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The Little Engine That Couldn't

Got tired of having coaches poached by the Alabamas and LSUs of the world, so they decided to higher the older, slower, and cheaper who'd maybe stick around. But the ironic end result is that they put such utter shit on the field that they got kicked out of the Locomotive Club and now have their people poached by ECU and Louisville.

There's a life lesson there. Maybe those Boys & Girls Club knuckleheads in the upper deck playing slap and tickle and cheering for the other team will get something out of the experience after all (e.g. a strong urge to hop on I-59 North and never look back).

Scholarships are generally funded by some foundation that pays the University. For a lot of scholarships, it's the USM Foundation.

If the Athletic Foundation can't cover the whole bill for Athletic scholarships, then *maybe* the Athletic Department has to cover the rest,  but I'm skeptical that this is actually happening.

So much for the whole "lovable loser" thing.

Is that Chairman Mao standing behind her in the over-pocketed green suit?

A lot of people are comparing this to the Coppolella ban, and rightly so. Seems to me that Coppolella got banned for refusing to snitch, and it's hard for anyone outside of the investigation to get angry about that.

Sign-stealing is a little more accessible for the average fan. But I'm still not sure where the line between "hey, every time the catcher sticks his middle finger down like that it's a cutter" and setting up an elaborate system of cameras and monitors is drawn.

It's scary how hard it's become to distinguish reality from satire at USM. I read those quotes and figured they were made-up.

WTF, man? This is a guy whose greatest accomplishment is a one-and-done in the NIT and who has (?) one D-1 win at USM.

I at least listened to about 80% of the games during Doc's last 2-3 seasons and paid to watch a lot of them, too. Just haven't felt any urge to with Ladner, at least not yet.

I think the people in charge underestimate the number of people who are interested but not die-hards.

Jinx.