Gamecock football turnaround

Today in Gamecock  country, history was made. We played number 1 ranked Alabama. They had an undefeated season until today. They were number 1. This was the first time in Gamecock football history that we have defeated a number 1 ranked team. The final score was 35 – 21. This is good, but what makes it great is that last week Alabama beat Florida 31 – 6. Today, L S U beat Florida 33 – 29. The reason this is great is because Florida has been a thorn to us since 2006.   This is saying that if we can beat the number 1 seat team who beat out thorn and that our thorn lost their second consecutive game, things are looking pretty good for us for when we meet the Gators. We still need to focus on each game as they happen and not look ahead in fear of the rug being pulled from under us, but the bulk of our toughest teams are now behind us. We shall wait and see, but there is always hope.

Gamecock football gone wrong

Last night USC played Auburn. The first half was good. We went into the half time ahead by six. What happened after the half was nothing but a slaughter. Auburn came back and won 35 to 27. I think this teamed has improved and matured this year, but Garcia still can’t handle pressure like he should be able to. There were several plays where he was sacked, which led coach Spurrier to chew him out and even ask why he just didn’t throw the ball away. It seemed Garcia was uncertain, even waiting for someone to be there that wasn’t going to be. This was our first away game and first loss out of four games. We have this Saturday off. I foresee a bunch of practicing and drills.  Hopefully in two weeks we can definitely improve.

Kenny McKinley

I have some sad news to share today. For those of you who are sports fans,  Kenny McKinley, who played for the Denver Broncos and who also was a Carolina Gamecock in college, was found dead in his home from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. No one knows the reason this happened but death is never a topic that anyone wants to talk about. May all of our condolences go to those who he left behind.

Charity

Charity is not dead. We all come to a point in our lives where we need a little help because, even as well planned as we have been, something blindsided us.  Bone McGraw is do a fundraiser for charity with a little help from his friends. You can go to www.bonemcgraw.com/charityfundrasier.htm to view this calendar and make a purchase. Proceeds from the sale of these calendars will fund charities they support as well as get the news out about them and what they do. The gauntlet will be medical charities to homeless charities to educational charities for children. Look forward to more about this in the future.

A New Day Has Dawned

What happens when things aren’t like they use to be? Somewhere along the line, something changed. Any true change will come with a change of attitude. There will ever only be one of two changes that occur: superficial or authentic. Superficial is always easy. The hardest thing you must do is to make sure to keep the front up in front of those who are looking, but when you lay down at night, you’re not any easier about things. Authentic change is the hardest because it takes a conscience effort to do something that’s meaningful and worth something. You take in these lies that you need to be a certain weight, therefore you starve yourself. Once you believe something like that, it takes time and will power to unlearn it just like when you learned it. When it’s authentic, it will mean the most.

The Power of a Good Story

Everyone loves a good story, or at the very least, entertained. Everyone wants to know the details. I think the bottom line is everyone wants to be educated, even enlightened. The better the storyteller, the more engrossed the listener becomes. Perhaps we all should become storytellers. Maybe we all are storytellers in our own right.

popularity and life

I don’t watch much television, but I was told that Michael Jackson had a heart attack today around the noon time frame (pacific time). Once I made it back onto my computer to check email and what not, everywhere I went that displayed news reports, there were stories about his cardiac arrest. I don’t get emotional at times like these, but I sometimes get dubbed as heartless. Death is as much a part of life as life is. I remember over a decade ago where Princess Diana and Mother Theresa both died at roughly the same time. Everyone knew about Diana because it was plastered on the news almost every moment the news was on. I saw one article briefly stating Mother Theresa had died and that was about it. The point is everybody has a date with the reaper, so we best be ready.

My Shameless Plugs

My gaming system of choice is XBOX  360. Game I’m currently into right now, Resident Evil 5. Games I might like after I rent them, WWE Legends, Ghostbusters, UFC Undisputed 2009, Batman. Drinks of choice, Starbucks Breakfast Blend coffee and Pepsi. I am often told I look like Stephen Segal. Vincent Price, Alfred Hitchcock, and Edgar Alan Poe are true masters of suspense. Apple Ipod’s are good on the go. The Carolina Gamecocks are going to have a very good winning season this year. And lastly, when Heroes new season starts, I will be one happy camper.

Change

We’re creatures of habit, but once we change for the better we wonder why it took so long to change. This is the way it is for those of us who have become Christians. When we in the ways of the world, we saw no reason to change. Then, once we changed, we wondered why it took so long to do it. The bad news is that, even as christians, we are subject to becoming complacent. We must return to our first love. This way we won’t ever have to wonder why it took so long.

Modern Day Eye Openers

For every generation, there is a contempoary who defies the social norm to open the eyes of those who wish to see a greater reality. Somehow they have this gift to see beyond the superficial of the here and now to see beyond to what awaits those who press on toward a greater prize. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are two such men. I believe their power lay in how they used the gifts in which they were given to express the unexpressable, to have their readers think past the trivial to the profound.