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Good news: Awasome just made a QB sack! Bad news: It was negated by a personal foul penalty BTW, if anyone else is watching the game on Versus, is it me, or do the officials (dressed in long black pants and red polo shirts) look more like golf course marshals than football officials?

My sister-in-law teaches at USA...she told me the BOT was going to vote on it, but didn't know how it would go. She says between all the SEC allegiances and the Alabama/Auburn rivalry, it's hard to find any football support for even a school like Alabama-Birmingham outside the campus. I admire the students' and the alumni's attempt to back the team, but ten thousand bucks a year for five years doesn't sound like a whole lot of "startup" money for a D-I program. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out...

I still remember the referee going nose-to-nose (literally) with a UNT police officer about the posters at that UTA game, trying to get the posters either confiscated or, at least, not held up by Rick and the rest...and the UNT officer never budged...some of the funniest stuff I have ever seen at a basketball game!

I'm guessing all this "first game" stuff will be rehashed next winter when the Cowboys finally turn out the lights on the place...

I agree with all of your points, save one...SMU. At the risk of turning this into a bash-SMU thread, even for one post, I am sick and tired of people bringing up the death penalty as the reason for SMU's woes. THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. In just the last 10 years, universities have started football programs from scratch that have enjoyed more success than SMU over the same period. I don't doubt that it put a major crimp in SMU's immediate future, post-Death Penalty, but to cite that as SMU's reason for mediocrity (or worse) in the last decade is excusing the bad choices they have made during that time. The only positive I have seen out of that program was that they finally built a nice on-campus football facility. Part of SMU's problem in the last decade is that enough people in positions of authority over there simply do not care for football...and some of the ones who can make a difference have made poor choices. I'm not saying we're so much better than they are, but give us the resources SMU has had in the last 20 years, and let's see where we would be...I would like to think we would be in a much better situation.

Staubach, probably. Isn't Hayden Fry supposed to show up at one of the games, or was that for Homecoming?

Amen.

Well, BOTH teams are lighting up the scoreboard. It's 35-28 Allen with 1:18 left...in the first half.

Isn't that a name from the Department of Redundancy Dept.??? I was not aware there was a "non-diet" version of Tab...

Agreed. She leaves me a bit, um, flat...

It's only a rivalry when both sides have skins on the wall against each other. We got nothing on FAU right now. When you can quickly remember bad games AND good games against an opponent, THAT is a rivalry. For my money, MTSU is our most hated rival, now that NMSU is no longer in the SBC. Even though the "rivalry" only began last year by the above definition, there's been contentiousness ever since we shared the first SBC title in 2001. It's always been nice to get out of Murfreesboro with a "W".

By my count, there are five current or former Sun Belt teams in the Bottom 10.

If the Rockies can continue their "Lights Out" play after a week of inactivity, the Red Sox are in trouble. Hopefully, it will be more entertaining than the last couple of World Series', even the one my Astros were in was a dog.

Stephen A. Smith is actually on for three hours on the NYC ESPN affiliate, ESPN just puts the last hour of his show on nationwide. Very strange decision, but Stephen A. seems to be the rising star of the network, even though his TV show didn't work out. I'd almost prefer they move Galloway to 2-6 to cover that mistake in judgement. I don't think Newy wants to put that much time into a radio show...I think that was one of the reasons "The Big Show" with Coop and Newy got busted up. The local guys are running out of established talent, though, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with.

This ought to increase PC's chances to get the football this year... Torn ACL sidelines Dolphins' Brown for rest of season By SARAH LARIMER, Associated Press Writer October 22, 2007 DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -- Things go from bad to worse for the Miami Dolphins, who lost running back Ronnie Brown for the rest of the season because of a knee injury. Brown will need surgery to repair a torn ACL, coach Cam Cameron said Monday. He twisted his right knee in the third quarter of the Dolphins' 49-28 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday. "His spirits are up," Cameron said. "He's already talking about getting the surgery and getting ready to get back and get it rehabbed and be ready for spring." Brown has been one of the few bright spots in Miami's bleak season. Coming into Sunday's game, he led the NFL in yards from scrimmage and had reached the 100-yard rushing mark for four consecutive games. "He was having a Pro Bowl season," Cameron said. "There's no doubt about it. ... There's a lot of resolve in this guy. He's committed to getting this taken care of and coming back, coming back even stronger. He is an impressive, impressive young man." Brown had 76 yards rushing against the Patriots on 17 carries, and had five receptions for 33 yards. "He was on his way to another big game," Cameron said. The Dolphins are off to an 0-7 start for the first time in their 42 seasons. They travel to London this week to face the New York Giants in the first regular-season NFL game outside North America. "These are times when you're tested," Cameron said. "And the bottom line is, you take it day to day. You take it one game at a time." Miami will now turn to running backs Jesse Chatman, Patrick Cobbs and Lorenzo Booker to take Brown's place. "You don't replace a Ronnie Brown," Cameron said. "But you say, 'These are the guys we have. How do we maximize the guys we have? Who are our best 11?"' After Sunday's game, Brown said he could walk and put pressure on the knee. He injured himself chasing Randall Gay on an interception and was able to walk off the field. "I was coming down and running across the field and the guy was running at me and he actually cut behind me," Brown said. "I tried to plant and it twisted up a little bit." Brown's injury puts renewed focus on suspended running back Ricky Williams, who applied for NFL reinstatement Oct. 1. Williams remains under contract with Miami, where he won the NFL rushing title in 2002, but Cameron has not indicated whether he wants Williams to stay with the Dolphins. "As soon as he's reinstated, I will comment," Cameron said Monday. "If in fact, he is." Williams has played in only 12 NFL games since the start of the 2004 season, but rushed for 3,225 yards in 2002-03. His current suspension began in April 2006 after he violated the league's drug policy for the fourth time. He tested positive for marijuana this April, again delaying his return. On Sunday, the Dolphins also lost safety Renaldo Hill for the rest of the season because of a torn ACL, Cameron said, further depleting a position plagued by injuries. "I think we're on our fifth safety, maybe sixth now," middle linebacker Zach Thomas said. "Hopefully somebody steps in and steps up, because teams are going to start to throw on us a lot." Cameron said he expected surgeries for Hill and Brown would take place within the next week to 10 days. Miami's season has been rife with injuries. Quarterback Trent Green suffered a severe concussion and was placed on injured reserve Saturday. Safety Yeremiah Bell injured his Achilles' tendon in the season opener. A concussion sidelined Zach Thomas for two consecutive games and defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday is nursing an ankle injury.