn't bring along experienced guys to help him when he came here. That was always the thing that stuck with me. Even in the Sun Belt, you always have guys like Ricky Bustle and Howard Schnellenberger who had coached at that level to decades, been to national championship games and all. They know what they are doing, even if the talent level isn't quite that same as most BCS AQ's. I think Dodge handcuffed himself by being overly loyal to guys he had high school ties with. At the time, he probably underestimated the help he'd need It'll be interesting to see these guys together with Big East talent - defensive guy Graham and offensive guy Dodge. Spencer Leftwich is on the staff...as well as several guys Graham coached with in the mid-2000s at West Virgina who spent the last three years at Michigan. It's a well-rounded staff, most accustomed to that conference and that level off play.

Anyone know if having Jasmine from The Fan participate in GMGBowl 8 paid off into gratuitous air time from her towards the program? Since I don't listen to The Fan, I'm not really sure.

He'd be a nice get. Big receiver, 4-star talent out of high school. Problem: He's already used his redshirt year. Is he willing to sit out another? Usually, these guys transfer for more playing time, not more sitting time. Texas had quite a logjam of young WRs - kind of like OU did when Tyler Stradford came our way. My guess is, also, that these things have to do with relationships. Our current staff has years of ties with Texas high school coaches from recruiting for Big 12 schools (McCarney, Bowen, Riddle, Grant, Nelson). You wonder if his coach would put him in touch with us. I think if we even have a semi-successful season (5 or 6 wins), coaches will begin to trust sending their kids here. The vibe here is beginning to be really good. And, with McCarney and crew really offering talent that is "beyond us," they are setting the stage to get some of these type of transfers later on down the line. http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/timmons_gregory00.html

Now, there's a thought! Better yet, I should have her family all come next year to grill up flank steaks for fajitas.

By the way, the game winning TD was really scored by your son. He's a slick runner in traffic for a 15-year old kid. Send tape of him over to McCarney now before he starts to look at other options.

My wife's family is Mexican, so I wanted a t-shirt to wear to their cook outs and stuff since they call me the Gringo. Next year, and every year after, I'll do FAKE LONNIE on the back. We had a great time, and the t-shirt design is awesome!

Tulsa's undergrad enrollment is about 3,000, so it can be done...but, you're right, it is still quite a stretch for a start up. Unless, of course, they have the money lined up.

Thank guys, that was a fun game! It was great to catch one of Scott Hall's passes and to play alongside Johnny Quinn. By the way, we planned that last play of the first half. When we lined up at the 10 with only time for one more play, I said to Johnny, "We're going to have to run one of those Boise State hook and laterals to do this." He told me to stay close. Problem: after he caught the ball he cut all the way to the other side of the field...and I'm too damn old and slow to keep up with him! So, he had to throw the ball all the way across the field to me. After running a few yards and pitching back to Scott Hall, I got tangled up with some green teamers and bit the dust. It was a nice play...and almost worked! It was a lot of fun. My wife and kids had fun as well. Thanks for making us feel welcome. This is something we'll plan to do for as long as we keep doing it. The cause is right and it's a good time. Thanks again.

