TxHoops

Wow. I would have guessed wayyyy wrong there.

I assume that game is OTB? I wonder what they will adjust the line to?

Sounds like Jimbo stole a page from Sumlin's book. He missed the part about doing it in a Rice game and not against your toughest conference opponent. In other news, Marcus Mariotta officially thanks Winston from withdrawing from the Heisman race.

Big Dez is a big loss. He and Brown at DTs were the strength of the team IMO. (Other than the punter who appears to be our best player lol.) I would have been shocked if ash tried another go. He's taking years off his life at this point. In other news, I heard Daje Johnson may be reinstated in time for conference play. I also hear don't count on seeing either of the OTs back.

Reminds me of someone else we know. I agree. He should be falling down the draft board too.

Problem is, no power school is going to agree to come and play at Lamar (or probably any FCS school for that matter). They might put you on the schedule for an easy win home game, but they ain't coming to your place. USA is a sun belt conference team I believe. In the mid majors, you have a shot at getting a home and home deal. Usually a home, home, and home though (with 2 at the power conf team's place).

I'm still not sold on Arkansas. Tech hung with them for a while and they look to be one of the worst teams in the conference this year. If the Hogs make the A&M game competitive, I will give them their due. But I think the Ags look to be a 3 td or so fav against them.

One other thing. The NFL needs to be careful about trying to pigeon hole certain actions into a CBA set punishment. That was a ridiculous endeavor to begin with. For instance, I have seen guys arrested and charged with DV for grabbing/bruising their significant other's arms. Let's say a couple is arguing and the woman is trying to leave (although the stories generally differ from whom you are speaking, let's use the woman's version). The man grabs her by the wrists/lower arms to prevent her from doing so. In so doing, she has finger prints on her wrists/forearms. He is arrested for domestic violence is causing "injury" to his mate. I am not saying this isn't a wrongdoing on the man's part, but does he deserve the same punishment as Rice who took a full swing at his fiancé, and knocked her out. Like in the law itself, some offenses have to be evaluated on a case by case basis. We have great ranges in punishments for a lot of offenses for that reason alone (some as great in this state as 5 to 99 years). The league puts itself in these positions for setting punishments before the crime IMO.

I agree it's way too early but from what I've seen, A&M and Auburn are the best two teams in that division. Auburn's schedule is brutal and A&M has already beaten (and quite handily at that) one of their big tests (So Car). What is scary is wasn't this supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Ags?

And U of H!

He is correct. To this point, they appear to be playing way better than Bama.

Can I add that I think rick smith is an excellent gm? I thought O'Brien was a great hire and I have liked how he has managed this team with what he has been given and the moves he's made.

I agree with that last paragraph especially. One of the few things I liked about Steinbrenner's early reign of the Yankees. And high school and college coaches do it all the time. Discipline can be taught in many forms and hopefully spills over into other parts of life. And a lot of these problems occur because the players are severely lacking in self-discipline.

To answer your question, no jeopardy attaches when a grand jury "no bills" (elects not to indict) a defendant. So theoretically, as long as the statute of limitations has not run, a prosecutor can keep bringing a case before a grand jury as many times as he likes. Generally, they usually choose not to once there is a no bill.

If so barely. I see 6 as their max wins. 4 or 5 more likely

True dat. I'm not big on moral victories but after last week, just glad to see them competitive.

I will say this. The swoopes kid has a live arm.

You can't avoid the fact that these are kids. No matter what you tell them, sometimes they are just going to think there is no way they can lose to a team like rice - and show up flat. Lucky for the Ags, the kids are pretty much right. Their third stringers could beat rice.

I know there is a lot of football left to be played. But in my eyes, based upon what I have seen, A&M looks like a top 5 team. If I was voting, I would certainly have them above Bama at this point.

A&M stock on the rise some more...

Can I borrow the delorean once you are finished with it?

Tech barely beat utep and cent ark. They aren't very good. Not impressed with Arkansas either. SECond to none* *except FSU and OU

Man me too. Junior high coaches too. My behind would be black and blue after school.

Shows how little you know. If you think ANY of the big money horns were behind this hire... And to follow it up, you talk about dollars at risk? We have more money than US Steel son. (Translation: dumb.)

I'm generally against this law. I've seen it abused by prosecutors who have indicted parents for bruising on the child's behind. I'm not a huge fan of corporal punishment but caught my share of whippings growing up. I think it's usually best left to the parents. That being said, he seemed to get out of hand with the switch on a child that young. Not sure it should be a Felony though except in the most egregious cases.