The legal troubles continue for the bad guys... Texas defensive tackle Andre Jones is accused of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony. He currently is not in custody and an arrest warrant has been issued. This comes a week or so after another Texas player, linebacker Sergio Kindle, was arrested for DWI. Is Texas giving Miami a run for their money?

D-Back Japhus Brown couldn't cut it in the classroom and will not return for his senior season. Brown had 17 tackles last year in 11 with five starts. He is best remember (by me) for his interception in the Texas game. Damn it Brown! We need you.

In our first appearance since the 68-71 loss to UAB in the first round of the first Preseason NIT, we will be playing against a Sutton. ? No not THAT Sutton.? THAT Sutton doesn't coach any more. We will play the OTHER Sutton, Scott, from Oral Robers University. We will host two games in College Station, then move on to the semis and finals in Madison Square Garden.

In listing of decade's alpha dog in college football, the four letter network rated us as a tier two program (#29). The reason,

The Aggies finally ended a dubious trifecta of unsightly droughts last season, finishing with a winning record, beating Texas and playing in an upper-tier bowl game for the first time since 1999. But coach Dennis Franchione still hasn't produced the types of campaigns the Aggies enjoyed under former coach R.C. Slocum, who went 42-5-1 from 1991 to 1994. Franchione is 25-22 in four years in College Station and still might not be off the hot seat.

While I don't disagree with that assessment, placing teams like Georgia Tech, TCU, and Notre Dame above us is crap. Also, Texas above OU? Considering the last ten year. No way.

The basketball schedule is out!

There is a good mix of cupcakes and big programs on here. A home game with LSU will be great. We will face Arizona in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series, which I have never heard of and is not at all a rip of the ACC/Big-Ten Challenge. I am excited to see some east coast games. If our boys can take care of business at home I will be watching them in the Big Apple. That new deal with ESPN is nice, all but one of our conference games will be on TV and we have a Big Monday game. I don't see the game with Emporia State that was going to be on for Nov 1. This schedule must not include the exhibition games. I also need to remember to fly in early on Wed so I can catch the Alabama game.

Here it is, in all of its glory:

Nov 9	Fri	McNeese State	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Nov 13	Tue	Preseason NIT (Opponent TBD) Reed Arena	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Nov 14	Wed	Preseason NIT (Opponent TBD) Reed Arena	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Nov 21	Wed	@ Preseason NIT Semifinals Madison Square Garden/New York	New York, N.Y. Madison Square Garden	TBA
Nov 23	Fri	@ Preseason NIT Championship Madison Square Garden/New York	New York, N.Y. Madison Square Garden	TBA
Nov 28	Wed	Alabama	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Dec 2	Sun	@ Arizona Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series	Tucson, Ariz. McKale Center	TBA
Dec 8	Sat	Texas State	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Dec 16	Sun	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Dec 19	Wed	Detroit	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Dec 22	Sat	UC Irvine	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Dec 29	Sat	Florida A&M	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Dec 31	Mon	Rice	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Jan 5	Sat	LSU	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Jan 12	Sat	Colorado *	College Station Reed Arena	3:00 PM	ESPN Regional
Jan 16	Wed	@ Texas Tech *	Lubbock, Texas United Spirit Arena	8:30 PM	ESPN2
Jan 19	Sat	@ Kansas State *	Manhattan, Kan. Bramlage Coliseum	3:00 PM	ESPN
Jan 23	Wed	Baylor *	College Station Reed Arena	TBA
Jan 26	Sat	@ Oklahoma State *	Stillwater, Okla. Gallagher-Iba Arena	1:00 PM	ESPN
Jan 30	Wed	Texas * State Farm Lone Star Showdown/	College Station Reed Arena	8:00 PM	ESPN2
Feb 2	Sat	Oklahoma *	College Station Reed Arena	3:00 PM	ESPN Regional
Feb 5	Tue	@ Iowa State *	Ames, Iowa Hilton Coliseum	7:00 PM	ESPN Regional
Feb 9	Sat	@ Missouri *	Columbia, Mo. Mizzou Arena	12:30 PM	ESPN Regional
Feb 16	Sat	Oklahoma State *	College Station Reed Arena	2:30 PM	ABC
Feb 18	Mon	@ Texas * State Farm Lone Star Showdown/	Austin, Texas Erwin Center	8:00 PM	ESPN
Feb 23	Sat	Nebraska *	College Station Reed Arena	3:00 PM	ESPN Regional
Feb 27	Wed	Texas Tech *	College Station Reed Arena	7:00 PM	ESPN Regional
Mar 1	Sat	@ Oklahoma *	Norman, Okla. Lloyd Noble Center	1:00 PM	ESPN
Mar 5	Wed	@ Baylor *	Waco, Texas Ferrell Center	8:00 PM	ESPN2
Mar 8	Sat	Kansas *	College Station Reed Arena	1:00 PM	CBS
Mar 13- Mar 16	Thu- Sun	@ Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Sprint Center/Kansas City	Kansas City, Mo. Sprint Center	TBA
Mar 20- Mar 23	Thu- Sun	@ NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds	Site, TBA	TBA
Mar 27- Mar 30	Thu- Sun	@ NCAA Regionals	Site, TBA	TBA
Apr 5- Apr 7	Sat- Mon	@ NCAA Final Four Alamodome/San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas Alamodome	TBA

