Wait until the #1 BCS ranked school is prevented from playing in the BCS Championship Game because they had a 929 APR. Lawyers love this kind of stuff. And get rich off of it. 

This is why the schools which emphasize athletics will eventually leave the NCAA. The Division I committee on academic performance includes FCS and FBS schools (I-A and I-AA). Therefore the I_AA schools and the I-A schools which don't emphasize athletics have a certain amount, perhaps a disproportionate amount, of influence over the I-A schools which choose to emphasize athletics. Why is Dr. Walt Harrison, president of the University of Hartford, the chair of the Division I committee on academic performance? The University of Hartford? Why should the University of Hartford have anything to say about the athletics/academics at UT, or Bama, or Southern Cal?

And here's the kicker. When the big boys leave the NCAA, who is going to feel the pain? The I-AA schools and I-A holier than thou schools. The schools who stay in the NCAA won't be allowed to play the new non-NCAA schools. The I-AA schools won't be able to make a year's budget payoff by playing one game a year against the big boys. The I-AA schools' athletics will suffer. And possibly die.

So be it.

[my]

Holloway to Stanley Morgan bomb on the first play from scrimmage against the Clemson tiglets in 1974. That was Morgan's fake walk off the field after the KO return and then lining up at really wide receiver.

The tiglets gripe to this day that UT cheated. It wasn't a great play in the history of UT FB but it was a great play in my history with UT football.

Of course it doesn't help their anger when they heard that when Seivers caught the two point conversion to win the game the referee held up his arms and allegedly said "We win!"  I don't know if that's true or not, but they believe it. Which is just as good. 

[Bodegas Rafael Palacios]

Thanks for asking!   

Bodegas Rafael Palacios Godello Valdeorras Louro do Bolo (2009)($18.00)

My wines come from several different sources. I have a wine girl and wine guy in California. I have purchased the last three allocations of Turley Zinfandel directly from the winery courtesy of CONSIGLIEREG8R. There are several good small wine shops here. And then there are the wine "superstores" such as Total Wines. Obviously, more sources mean more choices of wines. But even a giant such as Total Wines has basically the same selections all the time, as do the small wine shops. (Also, the South Carolina system for the sale of alcohol does its best to limit choice. That's why I like to buy from the people in California or from the winery. This might be illegal in your state.)

Tonight's selection was purchased from a store I had not been to in a while. This store has the usual stuff but also frequently have new wines I haven't seen in other wine stores. I found this delicious white wine from Spain. It's dry and medium-bodied. There is plenty of fruit and although there's a little oak, the acidity on the end cleans it up with nice bite.

It's fine to have a favorite wine store, but to have variety, you gotta shop around. (You may sing those last four words if you wish.)

A big day for birthdays on VTTW. Today happens to be mine as well. Happhy birthday to the others.

Happy Birthday Ridge! What a load of birthdays on one day.

Happy Birthday Jethro, Clock and Mrs. ReVOLver!

I will be leaving the office at 11:30 today in order to play golf in this withering heat and humidity. There's no fool like an old fool.

Thank you. That is all. Carry on.

Jan 1 1968. Karl Kremser wide right.

LOL! I thought of that one but I figured that only about 5 of us would remember it. 

http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2011/aug/04/tennessee-receives-voter-points-but-isnt-ranked/

I was going with the UGA TD until I read japanvol's Memphis game pick. Now I'm conflicted. The Memphis game hurt the team's overall success more. The UGA game hurt me more.

I would also mention the Jamarcus Russell "no-fumble" call but that would changing a call and not a play. 

Before you put out a promotional video, such as this one from Kentucky, you should make sure that #6 doesn't have his number backwards on the back of his jersey.

Check out the video at about the 1:00 to 1:13 mark. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQe1-g6rldE

So, what's Droner drinking this weekend? :-)

A lot. I'm sure I'll be back to the two bottle menu again.

I drank a good bit of wine Saturday night at dinner with friends. I can't go cold turkey.

The last piece of kidney stone exited the launch tube at 2:00 AM this morning. None of the evacuations caused any pain. None of this man having a baby thing. Although there was one instance of a slight sting. The pain I experienced was on that Sunday morning I had to go to the emergency room. It's interesting that the last piece left when it did. My surgical follow-up at the urologist was this afternoon. Quite convenient.

The x-ray revealed that "This house is clean!" 

I will be not leaving the office early today. There's work to be done and money to be made. It doesn't break my heart about not playing golf because it's going to be 100 degrees.

Thank you. That is all. Carry on.

She went in wanting to play trumpet... she tried trumpet, french horn, flute, clarinet, and sax and she liked clarinet the best. I think it had something to do with her mom having played clarinet in band.

I didn't play in band and I laugh at all you band geeks. I was in choir instead which is SO much better.

I was in the band, chorus and theater. 

His brother is on the IU team.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/6809174/top-20-prospect-gunner-kiel-commits-indiana-hoosiers

Then get the used one. I didn't know that the price was now 30 bucks a month to rent one. At least it sounds like it might be a quality instrument and it probably isn't that much more than one of poor quality.

Is she commited long term to the band? If so, get the used one at least. If you don't know whether she's going to stay with it, go with a rental or something cheaper. Depreciation is a killer.

I'm not a parent, but I was in the band. Some kids' parents would buy expensive instruments right off the bat only to have to try and sell it when they quit a year later.

And before anybody thinks I've already made the first million, when I make that million it is earmarked for two trips through college and two weddings.  

Dreamer. By that time a million won't cover two trips through college and two weddings. 

One night when I was in high school I went to a friend's house for a little get together. His family was fairly well off. They had a nice house with a wine cellar that was actually dug into the ground below the house. You entered through a door in the hall of the house and walked down into a rocky cellar with a few shelves.

We drank a couple of bottles and were getting buzzed when he brought out a bottle and said "Let's drink this". The bottle was obviously very old and had no label. But painted on the bottle was "Th. Jefferson". Even in my stupor I realized that it was something that we shouldn't open and common sense prevailed. I don't know if was real or not. There have been documented cases of fraud concerning his wines. But it looked the part.

While I always say that wine is for drinking and not investing, I don't know if I would drink that one. First of all, the value of an old wine like that is in the history and as a museum type piece. After you open it, the value might be a whole lot less. Secondly, I'm not sure that the quality of a 200 year old wine is going to be very good. I'd keep it in the display case.

It's hard to find indoor plumbing in South Carolina these days.   

It's too hot inside our outhouses.

All I'm seeing so far is that he is suspended. But I'm still looking.

That was quick. I just read this article this morning,.  http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2011/jul/26/south-carolina-assistant-mangus-arrested/

I got my first message in two days at the office. It was just before I left for the day and I couldn't get back on the board despite refreshing about 30 times.

I will comply and also send you an email.