QUICK SHOTS

**** BIG GAME BOB

IS IT TIME FOR BOB STOOPS TO LEAVE OKLAHOMA ?

STOOPS HAS HAD A WONDERFUL 16 YEAR RUN ,WINNING A BUNCH OF GAMES , EVEN A  NATIONAL  CHAMPIONSHIP .

MANY PUNDITS PICKED THE SOONERS TO WIN IT ALL THIS YEAR BUT OKLAHOMA CRAPPED OUT .

HERE IS THE PROBLEM , BIG GAME BOB IS 8 - 8 IN BOWL GAMES WITH FOUR BLOW- OUT DEFEATS .THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AT OKLAHOMA .

16 YEARS IS A VERY LONG TIME TO COACH A TEAM . MAYBE STOOPS HAS LOST HIS MOJO . COULD BE THE SOONERS NEED TO HEAR A NEW VOICE .

**** HAWGS ON THE RISE

THAT BIG UGLY BOY IS GOING TO MAKE ARKANSAS A FORCE IN THE SEC .

COACH B LOOKS LIKE AN IOWA PIG FARMER. YOU EXPECT HIM TO THROW CORN COBBS AT ANY MOMENT .

BUT COACH B IS BRINGING POWER STYLE FOOTBALL BACK TO THE SEC . THE WAY EVERYBODY USED TO PLAY , BEFORE GUS,HUGH, & BUTCH CAME ALONG .

COACH B EARNED A LOT OF POINTS WITH THE HAWG FAITHFUL BY WHUPPING TEXAS LIKE THEY DID .ARKANSAS LOVES TO BEAT TEXAS .

LOOK FOR THE HAWGS TO BE A REAL FACTOR IN THE SEC FOR A WHILE .

**** THE LOST DEFENSE

TEXAS A&M USED TO BE KNOWN FOR THIER DEFENSE BUT NO MORE .THE DAYS OF THE GREAT WRECKING CREW DEFENSE ARE A DISTANT MEMORY .

the aggies are looking FOR A NEW DC TO BRING BACK THE DEFENSE TO THE BRAZOS .

**** COMMUNITY FOOTBALL

EVERY BOWL SEASON BRINGS TO MIND THE LOCAL TEAMS THAT USED TO FLOURISH . SUCH AS THE GRABALL NADS .

GRABALL WAS JUST A WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD WITH A LITTLE CIVIC HALL AND TWO PICNIC TABLES .  BUT THEY LOVED THIER TEAM ,THE NADS .

I CAN STILL HEAR THIER CHEERS ECHOING IN THE NIGHT

GO-NADS GO-NADS GO-NADS .

THOSE WERE THE DAYS !!!!

TIS THE SEASON

**** CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

CHILI PEPPER DOES 95% OF OUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING . SHE IS A SHOP TILL YOU DROP DYNAMO .

IN THE PAST CHILI PEPPER & SISTER HAVE HIT IT . CRISS-CROSSING TOWN FROM MALL TO MALL RELENTLESSLY LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT GIFT AT THE BEST COST.

BATTLING CROWDS , FIGHTING FOR PARKING SPACES , BURNING LOTS OF TIME AND GAS . A FRENETIC STRESSFUL TIME .

BUT THIS YEAR CHILI PEPPER ENJOYED THE WONDER OF CLICK-N-ORDER . IN ABOUT HALF THE TIME SHE KNOCKED IT OUT .

NO DRIVING ,NO PARKING HASSELS , NO CROWDS, NO STRUGGLING WITH CRAZED WOMEN FOR THE LAST DO - DAD REMAINING .

JUST A QUIET TIME WITH A CUP OF COFFEE STILL IN HER JAMMIES ,THE GIRL SHOPPED COAST TO COAST .

THEN LO AND BEHOLD  A FEW DAYS LATER THE PACKAGES CAME RIGHT TO OUR DOOR .  SO EASY SO RELAXED .

I DON'T THINK CHILI PEPPER WILL GO BACK TO THE HUSTLE & BUSTLE OF BRICK -N MORTOR WHEN SHE CAN JUST CLICK - N- ORDER .

**** MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

THE TIGERS HAD A GREAT SEASON  - 10 WINS & CONFERENCE CHAMPS
                                                  BOWL GAME  54 - 48 OVER BYU IN DOUBLE OVERTIME
                                                   FIGHT - THEY TKO-ED THE COUGARS
THOSE BOYS USED POOR JUDGEMENT GETTING IN A FIGHT WITH MEMPHIS. BYU DIDN'T KNOW MEMPHIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO GET YOUR BUTT WHIPPED .

THAT WEST COAST MENTALITY WON'T CUT IT IN THE BLUFF CITY .

MEMPHIS WILL BE LUCKY TO KEEP FUENTE . ANOTHER GOOD YEAR AND THE BIG BOYS WILL BE CALLING .

JUSTIN WILL BE THE FIRST MEMPHIS COACH TO LEAVE FOR A BETTER JOB SINCE FRED PANCOAST IN 1975 I THINK .

LYNCH MAY HAVE A FUTURE IN THE NFL . PAXTON HAS THE ARM BUT CAN HE READ DEFENSES . WE'LL SEE.

IT IS A GREAT REWARD FOR TIGER FANS TO ENJOY A SEASON SUCH AS THIS . IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME

GO - TIGERS - GO !!!

**** GOOD BOOKS

I LOVE TO READ , HAVE LOVED TO READ EVER SINCE I COULD . I AVERAGE ABOUT TWO BOOKS A WEEK .

