These days, a rare victory for the Aggies

A&M, Seahawks settle 12th Man suit

05:22 PM CDT on Monday, May 8, 2006

By RACHEL COHEN / The Dallas Morning News

Texas A&M and the Seattle Seahawks have reached a settlement of the university’s lawsuit against the NFL franchise, the two sides announced in a joint statement Monday.

Before the Super Bowl, A&M had sued to prevent the Seahawks from selling merchandise featuring the phrase the 12th Man, which the school owns the trademark for.

The Seahawks will use the term only in the seven-state area in the Pacific Northwest that their games are broadcast to and will pay A&M a licensing fee, said Steve Moore, the school’s chief marketing officer.

Roosterbowl veterans to the NFL

In addition to the players taken in the draft, there were several free agent signings this week:

Reggie McNeal drafted by Cincinnati
Johnny Jolly drafted by Green Bay
E.J. Whitely drafted by Dallas

Free agent contracts:

Taurean Henderson and Jason Carter to Minnesota
Jaxson Appel and Cody Hodges to Tennessee

Ranger fans...are you out there

Any thoughts on the Rangers this year...does anyone know that today is opening day, does anyone care!

Damnit, the "question mark" key on my computer doesn't work, so I will have to use the "%" as a sub, It really doesn't work, sorry!

Anyways, what do you guys think of the rangers and the moves that John Hart...er...John Daniels made in the off season%

Where are they destined to finish, first or last%

To me, I must admit, there is something about the makeup of this team that intriques me. I like the fact that we really don't have any bonafide superstars. Sure, we've got some studs and future superstars...but there isn't anybody with a "been there, done that attitude".

We have rid ourselves of selfish players like "Sorryano", which makes the team more likeable....but there are question marks everywhere.

Can Brad Wilkerson be a legit leadoff man after hitting .248 last year%

Can Lance Nix efficiently patrol Center Field and break out of the hitting slump that plaqued him last year%

How bout the pitching staff...are we there yet or will it be more of the same garbage from years gone by%

What are your predictions% Let me hear from ya Rangers fans.

"offer a blow job" ? Thanks, Sharon

I can promise you that if Sharon Stone took it upon herself to give my daughter any kind of sexual advice, I would be tracking her down with an icepick.

STONE ADVOCATES ORAL SEX

Actress SHARON STONE is adamant teenagers should be prepared to engage in oral sex, if it saves from them the dangers of unprotected penetrative sex. The BASIC INSTINCT spends much of her time away from Hollywood working as an activist raising AIDS awareness, and she always carries condoms with her to hand out in a bid to increase safe sex levels. She explains, "I was in the store the other day and I watched a young girl trying on clothes, showing her abdomen. "Her mother was trying to talk to her about not being inappropriately luring. I said, 'Gee that would look much nicer with a camisole under.' "Her mother walked away, and I said to the girl, 'I'd like to give you a two-minute conversation about sex.' "Young people talk to me about what to do if they're being pressed for sex? I tell them (what I believe): oral sex is a hundred times safer than vaginal or anal sex. "If you're in a situation where you cannot get out of sex, offer a blow job. I'm not embarrassed to tell them."
28/03/2006 13:50

RoosterCup rubbermatch today

Tech @ A&M--Baseball

Friday: Tech 11, A&M 5

Saturday: A&M 5, Tech 1

Sunday: 1 pm, Olsen Field

Chalk up another milestone for Billy

Billy Gillespie has done it again, he and the ags keep prooving their critics wrong.

The funny thing is, it didn't even seem like an upset. The underrated ags came in and methodically dismantled an overrated Syracuse team.

We led the entire second half, and at the end of the game, the guys barely celebrated. It was like we expected it.

Again, hats off to big Billy, (1) we controlled the tempo like we always do (2)our kids don't get shellshocked in big games (3) our kids now know how to win.

St. Pat's

just posting a few of our pics from St. Pats weekend on Greenville Ave. We didn't attend the parade this year, as our normal crew did not have a float. Just went to check out the "aftermath" at the Greenville Avenue party down by the Goose and the Dubliner.

Aggies shock Longwhorns! Likely will clinch 1st NCAA bid since '87

Remember Chappaquiddick!

I just couldn't resist posting this. Blake sent me a link to an article about a guy at Massasoit Community College in Massachusetts, who yelled "remember Chappaquiddick" as the bloated Senator Kennedy began a speech. The irony is that the picture of Kennedy shows him out on the water, and he looks so bloated you could actually mistake him for a drowning victim.


LINK to article here

Ted Kennedy was on the prowl in Columbia tonight!

Our boy Teddy K sent me this shot from his phone tonight, live from the A&M/Mizzou game in Columbia. He was witness that the Aggies actually do have a basketball team, and saw our boys in maroon pull out a close victory, and get one step closer to the long-shot NCAA bid!

He tells me he was 7th row, right behind the Aggie bench, and that the team is staying on his floor at the hotel, but you never know when ol' Ted Kennedy is lying.

Thank you RC

RC Slocum will be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame tonight in Waco. Although I have cursed him many times, and his career at A&M ended on a sour note with a dismissal after a 6-6 season, I have much appreciation for what he did for Texas Aggie football in the late eighties and through the nineties.

