HAPPY NEW YEAR

***** WE CAN JUST ABOUT CLOSE THE BOOK ON 2011. THE YEARS SEEM TO GO BY FAST AT THIS STAGE OF LIFE . THE SAND IS ABOUT THROUGH THE HOUR GLASS .

I REALLY WAS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE 2011. THE END OF 2010 WAS ALMOST THE END OF ME . I WAS ONLY IN THE HOSPITAL 4 DAYS IN 2011 COMPARED TO 68 DAYS IN 2010 . I DID HAVE HAVE 50 CHEMO TREATMENTS AND TWO SURGERIES IN 2011. SO BY MY STANDARDS OF LATE 2011 WAS A GOOD YEAR .

THE HIGH LIGHT OF MY DAYS NOW WOULD BE MY GRANDCHILDREN , ABBY & HADDEN . HADDEN CAME TO US ON 9/9/2011, & ABBY WAS A CHRISTMAS DAY BABY IN 2009 .

THIS WAS HADDEN'S FIRST CHRISTMAS SO HE IS JUST GETTING STARTED . ABBY WAS TWO ON CHRISTMAS DAY & CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS A CLASS - 5 HURRICANE .

I HAVE HEARD THAT CHILDREN TAKE AFTER THEIR GRANDPARENTS . ABBY MUST BE LIKE HER GRANDMOTHER CHILI PEPPER WAS AS A CHILD . NON STOP, HIGH SPEED, ALWAYS IN TO SOMETHING .

ABBY REARRANGES DRAWERS & THEIR CONTENTS THE WAY CHILI PEPPER REARRANGES OUR FURNITURE : CONSTANTLY.

CHILI PEPPER , NOW KNOWN AS NANA , & ABBY BOTH HAVE HIGH TEMPO STYLES , ALWAYS IN TO SOMETHING , NEVER REST UNLESS THEY SLEEP . THEY ONLY HAVE TWO GEARS , FULL GO OR STOP .

NANA & ABBY BOTH HAVE BIG BLUE EYES , & A QUICK FLASH TEMPER THAT ERUPTS LIKE LIGHTING THEN GOES AWAY . ABBY'S HAIR IS RED ,NANA'S HAIR IS AUBURN . AT LEAST IT USED TO BE .
I THINK NANA HAS BEEN TO THE COLOR BOTTLE , CAN'T PROVE IT .

THIS IS THE FIRST CHRISTMAS POP-POP HAS NOT BEEN DOWN FOR THE MEDICAL COUNT & HAS BEEN ABLE TO PLAY WITH ABBY .

ABBY IS SO SMART & CAN RUN CIRCLES AROUND POP-POP . THE ONLY TIME I CAN SLOW HER IS WHEN WE WATCH MICKEY & MINNIE .

THIS REMINDS ME OF WATCHING THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB WITH MY GRAND- DADDY OVER 50 YEARS AGO . I LOOK AT ABBY & HADDEN & WONDER WHAT LIFE HOLDS FOR THEM .

I THINK ABOUT MY GRANDPARENTS WHOM THESE CHILDREN WILL NEVER KNOW . I STAND AMAZED AS THE CHAIN OF LIFE GOES ON & ON . JIMMIE GRAVES NEVER KNEW RHETT, MILFORD WILL NEVER KNOW ABBY & HADDEN . RIGHT NOW POP-POP IS THE ONLY LINK TO THE ENDS OF THE CHAIN .

I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT THEM & WONDER . I HAVE TO GO NOW ,IT IS TIME TO WATCH MICKEY & MINNIE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

*****MERRY CHRISTMAS , THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN MERRY CHRIST- MAS .

I READ WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE HOLIDAY GREETINGS WERE SIGNED , SEALED , & SECULAR . NO MENTION OF CHRISTMAS . CONGRESS CAN'T USE THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE TO WISH US A MERRY CHRISTMAS . CHRIST IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT .

THE WORLD THINKS OF THE X-MAS SEASON AS A TIME TO BUY BUY & SPEND SPEND . A COMMERCIAL FESTIVAL TO MAKE THE YEARLY BUDGET . THE POLITICAL WORLD HAS NOT A CLUE .

OUR WORLDLY LEADERS ARE LIKE DRUNKS ON A FLOAT TRIP WONDERING WHAT THAT THUNDEROUS CRASHING JUST AHEAD COULD BE . ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS !

THERE IS AN ECONOMIC APOCALYPSE JUST AHEAD THAT WILL BRING TRIAL , TROUBLE, & TURMOIL WORLD - WIDE . ALL THE WEALTH SOME HAVE ACCUMULATED WILL VANISH & DESPERATION WILL RUN IN THE STREETS .

WE ARE SEEING THE LIGHTING FLASH NOW . JOB LOSS , FORECLOSURES. RISING PRICES , & OVERWHELMING DEBT .

BUT THE LEADERS SAY FULL SPEED AHEAD . SAILING INTO THE SEA OF DESPAIR .

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A TRUE CHRISTMAS WISH . I WISH YOU JOY , HOPE , & LOVE .

JOY IN JESUS . KNOWING THAT YOUR SIN DEBT IS PAID .

HOPE IN JESUS . KNOWING THAT ALL OF HIS PROMISES WILL BE KEPT.

LOVE IN JESUS . KNOWING THAT JESUS LOVED YOU ENOUGH TO DIE FOR YOU .

I WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT TO WATCH

**** THE COWBOYS - GIANTS GAME WAS FUN TO WATCH . NOT THE BEST FOOTBALL EVER PLAYED BUT FUN TO SEE.

BOTH TEAMS BLEW PASS COVERAGES & LEFT WIDE OPEN RECEIVERS FOR TOUCHDOWNS .

WHEN THE COWBOYS SCORED TO GO UP 12 WITH JUST OVER 3 MINUTES TO PLAY , THE JONES FAMILY ERUPTED IN SPASMS OF JOY . JERRY & STEVE WERE CHEST BUMPING , FIST PUMPING , & HUGGING.

BUT THEY COUNTED ELI OUT TOO SOON . OLD EASY E TOOK THE G - MEN DOWN-FIELD FOR 2 TD'S & A 2X CONVERSION . THE JONES BOYS LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN KICKED IN THE BOYS BY ZIVA DAVID .

THEN THE COWBOY KICKER MADE A FIELD GOAL TO TIE , BUT NO , TIME WAS CALLED . THEN THE KICKER MIS FIRED ON THE ATTEMPT , & IT WAS PEE ON THE FIRE & CALL THE DOGS .

I WANTED TO SEE THE HAND SHAKE OF KEVIN GILBRIDE & REX RYAN . YOU KNOW REX'S DAD BUDDY PUNCHED GILBRIDE WHEN THEY COACHED TOGETHER AT HOUSTON .

FAR AS I COULD TELL KEVIN KEPT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM REX . SMART MOVE . REX RYAN LOOKS LIKE A BIKER WHO GOT LOST ON HIS WAY HOME TO NUTBUSH .

FOLKS , I DON'T THINK THE COWBOYS WILL EVER WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ROMO . I BELIEVE TONY IS HITTING ON MAX -PO . THIS IS AS GOOD AS HE GETS .

**** THE MEMPHIS TIGERS LOST TO A GOOD MURRAY STATE TEAM SUNDAY . THE TIGERS LOST BECAUSE THEY DO NOT PLAY TEAM BASKETBALL .

EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE TIGERS , THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT .

YOU SEE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE GAME OF BASKETBALL CHANGED . SOME COACHES MADE THE DECISION TO GET THE BEST ATHLETES THEY COULD ,PLAY AS FAST AS THEY COULD FOR AS LONG AS THEY COULD .

THE FASTER THE GAME THE MORE SUPERIOR ATHLETES WILL PREVAIL . ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET GREAT TALENT , YOU DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER WITH COACHING , JUST LET THE PLAYERS PLAY .

NOW LET'S ADD A 3 POINT SHOT TO SPEED UP THE PACE . THERE ARE STILL SOME COACHES WHO TRY TO CONTROL TEMPO & HOLD THE BALL & SUCH .

WHAT CAN WE DO ? SIMPLE , WE MUST HAVE A SHOT CLOCK. THAT WILL FIX THOSE COACHES WHO TRY TO IMPACT THE GAME .

NOW WE HAVE BASKETBALL TODAY . JUST 40 MINUTES OF MASS CONFUSION & CHAOS. NO COACHING EXCEPT YELLING FASTER FASTER . THE TEAM WITH THE MOST ATHLETES WIN .

THEY SURE MESSED UP A GREAT GAME

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS REALLY STINKS

***** WHAT STINKS ? THE BOWL MATCH - UPS TO START WITH . FEW IF ANY ARE VERY GOOD .

I LOVE VANDY , BUT VANDERBILT VS CINCINNATI IN THE LIBERTY BOWL . THAT GAME WON'T DRAW FLIES . WHY NOT MISSISSIPPI STATE / SOUTHERN MISS. ?

THE REMATCH FOR THE NATIONAL FAVORITE IS A STINKER ALSO . ALABAMA SHOULD NOT BE THERE . THE TIDE DID NOT WIN THEIR CONFERENCE .


IT IS NOT FAIR TO LSU . THEY PLAY BAMA BEST OF TWO TO BE NATIONAL FAVORITE . IF ALABAMA WINS THIS TIME WHY CAN'T LSU STILL BE THE FAVORITE . AFTER ALL THEY WOULD BE EVEN STEVEN .
BAMA HAS A BIG ADVANTAGE HERE . YOU CAN'T KEEP BEATING THE SAME TEAM OVER & OVER .

MAYBE SOMEDAY WE WILL HAVE A PLAYOFF & HAVE A REAL CHAMPION .

***** THE OLE MISS COACH IS HUGH FREEZE . I GUESS A SUCCESSFUL PERSON MAXIMIZES HIS OPPORTUNITIES . COACH FREEZE USES PEOPLE & CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE BEST OF THEM .
HE USED MICHAEL OHER TO MAKE THE JUMP TO OLE MISS. HE USED HIS TIME AT OLE MISS TO GET IN GOOD WITH THE GUYS WHO WRITE THE CHECKS . SOUNDS PRETTY SMART TO ME .

WONDER IF THIS DEAL WAS MADE 4 YEARS AGO WHEN NUTT DECIDED NOT TO KEEP FREEZE . DID THE MONEY BOYS TELL HUGH "JUST HANG ON ,WE"LL GET YOU BACK ASAP ."

WATCHING FREEZE MANEUVER & POSITION THE LAST FEW YEARS , I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF HE MAKES IT AT OLE MISS.

FREEZE HAS DONE A MASTERFUL JOB OF PLAYING THE GAME SO FAR .

***** SQUIRRELLY SHIRLEY & THE MEMPHIS CREW HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A COACH YET . NO SHOCK HERE . THE MEMPHIS JOB WILL BE ONE OF THE VERY LAST PICKS .

EVEN UAB HAS FOUND SOMEONE . SOON THE ONLY COACHES LEFT WILL BE THOSE WHO WERE BED - WETTERS & FIRE STARTERS AS KIDS .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!

GAMES ,GAMES & MORE GAMES

**** THERE WAS MORE FOOTBALL THIS PAST WEEKEND THAN A PERSON COULD WATCH . I WATCHED OVER 12 HOURS & DID NOT SEE 10 % OF THE ACTION . HERE ARE SOME IMPRESSIONS .

**** THIS IS THE BEST VANDERBILT TEAM I HAVE SEEN IN 30 YEARS . VANDY PLAYS WITH FIRE & INTENSITY .

INTENSITY IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF GUYS THAT RUN FAST . YOU NEVER SEEN A SLOW TEAM THAT LOOKS INTENSE .

THE NASHVILLE CREW IS BOWL ELIGIBLE FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THIRTY YEARS . GREAT JOB BY JAMES FRANKLIN IN HIS FIRST YEAR. ARE THINGS CHANGING AT VANDERBILT ?

**** TENNESSEE WAS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF VANDY . THE VOLS LOOKED SLOW & NOT INTERESTED IN LOSING TO KENTUCKY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS .

THE DOOLEY ERA IS OFF TO A ROUGH START . I HEAR FROM BIG VOLS THAT DOOLEY MUST WIN 8 NEXT YEAR OR MAMA BARB WON'T BE ABLE TO SAVE HIM . 11 - 14 WILL NOT KEEP YOUR JOB IN KNOXVILLE .

**** THE MEMPHIS FANS OR THE LACK THERE OF FORCED SHIRLEY RAINS TO FIRE LARRY PORTER & R.C. JOHNSON TO RETIRE .

YOU CAN'T HAVE ATTENDANCE OF 2500 AT D - 1 FOOTBALL GAMES & STAY THE COURSE . SHIRLEY WILL BE LUCKY TO KEEP HER JOB .

DR. RAINS WAITED AS LONG AS SHE COULD TO DEAL WITH THE FOOTBALL MESS . I DON'T KNOW THAT FOOTBALL HAS EVER BEEN IMPORTANT IN HER BACKGROUND . IT WAS NOT AT BELLS OR KENTUCKY .

ONE POSTER REFERRED TO DR. RAINS AS SQUIRRELY PAINS , GREAT LINE . IT APPEARS THAT SHIRLEY WANTS JUST ENOUGH FOOTBALL THAT FOLKS WILL STOP BUGGING HER ABOUT IT .

**** THE LADY VOLS - BAYLOR GAME WAS A GOOD ONE . IN THE END THE VOLS HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE BEARS' 6' 8" BRITTANY GRINDER .

WHEN EITHER TEAM GOT IN A HOLE THEY WOULD GO ZONE UNTIL THEY GOT OUT OF TROUBLE . I WONDER WHY THEY DIDN'T STAY ZONE .

**** ON OUR SEC OVER/UNDERS I WAS 3-9 . THAT COMES OUT TO A LOSS OF 690 DOLLARS FOR THOSE OF YOU SCORING AT HOME . LET ME KNOW HOW YOU DID .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!

I THINK SO

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I THINK MEMPHIS IS NOT A TOP TEN BASKETBALL TEAM . A GOOD TEAM BUT NOT A GREAT TEAM .

THE TIGERS ARE VERY TALENTED BUT DO NOT PLAY TEAM BALL . THE TIGERS ALSO DO NOT PLAY SMART OR DEFEND WELL INSIDE .

MEMPHIS HAS NO CLUE ABOUT ATTACKING A ZONE & TOO MUCH ONE ON ONE OFFENSE .

THE TIGERS WILL WIN A LOT OF GAMES IN THE C-USA & MAKE THE BIG DANCE. BUT LIKE A DOG THAT CHASES CARS , THEY WON'T LAST LONG .

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I THINK RG - 3 IS THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE NATION . THE BAYLOR QB IS REMARKABLE.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN THE SPREAD OFFENSE ,THIS IS THE GUY YOU NEED . IN THE SPREAD YOU CAN ONLY BE AS GOOD AS YOUR TRIGGER MAN . BAYLOR IS VERY GOOD WITH ROBERT DRIVING THE BUS .

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I THINK BOB STOOPS WISHES HE HAD NOT CALLED THAT TIME OUT .IF BOB HAD LET THE CLOCK RUN BAYLOR WOULD NOT HAVE TIME TO SCORE THE LAST ONE .

BOB IS THE SMARTEST OF THE STOOPS BROTHERS. NONE OF THE THREE CAN SPEAK A COMPLETE SENTENCE WITHOUT CUSSING .

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I THINK JIMBO FISHER LEARNED CLOCK MANAGEMENT FROM LES MILES AT LSU .

JIMBO TRIED TO SQUEEZE IT ONE MORE PLAY & ALMOST CAUSED HIS TEAM A CHANCE TO KICK FOR THE WIN . WHEN THE CONFUSION ENDED FSU MISSED THE KICK & LOST THE GAME .

BAD BAD MOVE JIMBO !

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I THINK BOBBY PETRINO IS THE BEST OFFENSIVE COACH IN THE SEC . I BELIEVE SPURRIER IS SHOWING HIS AGE & NEEDS TO GOLF FULL TIME .

THANK YOU FOR READING!!!!!

SORRY ABOUT

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I WAS SORRY TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF JOE FRAZIER . "SMOKIN JOE" WAS MY MAN BACK IN THE DAY .

I COULD NOT IDENTIFY WITH ALI . HE WAS TALL ,FAST & SUPER TALENTED . FRAZIER WAS SHORT, STOCKY, & KIND OF CLUMSY. I COULD IDENTIFY WITH JOE .

ALI COULD FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY & STING LIKE A BEE WHILE FRAZIER CHARGED LIKE AN ANGRY RHINO .

I KNEW HOW TOUGH IT WAS TO GIVE AWAY SEVERAL INCHES & TAKE SOME JABS TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO BANG .

I COULD ONLY IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO DANCE AROUND STICKING &MOVING . I KNEW THE FEELING OF BRINGING RELENTLESS PRESSURE TO WEAR THE OPPONENT OUT .