I AM TRYING THE KINDLE UNLIMITED WHICH IS GOING WELL . FOR TEN BUCKS A MONTHS I HAVE  A LOT OF BOOKS TO CHOOSE FROM .  NO WORRY ABOUT STORAGE , WHICH IS AN ISSUE AT OUR HOUSE  . FROM TIME TO TIME I AM FORCED TO PART WITH BOOKS . JUST TOO MANY STACKED UP .

I JUST PICKED UP THE PARABLES OF JESUS BY R.C. SPROUL .  I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE NEW HOWARD SCHNELENBERGER  BOOK IF ANYONE IS LISTENING .

**** JESSICA CHAMBERS

I AM FOLLOWNG THE CHAMBERS  INVESTIGATION     CLOSELY .   SMALL TOWNS ARE RIPPED APART BY A TRAGEDY  LIKE THIS .  I HOPE JUSTICE IS COMING SOON .                              

PERSPECTIVES ON GAMES

**** DALLAS MUST WIN LAST TWO GAMES TO BE ASSURED OF MAKING PLAYOFFS . 

THAT'S RIGHT , IF PHILLY AND DALLAS HAVE 11 WINS EACH PHILLY GOES . THE BOYS NEED A DOZEN TO MAKE SURE . 

AT THE END OF THE 2008 SEASON NEW ENGLAND STAYED HOME WITH AN 11 - 5 RECORD . IT COULD HAPPEN TO DALLAS THIS YEAR . 

THE TIEBREAKERS DO NOT FAVOR DALLAS FOR A WILDCARD SPOT . SO COWBOYS YOU BEST TCB THESE LAST TWO GAMES WHICH INCLUDE THE MIGHTY COLTS.

WOULD YOU CHOOSE ROMO OR LUCK IN A MUST - WIN GAME ?

IT WOULD BE A REAL JOLT FOR AN 11 WIN COWBOY TEAM TO STAY HOME .

**** WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEMPHIS BASKETBALL ? 

RIGHT NOW ,THE TIGERS HAVE ABOUT A 50 % CHANCE OF MAKING THE NCAA TOURNAMENT .  THEY ARE A WEAK TEAM IN A WEAK CONFERENCE AT THIS TIME 

WHAT IS THE TROUBLE? I SEE 3 THINGS:
     1. TIGERS ARE NOT GOOD SHOOTERS 
THEY JUST DON'T MAKE ENOUGH BASKETS. IF SOMEONE ZONES UP THE TIGERS THEY ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE .

      2. THERE IS NO DEFINED OFFENSIVE SYSTEM . THE TIGERS SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING ONE ON FIVE .

      3. NO LEADERSHIP ON THE FLOOR . MEMPHIS HAS NO TAKE - CHARGE  LEADER . THEY NEED SOMEONE TO SET A DIRECTION FOR THE TEAM TO FOLLOW . 

THE TIGERS DON'T GET MUCH HELP FROM THE SIDELINE EITHER. JOSH'S COACHING ACUMEN SEEMS TO DIMINISH EVERY GAME .

IS THERE HOPE FOR MEMPHIS ? YES BUT IT IS FADING FAST . EVERYDAY THE TIGERS DON'T GET IT TOGETHER HOPE FADES . 

**** THE ZONE IS BACK 

HAVE YOU NOTICED ? MORE TEAMS ARE PLAYING ZONE DEFENSE . 

COACHES AS A GROUP ARE PRETTY SLOW  BUT THEY ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF WAKING UP . 

TENNESSEE, BAYLOR , MARQUETTE, SYRACUSE, AND LOUISVILLE ARE PLAYING LOTS OF ZONE DEFENSE . EVEN THE TENNESSEE WOMEN ARE ZONING SOME .

TODAY'S OFFENSES ARE NOT DESIGNED TO PLAY AGAINST ZONE DEFENSES .  

CATCH YOU LATER DUDES !!

PERSPECTIVES

**** I'M JUST SITTING HERE JAMMING WITH EMMYLOU HARRIS AND SHERYL CROWE THINKING ABOUT THESE PLAYOFFS .

SEEMS LIKE THE SAME OLD BULLSNOT TO ME . JUST A BUNCH OF POLITICS . JUMPING POLITICALLY CORRECT OHIO STATE OVER TCU AND BAYLOR .

WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE COMMITTEE HAD NO CLUE WHEN THEY HAD M-STATE #1 FOR 6 WEEKS .

I HAVE TO ADMIT  THEY CREATED A LOT OF INTEREST UNTIL THE END THEN THEY PULLED THE SOS .

**** WHY IS EVERYBODY HATING ON FLORIDA STATE ? YES ,I KNOW JAMEOUS IS A MORON AND JIMBO IS A DORK BUT THESE GUYS HAVE WON ABOUT 27 IN A ROW .

I THINK FSU SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE TILL SOMEONE KICKS THIER BUTT . SEVEN TEAMS HAVE COME CLOSE THIS SEASON BUT CLOSE ONLY COUNTS IN HAND GRENADES &; SLOW DANCING . SOMEBODY HAS TO BEAT THE NOLES OR FSU STAYS KING OF THE HILL .

**** LET'S TALK HIGH SCHOOL BALL A MINUTE . GEORGE QUARLES AT MARYVILLE WON ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP . THAT MAKES TEN FOR GEORGE I THINK .

IN 16 YEARS QUARLES RECORD IS 223 -14 . IN THE PAST TEN YEARS GEORGE HAS WON MORE GAMES THAN ANY HIGH SCHOOL COACH IN AMERICA .

HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN ? MARYVILLE IS NOT A HUGE SCHOOL WHERE THEY OVERWHELM FOLKS WITH SUPERIOR ENROLLMENT LIKE WE USE TO DO AT G-TOWN .

