Monday, September 30, 2013

COACH COACH COACH

**** WELL, WE PREDICTED LANE KIFFIN WOULD NOT MAKE IT THE YEAR .

LANE - O IS OUTTA THERE , FIRED AT THE AIRPORT . 

DON'T KNOW WHERE LANE GOES FROM HERE . HE HAS RUN THROUGH THREE GREAT HEAD COACH OPPORTUNITIES. THE RAIDERS, TENNESSEE & USC . 

I THINK KIFFIN IS A GOOD COACH ,BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY LANE TEES PEOPLE OFF . 

HIS NEXT GIG MAYBE HARD TO FIND . 

A NAME TO CONSIDER AT USC  - JACK DEL RIO !

**** IF TEXAS PULLS THE TRIGGER  ON MACK BROWN  A GUY TO WATCH FOR IS CHAD MORRIS

MORRIS IS THE OC AT CLEMSON . CHAD IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST  NAMES AROUND . 

MORRIS WAS FOR MANY YEARS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL  HIGH SCHOOL COACHES IN TEXAS . CHAD KNOWS THE FOLKS YOU NEED TO KNOW.

***** FOURTH DOWN FREEZE . I BELIEVE IN BEING AGGRESSIVE  BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO TAKE A FIELD GOAL AND STAY IN THE GAME . 

THE BIG MISTAKE IS THE REFUSAL TO RUN PLAYS WITH THE QB UNDER CENTER .

TAKING THE BALL OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IN SHORT YARDAGE OR WHEN JAMMED UP IS RISKY BUSINESS .

BEING HARD-HEADED COST HUGH A SAFETY , TAKING THEM OUT OF THE GAME WITH BAMA . 

SLOW LEARNER OR NO LEARNER 

***** JASON GARRETT OF THE COWBOYS HAS A GREAT JOB . JASON JUST STANDS ON THE SIDELINES AND ENJOYS THE GAME .

GARRETT DOESN'T CALL ANY PLAYS OR DEFENSES . GARRETT MAKES NO PERSONNEL DECISIONS THAT'S JERRY JONES . 

ALL JASON HAS TO DO IS STAND THERE ,LOOK NICE & TAKE THE BLAME WHEN THINGS GO WRONG . 

SUCH IS THE WORLD WHEN YOU WORK FOR JERRY JONES . 

THINGS GO WELL OLD JERRY TAKES ALL CREDIT , THINGS GO WRONG YOU GET FIRED . 

**** LOCAL COACH SUSPENDED FOR PEEING ON SIDELINE . HEY THAT HAPPENS NOW & THEN .

ONCE IN A PLAY-OFF GAME A STAR PLAYER HAD TO GO . THERE WAS NO TIME TO RUN TO THE DRESSING ROOM . 

BUT THE MAN HAD A PLAN ,HE GATHERED SEVERAL TEAMMATES TO STAND AROUND HIM WHILE HE SOUGHT SWEET RELIEF.

THINGS WERE GOING TO PLAN ,UNTILL A BIG PLAY HAPPENED ON THE FIELD . 

THE STAND AROUNDERS RAN TO THE SIDELINE TO SEE THE PLAY . 

MR STAR WAS LEFT THERE SPURTING IN FRONT OF 15000 . HE RECEIVED THE BIGGEST CHEER OF THE NIGHT .

I DON'T THINK THEY CHEERED THE LOCAL COACH . 

 ***** MALZHAN VS FREEZE 

THE MAN WHO CREATED THE HURRY-UP NO HUDDLE OFFENSE VS  THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED IT TO THE SEC . 

HUGH MAY HAVE THE BEST PLAYERS BUT THEY ARE THROWING DOWN AT GUS' HOUSE . 

COULD BE A SNOT- KNOCKER . 

***** THANKS FOR READING 

Monday, September 23, 2013

IT'S ONLY A GAME

***** WE FAIL TO REMEMBER THAT ALL SPORTS ARE JUST GAMES . WE HAVE DISTORTED THE MEANING AND REMOVED THE JOY OF SPORTS .

WHAT MAKES ME THINK OUR PRIORITIES ARE OFF-TRACK ?

