#penn state football camp

[katelynnwrites]

Hold On To The Memories (They Will Hold On To You) | Laura Freigang

warnings: fluffy pancakes kind of fluff

word count: 1114

summary: five memories with laura, you'll hold on to them, they'll hold on to you and you will hold on to her

a/n: happy new year's 🎉

Your first memory of Laura is of her catching you as you quite literally fall for her.

The both of you are only thirteen and it is your very first summer football camp.

You had tripped over your laces and luckily for you, the blonde is there.

‘I’m s-sorry.’ You stammer with bright red cheeks but the taller girl only laughs as she sets you on your feet properly.

‘It’s okay. I’m Laura and it’s nice to meet you.’

Her hair is up in braids and her blue eyes are sparkling. The socks she is wearing are mismatched, they are different colours and one is longer than the other.

Right, there and then, you think she is the prettiest girl you have ever seen.

Laura sticks her hand out and you shake it with a shy smile.

‘Nice to meet you.’

******

You don’t see her at any other summer camp for years.

It’s not till she walks into Penn State’s locker room that you meet her for the second time.

You recognise her immediately. Her hair is darker but those eyes are the same.

Bright and full of excitement.

You had heard that the newest member of your team is named Laura and that she’s from Germany like you but it never crossed your mind that it would be your Laura.

Your Laura that you had spent every day at that one summer camp with, having water fights with your bottles and pranking the other children.

She spots you and her smile appears. The same brilliant smile that she had back then and the butterflies in your stomach get all fluttery again.

The striker walks up to you, holding out her hand for you to shake again.

You do so with a grin and she giggles, ‘You’re not falling for me this time?’

‘No.’ You blush as you shake her hand.

Little does she know that you’ve already fallen for her.

******

After Laura leaves Penn State to sign for Frankfurt, she takes your heart with her.

You’d grown close in the two years spent as teammates and life is not the same without her.

The two of you call all the time and while you continue completing your degree in the States, Laura realises that the way she feels about you is not entirely platonic.

She doesn’t tell you though but the phone calls get longer and longer, more and more frequent till you graduate.

Then you end up signing for Frankfurt and the striker picks you up at the airport.

One glance at you and the words are tumbling out of her mouth.

‘I missed you. I love you.’

She gasps and covers her mouth, not trusting herself to speak any further.

You smile softly and simply say, ‘I missed you too. I love you too.’

******

The first New Year’s day that you spend with Laura is special.

Both of you had shared a long and meaningful kiss in the middle of your apartment, your club teammates cheering all around.

Your favourite person’s hands rested gently on your waist and she had ignored them all, her attention on you and you alone.

‘I love you. Thank you for being mine.’

That is how it is with the blonde. She’s straightforward and clear about the depth of her feelings for you.

Your girlfriend is not afraid of expressing them and effortlessly shows you every chance she gets.

Laura Freigang is everything to you and when you look up at her with nothing but affection and adoration, she knows.

The entire team is in your shared apartment for the New Year’s party but you and her might as well be in your own world.

When all your guests have left and it’s truly just you and the striker, she pulls you close and holds you for a moment.

You let her, content to rest your head against her chest and listen to her steady heartbeat.

‘My New Year’s resolution is to love you. To never stop loving you.’ She softly says.

‘I think we share similar resolutions schatz.’

She giggles and brings her lips down to yours.

‘I love loving you.’ You tell her as the two of you look around the apartment you share.

There’s glitter on the floor after the party. You don't know where it's come from but it makes Laura sigh.

‘I’ll get the vacuum out.’ You offer.

‘Let's start on the empty bottles first?’ She counter suggests.

You agree. You’ll agree to anything as long as it's with the German woman.

As you clean up the bottles with her on New Year's day, you know for certain that you will do your best to hold onto this memory and her.

She's your person.

******

This most recent New Year’s day that you share with Laura is by far your favourite. It’s the most special to you.

