JohnnyT60

But I bet you don't tie the knob of the bat to the bellybutton. ;D

Then there is the S sport that doesn't allow you to do anything but kick the ball. Commie Sport

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How about this Robert.

We have been very fortunate to have played with some very good players at the HS level. We have also enjoyed some very good coaches who were very open to suggestions. The key is not to intrude on their territory. We offered to help in any capacity, and the waited for them to ask for help. This may not be representative of most programs, but it certainly worked for us. Some folks can be kind of condescending, when talking to coaches, and that ain't gonna work.

I don't think they would have changed their mind, but I do believe they would have had a tougher time killing it.

You might be right, but if they had given Alborn one more year, they probably wouldn't have been able to kill the program. That last year, they were very competitive and just about to turn the corner.

Top 10%...actually chose SHSU over Texas and Houston. Your administration would not have liked the headaches though of having the TT on campus -- probably weren't used to those from the student leaders on campus. I think the SHSU administration and I had a love/hate relationship. My favorite was SHSU's violation of a state law. They told me I was wrong, sent a letter to various figure-heads around the state telling them I was wrong and then, sure enough -- the Chancellor's office brought the hammer down on them putting yours truly in the right. While I did not agree with the law in question, the university was in violation. We had our moments of working together and then had our moments on other sides of the ring. Good times...will cherish those forever -- they capped it with giving me the highest honor for a male student leader as a senior. So, who is coming to SHSU in our trade to give you aries? Well I have sent my son, but I believe he has more hours at the Fox and Shenannigan's, than in class!!!!!!! : : : :

Looking beyond the SLC in the next ten years is a pipe dream. There is noting wrong with palying the SLC for a few years to get you up on your feet. McNeese packs them in over at their place, we need to start by looking over there. Probably not going to build a domed stadium in downtown Beaumont either. : : : : : : : :

Enrollment has everything to do with it. There are exceptions but the most successful programs have large enrollment, which translates to a large alumni group, that translates to dollars to the university. Texas State is one of the fastest growing universities in the state, and in a state that produces a large number of FB players. They have all the right pieces to become successful.

Texas State probably has the enrollment to get away with it.

I know football has not been added officially yet, but that is just a formality. Once it is, does anyone know the schedule on starting softball. Also will they have to add another sport besides sb to comply? I know they added soccer in anticioation of this.

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Can we get some info on here about the Cardinal Club and Sticky it?

I try to stay pretty much on the SB board. The FB board seems to be a lot more malicious than this one, I'll agree. It appears to be the judgement of the moderators on each board. I have looked at some post on the FB, that I thought should be taken down, but didn't do it myself, because I would guess they have established a level of trash that is acceptable on that board, and the posters there, know what it is. So I let the mods on that board make decisions on what is and what is not acceptable. Sometimes I may be a little trigger happy, but I also get pm's asking me to intervene. Overall, though, I believe it has lead to a more harmonious board here. I won't always make the right decision, and everyone will not always be happy, but I do what I think is right.

I did! No I am not 3 or 4 but I deleted it and would do it again. 18 ) The bashing of any particular coach, player, referee, etc will not be tolerated. This includes issues involving their personal lives, coaching/playing style or performance, past experiences, etc.

Well if they are going to throw someone out for complaining about the refs, the gym will soon be empty. And hey, I am sure this is the biggest issue facing the school anyway. : Some of these Asst. Principals let their authority go to their head, must have been tough on the playground when they were growing up. What they are really doing is killing school spirit. The bottom line is there has to be limitations, but these guys are going way overboard.

