A quick rundown of the questions that will be answered about the teams near and dear to fld’s heart:
1) Will the Cowboys make the playoffs?
2) Will the Frogs make the BCS?
3) Will the Irish make a bowl game?
3a) Will the Irish win a bowl game?
4) Will the 2008 Aggies equal the 2007 Irish’s 3-9 record?
Weigh in. Will add a jump soon.
It finally went through. Jason Kidd is once again a Dallas Maverick:
The eight-time All-Star point guard returns to the franchise of his NBA birth after the seven-player deal with New Jersey was finally consummated Tuesday. After six days of twists and turns, the Mavs dealt Devin Harris, Gana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Moe Ager, Keith Van Horn, a pair of draft picks and cash to acquire Kidd, Malik Allen and Antoine Wright from New Jersey.
The deal would have been sweeter if it could have gone through with Devean George and Stackhouse (Thanks a log Devean), but this one is still nice. By my calculations, the Mavs are trading 21.8 points per game, 9.8 rebounds per game, and 6.8 assists per game for 24.0 ppg, 13.8 rpg and 12.6 apg. Basically, they’ve traded Devin Harris, some spares, and some high first round draft picks for Jason Kidd. Plus, the Mavs get an Aggie on the roster (OK, most of you probably don’t care about that).
I imagine Kidd’s FG % will improve, as he’ll be able to be more selective in his shot selection. I also think this gives the Mavs a leader on the floor, something they’ve been lacking. He’s supposed to be at practice today, so I look forward to watching him play the Hornets tomorrow night.
What’s next for the Mavs? Surely they’ll make a move to shore up the center position.
It’s a couple of days later, and still no official word on the future of Coach Fran at Texas A&M. It appears the players know that the end is near, however:
Tight end Martellus Bennett said when he sees something on ESPN .com, he usually takes it as fact.
“We all knew what was ahead anyway,” Bennett said. “I mean anybody could see it.”
When asked to clarify his comments, Bennett said, “It’s a business. It’s just like when you’re at work and all your co-workers come around telling you, ‘Hey man, the boss isn’t happy with you.’ You get your pink slip. You better watch out.
Even Stephen McGee is starting to see the reality:
“Hey, this is something that I can’t control and I don’t know the answers to,” McGee said. “I’m not involved in this matter. I’m just going to be the A&M football player my team needs me to be. I’m not going to worry about it.”
I think we’re all 100% certain that Coach Fran won’t make it past the current season. I know I’m ready to get this behind us and start looking forward.
ESPN’s College Football Live is reporting that Texas A&M Head Football Coach Dennis Franchione has agreed to a buyout. I haven’t seen anything official online, but according to this story on ESPN.com:
Texas A&M is reportedly researching whether Franchione violated his contract with the income he received from the newsletter. If he is found in violation of the contract, the Aggies may not have to pay the coach anything upon firing him.
Franchione’s contract pays him $2 million per season and runs through 2012. A buyout will be $141,667 per month for the remainder of the contract, or about $8 million. Ware reported Monday that Texas A&M is looking for a buyout in the $2 million range.
Rumors are that Coach Fran will resign tomorrow. Tommy Tuberville is rumored to be his successor.
Updates after the jump. (Read the article)
With the 11th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, the Atlanta Hawks choose Acie Law IV, point guard from Texas A&M University. He was the first senior taken in the draft. Congratulations Acie!
Mark Jackson had this to say:
“I really like the pick, and the reason why is because you’re talking about what teams say a guy can’t do. Well this young man is an absolute gamer, won the award for the best point guard in the land, this is a team that needed a point guard and they took the best guy available at that position, a correct choice finally for the Atlanta Hawks. No longer will we see a midget running the point guard position for ‘em.”
If you take out the first and last sentence, it’s almost a good, coherent thought. Is it really that hard to find quality analysts?
Anthony Jones has apparently changed his mind about committing to Texas A&M:
Less than 24 hours after committing to Texas A&M, five-star prospect Anthony Jones is back on the board and an integral member of his family is taking a lead role in his recruitment.
I’m not sure what to think at the moment, but hopefully he will see a great team take the court in the fall, and will re-commit.
Congratulations to Aggie basketball coach Mark Turgeon on his first commit for the 2008 season, Anthony Jones, a 6′9″ power forward from Houston, Texas:
Texas A&M head coach Mark Turgeon reeled in his first commit for the class of 2008, and needess to say it’s a big one. That first commit is a five-star prospect, a top 20 player in the nation and the No. 1 player in the Lone Star state according to Rivals.com.
Way to pick up where Billy Gillispie left off. Its great to see that Aggie Basketball is still headed in the right direction! Now if we could just get Coach Fran to land a 5 star football recruit…
Edit: Check out some Anthony Jones highlight videos here at Rivals.com.
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