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!!

SICK LEAVE

***** I HAVE NOT POSTED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS DUE TO ILLNESS.

I HAVE BLOOD SUGAR AND KIDNEY ISSUES IN ADDITION TO MY OTHER PROBLEMS .

I AM GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES .

PLEASE KEEP CHECKING BACK WITH ME . I LOVE ALL MY FAITHFUL READERS AND HOPE TO BE BACK SOON .

COACH COACH COACH

**** WELL, WE PREDICTED LANE KIFFIN WOULD NOT MAKE IT THE YEAR .

LANE - O IS OUTTA THERE , FIRED AT THE AIRPORT . 

DON'T KNOW WHERE LANE GOES FROM HERE . HE HAS RUN THROUGH THREE GREAT HEAD COACH OPPORTUNITIES. THE RAIDERS, TENNESSEE & USC . 

I THINK KIFFIN IS A GOOD COACH ,BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY LANE TEES PEOPLE OFF . 

HIS NEXT GIG MAYBE HARD TO FIND . 

A NAME TO CONSIDER AT USC  - JACK DEL RIO !

**** IF TEXAS PULLS THE TRIGGER  ON MACK BROWN  A GUY TO WATCH FOR IS CHAD MORRIS

MORRIS IS THE OC AT CLEMSON . CHAD IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST  NAMES AROUND . 

MORRIS WAS FOR MANY YEARS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL  HIGH SCHOOL COACHES IN TEXAS . CHAD KNOWS THE FOLKS YOU NEED TO KNOW.

***** FOURTH DOWN FREEZE . I BELIEVE IN BEING AGGRESSIVE  BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO TAKE A FIELD GOAL AND STAY IN THE GAME . 

THE BIG MISTAKE IS THE REFUSAL TO RUN PLAYS WITH THE QB UNDER CENTER .

TAKING THE BALL OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IN SHORT YARDAGE OR WHEN JAMMED UP IS RISKY BUSINESS .

BEING HARD-HEADED COST HUGH A SAFETY , TAKING THEM OUT OF THE GAME WITH BAMA . 

SLOW LEARNER OR NO LEARNER 

***** JASON GARRETT OF THE COWBOYS HAS A GREAT JOB . JASON JUST STANDS ON THE SIDELINES AND ENJOYS THE GAME .

GARRETT DOESN'T CALL ANY PLAYS OR DEFENSES . GARRETT MAKES NO PERSONNEL DECISIONS THAT'S JERRY JONES . 

ALL JASON HAS TO DO IS STAND THERE ,LOOK NICE & TAKE THE BLAME WHEN THINGS GO WRONG . 

SUCH IS THE WORLD WHEN YOU WORK FOR JERRY JONES . 

THINGS GO WELL OLD JERRY TAKES ALL CREDIT , THINGS GO WRONG YOU GET FIRED . 

**** LOCAL COACH SUSPENDED FOR PEEING ON SIDELINE . HEY THAT HAPPENS NOW & THEN .

ONCE IN A PLAY-OFF GAME A STAR PLAYER HAD TO GO . THERE WAS NO TIME TO RUN TO THE DRESSING ROOM . 

BUT THE MAN HAD A PLAN ,HE GATHERED SEVERAL TEAMMATES TO STAND AROUND HIM WHILE HE SOUGHT SWEET RELIEF.

THINGS WERE GOING TO PLAN ,UNTILL A BIG PLAY HAPPENED ON THE FIELD . 

THE STAND AROUNDERS RAN TO THE SIDELINE TO SEE THE PLAY . 

MR STAR WAS LEFT THERE SPURTING IN FRONT OF 15000 . HE RECEIVED THE BIGGEST CHEER OF THE NIGHT .

I DON'T THINK THEY CHEERED THE LOCAL COACH . 

 ***** MALZHAN VS FREEZE 

THE MAN WHO CREATED THE HURRY-UP NO HUDDLE OFFENSE VS  THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED IT TO THE SEC . 

HUGH MAY HAVE THE BEST PLAYERS BUT THEY ARE THROWING DOWN AT GUS' HOUSE . 

COULD BE A SNOT- KNOCKER . 

***** THANKS FOR READING 

IT'S ONLY A GAME

***** WE FAIL TO REMEMBER THAT ALL SPORTS ARE JUST GAMES . WE HAVE DISTORTED THE MEANING AND REMOVED THE JOY OF SPORTS .

WHAT MAKES ME THINK OUR PRIORITIES ARE OFF-TRACK ?

