SHOOTING IN THE DARK

**** DEPRESSION 

HAVE YOU EVER STRUGGLED WITH DEPRESSION ? I HAVE .

DEPRESSION IS A VERY HEAVY BURDEN ,A CRUSHING WEIGHT TO CARRY . 

THEY SAY DEPRESSION IS CAUSED BY A SENSE OF LOSS ,YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LOST SOMETHING . 

IT COULD BE A LOSS OF LOVE , A POSSESSION , OR LOSS OF ANYTHING. 

I JUST KNOW THAT DEPRESSION IS TERRIBLE , IT CRUSHES THE LIFE OUT OF YOU .

I ALSO KNOW THAT DEPRESSION COMES WHEN I LOSE FOCUS ON GOD'S GRACE 

AS LONG AS I FOCUS ON THE GRACE OF THE LORD I CANNOT BECOME DEPRESSED . 

WHEN YOU START COUNTING ALL OF THE WONDERS JESUS IS WORKING IN YOUR LIFE DEPRESSION VANISHES . 
YOU WILL STILL FEEL SOME SADNESS BUT THAT CRUSHING BURDEN WILL DISAPPEAR. 

**** THEY DID IT 

I AM CONVINCED THAT BILL BELICHICK  AND TOM BRADY  ONE OR BOTH HAD COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEFLATED FOOTBALLS . 

BILLY BELLS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PLAYING FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE RULES . BILL IS A MASTER AT FINDING EVERY  LOOPHOLE . 

IF BILLY DOES NOT BREAK THE RULES HE SURE DOES BEND THEM . 

BELICHICK IS ONE OF THE NFL'S MOST SUCCESSFUL COACHES BUT HAS A SMUDGE ON HIS NAME . 

DEFLATE - GATE IS JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL WITH BELLS .

**** MUDDY WATER 

SO MUCH OF BUSINESS IS BULLSNOT OR BULL WHATEVER . 

WHEN ANY OF THESE WHEELER -DEALERS START WITH THE CREATIVE MATH YOU ARE GOING TO GET A KICK IN THE POCKETBOOK .

WHEN I INSIST ON SIMPLE MEDINA MATH THEIR  NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP .  SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF ADD-ON CHARGES HAVE APPEARED  . 

THEY TELL ME I AM EARNING  SO MUCH % BUT WHEN MY TOTAL IS A LITTLE LIGHT  THEY SAY WELL THERE ARE A FEW FEES . YEAH RIGHT .

I HAD ONE PROMISE ME 8% RETURN . NOW YOU SHOULD THINK AT THE END OF A YEAR I WOULD HAVE AT LEAST 8% MORE THAN I STARTED WITH .

BUT KNOW THAT 8 % IS OVER THE LIFE OF THE INVESTMENT . IF THAT IS TEN  YEARS  THEN THAT 8% IS REALLY ONLY1.25 % 

HOW ABOUT TELLING IT STRAIGHT UP !

NEVER CAN TELL

**** KING SEATTLE 

EVERYONE IS PROCLAIMING THE SEAHAWKS THE NEW KING OF FOOTBALL .

THE HAWKS ARE ENROUTE TO ANOTHER SUPER BOWL TITLE . 

WHAT DOES SEATTLE DO ? 

FOR MORE THAN 58 MINUTES THEY STINK UP THE JOINT WITH 5 TURNOVERS AND SEEM GONERS . 

THEN THE PACKERS SCREW UP AN ON SIDE KICK AND THE SEATTLE HIGH TIDE RUSHES IN . 

SEATTLE ESCAPES NEAR CERTAIN DEFEAT AND LIVES TO PLAY ANOTHER DAY . 

IT IS THE MARK OF A GREAT TEAM WHEN YOU CAN PLAY SO POOR AND STILL WIN LIKE THE HAWKS DID .

YOU KNEW WHEN THE PACKERS SETTLED FOR FIELD GOALS RATHER THAN TOUCHDOWNS ,THAT IT WOULD COME BACK TO BITE THEM .

