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I don't think anyone could accuse Coach Dodge of faking his way through it his first year.

A Mean Green welcome to you, Coach Archie! Along with everyone else, I look forward to hearing your insight.

Boy, you throw a rock at a pack of dogs and the one you hit always hollers the loudest.

Old to some, news to me. I thought Dickey's (weak) explanation for the black jerseys was that the players always wanted to wear black uniforms.

A&M has sweetened the pot to keep BG there. Houston Chronicle story He's apparently not going anywhere.

Well, Fox Sports has added a new quote from BG: "He said that everything out there was false, that if he ever left he'd let us all know first, and not to pay any attention to it," said Texas A&M signee B.J. Holmes. "The first time I spoke to him about it was when there was speculation he was going to Kentucky, and I just talked to him again not even 10 minutes ago."

I appreciate your talents, but these ones ain't for me.

I guess I am the lone voice here saying this--Billy Gillispie IS going to the Razorbacks. Arkansas would have been crazy to fire a reasonably successful and classy coach if they did not know they had somebody better waiting in the wings.

If he were a football coach, I agree that it would be a lateral move at best. But Arkansas is a basketball school. At this point I would be surprised if Gillispie is NOT announced as Arkansas' new coach within the next few days.

So assuming that Gillispie is out at A&M, what do the Aggies do? Hire Stan Heath?

Link Sounds like Billy Gillispie is the new man!! Link 2 Some are reporting it's pretty well a done deal.

I am very sorry to hear of the loss of life of a man committed to serving the public good. I very much respect the sacrifice made by men such as yourselves, and I grieve with the family that has to suffer such a terrible loss. Emmitt, your family and the family of the murdered officer will certainly be in our prayers.

Why is that? We made it to the dance--in that sense we are already a top 64 team in basketball. We all expect the football program to improve in the next 2 years. Top 20 in the next 2 years might not be realistic, but top 50 is most certainly attainable.

Apparently, more government programs.

Please point out a logical fallacy in my argument.

Please specify a false statement I have made, and I will repent in sackcloth and ashes. Oops, Biblical reference--I apologize.

Emmitt, I think you miss the point of what Hillary was talking about in her quote. The écoles maternelles program in France is a government program in which almost 100% of French preschool-age children take part. If it is such a disinterested audience, why do you Hillary people (who universally make a statement distancing yourselves from her before vehemently defending her) keep bringing it up?

I realize that you are not very fast and loose with the term "friend." You seem much more eager to call someone dishonest, which you have now done twice to me--which I do not take lightly or kindly. I was using the term as a reminder that we share something in common (I assume you root for North Texas sports), and as an encouragement to shy away from the false personal attacks you have employed. My statement was that Mrs. Rodham-Clinton was using the phrase "it takes a village" in a way that put the government in place of the home. I realize that when I am talking to a Democrat such as yourself, I am likely talking to a secularist. But regardless of your personal views, God is the one Who established the institutions of home and of government. Governments are in place to see that order and justice are maintained within a state (Rom. 13:1-4). The home has the responsibility of rearing children (Eph. 6:4). When the government assumes that God-given responsibility away from the home, they have usurped the role of the home--even if the home goes along willingly. If you can show me where Coach Dodge references broader use of government to rear children, I will agree that he and Mrs. Rodham-Clinton used the term in the same way.

My friend, perhaps you are oblivious to Mrs. Rodham-Clinton's love of big government and use of the federal government to solve every problem. And that, to her, is what "village" means. Is she using this phrase to suggest that we all need to be good influences upon the children in our community, or to impose more government programs upon us? Direct quote from her book: "Imagine a country in which nearly all children between the ages of three and five attend preschool in sparkling classrooms, with teachers recruited and trained as child care professionals. . . . More than 90 percent of French children between ages three and five attend free or inexpensive preschools called écoles maternelles. Even before they reach the age of three, many of them are in full-day programs." Coach Dodge applied this phrase much more according to its original intent than did Mrs. Rodham-Clinton. (Trying to get this thread back on track).

I agree. It was originally an African proverb that Mrs. Rodham-Clinton tried to use in having the government usurp the role of the home.

Great article! I somehow doubt that his use of "it takes a village" meant that he believes the government should usurp the role of the home.

Good work, GD!

Good to hear from you, Mitch!

Thanks, ETMG. That adds a lot.

I'll be pulling for him.