**** 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 !!!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
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 !!!!!!!!!
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 !!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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 !!!!!!
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 !!!!!!
Monday, November 5, 2012
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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, October 29, 2012
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 !!
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 !!
Monday, October 22, 2012
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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, October 15, 2012
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
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
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