WILL SEATTLE BEAT NEW ENGLAND ? I THINK SO . BUT THE HAWKS WILL HAVE TO PLAY MUCH BETTER .

LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM TOM BRADY IS VERY VERY GOOD . 

AND BILL BELICHICK , BOY HE REALLY LIGHTS UP A ROOM  YEAH RIGHT !

AND A SHARP DRESSER , I THINK HE ROLLS HOMELESS GUYS FOR THIER CLOTHES .

IT SHOULD BE A GOOD SUPER BOWL TO WATCH .

**** COURT TALK 

THE MEMPHIS TIGERS ARE PLAYING MUCH BETTER . 

BUT I AM AFAIRD THE TIGERS ARE AS GOOD AS THEY ARE GOING TO GET .  I THINK THEY HAVE MAXED OUT . 

THE CONFERENCE IS SORTA WEAK THIS SEASON  SO MEMPHIS SHOULD WIN ENOUGH TO MAKE THE BIG DANCE .

TENNESSEE IS OFF TO A GREAT START WITH THIER MOB BOSS COACH . DONNIE TYNDALL LOOKS LIKE A WISE GUY OR A SMALL TOWN FUNERAL DIRECTOR . 

I LOVE TO WATCH THE VOLS PLAY THIER MATCH - UP ZONE 

BUT KEEP IN MIND TENNESSEE IS PLAYING THE WEAK SISTERS NOW THE NUTT BUSTERS WILL COME LATER .

**** LEAGLE BUZZ 

STILL NO BREAK IN THE JESSICA CHAMBERS CASE .

NO BREAK IN SPITE OF A 43,000 DOLLAR REWARD . 43K IS A LOT OF MONEY IN PANOLA COUNTY .

NORMALLY THERE ARE FEW SECRETS IN A SMALL TOWN 
SURE WERE NOT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP .

VERY STRANGE THAT SOMEONE DOES NOT KNOW SOMETHING . 

EVEN IF THE FIX WAS IN ON A HIGH LEVEL THERE SHOULD BE SOME BUZZ . 

BUT NOTHING            YET .

**** LAST TIME I SAW HER SHE HAD HER BISCUITS IN THE OVEN AND HER BUNS IN THE BED !!!!!!

TALKIN' FOOTBALL

**** NCAA PLAYOFFS

THE NCAA PLAYOFFS ARE OVER AND OHIO STATE IS THE ONLY ONE STANDING .

THE BUCKS PROVED ME WRONG AS I DID NOT THINK THEY BELONGED .

O- STATE PUT A BUTT WHUPPING ON OREGON WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN REAL BAD IF THE BUCKS HAD NOT HAD FOUR TURNOVERS . YOU DO NOT WIN OFTEN WITH THAT MANY T-O-S .

WHENEVER OHIO STATE RAN THE BALL INSIDE DUCK FEATHERS FLEW .  THAT EZEKIEL ELLIOTT IS AS GOOD AS I HAVE SEEN . 

WOODY HAYES WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF THE BUCKEYES RUSHING ATTACK . 

O-STATE PUT AN END TO THE DUCK DYNASTY . 

THE PLAYOFFS WERE GREAT AND CREATED A LOT OF INTEREST . I HOPE THE 
NCAA  EXPANDS TO EIGHT TEAMS .

**** TURN OUT THE LIGHTS PEYTON 

HAVE WE SEEN THE LAST OF PEYTON MANNING ? 

WE KNEW MANNING HAD NOT BEEN SHARP & NOT PLAYING AT HIS NORMAL LEVEL .

NOW WE FIND OLE -P HAS BEEN HIDING INJURY . PEYTON WILL SOON BE 39 . DOES HE HAVE ANY GAS LEFT IN THE TANK ? 

HAS TIME CAUGHT UP WITH  MANNING ? WILL HE BE CONTENT PLAYING AT A REDUCED LEVEL? 

