BELIVERS OF THE LIE

**** IT IS FUN TO WATCH MEMPHIS TIGER BASKETBALL . TIGER FANS ARE ON FANTASY ISLAND .

THEY BELIEVE THIS LIE; THE TIGERS ARE AN ELITE NATIONAL PROGRAM .
 PLEASE!! THE TEAM HAS BEEN TO THREE FINAL FOURS IN 40 YEARS WITH NO NATIONAL TITLES .

KANSAS , KENTUCKY , DUKE ,UNC , & U-CONN ARE ELITE NATIONAL PROGRAMS NOT MEMPHIS .

I AM NOT SURE UCLA IS AN ELITE PROGRAM ANYMORE , THE BRUINS HAVE WON ONLY ONE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 37 YEARS .

BACK TO MEMPHIS , THE TIGERS ARE A GOOD TEAM IN A BAD CONFERENCE . THERE IS NO WAY MEMPHIS WILL NOT WIN AROUND 23 GAMES .

THE TIGERS DON'T ALWAYS PLAY HARD & SELDOM PLAY SMART . THE PLAYERS DON'T FEAR THE COACH OR PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO JOSH .

THE FANS ALWAYS ARE UNHAPPY BECAUSE THE TIGERS DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THE HYPE .  ON & ON IT GOES .

**** I SAW THIS LIE ON T-SHIRTS AT A BALL GAME ;
HARD WORK BEATS TALENT WHEN TALENT DOESN'T WORK HARD

THIS LIE HAS RUINED MANY A YOUNG PLAYER WHEN HE ,DAD ,AND COACH HAVE DECIDED WE WILL OUT -WORK EVERYBODY .

FOLKS , I CAN WORK HARD 24/7 & I WON'T BEAT CHRIS PAUL IN BASKETBALL IF HE DOESN'T HIT A LICK .

HARD WORK IS ONLY A FACTOR WHEN THE TALENT LEVEL IS CLOSE TO EQUAL .

THIS LIE HAS LEAD TO YEAR- ROUND PROGRAMS , WEIGHT LIFTING , CONDITIONING WORK AND SPECIALIZATION .

A GAME YOU STARTING PLAYING FOR FUN HAS TURNED INTO A BURDEN & A GRUELING JOB .

SOMETHING YOU LOVED BECOMES SOMETHING YOU DREAD . RELATIONSHIPS SOUR  AS PLAYER BECOMES DISCOURAGED BUT PARENTS & COACH  SAY HE NEEDS TO WORK HARDER & HARDER .

WHAT HAPPENED TO PLAYING BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE GAME AND IT'S FUN . CHANGE GAMES WHEN THE SEASONS CHANGE , AND PLAY SEVERAL SPORTS .

YOU ONLY HAVE A VERY SHORT TIME TO PLAY . MOST PEOPLE DON'T PLAY BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL . ENJOY PLAYING ! DON'T MAKE IT A DEATH MARCH .

**** ANOTHER LIE - GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND YOU WILL HAVE JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

WRONG ! WHAT YOU WILL HAVE FOR SURE IS HAVING SPENT A GREAT AMOUNT OR A PILE OF DEBT .

SOME PEOPLE ARE BURDENED WITH STUDENT DEBT FOR 20 TO 30 YEARS . IT IS NOT SMART TO START THE RACE WITH MASSIVE DEBT .

***** IT IS TIME FOR THE NFL CAROUSEL TO START SPINNING . LET'S SEE WHO GETS THROWN OFF .

***** TELL YOUR MOMMA & THEM I LOVE EVERYBODY    MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!

COACHING SCRAMBLE

**** THE MUSICAL CHAIR COACHES EDITION IS OFF AND RUNNING . TEAMS EVERYWHERE ARE HIRING AND FIRING COACHES .

THE SEC , COLLEGE'S FINEST CONFERENCE ,HAS FOUR NEW COACHES . 

IMO, ARKANSAS CAME OUT ON TOP PICKING BRET BIELEMA  FROM WISCONSIN . BIELEMA HAD FOUR DOUBLE DIGIT WIN SEASONS IN THE SIX YEARS HE LEAD THE BADGERS . PRETTY STRONG . 

BIELEMA COACHES THE KIND OF POWER FOOTBALL THAT PLAYS WELL IN THE SEC . THE ONLY KNOCK ON BRET IS A STATEMENT HE MADE " WE IN THE BIG -10 DON'T WANT TO BE THE SEC IN ANY WAY "

**** AUBURN CAME IN SECOND WITH GUS MALZAHN . GUS ONLY HAS ONE YEAR AS A COLLEGE HEAD COACH . 

BUT THAT ONE YEAR WAS AT THE NEW SEC CRADLE OF COACHES : - ARKANSAS STATE . 

A - STATE GAVE THE SEC HUGH FREEZE ,NOW GUS MALZAHN . 

GUS WAS THE OC DURING AUBURN 'S CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON IN 2010 . THE WAR EAGLES ARE HOPING FOR A BACK TO THE FUTURE GIG . 

LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THIS RIGHT,

HIGH SCHOOL COACH  TO COLLEGE ASST.  TO A - STATE HC , THEN TO SEC HC. SEEMS TO BE THE PATH .

**** BUTCH JONES TO TENNESSEE . I THINK JONES IS A GOOD COACH BUT VOL FANS HAVE TO BE LET DOWN .

WHEN YOU HAVE TO ASK FOUR OR FIVE GIRLS TO THE PROM BEFORE GETTING A YES , IT IS MORE OF A RELIEF THAN A THRILL .  

THE REALLY HOT CHICKS HAVE SAID NO , SO YOU END UP WITH A GIRL THAT IS JUST GLAD TO BE ASKED . 

JONES WILL HAVE A HARD JOB ON THE HILL . THE VOL SHIP IS MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION & WILL BE HARD TO REVERSE COURSE . 

**** MARK STOOPS TO KENTUCKY . IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO IS COACH AT KENTUCKY . THE BIG BLUE IS BASKETBALL ALL THE WAY . 

I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT CUTE ASHLEY JUDD AT FOOTBALL GAMES BUT SHE IS THERE FOR THE HOOPS . 

ABOUT THE ONLY THING KENTUCKY ACCOMPLISHED WAS GETTING A FOOTBALL COACH WHO CUSSES AS WELL AS THE BASKETBALL COACH .

**** TOLD YOU SO ! I TOLD YOU TUBERVILLE WOULD GET OUT OF LUBBOCK FASTER THAN BUDDY HOLLEY . 

 ONLY PEOPLE IN LUBBOCK ARE IN THE FEDERAL WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM . LUBBOCK IS ONLY AN HOUR FROM DALLAS BY PHONE . 

ANYWAY OLE TOMMY - T IS IN THE WIND . 

**** TOLD YOU BOBBY PETRINO WOULD GET ANOTHER JOB . HOW ABOUT WESTERN KENTUCKY . 

850 - K PLUS INCENTIVES . LIKE A NEW MOTORCYCLE AND SMOKING HOT CHICK TO RIDE  .     

 I HEARD BOBBY - P WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE A DRIVER SAFETY COURSE . UWK WILL BE MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING  THAN ARKANSAS ABOUT MID -LIFE CRISIS .

**** MY BUDDY MIKE {SON OF GEORGE } MCINTRYE  TO COLORADO . GOOD LUCK MIKE . 

THE BUFFS HAVE BEEN PASSING GAS UP WIND FOR A WHILE . IT WILL TAKE TIME TO CLIMB THAT PILE OF BUFFALO CHIPS 

UNTIL NEXT TIME .  

ALL AROUND TOWN

**** A BIG SHOUT OUT TO WHITEHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL THE TIGERS WON THE 6-A TENNESSEE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP .

WHITEHAVEN BEAT MIGHTY MARYVILLE WINNERS OF 43 STRAIGHT GAMES TO WIN THE TITLE .

THE TIGERS JUST HAD TOO MUCH TALENT FOR THE BOYS FROM THE EAST . 

TO TELL THE TRUTH THE TIGERS ARE NOT VERY WELL COACHED  . THE BLACK & GOLD BUNCH WINS BECAUSE THEY JUST OUT - ATHLETE EVERYBODY ELSE .

BUT I MUST SAY THE WHITEHAVEN COACHES DID CORRECT MOST OF THE WEAKNESS THAT HAVE DOOMED THE TIGERS IN THE PAST .

THE TIGERS WERE 100% ON THEIR EXTRA POINT ATTEMPTS .  KICKING HAS FAILED THE TIGERS NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE PAST .

MANY CHEERS FOR THE TIGERS FOR THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP..

**** THE JUDGE HAS SAID NO TO MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS . SCHOOL LEADERS NEED TO WORK OUT THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE AND PUT AN END TO THE HIGH LEGAL COSTS . 

THE COUNTY & THE CITY BOTH COME OUT AS BIG LOSERS . THE WINNERS ARE THE LAWYERS, CONSULTANTS , & THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS . 

THERE IS NO NEED FOR A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A SUPERINTENDENT . NOT WHEN YOU HAVE A CAPABLE LOCAL GUY WHO IS BOTH SMART ENOUGH & CRAZY ENOUGH TO DO & WANT THE JOB . 

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS BUT IF WILLIE HERENDON  IS INVOLVED LOOK OUT .

**** JOHN GRUDEN IS NOT GOING TO BE THE COACH AT TENNESSEE . IF GRUDEN IS GOING TO COACH ANYWHERE IT WILL BE THE  NFL .

IF GRUDEN IS SMART HE WILL NOT COACH ANYWHERE . JOHN MAKES SEVERAL MILLION IN TV WORKING 4 DAYS A WEEK 7 MONTHS A YEAR . WHY WOULD CHUCKY WANT TO WORK 24/7/12 & HAVE NO LIFE OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL ?

ALL THAT BEING SAID , TENNESSEE MAY NAME HIM AS COACH TOMORROW . IF THEY DO UNLIKE GEORGE LAPIDES & THE RAINMAN I WILL SAY I WAS WRONG .

**** THE TIGERS GOING TO THE BIG EAST WAS THE RIGHT MOVE . AT THE TIME .

NO ONE KNEW  THE BIG EAST WAS GOING TO IMPLODE & BECOME CONFERENCE USA MAKEOVER . 

REMINDS ME OF A PARROT BACK HOME THAT WAS RESCUED FROM A HONKY - TONK & TAKEN TO A LOCAL CHURCH . THE PARROT WHO WAS QUITE A TALKER TOOK A LOOK AT HIS FIRST SUNDAY CONGREGATION & SQUAWKED OUT "SAME DAMN BUNCH ,SAME DAMN BUNCH"

THANKS FOR READING!!!!!!       

THE EASY PART OVER

**** THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL REGULAR SEASON IS OVER NOW  AND IT IS TIME FOR THE BOWL GAMES .

I THINK THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY BOWL GAMES . THE NUMBER HAS RENDERED A BOWL TRIP INTO A CHEAP AND MEANINGLESS EXERCISE .

I DON'T THINK A 6-6 OR A 7-5 TEAM SHOULD BE IN A BOWL GAME . EIGHT WINS SHOULD BE THE STANDARD . A BOWL GAME SHOULD BE A REWARD FOR A GOOD SEASON . NOT A CELEBRATION FOR BEING AVERAGE .

WE MIGHT AS WELL LET ANY TEAM THAT WANTS GO TO A BOWL GO . IF THE FANS ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO BUY TICKETS TO SEE 5-7 TENNESSEE PLAY 3-9 AUBURN LET THEM HAVE AT IT .

SOME OF THE TOILET BOWLS MIGHT BE MORE COMPELLING THAN THE LUKEWARM ONES OF 6-6 TEAMS

***** A LOOK AT HOW AREA TEAMS DID THIS YEAR .

OLE MISS 6-6

BETTER THAN EXPECTED , PLUS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GREAT RECRUITING YEAR . THINGS SEEM BRIGHT FOR OLE MISS . GREAT START FOR HIGH SCHOOL HUGH .

MISSISSIPPI STATE 8-4

STATE IS THE WORST 8 -4 TEAM I HAVE EVER SEEN . THEY HAVE NO QUALITY WINS & LOOK UNPREPARED .

DAN MULLEN LETS HIS MASSIVE EGO GET IN THE WAY . STATE HAS NO BUSINESS IN THE SHOTGUN SPREAD OFFENSE BUT THAT IS DAN'S THING SO FULL SPEED AHEAD .

THE DEFENSIVE SCHEMES ARE NOT SOUND . IT IS SHOCKING FOR STATE TO FEEL NEGATIVE AFTER GOING 8-4 BUT THEY DO .

TENNESSEE 5-7

3 STRAIGHT LOSING SEASONS AT TENNESSEE , FIRST TIME IN OVER A 100 YEARS .

THINGS LOOK DARK AT UT . IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE TENNESSEE CAN BE MORE THAN A MIDDLE OF THE PACK SEC TEAM IN THE NEAR FUTURE .
THE VOLS WILL STRUGGLE TO STAY OUT OF THE SEC CELLAR .

FINDING A NEW COACH IS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE .

VANDY 8-4

THEY ARE RIDING HIGH IN NASHVILLE . JAMES FRANKLIN IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL VANDY COACH IN 100 YEARS .

RECRUITING IS PICKING UP AND THERE IS A POSITIVE  FEELING IN MUSIC CITY .

COULD THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPEN ? VANDY OVERTAKE UT .

ARKANSAS 4-8

HOW WILL THE HAWGS BOUNCE BACK FROM A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT ? THE HAWGS WILL HAVE A NEW COACH & A NEW START IN 2013 .

MEMPHIS 4-8

THE TIGERS CLOSED OUT WITH 3 STRAIGHT WINS . THE TIGERS ARE FINALLY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION . 

HOPE THE TIGERS CAN IMPROVE AS MUCH IN 2013  AS THEY DID IN 2012 .

SOUTHERN MISS 0-12

WHAT HAPPENED ?

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!

A LOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR

**** ANOTHER THANKSGIVING IS HERE & I HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR . THIS TIME TWO YEARS AGO I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WANTING SO MUCH TO COME HOME FOR THANKSGIVING .

 I DIDN'T MAKE IT, HAD TO STAY TWO MORE WEEKS . THOSE WERE SOME HARD DAYS . MY PRAYERS FOR ANYONE IN THE HOSPITAL THIS TIME OF YEAR .

I AM SO THANKFUL I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A COUPLE MORE T - GIVINGS . I HOPE I KEEP FIRST THINGS FIRST IN MY LIFE .

**** A BIG SHOUT OUT TO HUGH FREEZE . HE ALMOST UPSET LSU . GOOD JOB COACH . JUST THINK IF OLE MISS HAD HELD ON TO THE CLOSE ONES THAT GOT AWAY THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT 9 - 3 .

OF COURSE IF IF'S & BUT'S WERE CANDY & NUTS WE WOULD ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS .

THE LSU COMEBACK SAVED THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A LOT OF TROUBLE . CHANGING ALL OF THE I'S TO U'S ON THE HIGHWAY SIGNS WOULD BE A JOB .

I THINK OLE MISS WILL BEAT STATE & GO BOWLING . GREAT FIRST YEAR FOR HUGH . I HOPE HUGH 'S SUCCESS WILL GIVE MORE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES A CHANCE .

**** THE LITTLE DOOLEY BOY IS OUTTA THERE . THREE YEARS WAS ENOUGH DOOLEY TIME AT UT.

 WHERE DO THE VOLS GO FROM HERE ? I AM NOT CRAZY ABOUT ANY OF THE NAMES I HAVE HEARD .

 IS TENNESSEE STILL A GREAT JOB ? CAN THE BIG ORANGE RISE AGAIN ? THIS IS THE LOWEST TENNESSEE HAS EVER BEEN .

 THREE STRAIGHT LOSING SEASONS . THINGS WERE NOT THIS BAD WHEN JOHNNY CAME MARCHING HOME IN 1977 .

 BIG BIG HIRE FOR THE VOLS .

**** HOW ABOUT THE SHAKE - UP LAST WEEKEND ? #1 & #2 BITE THE DUST PUTTING THE SEC BACK IN THE RACE .

 I THINK THE SEC HAS THE BEST TEAMS NO DOUBT .

**** IF TEXAS SAYS BYE TO MACK BROWN HERE ARE THREE NAMES FOR YOU .
GARY PATTERSON
ART BRILES
NICK SABAN

THOSE SHOULD PUT A BUMBLE- BEE IN YOUR DRAWERS !


HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!!!!!!

HITTING EVERYWHERE

****** I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE A&M BEAT ALABAMA . I DIDN'T THINK THE AGGIES COULD SCORE ENOUGH ON THE TIDE TO UPSET THEM . 

YOU KNOW I AM NOT A FAN OF THE SPREAD OFFENSE BUT IF YOU HAVE A JOHNNY MANZIEL IT IS THE WAY TO GO .

MANZIEL IS A NIGHTMARE FOR THE DEFENSE . IF YOU BRING LITTLE PRESSURE HE HAS TIME TO THROW AND SOMEONE POPS OPEN . IF YOU BRING HEAVY PRESSURE , HE ESCAPES THEN HE IS OFF AND RUNNING .

GIG 'EM AGGIES !!!!

***** I WATCHED MEMPHIS BASKETBALL THE OTHER NIGHT . TYPICAL TIGERS , GREAT PHYSICAL ABILITY, FAST , QUICK , & GREAT JUMPERS . 

THEY SAY TO BE A GREAT TEAM YOU HAVE TO 
1. PLAY HARD 
2. PLAY SMART
3. PLAY TOGETHER 

IN WATCHING THE TIGERS I WOULD SAY THE TIGERS 
1. PLAY HARD ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME
2. PLAY SMART ABOUT 67% OF THE TIME
3.PLAY TOGETHER ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME 

 I THINK THE TIGERS WILL WIN 25 GAMES AND BLOW THROUGH C-USA WITH NO TROUBLE . 

THIS WILL BITE THE TIGERS IN THE TAIL BECAUSE THEY WILL BE LULLED INTO PLAYING LESS THAN THEIR  MAX . THEN AT NCAA TIME , THE TIGERS WILL HAVE TROUBLE PLAYING FULL GO . 

 THE SOFT CONFERENCE HURTS THEM AT THE END 

***** THE LAKERS CHOOSE D'ANTONI OVER JACKSON . 

PHIL JACKSON WITH 11 CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS & A GIRLFRIEND IN THE FRONT OFFICE CAN'T GET THE LAKERS COACHING GIG . 

 MIKE D'ANTONI , WHO HAS NEVER WON A TITLE GETS THE NOD OVER THE ZEN MASTER . 

WHY ? D'ANTONI'S OFFENSIVE  SYSTEM IS MUCH MORE SIMPLE THAN JACKSON 'S TRIANGLE OFFENSE . 

STEVE NASH THE NEW LA. POINT GUARD  HAS PLAYED IN D'ANTONI 'S 7 SECONDS OR LESS SYSTEM .

NASH & BRYANT MAY HAVE TOO MANY MOONS BEHIND THEM TO FLOURISH IN THE 7 SECONDS OR LESS SCHEME .     

AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES THE OLD DUDES MAY SLOW DOWN AND HAVE TROUBLE KEEPING UP . 

******** THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!

I AM TIRED

***** I AM TIRED OF COACHES BEING GLORIFIED AND CRUCIFIED. THE OLD COACH IS EITHER THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD OR WORSE THAN A SECOND DIVORCE .

REALLY FOLKS , FACE THE TRUTH ,THE COACH IS NOT THAT BIG A FACTOR . COACH DOES NOT COME INTO PLAY UNLESS THE TALENT LEVEL IS APPROXIMATE .

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PLAYERS . BEAR BRYANT SAID COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS 98 % RECRUITING . IT IS THE SITUATION THAT CREATES THE COACH  NOT THE COACH WHO MAKES THE SITUATION .

NEED SOME PROOF ? TAKE A LOOK AT FOUR PROGRAMS OVER A THIRTY YEAR PERIOD.

MEMPHIS : 7 COACHES , NONE WON 10 GAMES IN A SEASON , NONE LEFT THE SCHOOL WITH A WINNING RECORD , TEAM WON 39 % IN TIME FRAME . IT IS NOT THE COACH ,IT IS MEMPHIS .

KENTUCKY : 7 COACHES , NONE WON 10 GAMES IN A SEASON , NONE LEFT THE SCHOOL WITH A WINNING RECORD , TEAM WON 42% IN TIME FRAME .

ALABAMA : 7 COACHES SINCE BEAR  , ALL WON 10 GAMES AT LEAST ONCE , ALL LEFT WITH A WINNING RECORD . TWO WON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS , TEAM WON 68% . BAMA IS BAMA NO MATTER WHO THE COACH IS .

MIAMI : IN A 28 YEAR RUN MIAMI HAD 5 COACHES , ALL HAD WINNING RECORDS , ALL WON 10 GAMES A YEAR , 4 WON NATIONAL CHAMPS , SCHOOL WON 80% OF GAMES .

BUT THEN A SEA CHANGE OCCURRED , BOOSTERS CAMPBELL & SHARPIRO WERE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO BUY PLAYERS . THE CANES HAVE BEEN BARELY ABOVE 50 % SINCE .

SEE , MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL COACH IS WHERE YOU GET A COACHING JOB .

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR PROGRAM , CHANGE PLAYERS NOT COACHES .

IF YOU WANT TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION YOU NEED TO FIND DIFFERENT PLAYERS TO TRAVEL WITH .

****** THE BEST THING ABOUT THE GOOD YEAR HUGH FREEZE IS HAVING , IS THAT IT PROVES THERE ARE MANY HIGH SCHOOL COACHES WHO COULD DO THE JOB IF THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.

DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY WITH COACHES . THESE BOYS WERE NOT THE BRIGHTEST IN THE CLASS . NOT MANY WERE CANDIDATES FOR MED SCHOOL . ABOUT THE ONLY THING THEY KNOW ABOUT FINANCE IS HOW TO SPEND  MONEY .

MOST COACHES ARE GUYS WHO COULD NOT PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL SO THEY BECAME COACHES .

A GENIUS IN FOOTBALL IS THE GUY WITH THE FASTEST PLAYERS

****** I AM TIRED OF PEOPLE THINKING THE SPREAD OFFENSE IS THE CURE FOR ALL THE OFFENSIVE PROBLEMS .

THEY SAY " LET'S GET IN THAT SPREAD AND PLAY SOME WIDE OPEN FOOTBALL ."

ALL THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS GET THE SHINOLA BEAT OUT OF THEM . WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU WANT TO PLAY FAST AGAINST FASTER PEOPLE ?

IF I HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST USAIN BOLDT , I 'M NOT GOING TO SUGGEST WE FOOT RACE . HOW ABOUT WE SUDOKU  USAIN ?

YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN .

****** I AM SO TIRED OF SHOTGUN FOOTBALL THAT I AM THINKING OF JOINING THE AMISH OR THE INDIANS . MY DAD LIVED A WHILE WITH THE INDIANS IN THE 1940'S . I WONDER IF THEY WOULD TAKE ME .

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED CHEROKEE . I DON'T THINK THE BRAVES ARE REAL OBSESSED WITH WINNING . IF THE FISH ARE BITING PRACTICE CAN WAIT TO LATER .

AND SOME DAYS IT IS JUST TOO HOT FOR FOOTBALL ,JUST GIVE IT A DAY OR SO AND THE WEATHER WILL BREAK .

I COULD BE RIGHT THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS SITTING ON THE BANKS OF THE LITTLE RIVER THAT RUNS JUST BACK OF THE END ZONE OF BRAVES' STADIUM .

 WE WOULD BE RUNNING THE OLD MEDINA G - TOSS PLAY , & STOPPING EVERY NOW AND THEN SO THE PLAYERS CAN GET A COKE & A SMOKE . OLD COACH ROCK COULD HAVE A MOON PIE .

UNTIL THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

LESSONS FROM THE COTTON PATCH

**** YOU KNOW I STUDIED ECONOMICS AT MIT { MEDINA INDUSTRIAL TRADE SCHOOL }BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS I LEARNED IN THE COTTON PATCH .

THE FIRST LESSON LEARNED WAS I DID NOT WANT TO BE IN THE COTTON PATCH . WE ARE TALKING HARD WORK HERE . I SUFFERED AN AVERSION TO SUCH AS THAT .

 THIS COTTON PATCH THING STARTED AT DAYLIGHT & ENDED AT DARK . THE WORK DAY WAS AT LEAST 12 HOURS .

 YOU WERE NOT PAID BY THE HOUR BUT BY THE POUND . HOW MUCH YOU PICKED DETERMINED HOW MUCH YOU WERE PAID .

 THREE CENTS A POUND WAS THE GOING RATE . A GREAT PICKER COULD DO 300 POUNDS A DAY . I SELDOM REACHED THE 100 POUND MARK .

 LET US DO THE MATH HERE,
A 300 POUND KICKER  MADE NINE DOLLARS FOR THE 12 - HOUR DAY . IN MEDINA MATH THAT IS 75 CENTS AN HOUR .

 A PICKER LIKE ME WAS KNOCKING DOWN 3 DOLLARS A DAY , ABOUT 25 CENTS AN HOUR.

 IN TODAY'S TERMS THAT 300LB PICKER WOULD TAKE HOME 63.50 WHILE THE 100LB PICKERS LIKE ME WOULD BE KNOCKING DOWN 22.50 FOR A 12 HOUR DAY OF HARD WORK . 

 I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF DEFICIT SPENDING . I DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH PICKING COTTON TO PAY FOR MY LUNCH .

LESSON NUMBER TWO ,

 I COULD MAKE A BUNCH MORE  GOING FROM PATCH TO PATCH SELLING COKES, SANDWICHS ,TATER CHIPS, & CANDY BARS  THAT I GOT FROM THE PICK & PAY GROCERY STORE IN MEDINA .

  I COULD MAKE A COUPLE DOLLARS MORE THAN THE 300LB PICKER WITHOUT WORKING NEAR AS HARD OR LONG .

 JUST RIDE FROM PATCH TO PATCH, LISTEN TO THE RADIO , & FLIRT WITH THOSE DIRTY FACED GIRLS JUST SELLING THOSE GOODIES AT EVERY STOP.  

 LESSON THREE, 

 THE REAL BONANZA WAS THAT AFTER A HARD DAY OR WEEK THOSE FIELD WORKERS LOVED TO PLAY CARDS OR DOMINOES . 