 1. STATE SUPREME COURT HEARING CASE OF ELIGIBILITY OF HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER .   YOU WOULD THINK THE HIGH COURT HAD BIGGER FISH TO FRY SUCH AS CRIME , HEALTH CARE , POVERTY , & SO FORTH.

2. ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL COACHES FIGHT AFTER THE GAME . A NASTY FIGHT . THE COACH THAT THREW AN OVERHAND RIGHT THAT MIKE TYSON WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF ,COULD HAVE A FUTURE IN MMA NOW THAT HE IS NO LONGER COACHING .

3. A SCHOOL BUILDS A SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR STADIUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ONLY . WONDER HOW THEY ARE FIXED ON BOOKS , PCS , AND OTHER LEARNING NEEDS .

4. IN MOST STATES THE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE IS A COACH . THE LIST OF COACHES MAKING ONE TO SIX MILLION DOLLARS IS LONGER THAN MY HOSPITAL BILL STATEMENT WHICH IS MOST TIMES 3-4 PAGES .

THE GAMES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUN & ENJOYABLE . THEY SHOULD BE AN ESCAPE  FROM THE STRESS AND PRESSURE OF REAL LIFE. INSTEAD IT IS AN EXPENSIVE, EMOTIONAL ORDEAL .

THE DOLLAR RULES ALL . COACHES WILL CHEAT TO KEEP THOSE HIGH PAY JOBS . PLAYERS WILL GIVE UP HEALTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET AN EDGE , WHOLE FAMILIES WILL MAKE SACRIFICES TO ENSURE A CHILD CAN HAVE A SHOT .

OUR PRIORITIES ARE BENT AND WARPED .

***** TENNESSEE MISSED A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BEAT FLORIDA .

BUTCH NEEDS A BUTT KICKING FOR STARTING A NEW QB IN THE SWAMP
THAT REALLY IS THROWING A GUY TO THE GATORS . 


THE KID MAY NEVER RECOVER FROM THE FIRST HALF TRAUMA   . COME ON BUTCH . START THE VETERAN & BRING IN THE KID LATER .

THE VOLS WERE TRYING TO RUN A ONE BACK SHOTGUN OFFENSE WITH A LOT OF ZONE READ . PROBLEM IS THAT QB IS SLOWER THAN I AM AT AGE 63 AND BATTLING MANY HEALTH ISSUES.

FLORIDA LOST THEIR QB  TO THE I -BUG .  THE DIFFERENCE WAS THE FLORIDA SUB WAS A GOOD ATHLETE AND THE GATORS HELPED HIM OUT WITH A LOT OF TWO - BACK OFFENSE .

****** I AM ASHAMED OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH PANOLA .  THE TIGERS WERE THE BIGGER FASTER STRONGER TEAM BUT LOST TO MUS .

I THINK USP DOES TOO MUCH STUFF AND IS TOO FANCY . GET BACK TO BASIC FOOTBALL  AND LET THOSE MARVELOUS PLAYERS MAKE PLAYS .

IF TRAIL PLAYS OLIVE BRANCH WILL BEAT SOUTH PANOLA .

***** IF OLE MISS UPSETS ALABAMA , HUGH FREEZE WILL BE DECLARED SUPREME RULER OF MISSISSIPPI . THE NAME JOHNNY VAUGHT NEED NEVER BE SPOKEN AGAIN . OLE MISS PLUS 17 IS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP . I WILL PUT A BURGER  & AN ICE COLD COLA  ON THAT .

****** THE WEEK MARKS THE  20 YEAR PASSING OF COACH LELAND SMITH . WE ALL MISS YOU BIG GUY .

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

SUCKER PUNCHES

***** AS LONG AS HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL THERE HAVE BEEN ACCUSATIONS OF RECRUITING .

THERE ARE RECRUITING CONTROVERSIES EVERYWHERE THAT FOOTBALL IS PLAYED .FROM COAST TO COAST & BORDER TO BORDER NOT ONLY OLIVE BRANCH MISSISSIPPI .

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS RECRUITING IN HIGH SCHOOL ? MAYBE .

SCHOOLS ATTRACT STUDENTS OR PLAYERS BY THEIR REPUTATION IN ACADEMICS , ATHLETICS , & ARTS . SCHOOLS  DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT ATTRACT PARTICIPANTS.

