Monday, September 17, 2012

TURN THE WORLD UP-SIDE DOWN

**** HIGH SCHOOL 

 TWO WEST TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOLS SHOCKED THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL LAST WEEK . THE SOUTH GIBSON AKA MEDINA HORNETS BEAT MIGHTY MILAN . THE BULLDOGS ARE THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN IN WEST TENNESSEE FOOTBALL . FOUR STATE TITLES AND FOUR RUNNER-UPS ATTEST TO THE KING .

 THE HORNETS IN ONLY THEIR SECOND YEAR OF EXISTENCE BEAT THE DAWGS . SO NOW MILAN FACES A REBELLION IN THEIR FOOTBALL KINGDOM FROM ONLY EIGHT MILES AWAY . 

 ON THE SAME NIGHT POOR RELATION WEST CARROLL WHIPPED HUNTINGTON FOR THE FIRST TIME . THE NEVER - DO - WELL WAR EAGLES POPPED THE UPPITY MUSTANGS PRETTY GOOD .  

 IS THE SOCIAL ORDER AS BOBBY D USED TO SING THE TIMES ARE A - CHANGING ?

OLIVE  BRANCH IS VERY GOOD . MUS DID BEAT THEMSELVES BUT OB IS GOOD . THEY ARE A SIMPLE SPREAD TEAM WITH GREAT SPEED . 

 WHAT MAKES THE BRANCH SO TOUGH IS THEIR CONTROL OF THE MEMPHIS RECRUITING AREA . LIKE THIS YEAR OB NEEDED A QB SO THEY GOT ONE FROM AS FAR NORTH AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR OFFICIAL MEMPHIS RECRUITING TERRITORY.  HOW GOOD WOULD OB BE WITHOUT SAM CRAFT ?

**** COLLEGE

 TENNESSEE IS BACK IN THE REAL WORLD . THE GATOR SPEED BURNED THE VOLS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER . DREAMS OF 8 OR 9 WINS HAVE DIED & 7 SEEMS IFFY . THE LITTLE DOOLEY BOY MAY  NEED TO CHECK THE WANT ADS .

THE ARKANSAS DREAM SEASON HAS TURNED INTO A HAWG NIGHTMARE . COACH FIRED, UPSET LOSS . QB HURT , MONSTER BUTT - WHUPPING  . THE HAWGS ARE ASKING " WHAT IS HOUSTON NUTT DOING NOW ?"

HUGH FREEZE HAS NOT MADE THE MISTAKE OF PLAYING TEAMS WITH BETTER PLAYERS VERY OFTEN IN HIS CAREER . HE DID WITH TEXAS . FREEZE BETTER RE- READ THE CHAPTER IN THE BENNY HINN BOOK BUILDING A PROGRAM BY SCHEDULING.

OH. I FORGOT HUGH IS IN THE SEC NOW AND CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THAT SCHEDULE . DON'T WORRY HUGH , I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL SCORE  MORE THAN 66 . I DOUBT THAT MORE THAN ONE OR TWO WILL EVEN GET 50 .  

 WILL MEMPHIS EVER LEARN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THE COACH IS OR WHERE YOU PLAY ? 

 IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PLAYERS STUPID . THE TIGERS MUST GET BETTER PLAYERS TO EVER IMPROVE . YOU CAN'T COACH THEM TO BE BIGGER OR RUN FASTER . YOU HAVE TO FIND THOSE THAT CAN .  MEMPHIS MAKES THE SAME ERRORS OVER AND OVER . LIKE A MAN ON A MERRY GO  AROUND WHO KEEPS WONDERING WHY HE KEEPS COMING  TO THE SAME PLACE AGAIN AND AGAIN.  

**** NFL 

 THE COWBOYS STINK . I AM TIRED OF WAITING . THE BLAME FALLS ON YOU JERRY JONES . NOT GARRETT OR ROMO  OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER STOOGES . 

 JERRY , PRODUCE OR GET OFF THE POT . IF YOU CAN'T DO IT GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THE SEAT .

