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Half of the football pictures are from 2004.

Flopping is b.s. and a chickensh*t way to gain an advantage. The officiating was horrible. The call that resulted in Ghana's penalty kick was one of the worst calls I've seen, and it resulted in the U.S. losing. I wish the U.S. would have done better, but maybe we can get back to normal discussions. I too would eliminate flopping, the offsides call and would either enlarge the goal or require jockeys or midget wrestlers to be goalies. Soccer/Futball whatever. The only cool thing I've seen is the one commercial showing the pickup game. On a personal note, I've grown to love Spanish language television.

I had to scroll through a few pages and ran across the Denver Bronco cheerleaders. Any chance the North Texas cheerleaders or dancers will go with the chaps this year?

What's the T N stand for? Texas North?

Well, let's see. UT hosts us in FB to 80,000 fans at $50 a pop equals $4,000,000. UT hosts us in basketball to 15,000 fans at $25 a pop equals $375,000. I would guess by this simplistic model that it is easier to pay us $500,000 to $600,000 a game in FB than BB.

Nice comment from a current student.

I didn't realize Muleshoe was a suburb of Miami.

You are in our prayers. My oldest spent a minimal amount of time in the NICU at Baylor Grapevine. I can't imagine having to spend anymore that the week I did. Cooke's is a fabulous hospital.

Can I get an Amen!!!! I would throw out more cliches like, "You hit the nail on the head," but I didn't want to waste everyone's time.

That's why, beyond the Dallas Mavericks, I could care less about the NBA. A foul is a foul whether you are driving the lane, pulling up to shoot a jumper, dribbling the ball, etc..., a travel is a travel, carrying the ball is carrying the ball. It should matter who you are, who you play for or what part of the game this occurs during. What other league gives the star treatment to the extint the NBA does? None, and that is why I dislike the league.

Ahh, the restrooms at Fouts!

I believe Ginobli is Argentinian, so he probably learned that on the soccer field where the flop has been perfected for years.

All good points Stan, but I would add one major reason that North Texas falls behind in the area of alumni giving. The university has never encouraged giving and has never made an impression on current students, until recently, to support North Texas. You think an A&M or UT student thinks twice about giving back once they graduate? Not a chance. Yet, North Texas has fostered an apathetic attitude with its students throughout the years, especially towards athletics.

FFJ, I haven't been disappointed in my move to Houston!

www.voertmans.com I just purchased this hat and am very pleased with it.

Then how does the NCAA justify allowing Florida State to have a mascot throw a flaming spear at midfield, a tradition I personally love although not a big FSU fan, or allow the Fighting Irish keep their nicknames but goes after North Dakota? Could it be $$$$ FSU and ND generate on an annual basis for the NCAA give them a little advantage over the North Dakotas and Arkansas States of the world?

And the NCAA is a hypocritical SOB with their choices of who can and can't have this type of mascot.

Very underrated movie and possibly Charlie Sheen's finest work with Platoon a distant second.

