The men's basketball team has climbed back up in the polls, 11 AP and 12 ESPN/USA Today.

Bowl season has historically been a sad time of year for the Aggies. 0-5 at the Cotton Bowl, 1-2 at the Alamo Bowl, 0-1 at the Sugar Bowl, and 0-1 at the Independence Bowl. Our most recent bowl victory was at the soon-to-be-renamed galleryfurniture.com bowl in 2001. I went to that game, and I totally agree with RC Solucm when he said "it was fun to finally win a bowl game." Now we are back at the Holiday Bowl. If history makes you sad, then the history of this game will make you laugh. Not only did we beat BYU in our only other Holiday Bowl appearance, but we dislocated BOTH of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Ty Detmer's shoulders.

The hire that everyone hated, defensive coordinator Gary Danrell, has really panned out for Fran. Danrell oversaw an improvement from from 107th to 37th in overall defense this year. Apparently he has done it all by adjusting the team's "confidence and attitude". I am impressed with his half-time adjustments, I am just a little confused why we ALWAYS need to make half-time adjustments. Does he not get much from film during the week?

Fran is trying to "get the week started in right direction" by practicing in full pads. And
the team's tour guide, and leading receive, Ma Bennett plans to "shine like Rudolph's nose". For some reason this whole blue stat v red state/war fighter v war protester type of comparison of the game really annoys me.