Our first game was vs. Hartselle, #5 in 5A. They have one of the state's top prospects, Nikita Stover, who has already committed to Alabama.
We were behind 14-0 with 4:00 left.
We won 20-14 in overtime.

School started today. I have 5 honors classes, so no real behavior headaches this year.

Austin Football began today. Two a days.
There will not be much free time from here on in.

Coaches retreat went well.
Played some EASports NCAA College Football 2004.
I need to regain my skills, didn't play up to RIG103 levels.

Will be gone to our preseason "coaches' retreat" until Thursday.
Stay out of trouble.

One of the best optical illusions I've seen: here.

A couple of tech sites I've found: Daily Rotation and Nanodot.

I've rounded up a few sites that are basically metablogs - summarizing the top links of other blogs: DayPop, Blogdex, Blogosphere.

I was motivated by this letter. It's from a U.S. Special Ops Colonel in Iraq and was posted on freerepublic.com - It Ain't Necessarily So.

Finally, some news from Iraq that cannot be spun by leftists - AP reports that "Saddam's Two Sons Were Killed in U.S. Raid" - FoxNews - Yahoo Full Coverage.

David Kelly was named by the BBC as the main source of a news report alleging the government exaggerated intelligence to strengthen the case for war in Iraq. He committed suicide.

Mike Price is back. He's suing Alabama for $20 million over his firing & Sports Illustrated for $20 million as well.

Whether he's guilty or not, Kobe Bryant has blown it.

The former roommate of missing Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy has been charged Monday with murder.

A lot of scandal while we were at the coaching clinic:

Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited fourth film, Kill Bill, could be released in two parts. Finally...maybe.

I will be in Montgomery, AL from today through Saturday for The State Coaches' Clinic/All-Star Sports Week. I will be w/o easy internet access, so I may not post 'til Saturday night.

I mentioned Daniel C. Dennett's idea of calling people like us, who don't believe in the supernatural, Brights. Now he's got a column in the NYT on The Bright Stuff.

You don't have to be a nutty SUV-hater to like the 2300-mile American Solar Challenge along route 66. I love solar power. It's free!!

I am entertained by Ann Coulter. She is a leftist's nightmare - something that should not exist - an attractive woman who is a true-believing conservative who will not shut up and has no fear - she'll say anything to win an argument. Her latest bestseller, Treason, accuses the Democratic Party of being treasonous - since World War II. She has actually led some conservative/libertarians to question her on this one - (Frontpage.com, Andrew Sullivan). She doesn't care.