RECRUITING IS BASED ON A FAULTY PREMISE THAT A STUDENT BELONGS TO A SCHOOL BASED ON THE LOCATION OF HIS RESIDENCE .

THIS MAKES THE STUDENT A SERF OR AN INDENTURED SERVANT.

A PARENT HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT THEIR CHILD IN THE BEST PLACE FOR THE CHILD .

TAKE GIBSON COUNTY FOR EXAMPLE . IF YOUR SON IS IN THE BAND GCHS IS WHERE YOU WANT HIM TO BE . A HUGH EXCELLENT BAND , WELL FUNDED , GREAT TRIPS , JUST TOP NOTCH .

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOUR SON PLAYS FOOTBALL YOU WANT HIM ANYWHERE BUT GCHS . LOW NUMBERS , BAD TEAM , HAVE LOST OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE GAMES .

WHY WOULD YOUR BOY PLAY AT G-COUNTY WHEN THERE IS A SUPER PROGRAM WITHIN 10 MILES IN ANY DIRECTION ?

YOU WERE ATTRACTED TO THE GCHS BAND NOT RECRUITED . SAME WITH THE OTHER FOOTBALL PROGRAMS .

  A PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO RIGHT TO SEND HIS CHILD TO ANY SCHOOL TO WHICH ;
1. PARENT CAN PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
2.THE SCHOOL HAS ROOM FOR
3. PARENT MUST PAY ANY FEES NEEDED

 HOW THE PARENT PAYS IS HIS BUSINESS . IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE GOOFY ENOUGH TO PAY YOUR KIDS WAY GOOD FOR YOU .

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN .

A SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY CAN DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF ATTRACTION THEY WANT THEIR SCHOOL TO HAVE .

OLIVE BRANCH CHOSE FOOTBALL.

 IF YOU WANT TO BE A FOOTBALL SCHOOL MAKE YOUR PROGRAM AS ATTRACTIVE AS OLIVE BRANCH THEN PLAYERS WILL COME TO YOU

IF THE OLIVE BRANCH COMMUNITY WANTS TO ACCEPT FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHOSE PARENTS ARE NOT PAYING LOCAL TAXES AND FORE-SAID PLAYERS WILL PUT LOCAL BOYS ON THE BENCH , THEN SO BE IT . 

ALL OLIVE BRANCH HAS TO DO IS SAY  ; WE HAVE A VERY ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL PROGRAM . MANY PLAYERS WANT TO COME HERE TO PLAY .

BUT OLIVE BRANCH WANTS TO ACT  LIKE EVERYONE IS STUPID AND SAY THE PLAYERS ARE COMING FOR THE ACADEMICS .

JUST TELL THE TRUTH OB . WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM AND PLAYERS WANT TO PLAY HERE .

I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE . I WAS A DECK CHAIR ON THE RED DEVIL CRUISE SHIP . GERMANTOWN HAD A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WAS DOMINATE FOR OVER 20 YEARS .

MANY PLAYERS CAME THERE TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM . THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF THINGS .

GERMANTOWN DID NOT RECRUIT , THE RED DEVILS ATTRACTED.

A COMMUNITY CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT IN A SCHOOL

 SOME SCHOOLS THINK FOOTBALL MATTERS MOST ; SOME FOOTBALL MATTERS NOT AT ALL .

THERE WAS ONCE A SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE A BOOSTER DECIDED THE SCHOOL WOULD BECOME A BASKETBALL POWER .

THE SCHOOL WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION SO TRANSFER RULES WERE NOT A FACTOR .

TUITION WAS PAID BY THE MONTH  . SO AT THE BEGINNING OF BASKETBALL IN OCTOBER  FIVE GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYERS WOULD SHOW UP .

THEY WOULD STAY TO THE END OF BASKETBALL  , THEN LEAVE SCHOOL.  PAID 5 MONTHS TUITION  , PLAYED A SEASON OF BASKETBALL .

TEAM WON 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS , THEN BOOSTER SAID BEEN THERE DONE THAT & MOVED ON . 

SCHOOL HAS NOT BEEN CLOSE TO A WINNING SEASON SINCE

I WAS NOT RECRUITED FROM MEDINA TO MILAN . TRUTH IS NEITHER SCHOOL WANTED ME .

I WAS ATTRACTED BY MIRAGES AT MILAN .