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 . 

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          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 .

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          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 !!!!!

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