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I’ve noticed an increase in traffic to this blog lately because people are finding my post from last November where I say that “Coach Fran Must Go!“  In fact, if you enter those words into Google, you’ll find that post as the number one link on the front page.

I’d like to re-double that traffic with a renewed assertion that this guy must go.  In fact, I now think this is inevitable — its just a matter now of when.  I’m on the fence as to whether I want it to happen right now or after the season.  The players appear to be behind him for some reason, so I can see leaving him in there for him.  The other factor is that there are not too many great choices for an in-season replacement.

Why this post then?  Quite frankly, I’m tired of them losing to Texas Tech.  If A&M is truly battling Texas for the top Texas school and thus competing for the top recruits then they should rarely lose to the so-called lower tier Texas teams.  And yet, Tech has had a stranglehold on the series.  That just needs to stop right now.

Today’s lopsided 35-7 loss was very hard to watch.  I am trying to recall the day when I was comfortable with the A&M defense.  Its been since the original Wrecking Crew.  These current players try real hard, but game-after-game receivers just run through them.  Tech even managed a bit of a running game today.

I really like Stephen McGee as a leader and a player with a huge heart.  But what happened to his ability to pass?  He was actually a passing quarterback coming out of high school.  Of course, if you have no one to throw to, your ability to be a passing quarterback is severely limited.  I feel very sorry for Martellus Bennett.  I’m afraid that we won’t be able to see how good he is until he lands on a pro team.  And its too bad for him that his unimpressive career at A&M will cost him a lot of money early in his career.

So bottom line: let’s get rid of Fran and get another of these innovative up-and-coming coaches.  I’m thinking we need to find football’s version of Billy Gillispie, but work in some loyalty so that we can keep him.  Should be interesting to see how quickly this all comes to pass.

I was thinking to myself there was something funny to say about last night’s Dallas vs. Buffalo football tilt.  Through all 60 minutes of the game, Dallas never led — but they won.  Yes, that’s true.  The clock hit 00:00 before Dallas obtained the winning points.

But leave it to Razor Reaugh, our local hockey TV analyst, to put the right words in place.  Recall that Dallas beat Buffalo in the Super Bowl in the 90s and beat them to win the Stanley Cup in hockey in ‘99.  The latter event is still disputed by Buffaloans as the game winning goal was scored by Brett Hull with one skate in the crease.

So Dallasites, please observe the travel advisory for travel to Buffalo…something tells me their hospitality may not be what it once was…

On the October 8th episode of Heroes we were innocently watching when a beach scene appeared before us. Well, it was none other than Bali Hai in the background and thus it was likely Tunnels Beach on Kauai. When asked where they were, the female character in the scene answered “Maui” which was incorrect.

Its okay to take poetic license, I guess, but I had to wonder why Maui was any better choice than Kauai. If this is the prevailing opinion, then let it be so, for we will be happy to have Kauai be Hawaii’s best kept secret.

Given the time between blog entries, you might think I have stowed away on that secret island. Alas, not so. Its been an interesting few months and I am overdue an update on these parts. Stay tuned.