 1. STATE SUPREME COURT HEARING CASE OF ELIGIBILITY OF HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER .   YOU WOULD THINK THE HIGH COURT HAD BIGGER FISH TO FRY SUCH AS CRIME , HEALTH CARE , POVERTY , & SO FORTH.

2. ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL COACHES FIGHT AFTER THE GAME . A NASTY FIGHT . THE COACH THAT THREW AN OVERHAND RIGHT THAT MIKE TYSON WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF ,COULD HAVE A FUTURE IN MMA NOW THAT HE IS NO LONGER COACHING .

3. A SCHOOL BUILDS A SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR STADIUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ONLY . WONDER HOW THEY ARE FIXED ON BOOKS , PCS , AND OTHER LEARNING NEEDS .

4. IN MOST STATES THE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE IS A COACH . THE LIST OF COACHES MAKING ONE TO SIX MILLION DOLLARS IS LONGER THAN MY HOSPITAL BILL STATEMENT WHICH IS MOST TIMES 3-4 PAGES .

THE GAMES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUN & ENJOYABLE . THEY SHOULD BE AN ESCAPE  FROM THE STRESS AND PRESSURE OF REAL LIFE. INSTEAD IT IS AN EXPENSIVE, EMOTIONAL ORDEAL .

THE DOLLAR RULES ALL . COACHES WILL CHEAT TO KEEP THOSE HIGH PAY JOBS . PLAYERS WILL GIVE UP HEALTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET AN EDGE , WHOLE FAMILIES WILL MAKE SACRIFICES TO ENSURE A CHILD CAN HAVE A SHOT .

OUR PRIORITIES ARE BENT AND WARPED .

***** TENNESSEE MISSED A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BEAT FLORIDA .

BUTCH NEEDS A BUTT KICKING FOR STARTING A NEW QB IN THE SWAMP
THAT REALLY IS THROWING A GUY TO THE GATORS . 


THE KID MAY NEVER RECOVER FROM THE FIRST HALF TRAUMA   . COME ON BUTCH . START THE VETERAN & BRING IN THE KID LATER .

THE VOLS WERE TRYING TO RUN A ONE BACK SHOTGUN OFFENSE WITH A LOT OF ZONE READ . PROBLEM IS THAT QB IS SLOWER THAN I AM AT AGE 63 AND BATTLING MANY HEALTH ISSUES.

FLORIDA LOST THEIR QB  TO THE I -BUG .  THE DIFFERENCE WAS THE FLORIDA SUB WAS A GOOD ATHLETE AND THE GATORS HELPED HIM OUT WITH A LOT OF TWO - BACK OFFENSE .

****** I AM ASHAMED OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH PANOLA .  THE TIGERS WERE THE BIGGER FASTER STRONGER TEAM BUT LOST TO MUS .

I THINK USP DOES TOO MUCH STUFF AND IS TOO FANCY . GET BACK TO BASIC FOOTBALL  AND LET THOSE MARVELOUS PLAYERS MAKE PLAYS .

IF TRAIL PLAYS OLIVE BRANCH WILL BEAT SOUTH PANOLA .

***** IF OLE MISS UPSETS ALABAMA , HUGH FREEZE WILL BE DECLARED SUPREME RULER OF MISSISSIPPI . THE NAME JOHNNY VAUGHT NEED NEVER BE SPOKEN AGAIN . OLE MISS PLUS 17 IS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP . I WILL PUT A BURGER  & AN ICE COLD COLA  ON THAT .

****** THE WEEK MARKS THE  20 YEAR PASSING OF COACH LELAND SMITH . WE ALL MISS YOU BIG GUY .

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

Monday, September 16, 2013

SUCKER PUNCHES

***** AS LONG AS HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL THERE HAVE BEEN ACCUSATIONS OF RECRUITING .

THERE ARE RECRUITING CONTROVERSIES EVERYWHERE THAT FOOTBALL IS PLAYED .FROM COAST TO COAST & BORDER TO BORDER NOT ONLY OLIVE BRANCH MISSISSIPPI .