NOT MUCH FLOATING ,BUT A WHOLE LOT OF WADING . NOT A LOT OF JABBING BUT A LOT OF HOOKING .

BRINGING THE HEAT UNTIL THE MAN WEARS OUT , THEN YOU PUT HIM AWAY . GO UNTIL THE OTHER MAN CAN'T GO ANYMORE .THAT WAS FRAZIER .

JOE; I LOVED YOU THEN & I LOVE YOU NOW .

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SORRY TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF CHARLIE LEA . A SUPER GUY & FIRST CLASS ALL THE WAY . GONE MUCH TOO EARLY .

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SORRY TO HEAR OF THE PENN STATE TROUBLE . I AM NOT A FAN OF JOE PATERNO, BUT HE HAS COACHED AT PENN STATE EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.

THAT IS SAYING A LOT SINCE I AM AN OLD MAN NOW .

A GREAT WRONG HAPPENED AT PENN STATE . I DON'T KNOW WHO SHOULD HAVE DONE WHAT ,BUT KNOW THOSE EVENTS SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN .

I CAN NOT BELIEVE PENN STATE COACHES WOULD KNOWINGLY ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN . I ALSO CANNOT BELIEVE THE COACHES DID NOT KNOW .

ABOUT ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS .

***** HOW ABOUT A LITTLE GOOD NEWS ?

JAMES FRANKLIN IS DOING A GREAT JOB AT VANDERBILT . THE DORES ARE 5 - 5 .

YOU SAY SO WHAT . BIG DEAL .

NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND . SINCE 1980 VANDY HAS HAD ONLY TWO WINNING SEASONS . 1982 & 2008 . FANS THAT IS 26 YEARS BETWEEN WINNING YEARS .

IF VANDY CAN BEAT TENNESSEE OR WAKE FOREST , IT WILL BE BOWL TIME . VANDERBILT HAS BEEN BOWLING TWICE IN 30 YEARS .

ONE OF THE BOWLS WAS IN NASHVILLE. THE C'DORES HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF TOWN SINCE 1982 .

MAYBE THIS YEAR VANDY CAN MAKE IT TO MEMPHIS . DON'T GAS UP THE TRUCK OR GET YOUR GRACELAND COUPONS YET . VANDY HAS ONLY BEAT THE VOLS TWICE IN 30 YEARS .

I LOVE TENNESSEE BUT I'M PULLING FOR VANDY TO MAKE IT . IS ONCE EVERY DECADE TOO MUCH TOO ASK ?

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!

DO AWAY WITH THE TSSAA

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WELL,NOT THE ENTIRE TSSAA , JUST THE TSSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SYSTEM .

THE TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HAS TOTALLY MESSED UP THE PLAY - OFF SYSTEM .THE TSSAA PROBLEM CAN BE STATED IN TWO WORDS : TOO MANY !!!

YES, TOO MANY !! TWO MANY CHAMPIONS - TOO MANY TEAMS - TOO MANY GAMES .

1 TOO MANY CHAMPIONS .
TENNESSEE WILL CROWN EIGHT TEAMS AS STATE CHAMPS . 25 YEARS AGO ONLY 3 TEAMS WERE CHAMPS . THAT IS A 267 % INCREASE IN CHAMPIONSHIPS .

YEARS AGO LESS THAN 1% OF TEAMS WERE CHAMPS TODAY ALMOST 3 % ARE CHAMPS .

THIS DE-VALUES YOUR TITLE . IT IS ONLY ABOUT ONE THIRD AS MEANINGFUL AS BEFORE

2. TOO MANY TEAMS
YEARS AGO ONLY 48 TEAMS MADE THE PLAYOFFS . TODAY 200 TEAMS QUALIFY .

ABOUT 14 % IN THE PAST , 60 % IN THE PRESENT , OVER FOUR TIMES AS MANY TEAMS MAKE IT NOW .

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE CLASSIFICATION WHERE LESS THAN 55 % OF THE TEAMS MAKE THE PLAY-OFFS . THE RANGE EXTENDS TO DIVISION 2 AA WHERE 100 % GO TO THE BIG SHOW .

IN FACT 45 OF THE 200 TEAMS IN THE PLAYOFFS DO NOT HAVE A WINNING RECORD . ALMOST A FOURTH !!! THAT IS PITIFUL !!!!

IN DAYS OF OLD, MAKING THE PLAYOFFS MEANT COACH KEPT HIS JOB . IN YESTERDAY'S RULES THOSE DUDES IN D2AA WOULD HAVE IT MADE .

3. TOO MANY GAMES
YOU MUST WIN 5 GAMES TO WIN THE STATE . THAT IS ANOTHER HALF A SEASON .

ANOTHER CONSIDERATION ; MANY SCHOOLS LOSE MONEY IN THESE GAMES . EXPENSES TOO GREAT , TOO FEW TICKET SALES .

THE MEDINA MYSTIC SAYS REDUCE REDUCE REDUCE !!!!

REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CHAMPIONS

REDUCE THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIERS

REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF GAMES .

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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM . TOLD YOU BEFORE THE SEASON THIS WOULD BE THE FINAL SONG IN NUTT VALLEY .

OLE MISS HAS SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS AS THEY FACE THE FUTURE . IT IS SUPER HARD TO GET OFF THE BOTTOM IN THE SEC .

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ACCORDING TO EDWIN EDWARDS { FORMER LA.GOV} HERMAN CAIN DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM .

EDWARDS SAYS IT IS ONLY A PROBLEM IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN BED WITH A DEAD GIRL OR A LIVE BOY .

SO FAR , HERMAN IS IN THE CLEAR !

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!

THE TRUTH IS

**** YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD I STRIVE TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT ON MY POSTS . RIGHT , IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONCEIVE OF AN EFFORT THAT SMALL . SO THE TRUTH IS :

**** COACH CUSSING . ON 8/19/2010 , ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COACHES CUSSING WAS DISCUSSED ON THIS SITE . GO BACK & CHECK IT OUT .

TO SUM IT UP : 95 % OF COACHES CUSS . THE LIST OF ALL TIME WINNERS INCLUDES MANY OF THE ALL TIME CUSSER.

THE RULE IS, THE MORE YOU WIN THE MORE YOU CAN CUSS . YOU CAN CUSS A LOT MORE WHEN YOU ARE WINNING 10 A YEAR THAN WHEN YOU ARE WINNING 2 OR 3 .

WHEN THE RED DEVILS WERE WINNING 10 GAMES A YEAR , THERE WAS SOME FINE CUSSING .

IN THE LATEST CASE , THE GREAT SIN WAS BEING 4 - 5 , NOT 8 - 1 .IT IS NOT RIGHT BUT THAT IS THE WAY IT IS .

TRUTH IS , I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH CUSSING WHERE I COACHED . COURSE , I DID SUFFER AN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF HEARING IN THE EARLY 70'S .

**** THE OFFICIAL FAITH OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST . THE CARDINALS WERE PRE - DESTINED TO WIN .
THINK ABOUT IT : SO MANY THINGS HAD TO HAPPEN JUST RIGHT FOR THE CARDINALS .

THE BIRDS JUST MAKING THE PLAY - OFFS WAS THE FIRST STEP .

THEN DIVINE INTERVENTION WITH A RAIN - OUT ,

THEN TO TIE FROM TWO DOWN IN THE FINAL INNINGS, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE .

THEN TO RALLY BACK TWICE WHEN YOU ARE ONE STRIKE AWAY FROM ELIMINATION.

PRE - DESTINED , THAT IS WHAT IT WAS .

MOST COMPELLING WORLD SERIES I HAVE EVER SEEN , SURPASSING THE PIRATE - YANKEE HEART BREAK IN 1960 .

I AM NOT A CARDINAL FAN . I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS NOT GROWING UP IN G - COUNTY .

I AM GLAD THAT OLD FOSSIL TONY HUNG IT UP . HE ALWAYS REMINDED ME OF A GUY WHO HANGS OUT AROUND THE BUS STATION .

NOW ,THE BIRDS CAN GO TO THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK , GET ALBERT BACK . MY BASEBALL EXPERT & #1 CARDINAL FAN DR. WINE SAYS IT IS ABOUT 50/50 .

**** CHILLI PEPPER'S DAD SHOWED UP FOR HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY IN TOMMY HILFINGER OVERALLS . I DIDN'T KNOW TOMMY MADE OVERALLS . DESIGNER OVERALLS CAN YOU BELIEVE IT ?

I BELIEVE THAT IF WE WEAR CLOTHES IN HEAVEN THEY WILL BE OVERALLS . THEY ARE SO COMFORTABLE . IF YOU GAIN A LITTLE WEIGHT YOU CAN JUST UNBUTTON A ROW OR TWO OF THOSE BUTTONS ON THE SIDE . OVERALLS ARE LIKE THE PEABODY , LOTS OF BALLROOMS .

A FEW YEARS AGO I PUT ON A FLANNEL SHIRT & MY BEST PAIR OF UNION OVERALLS ,& SET SAIL FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT .

I STOPPED AT BUSTER'S & HAD TWO BUSTER BURGERS , THEN ON TO THE GAMES .

I EVEN WORE OVERALLS TO CHURCH ONE TIME . I WISH FOUNDER'S DAY WAS EVERY SUNDAY .

NBA COACH LARRY BROWN WORE OVERALLS AT GAMES , I ALWAYS WANTED TOO .

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT TEXAS A&M , WAS THE WEARING OF OVERALLS .

I AM GOING TO PUT ON MY OVERALLS NOW ,THANKS FOR READING !!!!

SCATTERSHOOTING

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THE WORLD SERIES DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AS IMPORTANT AS IT USED TO BE . WHEN I WAS A KID THE WORLD SEEMED TO STOP TO WATCH THE GAMES .

I GUESS TOO MUCH IS GOING ON NOW FOR THE WS TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION . TRUTH IS THE WORLD SERIES IS THE ONLY BASEBALL I HAVE WATCHED THIS YEAR .

I WAS A HUGH BASEBALL FAN WHEN I WAS YOUNG . I COULD NAME THE PLAYERS ON EVERY TEAM . AFTER THE 1964 WORLD SERIES I LOST INTEREST ,OTHER SPORTS TOOK OVER MY ATTENTION .

BUT I HAVE WATCHED THE GAMES THIS YEAR . SO CALLED GENIUS MANAGER TONY LARUSSA MAY HAVE JACKED UP HIS PITCHING ROTATION .

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A TEAM RECEIVE NINE WALKS & LOSE THE GAME ? THE BIG QUESTION IS WILL THE CARDINALS BE ABLE TO RE - SIGN ALBERT PUHOLS ?

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I AM NOT A NBA FAN . I DON'T CARE IF THEY EVER PLAY ANOTHER GAME . I WATCH THE FINALS EVERY YEAR BUT THAT IS ABOUT IT .

IT IS AMAZING TO WATCH GREED KILL THE GOLDEN GOOSE . THEY ARE GOING TO THROW AWAY THE WHOLE PIE FIGHTING OVER THE BIGGEST PIECE .

OWNERS & PLAYERS, IF YOU KILL YOUR GAME WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THAT KIND OF MONEY ?


KOBE & LBJ COULD BE ASKING " WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT "? PEOPLE WILL BE SAYING " WOW THOSE VALETS ARE REALLY TALL GUYS ".

MY GOOD FRIEND & ROLE MODEL ,THE PHILOSOPHER FREDDY FENDER USED TO SAY " A LITTLE BIT IS BETTER THAN NADA ."

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THE MOST IMPRESSIVE REPUBLICAN SO FAR HAS BEEN HERMAN CAINE IMO . BUT HIS 9-9-9 TAX PLAN IS NOT FAVORABLE TO THE MIDDLE CLASS . WHAT I LIKE ABOUT HERM IS HE GIVES SIMPLE STRAIGHT - UP ANSWERS .

MICHELLE IS REALLY PRETTY BUT THAT IS ABOUT IT . THE LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NO ONE IS HOME .

RON PAUL HAS SOME GOOD IDEALS BUT COMES ACROSS POORLY . HE LOOKS LIKE A MISSING PERSON FROM A RETIREMENT VILLAGE .

RICK PERRY MADE THE MISTAKE OF HAVING REAL CONVICTIONS . THE MEDIA WILL BEAT HIM TO DEATH FOR HIS CONVICTIONS WHILE NEVER GETTING A STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM THE OTHERS ON THE ISSUES PERRY IS SPEAKING OF .

GETTING MITT ROMMEY PINNED DOWN IS LIKE NAILING JELL-O TO THE WALL .

ANYONE OF THIS BUNCH WILL HAVE A HARD TIME BEATING OBAMA AS WEAK AS HE IS . IS THIS THE BEST OUR COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER ?

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THE MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR'S CONTEST WILL ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT VOTING IS BASED ON RACE . THERE ARE MORE BLACK VOTERS THAN WHITE IN MISSISSIPPI . BRYANT IS WHITE- DUPREE IS BLACK . IF THE VOTE IS ALONG RACIAL LINES MISSISSIPPI WILL HAVE A BLACK GOVERNOR .

WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THAT 50 YEARS AGO ?

MEMPHIS STEVE COHEN IS A WHITE GUY FROM A MAJORITY BLACK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT . MAYBE RACIAL SOLIDARITY IS VOTING IS NOT TRUE . WE WILL SEE .

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!

JUST NOT TRUE

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FROM TIME TO TIME YOU HEAR THAT THIS COACH IS A GENIUS

BUFFALO CHIPS ! NO COACH IS A GENIUS ,NOT BILL WALSH OR NICK SABAN .

THERE ARE SOME SMART GUYS COACHING BUT NOT GENIUSES . THESE COACHES ARE SMART ENOUGH TO COMPLICATE THE GAME TO THE POINT THAT THERE ARE NOT 32 HUMANS WHO CAN PLAY QB IN THE NFL .

I THOUGHT A GENIUS COULD MAKE THE COMPLEX SIMPLE . SIMPLICITY IS A SIGN OF GENIUS .

A FOOTBALL GENIUS IS THE GUY WITH THE FASTEST PLAYERS . NO COACH ,NOT LOMBARDI OR BRYANT ,CAN CONSISTENTLY BEAT TEAMS WITH BETTER TALENT .

YOU WANT TO BE A FOOTBALL GENIUS .
#1. GET THE MOST TALENT YOU CAN
#2. KEEP YOUR SYSTEM AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE
#3. REP YOUR PLAYS OVER & OVER

KEEP YOUR PLAYS TO A BARE MINIMUM. YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE PLAYS THAN YOU CAN PRACTICE . USE PRACTICE TIME TO WORK ON PLAYS YOU RUN IN THE GAME . IF YOU RUN A POWER PLAY 50 % OF THE TIME YOU SHOULD SPEND 50% OF PRACTICE TIME WORKING ON THE POWER PLAY .

ALMOST ALL COACHES TRY TO DO TOO MUCH . THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT LESS IS MORE .

IN TRYING TO HAVE MORE THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING WELL . JUST HAVE 5 OR 6 PLAYS THAT YOU EXECUTE PERFECTLY .

REMEMBER GENERAL NEYLAND SAID " THE TEAM THAT MAKES THE FEWEST MISTAKES WINS" .

MOST COACHES WERE NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULB ON THE TREE . MOST OF THE WEIGHTS THEY LIFTED WERE NOT BOOKS .

ALSO THE HERD MENTALITY IS STRONGER AMONG COACHES THAN ANY OTHER GROUP . THEY ARE GREAT AT PLAYING FOLLOW THE LEADER . IF A CERTAIN OFFENSE OR DEFENSE IS POPULAR THEY ALL DO IT . GIVING NO THOUGHT WHAT THEIR PLAYERS ARE BEST SUITED FOR .

YOU CAN RECALL WHEN MOST TEAMS IN THE CONFERENCE RAN THE SAME BASE OFFENSE & DEFENSE . THEY ALL DID NOT HAVE THE SAME TYPE PLAYERS .

BUM PHILLIPS TOLD ME "FIT YOUR OFFENSE TO YOUR PLAYERS ".

IF YOU WANT TO RUN THE SPREAD ,START LOOKING FOR VINCE OR CAM . TO BE A GREAT I - FORMATION TEAM YOU NEED TO HAVE AN O. J. OR TWO AROUND .

TO BE A BIG TIME PASSING ATTACK YOU NEED A PEYTON OR A BRADY . THAT INDY - O DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK AS WELL WITH CURTIS PAINTER .

DON'T SEARCH FOR A GENIUS COACHING FOOTBALL . YOU WON'T FIND ONE . THEY ARE ALL IN THE LABS OR RUNNING HEDGE FUNDS . THE CLOSEST YOU WILL COME IS LIKE THE WIZARD OF OZ , JUST A PRETEND GENIUS .

THANK YOU ,THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!!

CRAZY DADDY

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MAYNARD G. KREBS MUST HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE SPORTS WORLD WHEN HE USED TO SAY CRAZY DADDY IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPMENTS .

THERE ARE MANY THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS THAT DEIFY UNDERSTANDING .

HOW ABOUT CAL & R.C. PAYING BACK THEIR BONUS MONEY ? UNBELIEVABLE !

EVERYONE SAID THE CASE WOULD NEVER MAKE IT TO TRIAL SO WHY GIVE IN & PAY UP ? SIMPLE REALLY .

R. C. & CAL DID NOT WANT FACTS REVEALED ON DISCOVERY TO COME TO LIGHT . THAT IS WHY THEY BASICALLY PAID HUSH MONEY .
THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS DID NOT WANT THAT SPOTLIGHT EITHER . THAT IS WHY THE UNIVERSITY DID NOT PURSUE THE CASE .

THREE LAWYERS WORKING A VERY WEAK CASE WERE ABLE TO WIN A SETTLEMENT BECAUSE THE BOYS & THE UNIVERSITY DIDN'T WANT THINGS TO BECOME PUBLIC .

YOU WONDER WHAT THINGS ? REMEMBER , IT TAKES A LOT TO SHAME CAL .

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WHY DOES THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS KEEP ON PEEING INTO A STRONG WIND WITH FOOTBALL . THE TIGER PROGRAM IS NEAR DEATH & A REVIVAL DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY .

MEMPHIS NEEDS TO DROP TO A LOWER DIVISION & ESTABLISH A PATTERN OF WINNING BEFORE MOVING BACK UP WITH THE BIG BOYS .

THE TIGERS WILL NOT DO THIS DUE TO PRIDE & GREED . MEMPHIS CAN NOT STAND THE THOUGHT OF BEING IN THE FCS DIVISION .MEMPHIS NEEDS TO ACCEPT PLAYING AT THE LOWER LEVEL UNTIL THEY CAN BUILD UP TO THE FBS LEVEL.

GREED WON'T LET THE TIGERS GO. MEMPHIS IS CLINGING TO THE HOPE OF BIG MONEY FROM A MEMBERSHIP IN A BCS CONFERENCE .
YES , I AM STILL HOPING FOR A CALL FROM DEMI MOORE OR MINKA KELLY . EVERYTIME THAT PHONE RINGS I THINK SURELY THIS IS IT .

YOU SAY IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN . WELL I HAVE A BETTER CHANCE THAN MEMPHIS BEING INVITED BY A BCS CONFERENCE !

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AROUND THE SEC .
MISSISSIPPI STATE IS STILL PLAYING LIKE THEY ARE IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE . THE DAWGS DON'T APPEAR TO CARE .

TENNESSEE WILL START MATT SIMS AT QB FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS . THE VOLS HAD A DISMAL CHANCE IN THE NEXT 3 GAMES ANYWAY BUT THIS DOESN'T HELP .

CAROLINA PARTED WAYS WITH STEVE GARCIA . SPURRIER HAS HAD 23 STARTING QB'S IN 24 YEARS OF COACHING .

WHY DOES THE OLD BALL COACH HAVE SO MUCH TROUBLE FINDING A QUARTERBACK ?

THE PROBLEM IS SPURRIER IS STILL PLAYING QB . IN HIS HEAD ANYWAY . OLD STEVE WAS VERY GOOD IN HIS DAY . HE NEVER SAW A THROW HE DIDN'T THINK HE COULD MAKE .

SPURRIER WANTS HIS QB TO MAKE ALL THE THROWS STEVE THINKS HE COULD HAVE MADE .

NO ONE CAN MAKE ALL THESE PLAYS . STEVE COULD NOT EITHER . THESE GUYS CAN NOT LIVE UP TO THE IMAGE SPURRIER HAS OF HIMSELF .

COACH , STOP TRYING TO LIVE THROUGH THESE PLAYERS !

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!

YEAR OF BATTLE

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A YEAR AGO TOMORROW, I STARTED A BATTLE WHICH IS ONGOING . I WAS FEELING SIMILAR TO MY HEART ATTACK OF 2003.

CHILLI PEPPER CARRIED ME TO THE ER JUST LIKE THAT TIME . I UNDERWENT THE EXAM & WAITED FOR THE RESULT .

THE ER DOCTOR SAID " YES, YOU HAVE SOME HEART ISSUES BUT THERE IS A GREATER CONCERN AT THIS TIME ". WORST THAN A HEART ATTACK - WHAT IS THIS BOY SMOKING , WAS MY FIRST REACTION.

THE DOCTOR BEGAN TO TALK FAST & USED SOME WORDS ENDING IN NOMA . I SAID "WHOA HOSS WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?'

THE DOCTOR SAID YOU HAVE LEUKEMIA . THIS WAS THE OPENING BELL FOR A FIGHT THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY .

I TOLD CHILLI PEPPER , " I DON'T THINK I WILL GET TO GO HOME TONIGHT . I HAD NO IDEAL THAT THIS WAS DAY ONE OF A 68 DAY STAY . 19 OF THOSE DAYS WERE IN ICU .

TWICE THEY TOLD FAMILY THAT IF I COULD LIVE 48 HOURS I HAD A CHANCE TO PULL THROUGH . ORGANS & SYSTEMS BEGAN SHUTTING DOWN . I HAVE ALMOST NO MEMORY OF ANY OF THIS TIME . I HAD SEVERAL VISITORS THAT I NEVER KNEW THEY WERE THERE .

THIS I KNOW , 68 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL IS DIFFICULT . IF NOT FOR FAMILY , FRIENDS , & PRAYERS I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT . BEING IN THE HOSPITAL OVER THANKSGIVING IS HORRIBLE .

MY FAMILY IS FEW IN NUMBER BUT MIGHTY IN FORCE . HOW CHILLI PEPPER HELD EVERYTHING TOGETHER IS BEYOND BELIEF. NOT ONLY DID SHE HAVE A JOB , A HUSBAND IN THE HOSPITAL , BUT SHE MOVED FROM ONE HOME TO THE OTHER . I NEVER RETURNED TO THE HOME WHERE WE HAD LIVED 24 YEARS .

ONE BROTHER IN - LAW CAME EVERY DAY AT LUNCH . HE WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH THAT MEANT . I HAD SO MUCH FAMILY SUPPORT FROM EACH & EVERYONE PULLING ME THROUGH THOSE DARK DAYS .

I HAD MANY VISITORS , SOME I AM STILL NOT AWARE OF . SCHOOL PEOPLE , WORK FRIENDS , COACHES, PLAYERS , THE FARKLE TWINS , & CHURCH FRIENDS . TOO MANY TO NAME THEM ALL .

BUT EACH VISIT HELPED ME SO MUCH & I WILL NEVER FORGET ANY OF THEM . I JUST WISH I HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THEM ALL .

BUT THERE ARE VALLEYS THAT FAMILY & FRIENDS CAN'T GO WITH YOU . IT IS JUST YOU & THE LORD . JESUS WILL TEACH YOU MANY THINGS IN THE VALLEY .

YOUR PRIORITIES WILL CHANGE . SOMETHINGS WILL NO LONGER BE IMPORTANT & OTHERS CEASE TO MATTER .YOU REALIZE YOU HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME CHASING THE WIND .

I HAVE HAD 50 CHEMO TREATMENTS NOW & MY REPORTS LOOK GOOD . I HAVE ANOTHER BONE MARROW TEST NEXT MONTH .

I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VISITS & PRAYERS DURING THIS BATTLE . PRAY THAT I WILL PUT THE EXTRA TIME THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME TO GOOD USE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!

ANTONIO RAMIRO & JOE DON

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FIRST OF ALL . THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG AT MISSISSIPPI STATE . THAT WAS A TWILIGHT ZONE PERFORMANCE VS LA. TECH .

THE KIDS & THE COACHES DID NOT SEEM TO CARE . DAN MULLEN WAS TOTALLY BI - POLAR . THE GAME BEFORE VS LSU ,HE WAS A LUNATIC BUT IN THE TECH GAME HE WAS A ZOMBIE .

I HAD A GAME THAT WAY ONCE , WHEN I OD'ED ON MY PERCODAN .

I WONDER IF THERE IS A RIFT BETWEEN PLAYERS & COACHES .

I GUARANTEE THE BULLDOGS WILL WIN WHEN STATE PLAYS GEORGIA .

IF THE BULLDOGS DON'T WIN I WILL VISIT MELROSE WEARING AN OLIVE BRANCH T - SHIRT .

LET'S GET STRAIGHT STATE . DAN MY MAN ,YOU NEED BALANCE MY FRIEND .

YOU KNOW,LIKE HALF WAY BETWEEN A FOOL & A TOOL .

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HOUSTON DALE NUTT IS ABOUT TO RUN HIS CYCLE AT OLE MISS. JUST LIKE HE DID AT ARKANSAS .

ONLY THIS TIME MUCH FASTER . IT TOOK NUTT 10 YEARS TO CYCLE OUT AT ARKANSAS . I DON'T THINK IT WILL LAST THAT LONG IN OXFORD . WHERE IS BARRY BRUNETTI WHEN YOU NEED HIM?

LET US BE HONEST , WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR MASCOT IS YOU ARE IN TROUBLE .

THEY SAID COLONEL REB WAS RACIST SO THEY WENT WITH BLACK BEARS . DOES THIS NOT EXCLUDE BROWN BEARS , POLAR BEARS , & GRIZZLIES ?

IN STRIVING TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT , I PROPOSE THEY BE KNOW AS THE REBEL BEARS.

THEN NO BEAR WILL BE EXCLUDED DUE TO THE TINT OF THEIR HAIR !

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ANTONIO RAMIRO ROMO & JOE DON MEREDITH

I WATCHED THE COWBOYS BEAT THE REDSKINS 18 - 16 .

I WAS STRUCK BY THE THINGS IN COMMON SHARED BY TONY ROMO & MY OLD HERO JOE DON MEREDITH AKA DANDY DON .

BOTH ARE FANTASTIC ATHLETES , EXCELLING IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL , TENNIS , & GOLF .

ROMO DEMONSTRATED HIS ATHLETICISM BY CHASING DOWN FOUR EARLY SNAPS FROM CENTER . ONE OF THOSE STRIKING HIM IN THE ROYAL ROMOS .

TONY & JOE DON BOTH RUN THROUGH A LOT OF GOOD WOMEN . ROMO HAS HAD MORE HIGH PROFILE LADIES THAN MOST DUDES HAVE UNDERWEAR . MEREDITH WAS ON WIFE # 4 WHEN THE FINAL WHISTLE BLEW .

BOTH OF THESE BOYS LIKE TO SING . TONY DOES MORE ON STAGE WITH BANDS ,WHILE JOE DON WAS ALWAYS SINGING IN THE HUDDLE . THE WILD OF LIFE WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITES .

NEITHER HAVE TIGHT BEHINDS , TONY WENT TO MEXICO WITH JESSICA BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS .

JOE DON CALLED A TIME OUT SO THE TEAM COULD WATCH STRIPPER BUBBLES CASH WALK DOWN THE COTTON BOWL STEPS .

BOTH PLAY WITH BROKEN RIBS & COLLAPSED LUNGS .

BOTH 'S VAST TALENTS JUST SEEM TO VANISH AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME . JUST LIKE A PUPPET WHEN THE STRINGS ARE CUT .
THE CHAMPIONSHIP HAS ELUDED BOTH SO FAR .

I WILL NEVER LOVE TONY LIKE I DID JOE DON . BUT IT DID GIVE ME SOMETHING TO PONDER .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!

A STRANGE THING

**** THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE LSU - MISSISSIPPI STATE GAME THAT TROUBLES ME . COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND ?

I WATCHED THIS GAME AS IT HAPPENED & WATCHED A REPLAY TO CONFIRM WHAT I HAD NOTICED .

LSU KICKED A FIELD GOAL WITH 2:47 LEFT TO GO UP 19 - 6 . STATE NEEDS TO SCORE TWO TOUCHDOWNS BUT THEY HAVE ALMOST THREE MINUTES & THREE TIMEOUTS .

THAT IS DOABLE . RUN YOUR HURRY -UP OFFENSE , GET OUT OF BOUNDS , SPIKE THE BALL , & USE YOUR TIME OUTS , YOU HAVE A SHOT .

NOT THE BULLDOGS . NO ATTEMPT TO HURRY , NO URGENCY , STATE LEISURELY DRIVES THE BALL TO THE 15 YARD LINE , & RUNS THE CLOCK OUT .

THE DAWGS DID NOT USE A SINGLE TIME OUT . THEY FINISHED THE GAME WITH 3 TO'S IN THEIR POCKET .

OH , YES THE BACK - UP QB WAS LEADING THE CHARGE , AS HE HAD FOR MOST OF THE SECOND HALF . COACH WAS ANGRY AT STARTER CHRIS RELF .

BACK -UP RUSSELL HAS AS MUCH CHANCE OF LEADING THE TEAM TO A COMEBACK VICTORY AS I DO AT 61 YEARS OF AGE .

I DO NOT THINK STATE MADE A REAL EFFORT TO WIN THE GAME . WHY DID THEY NOT GO DOWN WITH GUNS BLAZING ?

WHY DID THE DAWGS SURRENDER ? WAS IT BECAUSE MULLEN WAS MAD ? DID DANNY BOY JUST SAY HECK WITH IT & GO TO THE HOUSE ?

MULLEN PULLED A ROBERTO DURAN & SAID NO MAS NO MAS . DAN WENT BERSERK IN THE FIRST HALF & NEVER REGAINED HIS COMPOSURE .

I THINK MULLEN HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB AT STATE , AS GOOD AS CAN BE DONE . BUT YOU CAN NOT GET MAD & JUST QUIT .

THIS ONE IS ON YOU DANNY BOY !!!!!

THINGS I SEE

**** SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS AS WE KNOW THEM WILL DISAPPEAR . THE FORCED MERGER WILL FAIL . MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHO OR HOW MANY ARE ON THE NEW BOARD .

THE GROUP BEING TAKEN IT HAS FAR TOO MANY NUMBERS . THE ONES BEING MERGED WILL HAVE THE VOTES TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT .

IF THEY WANT THEY CAN ELECT THE SAME RETARDED BOARD MEMBERS THEY HAD . ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THEY WILL HAVE CONTROL OVER MORE SCHOOLS & STUDENTS .

MCS WAS A TOTAL FAILURE SO YOU GIVE THEM A BIGGER JOB TO DO . NO WONDER OUR NATION IS IN JUST BAD SHAPE .

DO NOT BE SHOCKED IF CRYING FOR CASH IS SELECTED TO LEAD THE NEW SYSTEM , AFTER ALL HE RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT EVALUATION . COURSE HE EVALUATED HIMSELF .

THIS MERGER WILL FAIL . YOU CAN NOT FORCE PEOPLE TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOLS THEY DON'T LIKE . THE ONLY FOLKS LEFT WILL BE THOSE WITH NO OPTIONS .

PRIVATE SCHOOLS WILL BE OVERFLOWING , NEW PRIVATE SCHOOLS WILL SPRING UP LIKE WEEDS , HOME SCHOOL NUMBERS WILL SOAR , & DROVES WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY .

OLIVE BRANCH WILL NOT HAVE ROOM FOR ANYMORE PLAYERS FROM MELROSE OR ANYWHERE ELSE FROM THE CITY . SEE THIS MERGER HURTS OLIVE BRANCH ALSO .

YOU NEED TO MAKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SMALLER SO THEY CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY .

**** A GUY COULD MAKE A GOOD LIVING IN ANGER MANAGEMENT COUNSELING . DID YOU SEE DAN MULLEN , WILL MUSCAMP , & BOB STOOPS ALL GO BAT - DOO CRAZY ON TV ?

THESE GUYS ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE STEVE SPURRIER LOOK LIKE A MODERATE.

HOW CAN YOU THINK & CALL THE NEXT PLAY WHEN YOU ARE IN A STATE OF RAGE ? YOU JUST MAKE THE REFS WORSE BY YELLING AT THEM . I USED TO TELL THE REFS BEFORE THE GAME " Y'ALL TRY NOT TO SCREW UP MORE THAN NECESSARY ."

**** WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CONFERENCE SHAKE - UPS ? THE PROBLEM IS TEXAS .

THE LONGHORNS WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN TV NETWORK . THE OTHER SCHOOLS FEEL THIS GIVES TEXAS A BIGGER ADVANTAGE THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE .

NOBODY WANTS TO BE IN A CONFERENCE WITH TEXAS . THE LONGHORNS REFUSE TO GIVE UP THE NETWORK . THAT WAS THE DEAL BREAKER WITH THE PAC - 12 .

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OKLAHOMA THE OTHER BIG 12 - 3 SCHOOLS MAY HAVE NO CHOICE . TEXAS IS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN . WOULD YOU TRUST TEXAS ?