 JJ , IT WAS BEEN 16 SUPER BOWLS SINCE THE COWBOYS WERE RIDING HIGH . THE CAP STOPPED YOU FROM JUST BUYING A WINNER . 

 I THINK YOU NEED TO FIRE SOMEBODY ,NAMELY JERRY JONES .

TILL NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!1

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

THE NFL & THE SEC

***** I LOVE THE NFL & THE SEC . THAT IS ALL THE TEAMS I CAN PROCESS. SOMETIMES A HOT TEAM WILL CATCH MY INTEREST BUT FOR THE MOST PART I CLOSELY FOLLOW THE NFL & THE SEC .

THE FIRST REPORT CARD IS HERE :

 THE ONLY A IS ALABAMA . THE TIDE DOMINATES BOTH LINES OF SCRIMMAGE . LITTLE NICKY & THE TIDE MAY BLOW THOUGH WITH OUT BEING TESTED . BAMA WILL WIN AT LEAST 11 GAMES THIS YEAR .

 TEAMS RECEIVING B'S ARE LSU, STATE, GEORGIA, TENNESSEE & USC . THESE TEAMS HAVE WON TWO GAMES BUT NOT LOOKED GOOD DOING IT .

LSU GETS LES MILES OUT OF THEIR TALENT THAN ANYONE .  HUMPTY DAN & STATE ARE DEPENDING ON TYLER RUSSELL .

 GEORGIA IS LUCKY TO BE 2 - 0 . THEY ARE SO UP & DOWN & DON'T PLAY SMART .THE VOLS HAVE LOOKED BETTER BUT ONE THE THE WINS WAS OVER A RINKY - DINK .

 THE CAROLINA FIGHTIN CHICKENS ARE NOT AS NASTY AS THEY SHOULD BE . NO WAY CAROLINA WILL WIN 10 .

 GETTING A BIG C ARE OLE MISS, FLORIDA, & MIZZOU . THE TIGERS FROM THE NORTHWEST TALK A BETTER GAME THAN THEY PLAY . BOTH NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK GOT A BUTT - WHUPPIN TO WELCOME THEM .

 OLE MISS & FLORIDA HAVE WON TWO BUT NOT PLAYED GREAT . TENNESSEE & THE GATORS PLAY THIS WEEK IN A FORK IN THE ROAD GAME .

 IN LINE FOR D'S  ARE AUBURN ,ARKANSAS, VANDY, KENTUCKY  AND A&M .IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THE BAD JOHN L. TO SHOW UP  . HAWG DREAMS ENDED EARLY & NOW IT IS BAMA TIME .

 THIS WEEK CALL THE HOGS ALL YOU WANT BUT I DON'T THINK THEY ARE COMING .

 THE NFL

EIGHT NFL TEAMS LOOKED BETTER THAN AVERAGE WHILE FIVE LOOKED WORSE THAN AVERAGE .

 TOPPING THE AVERAGE STANDARD WERE THE PATRIOTS, RAVENS,TEXANS,BRONCOS,COWBOYS, REDSKINS,FALCONS ,& 49ERS .

 THE COWBOYS & THE REDSKINS WERE SURPRISE WINNERS , THE BRONCOS  HAD A FAST START OVER THE STEELERS . THE 49ERS LOOKED THE BEST OF ALL IN WEEK ONE

 STUMBLING OUT OF THE GATE WERE THE GIANTS,TITANS,CHIEFS, SAINTS,& THE SEAHAWKS .

 EARLY THINKING WAS THAT PETER PREP SCHOOL WOULD WIN THE BATTLE IN SEATTLE , BUT THE HAWKS COULDN'T GET PAST ZONA .

 THE SAINTS HAVE HAD TOO MUCH MESS TO DEAL WITH  & IT SHOWED . THE BIG EASY BOYS MAY HAVE SLAMMED THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY ON  THEIR  FINGERS .

 WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CHIEFS ? A POOR START FOR A TALENTED GROUP . THE TITANS ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE . ELI SEEMS TO BE LOST IN THE FOG AS MOST GRADUATES OF OLE MISS ARE  .

 WELL I HOPE ALL YOUR TEAMS WIN THIS WEEK !!!!!

