On a tangent, just read a third party supplement for D&D 3.5 from Fast Forward Press that listed a "Dire Wizard".
As it was a generic map type supplement, there were no stats or explanation on how one would become a Dire Wizard. The idea of a wizard with the Dire Animal template strikes my funny bone a bit.
Thoughts anyone?
Nope, no thoughts here.
Since dire animals are not templates anymore, it would probably just be a neanderthal wizard.