My brother came home Monday night at halftime asking if I could believe how bad Tony Romo was playing."Just give it some time, we got this game," I said to him.

After that, well, the rest is history.

This weekend's matchup against the New England Cheaters will be tough, but only one of these teams knows what it's like to get up off the mat when it has been punched in the mouth.

But before we get into this week's stuff, here are my thoughts for the week:

It was New Year's Eve, 1995. Andrea and Mike Cooper had just come home from a New Year's party and found their only daughter dead in their living room.Kristin had committed suicide because she was depressed after a co-worker raped her, her father, Mike Cooper, said.

Andrea Cooper, Kristen's mother and Delta Delta Delta alumna, who has made it her mission to travel and inform students about rape, depression and suicide will be speaking on TCU's campus for the third time Sunday at noon in Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium.

Editor's Note: The Daily Skiff was not allowed to interview the coach or players for this story.Looking to build on a road victory against a Mountain West Conference opponent, the volleyball team welcomes two more conference opponents to the University Recreation Center this weekend.

At 16-6, the Horned Frogs will host UNLV and San Diego State this weekend. The Rebels sport a record a 13-3 record while the Aztecs come in at 11-6.

Texas Tech has been given a black eye, and Geoffrey Candia delivered the punch. Administrators at Texas Tech banned the sale of a T-shirt depicting a silhouette of Michael Vick dangling the Texas A&M mascot, Reveille, by her leash.

The T-shirt, bearing the university colors that read "Vick 'Em" in reference to the Aggie's slogan "Gig 'em," was created by a Tech student through his fraternity.

Even though Candia, the creator of the T-shirt, expressed regret in printing them, the school still took action.

Editor's Note: The Daily Skiff was not allowed to interview the coach or players for this story.The Horned Frogs will come off the starting line Saturday at the 15th Annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.

The Frogs are coming into this meet following the Cowboy Jamboree in which the women and men finished 13th out of 18 teams and 15th out of 17 teams, respectively.

The word "parking" carries only one connotation at TCU - negative.That's because our automobile-obsessed culture isn't conducive to college campuses, places built for aesthetics and walkability. Campuses do not accommodate the mammoth frames of our beloved F-350s and Hummer H2s.

So those who believe they must drive everywhere are understandably frustrated about parking problems.

But what if we didn't drive everywhere we went?

From the first day of orientation, TCU students are spoon-fed the idea of being ethical leaders and responsible citizens, so it's not surprising that TCU has a long standing record of volunteerism. This...

Students are inviting Dave Matthews Band to crash into TCU this fall.

AT&T's "World's Loudest Pep Rally" contest gives schools the opportunity to win a free Dave Matthews Band concert by submitting invitations to the band.

As of Wednesday night, TCU ranked 35 on the list of 120 schools. Southern Methodist University is at 11 and Baylor University ranks sixth. Leading the competition is the U.S. Military Academy, according to the AT&T Blue Room Web site.

The former lieutenant governor of Texas, Ben Barnes, told a political science class Wednesday serious partisanship is the No. 1 problem facing the country."Education is about compromise, marriage is about compromise and politics is about compromise," Barnes said. "If we become so partisan that we don't want to have the social conscience and see the need to work out compromise, then our government isn't going to work."

Barnes visited political science professor Jim Riddlesperger's class Wednesday.

"It's not enough to win; now, you have to destroy," he said.