THE TALK IS MISSOURI HAS A CHANCE TO GO TO THE SEC . IF TRUE THE TIGERS NEED TO BE RUNNING & NOT LET THE DOOR CATCH THEIR TAIL ON THE WAY OUT .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!

ALL IN THE NAME

**** WOW , I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE A YEAR & THEY ARE CHANGING THE NAME OF THE TOWN . NO MORE OLIVE BRANCH . FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THE PLACE WILL BE KNOWN AS ORANGE BRANCH .

THE OBHS SCHOOL ZONE WILL ALSO BE CHANGED . THE NEW DISTRICT WILL EXTEND ONE MILE ON EACH SIDE OF LAMAR RUNNING FROM GOODMAN ROAD TO AIRWAYS . THIS NEW DISTRICT COULD BE CALLED OLIVE MOUND .

HOPEFULLY , THIS WILL PUT AN END TO THE SILLY WAR OVER WHERE FOOTBALL PLAYERS GO TO SCHOOL . THIS ISSUE IS PROVOKING ADULTS IN OM TO CUSS & SAY HATEFUL THINGS . THE FOLKS IN OB HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PROCLAIM IDEALS THAT GOMER PYLE WOULD CALL STUPID .

OBHS SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY " THOSE PLAYERS ARE COMING HERE FOR THE ACADEMICS " . PLEASE ! JUST LIKE THOSE PLAYERS IN THE 80'S CAME TO GERMANTOWN FOR THE ACADEMICS .

THEY CAME TO PLAY ON A CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM PERIOD . TO CLAIM ANYTHING ELSE IS AN INSULT TO ONE'S INTELLIGENCE . LIKE PEEING ON MY FOOT & TELLING ME IT IS RAINING .

PEOPLE WILL DO INSANE THINGS IN ORDER FOR THEIR KIDS TO PLAY SPORTS . REMEMBER THE CASE WHERE 5 COUPLES FILED FOR DIVORCE SO THEIR BOYS COULD PLAY BASEBALL AT GERMANTOWN .
IF PARENTS CAN PUT THEIR KIDS IN A BETTER SITUATION , THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT . MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IF IT IS OBHS , MELROSE OR WHERE EVER .

AS LONG AS FOOTBALL PARENTS BELIEVE OBHS OFFERS A BETTER PROGRAM PLAYERS WILL KEEP COMING . JUST LIKE THEY DID AT G - TOWN IN THE 80'S & 90'S & AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS TODAY .

IF A SCHOOL WANTS TO SELL IT 'S SOUL TO FOOTBALL OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY THAT IS WHAT IT IS GOING TO DO . OUTSIDE FORCES CAN NOT STOP THEM . ONLY WHEN PRIORITIES CHANGE FROM WITHIN WILL THINGS CHANGE .

I CAN NAME YOU A DOZEN PLACES WERE SPORTS HAVE DIMINISHED . THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP SIGNS & BANNERS HAVE FADED . PEOPLE MOVE ON & NO LONGER LIVE IN YESTERDAY . THIS WILL PASS AT OLIVE BRANCH JUST LIKE ALL THE REST . G - TOWN & SWEETWATER , THE GLORY DAYS ARE BEHIND THEM NOW .

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HAVE A 4 YEAR WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY . LET THE KIDS PLAY WHERE THEY WILL BE HAPPY . WHATEVER A COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO . GO FOR IT .

BUT BE HONEST & CALL IT WHAT IT IS . I DIDN'T INHALE . I ONLY READ THE ARTICLES , & THEY COME FOR THE ACADEMICS . SUCH SHINOLA !

**** WHAT ABOUT THE CUSSING RANTING COACHES ? I DON'T KNOW . IT IS DANGEROUS TO PUNISH PEOPLE FOR TELLING WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE TRUE .

IT IS VERY SAD THAT PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY . I AM FEARFUL THAT MANY PEOPLE SHARE THESE FEELINGS . ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET .

HATE ,ANGER , & FRUSTRATION FLOW BOTH WAYS . WHEN YOU FEEL REJECTED YOU ARE PRONE TO LASH OUT . IN TODAY,S WORLD THINGS ARE MADE PUBLIC WHICH WOULD HAVE REMAINED HIDDEN YEARS AGO .

YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS ON VIDEO & AUDIO REVIEW . REMEMBER THE LADY POLITICIAN WHO TOOK A MOMENT TO PICK HER NOSE BEFORE GOING TO THE PODIUM . MILLIONS SAW HER DIG FOR THAT LAST ONE BEFORE CLIMBING THE STEPS .

FATHER GEORGE & HONEST ABE DID NOT DEAL WITH THIS LEVEL OF SCRUTINY .

WHAT THE MELROSE COACHES SAID IS BAD , BUT IT IS EVEN WORSE THAT THE FEELINGS ARE STILL WIDESPREAD IN OUR COMMUNITIES .

SPORTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AN ESCAPE FOR LIFE , NOT ANOTHER SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION .

THANK YOU FOR READING . !!!!!!

CAN THE TIGERS BE FIXED

***** THE TIGERS ARE OFF TO A GREAT START . MEMPHIS BATTLED TO THE SHORT END OF A 59 - 14 SCORE AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE . THE GAME WAS MUCH WORSE THAN THE SCORE .

THE TIGER LINE LOOKED LIKE A BUNCH OF FAT WOMEN SLAM DANCING . THE QB'S HAD THE SAME LOOK AS A GUY RUNNING FRANTICLY FOR A RESTROOM . GETTING THERE HE FINDS A PAY TOILET & NO CHANGE IN HIS POCKET .

LARRY PORTER LOOKED AS PUZZLED AS A MAN WHO WONDERS WHY HIS CHILDREN DON'T RESEMBLE HIM . SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT WHAT .

MEMPHIS STARTED PLAYING FOOTBALL IN 1912 . UNTIL 1980 THE TIGERS HAD A RESPECTFUL RECORD OF 307 - 242 . A WINNING % OF ABOUT 56 %.

STARTING IN 1980 THINGS BEGAN TO FALL APART . SINCE THEN THE TIGERS CLOCK IN AT 130 - 228 . A WINNING RATE OF LESS THAN 35 %

THE LAST 5 YEARS THE TIGERS HAVE RACED TO A 18 - 44 MARK . THAT IS WINNING LESS THAN 30 % . WHAT HAPPENED TO MEMPHIS ?

THE TIGERS HAVE HAD 8 COACHES DURING THIS TIME . NONE HAD A WINNING RECORD AS RINGMASTER OF THE TIGERS . ALL OF THEM WERE NOT BAD COACHES . COACHING IS NOT THE PROBLEM .
THE PROBLEM IS THE PLAYERS . THE TIGERS ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH GOOD PLAYERS . BEAR BRYANT SAID COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS 98 % RECRUITING . SO THE PROBLEM IS RECRUITING .

THE PLAYERS ARE HERE ,THEY ARE JUST NOT BECOMING TIGERS . THE SEC IS THE BEST CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL . THERE ARE 61 PLAYERS ON SEC ROSTERS FROM THE MEMPHIS AREA . JUST IMAGINE IF MEMPHIS COULD HAVE KEPT HALF OF THOSE PLAYERS HOME .

THREE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE RECRUITING ARE WINNING , CONFERENCE, & FACILITIES .

1. PLAYERS WANT TO GO TO A PROGRAM THAT IS WINNING . THIS BECOMES A HARD TO BREAK CYCLE . YOU WIN BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD PLAYERS , WINNING BRINGS IN MORE GOOD PLAYERS WHICH RESULTS IN MORE WINNING . LOSING WORKS THE SAME WAY IN REVERSE . THE TIGERS ARE LOCKED IN A LOSING CYCLE .

2. PLAYERS WANT TO PLAY IN AN ELITE CONFERENCE . A BCS CONFERENCE , NEW YEAR'S DAY BOWLS , & LOTS OF TV GAMES . THE TIGERS PLAY IN C - USA . MEMPHIS IS A WEAK TEAM IN A WEAK CONFERENCE . DURING A TIME OF CONFERENCE SHAKE - UPS IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT MEMPHIS WILL MAKE IT TO A BETTER CONFERENCE .

3. FACILITIES AT MEMPHIS ARE BEHIND MOST C - USA SCHOOLS & LIGHT YEARS BEHIND SEC SCHOOLS . THE TIGERS DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO RUN IN THESE CIRCLES . YOU CAN GET A LOT MORE FOLKS TO MOVE TO CHICKASAW GARDENS THAN YOU CAN TO GETWELL GARDENS .

IS THERE HOPE FOR MEMPHIS ? IT LOOKS BLEAK . BEST HOPE FOR MEMPHIS IS FOR THE TIGERS TO BLOOM WHERE THEY ARE PLANTED . SCHEDULE SOME WINS , BE ABLE TO DOMINATE C - USA , & PUT SOME MONEY IN FOOTBALL .

IT IS TIME FOR A NEW AD , & MAYBE A NEW PRESIDENT . GOOD LUCK TIGERS .

***** AN R.C. & A MOON PIE TO BAYLOR FOR THAT BIG ,REALLY BIG WIN OVER TCU .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

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BUZZ BISSINGER WROTE THE BOOK , THEN CAME THE TV SHOW . I HAVE LIVED MOST OF MY LIFE IN THE LIGHTS OF FRIDAY NIGHT .

I HAVE BEEN A PART OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN SOME WAY FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS . STILL PLAYING A VERY SMALL PART .

I AM A GRADUATE OF MILAN HIGH SCHOOL , JUST BEFORE THE BULLDOGS TOOK OVER FOOTBALL IN RURAL WEST TENNESSEE . IN THE LAST 40 YEARS MILAN HAS WON CLOSE TO 400 FOOTBALL GAMES . 4 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS & 3 RUNNER - UPS .

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO COACH AT 3 TENNESSEE SUPER POWERS ,GERMANTOWN , SWEETWATER, & CBHS . I ALSO COACHED AT MARKED TREE ARKANSAS DURING THE INDIANS GLORY DAYS .
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL THOSE GREAT PLAYERS .

I REALLY WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME . SO MANY THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED ME SO MUCH .

MOST THANKS TO CHILLI PEPPER , SHE MOVED SO MANY TIMES SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER THE ADDRESS .

THAT IS THE WAY IT IS IN THE COACHING GAME . IF THE TEAM WINS YOU GET A BETTER JOB , IF THE TEAM LOSES YOU HAVE TO GET ANOTHER JOB .

CHILLI PEPPER WAS MOST CERTAIN THE MVP IN OUR COACHING LIFE . EVEN IF SHE DID ALMOST GET ARRESTED THE NIGHT WE WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1983 .

THE GIRL THOUGHT SHE BELONGED ON THE FIELD FOR THE CELEBRATION BUT THE POLICE DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY . I SAVED THE DAY BY HANDING HER A SIDELINE PASS OVER THE WALL . SHE TOLD THE COP " SEE THIS " & MARCHED PROUDLY ON THE TURF .

FOR THE MOST PART CHILLI PEPPER ACTED ADMIRABLE AT THE GAMES . SHE DIDN'T FIGHT WITH THOSE WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW STUPID I WAS WHEN CALLING PLAYS .

SHE DID COME FLYING OUT ON THE FLOOR TO GIVE ME A BIG KISS WHEN WE BEAT BOLTON ON A LAST SECOND SHOT . CHILLI PEPPER HAD DOUBLE DUTY BECAUSE I COACHED BASKETBALL ALSO .

I OFTEN THINK OF THOSE I COACHED WITH & AGAINST WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE FINAL WHISTLE .

JAMES ARMSTRONG , RICHARD BROCK , TOMMY HARRISON, LELAND SMITH , JOHN HOOPER , RICHARD ROSS , & JACK CAIN TO NAME A FEW . I MISS THEM ALL .

I LOVED MY TIME IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS . I WOULD LIVE IT ALL AGAIN IF I COULD . IT WAS A GREAT JOURNEY .

**** THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SEASON SO FAR

THIS WILL BE THE YEAR OLIVE BRANCH BEATS SOUTH PANOLA . THE TIGERS LOOKED SAD AGAINST HOOVER . I MUST HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE MEMPHIS TIGERS .

SOUTH GIBSON HIGH AT MEDINA WON THE FIRST 2 GAMES IN SCHOOL HISTORY . WHAT A GREAT START FOR THE HORNETS . SITTING ON THE PORCH LOOKING AT THE LAKE I WONDERED IF MEDINA WOULD LOSE A GAME IN MY LIFETIME .

BEING IN POOR HEALTH IT IS A VALID QUESTION . I LOVE THE HORNET HOMEBOYS BUT I HOPE I LAST PAST THEIR WINNING STREAK .

MISSISSIPPI STATE VS MEMPHIS IN 48 HOURS . THEY ARE JUST ABOUT GIVING AWAY TICKETS HOPING TO HALF FILL THE STADIUM .

SHAME ON THE BULLDOG FANS . THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A BIG YEAR & SHOULD OVERFLOW THE PLACE .

I MEAN IF YOU LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN A TRIP TO MEMP - PHIS .

**** THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!

SCATTERSHOOTING

***** THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE ARE FALLING APART LESS THAN 48 HOURS AFTER THEIR RELEASE . LITTLE JESSE WAS NOT INVITED TO THE PARTY FOR DAMIEN & JASON . WONDER WHY ?

I FEEL THE WM - 3 SHOULD HAVE HAD A NEW TRIAL . IF I HAD TO SAY I DON'T THINK THEY DID IT . BUT I WANTED A NEW TRIAL & ALL EVIDENCE PRESENTED .

THIS ALFORD PLEA LEAVES THINGS UP IN THE AIR . PLEADING GUILTY BUT MAINTAINING YOUR INNOCENCE IS A BUNCH OF LEGAL MUMBO - JUMBO .

THE PURPOSE OF THE ALFORD PLEA IS TO ALLOW THE STATE OF ARKANSAS TO AVOID LIABILITY FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTION . IN OTHER WORDS THE STATE DID NOT FEEL THEY COULD WIN A NEW TRIAL & DECIDED TO JUMP SHIP .

THE WEST MEMPHIS POLICE HAS THE MIDAS TOUCH IN REVERSE . IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH TURNS INTO MESS . FROM MURDERS TO CAR BOMBINGS TO CITIZENS SHOT BY POLICE THE LIST GOES ON .

I AM NOT SAYING ANY OF THESE EVENTS WERE JUSTIFIED OR UNJUSTIFIED . THEY JUST ALL SEEM TO FALL ON THE WMPD .

SO NOW WE HAVE MURDERS SET FREE OR 3 MEN WRONGLY IMPRISONED FOR 18 YEARS . NOT MUCH OF AN ENDING IS IT ?

***** RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE MELROSE - 4 ARE BACK AT MELROSE . I AM TRYING TO CONFIRM THIS . I HOPE THEY ARE .

SOME OF YOU SAID I WAS TOO HARD ON OLIVE BRANCH . I THINK NOT . I MIGHT BE GUILTY OF IDEALISM , THAT IS ALL . ALL I DID WAS STATE THE FACTS .

IT IS A FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO DESOTO COUNTY . I DID MYSELF . THERE ARE 8 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN DESOTO COUNTY. NONE BUT OLIVE BRANCH ARE HAVING AN INFLUX OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS .

HERE IS THE PROBLEM . OLIVE BRANCH WANTS TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MORE THAN ANYTHING . SO FAR THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE . NO MATTER HOW MANY PLAYERS THEY HAVE RECRUITED,THEY KEEP COMING UP SHORT . OLIVE BRANCH IS IN A STATE OF FRUSTRATION . THEY CAN'T SEEM TO CLOSE THE DEAL .

THE BARRIER TO THE PROMISED LAND IS SOUTH PANOLA . THE TIGERS HAVE WON 9 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS & A MYTHICAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP .

IF THERE WAS NO SOUTH PANOLA , OLIVE BRANCH WOULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE TITLES . EVERYONE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE CONQUISTADORS NOT THE TIGERS .

THIS FACT DRIVES OLIVE BRANCH CRAZY , CAUSING THEM TO DESPERATELY SEEK TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BEAT SOUTH PANOLA . SO FAR NO CIGAR .

THE BIG CITY SLICKS CAN'T BEAT THE COUNTRY HICKS . JUST KILLS THEIR SOULS & LEADS TO DESPERATE ACTIONS .

OLIVE BRANCH NEEDS TO LEARN A LESSON I LEARNED IN TEXAS . IT IS HARD TO BE A MAJOR POWER UNLESS YOU ARE A ONE HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM .

WHEN A SYSTEM HAS MORE THAN ONE HIGH SCHOOL THE SYSTEM IS OBLIGATED TO DO MUCH THE SAME FOR ALL SCHOOLS . WHENEVER YOU ARE A ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOUR COMMUNITY WILL GO FOR .

LOOK AT MILAN FOR EXAMPLE . MILAN CHOOSES TO PUT ALL THEIR EGGS IN THE FOOTBALL BASKET. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT HUMBOLDT ,TRENTON GIBSON COUNTY OR WEST CARROLL DOES . MILAN IS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MISD & CAN DO AS THEY PLEASE .