With a 14 year record of 123-47-2, Slocum is the winningest coach in A&M history, and led A&M to be the only school in SWC history to post 3 consecutive perfect conference records. His "Wrecking Crew" defense led the SWC in all four statistical categories from 1991 through 1993 and led the nation in total defense in 1991. Slocum NEVER had a losing season. The only true blemishes on his career were his two 6-6 seasons ('96 and '02), and his 7-7 record against Texas Tech.

Thanks RC!

Seattle Seahags steal revered Aggie tradition

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/colleges/13735890.htm

EXCERPTS from the above link:

The playoffs -- with the No. 12 flag waving high atop Seattle's Space Needle and another one flapping in the south end of the stadium -- have finally exposed Seattle's 12th man tradition to the rest of the nation, and a stunned College Station -- the official Home of the 12th Man, legally speaking.

Texas A&M officials are hot over what athletic director Bill Byrne termed Seattle's "brazen use of the 12th Man theme" in his Wednesday Internet column.

A&M, whose own 12th Man tradition dates back to 1922, holds two trademark registrations on "12th Man." Secured in 1990 and 1996, the trademarks include entertainment services, "namely organizing and conducting intercollegiate sporting events," and products, such as caps, T-shirts, novelty buttons and jewelry.

The Web site, SeaHawkers.org, the official site of the team's booster club, offers downloadable computer desktop wallpaper that reads: "At Home We are the 12th Man" and "On the Road We are the 12th Man."

"There's 12th man towels on eBay and all types of 12th man merchandise that we've seen," A&M's Moore said. "We really have no way of knowing whether the Seahawks are putting that out or not."

Geoff Mantooth, a Fort Worth-based registered patent and trademark attorney, said A&M might be able to win a court battle. He said A&M could seek damages for past infringement, stop future infringement and even ask for the Seahawks' profits on any 12th man merchandise.

committments

Goodson picks A&M: Klein Collins' Michael Goodson, the top-ranked running back in the state, said Monday that he has orally committed to Texas A&M.

Goodson (6-0, 205), who picked the Aggies over USC, said staying in state was too good to pass up. Goodson originally committed to Oklahoma State. He rushed for 973 yards and eight touchdowns on 99 carries for a Klein Collins team that went 3-7.

Briefly: Celina wide receiver Adam James (6-3, 235) said he has committed to Texas Tech. James, the son of former SMU and NFL running back Craig James, picked the Red Raiders over Tulsa. ...

NFL scout goes out on a limb

with this against the grain prediction:

"Write this down," said NFL evaluator Dan Shonka, a former scout with three NFL teams. "Reggie McNeal will be a better pro quarterback than Vince Young. Vince is a good athlete, but he could be a $50 million mistake."

"He'll definitely be a first-round pick," Shonka said. "There'll be 32 stupid teams if he isn't."

Reggie supposedly boosted his draft stock significantly yesterday with his MVP performance in the East/West Shrine game, going 9/11 for 211 yards and carrying for 32.

very strange

today at 3 pm on ESPN2:

EJ Whitley blocking for Reggie McNeal handing off to Taurean Henderson........Dwayne Slay and Jaxson Appel side by side in the backfield with Johnny Jolly rushing the passer....

They should call this the Roosterbowl Hall of Fame game.

Who the hell is Jenn Sterger?

Just because college football is over, it doesn't mean we have to listen to Longhorn bandwagonners blathering endlessly about their title. LET'S TALK FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES!
Am I the last one to get clued in to Jenn Sterger mania? I had to hear about it on gordonkeith.com, so I know I am way behind. Apparently, this girl Jenn Sterger and her friends, who call themselves the FSU Cowgirls, like to dress in VERY little, and attend Seminole games. Allegedly, Brent Musberger spotted them on TV during the Miami game, and proclaimed: "15,000 red-blooded young American men just signed up to go to Florida State next year".


They post all their pictures on this college site called facebook.com, which I had also never heard of (I am getting very old). I don't remember girls at A&M dressing quite like this at football games...or anywhere else, for that matter.

Now, this Jenn Sterger has gotten so popular, that she is posing in upcoming issues of Maxim and Playboy. If this Jenn Sterger mania continues, we may have to ask her to be an honorary Roosterchick!

halleluja! -------- TheTicket: Vince Young

halleluja!
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TheTicket: Vince Young turns pro. Press Conf live @3pm on The Ticket

Hats off to Vince Young

You won the national title and shoved the Heisman right up Reggie Bush's ass. You have nothing left to prove, so get on out of here. Besides, you look good in green.

Congratulations Red Raiders

Tech players and fans should hold their heads high after yesterday's performance in their biggest game in 30 years. Ultimately, great defense prevailed over high flying, gimmicky offense, just as it always does in big games, but Tech's defense put up their best effort of the season, and arguably, of the last two decades. They were in it the whole time, but the Leach spread offense just couldn't get it done against what may be the best defense in college football.

I know I am not alone in seeing this as a big moral victory for Tech. (LINK: Blackistone)

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