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Wow. You don't see 32 team tournaments in HS basketball very often. With that field, no idea why they would put Silsbee and Wagner against each other in the first round. Other than what you surmised.

Of course, that works both ways. Would be funny if Silsbee pulled off an upset and sent one of their better teams to the loser's bracket after the first round.

Color me surprised. I don't know why they do those things. Try to seed it correctly and have the best teams playing each other in later rounds. Is Cibolo Steele in that tourney?

The forehead thing is a little strange but whatever. To me, it does cross the line when Sumblin gets drunk and tries to slip them the tongue...

Silsbee will be heavily favored in every district game and every playoff game leading to SA. Not sure about there because you never know what's coming out of Dallas. They won't be favored in every predistrict game, full team or not, only because of the quality of opponents. They will play some very talented, much bigger schools in the Fort Bend Tournament and the San Antonio ISD Tournament. I think they will play the Fort Bend teams closer this year and be competitive in virtually every game they play. And they will be one of the most battle tested teams in the state come playoff time.

You gave me a great idea for a future wager. Or a horrible one if I lose.

No such luck. He gone

Johnny Manziel. Oh never mind, I thought you said AA.

Klatt gets it. Skip (a huge OU homer) gets it. Most people get it. Aggy doesn't get it and never will. But in all fairness, that's not uncommon amongst envious little brothers...

Yes, he usually doesn't get off to fast starts and then fall off the rails so I am sure the Ags are in for another flawless October. And even if they aren't, please keep the guy. He's aces in our book!

You have to question whether someone who makes such statements has the temperament and/or judgment to be officiating any games. As Mamba pointed out though, it is remarkable to me how many officials wear their emotions on their sleeve. I saw several events this summer where collegiate officials were working the tournament. They blow calls just like anyone else and it's to be expected. None of us are perfect. And although they blew far less calls than the high school officials and were far more consistent, the thing that stood out to me was almost none of them took anything personal. They were there to do a job and focused their efforts there. There are some really good officials in this area. And the ones who stand out, go about their business and aren't consumed with what coaches and especially fans are saying. And to be honest, if you are paying that much attention to a school's fans to be able to rate them ("the whiniest and most arrogant"), I would have a hard time believing you are focused on the task at hand.

Well, I mean, a lot of people are saying that. So are many people...

I, for one, am very thankful for the Prairie View A&M, New Mexico St., Texas State schedules. We love Sumblin and hope he has a long career with many more extensions in College Station with 6th-8th place conference finishes. I like the buying into the "well the conference games are just so tough excuse."

Hermann hasn't exactly made it a secret where his dream job would be. It's not in Baton Rouge. Not going to rehash the Saban debacle but suffice it to say, that was a nice parting gift from Coach Brown.

Subterfuge. Bruce Feldman reports today on the Herd that there was a 7-5 benchmark going into the season that has now been raised to 9-3. I honestly don't see, barring a miraculous recovery, how he survives. I think the U of H success again, coupled with the Miles firing, has no small bearing on this. Hermann is the hot commodity and they don't want to lose him to LSU by hoping against hope with Strong for another year.

I mean I'm not sure but I've been hearing things...

Lol - not yet. I heard they weren't even sex tapes. I was told the Donald has done more explicit stuff on stage with his daughter...

Would love to see a poll of Pence vs Hillary after tonight. My guess is it would be a healthy advantage. Unfortunately for the GOP, he doesn't speak nearly as often or loudly as his boss.

How can you not root for a guy named Patrick Reed? His performance on Sunday was epic. Although the Ryder Cup is played for love of country (or Continent for the Euros), you gotta think the guy cashed in big time on Sunday. Endorsement deals should be coming his way.

I'm more offended by the drunken, middle of th night night tweets. I only say "drunken" because I'm trying to give him some credit. Surely someone whose temperament is one of his best quality (as he said in the debate), wouldn't tweet asking America to "check out sex tape" of one of the former winners of his beauty pageant while sober. His maturity and impulse control that seems to be that of someone one-tenth his age is much more concerning to me than his tax deductions. [Hidden Content]

Pence was no question better. It's like Kaine studied Trump's debate technique and mimicked it the "best" he could. Constantly interrupting, giving almost exclusively non-answers, etc. However, VP debates rarely have much of an impact on elections. The biggest bloodletting I've ever witnessed in a debate was Bentsen-Quayle.... BUT we have also never had a modern election where BOTH of the candidates at the top of the tickets were this unpopular. So who knows...if there ever was going to be an election where the VPs would be more important than in the normal cycle, this would undoubtedly be the one...

Stop sandbagging Mamba

Lefty has been a monster today.

Bye bye Rory