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Those of us who grew up in Fort Worth are greatly saddened by this.  I went by and paid my respects today.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/16298554.htm

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I never thought I would see the day when any Sun Belt team would make ESPNews for anything other than a spare conference game score. But with last week’s hiring of former UT quarterback and outgoing Southlake Carroll HS coach Todd Dodge to be the head coach at North Texas, the Mean Green were in regular rotation on the ticker at the bottom of the screen. And I suspect it won’t be the last time we see them on the Worldwide Leader.

Trae Thompson wrote a piece yesterday in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the impact Dodge will have on recruiting in this area. Given the spread offense that Dodge made famous at Carroll, and his ability to have tremendous success with undersized skill position players, I thought from the get-go that his hiring had the potential to shift the balance of power in DFW recruiting. Therefore, it is not surprising to see a quote like this surface in Thompson’s article:

South Grand Prairie wide receiver Trae Johnson has drawn interest from nine colleges but has no offers.

When he heard that Carroll High School coach Todd Dodge was named head coach at North Texas on Tuesday, it became a school to consider.

“Now that he’s there, yes, I would,” said Johnson, a Star-Telegram Area 50 recruit who caught 34 passes for 729 yards and 11 touchdowns. “That offense is based around receivers, and, whew, that’s big.”

Thompson notes Dodge’s extensive high school coaching connections in Texas, and lists a few other potential recruiting targets from the DFW area, including Euless Trinity’s Marcus King, who was the best receiver on the field in the recent playoff showdown between Carroll and Trinity. King put up decent numbers in Trinity’s run-oriented offense, and there’s no telling what he could do with a coach like Dodge. Considering that Carroll, despite its immense success, has surprisingly few major D-I recruits, it seems almost certain that Carroll players will flock to play in Denton.

Perhaps UNT will follow a path similar to that of the University of Houston. Art Briles became head coach of the Cougars prior to the 2003 season, and after four years, has led U of H to the Conference USA title while running a pass-happy offense. Briles, of course, was previously the head coach at Stephenville High School, where he won four state championships in twelve years.

I know nothing about the talent level at the University of North Texas. But in a conference like the Sun Belt, it would seem that a new coach, a new system and a new attitude will go a long way towards putting UNT football on the map. This is a huge hire for the Mean Green.

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According to the Smoking Gun, Adrian McPherson is suing the Tennessee Titans for $20 million for an incident in the preseason where he was injured for the season by T-Rac, the Titan’s mascot, during pregame warmups.

Hopefully this will get mascots off of the field when players are present. I know I am tired of seeing them recklessly driving all over the field in 4-wheelers, trying to peer out of the tiny eye-holes in their costumes while waving a flag or shooting t-shirts into the stands. Players have enough to worry about before a game. Looking out for a costumed Raccoon zipping around the field on a motorized vehicle doesn’t need to be one of them.

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A Republican state senator from Nevada has proposed giving teachers firearm training, then licensing them to carry a gun in the classroom. His rationale is that this will “stem a rise in school violence.”

I am a high school teacher. Next to my desk, I keep a can of compressed air that I use to clean my keyboard periodically. The directions on this can read, in part, “DO NOT INVERT OR SHAKE.” When the can is inverted, of course, freezing cold gas comes out rather than a burst of air. A few weeks ago, one of my students took this can, inverted it, and sprayed it on his arm for several seconds, leaving a burn.

I will leave it to Sen. Beers to connect the dots.

Nev. Politician: Let Teachers Pack Heat

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He would put peanut butter on the roofs of the mouths of the dogs.

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