You have had a fair number with her already and over the past few years, you have grown more and more in love with her.

When Laura pulls you out onto the balcony of your shared apartment, away from the party that you two have somehow ended up hosting again, she gets down on one knee.

‘Marry me? Please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I can recognise anywhere. I can’t live with that. I want your midnights. I will stay with you when you’re lost, when I’m scared, when it’s hard and even when it’s wrong and we’re making mistakes. I love you and I promise you I will never stop.’

You have always thought her eyes are beautiful.

But now as they are looking up at you, with all the hope in the world as she trusts you not to break her heart? They’re radiant.

There isn’t a way for you to put into words how you are feeling but you try your very hardest for the blonde.

‘Yes. Of course I will Laura. I fell for you the very first time we met, at thirteen and you caught me then. You have caught me every day since and even when I think I can’t possibly love you more, you show me that I can.’

Your soon to be wife is choking back her tears as she slides the ring onto your finger.

You can’t help but laugh. You don’t even know why you’re laughing but your shoulders are shaking as the striker leans in to kiss you.

‘Silly you schatz. You and I could never be strangers. It’s you and me, forevermore.’ You promise against her lips.

‘Forevermore. Happy New Year baby.' Laura breathes, kissing you again with every ounce of emotion she possesses as fireworks go off in the background.

German Translation:

schatz - sweetheart

[hotnew-pt]

Drew Allar, da Penn State, ferido em Wisconsin, adicionando drama ao jogo do estado de Ohio #ÚltimasNotícias

Hot News Enquanto estava na linha lateral no sábado à noite, esfregando os olhos e abraçando seus treinadores, o quarterback Drew Allar carregava as esperanças dos playoffs da Penn State em sua joelheira. O então quarterback Beau Pribula liderou o Nittany Lions em uma turnê no segundo tempo do Camp Randall Stadium, produzindo um Vitória por 28-13 sobre Wisconsin que aproximou o College Football…

[recentlyheardcom]

Penn State's Drew Allar Injured at Wisconsin, Adding Drama to Ohio State Game

As he stood on the sideline Saturday night, rubbing his eyes and hugging his coaches, quarterback Drew Allar carried Penn State’s playoff hopes in his knee brace. Then fellow quarterback Beau Pribula led the Nittany Lions on a second-half tour of Camp Randall Stadium, producing a 28-13 victory over Wisconsin that brought the College Football Playoff ever closer to State College. But now,…

[wausaupilot]

No. 3 Penn State puts unbeaten record at stake as it visits surging Wisconsin

Wisconsin is 10-1 in its last 11 night games at Camp Randall Stadium.

By The Associated Press No. 3 Penn State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) at Wisconsin (5-2, 3-1), Saturday, 6:30 p.m. CDT (NBC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Penn State by 6 ½. Series record: Penn State leads 11-9. What’s at stake? Penn State is seeking its first 7-0 start since 2019, when the Nittany Lions won their first eight games and finished 11-2. Wisconsin is attempting to beat a top-five team for…

[charlies-letters]

September 7, 1991

Dear friend, I do not like high school. The cafeteria is called the “Nutrition Center,” which is strange. There is this one girl in my advanced english class named Susan. In middle school, Susan was very fun to be around. She liked movies, and her brother Frank made her tapes of this great music that she shared with us. But over the summer she had her braces taken off, and she got a little taller and prettier and grew breasts. Now, she acts a lot dumber in the hallways, especially when boys are around. And I think it’s sad because Susan doesn’t look as happy. To tell you the truth, she doesn’t like to admit she’s in the advanced english class, and she doesn’t like to say “hi” to me in the hall anymore.

When Susan was at the guidance counselor meeting about Michael, she said that Michael once told her that she was the prettiest girl in the whole world, braces and all. Then, he asked her to “go with him,” which was a big deal at any school. They call it “going out” in high school. And they kissed and talked about movies, and she missed him terribly because he was her best friend.

