The beloved GD will be paid $425,000 next year, as was predicted by our resident cantankerous precog HC.

Regardless of your opinion of GD, I really don't see this as the best business decision.  Is GD getting offers from other schools?  Use that cash to hire another assistant for Ken Rucker so we don't repeat last off season.

Since texassports.com decided to team with Bluetooth, they have not updated their Outlook importer for UT sports.  So I created my own UT men's basketball schedule to import into Outlook.
It is a csv file, if you need help importing that into Outlook, see here.
The way I set it up, the opposing team is listed in the location, and the description has the TV station with direct TV channels.  The game times are set up for east coast, so either change the timezone in outlook to east coast before you import or edit the file to add or subtract hours.
The csv file can be downloaded here.

EDSBS actually linked to this story first and actually quoted the same quote, so hat tip to them: http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday....

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I’m glad PB isn’t going to ban HornsChamps.  There, I said it.  I know he can be a curmudgeonly type who talks down to everyone else and has an irrational hatred for everything and everyone associated with Mack Brown, but... this is America, and everyone is entitled to a defense, and I think HornsChamps has a good one.

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A friend of mine, Fez, who hangs out with way too many Texans for being from Massachusetts, forwarded me this link, and I think it does a good job summarizing the problem with fall weddings.

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Heaps of praise for Peter, so check it out:

http://www.rockytoptalk.com/story/2007/2/1/04557/61804#readmore

One-line diaries are prohibited on Burnt Orange Nation. Give your diary a bit more thought, then give it another shot. If you have nothing to add to your proposed diary, then it probably belongs as a comment under another appropriate thread.

I just went through the list and marked my calendar for what games I want to watch:
Independence Bowl - OK St vs AL
Holiday Bowl - A&M vs Cal
Insight Bowl - Tech vs Minn
Alamo - Obvious
Cotton - Aub vs Neb
Cap One - Ark vs Wis
Rose - USC vs Mich
Fiesta - OU vs Bosie St
Sugar - LSU vs ND
Championship Game
You can see my reasoning, teams we played, interesting matchups (Cap one and Rose), wanting to see ND get exposed one more time and the championship.

What is every one else going to watch?

For those of you who, like me, did not get to see this live, here is Vince's game winning run:

The fact that they are asking for more words is insulting to VY's performance.  What ever happened to McCovey cronicles?  Now that it says Burnt Orange Nation it makes it seem like it is PB's fault that I half to type this.

Because he commented on a story from last month yesterday, I was worried that everyone would not get to see what makes sooner fans so great.
Everyone remembers this story, right?
http://www.burntorangenation.com/story/2006/11/29/161438/02

Well, apparently texasftball80 just got the memo, but it did not stop him from posting three comments and showing his true colors, I am guessing a sooner fan.  
Here is his first post, at nine Thursday morning, a general comment on the story:
http://www.burntorangenation.com/comments/2006/11/29/161438/02/58#58
In this post he seems to be bitching about excuses, but notice the suttle hints of OU fandom.  The blatant homophobia, the hatred for all things Texas, and a complete disregard for the facts.  Of course Colt took his helmet off before the end of the play, that must be why the reffs ejected the guy.  
Being the nice guy that he is thought, he gives us what we like and even ends his comments with a p.s. to enjoy the Alamo bowl.
Here is his second post coming almost 10 hours later from his first one, which is in response to Joey's comment complementing PB's fine work at the blog:
http://www.burntorangenation.com/comments/2006/11/29/161438/02/59#59
Ah, all caps title that must mean that Joey sucks with emphasis.  I also like the preface "seriously man", letting you know that he is not kidding about how much he thinks Joey sucks.  He then goes on with the astute observation that Joey obviously a longhorn fan (he is actually a fan of USC) because he has "nothing better to do other than get on here and analyze and give reasons why your team sucks dick."  Well, if you look at Joey's comments: http://www.burntorangenation.com/user/joey/comments, I have never seen his say that USC or UT sucks D, let alone give excuses for their sucking.  
He then goes on to say "Thats all yall do is give excuses." This seems to be a reoccurring theme with texasftball80 along with fellatio.
His big finish is what I think most identifies him as a sooner fan, his sign off, "White power."  The homophobia was a clue, but racist white superiority, if this guy is not a Sooner, he should be.  
Here is his final post, in response to PBs comments to the professor who was saying the article was student journalism:
http://www.burntorangenation.com/comments/2006/11/29/161438/02/60#60
A second blatant disregard for the facts (if freshman of the year is a "lame excuse for a quarterback" I am not sure what a good QB is) and then tries the "you would do the same thing" defense.  I think people use this excuse when displaying behavior that they know is reprehensible but are trying to justify it.  "It is not my fault, it is society".  Bonus points for using the double contraction "yall'd" for "you all would", I have never seen that before.
He continues by saying we are pussies and our football team blows, very nice, and such a convincing argument.
He finishes up classy, with the closing "Bevo sucks dick", which is kind of a let down after the ridiculous "White power" closer, but at least he is keeping his theme consistent thorough out his posts.