FOUR STATE CHAMPIONS , THREE RUNNER - UPS , & AN 80% WINNING PERCENTAGE HAS BEEN THE RESULT .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!

WHAT IS GOING ON AT OLIVE BRANCH ?

**** THE LAST FEW YEARS 10 OR MORE FINE FOOTBALL PLAYERS HAVE TRANSFERED TO OBHS FOR THEIR SENIOR YEAR .

WHY HAVE ALL THESE PLAYERS LEFT THEIR FRIENDS & TEAMMATES OF MANY YEARS TO PLAY THEIR FINAL YEAR AT OLIVE BRANCH ? CHANGING SCHOOLS IS HARD , REALLY HARD AS A SENIOR .

OBHS COACH SCOTT SAMSEL SAYS THE PLAYERS ARE COMING FOR THE ACADEMICS . DOES OBHS HAVE THAT STRONG OF AN ACADEMIC REPUTATION ?

I THINK MOST NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS ARE COMING FROM WHITE STATION & HOUSTON . WHY ARE NOT THESE ACADEMIC MINDED PLAYERS NOT TRANSFERRING TO THOSE SCHOOLS ?

IF THESE PLAYERS ARE THIS CONCERNED ABOUT ACADEMICS THEY SHOULD DROP FOOTBALL . THEY WOULD HAVE SO MUCH MORE TIME TO CONCENTRATE ON THEIR STUDIES .

I HEARD DESOTO SCHOOL BOSS MILTON KUYKENDALL SAY DESOTO SCHOOLS WERE FOR DESOTO COUNTY KIDS . DOES UNCLE MILTIE NEED TO ADD " UNLESS YOU PLAY FOOTBALL AT OLIVE BRANCH" ?

THERE IS A LOT OF SMOKE HERE . QUESTIONS LIKE WHERE DO THESE PLAYERS LIVE & WHAT ARE THESE ACADEMIC COURSES THESE SCHOLARS ARE COMING TO OBHS TO TAKE ?

HOW MANY OF THESE PLAYERS HAVE A MISSISSIPPI DRIVERS LICENSE ? I WONDER WHAT A GOOD INVESTIGATION WOULD UNCOVER .

WHY WOULD THE DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ALLOW THIS SITUATION TO EXIST ? THIS TYPE OF RULE BREAKING OR BENDING CAST A STAIN ON THE REPUTATION OF THE DESOTO SCHOOLS .

THIS REGION IS MORE KNOWN FOR HOW MANY 12 YEAR OLDS WEAR ENGAGEMENT RINGS THAN FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS .

CALL YOUR BOARD MEMBER & JUST ASK FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THIS POLICY . YOU MAY FIND EVERYTHING IS ON THE UP & UP . MAYBE NOT .

SOMETHING DOES NOT PASS THE SMELL TEST AT OLIVE BRANCH . ARE THEY COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES ? IN THE WORDS OF ZIVA DAVID , " DOES A BEAR SIT IN THE WOODS ?"

**** FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE TO READ I BOUGHT 7 BOOKS AT DIRT CHEAP . THE STICKER PRICE OF MY BOOKS WAS $ 161.69 BEFORE TAX . I PAID $ 1.65 INCLUDING TAX FOR MY BOOKS . CHECK IT OUT.

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!

TELL IT LIKE IT IS

**** I AM TIRED OF PEOPLE MOSTLY POLITICIANS SAYING THEIR CONVICTIONS DO NOT INFLUENCE THEIR PERFORMANCE .

SAY WHAT ?

HEY BUD , IF YOUR CONVICTIONS DO NOT INFLUENCE HOW YOU ACT , THEN YOU HAVE NO CONVICTIONS . YOU CAN CALL YOURSELF ANYTHING BUT YOUR ACTIONS SPEAK THE TRUTH .

YOU ARE TELLING ME A PRESIDENT'S CONVICTION CONCERNING RAPTURE THEOLOGY WILL NOT INFLUENCE HIS STAND ON THE MID - EAST . YEAH RIGHT !

WE NEED LEADERS WHO DECLARE WHERE THEY STAND , NOT THOSE WHO PANDER FOR VOTES .

**** COMMERCIAL APPEAL'S WENDY THOMAS IS PITIFUL . ALL WENDY CAN WRITE ABOUT IS RACE .

SHE MAKES EVERYTHING A RACE ISSUE . IF A PIGEON MESSES ON A STATUE WENDY IS CONCERNED WITH THE COLOR OF THE PIGEON . I BET OREO COOKIES PUT WENDY IN ORBIT .

WENDY COULDN'T MAKE IT IT BALTIMORE . SHE CAN ONLY SURVIVE IN MEMPHIS BY RACE BAITING .

BE A JOURNALIST WENDY , NOT A CHEAP HACK .

**** AS PROMISED HERE ARE MY SEC OVER/UNDERS .

ALABAMA - 10 - UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA - 9 - OVER

LSU - 9.5 - UNDER GEORGIA - 8.5 - UNDER

ARKANSAS - 8.5 - UNDER FLORIDA - 7.5 - OVER

MISSISSIPPI STATE - 7.5 - UNDER TENNESSEE - 6.5 - OVER

AUBURN - 6 - OVER KENTUCKY - 5.5 - OVER

OLE MISS - 4 - OVER VANDY - 3.5 - OVER

I AM GLAD WE ARE DOING THIS FOR FUN NOT FUNDS CAUSE THIS IS HARD . I DON'T FEEL SURE ABOUT MANY OF THESE .

**** DID YOU KNOW ?

THE UNITED STATES HAS TROOPS IN 135 COUNTRIES .

THE USA HAS 900 MILITARY BASES IN OTHER COUNTRIES .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!

FUN WITH OVERS / UNDERS

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IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN . THE TIME FOR OVERS / UNDERS . THE SMART BOYS IN VEGAS HAVE POSTED THE NUMBER SO HERE WE GO .
VEGAS POSTS A NUMBER OF THE REGULAR SEASON WINS FOR EVERY FOOTBALL TEAM . THEN YOU MUST SAY IF THE TEAM WILL WIN MORE THAN THE NUMBER WHICH IS OVER . IF YOU SAY LESS THAN THE NUMBER THAT IS THE UNDER .

THIS IS A LOT OF FUN . GET A SCHEDULE & GET TO WORK . YOU CAN ANALYZE YOUR HEART OUT . FACTOR IN ANYTHING YOU WANT . KEEP A RECORD & AT THE YEAR SEE HOW YOU DID .

NEVER DO OVER /UNDER FOR MONEY . COKES OR LUNCH IS OKAY BUT NEVER MONEY . NEVER BET MONEY ON SPORTS EVENTS .

TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS NUMBERS , YOU CAN'T WIN . THE NUMBER ONE RULE OF GAMBLING IS PLAY LONG ENOUGH YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY .

YOU MAY WIN SOME IN THE SHORT TERM BUT THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS WILL PREVAIL . TO WIN 10 DOLLARS YOU MUST RISK 11 DOLLARS . THIS MEANS YOU MUST WIN OVER 50 % TO JUST BREAK EVEN .

FOR EXAMPLE YOU PLAY 300 GAMES , YOU WIN 150 & LOSE 150 BUT YOU ARE 15 DOLLARS IN THE HOLE . THAT 10% JUICE KILLS YOU .

THE ONLY WAY TO COME OUT AHEAD IS TO WIN EARLY ,THEN QUIT . TAKE THE MONEY & RUN . MOST KEEP PLAYING UNTIL THEY LOSE IT ALL & MORE .

ALL THOSE STORIES YOU HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE WINNING CONSISTENTLY ARE HUSTLERS WHO ARE PLAYING FIXED GAMES . IF I BET YOU MONEY YOU CAN REST EASY THAT I AM AT LEAST 95% SURE OF THE OUTCOME .

DON'T GAMBLE !!!!!

HERE ARE THE SEC WIN TOTALS FOR 2011

ALABAMA - 1O ARKANSAS - 8.5 AUBURN - 6

LSU - 9.5 MISSISSIPPI STATE - 7.5 OLE MISS - 4

VANDY - 3.5 KENTUCKY - 5.5 TENNESSEE - 6.5

FLORIDA - 7.5 GEORGIA - 8.5 SOUTH CAROLINA - 9


SO GET YOUR SCHEDULE , GO TO WORK , E-MAIL ME YOUR OVER/UNDERS . I WILL POST MINE NEXT WEEK .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!

THIS IS NOT RIGHT

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I KNOW YOU SAW THE NEWS ABOUT THE LADY WHO DIED FROM THE HEAT . SHE WAS LIVING IN HUGHES ARKANSAS. THE HOUSE WAS MADE OF CEMENT BLOCKS ,HAD A TIN ROOF , NO A/C, & LITTLE VENTILATION . SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT WITH TWO BOX FANS .

IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR A PERSON TO LIVE IN CONDITIONS LIKE THAT .THIS NATION CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS . THE USA WILL SPEND 119 BILLION DOLLARS IN AFGHANISTAN THIS YEAR ALONE .

WE COULD TAKE ONE MONTH OF THE AFGHANISTAN MONEY & REPLACE MOST OF THE SQUALID LIVING CONDITIONS IN AMERICA . PUT JIM WALTER HOMES IN THE PLACE OF THOSE SHACKS & MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR AMERICANS . USE THE MONEY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE ,NOT FOR KILLING PEOPLE MANY MILES AWAY .

SOME SAY IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO USE TAXPAYER MONEY TO SUBSIDE HOUSES FOR PEOPLE . YOU MUST BE A SOCIALIST THEY CRY . I MIGHT BE BUT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO .

I BELIEVE THAT AS CHRISTIANS, WE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THIS . JESUS WILL ASK " HOW COULD YOU HAVE SO MUCH & NOT HELP THOSE IN NEED ?" I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER .

PEOPLE SAY THOSE FOLKS CAN GET OUT & WORK HARD TO HAVE THINGS LIKE I HAVE . THAT IS WRONG .

YOU & I HAVE EXACTLY WHAT THE LORD HAS BLESSED US WITH . WE ARE MISTAKEN WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE EARNED OR ACHIEVED MATERIAL THINGS . IF THE LORD CHANGED ONE OR TWO FACTORS IN YOUR LIFE YOUR POSITION WOULD BE DIFFERENT . SOMEONE ELSE WOULD HAVE ALL THOSE POSSESSIONS YOU ARE SO PROUD OF .

NOW ,I HAVE A HARD TIME GIVING MYSELF . I DON'T KNOW WHY . DO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO HOLD ON TO WHAT I HAVE BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST THE LORD TO TAKE CARE OF ME ?

YOU CAN'T SAVE OR GATHER ENOUGH TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE WORLD . ALL THESE MATERIAL THINGS CAN VANISH IN A HEARTBEAT . LIFE CAN CHANGE REALLY FAST , AS I LEARNED IN THE CANCER WARD .

I BELIEVE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE AROUND US . IF WE KNOW OF A NEED JESUS HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE TO MEET THAT NEED .

WE CAN DO IT THROUGH GOVERNMENT , THE CHURCH, OR CHARITY BUT WE HAVE TO ANSWER THE CALL .

ON THAT BRIGHT & CLOUDLESS MORNING JESUS WILL NOT ASK " ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN ,DEMOCRAT , NEOCON , PROGRESSIVE , POPULIST , OR A LIBERTARIAN ?

JESUS WANTS TO KNOW " DID YOU FEED THE HUNGRY , DID YOU SHELTER THE HOMELESS . " AT THIS POINT I DON'T LIKE MY ANSWER .

AS THE ROMAN EMPIRE DECAYED , BREAD & CIRCUS WERE USED TO ENTERTAIN THE MASSES . WHEN WE PAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES 4 OR 5 MILLION A YEAR CAN AMERICA BE FAR BEHIND ?

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!

WHY CAN'T MIKE LEACH GET A JOB ?

**** MIKE LEACH IS A FOOTBALL COACH , A PRETTY GOOD ONE . LEACH WAS FIRED FROM HIS JOB AT TEXAS TECH .

SO WHAT ? LOTS OF COACHES GET FIRED . BUM PHILLIPS USED TO SAY THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF COACHES : THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FIRED & THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO GET FIRED .

MOST COACHES WHO ARE FIRED GET ANOTHER CHANCE RIGHT AWAY . NOT LEACH . THINGS ARE DIFFERENT FOR LEACH BECAUSE LEACH IS DIFFERENT .

LEACH HAD A WINNING SEASON EVERY YEAR HE WAS COACH . HE WON 8 OR MORE GAMES 8 OUT OF HIS 10 YEARS . HE WAS 84 - 43 WHEN THE AX FELL . ALL THIS AT TEXAS TECH WHERE SUCCESS IS NOT OFTEN FOUND . LEACH TOOK TEAMS TO BOWLS EVERY YEAR & HAD A WINNING BOWL RECORD .

WHY WAS THE WINING-EST COACH IN SCHOOL HISTORY FIRED ? THE EXCUSE WAS THAT LEACH WAS MEAN TO POOR LITTLE ADAM JAMES . ADAM HAD A CONCUSSION & LEACH HAD HIM CONFINED TO A DARK ROOM .

ADAM'S SUPERSTAR DAD CRAIG JAMES OF ESPN DEMANDED THAT LEACH BE FIRED . THE TEXAS TECH FRONT OFFICE PULLED THE PLUG ON LEACH .

ALL THIS IS B@LLSH* T TO COVER UP THE REAL REASON FOR FIRING LEACH . THE REASON LEACH HAD TO GO WAS HIS CONTRACT .

LEACH WON A CONTRACT STRUGGLE WITH THE SCHOOL A YEAR OR SO AGO . THE UNIVERSITY DID NOT WANT TO PAY LEACH THE MONEY . MIKE HAD AN 800,000 DOLLAR BONUS COMING DUE .

WHEN LEACH WON THE CONTRACT BATTLE HE SIGNED HIS DEATH WARRANT . THE MONEY BOYS HAD NO INTENTION OF PAYING THAT MONEY SO LEACH HAD TO GO . THE ADAM JAMES CONTROVERSY GAVE THEM AN EXCUSE . THEY WENT FOR IT .

THE REASON LEACH HAS NOT BEEN HIRED ELSEWHERE IS BECAUSE HE IS SO DIFFERENT . MIKE IS APART FROM THE NORM IN EVERYWAY .

HE HAS A LAW DEGREE FROM PEPPERDINE WHERE AS MOST COACHES ARE PE OR RECREATION MAJORS .

LEACH SHOWS INTEREST IN THINGS OTHER THAN FOOTBALL LIKE PIRATES & INDIAN TRIBES . EACH OFF SEASON HE TRIES TO BECOME AN EXPERT IN A NEW AREA .

LEACH DOES NOT MODEL THE CEO DRESS THAT MANY COACHES PREFER . I DOUBT HE OWNS A TIE OR AN EXPENSIVE SUIT . HE WORE SHORTS TO THE OFFICE & FLIP FLOPS TO PRACTICE .

BUT THE REAL KICKER IS THAT LEACH NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL . THIS FACT DENIES LEACH ENTRY INTO THE COACHING BROTHERHOOD . COACHES MUST FOSTER THE LIE THAT PLAYING EXPERIENCE GIVES ONE AN ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE .

IT IS NOT TOO HARD TO BE THE BRIGHTEST BULB ON THE COACHING TREE . THESE BOYS LIFTED WEIGHTS NOT BOOKS . IF NOT FOR FOOTBALL THESE DUDES WOULD BE ON THE LOADING DOCKS .

COACHES CAN'T ADMIT THAT LEACH IS SMARTER THAN MOST OF THEM & CAN WIN AT LUBBOCK TEXAS . THE NON- PLAYER HAS DEVELOPED THE OFFENSE THAT MOST OF THEM ARE TRYING TO COPY .

IN THE COACHING WORLD TO BE DIFFERENT IS THE GREATEST SIN OF ALL !

R. C. ELVIS JOHNSON SHOULD HIRE LEACH AT MEMPHIS . IF JOHNSON IS YOUR AD YOU SHOULDN'T BE ASHAMED OF LEACH AS YOUR COACH .

IF LEACH COULD GET GREAT PLAYERS TO COME TO LUBBOCK HE COULD DARN SURE GET THEM TO COME TO MEMPHIS .

IF MEMPHIS COULD GET THE PLAYERS IN A 50 MILE RADIUS OF THE CITY THE TIGERS WOULD BE IN THE TOP 20 EVERY YEAR . I THINK THE OLD PIRATE COULD DO IT .

THE AIR RAID OFFENSE COMES TO MEMPHIS WOO ! DADDY I WOULD BUY A TICKET .

THANK YOU FOR READING .

THAT TIME OF YEAR

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IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN . ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL ?

I LOVE FOOTBALL . PRO, COLLEGE ,OR HIGH SCHOOL I LOVE IT .

