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I know what you are NOT thinking: in exactly three weeks, we’ll have the end of summer and Meteorological FALL begins! Never mind the autumnal equinox, for the sake of record keeping and climate data, summer is June-August while fall is September-November. Regardless, September is when we begin to see significant changes, especially with those first fall fronts and October is when we experience really beautiful weather--crisp, blue skies and comfortable temperatures. EXCEPT, we can also get very windy around here as dry cold fronts move off the Rockies. And if we don’t get some significant rains soon, then that combination of dry and windy could spread wildfires quickly. You might recall last October when the Houston National Weather Service put out this tweet on what was an otherwise beautiful day:

'We're done': A&M's Fisher fires back at 'narcissist' Saban

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher called Nick Saban a “narcissist” Thursday after the Alabama coach made “despicable” comments about the Aggies using name, image and likeness deals to land their top-ranked recruiting classes. Saban called out Texas A&M on Wednesday night for “buying” players. “I know the consequence is going to be difficult for the people who are spending tons of money to get players,” Saban said while speaking at an event in Birmingham, Alabama, to promote the World Games being held there in July.

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UTRGV baseball wins WAC opening series against Abilene Christian

EDINBURG — UTRGV surrendered two runs during the top of the first inning of its Western Athletic Conference opening series finale against Abilene Christian on Sunday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. They’re never going to let some separation come between the runs — they score, we score,” UTRGV head coach Derek Matlock said. It was Sturges’ two-run shot to left field during the bottom of the first that knotted the game at 2-2. “… What a good job of coming back from a loss and winning the series against the preseason pick to win it. UTRGV faces Abilene Christian again April 22-24 in Abilene to wrap up their home-and-home series.

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Vaqueros open regular season with blowout win

EDINBURG — The UTRGV Vaqueros kicked off the Matt Figger era in convincing fashion, rolling past the Texas A&M-International Dustdevils 74-59 during their regular-season opener Tuesday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. The victory marked the first regular season win for Figger, who was named the Vaqueros’ head coach March 29, assuming the position after former head coach Lew Hill died Feb. 7. Forward LaQuan Butler led the Vaqueros in scoring, dropping a game-high 19 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Butler and Johnson sparked the Vaqueros’ run, scoring five and four points during that span, respectively. The Vaqueros (1-0, 0-0) return to action at 8 p.m. Friday, taking on the Arizona Wildcats at McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Arizona.

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