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this is correct. As well as Rodney Bendy.

Mac buyout or no Mac buyout, baseball is and was a long, long way from happening. Baseball will have its first pitch under a new AD.

Maybe rather than fire him we ask he to retire early - with the package being that we give him half his money and then name the Athletics Center in his honor.

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USA MEXICO?

Holy cow. That Jack in the Box has been across the street since 73? It's ironic to me that America/Texas/Denton will celebrate mediocrity the way it does (Jack in the Box, McDonalds etc) and yet we don't celebrate our team.

The UTSA AD - Lynn Hickey has some pretty serious skins and absolutely knows a thing or two about basketball Lynn Hickey has made student-athlete welfare one of her top priorities while leading the UTSA Athletics Department to new heights. Under Hickey’s direction since 2000, UTSA has captured three conference commissioner’s cups and a pair of league all-sports trophies while consistently winning both team and individual academic and athletics awards in all 17 sports sponsored by the university. One of Hickey’s dreams to lead UTSA to the upper echelon of Division I Athletics was realized on Nov. 11, 2010, when the university received and accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The department claimed the 2012-13 WAC Commissioner’s Cup on the strength of league championships by the men’s indoor track & field and baseball teams in its first and only year in the conference. Hickey’s long-term goal of placing UTSA in a major conference was reached when Conference USA extended an invitation on May 4, 2012. The Roadrunners moved all 17 sports into that league on July 1, 2013. Hickey has overseen the addition of three sports during her tenure. Women’s golf and women’s soccer were added in 2005 and 2006, respectively, and both programs have emerged as annual league championship contenders. On Dec. 18, 2008, UTSA’s Athletics Initiative Business Plan was approved by the UT System Board of Regents, granting permission to start a football program. Hickey made a splash with the hiring of the first-ever head football coach, as two-time National Coach of the Year Larry Coker was introduced on March 6, 2009. The program kicked off its first season against Northeastern State on Sept. 3, 2011, to resounding success. The Roadrunners set NCAA start-up program records for inaugural game (56,743) and average home attendance (35,521) in six contests at the 65,000-seat Alamodome. In year two, UTSA posted an 8-4 overall record and finished fourth in the WAC with a 3-3 mark while averaging more than 29,000 fans. The third season saw the football team post a 7-5 overall record and finish second in the West Division of C-USA with a 6-2 mark while again topping the 29,000-mark in average home attendance. The 2010-11 academic year will go down in history as arguably the most successful in school annals, as the Roadrunners claimed the Southland Commissioner’s Cup and Women’s All-Sports Trophy, five championships and the first-ever NCAA postseason victory. UTSA followed that with four more league titles during the 2011-12 campaign, closing out two decades in the Southland with 58 team championships, a pair of Commissioner’s Cups and two All-Sports Trophies. Hickey has led the charge for UTSA and its hosting of numerous NCAA Championship events. Since her arrival on campus, UTSA has served as host institution for the 2001 NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional, 2002 Women’s Final Four, 2003 Men’s Basketball South Regional, 2004 Men’s Final Four, 2005 Women’s Volleyball Championship, 2006 Women’s Basketball South Regional, 2007 Men’s Basketball South Regional, 2008 Men’s Final Four, 2010 Women’s Final Four, 2011 Men’s Basketball Southwest Regional, 2011 Women’s Volleyball Championship, 2014 Men’s Basketball Second & Third Rounds, 2014 Men’s Golf San Antonio Regional and 2015 Women’s Golf San Antonio Regional. In November 2014, the NCAA announced that UTSA once again will serve as the host institution for the Men's Final Four, this time in 2018. In 2007, Hickey was named to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, one of the most prestigious appointments in all of collegiate athletics. The 10-member committee oversees administration of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, including the selection and seeding of teams for the tournament. Hickey, whose five-year term expired in 2012, became just the second female ever selected to the committee, joining Charlotte Athletics Director Judy Rose, who served from 1999-2003. Hickey has been honored nationally and locally for her hard work at UTSA. She was named the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators 2005 Division I-AAA Administrator of the Year. Hickey earned her second national award in June 2006 as the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics/GeneralSports TURF Systems Division I-AAA West Region AD of the Year. The San Antonio Express-News tabbed her as its 2010 Sportswoman of the Year and she also was selected to and completed the Masters Leadership Program of San Antonio and Bexar County. In September 2011, she received the ATHENA Leadership from the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Hickey also was selected as National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators President-Elect and Executive Committee member for 2014-15. “UTSA is very fortunate to have an athletic leader with both the administrative and coaching experience of Lynn Hickey,” UTSA President Dr. Ricardo Romo said. “Lynn not only is a leader who can take our athletic program to the next level, but she is also well respected nationally and serves as an excellent role model for all student-athletes at this university.” In serving as the fourth athletics director in UTSA history, Hickey assumed the lead athletics role at one of the youngest NCAA Division I universities in the country (UTSA began athletics competition in 1981). The only female Division I athletics director that oversees both men’s and women’s sports in the state of Texas, she served as President of the Southland from 2002-04 and as the league’s representative to the NCAA Championship/Competition Cabinet. Hickey also was a member of the Women’s Basketball Rules Committee from 2003-06, spending the last two years as chair. Hickey came to San Antonio from Texas A&M University, where she served as senior associate athletics director/senior woman administrator from 1994-2000. At Texas A&M, her responsibilities included event management and marketing and promotions for 16 of the university’s 19 Division I sports. She also represented the Big 12 Conference as a member of the NCAA Championship Cabinet. From 1984-94, Hickey served as head women’s basketball coach for Texas A&M. She directed the 1993-94 Aggies basketball team to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, becoming the lowest-seeded team to ever reach that milestone. Texas A&M finished the year ranked No. 19 in the CNN/USA Today Top 25 poll. Following the season, Hickey relinquished her coaching duties to accept the promotion to senior associate athletics director. She finished her coaching career with an overall mark of 279-167 in 15 years of collegiate coaching. Before her stint at A&M, Hickey was head women’s basketball coach at Kansas State University from 1979-84. She averaged more than 23 wins per season in posting a 125-39 (.762) record over five years and led the Wildcats to five consecutive national tournament berths. She was inducted into the Kansas State Athletics Hall of Fame in September 2004. A native of Welch, Okla., Hickey graduated summa cum laude from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark., with a bachelor’s degree in education. She was an All-American for OBU’s nationally-ranked basketball team and a member of the USA National Team in 1973. Hickey and her husband, Bill, have a daughter, Lauren Nicole.