HAS THE CHAMPIONSHIP WINDOW CLOSED ON PEYTON ?

HAS DENVER REACHED A FORK IN THE ROAD ? THESE BIG DOLLAR QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS .

IS IT TIME FOR PEYTON MANNING TO SAY GOODBYE ?

**** WHAT HAPPENED TO STATE 

M-STATE PLAYED A VERY GOOD GEORGIA TECH  TEAM IN THE ORANGE BOWL .

TECH RUNS AN OPTION OFFENSE WHICH THEY KNOW INSIDE -OUT . 

YOU USED TO SEE THE OPTION EVERY WEEK BUT NOW MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A CAREER . 

TECH CHANGED TO A G-BLOCKING SCHEME AT THE HALF .& THE STATE COACHES DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE DEFENDING THE OPTION TO KNOW WHAT TO DO . 

WE WILL  TALK NFL PLAYOFFS NEXT TIME !!! 

    

REBOUNDS AND STICKBACKS

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       HUGH FREEZE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO  THE BYRDS SING TURN,TURN, TURN . 

THEN HE WOULD KNOW THAT UNTO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON 
   " A TIME TO BE BORN ,A TIME TO DIE
      A TIME TO LAUGH ,A TIME TO CRY"

HUGH WOULD THEN KNOW THERE IS A TIME TO BE UNDER CENTER . BEING 100% SHOTGUN HAS BURNED BABY HUGHEY AGAIN.

ON YOUR OWN TWO YARD LINE YOU NEED TO BE UNDER CENTER . WHEN WILL HUGH LEARN ? 

I BET GROWING UP, HIS DADDY HAD TO WHIP HUGH MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE SAME THING . 

HUGH CAN ALSO LISTEN TO YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE & THINK OF JIMMY SEXTON . 

HUGH HAS BEEN AT OLE MISS 3 YEARS WITH A RECORD OF 24 - 15  WHICH IS A LITTLE ABOVE 60%  BUT HAS INCREASED HIS PAY 400% 

THANK YOU JIMMY , THE SMARTEST BOY IN THE ROOM . 

****
          JOSH PASTNER NEEDS TO LISTEN  TO BAD MOON RISING .

THEN JOSH WOULD KNOW THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET VERY BAD .
                        " I SEE HURRICANES AND LIGHTENING 
                           I SEE TROUBLE ON THE WAY "
THERE ARE A LOTS OF SIGNS TELLING JOSH THERE IS DISASTER AHEAD .

THE MOST SERIOUS ?  THE 16% DROP IN ATTENDANCE . 

YOU CAN HATE ON THE COACH , THROW THINGS AT THE COACH AND CUSS . 

BUT WHEN THE FANS STOP BUYING TICKETS CHANGES WILL BE MADE .

THE BEAN - COUNTERS CARE MORE ABOUT BUTTS IN SEATS THAN THEY DO ABOUT WINS AND LOSSES . 

WHEN TICKET SALES DROP THE QUICK FIX IS TO CHANGE COACHES .

**** 
          THE NFL ZEBRAS NEED TO LISTEN TO SOME HANK WILLIAMS . 

YOUR CHEATIN' HEART OR YOU WIN AGAIN WILL DO .

I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED THAT NFL GAMES WERE FIXED BUT I CAN NOT EXPLAIN THE FLAG THAT WAS PICKED UP IN THE COWBOY GAME . 

NOW I WAS PULLING HARD FOR THE BOYS BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CALL OR NO CALL CAN BE .

I DON'T THINK FIXING IS GOING ON IN THE NFL BUT GETTING TO THE REFS IS THE WAY TO DO IT . 

NOT THE PLAYERS BUT THE REFS . 

I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE CASE . IF SO I WILL HAVE TO PUT TIN FOIL ON MY HEAD AND WATCH WRESTLING .

**** 
SAY HELLO TO MOMMA & THEM !!!!!