If you recall last week the WAC received an $85,000 grant from the NCAA to help promote women's basketball. We thought that was pretty impressive, until we saw this... the University of Hartford will receive $50,000 of that same grant money. Kind of takes the shine off that $85,000 that a nine team conference is receiving ($9,444 if split equally between the nine members). We're not generally in the business of being sour but we're just scratching our heads a little bit after finding out that one school received almost 60% as much as a nine team conference did. (Apparently Hartford wrote a better proposal than the WAC did).

On to some much more cheerful news. Future Aggie running back James Hall Jr. rushed for 53 yards on seven attempts and scored one touchdown in the USA's 78-0 pasting of the French. Tam USA will face Team Mexico tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. CDT. (we think it's a Central start time). The game will be streamed online for free so here's your chance to see James Hall Jr. in action.

Tough economic times have hit FIU's college football experience. The University (former conference mates of the Aggies in the Sun Belt) have decided to ELIMINATE the marching band and cheerleaders (as in cut the programs). FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! How can you have college football without the marching band and cheerleaders? (Could you imagine an Aggie game without The Pride, Sundancers and Jessica Franklin's outstanding cheer squad? Neither can we!) Well, the cheerleaders have taken it upon themselves to save their program and are doing so in the exact way the one would expect. By holding a Bikini Carwash. (That should make up for us raining on the WAC's grant parade).

We generally try to stay away from sticky subjects but we ran across an article that we think every fan of college athletics should read. We'll just say that it deals with race and college athletics but not in the way you probably think.

On to today's links...

Aggie Football
Teddy Feinberg of the Las Cruces Sun-News blogs a few thoughts on LC Onate's HS linebacker Zach Daugherty picking UNM over NM State.

Misc.
Our friends over at One Bronco Nation Under God take a look at what the latest KTVB television deal means for Boise State athletics.

Sunday we mentioned Stanford's failed marketing slogan for football. Well the athletic department redeemed themselves a bit by taking home The Director's Cup for the 15th consecutive time.

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