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS RECRUITING IN HIGH SCHOOL ? MAYBE .

SCHOOLS ATTRACT STUDENTS OR PLAYERS BY THEIR REPUTATION IN ACADEMICS , ATHLETICS , & ARTS . SCHOOLS  DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT ATTRACT PARTICIPANTS.

RECRUITING IS BASED ON A FAULTY PREMISE THAT A STUDENT BELONGS TO A SCHOOL BASED ON THE LOCATION OF HIS RESIDENCE .

THIS MAKES THE STUDENT A SERF OR AN INDENTURED SERVANT.

A PARENT HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT THEIR CHILD IN THE BEST PLACE FOR THE CHILD .

TAKE GIBSON COUNTY FOR EXAMPLE . IF YOUR SON IS IN THE BAND GCHS IS WHERE YOU WANT HIM TO BE . A HUGH EXCELLENT BAND , WELL FUNDED , GREAT TRIPS , JUST TOP NOTCH .

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOUR SON PLAYS FOOTBALL YOU WANT HIM ANYWHERE BUT GCHS . LOW NUMBERS , BAD TEAM , HAVE LOST OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE GAMES .

WHY WOULD YOUR BOY PLAY AT G-COUNTY WHEN THERE IS A SUPER PROGRAM WITHIN 10 MILES IN ANY DIRECTION ?

YOU WERE ATTRACTED TO THE GCHS BAND NOT RECRUITED . SAME WITH THE OTHER FOOTBALL PROGRAMS .

  A PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO RIGHT TO SEND HIS CHILD TO ANY SCHOOL TO WHICH ;
1. PARENT CAN PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
2.THE SCHOOL HAS ROOM FOR
3. PARENT MUST PAY ANY FEES NEEDED

 HOW THE PARENT PAYS IS HIS BUSINESS . IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE GOOFY ENOUGH TO PAY YOUR KIDS WAY GOOD FOR YOU .

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN .

A SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY CAN DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF ATTRACTION THEY WANT THEIR SCHOOL TO HAVE .

OLIVE BRANCH CHOSE FOOTBALL.

 IF YOU WANT TO BE A FOOTBALL SCHOOL MAKE YOUR PROGRAM AS ATTRACTIVE AS OLIVE BRANCH THEN PLAYERS WILL COME TO YOU

IF THE OLIVE BRANCH COMMUNITY WANTS TO ACCEPT FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHOSE PARENTS ARE NOT PAYING LOCAL TAXES AND FORE-SAID PLAYERS WILL PUT LOCAL BOYS ON THE BENCH , THEN SO BE IT . 

ALL OLIVE BRANCH HAS TO DO IS SAY  ; WE HAVE A VERY ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL PROGRAM . MANY PLAYERS WANT TO COME HERE TO PLAY .

BUT OLIVE BRANCH WANTS TO ACT  LIKE EVERYONE IS STUPID AND SAY THE PLAYERS ARE COMING FOR THE ACADEMICS .

JUST TELL THE TRUTH OB . WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM AND PLAYERS WANT TO PLAY HERE .

I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE . I WAS A DECK CHAIR ON THE RED DEVIL CRUISE SHIP . GERMANTOWN HAD A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WAS DOMINATE FOR OVER 20 YEARS .

MANY PLAYERS CAME THERE TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM . THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF THINGS .

GERMANTOWN DID NOT RECRUIT , THE RED DEVILS ATTRACTED.

A COMMUNITY CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT IN A SCHOOL

 SOME SCHOOLS THINK FOOTBALL MATTERS MOST ; SOME FOOTBALL MATTERS NOT AT ALL .

THERE WAS ONCE A SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE A BOOSTER DECIDED THE SCHOOL WOULD BECOME A BASKETBALL POWER .

THE SCHOOL WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION SO TRANSFER RULES WERE NOT A FACTOR .

