TxHoops

Pretty hard to argue against you when he turned down 1st round money to come back. Personally, I am not a UK fan but I am rooting for Poythras this year. Love a kid who stays (even though I don't blame the ones who leave) and want them to be rewarded. Plus he has had some terrible luck with injuries. If he stays healthy and has a good year, he would have my vote for all the superlatives. There wasn't a player in the country with his size that can defend like he does and there won't be this year. Kid can flat out lock down on D against some of the better offensive players in the country. If you love great defensive basketball, this is your guy. And he can score it on the other end too.

Although a couple of years (and summers) at Kelly has done wonders for their pg from Port Arthur, the Baker kid. Saw them a couple of weeks ago and he has become one of the better PGs in the area. Been watching him play for several years now and always thought the kid could play. But I have never seen him distribute the ball like he is now. Superior coaching I am guessing...

yes, Jordan Hunter, Christian Bolton and Wayne Wyngarde. Kelly is missing two starters, one of whom is arguably their best player.

what happens when an overrated team plays an underrated team...

Hey Rope, we will need an avatar bet on that game. Line should be small so it should be a fair bet. I will take my Horns though...

At 11 in the morning, 9 am on west coast...

Bama wins the coaching battle against every one other than a coach (maybe 2) in the Big 10.

can someone translate this into English for me?

Ulis would have to be considered better as a known quantity as well.

actually, if healthy, there is not a better player in the SEC than Alex Poythras. Tough to be the best in the country when you aren't the best in your conference. Simmons is very talented but let's see how he develops in his one year at LSU. He will be almost assuredly be a one and done regardless.

I'll bet

Either way, you can be certain that ol' Bert found it to be borderline erotic...

LSU couldn't get to the final four with Shaq, Chris Jackson, and Stanley Roberts. Simmons is better than Roberts though.

gold

He really does remind me an awful lot of Clowney.

Banner time!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

Not that strong when virtually every voter, coach or writer, agrees...

Sure, Jimmy can say it but when I post it I'm crazy.

I had some questions about how good Kerwin could be at Texas and I guess still do to an extent. But I was told that he has a "wow" moment in almost every practice. The coaches are very, very high on him.

A&M's new found love for the SEC doesn't really doesn't bother me. They were searching for an identity and desperate to come from under the shadow of UT and I get that. Some are more obnoxious than others but you can say that about every school. I am torn about the prospect of them reaching the pinnacle. It's an awful lot of fun teasing them about being able to do it since the leather helmet days. On the other hand, I have Aggie friends who I love and I think I would be truly happy for them were they to experience this after years of undying loyalty. So I choose to look at it as kind of a win win. Either way, there is some gold at the end of the rainbow.

They don't teach readin' and such in Louisiana... Hint: granddaddy of them all. As for being the greatest game of all time, I believe it landed at #1 on the ESPN list. And pardon me if I also take Keith Jackson's opinion over yours. He's seen a few more games than you and wasn't relegated to a school that has to run short busses exclusively...

I drank the kool aid last time around this time too and then the beatdown in Tuscaloosa happened. The different this year, I think, is a much improved aggie defense. And there is no question they have a much improved DC in Chavis (no guesswork there, that's a fact). Enjoy yourself at this Roper. Kyle will be rockin'.

Watching the new 30 for 30, Trojan War. Brings me back to that night in Pasadena almost 10 years ago, watching the greatest college player I've ever seen put the team on his back to beat what many considered to be the "greatest college team of all time." I realize to some that seems like long ago, to me I remember it like yesterday. I suppose it is history. But history is what makes the mortal immortal. That game has gone down as one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, of all time. So, again, I can understand the animosity and jealousy. Hell I probably would be too if the roles were reversed. I am just happy I don't have to beat my chest about a mid season ranking or the promise of what maybe, someday, may come. And thankful I have a memory with my wife and friends that will last a lifetime. Two of the best trips we ever made were back to back years in sunny California in a historic stadium in the greatest bowl game of them all. And leaving that grand old game shaking our heads at the wonders we witnessed by #10 and company. So fire away. Until you've been there and experienced something like that, you couldn't conceivably understand what you're talking about anyway...

SC will pay him a year or so severance and be done with it.