 I FELT IT WAS MY DUTY TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY .   MY DOMINO MONEY SOON EXCEEDED MY SALES REVENUE .   

 I SPENT MOST OF MY DOMINO MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE . I LEARNED THOSE DIRTY FACED GIRLS CLEANED UP REAL GOOD AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE COTTON PATCH .

MOST OF 'EM WERE READY FOR A BIG NIGHT OUT AND A LITTLE SNUGGLING UP AFTER THAT TIME IN THE COTTON PATCH . 

ONCE AGAIN TO DO MY CIVIC DUTY & MAKE MY COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE , I WAS PROUD TO SERVE . 

COTTON PATCH LESSONS !!!!

THANKS FOR READING !!

HANGING & BANGING

**** THERE IS A NEED FOR ANGER MANAGEMENT IN FOOTBALL 

COACHES ARE GOING NUTSO ON THE SIDELINE , WILLIE MUSCAMP TOTALLY BAT - DOO, 

HEART ATTACK OR STROKE IS GOING TO HAPPEN . THESE BOYS ARE MADDER THAN THE GATORS WHEN THE POND WENT DRY .

WHAT ABOUT CHOIR - BOY PEYTON MANNING  ? OLE PEYTON SCREAMED THE MAGIC WORD . YOU KNOW THE ONE ABOUT MOMMA . 

THEN SWEET P TOLD THE REF THAT HE MOST RESPECTFULLY BEGGED  TO DIFFER WITH HIS CALL . 

WHAT PEYTON SAID WAS " THAT WAS THE WORST HIRSE - SHOT CALL I HAVE EVER SEEN . 

**** WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE .

 AN EXAMPLE OF MIS - COMMUNICATION : THERE WAS AN INDIAN WHO USED TO HANG AROUND MEDINA NAMED BULL KILLER .

BULL WOULD BRING HIS SWEET WIFE CINDY TO MONA'S CUT & CURL WHILE BULL WALKED UP TO THE BARBER SHOP TO VISIT WITH THE BENCH SETTERS . 

ONE DAY AMO JONES CAME RUNNING UP TO THE BARBER SHOP SAYING " BULL BULL, CINDY IS TELLING EVERYBODY YOU ARE IN THE KKK. 

BULL SAID" SAY WHAT , I AIN'T IN NO KLAN " 

AMO SAID " WELL CINDY TOLD EVERY  BODY THAT YOU WAS A REAL BOOGER UNDER THE SHEETS "

**** HOW ABOUT SOME COACH CHANGE TALK !

ARKANSAS - TOMMY TUBERVILLE
TENNESSEE - JOHN GRUDEN 
TEXAS TECH - SONNY DYKES
AUBURN - BOBBY PETRINO 
TEXAS - ???????

THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET YOU TALKING . 
FOR THOSE WHO SAY NO ONE WILL HIRE PETRINO , FACT IS ; IF BOBBY CAN WIN GAMES THE SCHOOL WILL BUY HIM A CYCLE & RENT A HOT CHICK TO RIDE ALONG .

***** ELLIS JOHNSON AT SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI .
 THAT IS LIKE GETTING A TICKET ON THE TITANIC . 

SECOND MISTAKE ELLIS MADE WAS HIRING HERO TOMMY WEST AS DC  . THE FIRST MISTAKE WAS GOING TO USM .  KIND OF LIKE WHEN CUSTER SAID " THEY LOOK LIKE FRIENDLY INDIANS ."

***** THOSE WHO SAID NO WOMAN UNDERSTANDS THE INFIELD FLY RULE , YOU HAVE BEEN PROVED WRONG BY MY DAUGHTER IN - LAW . 

RHG {RED HEADED GENIUS } NAILED IT , SO PAY UP DUDES .

I KNOW YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS BUT SOMETIMES I AM ACCUSED OF TALKING A LITTLE TRASH .  RHG WAS A LITTLE FAZED BY THIS AT FIRST BUT SHE HAS ADJUSTED QUITE WELL . 

AS HAVE ALL MY SISTER IN - LAWS WHO USED TO HAVE TRAINING SESSIONS TO HELP THE NEW GIRLS COPE . RIGHT ,NEVA ,JAN ,DEE - ANN , & ANNIE .

***** HOW CAN YOU NOT VOTE FOR EDDIE MUNSTER FOR VP  ?

***** UNTIL THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PUNCHES IN BUNCHES

*****
         MY OLD BOXING COACH USED TO PREACH " THROW PUNCHES IN BUNCHES " SO WE ARE GOING TO THROW A BUNCH OF PUNCHES TODAY .

 1. LES MILES IS A BEACON OF HOPE TO EVERY JACKASS IN THE WORLD . LIVING PROOF THAT YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH TALENT TO FAIL .

 TOO BIG TO FAIL . LES HAS MORE PLAYERS THAN EVEN HE CAN SCREW UP . WATCHING LES MANAGE THE CLOCK IS PROOF THAT MILES DOES NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND A WRISTWATCH .

LSU WINS IN SPITE OF NOT BECAUSE OF MILES . IF THE TIGERS WERE HELPED INSTEAD OF HINDERED FROM THE SIDELINE THE REST OF THE SEC WOULD BE WITHOUT HOPE .

LSU , BEST TALENT , WORST COACH IN THE SEC .

2. DID YOU KNOW A 67 YEAR OLD MAN COULD JUMP LIKE THAT ? STEVE SPURRIER LOOKED LIKE A MAN AT A GAS STATION WHO RAN IN UTTER DESPERATION TO THE REST ROOM ONLY TO FIND THE DOOR LOCKED .

STEVE NEEDS TO BE ON THE CAROLINA DIVE TEAM . HE IS DOING A TWO AND A HALF TWIST FROM A STANDING START . UNBELIEVABLE FOR HIS AGE .

CAROLINA WOULD BE GREAT IF STEVE WOULD STOP TRYING TO PLAY QUARTERBACK .  SOS IS LIVING IN THE PAST , THINKING IT IS 1966 & OLD #11 IS STILL THROWING THE BALL .

THESE GUYS CAN'T DO THE THINGS YOU COULD STEVE . COACH THEM AND LET YESTERDAY GO .

3. THE T IN TENNESSEE & TEXAS A&M IS NOT FOR TACKLE .  THE VOLS AND AGGIES COULDN'T TACKLE A SENIOR CITIZEN STANDING STILL .

THE A&M DEFENSE IS ONE OF THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN . TEAMS GO THROUGH THE AGGIES LIKE A WET FART THROUGH  SILK DRAWERS .

A&M SCORED 59 AND ONLY WON BY TWO . I CAN REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS HARD TO SCORE 57 ON THE AGGIES IN HALF A SEASON .

4. HIGH SCHOOL HUGH FACES A FORK IN THE ROAD GAME AT ARKANSAS . IF THE LITTLE MAN CAN BEAT THE HOGS HE CAN WIN 6 OR 7 IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS REBEL BOSS .

THEY WILL BE CALLING HUGH ANOTHER JOHNNY V . HUGH IS NOTHING LIKE VAUGHT. JV WAS THE VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS CLASS .

VAUGHT'S INTELLIGENCE WAS SUPERSEDED ONLY BY A MASSIVE MEAN STREAK . THIS COMBINATION ENABLED JV TO WIN 75 % OF HIS TIME AT OLE MISS .

HUGH WILL NOT COME CLOSE TO THAT .

5. WHY DOES OLE MISS LOVE ARCHIE MANNING SO MUCH ? THE ADULATION OF # 18 IS OUT OF PROPORTION TO HIS PERFORMANCE .

THE REBELS WERE 22 - 10 -1 WITH ARCHIE AT QB . 2 - 1 IN BOWL GAMES , NO SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS , NEVER MORE THAN 8 WINS A YEAR & THAT HIGH WATER MARK ONLY ONCE  .

I THINK ARCHIE WAS 1 - 1 - 1 VERSUS STATE .

IS IT BECAUSE ARCHIE WAS SUCH A GREAT PERSON ? ONE OF MY BEST BUDS GREW UP WITH ARCHIE & LOVES HIM DEARLY .

A GREAT CAREER , A GREAT PERSON , DOES THIS MERIT THE LOFTY STATUS ARCHIE HOLDS ?

6. WHY IS PEYTON MANNING MUCH MORE LOVED AT TENNESSEE THAN TEE MARTIN ?

PEYTON 39 - 6 AS A STARTER , NO SEC TITLES ,NEVER BEAT FLORIDA  .
TEE 12 -&0  AS STARTER , SEC CHAMP, NATIONAL CHAMP , WHOOPED  THE GATORS & BAMA .

BUT PEYTON IS LIGHT YEARS MORE LOVED . WHY ?

***** ENOUGH PUNCHING FOR TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111    

JUST THINKING

*****
         YESTERDAY I WATCHED THE SUN SET OVER THE LAKE FROM MY BACK PORCH  . IT WAS SO QUIET AND PEACEFUL  .

THE WORDS FROM AN OLD SONG KEPT RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND

" LIFE'S EVENING SUN IS SINKING LOW
  A FEW MORE DAYS AND I MUST GO
  TO MEET THE DEEDS I HAVE DONE
  IN THE LAND BEYOND THE SETTING SUN"

MY STREAM OF THOUGHT WAS RUNNING AT THE MAX AND MY MIND TOOK ME TO LONG AGO TIMES & FARAWAY PLACES .

THAT GROUP OF FIRST GRADERS WHO BEGAN LIFE'S JOURNEY SO MANY YEARS AGO CROSSED MY MIND . I CAN ALMOST RECALL ALL OF THEM & KNOW WHERE MOST ARE NOW .

MANY ARE STILL AT HOME . HOME BEING GIBSON COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY

BECKY,  RITA, JUDY ,DEBBIE  VICKIE , DONNA ,NANCY, RANDALL ,GLENN , STEVE , BARRY, PAUL , & JESSEE ALL ARE HOME .

TIM [ NASHVILLE] ,ROY [ TRACY CITY] , JOE DAVID [MISSISSIPPI], DIANE [ALABAMA] , HILDA [INDIANA], NORMA [MISSISSIPPI] , & SARAH {OKLAHOMA] ARE THOSE WHO LIVE AWAY .

JUNIOR,WAYNE ,& JOE HAVE GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD .

I KNOW I AM LEAVING OUT SOME I LOVE BUT THIS IS THE BEST MY MEDICATED MIND CAN DO WITHOUT HELP FROM A YEARBOOK .

CLASS OF 68 YOU 'RE ALWAYS ON MY MIND .

*****
         HIGH SCHOOL HUGH WILL NOT ADMIT IT ,BUT HE MADE A BAD CALL . IF YOU ARE GOING ON FOURTH AND VERY SHORT YOU DON'T DO IT OUT OF THE SHOTGUN .

WELL IT WORKED EVERY TIME AT BRIARCREST , JUST GET BEHIND MICHAEL OHER & GET THE FIRST DOWN . SCHOOLBOY FREEZE CAN'T BELIEVE IT DIDN'T WORK .

DON'T CRY FOR HIGH SCHOOL HUGH ; HE IS GOING TO WIN SIX OR MORE HIS FIRST YEAR AT OLE MISS .

THE SALESMAN HUGH IS THEY WILL HAVE BILLBOARDS OF HUGH ALL THE WAY DOWN I - 55 TELLING US HOW WONDERFUL HUGH IS  .

HUGH HAS TO BE ONE TIRED DUDE IN THE EVER FROM SLINGING TONS OF B.S. ALL DAY .

*****
        SPEAKING OF B.S. SLINGING , HOW ABOUT OBAMA & ROMNEY  ? NEITHER OF THOSE BOYS WOULD KNOW THE TRUTH IF IT BIT THEM ON THE BUTT .

 BOGUS OBAMA & RICH ROMNEY ARE CON - MEN LIKE BIBLE SALESMAN MOSES PRAY IN PAPER MOON .

*****
         AND WHAT ABOUT:

 SHELBY COUNTY  - CLASS OF THE NATION IN EDUCATION.

 KNOCK THAT C&L OFF THERE & YOU'VE GOT IT .

BERNIE MADE - OFF WITH THE MONEY IS NO EQUAL FOR CRYING FOR CASH .

YOU KNOW THE SHELBY COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS GOING IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS .

                      SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN MENTAL DWARFS

STARRING JANIS FULLILOVE  AND THE CITY COUNCIL .


UNTIL THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT TIME OF YEAR

***
     FALL IS COMING FAST . THE DAYS ARE GETTING CRISP & THE NIGHTS ARE BEGINNING TO HAVE A CHILL . THE SEASON IS CHANGING & TIME MARCHES ON .

 THIS WEEK IS THE START OF YEAR THREE OF MY BATTLE WITH CANCER . I AM SO GRATEFUL THE LORD ALLOWED ME TO HAVE SOME EXTRA TIME . YOU NEVER KNOW HOW LONG YOU CAN HOLD OFF THE DEADLY FOE SO YOU WANT TO MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT . CANCER IS RELENTLESS ON THE ATTACK THE WAY THE MEDINA WRECKING CREW WAS IN THE DAYS OF OLD .

I HAVE A STRONG DESIRE TO REACH BACK INTO THE PAST & TOUCH BASE WITH PEOPLE FROM LONG AGO . JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM & HOW THEY ARE DOING.