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. And, here's where I think the key is - McCarney knows it's okay to win tough and dirty games. That is, it doesn't have to be pretty, just as long as it's a W. An ugly, "ground it out", defensive battle win is still a win. Many of our wins are going to be like that again. Many of North Texas' caucasian fans believed that the Dodge Era would bring this slick, pretty passing game that would be unstoppable. The same crackers talked about how pity poor Darrell Dickey was for running, playing tough defense, and having good, reliable special teams. McCarney's Iowa State teams were always smaller than their Big 12 foes with few exceptions. They in no way out-recruited Iowa in state. But, they were coached to win with a strong run game, a tough defense, and a good special teams. Basically, what we are going to see in 2011 is UNT football 2001-2004, but with a more experienced group of coaches. Also, I've got to be true to what I've said all along so as not to be hypocritical - climbing out of the Sun Belt hole ain't like crawling out of the Big 12 hole. Look, we took down Middle Tennessee State last year in their imitation football stadium. They were one win away from sharing the Sun Belt title. One game. And, yet, our gimped up team with an interim head coach went in there and beat then. That, my friends, is the Sun Belt Conference. I look at the other coaching hires in the Belt from 2010 and 2011, and there's really no comparison. We've got guys with all sorts of bowl and BCS-bowl experience - McCarney, Bowen, Canales, Riddle, Grant, Nelson, Quartaro, Simmonds, Wintrich. All of these guys helped BCS schools to bowl games. McCarney, Bowen, Riddle, and Grant helped schools to BCS bowl games. The experience we have on this staff is nuts compare to what we've had in the past. Bowen, Riddle, and Grant alone are ridiculously experienced. Quartaro at the heart of K-State's rise with Bill Snyder? Nuts. When you look at what we had with Dickey and Dodge, you can see that we now have an embarrassment of riches in experience. We said we wanted experience, and to his credit, Rick Villareal went out and got us experience. There won't be a Sun Belt coaching staff these guys face that will compare to what they've already seen in the SEC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, and Pac-10. The only BCS AQ conference any of these guy haven't coached in is the ACC. They've spent their careers working with, for, and against guys like Hayden Fry, Bob Stoops, Bill Snyder, Mack Brown, Les Miles, Urban Meyers, Gary Barnett, R.C. Slocum, Mike Stoops, Mike Bellotti, Tom Osborne, Tommy Tuberville, Nick Saban, Bo Pelini...it's crazy! Cray-zee that we have this much experience and talent assembled at humble, little UNT. Mark Hudspeth, Hugh Greeze, and Todd Berry aren't going to pull anything out of their hats that these guys haven't already seen - or done themselves! So, when I make my prediction, I don't make it in a vacuum. You all know from history that I don't drink the kool-aid. We've been given what we wanted - real coaches working in a real stadium with real facilities all around. If there was ever a group to truly move us upward and onward, it's this group. If there ever was a time to do it, it's now. There's no time like now, there's no place like our new home to do it in. It's time to go out and be that rags-to-riches story we've seen South Florida, TCU, and Connecticut become.

As stated before, my problem with Todd Dodge was never from the standpoint of him as a person. It was from the standpoint of him as a decision maker. But, that changed later in his tenure, even if the wins weren't coming. I predicted a winning season for Dodge in 2010 because I felt he'd seen the light on what it takes to win at this level. He gave up the reigns - a huge sign that he wanted to win more than be considered an offensive genius. By the end, I predicted he'd have another college coaching job when the dust settled. And, he does. Shockingly, with the head coach of one of my other alma maters - Tulsa - at a BCS school, Pitt! It's the weirdest turn of events I could have ever imagined for either of them. Both BCS guys, former Texas high school success stories from a coaching standpoint, leading BCS teams that were nowhere near "busting" the BCS the way Utah and TCU had...and Pitt kicks out Dave Wannstedt for them? Stranger, Tulsa elevates a coach with no college head coaching experience and only a couple of years of college assisting experience. Meanwhile, UNT hires a guy with bowls skins on the wall from several BCS-school stops. It's like TU and UNT are trading places in 2007! As written last fall, I fully expect Dodge will be a head coach again, and perhaps at the pro level. It will do him some good to just work with the QBs. His genius will shine through. I just don't know if the gimmicky stuff Graham throws out there will stick in the Big East. As much as I like Tulsa, it's not like they were taking down giants. I think TU only played 5 games against BCS schools when Graham was there, and they were 1-4, losing to OU twice, Arkansas and Oklahoma State once...and beating Notre Dame. Pitt gambled. I'm happy for Dodge, but am probably as confused as the die hard Pitt fans who cheered for Dorsett, Hugh Green, and Dan Marino to see the hires. I think time will show that our hire of Dan McCarney was better than any our Sun Belt foes made in 2010 or 2011. And, on his coaching staff are two guys I consider to be currently ready to be head coaches in Canales and Bowen. If we win the Belt in 2011, I'd bet Bowen is the first to be hired away. He's the guy who will have done the most with the least amount of returning talent.