McGuffie picked Big Blue. Here is a clip of his decision. Beware of the ass clown from rivlas.com. He has a flare for the dramatic, mostly when he compares McGuffie to Niel Armstrong. Why not the Aggies? He loves us, but wanted to "experience new things." Maybe ice fishing?

Pulled this on from the Big Lead. Here is a (giant) photo of the KU QB. Can McGee grow a better stache than that? Can anyone?I bet his favorite thing about high school girls is that they stay the same age.

The new uniforms are on full display... be prepared to be underwhelmed. Someone should also tell Cody Wallace that America's Next Top Model does not fidget.

Dickie V (who I personally cannot stand, anyone know if Dick and coach K are friends?) put Joe Jones on his "All-Rolls Royce" 2nd team, saying he should have a "monster year" and "could surprise some teams with his athleticism." Not everyone is buying it what Dick is selling, claiming Joe was "constantly outplayed by less-heralded teammate Antanas Kavliauskas last season." That is hard to argue with. But Dick is looking as what will happen, not what has happened.

Turgeon has commented that Joe will likely stretch his game "15 and 17 feet" while DJ works the blocks. Maybe Dick thinks Joe will dominate at that spot. Joe did well muscling up the bigs, so there is every reason to believe he can do the same to 3s and 4s. It is questionable whether or not he is quick enough to get a jump on the faster players, but maybe he gained a step or two at the NBA camps this summer.

So I am way behind on this one... The new seating chart is out for men's basketball:I have not been to a basketball game at Reed in a long time, so these observations may be years late, but I am liking this set up. 1) They have lined the court with super expensive court side seats. The only people that were court side before were a handful of media-types, which was lame. These seats go a long way to making basketball the fashionable thing to do when you are in College Station. Think Lakers here. You less likely to recognize who is playing next to Kobe than you are who is sitting with Jack court side. 2) No HUGE storage area behind one basket. That was always so Bush league. Putting the band back there on a few levels of risers made it more obvious/obnocsious.

What would I change? Get ride of the $$ seats behind one basket. Make a lottery where 50 students get to stand there the whole game. Call it the Aggie Pit or something. That would be a national icon. Kid would go nuts. There might need to be some sort of cage or plexieglass to prevent a player from plucking one of the hecklers out of the Pit and tearing him in half. Man that would be great. You would get at least a few thousand students to every game, even the ones over Christmas, just for a chance to get into the lottery and stand in the Pit. I am thinking a pre-game "The Price is Right" type of thing where names get called kids come running down from their seats. Someone call $Bill, this idea has legs.