Category: Texas

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    Saved By The Bell

    School finally started this week for the wee ones. Princess kicked off her yearlong public school farewell tour as a senior and Budman became an almost-big fish at the Middle School as a 7th grader. “But Semitough” you say. “Doesn’t school start much earlier down there deep-in-the-heart’o?” Not any more. The Texas Legislature, in their infinite wisdom has decided that…

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    Burnt Orange Twist of a Different Sort

    I don’t even know how to describe this story at Deadspin. Suffice it to say that this takes the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma University and Texas University to a whole ‘nother level. If you’re squeamish you might want to skip this one. You’ve been warned. These CTs are feeling it.

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    Aggie Football Preview With A Burnt Orange Twist

    Found this link posted on an Aggie football forum of all places. An entertaining and in many cases bang on  analysis of the upcoming 2007 season. Barking Carnival’s Texas A&M Football State of the Union lays it out in a forthright fashion that even this Aggie fan can’t argue: Dennis Franchione is an enigma wrapped in a riddle, coaching at a school…

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    The Road to Houston

    The Energizer Buddy Summer 2007 tour took us to Houston this past weekend. Budman left on Monday and we hit I-45 early Friday AM. Site of athletic competition is former SWC member, University of Houston. Cougar High is somewhere in that downtown Houston morass shown on the left. We were able to navigate our way through and got there just…