A HIGH SCHOOL PREDICTION : MUS OVER OLIVE BRANCH . OB DIDN'T BRING IN ENOUGH PLAYERS TO KEEP UP LAST YEAR'S PACE .

 A CAPABLE GROUP OF PEE-WEE COACHES SHOULD WIN THE STATE WITH WHITEHAVEN . THE TIGERS COULD WIN IT ALL WITH JUST A LITTLE HELP FROM THE SIDELINE .

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

LOOKING BACK

***** LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR OF OPENING WEEK OF FOOTBALL IS REVEALING . SOME TEAMS ARE BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT , SOME NOT AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED .

 WHICH IS THE TOUGHEST LOSS ? PENN STATE OR MEMPHIS . BOTH SCHOOLS HAVE A HARDER ROW TO HOE THAN EXPECTED .

 ALABAMA LOOKS READY FOR ANOTHER TITLE RUN ,. ROLL TIDE IS ALREADY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE . THE TIDE DOMINATES ON BOTH OFFENSIVE & DEFENSIVE LINE PLAY .

 BAMA'S STEADY UNDER CONTROL OFFENSE DOES NOT PUT  THEM IN BAD POSITION . BAMA WON'T BEAT THEMSELVES .

 TENNESSEE LOOKED A LOT BETTER THAN I ANTICIPATED . COURSE I WASN'T EXPECTING MUCH . I THOUGHT THE VOLS WOULD BE LUCKY TO WIN FOUR . NOW I THINK THE BIG ORANGE COULD SQUEEZE OUT SEVEN WINS . MAYBE EVEN SAVE THE LITTLE DOOLEY BOY'S JOB .

 OKLAHOMA STATE & OREGON WERE AS STOUT AS A DIP OF LEVI GARRETT ON A COLD MORNING .

 I FELT THE CAROLINA GAMECOCKS WERE A BIG LET DOWN . LATTIMOORE  IS ABOUT 75 % OF WHAT HE USED TO BE . THE DEFENSE IS NOT DOMINATING & THE QB PLAY IS BARELY ABOVE AVERAGE .

 I AM AFRAID THE STATE BULLDOGS ARE MARCHING TOWARD DISASTER .HAVING A PASS HAPPY OFFENSE WITH TYLER RUSSELL AS THE TRIGGERMAN  IS AS BIG A MISTAKE AS WHEN CUSTER SAID THEY LOOK LIKE FRIENDLY INDIANS . HUMPTY DAN COULD DRIVE THE BUS OFF THE LEVEE THIS FALL

  THE GEORGIA DAWGS WERE A TAD SHY OF SCINTILLATING. GEORGIA SEEMS TO BE WANDERING AROUND A BIT .

 I THINK THE LSU TIGERS ARE REMARKABLE WHEN YOU CONSIDER LES MILES IS THE COACH . LES COULD NOT COACH A HOG TO WATER . THE FAMOUS COACH UNDERFALL AT MEDINA WAS BETTER THAN LES .

 COURSE TO BE FAIR OLD UNDERFALL WAS NOT TOO BAD WHEN HE WAS AWAKE . COACH HAD A HABIT OF NODDING OFF ON THE BENCH .

 VANDY HAS NARROWED THE GAP . THE DORES ARE MUCH BETTER BUT NOT QUIET AROUND THE BEND . VANDY IS STILL A BIT LIGHT ON GREAT ATHLETES AND STUNNING GIRLS . ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL AIRHEADS ARE AT FLORIDA & OLE MISS .

 THOSE HONEYS DO GOOD TO PASS GAS , THEY SURE CAN'T DO THE WORK AT VANDY .  I BET THERE AREN'T FIVE PAIR OF GLASSES AMONG THEM .

 BUT VANDY IS GETTING BETTER . REMEMBER JAMES FRANKLIN PROMISED ; NO UGLY COACHES 'WIFES .

 THAT HUGH FREEZE IS A BIG TIME IN - TO  - MANURE . THE OXFORD FOLKS WILL HAVE A BIGGER DIG OUT THAN A BUFFALO SNOW STORM.

