Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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 .

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

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 .

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

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.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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 .

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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 !!!!!!