Sportsmanship

I expect–nay demand–good sportsmanship from college and professional athletes and their fans. It is NOT acceptable that a Miami player punched a North Carolina player in the groin this year. It is NOT acceptable that Aggies vandalized the UT campus over the weekend. It is NOT acceptable that Tech vandalized Aggie buses earlier this year. […]

“Go ‘Canes!!!” say the Aggies

Texas Aggies Will Yell for Miami Hurricanes to Win Got this in email today (from Rivals.com). You Aggie readers should want Miami to beat FSU next Monday. History that Correlates Since 1997, there has been a direct correlation between the winner of the Miami/FSU game and the Texas/OU game. 1997 FSU 47 – Miami 0 […]

University of Miami in the Top Tier

At the Summer Sendoff for Austin area students who will be attending the University of Miami this fall, they gave the current enrollment numbers: applications received, students accepted, students in attendance, average GPA/SAT/ACT scores. I just laughed and said, “none of us could get in, now, huh?” While some of the numbers of today are […]

UMiami “Pet” Croc Murdered

When I attended the University of Miami, there were always wonderful animals in our campus lake (which was formed via the canals to the bay, so the water is brackish). After Hurricane Andrew, we had a resident pelican who stuck around for ~3 semesters before he presumably headed back to the beach. Manatees used to […]