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

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

DEFEND THE SPREAD

***** I WATCHED A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS PAST WEEK . FROM COAST TO COAST ,BORDER TO BORDER HIGH SCHOOLS ARE IN THE SPREAD OFFENSE .ABOUT 85% ARE SPREAD OFFENSES .

 WHY IS THIS ? COACHES HAVE A POWERFUL HERD MENTALITY . IF A TEAM HAS SUCCESS WITH A SCHEME OTHERS FLOCK TO FOLLOW .

 THE SPREAD IS A SIMPLE SCHEME . PUT YOUR BEST ATHLETE FIVE TO SEVEN YARDS DEEP TAKING THE SNAP WITH THE OPTION TO RUN OR THROW . THE OTHER FIVE ELIGIBLE PLAYERS CAN LINE UP IN MULTIPLE PLACES WITH ALL KINDS OF MOTIONS AND SHIFTS.

 ALL OF THIS MOVEMENT IS CONFUSING TO THE DEFENSE & MAKES IT HARD TO GET LINED UP IN THE RIGHT PLACE . IT CAUSES DOUBT AS TO WHO IS COVERING WHAT . A CONFUSED DEFENSE CANNOT BE AGGRESSIVE.

  SO TO BE A GOOD SPREAD TEAM , YOU NEED A DUAL THREAT QB & RECEIVERS WHO CAN BEAT ONE ON ONE COVERAGE . A DOMINATING   OFFENSIVE LINE IS A PLUS BUT NOT NECESSARY .

 IN THE EARLY DAYS THE SPREAD HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF SURPRISE & UNFAMILIARITY  . YOU DIDN'T SEE IT MUCH . MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR . NOW YOU PLAY AGAINST THE SPREAD EVERY WEEK . THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IS GONE & TEAMS ARE FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE SPREAD TO DUPLICATE THE OFFENSE IN PRACTICE .  

   HOW DO YOU DEFEND THE SPREAD ? FIRST DETERMINE IS THE QB A DUAL THREAT . MOST NFL TEAMS,THE QB IS NOT A DUAL THREAT .THE SPREAD IS LIMITED TO A THIRD DOWN OFFENSE  IN THE LEAGUE.

 NEXT , CAN YOU COVER THE WIDE - OUT ONE ON ONE ? THE ANSWER WILL DICTATE  THE COVERAGE USED . 

 THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF DEFENSE IN HIGH SCHOOL IS THE FIELD ITSELF . THE HIGHER LEVEL OF FOOTBALL YOU PLAY , THE CLOSER THE HASH MARKS .

 IN HIGH SCHOOL THERE IS A DEFINED WIDE SIDE AND SHORT SIDE .

 THE KEY TO DEFENSING THE SPREAD IS TO OVERLOAD YOUR DEFENSE TO THE WIDE SIDE OF THE FIELD . THIS FORCES THE OFFENSE TO WORK IN A RESTRICTED AREA .

 ALSO FIELD ALIGNMENT ELIMINATES THE CONFUSION CAUSED BY OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT . THERE IS NO QUESTION AS TO HOW TO LINE UP  & DEFENDERS ARE FREE TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE .

 I THINK FIELD ALIGNMENT IS THE ANSWER TO DEFENDING THE SPREAD IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL . YOU HAVE FORCED THE SPREAD INTO TWO TOUGH CHOICES ; ATTACK THE OVERLOAD OR ATTACK A RESTRICTED AREA .   ALSO THE DEFENSE IS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE DUE TO THE LACK OF CONFUSION .

 THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!

Monday, August 20, 2012

BUDDY & ME

***** RIGHT AT TEN YEARS AGO CHILI PEPPER CAME HOME WITH A PUPPY . HE WAS A BLACK & WHITE PA-PILLION WEIGHTING FOUR POUNDS . 

 CHILI PEPPER SAID SHE JUST LOVED HIM ,HE  HAD SO MUCH PERSONALITY . SHE SAID SHE HOPED WE COULD KEEP HIM .

