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Someone ought to tell A&M signee Terrence McCoy that Dennis Franchione gave him that wad of cash in a plain envelope under the table for a reason:

McCoy, who said he’s been looking forward to Wednesday since he watched Jaime sign his letter of intent a year ago, has received positive reports from his brother about A&M and the football program.

“They take care of you down there,” McCoy said. “I know from my brother they keep your pockets full, give you plenty of money, keep feeding you meals. Besides that all the help they give you with football. They keep you on your grades with private tutoring. Just good all-around.”

I know you’re not on campus yet Terrence, but I’m pretty sure you should know that’s the kind of thing you have to keep on the down low. I guess the Aggies have never been too good at this cheating stuff, but that sure hasn’t stopped them from trying.

Coach Franchione posted a clarification of McCoy’s comments, here’s an excerpt:

To explain in detail what a football scholarship provides for a student-athlete would take more time and space than either you or I have. Frankly, I doubt you could grasp the numbers. The meal plan alone costs hundreds–hundreds!–of dollars. But basically, they receive tuition, fees, books, room and meals. In addition, under certain specified conditions they are entitled to meal stipends – such as when the place they eat on their meal plan isn’t open, usually a modestly priced restaurant tab plus unlimited alcohol, which comes to around $200 a meal – or sometimes meal per diems when we’re traveling in our gold leaf painted, hot-tub equipped Aggie Land Cruiser with the twenty-sixes spinning. It ought to be a crime to be this hood! That kind of rhyme dropping keeps the street cred flowing like water, wodi.

Vince to serve as host and Houston tour guide all week long.

Set your TiVo‘s, unless you’re the type of guy that already has an Oprah Season Pass.

The Longhorns struggled to put away the Aggies on the court Saturday but the Texas student section certainly came prepared. There was a milk man/yell leader wearing his pink belt giving some love to a sheep. The Seattle Seahawk made a special trip the day before Super Bowl XL to weigh in on the 12th Man™ trademark controversy. Funny stuff.

Also check out video of all three here. (Photo and video courtesy Hornfans.)

Both Williams and Atchley have already logged minutes in the first half tonight.

“Vince Young was in the house yesterday. And it was almost as if the house tilted.”

No offense in the first 2 games and no pitching today. Rough start to the season.

Returning for his junior season still an option, though I can’t imagine passing on lottery pick money.

Play the game with real player names instead of just jersey numbers.

“We did not think Vince was leaving until there were 19 seconds to go in the game. We started calling QBs from the field.”