Category: Football
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Bad Calls
“Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.” Joseph Brodsky The past few years have aged me. I…
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The Process
“But it’s a hard way to go, on the straight and narrow. When everybody in town points a finger at you, but they ain’t had to walk with the weight that you’ve hauled. They don’t know you at all, but they think that they do.” Tyler Childers, “Bottles and Bibles” There’s a process to…
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Fighters
“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” Paul Valery After my life of experiences, both personal and football related, I would have to argue that fighters aren’t born, they are made. I would agree that some people are born with a little more fire in their bellies than others,…
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Recruiting Season
Disclaimer: I don’t know exactly what I’m talking about here. I am simply an observer, as I am with many things in life. I take it all in and form an opinion, then I write about it. But in the household where I reside, I pick up on a lot of things having to do…
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Dear Anonymous,
I’m sure The Coach isn’t the first to receive an anonymous letter telling him all of his faults and how he should have coached last Friday night’s game, and I’m sure he won’t be the last head coach to receive such a letter. On behalf of all the people who put themselves out there in…
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Rivals
“Don’t matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.” Darrell Royal Who are we without our rivals? In football, the very best rivalries are often between schools which are close in proximity (like Clemson and South Carolina), and have a deep tradition and history of playing against each other (like Auburn…
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Influence
When friends suggested that we visit Anna Maria Island in Florida for our summer vacation, instead of taking an epic road trip to Austin, Texas that I had been planning for months, I almost scoffed. Then, I saw the pictures… The house was a pale sky blue, and the water a bright grayish green washed…
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Five Golden Rings?
“That ring is crazy, what is it for?!” I hear that comment everywhere we go when The Coach is wearing his state championship ring from last season. It is quite impressive, teetering on the edge of gaudy. Actually it’s ridiculous, but I can’t just tell him that. It’s more like a finger trophy than a…
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Sugar Bear
There once was a man who was larger than life, and was at times more like an imagined character from a movie. Around his house Larry was referred to as “Sugar Bear”. He had a thick head of wavy white hair, and a roundness to him which made him much like a burly bear. There…
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The Guts and Grit
“There’s no substitute for guts.” Bear Bryant Being married to The Coach for almost 18 years has taught me a lot about guts, and even more about grit. If I had to self-define guts from what I’ve seen play out on the football field, I would say that it’s taking chances when it looks like…
Life With The Coach 