Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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 !!!!!!!!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

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 !!!!!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

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 !!!!!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

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 . !!!!!!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

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 !!!!!