UT SPORTS SPENDING Two Texas universities weigh pros, cons of starting football programs Click-2-Listen By Eric Dexheimer AMERICAN STATESMAN STAFF Monday, October 01, 2007 Ninety-nine percent of colleges and universities lose money on their athletics programs, and football teams cost the most. Yet the allure of a marquee team is so strong in Texas that some schools that don't currently compete in the sport are tempted to start. Two large universities considering adding intercollegiate football to their campuses recently have run the numbers. Their reports, both delivered in the past year, offer a detailed window into the game's high finance — and low return. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi administrators say they hope Division I-AA football will boost school spirit and attract more male students to the university, which has ambitious growth plans. At the University of Texas-San Antonio, administrators say they see football as an essential building block toward becoming a top school. Each would lose millions of dollars every year. Two years ago, the University of Texas-Arlington decided to pass on starting a football team after a study showed it would cost more than $20 million the first five years. Both UTSA's and TAMUCC's reports warn of football's outsized expense — as much as $8 million annually in UTSA's case and about $3 million at Corpus Christi. "It's the most labor- and financially intensive sport to add," said TAMUCC Athletics Director Brian Teter. The cost would be borne largely by students, in the form of higher fees. Where would the money go? At Corpus Christi, adding football would nearly double the current coaching and support salaries, from $700,000 to $1.2 million, and add $1 million in administrative costs. Scholarships for football players would tack on another $1 million. There's more: New equipment ($128,500) and a training room ($40,000). Installing new turf in Buccaneer Stadium would cost $750,000; new locker rooms and lockers are another $750,000. Converting a classroom to a restroom, building a coaches' office and player meeting rooms, an equipment room, practice fields and video operations is an additional $1 million. Other startup costs are less obvious. Adding football means Corpus Christi also would have to add women's soccer to comply with Title IX's gender equity rules. That's another $300,000. While Corpus Christi's goal is to compete in the I-AA Southland Conference, the UT-San Antonio Roadrunners aspire to eventually play in larger and higher-exposure Division I-A. NCAA requirements make that even more expensive. Division I means more scholarships. UTSA estimates paying for football players' education would start at $375,000, in 2009-10, and climb to $2 million by 2014-15, when the school attained Division I-A status. Adding summer school and fifth-year aid for some student-athletes costs another $100,000 or so. Traveling to away games would cost $300,000 a year —and rise an estimated 50 percent four years later. Recruiting costs add $120,000 a year. UTSA's study also doesn't account for several large-ticket items, such as an academic support program, adding or enhancing broadcast operations and additions to the sports medicine and training facilities — all crucial components of a big-time program. Though it wouldn't be used exclusively for football, the new athletics center the university hopes to build would add to the start-up cost. The school hopes to raise the $62 million privately. Neither start-up program would come close to paying for itself. "Most I-A athletic departments are able to generate less than one-fourth of their total operating revenue from gate receipts, donations, conference distributions and miscellaneous sources such as television, radio, corporate sponsorships and special events," UTSA's report acknowledges. UTSA's consultants estimate that by 2014, when the school wants to hit I-A, football would siphon $14.5 million a year from university coffers, the vast bulk of that — $13 million — paid by students in the form of fees. That's more than double the current fee assessment, and would cost each student about $500 a year, according to internal studies. Nevertheless, earlier this month UTSA students voted overwhelmingly in favor of taxing future student bodies to pay for football. At Corpus Christi, students would be asked to pay an additional $600,000 in fees annually for football. While some of the cost would be made up by as-yet undetermined corporate sponsors and merchandise sales, the university, which now subsidizes athletics to the tune of $1.1 million, would be expected to pay the rest. Though the exact sum is unknown, "the average Southland Conference university that sponsors football provides $2.83 million in 'general university support,'" the report notes. Both schools say they are still studying whether football is worth it. "There are a lot of people in Texas who believe that to have a first-class campus, you've got to have football," said David Gabler, assistant vice president for communications at UTSA. "There is prestige connected to schools that compete on the athletic field." Still, Teter cautions, "If you're going to launch a program, it better be the right way or it'll be an albatross around your neck for years to come." [email protected];

Don't they have a water tower painted like a watermelon?

