I am upset; but not so much because we lost, or because we wasted the better part of a decade with Fran. I am upset because yesterday proved that we will have to wait another five years before we can compete in the Big 12 again. I am tired of waiting.

This was not a great week for fans of Texas A&M football, hopefully this cheers you up... taco meat

Ugh. Vick' Em shirts have now been followed up by Sick' Em shirts. Sick' Em? Really? If only that lawsuit would have put Aggieland Outfitters in bankruptcy, then the world would be a better place.

ABC's TV coverage map. I am in a green state, crap.

We were picked to finish 3rd in the Big 12 in the preseason coach's poll. Kansas topped the list and Texas was second. The gap between us and Texas was only 4 points (101 to 105), that is a 0.03% gap, and we received 2 first place votes where as Texas received none.
Joe Jones was named to the preseason All-Big 12 team and Josh Carter and DeAndre Jordan received honorable mentions.

The women's team also cleaned up in the preseason awards: Tyra White was named freshman of the year, A'Quonesia Franklin and Takia Starks were named All-Big 12 players, and Morenike Atunrase and Danielle Gant receieved honorable mention.

Here is a summary of $Bill's investigation:

What WAS a violation:
NCAA: Coaches must disclose income.
Fran: Come on man. I was spending more than I was making on that deal. Look in my wallet, nada, so what the hell do you want me to report?
NCAA: Dude, you totally have to report that. Don't be shady

NCAA: You cannot comment on recruits.
Fran: Ya I talked about recruits, but I never said about WHICH recruit.
NCAA: Weak.

Big-12: You cannot bitch about us or our refs.
Fran: I still stay you guys are idiots and you blew that call.
Big-12: Your brain has a shell on it.

What now?

CoachFran.com is gone. VIP Connection author Mike McKenzie is gone. Fran gets a "letter of admonishment" (wtf?). Fran has to reduce his contact with any recruit mentioned in a newsletter

$Bill has called a 9am press conference to release the results on an investigation into Fran's VIP Connection. The VIP Connection is so last week.

More one tech's fan base "nastiness"...
This? They are just throwing paint, what is wrong with that? Now that slice of pizza (I think it is pizza) that may have crosses the line. Have you ever tried to get dried cheese off a car? Exactly.

Why can't we win in Lubbock? A fourth quarter pick returned of a TD in 95, a missed field goal in 97, an inability to stop the run in 99, turnovers in 01, 8 TD passes in 03, and another 50+ points given up in 05. Following that trajectory, we should lose by about 100. But why?

Former TAMU lineman Hunter Goodwin thinks it it the fans, they are "nasty" and "a lot of Aggie don't want to deal with that." Nasty? I guess, if you think "the tortillas, the batteries and the 100 DPS troopers", goal posts in the stands, and Vick' Em Shirts (Note: these have been baned by the University, something about the shirts being "derogatory, inflammatory, insensitive, or in such bad taste that it reflects negatively on this fine institution, its students, athletic teams, alumni or faculty") is nasty.
Any expectation this year will be different? J-Train thinks so, according to him "we're going to win in 2007. That's a guarantee. I promise you." J-Train likes our chances against a one armed pirate, and so do I.

The same school that ripped down their own goal post and threw them into the stands is now selling these shirts for Saturday's game....
Way to keep it classy Lubbock.