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I bought some toothpaste-green cheapo ponchos at Academy for 79 cents each. "One size fits most". In its wrapper, it fits in a shirt pocket. Essentially disposable. I'm expecting they're thinner than the plastic bag I took them home in!

Anyone remember the game against Southern Miss on Oct 24, 1981 at Fouts? I call it the "Flood Bowl". It was raining so hard that day that Denton cable's weather channel "rain gauge" was ticking off 1/100th of an inch every second. There was a rumor that a player almost drowned with all the standing water on the field. At the stadium mixer in Houston last month, I asked RV whether he was in that game, but apparently he had graduated from USM the year before. Never mind the score, that was the Bob Tyler year...

Maybe if they didn't have to drive all the way to Bozeman, MT for their home games, the attendance would be better! Angelo State 28, Texas State 48 7:00 PM ET, September 5, 2009 Bobcat Stadium BOZEMAN, MT But seriously folks, how does ESPN get that wrong?

Grow your own Smurf Turf?

Come on down to the Fox & Hound, 11470 Westheimer. It's outside Beltway 8, just past Wilcrest, on the right (NORTH!) side. According to the Alumni office, we have about 30 RSVPs for Houston - I hope they all come! Beware - Westheimer is being repaved - they've scraped off the old asphault, and it's bumpy as hell.