Feetball Preview

It officially starts tonight. High school and college games are all over the place. So it's time for the big Feetball preview. Here we go...

Big 12: Oklahoma reels from the loss of it's QB. It's enough to ruin their season. Nebraska is good but not quite good enough. Texas A&M likes their QB but nothing else. They pull together a nice, if not spectacular season. Texas dreams of a repeat, but there's no Vince. They lose three in a surprise. Baylor wins six in a surprise. So who is it??? Who wins the Big 12???

Texas Tech shines in all aspects. New QB sets records all over the place and defense is surprisingly good. Tortillas fly. Red Raiders win the Big 12 in an upset and make a fairly big splash nationally.

Nationally: Ohio State is good, but loses two. Notre Dame is a bust and loses five. That's right, five. The ROT returns to prominence and finishes second in the SEC to the New National Champion....Auburn.

That's it...enjoy the season

Last Year This Time

It's the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, if you didn't already know that. It's amazing how much damage that one storm did. It's also amazing at how many folks are still struggling after a year. But I suppose that shouldn't really be a surprise, considering the devastation. The whole thing is just unbelievable.

Rain, Rain, Rain

It rained hard, hard, hard on Saturday and I stayed wet all day. We had a soccer tournament among other things. It's like real futbol where you play regardless of the weather. It's just hard to move the ball when it's sitting in 8 inches of water. The worse part as a coach is that your feet stay wet all day. I finally ditched my socks and just went with shoes. But my feet hurt and were one big wrinkled mess.

I'm glad I was never a soldier and had to march for three days in the rain.

It did clear up enough for the balloon festival to continue. I'll post a few pictures in the next couple of days. This website has had some difficulty in posting pictures the last couple of weeks.

Still searching

I'm still searching for the perfect online information source for the Vols. It's not Knoxnews for sure. I may find it in a small town paper like the Wartburg Times or something.

We have a big balloon festival this weekend. It's pretty cool to see a hundered or so hot air balloons flying by at one time. I've taken three flights but I've retired from flying. I'm not real great with heights and I remember that shortly after we takeoff. My memory is better this year.

No Help

I'm sorry, but thanks for the suggestion. There's no way I could read the Nashville paper for Tennessee Vols news. First, it's Vanderbilt Country so they'd be biased not perfectly impartial like the Knoxville paper. Secondly, Nashville stole our Oilers so I can't act like I like them.

I could read the Maryville paper, if it contained any actual articles. How about the Chattanooga paper? I seem to remember they had good coverage of fastpitch softball. Do they cover the Vols too? Are they free?

Astros Woes

We are now like 7 games out of the wild card race. Which doesn't sound impossible except there are 45 teams between us and the wild card. Everybody in the National League stinks. We still have hope.

How's Big Orange football coming along? I don't get to read too much about it cause KnoxNews requires you to pay to read about Tenn football. Their whole site is free except for Tenn football. I can read about any worldly event, not just how our offensive line is shaping up.

The snake house isn't mine. It was a fellow employees house, they just wanted me to tell them what kind of snake it was. That's part of my job you see, snake handling. It is a rat snake. Apparently, the homeowner used to have rats.....

Texas Wildlife

Ever had a snake like this on your house????

Napolean!

Today is Napolean Bonaparte's birthday, stick one hand in your shirt day. And...way, way back in 1969 the Woodstock Music and Art Festival opened in New York. In remembrance of Woodstock, walk around in mud and don't wash your feet for three days.

Alex was 27 yesterday and he's still single. His momma cooked supper for him yesterday, and today he had to go to work. Welcome to old age dude.

WooHoo! Undefeated!!!!

Based on what I saw Saturday evening, I think it's pretty clear that the Texans....are going to the Super Bowl!!!!! That's right, we hammered the Chiefs. Rookie Mario Williams scared them so bad he didn't even have to make a tackle! We beat 'em bad! We are undefeated! WooHoo!

Today's birthdays include Magic Johnson who is 47....and David Crosby aint so Young, he's 65 today.

Big Day

On this day back in 1992, the Mall of America in Minnesota opened. It was the largest Mall in the United States of America. It has been a dream destination of my wife ever since. I wonder if they have specially soft benches for the guys to sit on? Do they run marathons in there?

I Survived

I survived the management retreat. It was pretty good and the hotel was alright. It sure wasn't luxurious or anything. I didn't get to play golf or poker or anything, just work.

Today is the first day of school. Next year they are going back to school on July 4th and the year after that they will end their summer vacation on January 10th.

I hate these short summers...

Boonies

This hotel is pretty well out there in the boonies. Its what we call a "one bar" hotel. That means you only get one bar on your cell phone signal. When you call someone you usually get half the call finished before you get dropped off. You see folks walking around looking at their phone trying to find a "sweet spot". Does it sound like we are technology addicts? Yep for sure.

Headed Out

I'm headed out for a "managament retreat" for a couple of days. Expect a lot of flip charts, some synergy, and problem resolutions. I actually like these retreats cause getting away from the office helps me think.

My wife likes them also. She calls them vacations for herself. Until I get back of course. Then she claims how hard it was without me so I have to take the kids. So she manages to work it all into 2 vacations.

She's a lot smarter than me.

Impress Your Friends

Want a cheap Heads Up Display like all the fighter pilots have? Follow along with me.

Copy a map from Mapquest or any of the mapping services. Paste it into Microsoft Paint. Hit CTRL-R, (or "image", "flip vertical"). This will show your map backwards, and inside out. Then print it. You MAC users just have to figure which program will invert the image then print it.

Then put this piece of paper on your dashboard. You will get a reflection on your windshield that is a perfect map! It's a Heads Up Display! It actually works awesome. If you want to get fancy put a little flashlight under it to make it even brighter.

You'll never have to hunt for that map again or divert your eyes from the road. Thank the great folks at Lifehacker for the idea.

Troubles....

I saw where another UT footballer got arrested yesterday, this time for flashing a toy uzi at a police officer. Jim Bob Cooter is still out and will miss the opener. All I hear down here is about LSU, Auburn, a little Florida etc. There is no mention of the Big Orange as a contender. Is it going to be another down year? Are we really that bad?

Floyd Landis looks like he won't be cleared of doping charges and now Justin Gatlin is involved. What is it? Is it the money, or the fame? I have no problem keeping track of what goes into my body why can't they? Are they just cheaters?

As long as Miss Debbies don't start adding testosterone to their recipe I suppose I'll be ok...