Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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 !!!!!!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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!!!!!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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 !!!!!!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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 !!!!!!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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 !!!!