...but, I'm ready to make my 2011 season prediction anyway. Sue me. Game #1 - @ FIU: Win. 1-0 In 2007, FUI had a new coach and we had a new coach. Now, in 2011, FUI has that same coach and we have a different coach. But, it's not that we just have a new head coach. We have a new defensive coordinator. And, we have a real special teams coach who wears pants for the special teams. FUI has excellent special teams, but our new coach will teach our guys to pants them. Game #2 - HOUSTON: Lose. 1-1 This is the first home game at the new stadium. Houston has a surgically repaired QB and return their leading rusher and receiver. It will be too much. Just too much to ask of us. Game #3 - @ Alabama: Lose. 1-2 Alabama is the same team as the Crimson Tide. Game #4 - INDIANA: Win. 2-2 QB, gone. Top rusher, gone. Two of top three WRs, gone. I'm not really upset and crying about their losses. They are young and on the road for this one, their first game outside of Indiana with their new head coach and new offensive players. The only thing that won't be new to them is losing a game. Game #5 - @ Tulsa: Lose. 2-3 Tulsa made a huge mistake by elevating Bill Blankenship to head coach after Todd Graham left for Pitt. But, there is enough talent returning on both sides of the ball - especially from a young 2010 defense that went on the road and beat Notre Dame - that even having Blankenship on the sideline won't hurt them in some games. However, I do feel there is a strong chance of a UNT "upset" here for head coaching reason alone. Game #6 - FAU: Win. 3-3 Howard Schnellenberger is old, but rich; so, this loss to UNT won't really weigh on him too terribly much personally. His FAU team underachieved last year, and I think he may finally be on his last coaching legs at the age of 77. I really think this is his farewell tour. If not, FAU fans - all 16 of them - are going to have to get used to being upstaged annually by FIU in conference. Game #7 - @ Louiana: Win. 4-3 I'm not really sold on ULL's pick for new head coach. Forgot his name already, didn't you? Mark Hudspeth. Yes, that Mark Hudpseth. The former Mississippi State pass game coordinator. He also coached a Division II team. To say that our hire was light years better than his is an understatement - it's like Obi Wan Kenobi versus the Stormtroopers asking Luke Skywalker questions in Tatooine. Game #8 - ULM: Win. 5-3 I think at this point, being 3-0 and conference and having the new stadium will start to kick in. Our roll continues here. I like Todd Berry. But, look...they fired a coach who was better. Thankfully. Game #9 - @ Arkansas State: Win. 6-3 They have a relatively new head coach who led them to a 4-8 record last year, and return Ryan Aplin, as good QB. But, really...they barely beat us last year (24-19) at a point when we were playing Chase Bain at QB. We were down to our third center and had injuries all around, and they still had to hang on to beat us. Dunbar racked them for 105 yards...Baine for 80! I'm sure our new coaching staff can handle this opposing group of coaches. I think about new DC Clint Bowen in these types of match ups. Game #10 - @ Troy: Lose. 6-4 Troy is who we think they are - a team that recruits like an SEC team. Until someone truly knocks them out, they are the kings of the hill in the Sun Belt. Game #11 - WESTERN KENTUCKY: Win. 7-4 This is a young team. I like their head coach. I just don't think WKU has the horses. We beat them last year with a terribly injury-riddled team on the road. I don't think their coach or coaching staff has the upside ours does. Game #12 - MTSU: Win. 8-4 The Blue Raiders were as loaded as a Sun Belt team could get in 2010 and couldn't seal the deal. Part scandal and part choke, they'll be younger in 2011. We beat them last year on the road, and will do so again in 2011 to clinch the Sun Belt from Troy, who I predict will choke away their final game of 2011 on the road at Arkansas State to finish 6-2 in the Belt...one game behind our 7-1 mark. Game #13 - NEW ORLEANS BOWL Don't know who we play, and don't care if we win. I'll just be glad we're going back again!

I don't know whether to laugh or weep when these head coaching positions open up and TCU's Gary Patterson gets mentioned. I either still can't believe TCU has climbed the the heights it has, or I still can't believe they were once not much better than us. Either way, it's okay, you wake up with yourself.

I'm on my special diet to prepare for the strain of being 42 and running up and down the length of a full football field: -On even numbered days, I go to Whataburger and get the Chicken Honey Mustard Bacon Ranch special -On odd numbered days, I go to Jack In The Box and get the three taco special -Throughout the day, I'm drinking plenty of Pepsi or RC Cola -In the evenings, before bedtime, I have one or two Tecates before hitting the sack