TUITION WAS PAID BY THE MONTH  . SO AT THE BEGINNING OF BASKETBALL IN OCTOBER  FIVE GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYERS WOULD SHOW UP .

THEY WOULD STAY TO THE END OF BASKETBALL  , THEN LEAVE SCHOOL.  PAID 5 MONTHS TUITION  , PLAYED A SEASON OF BASKETBALL .

TEAM WON 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS , THEN BOOSTER SAID BEEN THERE DONE THAT & MOVED ON . 

SCHOOL HAS NOT BEEN CLOSE TO A WINNING SEASON SINCE

I WAS NOT RECRUITED FROM MEDINA TO MILAN . TRUTH IS NEITHER SCHOOL WANTED ME .

I WAS ATTRACTED BY MIRAGES AT MILAN .

Monday, September 9, 2013

LOOKING BACK

****** WHAT A WEEK IT WAS IN FOOTBALL

1. I KNEW WKU  UNDER BOBBY PETRINO WOULD BE EXPLOSIVE . THINGS TEND TO BLOW UP AROUND BOBBY ALL THE TIME

EXAMPLES ARE THE AUBURN JOB FLIRTATION  , THE FALCONS GIG , AND THE ARKANSAS CYCLE CRASH .

BUT THE HILLTOPPER IMPLOSION AT TENNESSEE WAS A DOOSY EVEN BY PETRINO STANDARDS .

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TEAM TURN THE BALL OVER THAT MANY TIMES THAT FAST . FIVE TURNOVERS IN SIX PLAYS .

WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED THE TOPPERS WERE IN A 31 - 3 HOLE AND NEVER RECOVERED.

DON'T GET COCKY BIG ORANGE , THE TOPPERS WERE KICKING YOUR HINEY TILL THE STROM HIT .

2. MACK BROWN THREW MANNY DIAZ UNDER THE BUS AT TEXAS . I THINK MACK BROWN CATCHES THE BUS AT THE END OF THE SEASON . IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE IN AUSTIN

THE ONE WITH THE MOST TO GAIN FROM THE TEXAS TROUBLE IS HUGH FREEZE .THE REBELS PLAY TEXAS THIS WEEK .

IF HUGH CAN WIN 4 GAMES THE FIRST HALF THE REBS COULD RING UP 9 OR 10 FOR THE SEASON . THE BACK END OF THE SCHEDULE IS SOFT .

3. GEORGIA BEATS CAROLINA . THE FIGHTING CHICKENS HAD WHIPPED THE ATHENS PUPPIES 3 STRAIGHT YEARS .  GEORGIA HAD THE CAROLINA COACHES FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES ON THE SIDELINE .

I THINK THE BULLDOGS ARE BETTER IN THE I - FORMATION THAN WHEN IN THE SHOTGUN . GURLEY IS A GREAT BACK

 BUT GEORGIA USED A WHITE TAILBACK TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK.THAT IS AS ODD AS OUR NEW FOREIGN DIPLOMAT  DENNIS RODMAN .

4. COWBOY NATION ;DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY . YES ,YOU BEAT THE GIANTS BUT THE G-MEN TURNED IT OVER 6 TIMES .

5. THE NFL IS A GREAT SHOW . SUNDAY 4 GAMES WERE DECIDED BY 3 POINTS OR LESS . FIVE MORE WERE DECIDED BY ONE SCORE.

6. WINNING THE TURNOVER MARGIN  IS IMPORTANT IN THE NFL . TEAMS WINNING THE TURNOVER MARGIN WERE 10 - 1 SUNDAY .

7. CHIP KELLY MADE ME LOOK BAD . I SAID KELLY WAS A BAD HIRE . I STILL SAY THAT .

KELLY SHOWED OUT AGAINST THE REDSKINS . LOOKED REALLY GOOD . BUT I STILL DON'T BELIEVE CHIPPER BALL WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME IN THE NFL .

8. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR LANE KIFFIN . ODDS ARE LANE WON'T MAKE THE SEASON .

LANE MAY BE THE MOST DIS - LIKED COLLEGE COACH .  THIS MAYBE KIFFIN'S ONLY WIN AGAINST SABAN .