CHILLI PEPPER ASKED ME ONE TIME " DO YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN FOOTBALL ?" I ANSWERED " COLLEGE OR NFL ?" WRONG ANSWER !

TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ,I LOVE CHILLI PEPPER MORE THAN FOOTBALL . BUT IT WAS CLOSE . MERCY DADDY CLOSE !

THE VERY BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS FOUND IN THE SEC . I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE CAN DISPUTE THAT THE SEC IS THE BEST CONFERENCE IN THE NATION .

THE LAST 5 NATIONAL CHAMPS HAVE COME FROM THE SEC . SIX OF THE PRESEASON 2011 TOP 20 ARE SEC TEAMS .

AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TOUGH THE SEC IS , TAKE MISSISSIPPI STATE . THE BULLDOGS ARE PICKED 16TH IN THE NATION BUT FIFTH IN THE SIX TEAM SEC - WEST . THAT'S TOUGH .

THIS TIME OF YEAR EVERYBODY IS FIRED UP CAUSE NOBODY HAS LOST YET . SOME HAVE NEW COACHES, COORDINATORS , OFFENSES, OR QBs.

NOW , I DON'T WANT TO RAIN ON YOUR PARADE BUT I DOUBT MUCH WILL CHANGE . A NEW OFFENSE WILL NOT HELP IF YOU DO NOT HAVE NEW PLAYERS .

YOU CAN WIN WITH ANY OFFENSE IN FOOTBALL IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PLAYERS . SO IF YOUR TEAM IS NOT RUNNING THE SPREAD NO PROBLEM .YOU CAN WIN IN ANY OFFENSE WITH GREAT PLAYERS . IT IS NOT HOW YOU LINE UP BUT WHO YOU LINE UP THAT MATTERS .

IF YOU HAVE A DUAL THREAT QB & RECEIVERS THAT CAN BEAT ONE ON ONE COVERAGE YOU CAN BOOGIE IN THE SPREAD . IF YOU DO NOT ,THE SPREAD IS DEAD !

THE TRUTH IS THE OLD COACH DOES NOT MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE . JUST LOOK AT LSU , THEY WIN BIG & THEY HAVE LES MILES .

EVER NOTICE HOW SMART THE COACH IS VARIES AS PLAYERS COME & GO . THE OL BALL COACH STEVE SPURRIER IS NOT NEAR AS SMART AT CAROLINA AS HE WAS AT FLORIDA .

MACK BROWN SURE GOT STUPID OVER LAST SUMMER . NO, MACK'S PLAYERS WERE DOWN A TAD & SO WAS MACK .

A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL COACH IS ONE WHO IS IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE GREAT PLAYERS . TRUE IN PRO,COLLEGE ,OR HIGH SCHOOL .

I WILL GIVE YOU UNDENIABLE PROOF, IN 1982 - 1984 I COACHED WOMEN'S BASKETBALL . THE TEAMS WON 74 & LOST 11 WITH A MEDINA DUMB *SS ON THE BENCH . THE VILLAGE IDIOT COULD HAVE WON WITH THOSE PLAYERS CAUSE HE SURE DID !

WHY IS THE SEC THE BEST ? SUPERIOR SPEED . IT IS HARD TO EXCEL WITHOUT SPEED . WHEN YOU COACH AT DIFFERENT LEVELS , THE FIRST ADJUSTMENT YOU MUST MAKE IS TO THE SPEED OF THE GAME .

HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT YEAR !!!!!!

NO NEED FOR A PARADE

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HERE IT IS THE FOURTH OF JULY & I DON'T FEEL LIKE A PARADE .I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THE DIRECTION OUR COUNTRY IS MOVING IN .

I HATE TO BE GLOOM & DOOM BUT THINGS LOOK BAD . IN SPORTS SPEED IS ALWAYS AN ADVANTAGE UNLESS YOU ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY . WE ARE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION .

JUST THINK HOW MUCH LIFE HAS CHANGED SINCE WE WERE KIDS . TODAY WE ARE PLAYING A GAME WITH NO RULES . IN OUR DAY WE KNEW RIGHT FROM WRONG .

IF YOU STUDY HISTORY ,YOU SEE THE STAGES THAT OCCUR DURING THE LIFE OF A NATION . THE USA IS LATE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF A NATION . HOW MUCH LONGER CAN WE SPIN ?

OUR NATION IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION . OUR PROBLEMS ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO LIST . WE HAVE BEEN COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES FOR A LONG TIME & PAYDAY IS ARRIVING SOON .

AN INDIVIDUAL OR A NATION CANNOT VIOLATE ECONOMIC LAWS WITH OUT A DAY OF RECKONING . OUR ECONOMY & OUR SOCIAL FRAMEWORK IS A GIANT PONZI SCHEME ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE.

THE LIVING BEYOND OUR MEANS IS CATCHING UP WITH US . THE BILL IS OVERDUE & WE CAN'T PAY .

I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS , I GUESS WE CAN FIDDLE WHILE EVERYTHING BURNS .

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THERE WILL BE NO WINNER IN THE SCS - MCS SCHOOL MERGER . THE COST WILL BE MILLIONS OF BUCKS & BOTH SYSTEMS DESTROYED .

ALL THOSE WHO CAN WILL HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS & THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE LEFT WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NO OPTIONS .

THE ONLY CONCEPT WITH A CHANCE TO WORK IS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS . BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT . WE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY SILLY GAMES & DENY THE TRUTH UNTIL ALL IS DESTROYED .

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LIFE WILL NEVER BE FAIR . YOU CAN'T MAKE LAWS TO MAKE LIFE FAIR . THE PLAYING FIELD WILL NEVER BE COMPLETELY LEVEL .

SOME ARE BORN RICH ,HANDSOME , & ABLE TO TAP DANCE . SOME DID A POOR JOB OF CHOOSING THEIR PARENTS .

MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ASCRIBED STATUS & AN ACHIEVED STATUS . SOME THINK THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING WHEN ALL THEY DID WAS WIN THE GENE LOTTERY .

YOU PLAY THE CARDS YOU ARE DEALT . ALL FINISHES MUST BE JUDGED FROM THE STARTING POINT . ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE JUDGED BY THE ADVERSITY OVERCOME TO REACH THEM .

ALL A SOCIETY CAN DO IS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY . DENIAL OF OPPORTUNITY IS THE MOST CRUEL BLOW OF ALL .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!

ROLLING WITH THE ROCK

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AS YOU KNOW THE OLD MYSTIC STUDIED FOR 6 YEARS AT M.I.T. I LEARNED PROBLEM SOLVING BY FACTUAL ANALYSIS .

I DECIDED TO APPLY WHAT I LEARNED TO THE OIL CRISIS GRIPPING THE WORLD TODAY . I CAME TO THE FOLLOWING ANALYTICAL POINTS:

1. OIL IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF EVERY ECONOMY IN THE WORLD . A DISRUPTION OF THE OIL SUPPLY WILL WRECK THE ECONOMY WORLD - WIDE .

2. THE WORLD CONSUMES ALMOST 83 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A DAY . THE USA USES ABOUT 31 % OF THE TOTAL USED .

3. CHINA & INDIA ARE INCREASING THEIR DEMAND FOR OIL .

4. THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF OIL IS SAUDI ARABIA WHICH PRODUCES 15 % OF THE WORLD SUPPLY .ABOUT 30 % OF WORLD PRODUCTION COMES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST .

THE MOST PRESSING PROBLEM IS A DECREASE IN PRODUCTION DOES NOT LEAD TO AN ACROSS THE LINE INCREASE IN PRICE . THE PRICE INCREASES GEOMETRICALLY.

THE USA HAS OIL RESERVES OF ABOUT A 17 DAY SUPPLY. SO WE HAVE ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO RUN IF THERE IS A DISASTER IN THE PRODUCTION FIELD .

ANY DISTURBANCE , POLITICAL OR OTHERWISE, CAUSES A MUCH GREATER DISRUPTION IN OUR ECONOMY .

EXPERTS PREDICT AN OIL PRICE SHOCK IN 2012 WHICH WILL MAKE THE SHOCKS OF 73, 79 , & 08 APPEAR MINUSCULE .

WE COULD ALL BE LIVING LIKE THE AMISH VERY SOON .

IN THE VERNACULAR OF AN MIT ANALYST , I MAKE THIS ESOTERIC STATEMENT ;
WE ARE IN DEEP DOO - DOO !!!!!

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DID YOU NOTICE MEMPHIS, GERMANTOWN ,& COLLIERVILLE INCREASED THEIR PROPERTY TAX . GOVERNMENT CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH MONEY , THEY JUST SPEND & SPEND .

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IT APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER LONG YEAR FOR TIGER FOOTBALL . SOME SAY THE TIGERS ONLY HAVE 3 WINNABLE GAMES . THE OTHER 9 ARE LONG SHOTS AT BEST .

I AM NOT SOLD ON LARRY PORTER . I KNOW HE WAS A GREAT RECRUITER AT LSU . BUT THAT IS LIKE GETTING A BUNCH OF REDNECKS TO GO TO THE PLAYBOY CLUB . NOT TOO HARD .

THE TIGERS PEED IN THE WATER BARREL WHEN THEY DID NOT HIRE LARRY LACEWELL OR KIPPY BROWN . MEMPHIS WASTED A LOT OF YEARS WITH RIP THE DIP & TOMMY" I'M THE BEST" WEST .

IF MEMPHIS COULD ONLY CONTROL THEIR BACKYARD THEY COULD BE A STRONG TEAM . CHECK HOW MANY SEC PLAYERS ARE FROM THE MEMPHIS AREA .

YOU CAN WIN WITH ANY OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE SCHEME IF YOU HAVE THE PLAYERS . IT IS NOT HOW YOU LINE UP BUT WHO YOU LINE UP .

IT IS NOT THE X & O'S BUT THE JIMMY & THE JOES .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!

NOT THE WAY IT USED TO BE

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FOR MANY A YEAR THERE WERE FOUR WAYS OF SOCIAL MOBILITY . THE FOUR WAYS TO ESCAPE GRINDING POVERTY WERE SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELLING DRUGS , & EDUCATION .

THE EDUCATION PATHWAY IS CLOSING FAST . BACK WHEN, A COLLEGE DEGREE GAVE YOU A SHOT AT JOB OPPORTUNITIES . NOT TODAY .

MOST GRADS TODAY FACE NO OPPORTUNITY & MASSIVE DEBT . THIS WIDENS THE GAP BETWEEN THE HAVES & THE HAVE NOTS .

WITH THE CLOSING OF ANOTHER DOOR ,THE RAGE OF THOSE TRAPPED ON THE BOTTOM WILL GROW & GROW . THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR A PERSON TO IMPROVE HIS LOT IN LIFE .

NO HOPE FOR THOSE ON THE BOTTOM WILL LEAD TO DOOM FOR US ALL .JUST LOOK AT THE TROUBLE IN OUR WORLD TODAY .

WHERE IS HUEY LONG WHEN WE NEED HIM ?

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I MISS TIGER WOODS . FUNNY, I DID NOT LIKE TIGER . I PULLED HARD FOR TIGER TO GET BEAT . I WAS DELIGHTED WHEN TIGER CAME UP SHORT . WHY ? I DON'T KNOW .

IT IS NOT AS MUCH FUN WITHOUT TIGER TO KICK AROUND . I HOPE HE RETURNS SOON SO I CAN ROOT AGAINST HIM .

BUT UNTIL THEN I HAVE A NEW GUY TO CHEER FOR . THAT'S RIGHT - RORY MACILROY . RORY MAY BE AN ARROGANT LITTLE TURD , WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT HE BRINGS NEW INTEREST TO THE GAME .

I TOLD MY FAVORITE NIECE ,SHE BETTER SEND RORY HER PICTURE . RORY MAKES MORE IN A WEEK THAN I DID IN OVER 30 YEARS ON THE JOB .

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LEBRON JAMES IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN . LBJ NEEDS TO LEARN YOU CAN'T SAY CERTAIN THINGS EVEN IF THEY ARE TRUE .

LBJ DISSED THE FANS WHICH IS A MAJOR NO - NO . YOU CAN'T TELL FOLKS THAT THEIR LIFE WILL BE JUST AS MEANINGLESS TOMORROW AS IT IS TODAY . AND JAMES ' LIFE WILL BE JUST AS WONDERFUL ,LOSING THE CHAMPIONSHIP DOESN'T CHANGE THOSE FACTS .

KING JAMES, IT IS NOT SMART TO DISS THE FANS LIKE THAT . MAKES NO DIFFERENCE THAT IT IS TRUE . THOSE FANS ARE THE ONES PAYING THE BILLS .

IF THOSE FANS DECIDE THEY DON'T GIVE A DIDDLY DIP FLIP & QUIT BUYING TICKETS WHAT WILL YOU WAKE UP TO THEN LBJ ?

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!

WHO IS IN CONTROL HERE

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I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL . IT SEEMS THIS IS A LIE WE TELL OURSELVES . THE MOST VITAL LIE.

WE NEED TO DENY REALITY & BELIEVE WE ARE IN CONTROL OF OUR LIVES . WE WANT TO THINK WE CALL THE SHOTS.

THE TRUTH IS WE CONTROL VERY LITTLE . WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL WE TEND TO THINK WE ARE RUNNING THINGS. IT ONLY TAKES A CRISIS TO SET THINGS RIGHT .

THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF CRISIS - HEALTH , FINANCIAL & FAMILY CRISIS TO NAME A FEW . ALL OF THESE SHOW US WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE .

THAT WOULD BE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. JESUS IS LORD OF ALL . MANY OF THE THINGS WE PRIZE WILL COUNT FOR NOTHING ON THAT GREAT DAY .

I SURE HOPE HE WILL FORGIVE ME FOR ALL THE WASTED YEARS .

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THE DALLAS MAVERICKS BEAT THE MIAMI HATE , I MEAN HEAT . IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE OLD GUYS WIN . A LOT OF HOPES WERE REALIZED & GHOSTS WERE EXPUNGED .

LEBRON JAMES HAS GONE FROM LOVED TO HATED FASTER THAN ANYONE I REMEMBER . I DON'T HATE LBJ , IN FACT I UNDERSTAND HIS PAIN . MAYBE KING JAMES WILL CASH IN NEXT YEAR .

A PERSON I HOLD IN HIGH REGARD SAYS THE HEAT WILL NEVER WIN . THAT THEY WILL IMPLODE AFTER THIS SETBACK .

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HOW ABOUT HARRISON FRAZAR WINNING THE SAINT JUDE ! OLE HARRY HAD NOT WON IN 355 STARTS & ALMOST GAVE THIS ONE AWAY .

THE 39 YEAR OLD JUST KEPT PLUGGING . I WONDER HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAS MADE PLAYING GOLF . WONDER IF HE HAS EVER HAD A REAL JOB .

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I AM TIRED OF STORIES ABOUT JOHN DALEY . EVERY TWO WEEKS WE READ ABOUT THE NEW JOHN DALEY .

TRUTH IS DALEY WASTED GREAT TALENT . HE IS NOT GOING TO GET IT BACK . LET JOHN FINISH IN THE TOP 10 BEFORE WE HEAR ANYMORE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!

A GOOD BURGER JOINT IS HARD TO FIND

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FIRST OF ALL ,LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO ALL WHO RESPONDED WITH THEIR FAVORITE BURGER JOINT . THERE WERE MANY OLD OAKHAVEN HAWKS WHO WROTE IN . THOSE BOYS & GIRLS KNOW THEIR BURGERS .

LET US BEGIN BY STATING WHAT A BURGER JOINT IS .

A BURGER JOINT IS THE SAME AS A BEER JOINT JUST A DIFFERENT POINT OF EMPHASIS. WHEN I SAY BEER JOINT YOU DON'T VISUALIZE A BUNCH OF MARKET ANALYSIS IN THOUSAND DOLLAR SUITS STANDING AROUND SIPPING BEER OUT OF A GLASS .
A BURGER JOINT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A HOLE IN THE WALL BUT MOST SEEM TO BE . THERE IS NOT MUCH FORMAL WEAR AT THE BURGER JOINT .

I WILL START BY NAMING MY TOP 5 BURGER JOINTS . THEN WILL DISCUSS THE ONES YOU NAMED .
MY PICKS ARE :
1. KINCADE'S - FORT WORTH ,TEXAS
USED TO BE A GROCERY STORE BUT THEY WERE SELLING FAR MORE BURGERS SO THEY SWITCHED OVER . GREAT PLACE WITH SEVERAL TYPES OF BURGERS.

2. FRED'S - FORT WORTH ,TEXAS
A REAL HONKY TONK WITH LIVE MUSIC ON THE COURTYARD LATE AT NIGHT . HAS BEEN REBUILT AFTER FIRE DESTROYED MOST OF THE PLACE . JALAPEÑOS HEAT UP THIS BURGER .