THERE ARE PEOPLE YOU TRAVEL WITH ON LIFE'S HIGHWAY, THEN THE ROAD FORKS & YOU GO YOUR SEPARATE WAYS . SOMETIMES YOU WONDER WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN .

 THAT TIME IN THE CHEMO ROOM WILL CHANGE YOUR OUT - LOOK AND SHAKE UP YOUR VALUES .  

***
     WE ARE ALMOST HALFWAY INTO THE FOOTBALL SEASON . THERE ARE SIX ,COUNT THEM SIX  UNBEATEN TEAMS IN THE SEC .

 THIS WON'T LAST LONG . IT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS MOST IF NOT ALL OF THESE TEAMS WILL FALL BY THE WAYSIDE . ONLY ONE,MAYBE NONE OF THESE TEAMS WILL COMPLETE THE PATH .

 CAROLINA , GEORGIA, & BAMA LOOK THE BEST TO ME  . LSU OR FLORIDA ONE WILL FALL BEFORE THE EAGLE FLIES . STATE BETTER SING IN THE SUNSHINE WHILE THEY CAN  . T.R. & HUMPTY DAN ARE HEADED INTO SOME SHOOTOUTS WITHOUT MAX FIREPOWER .

***
     SOME ADVICE TO COACHES . DON'T COACH SO MUCH ! GET YOUR BUCKEROOS LINED - UP IN SIMPLE SCHEMES & LET THEM PLAY .

SOUTH PANOLA CASE - IN  POINT . THE LESS LANCE POUGE  COACHES THE BETTER THE TIGERS PLAY . JUST ASK HARVARD HIGH { OLIVE BRANCH} ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PANOLA KEEPS IT SIMPLE .

***
     I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HARVARD HIGH  { OLIVE BRANCH } . THE HUGE NUMBER OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS TRANSFERRING TO OLIVE BRANCH FOR THE WONDERFUL EDUCATION . WHY ARE THOSE PLAYERS WHO ARE PUTTING ACADEMICS AHEAD OF FOOTBALL NOT TRANSFERRING TO LEWISBURG ?

 LEWISBURG HAS 2/3 THE ENROLLMENT OF HARVARD HIGH  BUT THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS .

 ALSO DEAN SAMSEL , WHY DIDN'T THE PLAYERS WHO TRANSFERRED TO OLIVE BRANCH FOR THE ACADEMICS  LEAVE OLIVE BRANCH WHEN THEY COULD NOT PLAY BALL ?

 YOU SAID IT WASN'T ABOUT FOOTBALL . OH DEAN SAMSEL ARE YOUR PANTS ON FIRE ?

UNTIL NEXT TIME  , WILL HARVARD HIGH BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE   SUPERIOR ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY TO OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE MEMPHIS  METRO
 AREA ?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 

SCATTERSHOOTING

*****
         FOOTBALL IS A BI- POLAR GAME . ON ALL LEVELS . ONE WEEK A TEAM LOOKS GOOD ,THE NEXT GAME THEY ARE STINKERS . NO CONSISTENCY FROM GAME TO GAME .

 ONE REASON FOR THIS IS THE SPREAD OFFENSE . YES, THE SPREAD SOMETIMES GIVES THE LESSER TEAM A CHANCE . BUT SPREAD TEAMS STRUGGLE TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF EXECUTION & THE INCREASE IN MISTAKES MOST OFTEN LEADS TO DEFEAT.

 THE SPREAD IS LOSING ITS ONE TIME ADVANTAGE AS DEFENSES BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE SPREAD . WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING A LOT IT GETS EASIER  TO DEAL WITH . 

 SPREAD TEAMS HAVE TROUBLE BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE SHOTGUN SNAP & MOST OFTEN WILL BEAT THEMSELVES .

*****
        THE TENNESSEE VOLS ARE IN TROUBLE . NO WAY THEY SHOULD STRUGGLE WITH AKRON . SEEMS LIKE STORMS  AHEAD FOR THE BIG ORANGE .

 TERRY BOWDEN IS IN THE DANGER ZONE . AKRON IS THE HOME OF GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY . IF GOODYEAR GIVES TERRY A COMPANY LOGO JACKET ,THERE WILL BE A LINE OF KIDS FIVES MILES LONG WANTING TO RIDE . THE KIDS WILL  THINK THE GOODYEAR BLIMP IS IN TOWN .

 IN THE THIRD QUARTER TERRY WAS KNOCKED OVER ON THE SIDELINE . TERRY ROCKED HIMSELF TO SLEEP BEFORE THEY COULDN'T GET HIM UP RIGHT .

 THERE USED TO BE A LOT OF HEAVY COACHES . I WAS ONE  BUT TV PUT THE FAT BOYS AT A DISADVANTAGE

*****
       ARE WE SEEING THE WINDOW CLOSE ON PEYTON MANNING ? AM I LOOKING FOR TOO MUCH FROM A 36 YEAR OLD WHO HAS NOT PLAYED IN OVER A YEAR ?

 PEYTON IS 1 - 2 , BUT HAS PLAYED THREE REALLY GOOD TEAMS . BIG P HAS LOOKED GREAT AT TIMES JUST LIKE THE DAYS OF OLD . OTHER TIMES MANNING LOOKS AS BAD AS I HAVE EVER SEEN HIM .

 WILL PEYTON SHAKE THE RUST AS THE GAMES GO ON OR DO YOU GET BETTER AT 36 ?

*****
         I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT LELAND SMITH YESTERDAY . I THINK ABOUT LELAND MOST EVERY DAY  BUT IT WAS YESTERDAY 19 YEARS AGO HE LEFT US .

 THE BIG SAMURAI WAS ONE OF A KIND .  I THINK I KNOW WHAT HE WOULD SAY ABOUT THE GAME TODAY .  IN THE WORDS OF HERACLITUS " YOU CAN'T STEP IN THE SAME RIVER TWICE "

*****
        SEC COACHES ALREADY IN TROUBLE !  JOKER PHILLIPS , JAMES FRANKLIN , DEREK DOOLEY , GENE CHIZEK , AND JOHN L. SMITH !

 THE CHANCE THAT ALL THESE BOYS WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THE DEEP - DOO  IS ALMOST NIL .

*****
        OL' CHILI PEPPER IS CUTER THAN A TRUCKLOAD OF BABY DUCKS .  I LOVE THAT GIRL SO MUCH .  


THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TURN THE WORLD UP-SIDE DOWN

**** HIGH SCHOOL 

 TWO WEST TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOLS SHOCKED THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL LAST WEEK . THE SOUTH GIBSON AKA MEDINA HORNETS BEAT MIGHTY MILAN . THE BULLDOGS ARE THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN IN WEST TENNESSEE FOOTBALL . FOUR STATE TITLES AND FOUR RUNNER-UPS ATTEST TO THE KING .

 THE HORNETS IN ONLY THEIR SECOND YEAR OF EXISTENCE BEAT THE DAWGS . SO NOW MILAN FACES A REBELLION IN THEIR FOOTBALL KINGDOM FROM ONLY EIGHT MILES AWAY . 

 ON THE SAME NIGHT POOR RELATION WEST CARROLL WHIPPED HUNTINGTON FOR THE FIRST TIME . THE NEVER - DO - WELL WAR EAGLES POPPED THE UPPITY MUSTANGS PRETTY GOOD .  

 IS THE SOCIAL ORDER AS BOBBY D USED TO SING THE TIMES ARE A - CHANGING ?

OLIVE  BRANCH IS VERY GOOD . MUS DID BEAT THEMSELVES BUT OB IS GOOD . THEY ARE A SIMPLE SPREAD TEAM WITH GREAT SPEED . 

 WHAT MAKES THE BRANCH SO TOUGH IS THEIR CONTROL OF THE MEMPHIS RECRUITING AREA . LIKE THIS YEAR OB NEEDED A QB SO THEY GOT ONE FROM AS FAR NORTH AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR OFFICIAL MEMPHIS RECRUITING TERRITORY.  HOW GOOD WOULD OB BE WITHOUT SAM CRAFT ?

**** COLLEGE

 TENNESSEE IS BACK IN THE REAL WORLD . THE GATOR SPEED BURNED THE VOLS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER . DREAMS OF 8 OR 9 WINS HAVE DIED & 7 SEEMS IFFY . THE LITTLE DOOLEY BOY MAY  NEED TO CHECK THE WANT ADS .

THE ARKANSAS DREAM SEASON HAS TURNED INTO A HAWG NIGHTMARE . COACH FIRED, UPSET LOSS . QB HURT , MONSTER BUTT - WHUPPING  . THE HAWGS ARE ASKING " WHAT IS HOUSTON NUTT DOING NOW ?"

HUGH FREEZE HAS NOT MADE THE MISTAKE OF PLAYING TEAMS WITH BETTER PLAYERS VERY OFTEN IN HIS CAREER . HE DID WITH TEXAS . FREEZE BETTER RE- READ THE CHAPTER IN THE BENNY HINN BOOK BUILDING A PROGRAM BY SCHEDULING.

OH. I FORGOT HUGH IS IN THE SEC NOW AND CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THAT SCHEDULE . DON'T WORRY HUGH , I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL SCORE  MORE THAN 66 . I DOUBT THAT MORE THAN ONE OR TWO WILL EVEN GET 50 .  

 WILL MEMPHIS EVER LEARN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THE COACH IS OR WHERE YOU PLAY ? 

 IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PLAYERS STUPID . THE TIGERS MUST GET BETTER PLAYERS TO EVER IMPROVE . YOU CAN'T COACH THEM TO BE BIGGER OR RUN FASTER . YOU HAVE TO FIND THOSE THAT CAN .  MEMPHIS MAKES THE SAME ERRORS OVER AND OVER . LIKE A MAN ON A MERRY GO  AROUND WHO KEEPS WONDERING WHY HE KEEPS COMING  TO THE SAME PLACE AGAIN AND AGAIN.  

**** NFL 

 THE COWBOYS STINK . I AM TIRED OF WAITING . THE BLAME FALLS ON YOU JERRY JONES . NOT GARRETT OR ROMO  OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER STOOGES . 

 JERRY , PRODUCE OR GET OFF THE POT . IF YOU CAN'T DO IT GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THE SEAT .

 JJ , IT WAS BEEN 16 SUPER BOWLS SINCE THE COWBOYS WERE RIDING HIGH . THE CAP STOPPED YOU FROM JUST BUYING A WINNER . 

 I THINK YOU NEED TO FIRE SOMEBODY ,NAMELY JERRY JONES .

TILL NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!1

THE NFL & THE SEC

***** I LOVE THE NFL & THE SEC . THAT IS ALL THE TEAMS I CAN PROCESS. SOMETIMES A HOT TEAM WILL CATCH MY INTEREST BUT FOR THE MOST PART I CLOSELY FOLLOW THE NFL & THE SEC .

THE FIRST REPORT CARD IS HERE :

 THE ONLY A IS ALABAMA . THE TIDE DOMINATES BOTH LINES OF SCRIMMAGE . LITTLE NICKY & THE TIDE MAY BLOW THOUGH WITH OUT BEING TESTED . BAMA WILL WIN AT LEAST 11 GAMES THIS YEAR .

 TEAMS RECEIVING B'S ARE LSU, STATE, GEORGIA, TENNESSEE & USC . THESE TEAMS HAVE WON TWO GAMES BUT NOT LOOKED GOOD DOING IT .

LSU GETS LES MILES OUT OF THEIR TALENT THAN ANYONE .  HUMPTY DAN & STATE ARE DEPENDING ON TYLER RUSSELL .

 GEORGIA IS LUCKY TO BE 2 - 0 . THEY ARE SO UP & DOWN & DON'T PLAY SMART .THE VOLS HAVE LOOKED BETTER BUT ONE THE THE WINS WAS OVER A RINKY - DINK .

 THE CAROLINA FIGHTIN CHICKENS ARE NOT AS NASTY AS THEY SHOULD BE . NO WAY CAROLINA WILL WIN 10 .

 GETTING A BIG C ARE OLE MISS, FLORIDA, & MIZZOU . THE TIGERS FROM THE NORTHWEST TALK A BETTER GAME THAN THEY PLAY . BOTH NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK GOT A BUTT - WHUPPIN TO WELCOME THEM .

 OLE MISS & FLORIDA HAVE WON TWO BUT NOT PLAYED GREAT . TENNESSEE & THE GATORS PLAY THIS WEEK IN A FORK IN THE ROAD GAME .

 IN LINE FOR D'S  ARE AUBURN ,ARKANSAS, VANDY, KENTUCKY  AND A&M .IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THE BAD JOHN L. TO SHOW UP  . HAWG DREAMS ENDED EARLY & NOW IT IS BAMA TIME .

 THIS WEEK CALL THE HOGS ALL YOU WANT BUT I DON'T THINK THEY ARE COMING .

 THE NFL

EIGHT NFL TEAMS LOOKED BETTER THAN AVERAGE WHILE FIVE LOOKED WORSE THAN AVERAGE .

 TOPPING THE AVERAGE STANDARD WERE THE PATRIOTS, RAVENS,TEXANS,BRONCOS,COWBOYS, REDSKINS,FALCONS ,& 49ERS .

