Jeff Howe

This game has turned into a laugher. Brad Jackson broke Barrick Nealy's 20-year school record for total offense on a drive that ended with his third touchdown pass of the game. He also has a rushing touchdown. Texas State has a 41-7 lead over Rice with 9:10 left in the game.

Barrick has told me that they pretty much ran the same offense Texas did. Herman took a lot of what Greg Davis was doing and did it in San Marcos.

Knowing what I know now, I'll blame Herman's binder!

The best thing that happened this year is that GJ is still in San Marcos after the coaching carousel stopped spinning. I hope that he leads Texas State to a successful year, secures a P4 job, and then the Bobcats can hire a good coach who will inherit a much better situation than GJ walked into a few years ago. And, yes, 2005 is the apex of post-Jim Wacker Texas State. I love Coach Bailiff, but I still wonder if he thinks about whether he should've played for overtime or let Barrick try to win the semifinal with what time was left.

Funny enough, if Texas State had turned down Pac-12 membership, the league was probably going to go after New Mexico State.

Texas State CB Khmari Terrell, who attended Killeen Shoemaker, just left the field with an injury. Lowell Galindo, who I'm sure has looked at a map of the state of Texas, said, "Killeen, just south of the Metroplex." Yeah. I'd say it's pretty freakin south of the Metroplex.

When Kinne took the job, he inherited years of incompetence in the athletic department. Texas State didn't get serious about football until the new president came in a few years ago. They're not where they want to be, but thank goodness they're not where they used to be.

It's a fun game to play, trying to remember which G6 schools are in which conference. Conference USA is the most wheels-off league in terms of membership.

FWIW, the Texas game will be Texas State's first as a member of the Pac-12. The Pac-12 football members in 2026 will be: Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State, San Diego State, Utah State, Texas State, Oregon State and Washington State.

Texas State leads Rice in the third quarter, 24-7, after Brad Jackson's second touchdown pass of the game.

As a long-suffering Cowboys fan, Patrick Crayton Jr. quarterbacking Rice in this game doesn’t make me feel any younger.

Texas State is taking on Rice in the Armed Forces Bowl right now. it looks like Texas State is going to keep its quarterback, Brad Jackson, out of the portal, which is good for the Bobcats.

I really want to dunk on them, but I don't want to direct people to the article and give it any further attention. It was a worthless take then and it has aged like a dirty diaper.

A good way to finish my first season as a member of the OTF crew.