We have had some fun stuff to play with the last few OT threads, but today is a momentous day... Today is:

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Thanks to all who have served and the hardships they have put up with to protect the freedoms and rights this great country is founded upon...

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Dallas Pinkston cornerback Freddie Warner, a first-team all-district selection said early this afternoon that he has committed to UNT.

Warner is ranked No. 51 on The Dallas Morning News' Area Top 100 list.

Warner was committed to Texas Tech, but said the school quit talking to him after the coach who was recruiting him left the staff. He took that to mean that his scholarship had been pulled.

UNT moved in and landed one of the highest rated players so far in its class. Warner was recruited by Justin Gaines. He had offers form Colorado State, UTSA and UTEP before he committed to Texas Tech

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For those who remember Dan McCarney at ISU, he is now the HC at UNT. McCarney was know in recruiting circles to be a guy the focused heavily locally in area and in Texas.

So far we have done both a LSB Education andLSB Geographical Survey. Time to continue the LSB demograhics research to try and find the age distribution of LSB. Due to the discussion in the "Guess my age" thread, I guess there is enough intrest to continue these.

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The Rangers have signed Barret Loux, a pitcher who was the Diamondbacks No. 1 draft pick but then declared a free agent after they couldn't come to an agreement.

Well, they reached an agreement but then Loux failed his physical. He has both shoulder and elbow issues that are of a concern.

Loux did not sign with Arizona prior to this year's August 16 deadline, and Commissioner Bud Selig ruled on August 17 that Loux would become a free agent on September 1.  Loux has been attending classes at Texas A&M University in pursuit of his degree, and has continued throwing in College Station this fall.

 With the signing of Loux, the Rangers now have 5 of the first 49 selections in the 2010 June draft under contract.

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Supposed bonus for the former #6 pick is $312,000.

Please post where you are planning to watch the game today if you are out to try and meet up with other members of LSB.  I know the Denton guys are already trying to figure out where everyone will be at and hopefully this carries over to the rest of the one fortunate enough to get out of work to watch it the game.

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After the rather successful LSB education survey, it is time to further explore some of the other characteristics of our LSB population. Yes, I know this will be a Texas and DFW heavy poll, but I bet there will be a few outliers states that will surprise everyone.

Feel free to comment with the specifics of the city and state of where you currently live. Hopefully this will help make it easier for our far away LSB members to find someone else to enjoy watching the Rangers with. I hope this stimulates as much discussion as the last one.

I figured since I will be up for a while still tonight, I can go ahead a dump all of the links that come across twitter tonight for everyone tomorrow.

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At the behest of dimecoverage I will create a fanpost about this so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle.


This is a ROUGH draft of the payouts provided the the P16N and why it is such a big deal to all parts involved. This is not scripture. Don't go gloating over the values. I should have a much better versions build tonight or tomorrow.

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I started a similar poll on Lone Star Ball earlier today after a debate about if that site is infiltrated with lawyers during one of the many bankruptcy threads and I figured it might be interesting to get a larger cross section of the SBN users. I have a belief that because of the nature of the Internet and the general time frame that most people post that there will be a very larger difference between MLB users and the rest of the normal population

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This stems from the a question brought up in one of the bankruptcy threads about how many lawyers we have on here. I think the LSB community has a broad base of various levels of education and specializations. Answer truthfully and if you are still working towards a degree feel free to mention it in the comments...

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Big 12 Recruiting Rankings

Here are the rankings from the incoming Big 12 recruiting classes.

1. Kansas State – At first glance you might not see it. Few do. But Bill Snyder built this program the first time on classes like this: heavy on jucos and speed. Bill has a system, and he recruits players to his system better than anyone else in the country. He likes dumb players that play fast. This class is classic Bill Snyder.
Key Recruits – DT Javonta Boyd, DT Ray Kibble

2. Texas A&M – It’s been a long time since Texas A&M has signed a better class than its Big 12 South brethren, but it looks like the sleeping giant is starting to stir. Mike Sherman has had a little time to adjust back to the college game, and the results look pretty good. The offensive line class is particularly impressive.
Key Recruits – DT Jonathan Mathis, DB Toney Hurd, Jr.