 THE COWBOYS & THE REDSKINS WERE SURPRISE WINNERS , THE BRONCOS  HAD A FAST START OVER THE STEELERS . THE 49ERS LOOKED THE BEST OF ALL IN WEEK ONE

 STUMBLING OUT OF THE GATE WERE THE GIANTS,TITANS,CHIEFS, SAINTS,& THE SEAHAWKS .

 EARLY THINKING WAS THAT PETER PREP SCHOOL WOULD WIN THE BATTLE IN SEATTLE , BUT THE HAWKS COULDN'T GET PAST ZONA .

 THE SAINTS HAVE HAD TOO MUCH MESS TO DEAL WITH  & IT SHOWED . THE BIG EASY BOYS MAY HAVE SLAMMED THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY ON  THEIR  FINGERS .

 WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CHIEFS ? A POOR START FOR A TALENTED GROUP . THE TITANS ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE . ELI SEEMS TO BE LOST IN THE FOG AS MOST GRADUATES OF OLE MISS ARE  .

 WELL I HOPE ALL YOUR TEAMS WIN THIS WEEK !!!!!

A HIGH SCHOOL PREDICTION : MUS OVER OLIVE BRANCH . OB DIDN'T BRING IN ENOUGH PLAYERS TO KEEP UP LAST YEAR'S PACE .

 A CAPABLE GROUP OF PEE-WEE COACHES SHOULD WIN THE STATE WITH WHITEHAVEN . THE TIGERS COULD WIN IT ALL WITH JUST A LITTLE HELP FROM THE SIDELINE .

LOOKING BACK

***** LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR OF OPENING WEEK OF FOOTBALL IS REVEALING . SOME TEAMS ARE BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT , SOME NOT AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED .

 WHICH IS THE TOUGHEST LOSS ? PENN STATE OR MEMPHIS . BOTH SCHOOLS HAVE A HARDER ROW TO HOE THAN EXPECTED .

 ALABAMA LOOKS READY FOR ANOTHER TITLE RUN ,. ROLL TIDE IS ALREADY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE . THE TIDE DOMINATES ON BOTH OFFENSIVE & DEFENSIVE LINE PLAY .

 BAMA'S STEADY UNDER CONTROL OFFENSE DOES NOT PUT  THEM IN BAD POSITION . BAMA WON'T BEAT THEMSELVES .

 TENNESSEE LOOKED A LOT BETTER THAN I ANTICIPATED . COURSE I WASN'T EXPECTING MUCH . I THOUGHT THE VOLS WOULD BE LUCKY TO WIN FOUR . NOW I THINK THE BIG ORANGE COULD SQUEEZE OUT SEVEN WINS . MAYBE EVEN SAVE THE LITTLE DOOLEY BOY'S JOB .

 OKLAHOMA STATE & OREGON WERE AS STOUT AS A DIP OF LEVI GARRETT ON A COLD MORNING .

 I FELT THE CAROLINA GAMECOCKS WERE A BIG LET DOWN . LATTIMOORE  IS ABOUT 75 % OF WHAT HE USED TO BE . THE DEFENSE IS NOT DOMINATING & THE QB PLAY IS BARELY ABOVE AVERAGE .

 I AM AFRAID THE STATE BULLDOGS ARE MARCHING TOWARD DISASTER .HAVING A PASS HAPPY OFFENSE WITH TYLER RUSSELL AS THE TRIGGERMAN  IS AS BIG A MISTAKE AS WHEN CUSTER SAID THEY LOOK LIKE FRIENDLY INDIANS . HUMPTY DAN COULD DRIVE THE BUS OFF THE LEVEE THIS FALL

  THE GEORGIA DAWGS WERE A TAD SHY OF SCINTILLATING. GEORGIA SEEMS TO BE WANDERING AROUND A BIT .

 I THINK THE LSU TIGERS ARE REMARKABLE WHEN YOU CONSIDER LES MILES IS THE COACH . LES COULD NOT COACH A HOG TO WATER . THE FAMOUS COACH UNDERFALL AT MEDINA WAS BETTER THAN LES .

 COURSE TO BE FAIR OLD UNDERFALL WAS NOT TOO BAD WHEN HE WAS AWAKE . COACH HAD A HABIT OF NODDING OFF ON THE BENCH .

 VANDY HAS NARROWED THE GAP . THE DORES ARE MUCH BETTER BUT NOT QUIET AROUND THE BEND . VANDY IS STILL A BIT LIGHT ON GREAT ATHLETES AND STUNNING GIRLS . ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL AIRHEADS ARE AT FLORIDA & OLE MISS .

 THOSE HONEYS DO GOOD TO PASS GAS , THEY SURE CAN'T DO THE WORK AT VANDY .  I BET THERE AREN'T FIVE PAIR OF GLASSES AMONG THEM .

 BUT VANDY IS GETTING BETTER . REMEMBER JAMES FRANKLIN PROMISED ; NO UGLY COACHES 'WIFES .

 THAT HUGH FREEZE IS A BIG TIME IN - TO  - MANURE . THE OXFORD FOLKS WILL HAVE A BIGGER DIG OUT THAN A BUFFALO SNOW STORM.

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

DEFEND THE SPREAD

***** I WATCHED A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS PAST WEEK . FROM COAST TO COAST ,BORDER TO BORDER HIGH SCHOOLS ARE IN THE SPREAD OFFENSE .ABOUT 85% ARE SPREAD OFFENSES .

 WHY IS THIS ? COACHES HAVE A POWERFUL HERD MENTALITY . IF A TEAM HAS SUCCESS WITH A SCHEME OTHERS FLOCK TO FOLLOW .

 THE SPREAD IS A SIMPLE SCHEME . PUT YOUR BEST ATHLETE FIVE TO SEVEN YARDS DEEP TAKING THE SNAP WITH THE OPTION TO RUN OR THROW . THE OTHER FIVE ELIGIBLE PLAYERS CAN LINE UP IN MULTIPLE PLACES WITH ALL KINDS OF MOTIONS AND SHIFTS.

 ALL OF THIS MOVEMENT IS CONFUSING TO THE DEFENSE & MAKES IT HARD TO GET LINED UP IN THE RIGHT PLACE . IT CAUSES DOUBT AS TO WHO IS COVERING WHAT . A CONFUSED DEFENSE CANNOT BE AGGRESSIVE.

  SO TO BE A GOOD SPREAD TEAM , YOU NEED A DUAL THREAT QB & RECEIVERS WHO CAN BEAT ONE ON ONE COVERAGE . A DOMINATING   OFFENSIVE LINE IS A PLUS BUT NOT NECESSARY .

 IN THE EARLY DAYS THE SPREAD HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF SURPRISE & UNFAMILIARITY  . YOU DIDN'T SEE IT MUCH . MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR . NOW YOU PLAY AGAINST THE SPREAD EVERY WEEK . THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IS GONE & TEAMS ARE FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE SPREAD TO DUPLICATE THE OFFENSE IN PRACTICE .  

   HOW DO YOU DEFEND THE SPREAD ? FIRST DETERMINE IS THE QB A DUAL THREAT . MOST NFL TEAMS,THE QB IS NOT A DUAL THREAT .THE SPREAD IS LIMITED TO A THIRD DOWN OFFENSE  IN THE LEAGUE.

 NEXT , CAN YOU COVER THE WIDE - OUT ONE ON ONE ? THE ANSWER WILL DICTATE  THE COVERAGE USED . 

 THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF DEFENSE IN HIGH SCHOOL IS THE FIELD ITSELF . THE HIGHER LEVEL OF FOOTBALL YOU PLAY , THE CLOSER THE HASH MARKS .

 IN HIGH SCHOOL THERE IS A DEFINED WIDE SIDE AND SHORT SIDE .

 THE KEY TO DEFENSING THE SPREAD IS TO OVERLOAD YOUR DEFENSE TO THE WIDE SIDE OF THE FIELD . THIS FORCES THE OFFENSE TO WORK IN A RESTRICTED AREA .

 ALSO FIELD ALIGNMENT ELIMINATES THE CONFUSION CAUSED BY OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT . THERE IS NO QUESTION AS TO HOW TO LINE UP  & DEFENDERS ARE FREE TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE .

 I THINK FIELD ALIGNMENT IS THE ANSWER TO DEFENDING THE SPREAD IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL . YOU HAVE FORCED THE SPREAD INTO TWO TOUGH CHOICES ; ATTACK THE OVERLOAD OR ATTACK A RESTRICTED AREA .   ALSO THE DEFENSE IS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE DUE TO THE LACK OF CONFUSION .

 THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!

BUDDY & ME

***** RIGHT AT TEN YEARS AGO CHILI PEPPER CAME HOME WITH A PUPPY . HE WAS A BLACK & WHITE PA-PILLION WEIGHTING FOUR POUNDS . 

 CHILI PEPPER SAID SHE JUST LOVED HIM ,HE  HAD SO MUCH PERSONALITY . SHE SAID SHE HOPED WE COULD KEEP HIM .

 BUDDY DISPLAYED HIS REMARKABLE INTELLIGENCE BY KNOWING HE HAD TO GET IN GOOD WITH THE FAT GUY IN THE LEATHER CHAIR . BUD MANAGED THIS BY CRAWLING ON MY SHOULDER & GOING TO SLEEP . 

 THIS WAS THE START OF OUR TIME WITH BUDDY . BUDDY IS THE MOST STRONG WILLED DOG EVER . CHILI PEPPER HAS SOME CONTROL BUT BUDDY CALLS THE SHOTS WITH POP-POP.

 IF ONE OF US IS SITTING BUDDY WILL BE IN OUR LAP . WHEN WE GO TO BED BUDDY DOES TOO . RIGHT BETWEEN US AS TIGHT AS HE CAN SNUGGLE UP . YOU BETTER GO TO BED ON TIME ALSO .  

 I DON'T RECALL BUDDY SPENDING A NIGHT APART FROM BOTH OF US . HE. HAS BEEN WITH US ON MOST TRIPS WE HAVE MADE .

 SINCE I HAVE HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS ,BUD & I ARE TOGETHER 24/7 . BUDDY HAS BEEN A LOT OF LOVE & COMPANY FOR ME .

 BUDDY WILL BE 10 YEARS OLD IN A FEW WEEKS, HE IS UP TO TEN POUNDS NOW . HE IS STILL AS SOFT AS HE WAS AS A PUPPY .

 I CAN TELL BUDDY IS REALLY SLOWING DOWN AS TIME GOES BY. MANY DAYS I WONDER WHO WILL REACH THE FINISH LINE FIRST, ME OR BUDDY .

  I AM GLAD BUDDY CAME TO LIVE WITH US .BUDDY IS BOTH LOVED & LOVES .

***** HARASSMENT & BULLY BEHAVIOR IS REPORTED IN AREA FOOTBALL TEAMS . THIS HAS GONE ON FOREVER . I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF TEAMS & GROUPS THAT HARASSED . 
 HARASSMENT IN MY DAY WAS NOT AS BAD AS THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TODAY. BUT THEY WERE NOT HARMLESS . 

 HUMILIATION DOES NOT MAKE ONE FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE GROUP . TEAM SPIRIT IS NOT DEVELOPED BY BULLY BEHAVIOR . IT ONLY DIVIDES .

 THE BEST POLICY IS NO HARASSMENT OF ANY KIND . IF YOU CAN'T RESPECT YOUR TEAMMATES THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE PART OF THE TEAM .

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

HERE & THERE

***** THE OLYMPICS HAVE COME & GONE . THERE WERE GREAT STORIES OF TRIUMPH & MANY STORIES OF HEARTBREAK.

 IT IS HARD TO CONCEIVE HOW MUCH THESE ATHLETES HAVE WORKED  OR THE COST THEY HAVE PAID . THEIR EVENT IS THEIR ENTIRE LIFE . IF YOU GAVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT YOU HAVE TO BE SATISFIED .

 JUST FRACTIONS OF SECONDS SEPARATE FIRST PLACE FROM LAST PLACE . IT IS AMAZING WHAT THE HUMAN BODY CAN ACHIEVE . DO YOU THINK ANYONE WILL EVER RUN FASTER THAN BOLT ?   

 HATS OFF TO ALL THE ATHLETES FOR THEIR WONDERFUL EFFORT . EVEN MY CRAZY FRIEND JOE DON LOONEY REALIZED IT IS THE EFFORT NOT THE RESULT WHICH MATTERS .

 A MOMENT FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY STICKS IN MY MIND . THE TEAMS FROM ISRAEL & IRAN MARCHED IN ONE IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. TO HAVE THOSE TWO THAT CLOSE & NOT HAVE A MAJOR THROWDOWN IS A MIRACLE.

***** ANOTHER MAJOR HAS PASSED & TIGER FADED AGAIN . I THOUGHT THE TIGER MAN MIGHT MAKE ME EAT MY WORDS . WOODS IS NOT THE SAME GOLFER HE WAS . THE FIELD HAS CAUGHT UP .

 THE LAST 16 MAJORS WON BY A DIFFERENT GOLFER . NO TWO IN A ROW FOR ANYONE . RORY MCKELLROY  SEEMS TO BE THE MAN TO BEAT THESE DAYS . RORY IS NOT THE MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER . HE IS CAPABLE OF GREAT ROUNDS & HORRIBLE ROUNDS .

***** FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE AGAIN . I LOVE IT FROM THE NFL  TO HIGH SCHOOL . I FOLLOW THE SEC INTENTLY IN THE COLLEGE GAME . I HAVE SEVERAL NFL TEAMS I LIKE .THERE ALL HIGH SCHOOLS SCATTERED NATION WIDE THAT I KEEP TABS ON .  I JUST LOVE FOOTBALL

 BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED  ABOUT HEAD INJURIES . I CAN SEE THIS BEING THE END OF FOOTBALL AS WE KNOW IT .

 PARENTS WILL BE AFRAID TO LET THE LITTLE ONES PLAY , & THE SPORT WILL DIE ON THE VINE . MAYBE I AM OVER-REACTING BUT I AM CONCERNED.

 BIG QUESTIONS THIS YEAR ARE ; HOW WILL PEYTON DO IN DENVER ? WILL THE SAINTS SURVIVE THE MESS THEY ARE IN ?

 WILL THE STATE OF ALABAMA WIN 4 NC'S IN A ROW ? SINCE LSU LOST A SUPERSTAR & ARKANSAS LOST A COACH , BAMA SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE .

 IS SOUTH PANOLA ON THE DOWNSLIDE ? WILL WHITEHAVEN GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR TALENT ? WHO WILL OLIVE BRANCH BRING IN THIS YEAR ?

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RANDOM THINKING

**** ONE OF MY GRANDMOTHERS WAS FOND OF QUOTING THE BOOK OF TIMOTHY  - THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL   
  
THE LONGER I LIVE I FIND THIS TO BE TRUE . THAT IS THE TROUBLE WITH GOVERNMENT TODAY . THE POLITICIANS ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY NOT THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE .

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHICH PARTY IS IN POWER , BOTH ARE OUT TO FILL UP THEIR POCKETS. THE RICH GET RICHER .

 AND THE BIG MONEY GUYS ARE NOT SATISFIED. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE ALL WE HAVE BUT WE HAVE TO GO INTO NATIONAL DEBT SO THE TOP DOGS CAN HAVE  EVEN MORE .

 THE  GAP BETWEEN THE HAVES & THE HAVE-NOTS GETS WIDER EVERY DAY . THE MIDDLE MAN HAS DISAPPEARED .

 ALL WARS ARE FOUGHT FOR MONEY . THEY FIND IDEALIST REASONS SO THE AVERAGE GUY WILL GIVE HIS LIFE . NOT MANY SIGN UP TO DIE FOR A FEW BARRELS OF OIL .

 BIG MONEY SENDS PEOPLE TO WAR BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE CHILDREN OF BIG MONEY THERE VERY OFTEN .

 THE DRUG PROBLEMS ARE ABOUT MONEY . PEOPLE STEAL AND KILL TO GET THE MONEY TO BUY THE STUFF .

A BIT LATER IN TIMOTHY IT SAYS MANY HAVE PIERCED THEMSELVES WITH MANY SORROWS CHASING AFTER MONEY . SO TRUE.

**** I HAVE WATCHED SOME OF THE OLYMPICS . SUBJECTIVE SCORING & NATIONALISM ARE ALWAYS PRESENT IN THE GAMES.

 IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE GAMES YOU BETTER HAVE A POT FULL OF MONEY . THEY CHARGE FOR EACH EVENT . THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINAL IS 300 POUNDS . IT TAKES A DOLLAR & 57 CENTS TO EQUAL A POUND . SO TO WATCH THE FINAL ALONE WILL COST YOU ABOUT 471 DOLLARS . 

 I HATE TO THINK ABOUT A TRIP TO THE CONCESSION STAND. I LOVE MISTY & KRISTY BUT I'LL JUST WATCH ON TV .

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WARNING DANGER AHEAD

***** THE SHELBY COUNTY COMMISSION AKA THE CLOWN COMMISSION HAS MOVED TO STOP FREE SPEECH IN THE COUNTY.

THE SCC IS TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO OBTAIN THE  IDENTITY OF THOSE WHO COMMENT ON THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL WEB SITE.

THE COMMISSION SAY THEY MUST KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING RACIAL COMMENTS .SO THE SCC SAYS JUST DO AWAY WITH THIS FREE SPEECH CONCEPT .

YOU ARE IN GREAT DANGER WHEN YOU ARE UNABLE TO DISAGREE WITH THE GOVERNMENT . IT IS A SHORT WALK FROM DENIAL
 OF FREE SPEECH TO THE LOSS OF ALL RIGHTS .

WE ARE LOSING FREEDOM EVERY DAY TO BIG GOVERNMENT . WE ARE BECOMING SERFS TO THE SCC. DON'T LET THE COUNTY SUPPRESS FREE SPEECH .

AS THE GREAT ACTIVIST JETHRO BODINE SAID: I'M GONNA DEMONSTRATE YOU ,I'M GONNA PROTEST YOU .

PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY NEED TO BE LIKE BARNEY FIFE , NIP IT IN THE BUD . FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH .

***** DON'T BE BANGING ON MICHAEL PHELPS. YOU DIDN'T THINK HE WAS GOING TO WIN ALL THOSE MEDALS AGAIN . YOU KNEW PHELPS GREAT MOMENT IN THE SUN WOULD FADE .

THE MARGIN BETWEEN VICTORY & DEFEAT IS RAZOR THIN . IT IS A FRACTION OF A SECOND BETWEEN THE GOLD & OUT IN THE COLD .

WHEN YOU HAVE INVESTED AS MUCH AS THESE ATHLETES HAVE , COMING UP SHORT IS HEARTBREAKING . THE GAMES ARE STORIES OF NOT ONLY VICTORY BUT ALSO STORIES OF DEFEAT .

 LET US PRAISE THE EFFORT MORE THAN THE OUTCOME . JOHN WOODEN   SAID "GIVING ALL IT SEEMS TO ME IS NOT SO FAR FROM VICTORY."

*****YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE ROMNEY OR OBAMA . IT MAKES ME NO DIFFERENCE WHICH CROOK TAKES MY MONEY .

BUT CAN YOU BELIEVE MITT ? THEY TURN HIM LOOSE A FEW MINUTES & HE MANAGES TO WHIZ OFF HALF THE WORLD .


RICH PEOPLE DO NOT ALWAYS CONSIDER THEIR WORDS . WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE CASH YOU CAN SHOW YOUR A AH TRUE SELF . THERESA HEINZ KERRY THE BEST EXAMPLE I KNOW OF . OLE T-BABY HAD SO MUCH DOUGH SHE HAD NEVER TO CONSIDER WHAT SHE SAID . SHE JUST LET FLY ,CAUSING PROBLEMS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL .

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WHOLE LOT OF SHAKING

***** PENN STATE FOOTBALL DIDN'T CATCH THE BUS BUT WAS RUN OVER BY THE BUS . THE LIONS DID NOT GET THE DEATH PENALTY BUT MIGHT SUFFER MORE WITH WHAT THEY GOT.  

 THE NCAA BOYS HIT PENN STATE VERY HARD
   1.60 MILLION DOLLAR FINE
   2. NO POST SEASON FOR 4 YEARS
   3. LOSS OF 40 SCHOLARSHIPS  OVER 4 YEARS
   4. PLAYERS MAY TRANSFER WITH NO PENALTY
   5. VACATE 111 WINS

MAKE NO MISTAKE ,IT WILL TAKE PENN STATE 10 YEARS TO RECOVER IF EVER . PENN STATE FOOTBALL AS WE KNEW IT IS GONE WITH THE WIND .

DO YOU THINK THIS IS TOO TOUGH ? THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS THIS DOES NOT PUNISH THE BAD ACTORS . THE LOAD FALLS ON PEOPLE WHO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE CRIMES .

 JOE PATERNO IS NO LONGER THE WININGEST COACH . THE PROGRAM THAT WAS A TESTAMENT TO JOE PA IS ASHES & RUBBLE .

 WILL THIS BRING REFORM TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL ? NO .IT WILL NOT . THERE IS TOO MUCH MONEY INVOLVED .AS LONG AS COACHES MAKE 1 TO 5 MILLION A YEAR NOTHING WILL CHANGE .

 WE KEEP PRETENDING THAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A SPORT WHEN IT REALLY IS A GIANT BUSINESS . THE FOOTBALL TAIL WAGS THE COLLEGE DOG .

 HOW MANY OF THE PLAYERS WOULD BE STUDENTS IF THERE WAS NO FOOTBALL ?  10% TOPS .

 WONDER WHO WILL BE THE NEXT MIGHTY TO FALL ?

*****
  DID ERNIE ELS WIN THE BRITISH OPEN ? OR DID ADAM SCOTT LOSE IT ? THE LAST FEW MAJORS I HAVE WATCHED IT SEEMS SOMEONE BLEW A BIG LEAD DOWN THE HOME STRETCH .

 IS THERE MORE PRESSURE TO COME FROM BEHIND OR TO STAY AHEAD ? IT IS FUN TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT .

 I SAY ADAM LOST IT .

*****
 THIS BRINGS US TO THE MAN FORMERLY KNOW AS TIGER WOODS . NO LONGER A TIGER, WOODS WILL BE CALLED PUSSYCAT FROM HERE ON .

 WILL PUSSYCAT BREAK THE GOLDEN BEAR'S RECORD ? I KNOW NOT , NOT EVEN A CLUE .

 BUT I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE SAME TIGER WOODS . YOU CAN TELL BY THE LOOK IN HIS EYES. THE STRIDE SEEMS DIFFERENT

 I GUESS WHEN YOUR WIFE BEATS THE SHINOLA OUT OF YOU WITH A GOLF CLUB , IT TAKES A WHILE TO BOUNCE BACK .

 WHEN TIGER APPROACHES A PUTT ,HE IS LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER FOR ELIN COMING OUT OF THE GALLERY SWINGING THAT CLUB .

 THE STORY CONTINUES .   

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JAB,JAB, PUNCH

***** I NEVER LIKED JOE PATERNO BUT I HELD HIS PROGRAM IN HIGH REGARD . 

 HOLY JOE WAS ALWAYS FIRST TO ACCUSE OTHERS OF RULE BREAKING & WRONG DOING . SUCCESS WITH HONOR  WAS JOE'S MANTRA .

PSU ACCORDING TO PATERNO WAS MORALLY SUPERIOR TO ALL  OTHERS . A SHINING LIGHT ON A HILL , AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THINGS SHOULD BE . THE PROGRAM FOR OTHERS TO ASPIRE TO .

WELL, IT  TURNS OUT THAT JOE & PENN STATE COVERED UP SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS. THE LEADERS CHOSE THE REPUTATION OF THE PROGRAM OVER CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN .

WHISTLE BLOWER JOE COULDN'T DROP THE DIME ON HIS OWN SHOW . I WONDER IF JOE LOVED HIS PROGRAM SO MUCH THAT HE MADE A HORRIBLE DECISION .

OR WAS SUCCESS WITH HONOR JUST A BUNCH OF B@LLSH*T FROM THE GET - GO ? WAS JOE A FRAUD FROM THE START OR JUST A FAILURE AT THE END ? 

WE WILL NEVER KNOW . IT IS ALWAYS SAD WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT WHAT WE THINK THEY ARE . THERE IS A LEVEL OF HYPOCRISY IN ALL OF US . BUT WHEN YOU SET YOURSELVES ABOVE OTHERS YOU BETTER LIVE UP TO IT .

***** I AM FULL OF MITT & AM OBAMA SICK . THERE IS NO ONE I WANT TO VOTE FOR . BOTH OF THESE CLOWNS ARE AS IN TOUCH WITH AVERAGE AMERICANS AS I AM WITH THE BUSHMEN OF BORNEO .

 OUR GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN MIND . JUST THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS THEY NEED TO GET ELECTED .

 OUR GOVERNMENT IS FOR SALE & HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME . REMEMBER I TOLD YOU WE ARE HEADING FOR AN ECONOMIC TRAIN WRECK THAT WILL MAKE 2008 LOOK LIKE A BURP .

 LORD HELP US !!!

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THE MILLIONAIRE CLUB

**** THE MEDIAN NET WORTH OF AN AMERICAN IS 100,000 DOLLARS . THE MEDIAN NET WORTH OF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS ALMOST ONE MILLION DOLLARS . 10 TIMES THE AVERAGE GUY .

  LESS THAN 1 % OF AMERICANS ARE MILLIONAIRES BUT RIGHT AT 50% OF CONGRESS HIT THE MILLIONAIRE MARK . A BIG GAP OR DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE RULERS & THE GOVERNED .

  SOME OF THE CONGRESSMEN WERE MILLIONAIRES BEFORE THEY REACHED OFFICE . MANY USED THEIR MONEY TO OBTAIN THE OFFICE . YOU CAN'T GET ELECTED WITHOUT A LOT OF MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE .
  MANY CONGRESSMEN WERE NOT MILLIONAIRES WHEN THEY CAME TO WASHINGTON BUT WERE MILLIONAIRES WHEN THEY LEFT . PRETTY GOOD TRICK TO INCREASE YOUR NET WORTH LIKE THAT .

  THE LAST FEW YEARS CONGRESSMEN HAVE INCREASED THEIR NET WORTH ABOUT 25 % A YEAR . THE GUY ON THE STREET HAS SEEN HIS  NET WORTH FALL ABOUT THE SAME 25% .

