Had a thought...

Just had a thought, did a quick spot of research and voila!

Jason Groves' blog entry about Herb Pope still being back in Pennsylvania caused some upset for Aggie fans but this fact escaped my attention:

Groves posted his entry on August 23 with the news that Pope was in Pennsylvania on personal business. It didn't click for me when I first read this but, after looking it up, instruction began at NMSU on August 21.

Now my college days were many moons ago but it seems accurate to translate the above into the fact that Pope is missing classes.

For what it's worth, an anonymous comment left at Groves' entry states that guard Jonathan Gibson also isn't on campus but take that item for what it's worth. Groves also makes a comment that Pope was a very solid student in his first year at New Mexico State.

So maybe all is just chatter, some is chatter or none is just chatter. If true, it's not like Pope and Gibson couldn't make up the classroom time missed.

One thing is for sure -- it's getting curious in Las Cruces.