It’s funny, too, because boys and girls normally weren’t best friends around my school. But Michael and Susan were. Kind of like my Aunt Helen and me. I’m sorry. “My Aunt Helen and I.” That’s one thing I learned this week. That and more consistent punctuation.

I keep quiet most of the time, and only one kid named Sean really seemed to notice me. He waited for me after gym class and said really immature things like how he was going to give me a “swirlie,” which is where someone sticks your head in the toilet and flushes to make your hair swirl around. He seemed pretty unhappy as well, and I told him so. Then, he got mad and started hitting me, and I just did the things my brother taught me to do. My brother is a very good fighter.

“Go for the knees, throat, and eyes.”

And I did. And I really hurt Sean. And then I started crying. And my sister had to leave her senior honors class and drive me home. I got called to Mr. Small’s office, but I didn’t get suspended or anything because a kid told Mr. Small the truth about the fight.

“Sean started it. It was self-defense.”

And it was. I just don’t understand why Sean wanted to hurt me. I didn’t do anything to him. I am very small. That’s true. But I guess Sean didn’t know I could fight. The truth is I could have hurt him a lot worse. And maybe I should have. I thought I might have to if he came after the kid who told Mr. Small the truth, but Sean never did go after him. So, everything was forgotten.

Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don’t decorate my locker, and I’m the one who beat up Sean and couldn’t stop crying after he did it. I guess I’m pretty emotional.

It has been very lonely because my sister is busy being the oldest one in our family. My brother is busy being a football player at Penn State. After the training camp, his coach said that he was second string and that when he starts learning the system, he will be first string.

My dad really hopes he will make it to the pros and play for the Steelers. My mom is just glad he gets to go to college for free because my sister doesn’t play football, and there wouldn’t be enough money to send both of them. That’s why she wants me to keep working hard, so I’ll get an academic scholarship.

So, that’s what I’m doing until I meet a friend here. I was hoping that the kid who told the truth could become a friend of mine, but I think he was just being a good guy by telling.

Love always, Charlie.

[lboogie1906]

Donald Jerome Driver (born February 2, 1975) is a former football wide receiver. After playing college football for Alcorn State University, he was picked by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He spent his entire 14-season NFL career with the Packers and holds the franchise’s records for most career receptions and receiving yards. He was a member of the Packers team that won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He holds the Donald Driver Football Camp for local kids which is held at the Cleveland High School Football field. He won season 14 of Dancing with the Stars.

He was born in Houston. He was the middle child of five siblings. His parents, Marvin Driver Jr. and Faye Gray divorced when he was just a young boy. He had a tough childhood living out of a U-Haul truck for some time during his early teens after a collection agency confiscated his family’s possessions. He spent multiple nights in motel rooms that his mother had purchased with food stamps. He and his older brother Marvin III began stealing cars and selling drugs during their teenage years to make it from day to day. At the age of 14 years, he would move in with his grandmother, Betty Lofton. This was the point in time when his life started to turn around.

He lettered four times each in track, football, basketball, and baseball in high school. He was a Texas All-State honorable mention in football, where he played at the wide receiver, defensive back, and kickoff return positions. He lettered in both football and track & field. He finished his college football career at Alcorn State with 88 receptions for 1993 yards. He was a five-time “Athlete of the Year” in his conference for his track and football prowess. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He qualified for the 1996 Olympic Field Trials in the high jump.

He is married to Betina Driver, they have three children. His son Cristian is a wide receiver for Penn State. He is a Christian.

He is the author of three children’s books, Quickie Handles a Loss, Quickie Makes the Team, and Quickie Goes to the Big Game. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha

[itsasif007-blog]

Penn State football

penn state vs michigan

[max--phillips]

(This is all in regards to the updated Indiana post)

- Me when you said you were in band:

(Gif by @shanebergara)

- (Disclaimer: I do not watch football. But my dad loves the Tennessee Vols…so this is from that perspective) Ohio State may have the most obnoxious college football team/fans up north, but down south… it’s University of Florida 😒 Just when you thought Floridians couldn’t get more annoying, they had to support a football team. They’re always up in peoples faces bragging, even when they’ve lost. And, they play dirty. I would say Alabama but they actually have a team to brag about. We love UGA tho. Georgia can beat both teams and still stay humble about it. We give them pets.

