Here is my weekly list of links to articles filled with relevant information and inspiring stories. Enjoy! Research reveals there are many health benefits to having a good marriage. After attempts by Muslims and liberal professors to stop a showing of the movie “American Sniper” at the University of Michigan, common sense prevailed and the… Read More »
Football and Family Fights
If Thursday was a day for Americans to feast on turkey and all the fixin’s, today is a day when we feast on college football. There are so many good games that some of us will be glued to the couch…similar to what happened Thursday after we ate all that turkey and fixin’s. There is… Read More »
NASCAR and College Football
On the way to Greenville yesterday, Will Beaty and I passed two NASCAR haulers (photo below) for Joey Logano and Trevor Bayne. Being NASCAR fans, they caught our attention. It seems sports does that with a lot of us. College football kicked off last night and we saw cars flying Gamecock flags on their way… Read More »
The Junction Boys
This week I’m sharing a post each day about five books I read this summer. Today’s book: “The Junction Boys – How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Championship Team” by Jim Dent. Bear Bryant, the legendary football coach at Alabama, had earlier coaching stints at Maryland, Kentucky and Texas A&M. This… Read More »
Running the Wrong Direction
The college football season is underway and we’ve already had one play that was both unusual and embarrassing. It occurred during Thursday night’s game between Kent State and Towson. Kent State punted the football to Towson, but the ball bounced and touched the Towson return man. That made it a fumble or a live ball.… Read More »
Steve Spurrier, Football, and Church
Steve Spurrier, current South Carolina Gamecock football coach, has spent his whole life around football in the south. Born to a Methodist minister in Florida, the family eventually settled in east Tennessee where he played high school football. Most teams (at both the high school and college levels) ran the football almost exclusively. Spurrier’s team… Read More »