Sorry for the absence

I'm back blogging after taking some time off this weekend to celebrate my father's 60th birthday, and to visit with all of the relatives who came to Texas from Florida and New York to celebrate with him.

Back to it....

Nobel Prize winner and Texas A&M professor Dr. Norman Borlaug , who is credited with saving India and Pakistan from starvation, recently received the Congressional Gold Medal. Dr. Borlaug now lives in Dallas, and teaches Agriculture at A&M part-time.

Chris Harrington, Mike Goodson, and Cody Wallace have all been named to the pre-season Big 12 All-Conference team. I'm disappointed Jorvorskie Lane, Martellus Bennett, and Stephen McGee didn't merit any mention. It just goes to show you that the people who decide on these honors don't always know everything about the teams and players they are voting on.

Fran and Bill Byrne seem to be insinuating that they expect a special year this season. I'd like to see Fran actually give some concrete predictions, actually say there isn't any reason we shouldn't win and win big this year, but I don't think you'll ever see a coach do that.

Blue Bell Ice Cream turns 100

Blue Bell Ice Cream is partying in Brenham today, celebrating their 100th birthday at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Happy Birthday to this Texas institution.


Blue Bell turns 100 years old today.

Sunday notes

Texas A&M has one of the best offensive lines in the Big 12, and the conference's best offensive backfield, according to Dave Matter of the Columbia Tribune.

In basketball news, the Aggies' Josh Carter made the 2007 USA Pan American Games Team.

The New York Times did a little piece on the role of Internet 'whistleblowers' in keeping NCAA programs on the up-and-up. Texags.com is prominently featured in the article.

Lastly, Keith Randall, Texas A&M's director of marketing, pens an amusing piece for the Bryan Eagle on Aggies and their personalized license plates. Definitely worth checking out.

Saturday news

DeAndre Jordan scored 8 points and grabbed 4 rebounds as Team USA beat China, 103-77 Friday night at the U19 World Championships.

Elsewhere, Josh Carter is trying out for the Team USA Pan American Games basketball team, to be coached by Villanova's Jay Wright. Team cuts are supposed to take place tonight.


May represent A&M at the Pan Am Games.

Wednesday news

Brent Zwerneman of the San Antonio Express-News wrote an excellent column for today, saying A&M could go 8-4 with a better team than they had last season. Zwerneman also predicts such a record would get Franchione replaced. I predict we'd still have 'fans' saying he deserved 'one more year' to 'see what he can do with a veteran team of his players'. Because 4 years of embarrassing losses isn't enough, right?

The WWL's Mark Schlabach says Miami's Craig Cooper is #4 on his list of freshmen to watch in 2007. The Aggies will get a chance to see how good Cooper is on September 20th in a Thursday night game to be televised on ESPN.