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She will not attend this game because her sister is driving up from Houston with a 5 year old in tow to see an actual performance by the team she coaches during the Stars game. This has nothing to do with the Stars game, but the team needs a coach to supervise it before, during and after. When this is finally all over and the last kid has gone home, it will be evening and there will be an expectation to entertain the family and I am stuck being included in that since we have guests. Does it make me want to die inside? Yes, but it's also not very negotiable unless I decide game 8 of the conference schedule is where I decide to put the hammer down, devil-be-damned. To add a new variable to the mix, I may be working from about 6 pm tonight through noon tomorrow with little break, putting me further in the hot seat. We have also not seen each other much for about two weeks because of conferences and business travel. I've drug her to all sorts of football, basketball and related events in the past and even coined a phrase making fun of her school that won't die 3 years later. She's done hockey season tickets for NHL playoff rounds, goes to about 10 baseball games with me each summer, finally saw NT win a game in person for the first time this season against WKU and is standing triumphantly in the background with me in the photo against OSU from a few years ago. You even got to comment on her butt at the Ball State watching party. If you question her devotion again, I will cut you. This battle is lost, but hopefully someone has a creative, or at least funny, idea.

My bad. I forgot this was more of Texas Tech, Tennessee, USC, Texas and Alabama board

The real problem is Hot Springs. She is fine with this being an annual thing, but when a regular game conflicts with something else, she immediately turns the week long sojourn to the land of hot hoops into a deadly weapon.

It's bigger. This is Rick Perry and his donor group versus the AD and his supporters. As soon as Perry finishes playing politics and has time to focus on faux running the program and working to become university prez, things are in a standoff between all the folks with money.

Anyone have any useful tips on making a sister-in-law, her small child and wife want to go to this after attending a 1 p.m. hockey game required of said wife's work?

If we had kept Dickey, he totally could have pulled this move Florida is now using: http://www.sbnation.com/2010/1/15/1252850/...ars-in-the-best

Stop hijacking Tasty's relationship thread!

Also brought in the Air force DC.

I'm.

Ooooo...think of all the date nights!

I'm tired of people not reading the details of this story and why he was fired.

Hell yes!

If there's one thing we can learn from football, it's that having a coach is waaay overrated. The results are going to be about the same, give or take a win or two. I endorse this as a bold-cost cutting strategy to start building our future. I smell some shiny new recruiting limos in our future budget! Ladies, good luck getting the ball over the net. Thanks for all you do!

Greatest postseason Ranger ever? Also, I'm in for hot hoops in hot springs.

I actually only consider myself a fan of Bob and Dan (best overall product on the station in terms of prep, production, making me laugh, quality) that flips off and on of the other programs. I was speaking to more of the overall rehashed complaints and issues with it, not just you. There seems to be a big group that acts like they are forced to listen to this demon sports network, or even worse, keeps listening to it to make themselves miserable and they pop out whenever the station comes up.

What's so hard to understand about looking for something you like, realizing it is not there and moving on? the tickets not for everyone (but if your butt hurts, try it), but they are successful, serving a demographic, etc. You have two other middling sports stations to choose from in this market, plus the internet to find something else that suits you anywhere. We haven't even mentioned the wonders of satellite radio yet. This is like if I ranted all the time about how much I hated the NBC prime time lineup, but refused to change to another station because I used to really love Empty Nest.

What if you work in sports marketing/communications? Can you become attached to employers or do you have to stay true to your school only? What if you start wishing well for AD-types or professional front-office personnel? What if you're the son of a coach?

Don't make this personal - it will get shut down. More debate! More debate! Again, it's weird that the guy acting like an ass and talking s**t managed to just find you guys. It just keeps happening, school after school.

What part did the broken ribs play?

We've had our differences, but +1 sir.

What if a college player you love goes to a pro team you have no allegiance to in a starring role?

I love it. You're still fired up enough 5 days later to attack everyone, even the guy supporting you via sarcasm. This thread shall live...FOREVER!

Sorry.

Don't stop now -- we can get another 9 pages on this key North Texas topic going for sure! Think of the possibilities for Georgia and Arkansas alone.

Iowa State, 3 points better than Nebraska, disagrees with this new premise.