MARYVILLE DOES NOT SEND A LARGE NUMBER TO D-1 SCHOOLS AS DOES WHITEHAVEN .  THE FACILITIES AT MARYVILLE ARE AVERAGE AT BEST .

I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY RULE BREAKING GOING ON THERE . THIER OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SCHEMES ARE VANILLA . HOW DO THEY DO IT ?

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MARYVILLE PLAY SOUTH PANOLA .

**** A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY # 1 PROTEGE JIM ELGIN . JIMMY COULDN'T QUIET OVERCOME THE RICH STORE -BOUGHT PRIVATE SCHOOL TEAM FROM A CITY WITH HIS HOME-GROWN TEAM .

ELGIN'S BUNCH IS SURE FUN TO WATCH & JIM GOT THEM AS FAR AS POSSIBLE . KEEP IT ROLLING JIMMY .

**** CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK ALWAYS BRINGS TO MIND OLD PARTNERS AND FRIDAY NIGHT FOES FOES WHO HAVE GONE ON .

NETHERLAND , LELAND , HARRISON, ROSS . HOOPER , CAINE , TUCKER , KILZER , BROCK, ARMSTRONG , A.J. , OLLIE , BOYCE, BERRONG , REX AND BUGGY  I MISS YOU ALL

**** BACK TO EMMYLOU SINGING MAKE BELIEVE !!!!!

ODE TO REX

*** I WAS VERY SAD TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF SWEETWATER'S REX RHODES . REX WAS A STUDENT ,PLAYER, TEACHER ,COACH & ADMINISTRATOR AT SHS FOR 37 OF HIS 55 YEARS ON EARTH .

REX WAS TOO SMALL & TOO SLOW TO PLAY FOR THE WILDCATS BUT HE WAS TOO SMART NOT TO PLAY . REX'S  FOOTBALL IQ ALLOWED HIM TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME EVIDENCED BY HIS 3 INTERCEPTIONS IN HIS FIRST VARSITY START .

REX ALSO WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AS A COACH . REX 'S HEART WAS BIGGER THAN THE HILLS THAT SURROUND THE SWEETWATER VALLEY .  I LOVED REX RHODES !

*** A HAPPY NOTE

MY FINE PROTEGE , JIM ELGIN HAS HIS TEAM IN THE ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME .

JIM AND I ARE SOULBROTHERS FROM GIBSON COUNTY AND WERE QB AND COACH AT RHODES COLLEGE IN 1985 RINGING A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH AN 8 - 1 -1 RECORD .

*** OLE MISS BEAT STATE . BOTH TEAMS HAD GREAT YEARS . IT WAS A HIGH POINT FOR BOTH TEAMS . I HOPE BOTH CAN MAINTAIN THESE LEVELS OF PLAY IN COMING YEARS . GREAT JOB REBELS AND DAWGS .


*** WILL THEY GO OR STAY ?

WILL HUGH FREEZE GO TO FLORIDA ? IT SEEMS TO BE THE SMART THING . BETTER SITUATION IN EVERY WAY . SORRY OLE MISS FANS .

BUT I THINK HUGH WILL STAY PUT . WILL HE REGRET THE ROAD NOT TAKEN ? ONLY TIME WILL TELL .

WILL DAN GO TO MICHIGAN , NEBRASKA , OR PARTS UNKNOWN ? HE SHOULD . WHY?HE CAN'T DO ANYMORE AT STATE ,& IT IS UNLIKELY THAT DANNO CAN MAINTAIN .

WHAT MULLEN HAS DONE AT STATE IS BEYOND  ALL ONE CAN IMAGINE . STATE #1 IN THE USA FOR 6 WEEKS

IF EITHER OF THESE TWO BOOK JUSTIN FUENTE WOULD BE A GREAT REPLACEMENT. JF DID A REMARKABLE JOB AT MEMPHIS THIS YEAR . WINNING 9 AT MEMPHIS WILL GET YOU NOTICED AT A LOT OF PLACES .


*** WHAT DOES NEBRASKA WANT

I AM NOT A BO PELLINI FAN . BUT AT LEAST 9 WINS A YEAR FOR 6 YEARS . OVERALL 66 - 27 RECORD .

WITH THAT KIND OF RECORD IT SOULD NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE A TURD WHICH BO IS .

THE HUSKERS PULLED THIS SAME STUNT WITH FRANK SOLICH A FEW YEARS AGO . THE BIG RED HAS NOT RECOVERED YET .

SPEAKING OF TURDS  . DO YOU KNOW TWO BIGGER ONES THAN NICK & MY HERO GENO .

*** A MAN TO LEARN FROM .

I WISH I HAD DISCOVERED THE TEACHING OF FROSTY WESTERING EARLIER IN MY CAREER . GET A COPY OF MAKE THE BIG TIME WHERE YOU ARE .

THIS BOOK IS A GAME CHANGER .

  *** ALL THE THINGS I DID WRONG
          SHE PUT IN A LETTER
         I READ WHAT SHE WROTE
          FARTED , THEN FELDT BETTER               SALLY HICKS & THE HOT LICKS
                                                                                    GIBSON COUNTY BAND OF THE YEAR

PERSPECTIVES

***  I BEEN OUT OF POCKET FOR A WEEK AND HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED . THERE IS STILL A LOT OF FOOTBALL TO BE PLAYED BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS ARE SETTLED . ANYTHING CAN STILL HAPPEN . 

NO TEAM IS A LOCK FOR THE FINAL FOUR .

*** ARKANSAS IS GOING TO BE REAL TROUBLE IN DAYS TO COME . THE HOGS ARE GETTING BETTER EACH WEEK . JUST ASK OLE MISS & LSU . 