  THE JOB OF A CONGRESSMAN PAYS 174,000 A YEAR . THIS POSES TWO QUESTIONS:
 1. WHY WOULD SOMEONE SPEND A MILLION OR MORE TO GET A JOB THAT PAYS LESS THAN 200K ?
 2. HOW CAN YOU BUILD UP YOUR NET WORTH ON THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY ?

 THERE IS A SIMPLE ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS . IT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO ENGAGE IN INSIDER TRADING .

 IF YOU OR I WERE CONVICTED OF INSIDER TRADING WE WOULD GO TO JAIL A LONG TIME . WE WOULD HAVE FIXED THE GAME .

  IT IS LEGAL FOR CONGRESS  TO FIX THE GAME . THEY KNOW WHAT REGULATIONS ARE COMING & WHERE THE GRANTS ARE GOING .THEY KNOW WHO THE CHANGES  IN THE LAW WILL BENEFIT  & WHO WILL BE HURT .

  IT IS NOT HARD TO INVEST WHEN YOU HAVE ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OUTCOME .  THIS EXPLAINS  WHY CONGRESSMEN HAVE A MUCH BETTER INVESTMENT TRACK RECORD THAN THE OTHERS IN THE MARKET .

  LOOK UP THE TRADES YOUR FAVORITE ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS MADE IN THE LAST FEW  YEARS .   YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT HOW SMART & LUCKY THEY ARE . YOU WILL SEE MANY NAMES YOU KNOW .

 IN THE PAST A LOT OF FOLKS GOT THEIR TICKET PUNCHED FOR FIXING GAMES , MARKETS, CARD GAMES , PONZI SCHEMES , & ALL TYPES OF FRAUDS .

  THE DAY OF THE CITIZEN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS GONE IF IT EVER EXISTED .  ONLY 2% OF THE ELECTED COME FROM THE WORKING CLASS .

****WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT JUDICIAL RULING COMING IN THE SCHOOL MERGER CASE : MIGHTY MOUSE VS PINOCCHIO.  

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEMPHIS ?

**** EVERYBODY IS TRASHING MEMPHIS . BOOKS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS , & TV SPECIALS . 

 ON THE LIST OF THE WORST PLACES TO LIVE MEMPHIS IS IN THE TOP FIVE ON EVERY LIST 
HOW DID MEMPHIS MANAGE THIS   POSITION ? 
  MEMPHIS RATES HIGH IN : 
1. CRIME
2.POVERTY
3. CORRUPT GOVERNMENT
4. RACE RELATIONS 
5. FAILING SCHOOLS 
6. HEALTH ISSUES 
7.UNWED MOTHERS 
8. UNEMPLOYMENT.
9. FORECLOSURES
      AND ON & ON .

   NOW, I LOVE MEMPHIS . I HAVE LIVED IN THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA FOR 38 YEARS . ALL OF MY ADULT YEARS WERE SPENT IN METRO MEMPHIS . 

 MEMPHIS USED TO BE A FINE PLACE . MANY POINTS OF INTEREST & LOTS TO DO . GREAT EATING SPOTS & FINE ENTERTAINMENT . 

 FOLKS TOOK PRIDE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED BY THEIR SCHOOL .  SOUTH SIDE SCRAPPERS , HUMES  TIGERS , & MESICK PANTHERS TO NAME A FEW . 


 THERE WERE JOBS & A CHANCE TO BETTER YOUR LIFE . MEGA - CHURCHES IMPACTED THE AREA . TO MOVE TO MEMPHIS WAS MOVING TO THE BIG TIME . 


 WHAT HAPPENED ? MEMPHIS HAS BEEN LOSING GROUND FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS . A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY . 


 ALL THE PROBLEMS LISTED ARE SERIOUS BUT SOME STAND OUT IN MY MIND . 


 CRIME  - MEMPHIS IS NOT SAFE . IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A MURDER A DAY IN TOWN . I USED TO GO ALL OVER THIS TOWN . I HAVE BEEN TO EVERY GYM & FOOTBALL FIELD HERE . I WENT AT NIGHT & NEVER WORRIED . NOW THOSE SAME PLACES I WON'T GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY . A TRIP TO THE QUICK CHECK HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER . 


 CORRUPT GOVERNMENT  - MEMPHIS GOVERNMENT IS A ROTTEN MESS . THE ELECTED CREW HAS STOLEN ABOUT EVERY THING THERE IS TO STEAL . THEY PASS LAWS FOR THEIR PERSONAL BENEFIT & GRANT THEMSELVES LARGE PENSIONS . THERE ARE MORE CROOKS AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS THAN THERE ARE AT 201 POPLAR . 


 RACE RELATIONS - MEMPHIS IS THE MOST POLARIZED CITY IN THE NATION . EVERYTHING IS A BLACK /WHITE ISSUE . SOME PEOPLE HAVE MADE A CAREER OF RACE BAITING . THEY STIR THE POT EVERY CHANCE THEY GET . BLACKS & WHITES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS . EITHER THAT OR THEY WILL BOIL TOGETHER IN THE MEMPHIS POT . 

 FAILING SCHOOLS - MEMPHIS WILL HAVE TROUBLE ATTRACTING BUSINESS & BIG TIME JOBS BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE THE WORST IN THE STATE . COMPANIES & JOBS ARE RELOCATING TO OTHER AREAS WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT SO GREAT . IT LOOKS LIKE THE SCHOOLS WILL ONLY GET WORSE .   

  IS THERE HOPE FOR MEMPHIS ?  I DON'T THINK SO . YOU SEE HATE DESTROYS THE ONE WHO HATES AS MUCH AS THE HATED . 


 MEMPHIS PAYS A BIG PRICE EVERY DAY BECAUSE IN STEAD OF FIGHTING THE PROBLEMS THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT EACH OTHER . 


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RANDOM SHOTS

**** MORE ACTION IN THE COURTROOM THAN PLAYING FIELD THIS WEEK . 

 JERRY SANDUSKY WAS CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE PENN STATE HORROR SHOW . 
 SANDUSKY DESTROYED HIS VICTIMS, JOE PATERNO'S CAREER & THE PENN STATE IMAGE.
 HAPPY VALLEY MAY NEVER RECOVER . HOW COULD THIS GO ON THIS LONG WITHOUT BEING EXPOSED ?
 THE EXTENT OF PATERNO'S KNOWLEDGE & INVOLVEMENT WILL NEVER BE KNOWN . JOE'S 62 YEARS AT PSU DESTROYED IN A FLASH . 

**** THE COURT SAID ROGER CLEMENS WAS NOT GUILTY . HOW THE ROCKET PULLED THAT ONE OUT IS BEYOND ME . CELEBRITY JUSTICE IS  ALWAYS TRICKY .
 CLEMENS WILL ALWAYS BE MARKED A CHEATER NO MATTER WHAT THE COURT SAID . ANOTHER HERO BITS THE DUST .

**** LABRON JAMES WON HIS RING IN THE SECOND YEAR AT MIAMI . LBJ OVERCAME A LOT OF PRESSURE TO WIN THE TITLE. 
  IT IS NOT FAIR TO HATE JAMES FOR LEAVING CLEVELAND . IF YOU COULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN A NEW LOCATION YOU WOULD CHANGE ALSO .

**** TIGER WOODS DID NOT WIN THE U. S. OPEN LIKE MOST THOUGHT HE WOULD . THE TIGER MAN BLEW UP ON THE WEEKEND . TIGER IS THE EARLY FAVORITE TO WIN THE BRITISH OPEN . 

**** IN THE SCHOOL MERGER FIGHT DAVID PICKLER SCORED EARLY VS MARTAVEOUS JONES . PICKLER HAD HIS VOTES LINED UP WHILE MIGHTY MOUSE WAS SLOW OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS . 
  THIS MERGER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH KIDS EDUCATION . IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY ,POWER ,& CONTROL . 

 NO EDUCATION SYSTEM CAN OVERCOME THE FAILURE OF THE FAMILY TO SUPPORT THE CHILD . 
 ALL  THIS SHAKING IS FOR NAUGHT . WHEN WE KNOW ABOUT MSD & THE REAL BOARD IS ELECTED WILL THE REAL FIGHT BEGIN.

 THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!

SEC COACHES CONT.

**** TODAY WE WILL LOOK AT THE SEC WEST ;

ALABAMA - NICK SABAN
  AKA NICK SATAN OR NASTY NICKIE, PUTS TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON ASST. COACHES. VERY HARD TO WORK FOR .

 GREAT JOB COACHING ON THE FIELD PARTICULARITY ON DEFENSE . HE COULD BE THE BEST COACH IN AMERICA WINNING 2 OF THE LAST 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS.

ARKANSAS   - JOHN L. SMITH
    IS ARKANSAS LUCKY TO HAVE JOHN L. OR IS JOHN L.LUCKY TO HAVE A JOB ? BOBBY P. HAD THE HOGS READY FOR A RUN AT THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE HE MIXED BLONDS &MOTORCYCLES .

SMITH IS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE ONE BACK SPREAD OFFENSE & WAS BOBBY'S MENTOR . WHEN UNDER PRESSURE JOHN L. HAS DONE SOME ODD THINGS , HE WILL BE UNDER GREAT PRESSURE WITH THE HOGS . NO TITLE - BLAME JOHN L.

AUBURN - GENE CHIZIK
   IS CHIZEK ONLY GOOD AS CAM NEWTON ? THAT IS A SILLY QUESTION . ALL COACHES ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THEIR PLAYERS . NO ONE CAN TAKE AVERAGE PLAYERS & WIN REALLY BIG . THAT IS WHY IT IS ALL ABOUT RECRUITING .

   CHIZIK NEEDS TO WIN 8 PLUS WITH SOMEONE OTHER THAN CAM AT QB.

LSU - LES MILES
     NO COACH IS MORE APTLY NAMED THAN LES MILES . HE GETS LESS MILES OUT OF HIS TALENT THAN ANY COACH IN THE SEC .

 LSU HAS SO MANY PLAYERS THAT OLE LES CAN'T PREVENT THEM FROM WINNING 9 OR 10 .

LES IS LIVING PROOF THAT ONE CAN GO THROUGH LIFE TOTALLY CLUELESS & STILL BE SUCCESSFUL .

MISSISSIPPI STATE - DAN MULLEN
     ONE OF THE MOST EGOISTICAL  COACHES IN THE CONFERENCE . RIGHT UP THERE WITH SPURRIER & SABAN .

   HE HAS WON TWO STRAIGHT BOWLS AT MSU . & CREATED A BUZZ AROUND THE CAMPUS . I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE DIDN'T GET THE FLORIDA JOB & HE DOESN'T EITHER .

  BIG YEAR FOR MULLEN AS HE TRIES TO WIN WITH A QB INTENSIVE OFFENSE WITHOUT A GREAT QB . DANNY SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO THROW MORE . WILL STATE TURN BACK INTO PUMPKINS ?

OLE MISS - HUGH FREEZE

     THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A COACH THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF EVENTS THAN HUGH FREEZE . HIS RISE FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO THE SEC IS REMARKABLE .

 THIS MAY BE THE FIRST STOP WHERE FREEZE DOESN'T HAVE THE BETTER PLAYERS . HE IS A MASTER SALESMAN WHO NEEDS TO RECRUIT,RECRUIT,RECRUIT !!!!

 HAS HUGH TALKED HIMSELF IN TOO BIG A JOB ? WE WILL SEE .

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A LOT GOING ON

**** I KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THE SEC WEST COACHES BUT LET'S SAVE THAT FOR LATER . THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON . THE NBA PLAYOFFS , COLLEGE WORLD SERIES , THE RETURN OF TIGER , & MLB . ALSO CONTROVERSY IN THE WORLD OF BOXING .

**** NBA PLAYOFFS  - I AM FOR THE THUNDER BUT I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE WHO HATES THE HEAT . THE HEAT HAS THE HEAVY BURDEN OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS TO OVERCOME .

 THE THUNDER WON THEIR LAST 2 SERIES BECAUSE THEY WERE YOUNGER , FATHER TIME BEAT THE LAKERS & THE SPURS . OK - CITY WILL NOT HAVE THAT CARD AGAINST MIAMI .

 IT SHOULD BE A GREAT MATCH - UP WITH FOUR OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD , JAMES, WADE, WESTBROOKS ,& DURANT. MY HEART SAYS THUNDER BUT MY HEAD SAYS HEAT .

**** TIGER WON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS PERSONAL LIFE FELL  APART . NO, IT WAS NOT A MAJOR BUT HE HAS A MAJOR COMING UP THIS WEEK . IS WOODS REALLY BACK ? WE WILL HAVE SOME ANSWERS AFTER THE OPEN .

 TIGER IS VERY GOOD FOR GOLF . WHENEVER HE PLAYS TV RATINGS ARE UP & SPONSORS SPEND MORE MONEY . THE TIGER MAN PUTS MONEY IN EVERYONE'S POCKET.

**** BRADLEY VS PACIQUNO   WAS WITNESSED BY A LARGE CROWD , SIX OF WHOM THOUGHT BRADLEY WON THE FIGHT . TWO OF THOSE SIX HAPPENED TO BE RINGSIDE JUDGES SO WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION.

 THERE WAS SHOCK & DISMAY WHEN THE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED . MOST ALL THOUGHT MANNY WON THE FIGHT BY A LARGE MARGIN.
BRADLEY'S MANAGER HAD MANNY WINNING BY 4 POINTS . BUT THE DUDES THAT COUNT SAID OTHERWISE .

