Texas A&M 24, Oklahoma State 23

(Yes, that is Marquis Carpenter, Adarius Bowman, and an open field tackle all in the same picture.)

"Another road game, another meltdown." For the first time in what feels like ages, that was headline was in their newspaper, not ours. Fran described the first half as "atrocious." Laying a goose egg against a team who had not recorded a first half conference shut out in three years and sports the leagues 3rd worst scoring defense is at least atrocious. Unfortunately for the Cowboys, Red Bryant and "the leaders on the team decided the key to the game was 'refuse to lose'." A half-back pass, concussed starting QB, and roughed kicker later, our boys put together a record-matching comeback. The experience was emotional enough to invoke poetry out of a 6'5" +300lb o-lineman (Kirk Elder) who refused "to go quietly into the night" (Note: I am aware the line is "do not go gentle into that good night", but, in my opinion, it is close enough considering the guy can squat 620lbs).

OSU's rushing offense ranks eighth nationally with 241.4 yards per game. To counter this, freshman Billy Chavis (6-4, 226) has been moved to linebacker from safety to provide more depth behind Mark Dodge and Misi Tupe.

Here are the pics from around Texas:
D-Morn News: 27-17, good guys
SA-Express: 31-28, good guys
H-Chron: 35-31, good guys
BCS-Eagle: good guys
FW-Tgram: 38-28, good guys (Note: they steal their game pics from The Sports Network, lame)

The athletic department was quick to point out that collegehoops.net rated DeAndre Jordan, Joseph Jones, Bryan Davis, and Chinemelu Elonu as a top 10 front court. However, they failed to mention that the same website picked us to finish 5th in the Big 12 and make a trip to the NIT. The NIT? Those are pretty low expectations for have a top 10 set of big guys.

There have been rumors about this for a few days now, but it is official, Soulja Boy will headlines Maroon Madness. Get your full length mirror and start practicing your superman, Oct 12 is just a few days away.

A&M officials have reportedly "examined Dennis Franchione's contract to determine if he violated the terms of his deal" (link to a section of his contract). The university investigation has determined that the VIP Connection newsletter did not violate any NCAA rules nor did its earnings violate IRS law.

To the untrained eye, it would seem that the newsletter could be a "business transaction or commerce... that may cause discredit to the UNIVERSITY" and therefore a breach of contract. However, my lawyer says that it would be hard to prove that the newsletter discredited the university. While the newsletter arguably harms the reputation of (discredits) Fran, that harm is not necessarily felt by the university. This clause is "geared more towards making disparaging comments" than dip shit business ventures (the dip shit part is mine, not my lawyer's).

Everyone is doing throwbacks (including the Philadelphia Eagles , wowza). So the question now is will we ever throwback, and which uniform would we pick? There really is not clear favorite because, well, our uniforms remained pretty basic. But here are some samples:
1800s: 1910:
1930: 1950:
1970:

The D-Morn news posted a few more of Fran's VIP Connection newsletters.

Texas Tech linebacker Kellen Tillman was arrested on a marijuana possession charge. Tillman's arrest come on the same day a previous team suspension was lifted. Nothing says "I'M BACK" quite like Class B misdemeanor charge of possession of under 2 ounces of marijuana.

All (most?) of the players showed up at today's weekly press conference to show their support for Fran. Consequently, they are all now "in trouble for missing class." Interim president Ed is has asked the AD to "urgently look into the matter of the VIP email list to insure there are no violations of NCAA rules or regulations." Until that process is complete $Bill is not even going to fart.
Oh ya. There is a football game (on TV, ya!) this weekend. OSU head coach Mike Gundy thinks our "strong tradition" is what makes it "enjoyable" to play in Kyle Field. Our tradition makes it enjoyable for you Mike? Are you sure it is not our bad tackling and shotty coverage? (McGee, please don't yell at me for saying that.)

Baylor coach Guy Morriss reported his team had "10 drops and about a half-dozen bad throws" on Saturday. Considering our defense recorded zero sacks and zero QB hurries in the game, I do not think we can take credit for their offensive woes.