3. Nebraska – In all other sports you hear Nebraskans saying, “We just can’t get the athletes.” (Translation: Who wants to live in a frozen cornfield?) However, this year, Nebraska has been impressive on the recruiting front. Sporting one of the worst offenses in college football, they need all the help they can get.
Key Recruits – DT Jay Guy, OL Mike Moudy

4. Texas – The rich get richer. Mack Brown’s early recruiting strategy causes him to miss on players that his staff has been unable to fully evaluate, but he gets who he wants early and most of them stick. The loss of Ahmad Dixon really hurt this class, but don’t feel sorry for the Longhorns. There are plenty of mid to upper tier athletes that will show up in Austin this summer.
Key Recruits – QB Case McCoy, DT DeAires Cotton

5. Mizzou – Gary Pinkel’s days are probably numbered in Columbia, but that’s not stopping him from hitting the recruiting trail. A strong collection of homegrown talent boosts this class. Pinkel will also sign great athletes from Michigan, Iowa, and Nebraska, plus they stole longtime Longhorn lean Mitch Morse from Mack Brown.
Key Recruits – DE Kony Ealy, OL Mitch Morse

6. Baylor – This class could have been better, but the turmoil surrounding Art Briles’ attempts to leave Waco for Lubbock undoubtedly scared some recruits away. One way to classify this class is underrated. There are some gems in this class, and Art Briles did an excellent job of identifying second and third tier players up front instead of recruiting against other Big 12 schools. He signed football players. They may not be fast or strong, but they can play football.
Key Recruits – QB Tyrell Jenkins, LB Bryce Hagar

7. Oklahoma State – Oklahoma State seems to have peaked. With T-Boone’s hedge fund collapsing and the realization that a Don Quixote nightmarish landscape will not happen in the near future, the excitement surrounding the Stillwater campus has switched back to wrestling and basketball. Still, T-Boone made his usually forays into Texas and came away with some nice players.
Key Recruits – LB Caleb Lavy, DB Deion Imade

8. Oklahoma – The most puzzling class in the Big 12 this year belongs to Oklahoma. Stories of the coaches forgetting to call recruits, rescinding offers, arguing amongst themselves in recruits’ homes, and general disorganization are uncharacteristic of Sooner efforts in past years, but this year is a different story. Oklahoma has lost out on most head to head recruiting battles with other BCS schools.
Key Recruits – DT Julian Wilson, WR Sheldon McLain

9. Colorado - The administrations decision to keep Dan Hawkins around for another year probably held this class together. The Buffaloes seem to have a lot of talent on campus, but the players seem kind of spacey, giggly, and hungry. Hopefully for Coach Hawkins, this incoming group of freshman will become a foundation for Colorado’s return to prominence.
Key Recruits – TE Justin Favors, TE Henley Griffon

10. Iowa State – They are still in the Big 12, so the Cyclones hit the recruiting trail just like the rest of the conference. They just don’t have as much success doing it. They are the only Big 12 school that recruits Florida hard, and they find some gems there from time to time, and this year appears to be no exception.
Key Recruits – K Kirby Van Der Kamp, OL Shaban Dika

11. Kansas - Obviously, when you have a coach sumo wrestle players and call them names, your recruiting will suffer. Kansas is struggling on the recruiting front, and Mark Mangino is to blame. The new staff has to overcome a lot of obstacles to get good players to consider playing football in Kansas once again.
Key Recruits – LB Ed Fink, DE Jaqwaylin Arps

12. Texas Tech – Like Kansas, the the Texas Tech head coach abused his players and was let go. Like Kansas, The Red Raiders are struggling on the recruiting front. The new staff’s decision to become primarily a rushing offense has really confused recruits. With an emphasis on defense, Tommy Tuberville is finding out that most of the top defensive players in the area have never and will never consider going to Texas Tech.
Key Recruits – None

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Texas Rangers pitching prospects Omar Beltre and Alexi Ogando, banned from setting foot on United States soil the last five years because of their parts in a visa fraud ring, are expected to gain admittance to the U.S. in the next few weeks.

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and assistant general manager Thad Levine, who have dealt with the saga since 2005, said the club was told that the U.S. State Department would grant both players waivers to enter the country. ESPN Deportes reported the players already have the visas to enter the United States and that both are planning to attend spring training in Surprise, Ariz.

Once there, they would have to apply for reinstatement by Major League Baseball before they can be sent to a minor league club in the U.S. for the 2010 season.

The Rangers think highly enough of the right-handed pitchers that they are expected to play in Double-A or higher when the season begins. In 2000, the Rangers gave Beltre a $600,000 bonus, then the largest the club had given an international signee. His last minor league stop in the U.S. was in 2004 with Class A Stockton. Ogando was acquired in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft in 2005 from Oakland at a cost of $12,000. Both players are on the Rangers' 40-man roster, but on the restricted list. If they are reinstated, the club would have to make corresponding moves to clear space for them.

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1. Neftali Feliz, rhp
2. Justin Smoak, 1b
3. Martin Perez, lhp
4. Tanner Scheppers, rhp
5. Jurickson Profar, ss
6. Kasey Kiker, lhp
7. Robbie Ross, lhp
8. Mitch Moreland, of/1b
9. Danny Gutierrez, rhp
10. Wilmer Font, rhp

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