9 QUICK PICKS

 BAMA OVER A&M   FLORIDA OVER TENNESSEE


CATCH Y'ALL LATER

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

MYSTIC MUSING

***** SEC FOOTBALL STARTED AS EXPECTED . I DIDN'T THINK GEORGIA WOULD BEAT CLEMSON AT DEATH VALLEY . OLE MISS BEATING VANDY WAS NOT A SHOCK AND BAMA WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY .

STATE'S WHUPPING WAS NOT A SURPRISE .  TYLER RUSSELL HAS A CONCUSSION WHICH MEANS HE HAS HALF AS MUCH BRAIN DAMAGE AS HIS COACH .

MULLEN TALKED ALL SUMMER ABOUT HAVING THE QB UNDER CENTER BUT HE DIDN'T DO IT .

STATE FANS CAN PUT AWAY THEIR CAPS AND JACKETS , IT IS TIME TO GO UNDERGROUND . STATE WILL BE HORRIBLE THIS SEASON . MULLEN IS NOT FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ADAPT TO THE SITUATION

BOBBY PETRINO LEAD WKU TO A BIG WIN OVER KENTUCKY . IF PETRINO CAN BEAT TENNESSEE THIS WEEK HE GETS    A NEW MOTORCYCLE AND A HOTTIE TO RIDE ALONG . BETTER WATCH OUT VOLS .

OLE MISS WON A BIG ONE TO START . IF THE REBELS CAN BREAK EVEN THE FIRST HALF  OF THE SEASON WATCH OUT . THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHEDULE  IS FULL OF SEASHELLS AND BALLOONS . I DON'T SEE THE REBELS LOSING MORE THAN ONE IN THE SECOND HALF .

THE INJURY BUG MUST STAY AWAY FROM OXFORD  FOR THE REBS TO ROAR .

 THE BURNING QUESTION IN THE SEC IS WHO IS THE BIGGEST FOOL ? MARSHALL HENDERSON  OR JOHNNY MANZIEL !

YOU WONDER IF JOHNNY FOOTBALL 'S JERSEY NUMBER IS HIGHER THAN HIS IQ . JOHNNY WEARS NUMBER TWO .

MANZIEL LOST A LOT OF FANS WITH HIS PUNK BEHAVIOR IN THE RICE GAME .

AN OLD ADAGE IN FOOTBALL IS YOU CAN'T WIN WITH TURDS . JOHNNY SEEMS TO BE BECOMING ONE .

TO BE THE BIGGEST FOOL IN THE SEC IS REALLY SAYING SOMETHING . REMEMBER LES MILES IS IN THE LEAGUE.

THE UGA /USC GAME IS THIS WEEK . I JUST DON'T THINK THE DAWGS CAN GET THE GAMECOCKS . THIS IS MUST WIN FOR THE FIGHTIN CHICKENS   A MUCH NEEDED ONE FOR GEORGIA .

TENNESSEE HAS A FORK IN THE ROAD THIS WEEK AGAINST PETRINO AND WKU . THIS IS A PIVOTAL GAME FOR THE BIG ORANGE .

I SMELL WHAT THE VOLS COULD BE STEPPING IN .

****** I THINK WE SHOULD STAY OUT OF  SYRIA . WE ARE NOT THE WORLD POLICE .

WE HAVE GONE BROKE RUNNING AROUND PUTTING OUT FIRES.

WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER TAR BABY . THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND WILL KEEP FIGHTING TILL THE END OF TIME .

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE A LONG TERM DIFFERENCE.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MORE ISOLATIONIST THAN INTERNATIONALIST. WE NEED TO SIT THIS ONE OUT .

****** I SEE NO HOPE FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL . THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO EXCLUDE .

IT IS LIKE HAVING A COMMODE THAT WILL NOT FLUSH . IT IS NOT LONG BEFORE YOU HAVE A MAJOR STINK . 

****** ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IN MY LIFE CAME 36 YEARS AGO TODAY . HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON .