"We cant stop anybody right now" direct coach from hbc Derek Dooley following the loss on saturday. Fumbled punt, fumbled kick, int, and fumbled snap all led to points for uga. throw in a couple of aaron murry scores and we got whooped. maybe we can get healthy and start playing better down the stretch. could potentially finish the season with only 4 wins (memphis, vandy being the other two) bama, ole miss, kensucky, and socar could all be losses. however kensucky, socar, and ole miss could all be wins too. nick reveiz is terrible. much like ryan karl and dane bradshaw before him. as a coach yes please give me the kid that will play hard and do anything to help his team win- but as a fan- H-E- Double Hockey sticks no- give me a player with talent. talent wins in college. But we will see. we knew that this was going to be a tough year but we have a lot of problems for football- is it basketball season yet??
bama is still the best team. auburn and lsu are crazy.
Defending my Reds...
Look they didnt become the #1 offense in the NL by just beating the bad teams- its an average for the year. they were also the #2 defense in all of baseball. when you dont score in two games including only the 2nd no hitter in baseball postseason history it makes it tough to win and your defense commits four errors including one each by our gold glove winning second baseman and thrid baseman (only the 3rd time a team has made that many errors in the postseason) makes it tough. But lets not get too carried away- my reds are good and could be really really good next year. We have an ace in edinson volquez 4-0 in sept with under a 2 era (people forget he came back from tommy john) plus a really good #2 in big game bronson. 17 wins on the year and eats a ton of innings. close out our rotation with johnny cueto- who is on the cusp of being a top flight pitcher himself who has had several flashes of briliance. then homer (young power pitcher bailey) and one of two rookies Lefty travis wood and right mike leake. hopefully next year old man aaron harang will be gone. in the pen sir arther, bill bray from the left. chops (jarred burton) logan ondrusek and nick masset from the right. coco cordero will probably be back and he kind of sucks but is a "big time closer" and oh yeah we have the cuban missile with chapman.
1st base- mvp joey votto, 2nd base- gold glove brandon phillips, ss- orlando cabrera veteran guy. hopefully we will finally let bphil play ss and get rid of cabrera and let either chris valakia or paul janish play 2nd. 3rd- thank you walt jockety- scott rolen. played like a man all year and will get another gold glove. of- gomes (clutch) drew stubbs (better than braves superstar jason heyward, and jay bruce who finally figured out how to hit. watch out. the big red machine is back!
wedding on saturday so this could be my last post for a while.
Joshua 24:15
-thats what i think-
PUDGE
10.06.2010
Orange Colored Glasses 2.0- UAB/LSU
How about this for irony- the game we won-felt like a loss, and the game we lost-felt like a win. Before things get any further, let me remind you that before the season i said that we would lose to Oregon, Florida, LSU, SoCar, and Bama- so far im right. But also- lets be honest and ask yourself this question- how many teams with 3 coaches in 3 years and play 3 top ten teams win any games? not many. there are few programs in the nation that would be able to beat 3 top ten teams all year Bama and Oregon. period. Ducks and a clear number two team in the nation IMO. Im glad that we did beat UAB because 1-4 just sucks- ask your buddies at jawja. What irks me about that game is we allowed 544 yds from the blazers- are you kidding me? ducks, gators, dawgs, tide, tigers- teams like that i would understand- but the blazers! i think that they play in conf USA- maybe. I also think that people need to give Matt Simms some credit he takes more hits than any UT qb that i can remember. plus he has a very inexperienced offensive line and without gerald jones or luke stocker most of the year (jones to injury stocker to...??where has he been?)
I do give derek dooley credit. i was not a fan of his- i didnt hate him, but after kiffin- who i was never really sold on ( ok with his tactics, but just not sure that that is what UT needs) i didnt want to give my fandom away so quickly. but he came in a got a solid recruiting class and is working on another pretty good one as well. And i know that we have gotten some big time play out of 2 star prospects (dennis rogan and montori hughes come to mind) but look at the teams that win titles- they also win in recruiting. Florida, Alabama, Texas, USC, Ohio St (ok maybe not the suckeyes, but the rest of them). However ive taken some heat from facebook people about my stance on defensive coordinator justin wilcox- he needs to go- and i stand by that. the inability to stop read option, allowing 544 yds to uab, crossing routes, 3rd/4th and long teams converting more than not, and all out poor tackling by our defense. and people can say "well look at what he has to play with" and "he had better players at boise" not true. boise has never had a top 25 class, and only one top FIFTY class in the history of the program. go look it up right now they arent even in the top 50. he didnt have better players, he might have had better schemes, or asst coaches or luck, but not better players. ps speaking of better players...let me give you a list of starting qbs in the sec better than heisman hopeful kellen moore at boise. 1- ryan mallet 2- greg mcelroy 3- randall cobb 4- steven garcia 5- matt simms 6- aaron murry 7- jeremiah masoli 8- brantley/burton 9- chris relf 10- jefferson/lee 11- cam newton. yeah a weak armed lefty qb doesnt make it in the sec...
ok here it is. bama made florida look like little boys and is the best team in the nation. lsu doesnt know what to do (oh btw give me thier athletes- because they win inspite of coaching 5-0...) auburn could be scary next year and are pretty good this year. i have no idea what is going on at georgia. shoelace robinson is pretty good at michigan- but they suck on defense and he doesnt deserve the heisman.
twins upset yanks, rays beat rangers, giants beat braves and my reds play the phils...we will see. votto for mvp
thats what i think
-PUDGE-
I do give derek dooley credit. i was not a fan of his- i didnt hate him, but after kiffin- who i was never really sold on ( ok with his tactics, but just not sure that that is what UT needs) i didnt want to give my fandom away so quickly. but he came in a got a solid recruiting class and is working on another pretty good one as well. And i know that we have gotten some big time play out of 2 star prospects (dennis rogan and montori hughes come to mind) but look at the teams that win titles- they also win in recruiting. Florida, Alabama, Texas, USC, Ohio St (ok maybe not the suckeyes, but the rest of them). However ive taken some heat from facebook people about my stance on defensive coordinator justin wilcox- he needs to go- and i stand by that. the inability to stop read option, allowing 544 yds to uab, crossing routes, 3rd/4th and long teams converting more than not, and all out poor tackling by our defense. and people can say "well look at what he has to play with" and "he had better players at boise" not true. boise has never had a top 25 class, and only one top FIFTY class in the history of the program. go look it up right now they arent even in the top 50. he didnt have better players, he might have had better schemes, or asst coaches or luck, but not better players. ps speaking of better players...let me give you a list of starting qbs in the sec better than heisman hopeful kellen moore at boise. 1- ryan mallet 2- greg mcelroy 3- randall cobb 4- steven garcia 5- matt simms 6- aaron murry 7- jeremiah masoli 8- brantley/burton 9- chris relf 10- jefferson/lee 11- cam newton. yeah a weak armed lefty qb doesnt make it in the sec...
ok here it is. bama made florida look like little boys and is the best team in the nation. lsu doesnt know what to do (oh btw give me thier athletes- because they win inspite of coaching 5-0...) auburn could be scary next year and are pretty good this year. i have no idea what is going on at georgia. shoelace robinson is pretty good at michigan- but they suck on defense and he doesnt deserve the heisman.
twins upset yanks, rays beat rangers, giants beat braves and my reds play the phils...we will see. votto for mvp
thats what i think
-PUDGE-
9.22.2010
Orange Colored Glasses 2.0- Florida
Well big orange fans this was a pretty good chance at taking down the urban legend. im now not sure that we will ever be able to beat him at florida. this was the worst team that he has coached and still managed to beat us by two touchdowns. feel free to hate him more than any other coach in the sec. seriously- our defense when montori hughes is in the game is pretty good. that dude is a monster. we better enjoy him right now because he is gone after next year. matt sims is not the worst qb ever at UT. that doubious honor is still held by rick clausen and in a close second is nick stephens. keep in mind that this kid is playing with a really really young (read freshman and sophomores) offensive line and without his best wideout gjones. that however does not excuse his ability to stare down wideouts like crazy or the lofty throws that he sometimes makes. but im not ready to bash the kid forever yet. lots of qbs would lose to both florida and oregon this year. one of my biggest complaints is of course our special teams. we used to complain under big phil and they talked about getting better, last year with lane, monte, ed and the boys we were going to be committed to it, and this year we have a freaking special teams coach for crying out loud. all i ever see us doing is getting worse on special teams. one of the maxims says "press the kicking game- here is where the breaks are made" however we refuse to do it. but we will see what happens. might i remind you that during big phils last few years on rocky top it was terrible for us to only win 8-10 games a year, but now we are just hoping to get a bowl bid. welcome to mediocre football.
reds countdown is 4 games! votto for mvp. phils yanks in the series again.
afc winners- jets, ravens, colts, chiefs
nfc winners- eagles, 49ers, packers and saints
cfb thoughts- bama by 2 touchdowns over arkansas. socar beats auburn. michigan will ruin ohio states season setting up boise getting killed by bama for the title. haha.
season predictions for the vols 7-5 (oregon, florida, lsu, alabama, south carolina are the losses)
and 24 days ill be a married man!
thats what i think
-PUDGE-
reds countdown is 4 games! votto for mvp. phils yanks in the series again.
afc winners- jets, ravens, colts, chiefs
nfc winners- eagles, 49ers, packers and saints
cfb thoughts- bama by 2 touchdowns over arkansas. socar beats auburn. michigan will ruin ohio states season setting up boise getting killed by bama for the title. haha.
season predictions for the vols 7-5 (oregon, florida, lsu, alabama, south carolina are the losses)
and 24 days ill be a married man!
thats what i think
-PUDGE-
9.07.2010
Orange Colored Glasses-2.0- UT Martin/Oregon
Ok minions(from dispicable me...)football season has finally started, and while i havent put out my top 25 i will at least do my best to give you some thoughts and advice about games. however i am getting married very soon- and ill be honest thats more important than this blog. But saturday i was able to take my bride to be and her daughter to knoxville to watch the big orange- and it was great. got to tailgate- and the vols won in near perfect fall weather! It is pretty tough to be critical in a game that you win 50-0 against a team that you were supposed to beat 50-0. We ran the ball well, we played great defense, and we ran the ball well. The thing that was the most discouraging to me is the fact that in our two longest drives against UTM we had to settle for field goals...youve got to be able to finish drives. But never the less Here is my prediction for the season- Wins over UTM, Memphis, Vandy, Kentucky, UAB, Ole Miss. Losses by Oregon, Florida, Alabama, LSU. Toss up against UGA and SOCAR (probably win, loss).
Well its easy to predict losing to oregon, after the fact, but if you talked to me before the season you knew that it was probably going to be a loss. And vol fans need to brace yourself for another subpar season- however with a good running game i think that we might be able to keep it close in some games this year. our problem as exposed by oregon is our depth at defensive tackle. you cant run sideways, or due to the fact that we are playing four defensive ends on the dline just drop back and pass on us either. but you can run right up the middle. and im not sold all the way on matt sims yet. i wish that he put more oompth on the ball when he throws it down the field instead of so dang high. i wish that he threw it to luke stocker on seam routes. and i wish that he didnt throw deep outs across the field. but i will say this- the ducks are good. maybe the second best team we will play all year (behind bama). anyways- is it basketball season yet? ive been telling people for years that we are a basketball school now- and finally our coach got in trouble validating my statement. we are going to be really good in roundball again this year. and the reds magic number is 10 right now. i cant believe it- they really might make the playoffs. im getting married in less than a month. that will be awesome. check out our site theknot.com/ourwedding/davidhaynes&nickidemonbren her little girl is playing soccer this fall and will be running cross country. its fun to be able to go to games and just be a dad in the stands and watching my little girl play instead of having to worry about coaching.
vols record to date 1-1
vols predicted record from pudge 7-5
nfl stuff- i cant believe the worst back ever gashed the colts for 230. mike vick is the man in philly. i like the jets brashness. the niners laid a freakin egg agains the seahawks.
cfb stuff- bama will repeat. boise is overrated. terrelle pryor will win the heisman because thats who espn wants to win. speaking of that reggie bush is the best player from 2005. not vy. however he had maybe the single greatest performance on the biggest stage. but the heisman still doesnt matter. and wont ever matter.
mlb stuff- the jeter theater was great. i applaud it- and encourage it. votto for mvp. and i wet my pants when chapman pitches.
-thats what i think-
PUDGE
8.09.2010
what a year
Well, we will see how long i keep this up, but i wanted to give everybody an idea of what has been going on in my life since my last post back in feb. after feb started baseball season and as the middle school and high school coach it took a ton of my time. i felt like we made some really good strides both on the field and off of it. we got parents to believe in what we were doing and raised the most money ever at our school for one season and we got the players to finally start to work hard and care about the product that we put on the field. middle school finished 3rd overall and the high school finished 4th out of 8. i am proud to say that we played 7 teams that advance to the region tournament this year. that is a strong schedule for a single a team. but nevertheless it didnt work out for me to return and so my head coaching tenure ended just as quickly as it began. i still think that i could be a good coach someday, but im not sure if that will happen.
also- my dad ran for school board and we spent a ton of time working towards that. it was an adventure for sure and i look forward to helping out again/maybe running myself?? it was tough to stomach the results since i feel like we outworked everybody and had the best candidate.
but how about this! im getting married! oh yeah in about two months i am getting married to the love of my life. we have been together for over a year now and come this oct 16 we will be together forever. she is wonderful and makes my life better everyday. i really cant wait to spend the rest of my life with her. please pray for us as we are taking a big leap of faith and the we will be faithful to the ministry of gospel. we are excited about opportunities that god has given us and hope that we can make a difference in the watching world.
ps- football season is coming soon.
pps- playoff baseball is coming soon- i hope the reds are there.
-thats what i think-
PUDGE
also- my dad ran for school board and we spent a ton of time working towards that. it was an adventure for sure and i look forward to helping out again/maybe running myself?? it was tough to stomach the results since i feel like we outworked everybody and had the best candidate.
but how about this! im getting married! oh yeah in about two months i am getting married to the love of my life. we have been together for over a year now and come this oct 16 we will be together forever. she is wonderful and makes my life better everyday. i really cant wait to spend the rest of my life with her. please pray for us as we are taking a big leap of faith and the we will be faithful to the ministry of gospel. we are excited about opportunities that god has given us and hope that we can make a difference in the watching world.
ps- football season is coming soon.
pps- playoff baseball is coming soon- i hope the reds are there.
-thats what i think-
PUDGE
2.07.2010
"Super Bowl"
alright i know that this cant be too long, because today is a very busy day, but i wanted to go ahead and make public my thoughts on why the colts are going to win tonight. first of all i want to say that new orleans is no slouch, they have a great offense that scored over 500pts this year and a defense that led the league in touchdowns created by turnovers. i think that they have several really good players with brees being the best. meachem, shockey, henderson, colston, bush several other good skill guys- not to mention the second best corner in the nfl- jabarri greer- who btw played at UT....and speaking of guys who played at UT ahem- peyton manning- yeah he plays for the other team. and thats one of the main reasons why the colts will win. that and the fact that they dont turn it over like the vikes(who shouldve beaten the saints) and btw peyton owns the D coordinator greg williams. hes like 10-2 with 71%complete, over 300yds a game and a 20-4 td-int ratio- oh and he got two weeks to prepare for him. give me a break. that and the fact that he has thrown for almost 400 yards againts D's that were ranked 20th or worse. for what its worth the saints are ranked 26th against the pass. oh and lets not forger that the colts D is easily the most underrated D in the league. they are yet to allow a second half point in the playoffs....
BUT the reason why i think the colts are going to win is this. winning the super bowl is their goal. not that the saints dont want to win, and i think that they will put up a good fight, but you can just tell in the time since the championship weekend- the saints are just happy to be there- the colts however are here to win. yeah they each won their conference, but the saints and their city have celebrated like they won the whole thing- the colts were hum ho about it and went to work to prep for the big game. Colts 34- Saints-26
oh and it bugs me that there are so many people that i know cheering for the saints. i mean call me a bandwagon fan for only pulling for the colts because they have peyton- but so what. why are you pulling for the saints? cause of the debauchery of new orleans? katrina? give me a break. it might be harsh, but thats the way that i feel. if you want to talk about underdog- why not the colts? check out their lineup- several players who went undrafted and signed later as free agents, or even had to walkon in college. several went to nontraditional power schools and worked hard to prove the old brett butler saying true. "dont let other people decide if youre gonna be a ball player or not." go colts.
-thats what i think-
PUDGE
BUT the reason why i think the colts are going to win is this. winning the super bowl is their goal. not that the saints dont want to win, and i think that they will put up a good fight, but you can just tell in the time since the championship weekend- the saints are just happy to be there- the colts however are here to win. yeah they each won their conference, but the saints and their city have celebrated like they won the whole thing- the colts were hum ho about it and went to work to prep for the big game. Colts 34- Saints-26
oh and it bugs me that there are so many people that i know cheering for the saints. i mean call me a bandwagon fan for only pulling for the colts because they have peyton- but so what. why are you pulling for the saints? cause of the debauchery of new orleans? katrina? give me a break. it might be harsh, but thats the way that i feel. if you want to talk about underdog- why not the colts? check out their lineup- several players who went undrafted and signed later as free agents, or even had to walkon in college. several went to nontraditional power schools and worked hard to prove the old brett butler saying true. "dont let other people decide if youre gonna be a ball player or not." go colts.
-thats what i think-
PUDGE
1.12.2010
"Well...we got what we wanted...."
Alright folks. settle down. just sit back and listen to what pudge thinks and what we need to do, which i shouldnt have to remind you about this kind of things, but i know what im talking about. but let me give you my list of names that could/should be or why they shouldnt be the next head coach at Tennessee. in no particular order....
A. Paul Johnson- hmm...i dont know. i like the triple option.
B. Jim Leavitt- former head coach at USF, which btw killed west virginia spread option (when they were good) and got up to #2 in the nation. thats south florida btw.
C. Gary Patterson- head coach at TCU. i mean he went 13-0 there and played in the fiesta bowl, he goes 13-0 at UT and plays for it all. why wouldnt he leave?
D. Tommy Tuberville- well he hasnt really made it official at texas tech, and dont you think that he would like to get some revenge on a certain sec school or two?
E. David Cutcliffe- Why not? bring back john chavis and continue on the way we were going...
F. Chris Peterson- the punk at boise state?
G. a former nfl coach??? gruden, dungy, lovie smith, bill cowher, jack del rio. whatever
H. and this is my pick. just as it was last year. a young man by the name of randy edsall. he has a winning record at...connecticut. including 3 straight bowl trips and a conference title. if dude can win there (where they just whooped south carolina in a bowl game) dont you think he could win at tennessee???
I. steve spurrier- most would hate it but...consider where we are.
J. Mike Leach- i dont think this is the way to go. you have to play D and run the ball to win. of which he knows neither.
K. Russ Huessman- utc head guy makes the jump the knoxville.
L. Tommy West- former memphis boss? doubt it.
M. Dave Clawson- well...
N. Robb Akey- head coach of idaho. check him out.
O. Mike Stoops- arizona head coach
ok enough about those guys. lets talk about who we should be mad at. ourselves. well not so much me, because i didnt want it to happen. but all of those fulmer haters out there- congrats. you got what you wanted. and now we are the laughing stock of the sec. we wanted a hired gun and he screwed us big time. oh and btw the guy has a career losing record. big phil? he just won 75% of his games. phil would never ever leave the university of tennessee, no matter the school, the job, or the amount of money. and now we have been left holding the bag. and who is to say that the next joker doesnt do the same thing. granted 2 out of 4 losing seasons isnt acceptable, but now our best bet would be to go begging him back. and if i were phil id say screw you, but we all know good and well that will never happen. heaven forbid we go get a coach with a national title and 100 games over .500 on his record. i also blame and think that we should be mad at mike hamilton. he is the one who buckled to the boosters and then went and hired the jerk. this will set our program back 3-4 years at best. i mean if youre honest you know that we werent gonna be any better than 7-5 8-4 again next year, but...2011 and 2012 were starting to look good. it hurts us because weve got to get a coach in before the weekend- and unless you want joe schmoe from small school u- that aint gonna happen. and if we get a "big name" coach- he is bailing on his school just like ours did... it hurts us because we are less than a month from national signing day and we dont have a coach. and this is the second time in as many years that we are scambling to put together a staff to scape a class together. unacceptable in my opinion. so who knows how it will all play out. but let me leave you with a few things. avoid the rush, hate bama early. and finally...dont forget this folks. we are now, and have been a basketball school!!! bruce and the boys are back!!! lets go big orange!
A. Paul Johnson- hmm...i dont know. i like the triple option.
B. Jim Leavitt- former head coach at USF, which btw killed west virginia spread option (when they were good) and got up to #2 in the nation. thats south florida btw.
C. Gary Patterson- head coach at TCU. i mean he went 13-0 there and played in the fiesta bowl, he goes 13-0 at UT and plays for it all. why wouldnt he leave?
D. Tommy Tuberville- well he hasnt really made it official at texas tech, and dont you think that he would like to get some revenge on a certain sec school or two?
E. David Cutcliffe- Why not? bring back john chavis and continue on the way we were going...
F. Chris Peterson- the punk at boise state?
G. a former nfl coach??? gruden, dungy, lovie smith, bill cowher, jack del rio. whatever
H. and this is my pick. just as it was last year. a young man by the name of randy edsall. he has a winning record at...connecticut. including 3 straight bowl trips and a conference title. if dude can win there (where they just whooped south carolina in a bowl game) dont you think he could win at tennessee???
I. steve spurrier- most would hate it but...consider where we are.
J. Mike Leach- i dont think this is the way to go. you have to play D and run the ball to win. of which he knows neither.
K. Russ Huessman- utc head guy makes the jump the knoxville.
L. Tommy West- former memphis boss? doubt it.
M. Dave Clawson- well...
N. Robb Akey- head coach of idaho. check him out.
O. Mike Stoops- arizona head coach
ok enough about those guys. lets talk about who we should be mad at. ourselves. well not so much me, because i didnt want it to happen. but all of those fulmer haters out there- congrats. you got what you wanted. and now we are the laughing stock of the sec. we wanted a hired gun and he screwed us big time. oh and btw the guy has a career losing record. big phil? he just won 75% of his games. phil would never ever leave the university of tennessee, no matter the school, the job, or the amount of money. and now we have been left holding the bag. and who is to say that the next joker doesnt do the same thing. granted 2 out of 4 losing seasons isnt acceptable, but now our best bet would be to go begging him back. and if i were phil id say screw you, but we all know good and well that will never happen. heaven forbid we go get a coach with a national title and 100 games over .500 on his record. i also blame and think that we should be mad at mike hamilton. he is the one who buckled to the boosters and then went and hired the jerk. this will set our program back 3-4 years at best. i mean if youre honest you know that we werent gonna be any better than 7-5 8-4 again next year, but...2011 and 2012 were starting to look good. it hurts us because weve got to get a coach in before the weekend- and unless you want joe schmoe from small school u- that aint gonna happen. and if we get a "big name" coach- he is bailing on his school just like ours did... it hurts us because we are less than a month from national signing day and we dont have a coach. and this is the second time in as many years that we are scambling to put together a staff to scape a class together. unacceptable in my opinion. so who knows how it will all play out. but let me leave you with a few things. avoid the rush, hate bama early. and finally...dont forget this folks. we are now, and have been a basketball school!!! bruce and the boys are back!!! lets go big orange!
1.07.2010
"Pudge is Back- Championship Edition"
as i sit and watch what the final half of college football this season...in where yet another sec team is going to win the national title...i thought that i would give a shout out to the champs. not college football- that will be a little bit later, but to the fantasy football champs. my very first year i road peyton all the way to the title, a bad draft and some key injuries killed me last year, but this year i had a great draft and several key pickups and won it all. it wasnt even close really. and i just want to let everybody else know. with the 3rd pick in the draft i took MJD (maurice jones drew) who wound up being the 4 best player overall this year! i know that i took some crap for not taking peyton, but because of that i was able to get MJD and then get andre johnson followed by reggie wayne (who became the 2nd and 8th best wideout in the league) my third wideout was a late round draft pick named sidney rice who became the 10th best and more importantly brett favre's favorite target. of course i did have to show some VOL love, and i took jason witten who had a "down" year and was still the 5th best tight end. key pickups included ricky williams once ronnie brown went down and jamaal charles at the end of the year when he was blazin hot. i had the kicker for the best offense until he got hurt and i got his replacement...i also had the saints D for most of the year, i did play the bengals at the start and they were pretty good most of the year too. my fantasy qb go to is donovan mcnabb, and i played it perfectly thank you. after dmac got hurt i played eli manning (hey if you cant get peyton might as well get the next best thing) until he started sucking and dmac got healthy so i played him as well.
this week in the NFL im gonna take the igles against the boys. i know that the cowboys are hot and a hot pick, but i like andy reid and dmac. eagles vol- omar gaither, darwin walker. cowboys vol- jason witten. in the nfc im also gonna go with the pack over the cards. coin flip really. both can score in bunches and they can also give it up in bunches. packers vols- justin harrell, chad clifton, scott wels. cardinals vols- none. AFC playoffs are some interesting games. id like to say j-e-t-s jets jets jets, but i think that the bengals will have a little something to play for this week and mark "sun's up, gun's up" sanchez could get a beat up on the road. jets vols- shaun ellis, erik ainge. bengals vols- none and last but not least im going with the ravens over the patriots. i really like joe cool flaco. patriots vols- jerod mayo ravens vols- kelley washington.
PUDGE
this week in the NFL im gonna take the igles against the boys. i know that the cowboys are hot and a hot pick, but i like andy reid and dmac. eagles vol- omar gaither, darwin walker. cowboys vol- jason witten. in the nfc im also gonna go with the pack over the cards. coin flip really. both can score in bunches and they can also give it up in bunches. packers vols- justin harrell, chad clifton, scott wels. cardinals vols- none. AFC playoffs are some interesting games. id like to say j-e-t-s jets jets jets, but i think that the bengals will have a little something to play for this week and mark "sun's up, gun's up" sanchez could get a beat up on the road. jets vols- shaun ellis, erik ainge. bengals vols- none and last but not least im going with the ravens over the patriots. i really like joe cool flaco. patriots vols- jerod mayo ravens vols- kelley washington.
PUDGE
1.02.2010
"2010- ready or not here I come"
well folks...as Jordan said the first time....I'm Back. and I'm coming back with a vengeance. i know i was a slacker for not getting out a bowl preview, but trust me- you didnt want my advice. basically what ive come to do today is bare my soul for the world to see. now for those of you that know me, know that this is something the is common for me. ask my opinion- ill tell you, and sometimes even if you dont ask. i have opinions on everything and i hope for your sake that you agree with me. i wasnt sure what was going to happen when i started this blog back in the summer. ive talked baseball, politics, ut sports, the reds, family, friends, jesus, life in general, college football, pro football, church, youth group, and what appears to be my masterpiece- a tribute to my grandfather http://whatpudgethinks.blogspot.com/2009/11/who-shot-charlie-brown.html. after that it didnt seem to matter. there wasnt really anything worth writing about that people wanted to hear. the vols? tiger? sale creek? maybe later. but now on this second day of the greatest year of my life i bring you my new years resolutions for 2010.
1. read my bible more- this might be the easiest one to accomplish seeing is all i have to do is read the bible. but i think that is much more than that. i dont want to read my bible so i can say "hey i read my bible" i want to read so that i can learn more about jesus. which, as a christian (like christ) shouldnt i learn more about the man that i need to strive to be like. for that matter- shouldnt you? and lets not get into the fact that the bible is awesome to read. i have to slow down and reread so much because things just jump of the pages and i need to understand what god wants me to learn.
2. be a better leader- there are lots of people that i have been given the chance to lead. some might not know it, but they follow me. my girlfriend nicki- i need to be the man of god that she deserves. my little mentoree sam- i need to show him how to make it through high school, college, and life and become a man (which is interesting seeing how im not 100% sure what it takes) the students that i interact with- either subbing or the youth at church- i need to be able to make sure that i do things the right way for them. my players- what an impact that coaches have on the players that play for them. i hope i pray that i treat them all fairly, lead by action and word, and most importantly let them know that sports nor school is most important. and more important than those is the relationship that they have with the savior of the world. my sunday school class- kind of tough teaching class of people my own age. i need to practice what i preach.
3. get back in shape- i know everybody always says this, but im fat. as in when i stopped doing P90X ive gained like 20 lbs. so much for those 10-15 that i lost. plus church ball is about to start and i need to be ready to dominate. oh and ive got to fit in baseball pants come march.
4. always back in parking spaces- not only could it be a challenge, but it could be fun to do. think about it. every single time. backing in. haha. does it count for when i park in the garage/driveway?
5. NEVER GO TO WALMART- and do i ever hope that this comes true. i probably didnt go to walmart 15 times this year and that was without trying. if they dont have it at targer, kmart, or bilo- i dont need it. two things might make this impossible. 1- the majority of the times i did go was with david ivarson for youth events. 2- i have had to go and get medicine for grandma. but i promise you this- i will not go to walmart for personal reasons!! yessir!
i leave you with lyrics from one of my favorite songs.
"oh the devil is singing
an age old song over me.
That i am cursed and gone astray.
singing the first verse so convieniently
he's forgotten the refrain,
JESUS SAVES."
PUDGE
1. read my bible more- this might be the easiest one to accomplish seeing is all i have to do is read the bible. but i think that is much more than that. i dont want to read my bible so i can say "hey i read my bible" i want to read so that i can learn more about jesus. which, as a christian (like christ) shouldnt i learn more about the man that i need to strive to be like. for that matter- shouldnt you? and lets not get into the fact that the bible is awesome to read. i have to slow down and reread so much because things just jump of the pages and i need to understand what god wants me to learn.
2. be a better leader- there are lots of people that i have been given the chance to lead. some might not know it, but they follow me. my girlfriend nicki- i need to be the man of god that she deserves. my little mentoree sam- i need to show him how to make it through high school, college, and life and become a man (which is interesting seeing how im not 100% sure what it takes) the students that i interact with- either subbing or the youth at church- i need to be able to make sure that i do things the right way for them. my players- what an impact that coaches have on the players that play for them. i hope i pray that i treat them all fairly, lead by action and word, and most importantly let them know that sports nor school is most important. and more important than those is the relationship that they have with the savior of the world. my sunday school class- kind of tough teaching class of people my own age. i need to practice what i preach.
3. get back in shape- i know everybody always says this, but im fat. as in when i stopped doing P90X ive gained like 20 lbs. so much for those 10-15 that i lost. plus church ball is about to start and i need to be ready to dominate. oh and ive got to fit in baseball pants come march.
4. always back in parking spaces- not only could it be a challenge, but it could be fun to do. think about it. every single time. backing in. haha. does it count for when i park in the garage/driveway?
5. NEVER GO TO WALMART- and do i ever hope that this comes true. i probably didnt go to walmart 15 times this year and that was without trying. if they dont have it at targer, kmart, or bilo- i dont need it. two things might make this impossible. 1- the majority of the times i did go was with david ivarson for youth events. 2- i have had to go and get medicine for grandma. but i promise you this- i will not go to walmart for personal reasons!! yessir!
i leave you with lyrics from one of my favorite songs.
"oh the devil is singing
an age old song over me.
That i am cursed and gone astray.
singing the first verse so convieniently
he's forgotten the refrain,
JESUS SAVES."
PUDGE
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