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That is laughable at best.

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I do to and emailed him a letter stating my support. I can't imagine being placed in this position, and would want to know that people support me. I suggest shooting him a message of support. This situation screams of players not happy with: 1. Being told to represent the university well. 2. Disgruntled players that have or had discipline problems. 3. Players that don't want to act right in public. 4. Players that are not getting the playing time "they" think they should be getting. Joseph Miller's statements ring loud and clear that this is not a racial issue. Quick story: I had an employee working for me recently that had a problem with our Violence in the Workplace Policy which states to turn the other cheek and not retaliate. This employee stated that if someone hit him/her that they would hit back. I told them that this would result in their termination and was it worth it to lose your job through retaliation? This employee told me that "retaliating is how things are handled where he/she came from and that is how they were taught to handle situations of this nature." Needless to say, this person no longer works here.

I didn't take that class in school.

BTW, that thing that TCU uses is ridiculous.

He went to the NAACP and complained about race. He didn't roll in there and state, "Coach _________ doesn't like me because I'm just a junior."

Might want to go see an orthopedic. Those knee jerks might cause some permanent damage.

Speaking of traditions, and I'm not sure this qualifies, but I remember it from the Fry days. What ever happened to the go cart that Scrappy used to drive around the track? It was painted Granny Apple Green and had the "stylized eagle" on the sides.

Maybe he should learn to "play the media," but what really puts my mind at ease, as it should many, is the comments of fellow coaches and Joseph Miller. The folks know him much better than the media, witnessing his actions on a daily basis, and they've shown nothing but support for Coach Dodge.

Chatman's claim holds no water. He's just jumping on the bandwagon, because he's upset he got suspended for disciplinary reasons.

Seems we fired a coach during last season and many whined that it was the unfair thing to do even though he wasn't producing on the field or off.

And some posters choose to ignore what Joseph Miller stated.

Your true colors have finally shown through. The players don't share in the responsibility. The coaches are attempting to bring some discipline to this team due to DD letting many do as they pleased. I appreciate the coaches having high expectations for these young men regarding their conduct on the field. The "look at me generation" has grown tiresome.

I seem to have read that Joseph Miller got in Dom's face over his selfish play, or something of that nature. The same Joseph Miller that was quoted in the paper saying:

Please explain along what lines this "markings of a split locker room" fall? Are you referring to racial lines, upperclassmen/lowerclassmen, etc...? What exactly are you referring to?

I believe it was Kerry that "fought" Ric Flair at Texas Stadium. I watched these guys religiously as a youngster and my favorite was Kevin. Fought bare foot and would use the "Iron Claw" his dad made famous or the leg scissors to subdue the bad guys. I used both of those on my brother, or he on me, which usually ended up in a real fight.

Haven't heard any seniors complaining. Green and Chatman are underclassmen.

It is nice to have two weeks to prepare for Navy's option.

Thank you. And by the way, Tre Newton is Riley's best friend per many reports in the media.

Being in Houston, the news about the Mavericks is few and far between.

Dodge and staff signed 19 players on signing day 2007 with the 10 being white, 8 black and 1 hispanic. They signed two players over the summer, Roman and Kaiser, who are both white. The 11 verbals for 2008 are 6 black and 5 white. I state the above because some have made mention that NT will be "lilly white" at the skill positions in 08, or that we are targeting white athletes. I'm sorry, but I just don't see this and don't think race was an issue with Green's discipline on the sideline. If we are "all white" at the skill positions, then that is because the coaches think those players give us the best chance to win and not because of the color of their skin. Say what you want about NT, but it has celebrated diversity for years and integrated athletically long before any of the SWC schools. I don't know any of the coaches personally, but find it interesting that Dodge and his staff are held in high regard by the HS coaches across this state. I don't think that would be the case if they were racist. I also don't know Dominique Green and I didn't witness the issue on the sideline, but it appears that he has blown his situation of being disciplined way out of proportion and nobody wins when claims of this nature are made, whether they are true or not.

Homecoming This made me laugh out loud:

You want to know why I choose to look at this situation realistically and give Dodge a year to get his system in place? Here are the reasons: 1. Dodge didn't arrive on campus until late in December. 2. Dodge had to hire a staff before he could even recruit. 3. He put together one of our finest recruiting classes, on paper, in the last few years in 17 days. 4. He arrived to find 3 WR's on scholarship when his offense regularly utilizes a minimum of 4. 5. He arrived to find players that had been "negatively motivated" by the previous staff with little regard to teaching. 6. He arrived to a program that had won 5 games in the previous 2 seasons. Give the man some time.