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I agree. The MWC even with the watered down list of teams is WORLDS better than the SBC. A trip to Colorado Springs is no worse than a trip to Florida... Airfare to Nevada because it is subsidized by the Casinos is dirt cheap. ...I really don't see the problem.

Damn... that sucks. He was great!

yyz28 pities the fool.

I voted yes, assuming production next year similar to this year. ...if not, then PC is still THE MAN.

I agree with most here... if it is between MWC and CUSA, my gut says go to CUSA. I like the regional synergy of that conference for us better and I think we can have success there quicker and easier than we can in the MWC, particularly with Boise in the mix. ...but if the invite were to come in a vaccum, then it is a no brainer to jump at.

Glad to hear!

Glad to hear!

...any word on what the injury was, and how severe? At game, no word.

There are really too many threads on this topic at this point... we should admin them all into one super thread, but why are we all just sitting here repeating ourselves over and over and over on the subject? Not to be a killjoy, but what else can be said that hasn't already until we have some new news?

George W. Bush.

Great game. Enjoyed the listen!

I've stated how I feel on multiple occasions, but I'll put it out here in as short a version as I can - I will parrot what I said to RV at the game last week - he's the man and he knows more than I do on the subject - but I DO expect a process to be followed. Contact and Interview every Tier 1 (meaning success as an FBS HC, success building a program) coach available who shows ANY interest, and failing making a deal with any of those guys, you move to your Tier 2 list - a list Canales HAS to be the top of right now. Assuming a procedure like this is followed and Canales ends up being the man, I'm on board with it. ...and no - my participation in the program at the humble level I'm able to participate will not change as a result of this hire. When I'm able to give more, I will, and it won't matter who's coach.

Option 2 is a no brainer.

If we contain Dasher, and it seems that we've been pretty effective at containing ground attacks lately, and force him to beat us in the air, we win. It's all going to come down to how good the Defensive front is this week. I gave up making predictions a long time ago.

Riley is a fighter and I'm very happy to see him performing so well. I want the starting job to go to the best healthy QB. If that is Riley, fine. If that is Tune, fine. This year and next. Riley has shown lots of growth, esepcially through what must be a tough time for him. I hope to see it continue.

I agree Quoner.

Zombie Landry was spotted at Mr. Chopsticks last night.

Whoever the new HC wants, I'm on board with.

Well, I haven't bashed you... ...and nobody came to your site to bash your band, did they? ...if you're happy our fans liked your band, a simple thank you would have been nice. And they WERE quite good. ...but certainly not better.

For the record, our band played WAY more than 5 FLAE and the Fight Song. Second, I don't think the "Pep Band" came in and blew us away. A brass band with an amplified bass (at least) that is 3/4 the size of our full band which is half woodwinds came in and were louder than us. ...certainly not cleaner or sharper. ...I wouldn't come into THIS website and bash someone for sticking up for our band by saying yours is better. ...sayin'.

Agreed. Sound Quality sucks. I used one when I was a drum major back in the day at HS.

Miner, I'm not talking about a PA system. I know guitar/mic amps when I see them. They DID have a PA system in place and it was the same speaker on a stick system that Nick (our band director) uses. The brass may not have been amped, but the Bass Guitar was, and was HEAVILY amped. That overpowered the tubas, to be honest. I heard bass guitar, horns & trumpets from the field. 'bones and 'euphs could barely be distinguished. I don't know why FLAE is getting panned here... You can't win, it seems. Some of the folks scream that we don't have tradition, and get miffed when things like shades of green and logos change, yet want a song that has been played here for 20+ years taken off the playlist. ...people don't want to be like "everyone else" when it comes to football tradition, but then want us to play the same rehashed "football tunes" that are played by every other band in the country at their football games from the JR. High level on up. This is a band that may have the highest quality musician of any other Spirit organization in the country and is part of one of the PREMIER music schools in the world, and NOT a part of the Athletic Department. You have got to understand that this fact means it isn't a run of the mill High School Marching Band clone like you see at most Colleges around the country. The band also has a duty to play for the Dance Team, something that again, is a bit outside the norm for most schools at this level - drill-team like dance teams aren't featured at most FBS schools. NT's dance team is another tradition that means the Band is a bit limited in the program it can put together and still have time to play for the dance team.

The Green Brigade is much bigger and louder than it was when I was a member in the early 90's. The style of the music the band plays is also much more spirit minded than it was during those days as well. The current version of the band is true to its roots AND plays a good selection of music. ...regarding the Troy band. I was on the field after the game and they were playing some post game music. The bass guitar is CLEARLY amped, and was VERY LOUD both in the stands and out on the field. ...Their "pep band" had as many tubas as our whole band does, and is virtually all brass. ...get the flute and clarinet players to hand in their insturments and pick up a horn or trumpet, and the sheer volume of our band would be louder. Then, have them play with no care for sound quality, but rather volume (thus throwing out all the fundamentals they have learned during their career as a musiciain) and they would be louder. ...or grow the band larger than it is now. ...all that being said, I'm not sure that I buy that the band wasn't amped too. I've been involved in marching band and drum and bugle corps stuff for a LONG time and seen some REALLY big bands (Duncanville HS used to march close to 500 people) and that band Troy had out there was LOUD. ...and they certainly had more than one amp sitting down there. Not sure if it was just for the bass guitar (which dominated the sound of the band) but they had more than one bass guitar amp down in front of them, FWIW.

FWIW, Snopes is not the reliable source it once was considered to be... ...but let's assume here for sake of argument that the number isn't $200M per day - the number of folks travelling with the President hasn't really been debated. What in God's name, no matter what the cost, do the taxpayers need to pay for 3000 people to go to India? I don't like it when folks take a dumb decision and then make it seem less terrible by making it sound worse than it is. ...clearly that is what happened with this viral (which IS how Rick prefaced it) e-mail. I don't really care the ACTUAL cost, it is the idea that the Feds feel they can ask the taxpayers to pay for 3000 people to go on a trip like this that I object to in the first place. I don't care if it costs 200 thousand or 200 million. It is OUR money, that WE ALL bust our ass to make and then hand over to the Government.