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Franchitti: Richmond 'awful, awful race' RICHMOND, Va. -- Scott Dixon described the IndyCar Series race at Richmond International Raceway as "a bit of a procession, unfortunately," and said the 300-lap event was frustrating because the lack of passing made it more closely resemble a parade. And he made those comments Saturday night after ending up in Victory Lane. Teammate and runner-up Dario Franchitti apologized to fans for an "awful, awful race," while Graham Rahal said he only passed two cars all night while finishing third. One year after a 26-car field produced what Danica Patrick described as a "carnagefest" on the shortest track on the series, with 103 laps of caution and a dozen accidents, the latest visit was quite the opposite. Twenty cars spent the night speeding single file around the D-shaped oval, with none of the drama fans are accustomed to seeing in NASCAR country. On Tuesday, IndyCar Series officials and those of International Speedway Corp., which owns RIR, will meet to continue discussions about whether the series will return in 2010. Track president Doug Fritz declined to speculate Sunday on how those talks will go, but did nothing to mask his disappointment with a race that was missing what fans come to see. "I wish we had seen more passing and more lead changes and more side by side racing," he said in a telephone interview. "We'd love to see better shows and from our perspective as it relates to the fans, we're as disappointed as the fans are and as the drivers are, as well." Dixon suggested the cars in the series are part of the problem, and he and others spoke all weekend about how having them all engineered so similarly can stymie the competition. It hasn't stopped Dixon and Franchitti from Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe from Team Penske from dominating the series through eight races, but pit stops and fuel strategy seemed the only ways for cars to make gains Saturday night. When Dixon passed Franchitti on pit road just before the midpoint of the race, he was followed back onto the track by Franchitti, Rahal and Andretti-Green Racing teammates Hideki Mutoh and Patrick. When the checkered flag flew 160 laps later, the top five was the same. Terry Angstadt, president of the Indy Racing League's commercial division, said his specialty isn't the competition side of racing, but he's heard the car issue discussed. "There's actually some things that can be done [to the cars] that [engineers] feel can help in promoting a little bit closer racing," Angstadt said, referring to aerodynamics. Angstadt, who has been working to add a date in Brazil to the series, said the series will go to Tuesday's meetings hoping to return to Richmond next year, and for years to come. "I'm hopeful that we'll have good conversations," he said. "We're having it on Tuesday, so we're going to know relatively soon if it's going to work out, but we hope so."

Way to go Admin!!

8) Yea he's going to be one of their main WR's.

Not sure, i read it the same way then i made a Phone call.

That wasn't true, He's playing WR as well and will be a dang good one.

Article WO-S football coach Dan Hooks has coached 10 players who played NCAA Division I football, three of whom played in the National Football League, he said. None, Hooks said, received as much interest from colleges as Haynes. Been ALOT more than 10.

Seems as though ALOT of Schools notice something about him!

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8) 8) We need rain!!!

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Representing Texas at PCB Van Wade The Orange Leader What a place to kick back and relax. Panama City Beach, Florida, USA. Why not go back to the place you proposed to your wife to celebrate an anniversary. If you haven’t been there, it’s a paradise. They don’t call it the Redneck Riviera for nothing and Kelly and I love it. The trip is great, once you get Louisiana in your rearview mirror. Every time I go, I pack all my Texas gear up. You have to do that, just to see how many stares you get. There are a few Texas stragglers but most of the folks that hit PCB this time of year are Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee fans. I sported my Texas Longhorn gear with pride. I even ran across a Florida Gator fan and told him proudly with my “Hook’em Horns†shirt that we would be playing his team in the BCS National Championship Game come January. He gave me a stern look and said “We’ll see you there.†I didn’t really want to argue with the guy and pick a fight. After all, the 10-year-old’s Dad was right around the corner. I went into a couple university clothing stores at a strip mall there. That was pure “foreign†for this Texas “cat†who is used to seeing Texas and A&M gear all over the place. All you see there is “Roll Tide†shirts. Of course there are the Gators and Hurricanes but even more Florida State Seminoles gear. Each day we’d also hit the beach. Covering local high school sports for 16 years, you know I’ve been blessed with at least 120 T-shirts that the schools have dished out. It’s fun to get the comments from 530 miles away too. One day I adorned a Bridge City Basketball T-shirt that Bridge City boys basketball coach Tony Knight gave me last season. The comment I received was about Hurricane Ike. A lady, that lives in Foley, Alabama, had a cousin that lived in Bridge City and her and her husband talked about the devastation but also how quickly her cousin and family bounced back quickly due to a tremendous amount of help from the surrounding communities. I just told her that’s what Southeast Texas is all about. The next day, we’re in line at a Marble Slab when I was supporting a “Chain Gang†T-Shirt that long-time West Orange-Stark coordinator Cornel Thompson gave me at some point in the mid-1990s. Sure enough, a gentleman, who looked to be in his late 40s approached me. He said, “Man, is that program as good as it was back in the 1980s.†The man had relatives that live in McKinney. He said his nephew played on the McKinney JV in 1986 but remembered with great detail, the 21-9 victory WO-S put up against them in the 1986 Class 4A State Championship tilt. He brought up how the Mustang defense shackled Randy Simmons, their All-American tailback. On Tuesday night, we ventured into a club called Tootsies, that name sticks because that’s our miniature pincher’s name. Texas had already dropped Game One to LSU in the College Baseball World Series Championship on Monday. However, it was Texas’ night to shine Tuesday. So there I am, sporting a Dallas Cowboys T-shirt and a 2006 Texas National Championship football cap and having staredowns with a two couples covered with LSU gear as we watched the big screen TV. Nothing like one-upping somebody on vacation with you wife telling you to quit staring at people. Texas shut down the Tigers that night, forcing a Game Three Wednesday. Unfortunately, that third game didn’t go so well for our boys of the “Forty Acres.†LSU, which truly seemed to be the best team throughout the Series, went on to win the thing, which made the traffic jam in Baton Rouge coming home rough with all the Geaux Tigers and national title signs that were hanging everywhere. The funny thing about the beach is that folks are so relaxed. It’s not just the men that sport their favorite schools, the ladies that were there represented well too, though I didn’t see any two-piece “Gig’em†bathing suits. I’m about ready to hang out in a Texas Academy store to feel like I’m truly home again. However, I just might head over to the Sulphur Wal-Mart soon. Trust me, I’m not getting anything that says LSU on it anytime soon. Maybe a Sulphur Tors cap for the next time I go see LC-M head coach Randy Crouch, who is a Sulphur grad.

Got to have the rain though!

Hopefully a better chance next week!!

Completely different upper air pattern!

Nederland/Lumberton should be a good one

NO threat to us at all!!!!

Who Wins 21 5A?

They ended up in a tie i believe. Teams aren't going to give much away in scrimmages.