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Lenny:

In defense of Daren Libonati, there's a little more to that story. The MWC/BYU (same thing?) insisted there be no victory celebration, no fans storming the court.

You are right about the pushing and shoving. I saw it, too. Not good. It shouldn't have happened. Upon further review, putting up restraints at floor level wasn't the best idea.

Fans should be allowed to celebrate. That's what makes college basketball special.

If/when the Rebels win it this year. I bet fans will be allowed to storm the court.

But if I were you, I'd stay away from Lee Cummard's wife, just in case :-)

Hello dere! Can I interest you in Fox Trot lessons?

Door to door dancing lessons from stand-up comedians ... just further proof that I was born too late.

TG:

Actually, it was two years ago, and it was Chancellor Jim Rogers who said it, not me. But when the program was a combined 8-38 over the past four years and bleeding money, it was right for somebody to question whether continuing down that path was the right thing to do.

And yes, I do recall writing that. More than once.

As for riding the bandwagon, well, you can call it that, I suppose. I prefer to call it giving credit where it is due.

If the Rebels have a winning season this year, it will be just the fourth one I have witnessed in 22 years. And two of those were 6-5 seasons.

Anybody in my business who would write that the program was on solid footing with a track record like that would be doing his readers a disservice -- just as not recognizing this year's 3-1 start and the victories against Arizona State and Iowa State would be.

Thanks for reading and writing, though -- and I love the nickname.

Rverp1

You are exactly right. There are probably hundreds of stories like Todd Cruz's. A sad reality about sports is when one guy loses a step, they bring the next guy in. Then we forget about the first guy.

But I think I'll remember Todd Cruz for a while.

Thanks for writing.

Thanks, UNLV girl. If there's anybody else thinking about Gondo, feel free to post here. He could use a little love and positive energy right about now.

Fast:

That's OK if you don't agree, just as long as you are reading. :-)

Hey, if everybody agreed with everybody else all the time, the world would be a boring place. And Julia Roberts would still be married to Lyle Lovett.

Thanks for the note. Anybody who wasn't impressed with UNLV's effort Saturday night must have made the bad decision to watch Auburn vs. Mississippi State instead.

Marie: I was the old guy with the knobby knees standing on the sidelines, trying to get out of the way when the players ran power sweeps.

Seriously, sorry I missed you, too. Take care and be strong -- I know you will.

True:

For once :-), it wasn't the zebras' fault. That game was a late addition to the schedule and didn't get added to the master schedule the officials work from.

Now boys ... if you can't be nice, I'm going to make you stand in line for tickets. :-)

Seymour:

Same here (about missing the thunderboats). Not sure if there would be any interest in bringing them back, tho. We need a smaller lake or river that comes equipped with a windshield. But the summer just isn't the same around here without Miss Bud, Miss Circus Circus, the Winston Eagle and a king-sized wad of Oh Boy! Oberto to chew on.