Interestingly Damarcus's Butler CC stats don't prove that he's a very good running QB. 10 games, 36 rush for an average of negative 0.1 yd. Id never bothered to look at that stat line before because his 31TD passes vs 8INT's looked so good. So I guess the question is: Is D. Smith a true dual threat QB or just a strong arm?

USM appears to have a porous run defense with 3 of 4 teams they've faced running over 200yds per game. TX State had over 240 I think. If Wilson and Jimmerson show up big and our run D steps up I like our chances.

Care to explain why Andrew McNulty was playing flag football with you?

Last week he said we'd pull an upset and we lost. This week he says we'll lose big….

Our current QB situation is an indictment of Canales and his inability to identify, recruit and develop solid D-1 talent.

Hey Brett, Can we agree that once we are out of bowl contention, even though #5 is "the best option", we sit him and start playing at least one of the three guys that will be around next season?

Pretty, pretty, pretty, good.

cool. thanks for the clarification.

Why would the alumni pavilion host a private event on game day? Seems like that's when most alums would be around to visit it.

#5 did not lose us the game, you're right. However, he also doesn't have enough to win the game once the third qtr thrashing began. multiple passes to the outside that got jumped and broken up due to lack of zip. Had those made it to the WR's in a timely fashion drives would have been extended and it probably would have opened up our running game - Speaking of - why is it that we knew their DE's were thin/weak yet we didn't consistently attack the edges? Are we too slow at RB to do that? I feel like the first half our offensive play calling was ok but second half it seemed A) Rice made adjustments and B) the offensive play calling regressed. I guess the good news is: It is almost impossible to go 0-ffer in a season so maybe the sun will shine on this dogs ass at some point this season.

Years corrected. thanks. But DT an average CUSA QB - I disagree and Im confident his career stats would prove that out. And as for 3-day rookie mini-camp being some banner of achievement pointing to either Chico being good at his job or DT being great QB - It's not. NFL teams bring in one or two dozen players "off the street" simply to fill out roster positions so the rookies they've drafted, the FA rookies and the guys from the season prior not on roster long enough to be vested have someone to play against in camp.

Really enjoy the addition of the hat to your Avatar.

Canales has been OC/QB coach for SIX YEARS at North Texas. Six. Let that sink in. Six years and not one QB who can even qualify as an average CUSA level QB. We sure as hell don't want Tommy Perry leaving. Solid recruiter identifies good talent and Special Teams are fantastic under him. Sadly, he'll get poached sooner rather than later.

So have you emailed the staff at untfootball@unt.edu and given them the scoop?

I read somewhere that NFL coaches have said the college spread system is producing QB's too dumb to play in the NFL. Bryce Petty of Baylor fame and now NYJ backup openly admitted he had no idea how to identify a Mike LB or even what a Mike LB was when he arrived at the Jets. Johnny Manziel stated something fairly similar after his first season in the NFL. Johnny Football said something to the effect of: I just went out and showed them who the better athlete was. Interstingly Martellus Bennet former A&M TE now with the Bears said damn near the same thing after his first year with the Cowboys. He said to paraphrase: "I didn't have to learn pass protection, schemes etc, I just went out and out athleted whoever was across from me." And finally, Kylar Murray, a tiny freshman at A&M, got trotted out in the first game of the season - an SEC school played a QB that looked no bigger than Riley Dodge. I bring all of this up because Im wondering - are we trying to teach NFL skill sets to guys that will never go there in the first place when we should just let the most athletic guy go out and play sandlot? - seemingly like two other schools in our own state.

Keena was great but James Gray stuck out the most to me. We're going to be very happy he came here.

He was, cut his route short and was overthrown early in the first half. Dropped a pass or two in the second, made one diving catch I believe for a first down. #14 Chris Loving looked pretty good and seemed to get more touches.