Here is the article, and it is a hatchet job on Reid. Whether you like Gundy or what he did, this article was not necessary. It was a personal attack on a kid, and that she cannot defend. By Jenni Carlson The Oklahoman STILLWATER — Bobby Reid stood near the team charters last Friday night, using his cell phone, eating his boxed meal. It would've been normal post-game activity but for one thing. His mother was feeding him chicken. Which brings us to the quarterback switch-a-roo at Oklahoma State. Don't see the connection? Let me explain. Cowboy coaches have gone full-speed ahead with the Zac Attack, opting to start Robinson over Reid a week ago, then sticking with him against Texas Tech today even after an embarrassing loss at Troy. Weren't we being told just last week that Reid was still the guy? All the weight with which Cowboy coaches were backing Reid has totally shifted to Robinson. The change seems sudden. Thing is, it may not be as abrupt as it looks. If you believe the rumors and the rumblings, Reid has been pushing coaches that way for quite some time. Tile up the back stories told on the sly over the past few years, and you see a pattern that hasn't always been pretty. Word is that Reid has considered transferring a couple different times, the first as early as 2005. Reid, then a redshirt freshman, was facing competition from returner Donovan Woods, and apparently, Reid considered leaving OSU just because he had to compete for the spot. Reid's nerves have also been an issue. Earlier this year, he told our Andrea Cohen about his game-day emotions. "I get sweaty palms. I get the butterflies in my stomach. I sweat lot,†he said then. "I've been playing this game for 15 years. And I can honestly say every game I've played in, I've been nervous. It's not so much me being scared; I just get to a point where I start worrying about a lot of things I can't control.†A lot of guys get nervous, some even puke before games. How you handle the nerves is important, though, and Reid hasn't always managed them well. He has gotten off to some extremely slow starts, putting the Cowboys in some holes. Some, they dug out of, with Reid often wielding the biggest shovel, and some, they couldn't. Then, there have been the injuries. No doubt some of Reid's ailments have been severe, including an injured shoulder that required surgery and forced him to redshirt. Other times, though, Reid has been nicked in games and sat it out instead of gutting it out. Injuries are tricky, of course. You don't want a guy to put himself in harm's way if he's really hurt, and yet, football is one of those sports in which everyone plays hurt. Aches and pains, bumps and bruises are part of the gig. Reid's injury against Florida Atlantic — whatever it was — appeared minor but just might have been the thing that pushed Cowboy coaches over the edge. Even though Mike Gundy said last week that Robinson got the nod because he had the better week of practice, insiders say that the coaches decided to bench Reid early in the week. The bottom line: The switch is less about Robinson's play and more about Reid's attitude. "The coaches made a decision,†Reid told our Mike Baldwin after the Troy game. "I just have to go with it, get better and get back on the field.†There's something to be said for not being a malcontent, but you can almost see Reid shrugging his shoulders as he says those words. Does he have the fire in his belly? Or does he want to be coddled, babied, perhaps even fed chicken? That scene in the parking lot last week had no bearing on the Cowboys changing quarterbacks, and yet, it said so much about Reid. A 21-year-old letting his mother feed him in public? Most college kids, much less college football players, would just as soon be seen running naked across campus. And what of the scene television cameras captured earlier that evening of Reid on the sidelines laughing with assistant strength coach Trumain Carroll? The same cameras showed him throwing his cap in disgust after a missed play earlier, but to be laughing in the final minutes of an embarrassing loss is bad form. Reid is the most talented quarterback in Payne County, but he hasn't proven that he's the toughest. If you listen to the rumblings and the rumors, Cowboy coaches simply grew weary of it. Who knows? There might come a day when they grow tired of something Robinson does, but for now, they appear willing to sacrifice a bit of talent for a lot of grit.

That's the attitude that get's so mamy kids to quit football these days. Whether HS coaches like it or not non-school sports are getting bigger and bigger every year. They impact whether a kid will get a scolarship much more than school sports in every sport except football. This coach sounds like a tool. Rather than being happy for these kids accomplishments he punishes them? They missed one week of practice? Oh man there goes the season. :

A true competitor. He will succeed at whatever the next phase in life brings him.

If they had Ken Harvey on their team and he was also injured, the headline would read: Lee, Harvey, Oswalt go down to injury.

The only honest one in the whole bunch.

Amen!!!