 BOXING HAS MORE PROBLEMS THAN THEY CAN DEAL WITH & THIS ADDS TO THE LOAD . THE TWO BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN BOXING TODAY ARE MIS-MATCHED FIGHTS & UNEXPLAINABLE DECISIONS .

 MAKING MATCHES TO FILL TV TIME IS GOING TO GET SOMEBODY KILLED .MOST BOXING MATCHES ON THE PRO LEVEL ARE NOT FIXED BUT THE OUTCOME IS MORE THAN 90 % CERTAIN .

 YOU MATCH YOUR RISING STAR AGAINST AN OPPONENT THAT HAS LITTLE CHANCE TO BEAT HIM . YOUR MAN CLIMBS THE LADDER & THE CHUMP GETS A PAYDAY .

 WHEN A JUDGE'S DECISION IS BEYOND BELIEF YOUR SPORT IS IN TROUBLE . YOU MIGHT AS WELL WATCH WRESTLING . EVEN WRESTLING HAS TO FOLLOW THIS RULE . REMEMBER WHEN KING LAWLER WAS IN HIS HEY - DAY . THE PROMOTION BROUGHT IN ALL THESE PHYSICAL MARVELS BUT LAWLER PULLED HIS STRAP DOWN & WHUPPED 'EM ALL .

 EVEN THE DIM BULBS SAID THERE IS NO WAY THE KING SHOULD BE WINNING THESE MATCHES . THE RESULT WAS THE FANS STOPPED PRETENDING WRESTLING IS REAL . AS FAR AS I KNOW MY COUSIN ALFRED IS THE ONLY LIVING PERSON IN THE U.S.A. THAT THINKS WRESTING IS ON THE LEVEL .

 HOW MANY BOXING FANS ARE STILL TRUE BELIEVERS ? 

IDEALS ABOUT SEC COACHES

***
HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT SEC COACHES  . YOU WON'T GET THIS ANYWHERE ELSE .

FLORIDA - WILL MUSCAMP 
  THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON WILLIE . HE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IN CONTROL OF HIS EMOTIONS ON THE SIDELINE.
  MYER LEFT A MESS & THE GATORS WILL HAVE TO REBUILD .

GEORGIA  - MARK RICHT 
  MARK NEEDS TO RETURN TO OLD TIME BULLDOG FOOTBALL . BACK TO THE POWER RUNNING GAME & PLAY ACTION PASSING .
 GEORGIA HAS MORE PLAYMAKERS AT RUNNING BACK THAN THEY DO AT QB .
 
 KENTUCKY - JOKER PHILLIPS 
   HE IS A JOKER ALL RIGHT . JOKER HAS A HARD ROW TO HOE AT KENTUCKY MADE HARDER BY THE FACT RANDY SANDERS  IS YOUR OC .
   THE WILDCATS COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT FOOTBALL AS LONG AS CAL KEEPS THE BIG BLUE HOOPS HUMMING .

 SOUTH CAROLINA - STEVE SPURRIER 
     THE OLE BALL COACH LETS HIS MASSIVE EGO GET IN THE WAY OF WINNING . IF YOU HAVE LATTIMORE AS A BACK YOU WOULD THINK YOU WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE RUNNING GAME . NOT STEVE 
     SPURRIER HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPY WITH HIS QBS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD AS HE WAS. OF COURSE NO HUMAN IS AS GOOD AS STEVE THOUGHT HE WAS .
     THE GAMECOCKS BEST MOVE WOULD BE THE I WITH 3 WIDE OUTS .

 TENNESSEE - DEREK DOOLEY 
      THE LITTLE DOOLEY BOY IS IN OVER HIS HEAD ON THE HILL . THE PLAYERS HATE HIM & THE BIG ORANGE FANS ARE LIKE  RATS ON A SINKING SHIP .
    LITTLE DOO HAS LOST CONTROL OF HIS TEAM . THEY HAVE NO LEADERSHIP FROM PLAYERS & LACK THE TALENT THAT USUALLY WEARS ORANGE . 
  THE DOO - MAN NEEDS TO WIN 8 TO KEEP HIS JOB . WITH THE SCHEDULE HE HAS THE VOLS MIGHT STRUGGLE TO GET PAST 4 .
   Y'ALL WAVE BYE TO THE DOO - MAN .

 VANDERBILT - JAMES FRANKLIN
    WHAT A FIRST RODEO FOR JAMES . A BREAK EVEN SEASON & A BOWL . CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS VANDY ?
    JAMES IS ALSO BRINGING IN PLAYERS VANDY WOULD HAVE HAD NO CHANCE TO LAND IN THE PAST. 
   WITH THINGS SO WELL OUR MAN JAMES CAUSES A STINK . JAMES SAID COACHES WIFES NEED TO BE PRETTY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO HANG OUT WITH UGLY WOMEN . I 'M NOT REAL CRAZY ABOUT THAT MYSELF . 
    JAMES, JUST FOCUS ON FOOTBALL & QUIT BEING A FUNNY MAN 

NEXT TIME WE WILL COVER THE SEC WEST . THERE ARE MORE EASY TARGETS OVER THERE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!
 

THIS AND THAT

**** THIS SCHOOL MERGER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE BIGGEST DISASTER IN MEMPHIS HISTORY .

 IF THE MUNICIPALS FORM THEIR OWN SCHOOLS THE COST WILL BE MUCH MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE SAYING . THE TAX BURDEN WILL BE HEAVY INDEED .

 IF YOU LIVE IN G'TOWN  & ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, YOU WILL PAY TAXES FOR TWO SCHOOL SYSTEMS YOU DO NOT USE .

IF THE MUNICIPALS HAVE THEIR OWN SYSTEMS THE ENROLLMENT OF THE NEW UNIFIED DISTRICT COULD FALL BY 33 % . THE FUNDS WOULD FALL BY THE SAME AMOUNT & SO WOULD THE NEED FOR TEACHERS .

 THE MUNICIPALS COULD CHOOSE THE TEACHERS THEY WANTED WHILE THE UNIFIED DISTRICT WOULD BE FORCED INTO MASSIVE LAY OFFS .

THE SCHOOLS NOW ARE TOO TOP HEAVY . THEY HAVE TOO MANY ADMINISTRATORS AS IT IS . AS IT STANDS NOW A LOT OF THESE FOLKS WILL BE OUT OF A JOB . THESE FOLKS ARE USUALLY DEEP INTO THEIR  CAREER .

GOING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM IS NOT A REALISTIC OPTION BECAUSE THEY CAN HIRE YOUNG TEACHERS FOR MUCH LESS MONEY . THIS COULD MEAN A BAD END FOR MANY CAREER EDUCATORS .

IT IS A BLEAK OUTLOOK INDEED .  I DON'T SEE  HOW GOOD CAN COME OF THIS MESS .

**** I AM NOT A FAN OF LABRON JAMES BUT I KNOW HIS POSITION . ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS IN SPORTS IS TO WIN WHEN YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO .

 THERE IS NO JOY IN THE CHASE JUST THE BURDEN OF EXPECTATIONS .  THERE IS ONLY THE PRESSURE OF FULL -FILLING WHAT IS EXPECTED.
THE BEST YOU CAN DO IS BREAK EVEN .

LBJ HAS TO WIN IT ALL OR HE HAS FAILED . A LOT OF PRESSURE , NO JOY , A TOUGH PLACE TO BE .

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TEA CAKES & YEAST ROLLS

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A BIG GROUP DISCUSSION BROKE OUT IN THE CHEMO ROOM LAST WEEK . THERE IS USUALLY NOT MUCH TALKING MUCH LESS  AN ACROSS THE ROOM GROUP DISCUSSION.

 A GROUP OF OLDER MEN TALKING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS TO EAT MADE BY THEIR GRANDMOTHERS . THERE WAS A LOT OF UNITY ACROSS RACIAL & ECONOMIC LINES . A LOT OF SHARING .

I DIDN'T TAKE A BACK SEAT TO ANYONE NOT WITH MY MAM-MAW. SHE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE GRAVEL ROAD,MICKEY MANTLE COULD HIT A BALL FROM OUR HOUSE TO HERS . I ATE ONE TO TWO MEALS A DAY WITH MAM-MAW. 

SHE HAD TWO CLAIMS  TO FAME : YEAST ROLLS & TEA CAKES WITH CHOCOLATE.  BOTH WERE WORLD CLASS TREATS IN MY BOOK .

MAM-MAW MADE THE ROLLS IN A BIG IRON SKILLET . I COULD EAT A SKILLET FULL BY MYSELF & SO COULD MY DAD . SO MAM -MAW ALWAYS FIRED UP AT LEAST THREE SKILLETS.

THE TEA CAKES WERE JUST A SIMPLE SUGAR COOKIE . WHAT MADE THEM SPECIAL WAS THE SWEET MILK CHOCOLATE MAM -MAW PUT A THICK LAYER BETWEEN TWO TEA CAKES .

I HAVE NEVER FOUND A PRODUCT TO EQUAL THE TEA CAKES . I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE EVEN MAKES THEM . WHEN I TRAVELED FOR BOXING ,MAM-MAW WOULD MAKE ME A GROCERY SACK FULL OF TEA CAKES FOR THE TRIP .

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GET A YEAST ROLL IN THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA . YOU COULD ONCE AT BUNTYN'S BUT THEY ARE LONG GONE NOW . IF YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A GOOD YEAST ROLL ,GIVE ME A HOLLER

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 THANK THE LORD THE LAW & ORDER BOYS CAUGHT UP WITH TWO KILLERS IN THE AREA . ADAM MAYES KILLED HALF THE BAIN FAMILY & FOREVER DAMAGED THE OTHER HALF . I HAVE NO ANSWER FOR WHY .

 MAYES HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE HE KILLED , THE ROADSIDE KILLER DID NOT . THIS SICK PUPPY JUST DROVE DOWN THE INTERSTATE & KILLED FOLKS AT RANDOM.

MOST TIMES I AM OPPOSED TO THE DEATH PENALTY  BUT I WOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THESE BOZOS .  OL ADAM SAVED THE STATE THE TROUBLE BY KILLING HIMSELF WHEN CAUGHT . 

THE ROADSIDE KILLER HAS YET TO GO TO TRIAL BUT IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY I HOPE HE GOES TO THE DEATH HOUSE AT PARCHMAN .

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 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BIGGER MESS THAN THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION ? WHEN THE DOO - DOO IS OVER JOHN AITKEN 'S HEAD YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN DEEP ,VERY DEEP . BIG JOHN IS JUST A BIT SHY OF 7 FEET SO YOU KNOW ALL THE STUFF ROLLING DOWNHILL IS COMING FAST .

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 THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!

WELL DONE MOM

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        ANOTHER MOTHER'S DAY HAS PAST . I THINK I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 61 OF THE OCCASIONS .

 PRAISE JESUS , I HAVE HAD MY MOTHER THIS LONG . I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED . I KNOW MOST FOLKS THINK THEIR MOM IS GREAT BUT MINE DEFINITELY IS .


MOMMA  ALWAYS PUT HER CHILDREN FIRST. WILLING TO MAKE ANY SACRIFICE FOR THE KIDS . SHE MADE SURE THAT EVERY NEED WE HAD WAS MET . 

MOTHER ALWAYS SAYS SHE NEVER WANTED TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING SHAME TO HER FAMILY . AS A  RESULT MOM DID A BANG - UP JOB OF TEACHING VALUES .

MOTHER DID A GREAT JOB OF MODELING THE SACRIFICIAL LOVE OF JESUS  & THAT IS THE MOST ANY PARENT CAN DO .

SISTER & I SAY THANK YOU MOM FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL . THANK JESUS THAT YOU ARE OUR MOTHER .

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        I THOUGHT THE GRIZZLIES WERE GOING TO PROVE ME WRONG . I WISH THEY HAD .

 WHEN MEMPHIS FELL BEHIND 3 GAMES TO 1 , I SAID THEY COULDN'T COME BACK . THEY ALMOST DID .

 BUT CLOSE ONLY COUNTS IN HORSESHOES , HAND GRENADES, & SLOW DANCING . WHEN A TEAM FALLS TO 1 & 3 THEY LOSE THE SERIES 95 % OF THE TIME .  SO IT IS WITH THE GRIZ.

 I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEMPHIS NEEDS TO DO . I DON'T SEE A CHRIS PAUL OR KEVIN DURANT .  THERE IS NO PLAYER THAT CAN CARRY THE TEAM .

 RUDY GAY IS A GOOD PLAYER NOT A GREAT PLAYER . SAME THING WITH MIKE CONLEY. THE TEAM HAS GOTTEN MORE OUT OF Z - BO & GASOL THAN I THOUGHT POSSIBLE .  

BIG DECISION TIME FOR THE FRONT OFFICE BOYS .

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        ARE ALL THE MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS FROM SHELBY COUNTY ?

 GEORGE SHERRIL FROM ECS, PAUL MAHON FROM G - TOWN , THE POMERANZ BROTHERS FROM HOUSTON / C- VILLE & THE BIG DADDY OF THEM ALL : MATT CAIN FROM HOUSTON .

 ZACK COZART IS ALSO AT 2B FOR THE REDS .  THE BASEBALL PROGRAMS ARE PRODUCING BIG TIME IN SHELBY COUNTY .

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