June 12, 2006, 11:46PM COUCH SLOUCH Soccer is as American as mom and apple pie By NORMAN CHAD Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle The World Cup is far and away the greatest sporting event on Earth — the Olympics, on a good day, are a distant second, and when I say "a good day," I'm not talking about one of those days in which there's synchronized swimming or Nordic combined — and yet here in America, the earth doesn't move for soccer's month-long spectacle. With the World Cup under way, I think it's important to understand our relative apathy toward the globe's No. 1 sport. To do this, we must examine the past, so we now proudly present an abridged History of Soccer in America: • 1492 — Christopher Columbus discovers the New World and is aghast to see Native Americans playing football. • 1687 — King James II visits the colonies and complains that he can't find a pub showing an English Premier League game. • 1775 — Paul Revere makes his famous ride, shouting out, "The British are coming with soccer balls! The British are coming with soccer balls!" • 1793 — Overheard at an Alexander Hamilton dinner party: "Soccer? Please. We're an action nation." • 1891 — James Naismith casually tosses a soccer ball into a basket at his home in Springfield, Mass., inadvertently inventing the game of basketball. • 1898 — The Spanish-American War ends in a 0-0 tie. (Note to readers: I made that one up.) • 1918 — Women's suffrage is passed by Congress, giving soccer moms their first political foothold. • 1930 — The first World Cup is won by Uruguay, in Uruguay — most Americans could not find Uruguay on a map if you gave them a map of Uruguay. • 1950 — The U.S. upsets England 1-0 at the World Cup for its greatest soccer victory. Like Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game 12 years later, nobody actually sees it. • 1968 — The North American Soccer League is formed. After an initial surge of interest, most NASL facilities are converted into Starbucks. • 1978 — While 2.2 billion people worldwide watch Argentina beat Holland in the World Cup final, 79 million Americans turn to ChiPS with Erik Estrada! • 1980 — Soccer hooligans arrive in New York and get trampled by Jets fans en route to Giants Stadium. • 1981 — Kitty Menendez grows tired of driving Lyle and Erik Menendez to youth soccer games, so she starts just dropping them off at the mall. • 1989 — Women begin playing soccer in large numbers. Future president Bill Clinton develops a keen interest in soccer. • 1993 — A USA Today survey indicates that "watching soccer on TV" is the 273rd most popular leisure pursuit in America, right behind "complaining about the weather." • 1994 — The World Cup comes to America, but most Americans ignore it because McDonald's is offering the McRib sandwich "for a limited time only." • 1997 — C-SPAN ponders replacing Senate hearings with MLS games, nixes idea due to ratings considerations. • 2002 — The U.S. defeats Portugal in the World Cup, prompting ESPN's Jack Edwards to say, "Mine eyes have seen the glory" — coincidentally the exact words I used when I saw the Hershey's chocolate factory on a third-grade field trip. • 2005 — I date Mia Hamm, but she breaks up with me on her birthday when I fall asleep while watching Bend It Like Beckham on home video. Ask The Slouch Q uestion: Why can't we find another super horse? ROBERT RUBIN Cleveland Answer: American training techniques must change. I liked Barbaro's trainer, Michael Matz, but he had his young sons by his side at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. That's a distraction. And who brings their children to work on the most important workdays of the year anyway? Plus, how come those kids are always wearing a suit and tie at the track? Q: There have been a lot of celebrity pregnancies of late. If Couch Slouch ties the knot again, might we see a little Couch Slouch the paparazzi will chase down the streets? CAROLYN DANIELS Fresno, Calif. A: Let me say this — if I see the words "Brangelina Baby" on my TV screen one more time, I am moving to the Mariana Islands and taking only a transistor radio. Q: If the United States passes legislation making English its official language, will the Seattle Mariners be forced to move to Japan? JEFF MORRIS Spokane, Wash. A: Pay the man, Shirley. To enter the $1.25 Ask The Slouch Cash Giveaway, e-mail asktheslouch@aol.com. If your question is used, you win $1.25.

Who would've thought a thread about Urban Meyer and his attitude toward the students and fans at UofF would have turned into a multiple page thread?

It would be nice if there was a www.goworldcup.com message board.

I'm concerned. You watch "Must have Dog" and refer to John Cusak over Diane Lane?

That's all I've been asking of DD. I've kicked the dead horse until I'm blue in the face!

Who do you want? Travis Boren. 6-1, 215 LB, Grapevine (undecided) J.T. Schaeffer, 6-2, 210 DE, Sanger (undecided) Matt Hurst 5-11 190 DB, Whitney (undecided Marshall Fraley 5-10 195 RB-DB Bixby (undecided) Nate Fernandez 5-11 250 OG-DL Lawton MacArthur (undecided) Jared Garrett 6-1, 285, Lexington (undecided)

Well, if you read the article you will notice that a team must have a timeout to burn to challenge a call. I guess DD will never have the chance to use this unless it is in the first 5 minutes of each half.