 BUDDY DISPLAYED HIS REMARKABLE INTELLIGENCE BY KNOWING HE HAD TO GET IN GOOD WITH THE FAT GUY IN THE LEATHER CHAIR . BUD MANAGED THIS BY CRAWLING ON MY SHOULDER & GOING TO SLEEP . 

 THIS WAS THE START OF OUR TIME WITH BUDDY . BUDDY IS THE MOST STRONG WILLED DOG EVER . CHILI PEPPER HAS SOME CONTROL BUT BUDDY CALLS THE SHOTS WITH POP-POP.

 IF ONE OF US IS SITTING BUDDY WILL BE IN OUR LAP . WHEN WE GO TO BED BUDDY DOES TOO . RIGHT BETWEEN US AS TIGHT AS HE CAN SNUGGLE UP . YOU BETTER GO TO BED ON TIME ALSO .  

 I DON'T RECALL BUDDY SPENDING A NIGHT APART FROM BOTH OF US . HE. HAS BEEN WITH US ON MOST TRIPS WE HAVE MADE .

 SINCE I HAVE HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS ,BUD & I ARE TOGETHER 24/7 . BUDDY HAS BEEN A LOT OF LOVE & COMPANY FOR ME .

 BUDDY WILL BE 10 YEARS OLD IN A FEW WEEKS, HE IS UP TO TEN POUNDS NOW . HE IS STILL AS SOFT AS HE WAS AS A PUPPY .

 I CAN TELL BUDDY IS REALLY SLOWING DOWN AS TIME GOES BY. MANY DAYS I WONDER WHO WILL REACH THE FINISH LINE FIRST, ME OR BUDDY .

  I AM GLAD BUDDY CAME TO LIVE WITH US .BUDDY IS BOTH LOVED & LOVES .

***** HARASSMENT & BULLY BEHAVIOR IS REPORTED IN AREA FOOTBALL TEAMS . THIS HAS GONE ON FOREVER . I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF TEAMS & GROUPS THAT HARASSED . 
 HARASSMENT IN MY DAY WAS NOT AS BAD AS THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TODAY. BUT THEY WERE NOT HARMLESS . 

 HUMILIATION DOES NOT MAKE ONE FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE GROUP . TEAM SPIRIT IS NOT DEVELOPED BY BULLY BEHAVIOR . IT ONLY DIVIDES .

 THE BEST POLICY IS NO HARASSMENT OF ANY KIND . IF YOU CAN'T RESPECT YOUR TEAMMATES THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE PART OF THE TEAM .

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

HERE & THERE

***** THE OLYMPICS HAVE COME & GONE . THERE WERE GREAT STORIES OF TRIUMPH & MANY STORIES OF HEARTBREAK.

 IT IS HARD TO CONCEIVE HOW MUCH THESE ATHLETES HAVE WORKED  OR THE COST THEY HAVE PAID . THEIR EVENT IS THEIR ENTIRE LIFE . IF YOU GAVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT YOU HAVE TO BE SATISFIED .

 JUST FRACTIONS OF SECONDS SEPARATE FIRST PLACE FROM LAST PLACE . IT IS AMAZING WHAT THE HUMAN BODY CAN ACHIEVE . DO YOU THINK ANYONE WILL EVER RUN FASTER THAN BOLT ?   

 HATS OFF TO ALL THE ATHLETES FOR THEIR WONDERFUL EFFORT . EVEN MY CRAZY FRIEND JOE DON LOONEY REALIZED IT IS THE EFFORT NOT THE RESULT WHICH MATTERS .

 A MOMENT FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY STICKS IN MY MIND . THE TEAMS FROM ISRAEL & IRAN MARCHED IN ONE IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. TO HAVE THOSE TWO THAT CLOSE & NOT HAVE A MAJOR THROWDOWN IS A MIRACLE.

***** ANOTHER MAJOR HAS PASSED & TIGER FADED AGAIN . I THOUGHT THE TIGER MAN MIGHT MAKE ME EAT MY WORDS . WOODS IS NOT THE SAME GOLFER HE WAS . THE FIELD HAS CAUGHT UP .

