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The auto industry won't do it for the same reason they won't offer small trucks with diesels in the US...... because people in America won't buy them. Continue to want bigger and bigger SUVs and that is what they will make... the increase in oil prices should change that in a sane world... but thats not where we live. What I wouldn't give for a 4x4 Ranger with a 4cyl turbo diesel that will run biodiesel. The fossil fuel industry is another story all together.... Shane

This email has been circulating for years and years. It has never worked and will never work. What will work is to buy more fuel efficient vehicles, use alternative fuel sources, buy less fuel and reduce the demand.... therefore increasing the supply and reducing price... simple economics. Its the same theory as the email except that you can't trick economics. Shane

Not as large as you would think... one more bunk game like last year and it will be done. Shane

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In Texas??? The Big 12. Period, end of story. You are not a Big 12 team you are not major in Texas. It sucks, but I dont love the Mean Green any less because of it. If you are going to compare the attendance, support, strength of schedule and national popularity of Texas Tech, Texas A&M and Texas with that of North Texas, TCU or UTEP... then I want some of what you are smoking. Shane

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totally agree.. I have stated before that I am scared about what this game will do to the QB both physically and mentally. This is not a good place to roll out your whole stable....

Meager may be a tough kid, but LSU and Tiger Stadium are going to be four quarters of hell for ANY quarterback who has not taken a snap in a D1a game.... You may not believe it, but unless you are there and you hear the crowd and you see the QB getting hit, then you can't possibly understand the punishment a QB can take there if the OL lightens up and the LSU D gets firing right. All I have to say is that if he goes to change the play at the line he better find a way to turn his head inside his helmet and scream out his earhole... even the drunkest Tiger fan picks up on that movement from the very top of those outrageously tall upper decks. I think if a kid wasn't strong in the head that opening his career at Tiger Stadium behind a less than stellar OL could negatively affect his career for a long time. Thankfully Marcus Spears is no longer there... he sacked the Troy quarterback 3 times in the first half last year. Being hit by that man has to feel like being hit by a freight train. Seeya, Shane

Greenspace is very important for a campus.. its one of the things that students and parents look for. Attractive campus' bring better students and more students. And the look of the campus in 1995 really turned me off... I thought about it a lot when choosing NT. Now I wouldnt think twice. The campus looks better and better everytime I go back. Why do you think the university tore out parking lots, frat houses and other stuff to build greenspace into the campus? The fact that it was demanded by the Denia residents made people here knee-jerk into reacting poorly towards it... but the location is a good idea and it will be nice to have for students who are staying on that side of the interstate. Stock that little pond... make it catch and release... what I wouldnt have given to be able to walk out of my dorm and go fishing!!! On the same note, I think closing Ave. C to traffic is a great idea. The inner campus at Baylor and other schools is closed to traffic and now that there are not as many parking lots adjacent to that road it should be closed. They closed this road once before when I was in school and it went over like a fart in church because there was still so much parking along there, but I think they have done away with much of that and plan to do away with the rest. Shane

Man I hope he gets better in time for the...... second.... game of the season.

That would be me.... followed by Cerebus... you know.... the guy that does all the work to run and maintain this board??? Shane

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Isnt that just a little more than an overstatement. I certianly know that none of the HS in my district have them. Plus, there are SO MANY other things we need to spend that money on.

isnt that the truth

That's frightening... and if its the case then they better put a tackling dummy in at Tiger Stadium. That place has a way of destroying quarterbacks both mentally and physically. Shane

Ouch! That hurts considering our DL's of the recent past. Shane

make sure to go by steve and barrys and tell them how you heard they had NT gear and are dissapointed they are out! Its awesome that you can get the gear all over now... when I started in 1995 my mom had to drive all the way to the bookstore to find me a t-shirt to see me off to school with! Shane

I have actually seen three or four ppl running steps on the webcam.... anyone else seen anything interesting? Come on ppl its a college campus... someone get drunk and do something crazy!!! Of course please post the time and date well in advance. Shane

One of my favorite images of Smith.... just wanted to share it in this post. ShaneB

Oh man how funny would it be if the football stadium was finally built because the music department needed the land for an opera hall..... half you guys would have a freaking coronary!!! Shane

Holy crap... I love the baseball tshirt.... but $50?????? Jeez

If you are in the top quarter a minimum of 950 should not be much of a threat.

I agree with a LOT of what Pohl did. He was always fair to me and he was always personable. He did great things for the "feeling" of the university, for the amount of students who live on campus and for the spirit of the student body. BUT the backlash that he took from the faculty was well deserved after the tenure issues. Most of the professors who were not affected were dissapointed NOT with the decision to deny tenure... but Pohl's underhanded way of handling it and delaying the hearings, the results and the FOI requests. He wanted to show his support for a new Provost (who in my opinion isnt worth the airfare it cost us to fly him here) and thats why he drug his feet. I wish that Lee Jackson would be shown the door... but the provost better go with him. ShaneB

Care to explain yourself??? Wait...... nevermind... don't. ShaneB

Nothing in Fouts will ever truly be deafening. Loud? Sure, but not deafening.