THE HAWGS PLAY A STYLE OF FOOTBALL YOU DON'T SEE EVERY WEEK IN THE SEC . ARKANSAS IS A BACK TO THE FUTURE ATTACK . THESE SEC DEFENSES ARE DESIGNED TO PLAY 3 OR 4 WIDE OUT OFFENSES & HAVE PROBLEMS HOLDING UP AGAINST SMASHMOUTH  ATTACKS . LOOK OUT MIZZOU !

*** OLE MISS CAN STILL RUIN THINGS FOR STATE & HAVE A GOOD BOWL BUT THE DREAM YEAR ENDED IN THE RAIN AT FAYETTEVILLE . 

*** AFTER A WONDERFUL 6-WEEK STAY IN WONDER LAND STATE MUST GET BACK ON TRACK BEAT OLE MISS AND PULL FOR AUBURN . 

I DON'T THINK STATE HAS MUCH CHANCE TO MAKE THAT FINAL FOUR BUT WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE DAWGS WOULD HAVE BEEN #  1 .

*** I MUST MENTION THE GEORGIA DOGS . THEY ARE A FINE TEAM , CAN BEAT ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY . 

BUT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO SELF DESTRUCT NOW &THEN . IF GEORGIA GETS TO THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THEY COULD BE A NIGHTMARE FOR BAMA OR STATE .

*** BAMA, LSU , ARKANSAS , & GEORGIA PLAY MORE POWER FOOTBALL THAN THE OTHER SEC TEAMS WHICH ARE HEAVY SPREAD TEAMS . 

*** HERE IS A QUESTION FOR YOU .  WHO WILL BE COACHING AT MEMPHIS LONGER ? PASTNER OR FUENTES ?  WILL JUSTIN GET A BETTER JOB BEFORE JOSH HAS TO GET ANOTHER JOB ?

*** GERMANTOWN IS LOOKING FOR A FOOTBALL COACH  DANGER ALERT - THIS IS A TRAP JOB . 

G-TOWN IS A SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL [ MEMPHIS CITY] JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS IN THE CITY OF MEMPHIS . 

THE OLD RED DEVIL PROGRAM IS GONE WITH THE WIND 
THE BIG TIME BOOSTER CLUB WILL  DISAPPEAR & THE DEVILS WILL JUST BE ANOTHER IN A PITIFUL GROUP 

NO ONE WANTS TO BE CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC . THE ONLY COACH WILLING TO COME TO G-TOWN WILL BE ONE WITH NO OTHER OPPORTUNITY .
IT WAS SAD WHEN THAT GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN .

PERSPECTIVES FROM THE SEC

**** THE SEC WEST IS IN A MESS . THERE ARE TOO MANY WHAT-IFS  TO EVEN THINK ABOUT . 

STATE AND BAMA CONTROL THIER FATE . IF ONE OF THOSE CAN WIN OUT THEY ARE THE WINNER . 

FOUR TEAMS STILL HAVE A SHOT , STATE ,BAMA, AUBURN & OLE MISS .THE REBELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD POSITION . 

IT SHOULD BE AN ADVENTURE FROM HERE ON .

**** HOW CAN YOU HAVE VICTORY IN YOUR HAND AND THEN HAVE IT BLOW AWAY LIKE ASHES IN THE WIND ? 

LSU SURE DID . WITH BAMA PLAYING IN THE SAME FOG THEY PLAYED IN VS OLE MISS , THE TIGERS HAD THEM BEAT . THEN A TERRIBLE MISTAKE ON THE KICKOFF AND THE TIDE IS OUT OF THE BOX . 

YOU JUST KNEW WHEN BAMA GOT TO OT IT WAS OVER . 

**** HOW CAN GEORGIA LOOK AWESOME ONE WEEK THEN RINKY-DINK THE NEXT . THE DOGS ALWAYS HAVE ONE GAME A YEAR THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED .  

IF GEORGIA ELECTS TO RUN THE BALL AND PLAY ACTION PASS THEY ARE A LOAD . 

**** YOU CAN NOT COUNT ON AUBURN . A TWENTY POINT PLUS FAVORITE PLAYING AT HOME VS ONE OF THE WEAKEST DEFENSES IN FOOTBALL AND GUS' GROUP TURNS IN THAT PERFORMANCE . 

**** WHAT IS WRONG AT ALABAMA ? THEY ARE WINNING GAMES BUT LOOK CRAPPY . 

SABAN HAS  NO FIRE OR EMOTION . THE   CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC HAD MORE PEP IN HIS STEP THAN NICKY . NICK LOOKS LIKE HE IS WAITING ON BAD NEWS .

IS THERE HIDDEN DANGER IN TIDELAND ?

**** I BET IT WAS A HAPPY BAND OF SKYHAWKS  HEADING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 45 SATURDAY NIGHT . 

UTM DID NOT GET EMBARRASSED  BY STATE AND HEADED HOME WITH A BIG CHECK . 

BIG BIG ACID TEST FOR STATE THIS WEEK . BAMA AT T-TOWN . WILL THE STATE DREAM CONTINUE OR IS IT TURN OUT THE LIGHTS  THE PARTY 'S OVER 

**** ONE FINAL NOTE : THE TIGERS ARE BOWL BOUND AND SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST TWO MORE WINS IN A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR MEMPHIS . 

PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ROCK

*** I TOLD YOU IF FLORIDA BECAME DESPERATE ENOUGH TO SIMPLIFY IT WOULD BE TROUBLE . RUNNING THE BALL 60 OUT OF 66 PLAYS IS AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS .

TEN TO ONE IS A HIGH RUN RATIO FOR A SEVEN & UNDER TEAM .  THE GATORS RANG UP 38 POINTS VS A GEORGIA BUNCH THAT FORGOT TO TACKLE . 

CAN THE GATORS SAVE WILLY'S JOB? I THINK THEY NEED TO WIN OUT OR I THINK THEY WILL BREAK WILL'S PLATE .

*** OLD MESS LOST THE GAME , THIER BEST WIDE OUT, & ALL HOPES AND DREAMS ON ONE PLAY . IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST COSTLY PLAY IN THE HISTORY OF OLD MESS .

THE REBELS ARE A VERY GOOD TEAM BUT THIER DREAM SEASON IS ON LIFE SUPPORT & WILL REQUIRE HELP TO COME TRUE .

AWBARN IS VERY GOOD ON OFFENSE BUT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF 'D'.  IT MAY COME DOWN TO THE AWBARN / ALAFLAMA  WINNER IN THE SEC WEST .

THE ODD COUPLE NICKY & LANE HAVE THREE BIG HILLS TO CLIMB BEFORE THEY GET ALAFLAMA  SAFE AT HOME .  

*** MISSIPISSI STATE CAN BIG STICK - IT ANOTHER WEEK MOST LIKELY TWO WEEKS WITH UTM COMING UP .

STATE HAS BEEN KING OF THE HILL ALMOST A MONTH NOW . THIS CAN NOT BE REAL . THE DAWGS ARE LIVING ON FANTASY ISLAND FOR REAL . 

MISSIPISSI STATE #1 IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL . I THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE LORD'S RETURN  BEFORE THE DAWGS WERE #1 . 

ARKANSAS SCARED THE SHINOLA OUT OF THE DOGS . THE STATE CROWD CHANTED PRAISE THE LORD EVERY TIME THE RAZORBACKS GOT IN THE SHOTGUN . 

IF THE HAWGS HAD STAYED IN THE I ,THEY MIGHT HAVE OVERPOWERED THE DAWGS . 

*** HOW BOUT THAT TENNESSEE COMEBACK WIN ? 
THE OLD BALL COACH & THE FIGHTING CHICKENS LOOK READY FOR THE REST HOME . 

IT IS HARD ON THE OLD BALL COACH TO LOSE TO A TEAM WEARING COLORS SIMLAR TO HIS LAST SPECIMEN SAMPLE . 

MIGHT BE TIME TO GOLF  STEVE . 

*** WARNING - WARNING  MEMPHIS WILL LOSE TWO MORE GAMES . THE TIGERS BETTER GET WITH IT . 

THE FOCUS AND INTENSITY LEVEL WERE VERY POOR VS TULSA . IT WILL TAKE A MUCH BETTER EFFORT TO BEAT THE REMAINING TEAMS ON THE SCHEDULE .

HAIL STATE HAIL STATE !!!!   

PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ROCK

**** HUGH FREEZE AND BO WALLACE TOOK TURNS MESSING UP IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF THE LSU GAME .

FIRST HUGH GETS A DELAY OF GAME PENALTY , THEN DECIDES TO RUN ONE MORE PLAY , WHERE UPON BO TAKES OVER THROWING A HIGH RISK PASS WHICH ENDED IN A TURNOVER .

THE OLE MISS DEFENSE IS REALLY GOOD . LSU WAS ABLE TO RUN THE BALL WELL  BUT ONLY SCORED TEN POINTS . IF YOU ONLY GIVE UP TEN YOU SHOULD WIN MOST GAMES .

HOW WILL OLE MISS DO VS AUBURN ? I THINK OLE MISS CAN SCORE MORE VS A SOFT AUBURN DEFENSE THAN THE VERY GOOD AUBURN OFFENSE CAN SCORE AGAINST A POWERFUL REBEL DEFENSE .

I DON'T SEE AUBURN GETTING MORE THAN 21 - 24 POINTS SO CAN THE REBS GET ONE MORE POINT THAN THEY GIVE UP .

THIS IS A MUST WIN FOR OLE MISS TO KEEP THE DREAM ON TRACK .

**** THE DALLAS COWBOYS LOST A GAME THEY SHOULD HAVE WON . THEY MAY HAVE ALSO LOST THE QB . I KNEW THE COWBOY START WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE .

DID YOU NOTICE THAT THE BOYS JUST DRIFTED FROM THE THINGS THAT WERE CAUSING THE SUCCESS ? DALLAS JUST ABANDONED THE RUNNING GAME AND PLAY ACTION PASSES .

I DON' T THINK ROMO SHOULD HAVE RETURNED TO THE GAME . ROMO DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WITH A CLEAR HEAD BUT MUCH LESS WHEN ADDLED WITH PAIN . STAY WITH WEEDEN , HE WAS ROLLING PRETTY GOOD .

BUT OLE SIDELINE JERRY TOOK CARE OF THAT . I BELIEVE IT WAS JERRY'S CALL TO GET ROMO BACK IN THE GAME . JERRY NEEDS TO KEEP HIS OLD WRINKLED HIENY IN THE BOX AND LET THE COACHES MANAGE THE GAME .

FINAL NOTE ON DALLAS ; VASTLY TALENTED DEZ IS A BOMB WHICH COULD EXPLODE AT ANY MOMENT .

**** STATE FANS HAVE ANOTHER WEEK TO BIG STICK IT AND LIVE LARGE . IT HAS BEEN A GREAT THREE WEEKS TO BE A BULLDOG .

LIKE OLE CONWAY USED TO SING "SHE HAS NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE "  THE DAWGS ARE IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY .

STATE FANS REMEMBER THERE IS ANOTHER SONG . IT GOES LIKE THIS ;

CALL IT A NIGHT
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
THE PARTY'S OVER

STATE HAVE A BLAST
AS LONG AS IT LAST .

**** GO TIGERS GO

MEMPHIS ONLY NEES TWO WINS TO BE BOWL ELIGIBLE . THE TIGERS SHOULD WIN 4 OF THE LAST 5 .  WHAT A WONDERFUL YEAR FOR THE TIGERS '

TILL NEXT TIME

QUEEN FOR A DAY

$$$$ DO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD TV SHOW QUEEN FOR A DAY ?

THE SHOW HAD THREE LADIES WHO TOLD THEIR HARD LUCK SOB STORY THEN BY APPLAUSE THE AUDIENCE CHOSE THE WINNER .

THE WINNER RECEIVED MONEY ,PRIZES , AND WAS QUEEN FOR A DAY . 

THAT IS THE WAY IT HAS BEEN FOR M-STATE FANS FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS . THE BULLDOGS ARE LIVING A DREAM BEING #1 IN THE NATION .

ENJOY IT TILL ITS OVER STATE FANS . YOU WILL HAVE TO WAKE UP SOON . BUT UNTIL THEN  DO THE FARGO STRUT AND BIG STICK IT DAWGS 

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TWO WEEKS TO BE A BULLDOG !!!

**** OLE MISS HAS A GREAT TEAM THIS YEAR . THE REBS ARE ALMOST AS GOOD AS THEY THINK THEY ARE .

DON'T YOU KNOW IT BURNS OLE MISS BUTTS TO SEE THE DAWGS #1 .

IF THE REBELS KEEP WINNING  THEIR TURN WILL COME . 
*** I THINK WE CAN SAY GOOD-BYE TO WILL MUSCHAMP  AT FLORIDA . 

WILL JUST CAN'T GET THINGS ON TRACK . QB TROUBLE HAS GOTTEN THE BEST OF THE GATORS . 

I LOOK FOR FLORIDA TO MAKE A RUN AT DAN MULLEN . 

*** GOOD DECISION BY GEORGIA TO  EMPHASIZE THE TAILBACK RATHER THAN THE QUARTERBACK . 

LET CHUBB WIN THE GAME NOT MASON . 

LSU IS BEGINNING TO TAKE THE BURDEN FROM THEIR QBS AND LET THOSE GIFTED TBS CARRY THE LOAD .  

BUM PHILLIPS ONCE TOLD ME A BIG PART OF COACHING WAS TO DO WHAT YOUR PLAYERS DO BEST . 

TENNESSEE WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING UNTILL THEY GET AN UPGRADE AT QB 

THE VOLS AND GATORS ARE TRYING TO RUN OFFENSES THEIR QBS JUST CAN'T DO . 

COACHES SURE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME PUTTING SQUARE PEGS IN ROUND HOLES . 

*** WHILE WE ARE ON FANTASY ISLAND  HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS . 

THE BOYS HAVE GOTTEN A LONG WAY WITH A WEAK DEFENSE .  THE OFFENSE IS PLAYING SO WELL . WITH A GOOD MIX OF ZONE RUNS & PLAY ACTION PASSES DALLAS IS ROLLING .

BUT DON'T FORGET THIS IS TONY ROMO !

CATCH Y'ALL LATER !!!!!

SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN

****** MISSISSIPPI STATE IS THE NUMBER ONE FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE NATION !
THAT'S WHAT THE POLLS SAY .

NOW, I DON'T PUT ANY STOCK IN POLLS NEVER HAVE .NEVER WILL . A POLL IS JUST AN OPINION NOT A TRUTH . 
BUT STATE #1 IS SOMETHING I DID NOT  DREAM OF SEEING IN THIS LIFE .  NO STATE FAN BELIEVED THIS WOULD REALLY COME TO PASS . 

STATE SUFFERS FROM A POOR SELF IMAGE UNLIKE THE OLE MISS FOLKS WHO LIVE IN A FALSE POTIMKEN WORLD . 

I HAD NO REAL KNOWLEDGE OF STATE UNTIL MY SON ENROLLED THERE . ALL I KNEW ABOUT THE DAWGS IS THAT THEY WERE AN EASY WIN & LOCATED SOMEWHERE IN MISSISSIPPI . 

ALL I KNEW ABOUT MISSISSIPPI IS THE STATE WAS RATED LAST ON EVERY LIST IN EXISTENCE.

I ENVISIONED A LAND FILLED WITH SNUFF- DIPPERS WHERE NAKED CHILDREN & CHICKENS PLAYED IN THE FRONT LAWN . 

WE FOUND M-STATE TO BE A WONDERFUL FINE PLACE & WE HAVE NOT DIPPED ANY SNUFF & STILL HAVE SOME CLOTHES ON .

SO STATE FANS , YOU HAVE AN OFF WEEK SO ENJOY THIS GREAT TIME TO BE A BULLDOG FOR 2 WEEKS . 

THIS WON'T LAST ,IT NEVER DOES .

STATE FANS JUST ENJOY IT TILL IT IS OVER & PLEASE DON'T TELL ME HOW IT ENDS . 

***** SOME OTHER THINGS ON MY MIND 
OLE MISS IS REALLY GOOD ,VERY GOOD ON DEFENSE . 

THE REBS MAY HAVE A LEGIT RIDE ON THE LOVE BOAT THIS YEAR '
***
PRESCOTT AND MARSHALL ARE THE BEST QBS IN THE SEC. SORRY BLOW WALLACE . 
***
GEORGIA USED A TON OF TWO -BACK OFFENSE & PLAYED A WHITE GUY AT TAILBACK SOME . DON'T SEE THAT EVERY DAY .
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MEMPHIS JUST RAN INTO A HOT QB . THAT LITTLE DUDE WAS MADE FOR THE SPREAD . 
I AM HOPING THE TIGERS CAN GET SEVEN WINS  WHICH WOULD BE A GOOD YEAR FOR BIG BLUE . 
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WHAT IS WRONG AT ALABAMA? 
RIP-TIDE HAS TURNED INTO EBB-TIDE . BAMA MAKING MISTAKES LIKE THEY WERE VANDY . 
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I LEAVE YOU WITH THE SOUND ON COWBELLS RINGING DEEP INTO THE NIGHT !!!   

WHAT A WEEK

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          I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO POST DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS BUT CHILI PEPPER FIXED IT . HOORAY!

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            I CAN'T RECALL A WEEK WHERE ALL THREE LOCAL SCHOOLS WON BIG GAMES ON THE SAME DAY .

OLE MISS' WIN OVER BAMA WAS MONSTER WIN FOR THE REBS .  M-STATE WON A BIG GAME VS A&M. AND THE TIGERS SCORED THEIR BIGGEST WIN IN YEARS OVER CINCY .

ALL THREE FAN BASES ARE GOING CRAZY . THE EXPECTATIONS  ARE HIGHER THAN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MAXIMUM FLOOD STAGE .

OLE MISS & M-STATE ARE RANKED #3 AND MEMPHIS FANS ARE TALKING ABOUT RUNNING THE TABLE FOR 10 WINS .

NOW, I DON'T WANT TO PEE ON YOUR FIRE OR RUIN YOUR DAY BUT LET ME BE REAL HERE. 

RANKINGS DON'T MEAN A THING TILL THE END OF THE YEAR . EXAMPLE OF HOW MEANINGLESS THEY ARE : BOTH OLE MISS AND STATE ARE UNDERDOGS THIS WEEK .

IMO, MEMPHIS HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF MEETING EXPECTATIONS  DUE TO THE S0FT SCHEDULE . BUT 10 WINS? I THINK MEMPHIS HAS WON 10 GAMES TOTAL IN THE LAST 4 YEARS . I THINK THE TIGERS CAN GET 8 WINS FOR A GREAT YEAR .

OLE MISS HAS 3 OR 4 SNOT - KNOCKERS LEFT . OLE MISS COULD WIN 10 BUT I THINK ALL 12 WOULD BE A REACH .
IF OLE BO REALLY BLOWS THE REBS COULD TOP OUT A 8 OR 9 .

I THINK THE DAWGS ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO IMPLODE . I FELT BEFORE THE SEASON IF THE DAWGS COULD GET 4 OUT OF THE FIRST SIX THEY WOULD HAVE A GOOD YEAR . 

WELL STATE ALREADY HAS 5 AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO WIN AT LEAST 4 OF THE LAST SEVEN .
BUT THIS IS STATE AND DAN MULLEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT !

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           OF THIS BUNCH I AM MOST PROUD OF MEMPHIS . THE TIGERS HAVE NOT BEEN SITTING IN COTTON THIS HIGH IN A LONG TIME 
HAVE THE TIGERS HAD A WINNING SEASON IN 10 YEARS ?
***** FIX YOU A FRIED BOLOGNEY  AND A DR. PEPPER AND HOLD ON!!!!!!

MEMPHIS HAS A CHANCE

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NOW,COME ON TIGER FANS. YOU DIDN'T REALLY THINK MEMPHIS WOULD BEAT OLE MISS . 

THE TIGERS HAVE NOT A WIN OVER THE SEC IN TEN YEARS .

WINNING VS AUSTIN PEAY & MTSU IS LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM BEATING AN SEC TEAM .

BUT HOPE IS BRIGHT . THE EIGHT GAMES REMAINING ARE WINNABLE .  MEMPHIS WILL NOT WIN THEM ALL BUT NONE ARE IN THE CAN'T WIN COLUMN .

IF MEMPHIS CAN JUST WIN HALF THESE GAMES THAT WOULD GIVE THE TIGERS THE MAGIC NUMBER SIX .

THAT MEANS RINKY - DINK BOWL WHICH IS BETTER THAN NO BOWL AT ALL . 

THESE REMAINING TEAMS HAVE A RECORD OF 12 - 22 . 

THE TIGER DEFENSE IS STRONG & SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE TIGERS  TO FOUR OR SIX WINS IN THE FINAL EIGHT .

THE TIGERS SEEM TO BE ROLLING THE RIGHT WAY . HOPE THEY CAN KEEP ROLLING .

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            HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS ! THREE STRAIGHT WINS . 

IT ALMOST MAKES YOU BELIEVE AND HOPE .

THAT YOUNG O - LINE IS PLAYING GREAT , THE BOYS ARE RUNNING THE BALL WELL & TURNOVER TONY HAS BEEN UNDER CONTROL .

I WANT TO FEEL GOOD BUT I KNOW JERRY & TONY .

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              BIG BIG GAME FOR THE BULLDOGS  VS AGGIES . THIS COULD DETERMINE WHICH TEAM HAS A GREAT YEAR & WHICH TEAM IS SO - SO .

I  AM TAKING THE DAWGS HERE CAUSE THE BULLDOG DEFENSE IS BETTER  & THEY ARE AT HOME . 