3. PHILLIPS GROCERY - HOLLY SPRINGS ,MISSISSIPPI
MANY OF YOU HAD THIS ON YOUR LIST . ANOTHER GROCERY STORE TURNED BURGER JOINT . PRETTY MUCH A DUMP BUT FANTASTIC BURGERS . ACROSS THE STREET FROM AN ABANDONED DEPOT .

4. BUSTER'S - MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE
A HANG OUT FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS & BIKERS THE BUSTER BURGER IS WONDERFUL . JUST STAY CLEAR OF THE POOL TABLES & YOU WILL BE OKAY .

5. DEAN'S - MILAN ,TENNESSEE
A BEER JOINT THAT CONVERTED . THE PLACE IS A REAL DUMP . MAXIMUM SEATING IS LESS THAN 15 BUT THE BURGERS ARE SENSATIONAL . THE PRICE IS RIGHT ALSO .

HERE ARE SOME OF THE ONES YOU SENT IN :

1. ANN'S SNACK BAR - ATLANTA ,GEORGIA
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FROM A GIRL WHO KNOWS HER BURGERS .

2. SOUTH MEMPHIS MARKET - MEMPHIS ,TENNESSEE
IF YOU ARE ON FLORIDA STREET IN MEMPHO & WANT A BURGER ,THIS IS THE PLACE . FROM AN OHS HAWK .

3. BUDDY'S - DICKSON , TENNESSEE
COMES FROM AN OLD RED DEVIL WHO LOVES THIS PLACE . SAYS THERE IS ALWAYS A LINE .

4. IRIE'S ON THE SQUARE - OXFORD ,MISSISSIPPI
OWNED BY A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER . MAY HAVE BEEN THE SMARTEST TACKLE I COACHED . HIS BURGERS ARE MAKING A LOT OF NOISE IN REBEL LAND .

5.SODA STEVE'S - GORE OKLAHOMA
COMES FROM A BURGER CONNOISSEUR FROM LITTLEFIELD TEXAS , HIM & WAYLON JENNINGS . WHEN IN OKIE LAND TRY STEVE'S.

6.STINKERBELL'S - BARTLETT ,TENNESSEE
YES THIS IS THE NAME . SORT OF OFF THE BEATEN PATH BUT WORTH THE HUNT .

7. VELVET CREAME - HERNANDO , MISSISSIPPI
I WAS SHOCKED HOW MANY PEOPLE PRAISED VELVET CREAME . LAST ONE I HAD A YEAR OR SO AGO WAS GOOD BUT IT DIDN'T SET MY HEART ON FIRE .

8. MENSI'S - COLLIERVILLE TENNESSEE
STILL A FAVORITE FOR COLLIERVILLE FOLKS . SIMILAR TO VELVET CREAME .

9.TOOT & TELL IT - DYER , TENNESSEE
BEEN DOING BURGERS FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS . WHEN THE DYER EAGLES WERE FLYING PLAYERS ATE FREE AFTER THE GAME . RIGHT DR. WINE

10. HANDY HOUSE - MEDINA ,TENNESSEE
NOT MUCH OF A BURGER JOINT BUT A GOOD PLACE TO SIT ON THE HOOD OF YOUR CAR & SOCIALIZE . SPENT TOO MUCH OF MY YOUTH THERE .

BUTCHER SHOP , BUCKLEY'S & CHRISTIE'S WERE NAMED BUT I THINK THEY ARE CHAINS .

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IN A FEW WEEKS WE WILL DO CATFISH PLACES . E- MAIL ME YOUR FAVORITES !!!!

PEACE IN THE VALLEY

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THERE IS PEACE IN THE VALLEY . EVERYONE IS HAPPY IN THE VALLEY . WHAT VALLEY AM I TALKING ABOUT ?

NUTT VALLEY IN OXFORD MISSISSIPPI OF COURSE . FROM THE END OF ONE FOOTBALL SEASON TO THE START OF ANOTHER OLE MISS FANS LIVE ON FANTASY ISLAND .

THE REBEL FAITHFUL ARE THE BIGGEST TALKERS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL . OLE HOUSTON LEADS THE CHEERS & POURS GAS ON THE FIRE . MOST YEARS NUTT VALLEY COMES UP SHORT AT HARVEST TIME . REBEL FANS TALK ABOUT WOULD HAVE , SHOULD HAVE , & WAIT TO NEXT YEAR FOR 8 MONTHS .

I CAN HEAR HOUSTON LEADING THE NUTT VALLEY ANTHEM .

GO REBELS PUNCH 'EM IN GUT
GO REBELS BEAT THEIR BUTT
KICK 'EM NUTT KICK 'EM NUTT

WE HAVE ANOTHER TRANSFER AT QUARTERBACK
MISSED HIM FIRST TIME AROUND
HE GOT BEAT OUT AT WEST V- JENNY
SO HE'S OXFORD BOUND /

DON'T YOU FEAR
HE'S BETTER THAN THE QB LAST YEAR .
SO WHAT IF HE HASN'T THROWN A PASS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL
HOUSTON IS NO FOOL .

REBELS WAVE THE FLAG , SING DIXIE & CALL DONNA BRAGG

PUNCH EM IN THE GUT , BEAT THEIR BUTT
KICK 'EM NUTT ,KICK'EM NUTT

AS THE SINGING SLOWLY FADES PEACE SETTLES OVER NUTT VALLEY .

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I NEED YOUR HELP . I AM GOING TO DO A POST ON BURGER JOINTS . I WANT YOU TO E-MAIL ME AT ROCKYJOEGRAVES@YAHOO.COM WITH YOUR FAVORITES .

THERE ARE TWO REQUIREMENTS
1. CAN NOT BE A CHAIN OR FRANCHISE . IT MUST BE ONE OF A KIND
2. CAN NOT BE HIGH - DOLLAR OR REQUIRE FORMAL DRESS . REMEMBER FORMAL DRESS TO ME IS SOCKS & UNDERWEAR .

I HAVE NOMINATIONS FROM TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI , TENNESSEE , & GEORGIA IN THE HOPPER . E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR FAVORITE BURGER JOINT .

MAY DO CATFISH PLACES NEXT

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I SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER , MAY HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF CHEMO SOON . I AM JUST GLAD TO STILL BE HERE . THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR PRAYERS, CARDS, & MESSAGES .

THANKS FOR READING!!!!!

FOUL BALLS , FIGHTS & STORM CLOUDS

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WELL ,IT IS OFFICIAL .THIS IS THE MOST DEADLY STORM SEASON IN MY LIFETIME . THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DEATH DEALING STORMS THAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT GETTING ONE OF THOSE UNDERGROUND SHELTERS IN THE GARAGE .

I GREW UP IN A TIME & PLACE WHEN GOING TO THE STORM HOUSE WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE SO THIS WOULD NOT BE A GREAT ADJUSTMENT FOR ME . CHILLI PEPPER MIGHT STRUGGLE CONSIDERING SHE HAS NEVER BEEN TO A STORM HOUSE IN HER LIFE .

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DID YOU SEE THE BAYLOR SOFTBALL BATTER GET NAILED IN THE FACE WITH A FOUL BALL ? CLARE HOSACK WHO ALSO CATCHES FOR THE LADY BEARS TOOK A FOUL BALL TO THE FACE FROM HER OWN BAT . I DON'T RECALL SEEING THIS HAPPEN BEFORE .

HOSACK FELL DOWN IN A HEAP WITH RIVERS OF BLOOD RUNNING DOWN HER FACE . LAST I HEARD SHE WAS HEADED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION .

THIS HAPPENED JUST AS WE WERE HAVING LUNCH . MY SON ALMOST LOST HIS APPETITE , AN EVENT MORE RARE THAN HALEY'S COMET . I HOPE CLARE IS OKAY & THE BEARS WEAR BATTING HELMETS WITH FACEMASKS FROM HERE ON .

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DO THE NBA PLAYOFFS REMIND YOU OF THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS ? YOU REMEMBER SISYPHUS , THE ONE WHO WAS FORCED TO ROLL THE LARGE ROCK TO THE TOP OF THE HILL ONLY TO WATCH IT ROLL DOWN AGAIN .

JUST AN ENDLESS WORK . THE NBA SEASON IS LIKE THAT . IT NEVER ENDS . AS SOON AS THE PLAYOFF ENDS THE NEW SEASON BEGINS .

THIS YEAR THE MIAMI HEAT PLAY THE DALLAS MAVERICKS IN THE FINALS . THE HEAT IS THE SUPER TEAM COMPOSED OF 3 SUPERSTARS PLAYING TOGETHER TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP .

THE MAVS ARE THE SOCIAL SECURITY ALL STARS . DALLAS HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE . ONE THING FOR CERTAIN ; LBJ OR DIRK WINS HIS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP .

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YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM TROUBLE . WHEN WE MOVED TO OUR PRESENT HOME THE TWO BIG SELLING POINTS WERE PROXIMITY TO FAMILY & PEACE & QUIET.

WELL, A WEEK AGO WE HAVE A 20 PERSON INTER - RACIAL GANG FIGHT ALMOST WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE . TWO SUFFERED STAB WOUNDS & ARRESTS WERE MADE.

TRUTH IS ;WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS HAD HAPPENED TILL WE READ THE NEWS . OUR PEACE & QUIET WAS NOT COMPROMISED . BUT I HAVE ENJOYED TEASING MY IN - LAWS & OUT - LAWS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY HAVE BROUGHT US TOO .

YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM TROUBLE . AT OUR OLD HOUSE A DUDE LOSES ALL TOUCH WITH REALITY AND KILLED THE ENTIRE FAMILY . THE CRACKER -JACK COLLIERVILLE POLICE WERE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS ONE ; SEEING HOW THE DUDE KILLED EVERYONE , THEN HIMSELF , & LEFT NOTES .

EVEN AT MY BOYHOOD HOME OUTSIDE OF MEDINA , A COOKER BLEW UP HIS ROLLING METH LAB . LIKE JOE LOUIS SAID " YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE "

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!

ROCK'S ROUND-UP

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MY PERSONAL HERO & ROLE MODEL ,BUM PHILLIPS HAS A NEW BOOK . I AM ALMOST FINISHED & IT HAS BEEN A FUN READ .

BUM DIDN'T GET CREDIT FOR MANY OF HIS INNOVATIONS . THE DEFENSIVE NUMBERING SYSTEM ,& THE COMBINE WERE 2 OF BUM'S IDEALS .

BUM WAS ALSO A GOOD PHONE BUDDY WHO TOOK TIME TO ANSWER MY MANY QUESTIONS . COACH IS ALSO A GREAT STORYTELLER .

THERE ARE A THOUSAND TIMES MORE GREAT HIGH SCHOOL COACHES THAN NFL COACHES. THEY WORK ON A SMALLER STAGE FOR A LOT SMALLER CHECK THAN THE NFL BOYS . BUT THE IMPACT THEY HAVE IS A THOUSAND TIMES GREATER .

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OSCAR DE LA HOYA HAS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM . THE GOLDEN BOY IS ONE OF THE FEW BOXERS TO KEEP MOST OF WHAT MONEY HE MADE .

HECK, OSCAR ENDED UP OWNING THE PROMOTION COMPANY .

AT ONE TIME DE LA HOYA WAS AS GOOD AS THERE WAS . GOOD LUCK OSCAR, HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT BACK .

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I DON'T KNOW WHO WILL WIN THE DALLAS / OKLAHOMA SERIES . THE HOME TEAM KEEPS LOSING .

YOU MAY NEVER SEE A PERFORMANCE LIKE THE DIRK / DURANT SHOOTOUT IN GAME ONE . DIRK HAD 48 POINTS TO DURANT'S 40 . DIRK WAS 24 OF 24 FROM THE FOUL LINE .

I DON'T THINK YOU WILL SEE A REPEAT OF THIS SHOOTOUT ANYTIME SOON .

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SAD TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF THE MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE . THE MACHO MAN WAS ONE OF WRESTLING'S BRIGHTEST STARS & MOST GIFTED PERFORMERS .

SAVAGE, REAL NAME RANDY POFFO, ALONG WITH ONE TIME WIFE MISS ELIZABETH CREATED A NEW DYNAMIC IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING .

LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT THE MACHO MAN ; HE WAS A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR IN HIGH SCHOOL . OOOOOH YEAH !!!!

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USED TO BE , A COLLEGE DEGREE WAS A SURE PATH TO A JOB . NOT ANYMORE . TODAY'S GRADS ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING JOBS .

WHAT IS REALLY TOUGH IS; THE AVERAGE GRADUATE IS 27,000 DOLLARS IN DEBT WHEN THEY GET THEIR DEGREE. 85% ARE FORCED TO MOVE BACK HOME WITH MOM & DAD WHEN THEY GRADUATE.

PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP TO WHAT A SCAM & SHAM THE COLLEGE RACKET IS . THEY ARE TURNING TO THE LESS EXPENSIVE SCHOOLS & ARE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH .

EXAMPLE ; A TEACHER FROM MIT & A TEACHER FROM UTM ARE ON THE SAME PAY SCALE . THE MIT GRAD HAS THOUSANDS IN STUDENT LOANS TO PAY BACK WHILE THE UTM DUDE JUST NEEDS TO SETTLE HIS BEER TAB AT CADILLAC'S.

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!

TURN OUT THE LIGHTS

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TURN OUT THE LIGHTS THE PARTY OVER . MEMPHIS FELT THE THUNDER AS OK CITY ENDED THE GRIZZLIES' PLAYOFF RUN .

THE THUNDER HAD TOO MUCH STAR POWER & DEPTH FOR THE GRIZZ . MEMPHIS HAS SOME REALLY GOOD PLAYERS LIKE Z - BO BUT OKLAHOMA CITY HAS STARS IN DURANT & WESTBROOK.

MEMPHIS JUST RAN OUT OF GAS . THEY SURE DID GET A LOT OF MPG THIS SEASON . WILL THIS BE THE START OF A NEW GRIZZLIES ERA OR JUST A FLASH IN THE PAN ? TIME WILL TELL .

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70 YEAR OLD PETE ROSE WANTS TO MANAGE IN THE MAJORS AGAIN . NOT GOING TO HAPPEN PETEY .

YOU CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING & GET A SECOND CHANCE . BOOZE, DRUGS, JUICE, WHUP UP ON YOUR WIFE OR GF , EVEN SHOOT GUNS OR KILL DOGS . SOMEBODY WILL TAKE A CHANCE ON YOU .

PETE COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN IN SPORTS. HE GAMBLED ON THE GAMES . THERE IS NO SECOND CHANCE ON THIS ONE PETE .

I DO THINK ROSE SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME BUT I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD BE IN THE DUGOUT .

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ERIC TORPY IS AN INMATE IN THE OKLAHOMA STATE PRISON . WHEN ERIC WAS POPPED WITH A 30 YEAR TERM BIG E SAYS " GIVE ME 33 YEARS TO HONOR LARRY BIRD ' THE JUDGE SAID 33 IT IS .

SURE WAS A GOOD THING ERIC DIDN'T WANT TO HONOR DENNIS RODMAN. DENNIS WORE # 91 FOR SOME OF HIS NBA TIME .

IF I EVER AM IN THIS SITUATION I AM GOING TO ASK TO HONOR RUSSELL WESTBROOK OR ROBERT PARRISH WHO BOTH WORE ZERO !

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IT IS GREAT TO BE A CUBS FAN . NOT ONLY CAN YOU SEE MOST OF THE GAMES ON TV, BUT YOU ARE USUALLY ELIMINATED FROM THE PENNANT RACE BY LATE MAY .

THIS MEANS A STRESS FREE SUMMER , NO HIGH PRESSURE GAMES TO WORRY ABOUT . JUST A LOT OF TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR .

WHEN I WAS A KID ,I LIVED 3 YEARS ABOUT 8 BLOCKS FROM WRIGLEY FIELD . THE CUBBIES WERE HORRIBLE THEN, THE WHITE SOX WERE THE HOT TEAM . THE SOX WERE ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN . YOU NEEDED A PASSPORT TO GET THERE .

MY MOM TOOK ME & A BUDDY TO SEE THE YANKEES / SOX IN 1960 . THANKS MOM .

I MOVED FROM MEDINA TO CHICAGO BACK TO MEDINA . MOST OF MY LITTLE FRIENDS HAD NOT BEEN OUT OF G - COUNTY. THIS MUST BE WHEN I ACQUIRED MY COSMOPOLITAN STYLE . RIGHT !

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I SHOULD LET THIS GO BUT WHAT FUN IS LIFE IF YOU DON'T GET UP TO YOUR TAIL PIPE IN CONTROVERSY EVER NOW & THEN . HERE WE GO .

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHOENIX SUNS SAYS HE IS GAY . AS THE BRITISH SAY " ISN'T THIS A STICKY WICKET . '

IS THIS RELEVANT ? WHY DID HE FEEL COMPELLED TO TELL US THIS ?

THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING . HOMOSEXUALITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE TO THE SURFACE IN WOMEN'S SPORTS , BUT TABOO OVER ON THE MEN'S SIDE .

I DON'T THINK AN OPENLY GAY TEAMMATE WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED DURING MY TIME IN SPORTS . MAYBE NOT TODAY . THIS IS AN ISSUE THE WOMEN HAVE DEALT WITH MUCH MORE THAN THE MEN .

WHAT DO YOU THINK ? LET ME HEAR FROM YOU .

I HAVE WORKED WITH & COACHED PEOPLE WHO WERE GAY . AS LONG AS IT DID NOT EFFECT THEIR PERFORMANCE I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS MY BUSINESS .

I DO NOT APPROVE OF THE GAY LIFE STYLE BUT I HAVE MY OWN SINS TO WORRY WITH . I WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO ANSWER FOR ON JUDGMENT DAY . LET THE GAYS PLEAD THEIR CASE TO THE ONE WHO REALLY MATTERS .

SNOT, I WISH I HAD LET THIS SLIDE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!

DOGS THAT CHASE CARS

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THE GRIZZLIES ARE LIKE A DOG WHO CHASES A CAR . IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME .

THE GRIZZ HAVE PULLED VICTORY FROM DEFEAT SEVERAL TIMES DURING THIS PLAY- OFF RUN . BUT LAST NIGHT MEMPHIS CAME UP SHORT .

THE THUNDER REGAINED HOME - COURT ADVANTAGE , FORCING MEMPHIS TO WIN AT LEAST ONCE MORE IN OKLAHOMA.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT POST -SEASON RUN FOR MEMPHIS . CAN THE GRIZZLIES DO IT AGAIN ? I HOPE SO BUT I'M NOT HOLDING ONE OF THOSE I BELIEVE SIGNS .

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DID YOU SEE WHERE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE QUIZZED THE BCS AS TO WHY THERE IS NO PLAY - OFF IN D - 1 FOOTBALL ?

NOW I WANT A PLAY - OFF MORE THAN ANYONE BUT I DON'T WANT THE DOJ BUTTING IN . KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE GAMES .PLEASE !

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RASHARD MENDENHALL HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS TO ABOUT THE BIN - LADEN DEAL . THE FLIP SIDE IS THAT SPONSORS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DROP HIM IF THEY THINK THE TALK WILL HURT BUSINESS .

RASHARD OLE BUDDY ,SPEECH IS FREE BUT THERE IS A COST FOR RUNNING YOUR MOUTH . BIG MAN , YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER YOU THINK . BUT OTHERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO RESPOND HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE .

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SOME ARE TRYING TO MAKE A STINK SAYING BIN - LADEN WAS UNARMED . I SAY IF HE WASN'T ARMED HE SURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN .

YOU WOULD THINK A MASS MURDERER ON THE RUN WOULD SEE THE NEED TO BE ARMED 24/7 . BAD LUCK BENNY TO BOGEY 18 .

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PAKISTAN IS IN A NO - WIN SITUATION . IF PAKISTAN ADMITS THEY KNEW OSAMA WAS THERE THEY STAND TO LOSE BILLIONS IN U.S. AID . IF THEY SAY THEY HAD NO IDEA BIN -LADEN WAS THERE THEY LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF MORONS .
TOUGH CHOICE PAKIS .

**** THANK YOU FOR READING !!!

A LONG TIME COMING

**** I FELT NO JOY AT THE DEMISE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN . JUST A SENSE OF CLOSURE.

HIS DEATH CAN NOT MAKE -UP FOR THE SORROW HE CAUSED .REVENGE IS NOT REDEMPTION .

WE WERE LEAD TO BELIEVE BIN LADEN WAS LIVING IN CAVES IN REMOTE AREAS . LO & BEHOLD THEY FIND HIM IN A MILLION DOLLAR PALACE IN THE HEART OF PAKISTAN .

I WONDER WHAT CHANGED FOR PAKISTAN TO GIVE HIM UP . YOU KNOW PAKISTAN COULD HAVE GIVEN BIN LADEN UP AT ANY TIME . WHY NOW ?

DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING YOU CAN TRUST PAKISTAN .

**** THE GRIZZLES CLOSED OUT THE SPURS . FIRST TIME AN 8 HAS BEAT A 1. THEN MEMPHIS WON THE FIRST GAME OF THE SERIES VS THE THUNDER . ON THE ROAD NO LESS.

HOW FAR CAN THEY GO ? THE GRIZZLES ARE AT TOP SPEED RIGHT NOW. Z-BO IS PLAYING LIGHTS - OUT & GASOL IS IN A ZONE . I NEVER THOUGHT BIG MARK WOULD PERFORM AT THIS LEVEL .

GO GRIZZLIES !!!

**** STILL DOUBT THE SEC IS THE BEST FOOTBALL CONFERENCE ? HOW CAN YOU ARGUE WITH 5 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW ? YES ,I KNOW THEY ARE MYTHICAL .

HOW`ABOUT 5 OF THE FIRST 6 NFL DRAFT PICKS WERE SEC PLAYERS . THAT TELLS YOU WHERE THE TALENT IS .

**** I WOULD NOT HAVE PICKED SCAM NEWTON # 1. IT COST 50 MILLION TO PICK A QB WITH THE FIRST PICK. NEWTON IS NOT A SURE THING .

I WOULD HAVE TRIED TO TRADE THE PICK . QUARTERBACKS PICKED FIRST HAVE ABOUT A 50 % SUCCESS RATE . TOO MUCH RISK FOR ME . JAMARCUS RUSSELL & RYAN LEIF RING A BELL .

**** IF RYAN MALLET SMOKED ANY WEED IT WAS EXPENSIVE . WHEN THAT RUMOR POPPED RYAN DROPPED LIKE A ROCK .

FROM THE FIRST ROUND TO THE THIRD . PRICE TAG - SEVERAL MILLION .

**** SAD TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF OLD FRIENDS` MACK HANEY & BUGGY JACKSON . BUGGY WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AT SWEETWATER & MACK WAS WHAT EVERY PARENT WOULD LIKE TO BE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!

TILL THE STORM PASSES BY

**** CAN YOU BELIEVE ALL THESE STORMS ? I CHECKED . IT HAS BEEN MORE STORMS THAN NORMAL . BE GLAD WHEN THIS CYCLE OF STORMS IS OVER

**** I HAVE BEEN OUT A LONG TIME . JUST FINISHED 25 CHEMO TREATMENTS IN 5 WEEKS . THE LAST WEEK WAS TOUGH . I AM HOLDING OFF THE CANCER AT THIS TIME . THANKS FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS .

**** THE GRIZZLES ARE ONE GAME AWAY FROM WINNING THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF SERIES . REALLY UNEXPECTED . GO GRIZZ .

**** DURING MY LONG HOSPITAL STAY CHILLI PEPPER MOVED US TO MISSISSIPPI . WE NOW LIVE NEXT DOOR TO HER SISTER IN OLIVE BRANCH .I AM NOT SURE THE SISTERS ARE A GOOD INFLUENCE ON EACH OTHER.

I EXPECT ANY TIME TO FIND THEM ON THE ROOF , HEADS COVERED IN TIN FOIL , LOOKING FOR UFOS .IT IS HGTV & DIY LIVE & IN PERSON . PROJECTS GALORE !

HOW 2 WOMEN CAN SPEND 8 HOURS AT LOWE'S IS BEYOND ME .

**** I TOOK MY CHEMO AT 2 SITES . 4 DAYS A WEEK AT ONE, FRIDAYS AT ANOTHER. AT ONE SITE I ALWAYS TOLD THEM I HAD TO CALL DEMI MOORE OR CINDY CRAWFORD TO SEE WHICH ONE WAS PICKING ME UP .

FOR MY LAST TREATMENT CHILLI PEPPER TOOK ME . AS I WALKED IN & TOOK MY PLACE, CP STEPPED UP TO THE DESK & SAID I'M DEMI MOORE .
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THE FOLKS BEHIND THE DESK LOOKED AT HER WITH" WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THIS WOMAN ? " SHE IS CRAZY .

I QUICKLY TOLD CHILLI PEPPER THIS WAS THE WRONG PLACE . I DID THE DEMI THING AT THE OTHER SITE .

THE DESK FOLKS STILL LOOKED A TAD UNSURE . THEY KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON HER TILL SHE DEPARTED.

**** JIM TRESSEL TALKED THE TALK BUT DIDN'T WALK THE WALK . I AM DISAPPOINTED. I GUESS YOU CAN NOT TRUST A GUY WHO WEARS A SWEATER VEST 24/7.

**** I AM NOT HAPPY WIYH THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS . I BELIEVE I COULD PEE OUT THE WINDOW & HIT SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MORE THAN R.C. JOHNSON .

**** I WILL TRY TO BE BACK AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK AS I IMPROVE . THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!

FORGIVE ME

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FORGIVE ME PLEASE, I HAVE BEEN GONE FOR A LONG TIME . I HAD A SHORT STAY IN THE HOSPITAL & HAVE STARTED CHEMO TREATMENTS LAST MONDAY . 6 DOWN 19 TO GO .

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I WILL NEVER BET AGAINST GREED AGAIN . I DID NOT THING NFL PLAYERS & OWNERS WOULD BE GREEDY ENOUGH TO DESTROY THE BEST LEAGUE THERE HAS EVER BEEN .

THE PLAYERS CAN NOT WIN THIS FIGHT . THE OWNERS CAN FIND PLENTY OF PLAYERS ALMOST AS GOOD EXCEPT FOR QB'S. THE PLAYERS CAN'T FIND MANY MILLION DOLLAR JOBS IN OTHER FIELDS . THE BOYS HAD BETTER THINK HARD BEFORE THEY WALK AWAY FROM A 3 MILLION DOLLAR GIG . MAYBE THEY WILL ALL BE DOING BURGERS AT MICKEY D'S .

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I DID NOT THINK MEMPHIS WOULD WIN THE C-USA TOURNAMENT . I DIDN'T THINK THE TIGERS COULD PLAY WELL 3 GAMES IN A ROW . THE TIGERS WILL NOT STAY LONG IN THE BIG DANCE . IF THEY MAKE THE SWEET 16 I WILL WEAR TIGER DRAWERS TO ALL MY TREATMENTS NEXT WEEK .

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A BIG HOO- RAH FOR MEMPHIS CENTRAL . THE LADY WARRIORS ARE THE TSSAA STATE CHAMPS . WAY TO GO NIKKI BRAY & THE CENTRAL LADIES .

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NEVER BET AGAINST KENTUCKY IN THE SEC TOURNAMENT . THE WILDCATS OWN THIS ONE . LOOK FOR THE BIG BLUE TO WIN THIS ONE 3 OUT OF 5.


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THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CARDS & PRAYERS
THANK YOU FOR READING !

THE WEEK THAT WAS

**** THE SUPER BOWL IS HISTORY & THERE IS NO MORE FOOTBALL FOR 6 MONTHS . I WILL REALLY HURT DURING THIS PERIOD .

THE PACKERS BEAT THE STEELERS , I DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD . THE STEELERS HAD MORE PLAYS MORE YARDS GAINED, & MORE TIME OF POSSESSION. THE STEELERS ALSO HAD 3 TURNOVERS WHILE THE PACK HAD NONE .

YOU CAN NOT WIN GAMES TURNING THE BALL OVER . THE PACKERS PROVED THAT YOU CAN WIN WITHOUT RUNNING THE BALL . GREEN BAY THREW ALMOST 3 TIMES AS MUCH AS THEY RAN .
THE NFL IS A PASSING LEAGUE TODAY . YOU CAN'T WIN THE SUPER BOWL WITHOUT A BIG TIME QB . THE LAST TEAM TO WIN WITH A GAME MANAGER AT QB WAS THE TAMPA BAY . THEY WON SUPER BOWL 37 WITH AVERAGE BRAD JOHNSON AT QB.

THE LAST 10 SUPER BOWLS HAVE BEEN WON BY 7 DIFFERENT TEAMS . I HOPE THEY DON'T KILL THE GAME WITH THE LOCKOUT OR STRIKE .

**** THE NFL PLAYERS CANNOT WIN THE BATTLE WITH THE OWNERS . THE OWNERS CAN FIND A GROUP OF PLAYERS ALMOST AS GOOD WHO ARE WILLING TO PLAY FOR MUCH LESS MONEY .

WHERE IS THE PLAYER GOING TO FIND A JOB OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL THAT PAYS 10 % OF HIS FOOTBALL SALARY . THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE WHAT THE OWNERS ARE WILLING TO AT THE END OF THE DAY .

REMEMBER THE TEXAS TORNADOES USED TO SING ' A LITTLE BIT IS BETTER THAN NADA ."

**** THE MEMPHIS TIGERS HAVE MORE DOWN TO THE BUZZER FINISHES THAN ANY TEAM I CAN RECALL . WINNING OR LOSING ON THE LAST SHOT OF THE GAME IS COMMON PLACE FOR THESE TIGERS .

THE TIGERS ARE VERY TALENTED & VERY INEXPERIENCED WHICH LEADS TO WILD INCONSISTENCY . THEY MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES OVER & OVER .

I DON'T THINK THEY CAN WIN THE C - USA TOURNAMENT AT EL PASO . 3 GOOD ROAD GAMES IN A ROW MAY BE TOO MUCH FOR THE YOUNG TIGERS .

**** THE LAST TIME I CAN RECALL THIS MUCH SNOW WAS 1987 . I MUST BE SHOWING MY AGE BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE SNOW .

I DON'T WANT TO BUILD ANY SNOWMEN , GO SLEDDING OR THROW SNOWBALLS . I JUST SIT AND LOOK AT THE LAKE , & DRINK HOT CHOCOLATE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!

THURSDAY THOUGHTS

**** HOW IN THE WORLD ARE THE PACKERS A 3 POINT FAVORITE OVER THE STEELERS ? HOW DO YOU FIGURE ?



BOTH HAVE VERY GOOD DEFENSES ,1 & 2 IN THE NFL . BOTH OPERATE FROM A 3/4 PACKAGE,BRINGING PRESSURE FROM UNEXPECTED AREAS. NO CLEAR ADVANTAGE HERE.

BOTH TEAMS HAVE PREMIER QB'S. RODGERS IS MORE FLASHY BUT ROETHISBURGER ALREADY HAS TWO SUPER BOWL RINGS. BIG BEN EXTENDS PLAYS MAKING 2 OR 3 BIG PLAYS A GAME WHICH CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

I THINK THE WINNER WILL BE THE TEAM THAT CAN RUN THE BALL THE BEST . THAT LOOKS LIKE THE STEELERS BUT WITH CENTER POUNCEY DOUBTFUL THAT COULD CHANGE.

IN COACHING MATCHUPS, MIKE MCCARTHY VS DICK LEBEAU IS A PUSH . DOM CAPERS VS BRUCE ARIANS` IS ADVANTAGE PACKERS . MIKE TOMLIN DOESN'T CALL OFFENSE OR DEFENSE . HE JUST MANAGES THE GAME WHICH COULD BE AN EDGE BECAUSE MCCARTHY COULD BE DISTRACTED BY CALLING THE OFFENSE .

NEITHER TEAM IS GREAT IN THE KICKING GAME .

I THINK THE GAME WILL BE CLOSE & DECIDED BY 4 OR 5 BIG PLAYS . THE STEELERS HAVE MORE PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE WHICH HELPS.

THIS IS THE 8TH SUPERBOWL FOR THE MEN OF STEEL . THEY HAVE WON 6 , MOST IN THE NFL .

IF THE PACK WINS ,THEY WILL BE THE THIRD TEAM TO WIN WITH 3 DIFFERENT COACHES FOLLOWING DALLAS & PITTSBURGH.

I AM PICKING THE STEELERS IN A TIGHT ONE .

**** THE BEST ARTICLE I'VE READ ON THE MEMPHIS CHARTER SURRENDER WAS IN ONE OF THE NEW YORK PAPERS . I WONDER WHY THE CA CAN NOT PUT THINGS SO CLEAR .

THIS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION . THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE SCS IS APPX 84000 , AS COMPARED TO THE MCS APPX 37000.

THE HIGHER TAX VALUES LOCATED IN THE COUNTY PAY 40% OF THE MCS TAX SHARE .

THIS MERGER IS NOT ABOUT EDUCATING CHILDREN BUT IS ABOUT FUNDING [ MONEY ] & CONTROL .

IF THIS MERGER OCCURS , AS SOON AS SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE ,THE SAME OLD CITY GROUP WILL BE IN CONTROL . i PREDICT WILLIE HERENDON WILL BE BACK IN CHARGE.

**** I START A 5 WEEK CHEMO TREATMENT NEXT WEEK . I ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS DURING THIS TIME . I AM JUST TRUSTING IN JESUS TO WALK ME THROUGH THIS VALLEY.

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!