 THE LAST 16 MAJORS WON BY A DIFFERENT GOLFER . NO TWO IN A ROW FOR ANYONE . RORY MCKELLROY  SEEMS TO BE THE MAN TO BEAT THESE DAYS . RORY IS NOT THE MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER . HE IS CAPABLE OF GREAT ROUNDS & HORRIBLE ROUNDS .

***** FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE AGAIN . I LOVE IT FROM THE NFL  TO HIGH SCHOOL . I FOLLOW THE SEC INTENTLY IN THE COLLEGE GAME . I HAVE SEVERAL NFL TEAMS I LIKE .THERE ALL HIGH SCHOOLS SCATTERED NATION WIDE THAT I KEEP TABS ON .  I JUST LOVE FOOTBALL

 BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED  ABOUT HEAD INJURIES . I CAN SEE THIS BEING THE END OF FOOTBALL AS WE KNOW IT .

 PARENTS WILL BE AFRAID TO LET THE LITTLE ONES PLAY , & THE SPORT WILL DIE ON THE VINE . MAYBE I AM OVER-REACTING BUT I AM CONCERNED.

 BIG QUESTIONS THIS YEAR ARE ; HOW WILL PEYTON DO IN DENVER ? WILL THE SAINTS SURVIVE THE MESS THEY ARE IN ?

 WILL THE STATE OF ALABAMA WIN 4 NC'S IN A ROW ? SINCE LSU LOST A SUPERSTAR & ARKANSAS LOST A COACH , BAMA SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE .

 IS SOUTH PANOLA ON THE DOWNSLIDE ? WILL WHITEHAVEN GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR TALENT ? WHO WILL OLIVE BRANCH BRING IN THIS YEAR ?

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

RANDOM THINKING

**** ONE OF MY GRANDMOTHERS WAS FOND OF QUOTING THE BOOK OF TIMOTHY  - THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL   
  
THE LONGER I LIVE I FIND THIS TO BE TRUE . THAT IS THE TROUBLE WITH GOVERNMENT TODAY . THE POLITICIANS ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY NOT THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE .

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHICH PARTY IS IN POWER , BOTH ARE OUT TO FILL UP THEIR POCKETS. THE RICH GET RICHER .

 AND THE BIG MONEY GUYS ARE NOT SATISFIED. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE ALL WE HAVE BUT WE HAVE TO GO INTO NATIONAL DEBT SO THE TOP DOGS CAN HAVE  EVEN MORE .

 THE  GAP BETWEEN THE HAVES & THE HAVE-NOTS GETS WIDER EVERY DAY . THE MIDDLE MAN HAS DISAPPEARED .

 ALL WARS ARE FOUGHT FOR MONEY . THEY FIND IDEALIST REASONS SO THE AVERAGE GUY WILL GIVE HIS LIFE . NOT MANY SIGN UP TO DIE FOR A FEW BARRELS OF OIL .

 BIG MONEY SENDS PEOPLE TO WAR BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE CHILDREN OF BIG MONEY THERE VERY OFTEN .

 THE DRUG PROBLEMS ARE ABOUT MONEY . PEOPLE STEAL AND KILL TO GET THE MONEY TO BUY THE STUFF .

A BIT LATER IN TIMOTHY IT SAYS MANY HAVE PIERCED THEMSELVES WITH MANY SORROWS CHASING AFTER MONEY . SO TRUE.

**** I HAVE WATCHED SOME OF THE OLYMPICS . SUBJECTIVE SCORING & NATIONALISM ARE ALWAYS PRESENT IN THE GAMES.

 IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE GAMES YOU BETTER HAVE A POT FULL OF MONEY . THEY CHARGE FOR EACH EVENT . THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINAL IS 300 POUNDS . IT TAKES A DOLLAR & 57 CENTS TO EQUAL A POUND . SO TO WATCH THE FINAL ALONE WILL COST YOU ABOUT 471 DOLLARS . 

 I HATE TO THINK ABOUT A TRIP TO THE CONCESSION STAND. I LOVE MISTY & KRISTY BUT I'LL JUST WATCH ON TV .

THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!