I THINK THERE WILL BE LOTS OF SCORING IN THIS ONE . A&M WILL PUT UP POINTS ON THE GOOD MSU DEFENSE BUT THE DAWG OFFENSE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE WEAK AGGIE DEFENSE LIKE A FART THROUGH SILK DRAWERS .
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               I BET THEY ARE SINGING GLORY DAYS GLORY DAYS OVER AT G-TOWN 

THE RED DEVILS BEAT KINGSBURY  FOR THIER FIRST WIN AFTER AN O - 4 START . 

IT BEEN ALMOST 40 YEARS SINCE THE RED DEVILS STARTED THIS POORLY . THE COACH IN HIS SECOND YEAR AT G-TOWN WAS KEN NETHERLAND .

SEE YOU NEXT TIME !

THEN AGAIN

****I AM TIRED OF NICK SABAN . TIRED OF NICK BERATING EVERYBODY AND BEING A TURD . 

NICK NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT HE IS COACHING A GAME ,NOT LEADING A PLATOON AGAINST THE ISIS.

NICK'S SIN IS THAT HE TAKES ALL JOY OUT OF THE GAME . EVEN WHEN HE WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP , NICK HAS THE EXPRESSION OF A MAN WITH ACUTE HEMORRHOIDS . LIGHTEN UP .

NICK SHOULD BE AS TICKLED AS A MAN WITH A FEATHER IN HIS DRAWERS . HE DOESN' T HAVE TO DO ANY REAL WORK . JUST COACH A GAME .

THERE ARE 2.8 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT EXIST ON TWO DOLLARS A DAY WHILE SABAN MAKES SEVERAL MILLON A YEAR .  FOR PLAYING GAMES . 

WHAT HAS NICK GOT TO FROWN ABOUT ?

LET'S GET NICK A REAL JOB. LET HIM TEACH IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL FOR A YEAR . I'M BETTING NICK CAN'T MAKE IT .

**** BULLDOG FANS STAY ON EARTH . DO NOT BE LIKE THE OLE MISS FANS WHO ARE LIFERS ON  FANTASY ISLAND .

YES THE WIN OVER LSU IS BIG BUT THE DAWGS HAVE TO KEEPING ON KEEPING ON .

**** IF YOU ARE COACHING FOOTBALL AT ANY LEVEL TODAY  YOU MUST BE READY TO DEFEND 3 RECEIVERS  ON ONE SIDE . 

YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS BACK IN THE DAYS OF THE TWO BACK OFFENSE . 

WHEN YOU PUT THREE OUT THE DEFENSE MUST MOVE A LINEBACKER OUT TO COVER . 

THIS SHOULD OPEN UP THE RUNNING GAME BY SPREADING THE DEFENSE .

**** I NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION . CHILI PEPPER HAS NEVER HIT ME . THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY VIOLENCE IN OUR HOME . I WAS JUST BEING FUNNEY AND DID NOT MEAN TO DEMEAN HER IN ANY WAY .

UNTIL THEN .

WELL,I'M BACK

***** WELL . I'M BACK  I KNOW I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME GONE . I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING SEC FOOTBALL AND SHARING FUNNY STORIES .

I AM BACK WITHOUT MY LITTLE PODJO BUDDY . BUD WAS COMPANION 24/7 FOR 12 YEARS . I SPENT MORE NIGHTS AWAY FROM CHILI PEPPER THAN I WAS AWAY FROM BUDDY .

BUDDY PASSED AWAY MAY 15 . I STILL MISS HIM . I STILL CRY A LITTLE EVERY DAY .

I WANT TO COMMENT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE NFL . I IN NO WAY CONDONE IT.  IN 42 YEARS I HAVE NEVER HIT CHILI PEPPER ON PURPOSE . AND THE TIMES SHE HAS HIT ME I DESERVED IT .

HAVING SAID THAT , I THINK IT IS A LEGAL ISSUE NOT AN NFL ISSUE. LET THE COURTS HANDLE THESE CASES NOT THE LEAUGE OFFICE .

NOW , IF A SPONSOR WANTS TO DISMISS A PLAYER AS A SPOKESMAN, THEN THAT IS A BUSINESS DECISION . THE  COMMISSIONER IS NOT A POLICEMAN .

IF YOUR DOCTOR POPS HIS WIFE HE STILL KEEPS SEEING PATIENTS ,A CEO KEEPS ON RUNNING THE COMPANY . SHOULD BE THE SAME RULES FOR EVERYBODY .

IF A DUDE IS OUT OF JAIL HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY ,, AARON HERNANDEZ AND O.J. CAN;T MAKE IT TO THE GAMES .


WITH THE PASSING OF KEN NETHERLAND  THE GERMANTOWN STAFF OF THE HIGH TIDE 1980'S IS MOSTLY GONE .

COACH KEN , TOMMY HARRISON, AND LELAND SMITH HAVE GONE ON . ONLY CHARLIE WHITE , RAYMOND DUKE, &; ROCKY GRAVES REMAIN . COACH WHITE IS THE ONLY ONE STILL COACHING .

I HAD A 40 YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH COACH KEN . THERE WERE MANY GOOD TIMES , A FEW BAD TIMES & A HARD TIME OR TWO .

I LEARNED A LOT OF FOOTBALL AND A LOT ABOUT LIFE . I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES COACH KEN GAVE ME .


I AM SO TIRED OF WATCHING SHOTGUN FOOTBALL . I WISH TEAMS WOULD GET UNDER CENTER & PLAY BALL .

FOOTBALL COACHES HAVE THE STRONGEST HERD INSTINCT OF ANYONE .

AFTER ENOUGH GET THEIR BUTTS KICKED THEY WILL FIGURE IT OUT .

IN THE SHOT GUN YOU CAN ONLY BE AS GOOD AS THE GUY  YOU ARE SNAPPING IT TO .


UNTIL THEN!!