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I must admit that I am a
little disturbed at the latest
trend in college football.
The idea that you can take
a job that affects thousands of
people, and simply quit and
take the exact same job at
another school is beyond me.
The group of coaches including
Bobby Petrino, Les Miles,
Nick Saban, Rich Rodriquez,
and now Lane Kiffin, seem to
think that contracts and commitments
do not matter. They
walk into a kid’s home and tell
his parents how they will take
care of their child and watch
over him to make sure they
get a good education. The next
thing you know another school
calls and wants to hire him
and he takeoff without as much
as an apology.
You can also throw in the
coach that breaks the rules
and while the school is being
investigated he gets the heck
out of dodge. He moves on to
another big paycheck (yes that
means you Pete Carroll), and
the school is left to deal with
the consequences.
Since the NCAA doesn’t
care what the fans of college
football want, (a playoff
system) they should be at least
interested in the stability in
collegiate programs.
I think they should insert
some rules on job hopping in
the NCAA. The first rule would
be that you must actually
fulfill your contract (what an
idea huh?).
If you are the one to break
the contract you are not allowed
to take another coaching
job in the NCAA for at least
three years.
If you are fired then you
must sit out at least one year
before you can take another
job.
Now I am not saying you
cannot improve yourself, as I
have no problem with promotions.
If you’re an offensive
coordinator and you can get a
head coaching job by all means
take it.
But Lane Kiffin makes college
football and the University
of Tennessee look like complete
morons. He signs a contract
with Tennessee and coaches
the team for a year.
Then when Pete Carroll
quits at USC he decides to quit
Tennessee and head to USC.
His commitment to Tennessee
was actually a lie and yet he
is rewarded with another fat
paycheck.
He loses nothing while the
kids at Tennessee must start
all over with a new coach. It’s
not fair to the kids and I would
like to see it changed.
I went back to review Dacestronamous’
top five predictions
for the 2009-2010 NFL football
season. After reviewing these
predictions I do not think that
Dacestronamous will be going
to Las Vegas anytime soon.
Although I was correct (just
barely) with the Detroit Lions
winning a game and not getting
the first pick in the draft,
I missed on every single one of
the other predictions.
We never saw Pacman
Jones. Brett Favre did indeed
start all 16 games. Michael
Vick did play, but never
started, and Tony Romo and
the Dallas Cowboys were able
to win a playoff game.
So I look at it this way, I am
100 percent right 20 percent of
the time.
This week I was asked
to provide an update on my
training for the half marathon
next month.
To my disappointment (only
on the outside, inside I am
jumping for joy) it is not looking
like it is going to happen.
I seem to have some major
foot cramping anytime I get
close to two miles and then
I have to stop. I have tried to
fight through it, but the pain
lingers for days if I do.
So I am going to have to
try yet another pair of new
running shoes, or try some
different running styles to
eliminate the pain.
So no marathon for me this
time. I will keep you posted on
my next adventure.
This week I am going to
substitute the section “what’s
in Daceman’s DVD” for “what’s
in Daceman’s DVR”.
I have started watching a
new show on Spike TV called
Blue Mountain State. This show
is like a mix between Varsity
Blues and American Pie.
The setting is a prominent
college football team that has
some unique characters on
it that do some crazy college
things.
For instance one of the main
characters on the show is the
backup quarterback who has
no desire to be anything other
At Brunswick Zone Watauga
Bookmiller polishes off 791,
Johnson-Banks hurls 686
Shelton aces 300 game
Brandon Bookmiller’s highpowered
791 Thursday Mixed
series claimed high-series honors
for the week at Brunswick Zone
Watauga.
Lonnie Shelton earned highgame
honors with an award-winning
perfecto.
Bridget Johnson-Banks, Bookmiller’s
leaguemate, registered
a tip-top 686 set to take the top
spot for the ladies.
HONOR ROLL
Debbie Howard Ensminger 279,
Don Holland 769, Sheila Holder 619,
Joe Grace (4 games) 973, Kevin Paris
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Donna Brown 547, Eddie Thomas 626,
Susie Haynsworth 475.
John Holdman 584, Jennifer Roberts
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Jimmy Augello 752, Kim Laurita 535,
John Banks 723, Andrea Fleming 681,
Kevin Allen 701, Terry Johnson 515,
Dennis Turner 748, Debbie Howard-
Ensminger 678.
SENIORS
Michael O’Doherty 671, Lana
LeCroy 527, Bob Bullington 717, Alice
Phillips 569.
At AMF Spare Time
Graham turns in 789,
Brodigan belts 638
Hendryx 300, Millett, Webber 299s
Bryan Graham’s chart-topping
279-252-258 = 789 STL Businessmen’s
league series headed the
honor roll for the week at AMF
Spare Time Lanes.
Wayne Hendrix claimed highgame
accolades with an awardwinning
12-bagger. Michael
Millett and Clyde Webber shared
runner-up honors as both rolled
299 solos.
Nikki Brodigan, from the Sundowners
group, posted a sterling
157-246-235 = 638 set to front
fem scoring.
LEAGUE LEADERS
Carrie Lacey 190, Glenda Nelson
480, Jim Martens 279, Leona Davis
199-535, Denny Kelly 714, Jeff George
278-726, Sonya Little 195-565.
J.R. Young 269, Tamara Hamilton
243, Johnny Anderson 730, Traci
Wilson 622, Ken Martin 278-736, Lisa
McFarland 257, Sandra Albin 630, Leigh
Hunter 199.
MaryBeth B. 489, Don Keller
254, Ronnie Greiner 234-582, Mike
Underwood 617, Wayne Hendryx
300-694, Debbie Camp 186-517, Justin
Ward 713.
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than the backup quarterback.
As a matter of fact after throwing
a beautiful touchdown in
practice the coach says to keep
up the good work and he will
be starting soon.
He then went back out there
and threw an interception
on purpose so they wouldn’t
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backup quarterback position is
the best because he gets all the
benefits, but doesn’t have to do
any of the work.
It’s a very funny show, but
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