- Garfield does have Indiana vibes now that you mentioned him. Strange

Hell YEAH I was in band !! Played flute for 8 years (though I’d love to start again, I have a community band picked out I just need to. Go.) and I was in marching band for 5. I miss marching band 😭😭 my cousin is in band camp right now at Purdue and I’m jealous

Re: obnoxious fans, I believe you! I mean, everyone has That Team. The thing is, OSU is also really good, but like. When you have old ass motherfuckers at your game wearing hats and shirts that say “THE” on it because it’s ✨the✨ Ohio state university and everyone just calls it Ohio state or Ohio state university, you know you have a problem. Also, as far as I know Ohio state has the biggest football stadium of college football. It’s like, NFL sized and it’s a college team. Actually no quick Google search tells me Penn State’s is bigger, followed by Michigan with the biggest which is actually hilarious because Michigan is OSU’s biggest rival LMFAO but yeah all of them can hold over 100k people which is insane?

Yep! Jim Davis was born in Marion, though his studio is near Muncie. And if you go to either of those places, there are fuckin signs all over that are like “hometown of Garfield !!!!!!!” And neither is wrong really . There’s also an Indiana insurance company that uses Garfield as their mascot (this is with permission thankfully). It’s just one of those things where we’re like “yeah he’s one of us” and like. No one else in the entire country knows or cares which is par for the course for the entire state 😭😭

[jadepetals]

so this is part 3 of the fics that i've read and have stayed with me for a looong time. hope you feel the same way.

we should get jerseys / 12147 words

Harry is a hockey player, and Louis is his slightly melodramatic boyfriend.

tell it like an old song / 26675 words

Harry is a bit lost (just like his memories), his best friend is hiding something, the love of his life is gone and love... love is like flowers.

Maybe You’re Saving Me / 31236 words

Harry is a swimmer who can't sleep, while Louis plays football and has been waiting for a boy who understands him.

Until / 38204 words

Rural Eagle County, Colorado wasn’t the type of place to find a famous musician or actor. At least not until songwriter Louis Tomlinson showed up with pop star Niall Horan to visit his uncle’s horse ranch, and they just happened to find themselves next door to a reclusive former movie star.

I’ve Been Hoping You’d Be Somewhere Better Than This / 39980 words

The one where Louis is up for a promotion, he just has one tiny, little problem standing in his way.

Soaked In The Blood Of Angels / 40867 words

The boy looks drugged, caught between a man who’s almost twice his size and a girl who looks like she wouldn’t even break a sweat snapping him in half despite her small stature, eyes closed and mouth open as he pants, arching up between them almost as if he’s trying to escape.

Normally, Harry would ignore it and continue on his search for someone to drink from, someone who wouldn’t mind his sharp teeth and rough hands. He’s seen plenty of boys like this one, ones who picked the wrong playmates, and if he stopped to rescue every single one of them he would have died from thirst a long time ago.

This one, though. There’s something about this one, the sheen of his bright blue eyes as he blinks slowly, looks around as though he doesn’t know where he is, the weakness of his hands as he tries to push the girl off of him and make his escape.

Ever Fixed / 41152 words

Three years ago, Harry was happily married, successfully heading the largest technology company in the world, and raising his young daughter. After he loses nearly everything in the aftermath of his daughter’s lost battle with a rare brain tumor, it may take three strange and yet very familiar visitors – and a man from the therapy group Harry keeps refusing to go to – to get him back on track.

The Sidelines / 47078 words

Harry and Louis play hockey for Penn state and can't stand one another, since they can't keep their hatred off the ice their coach and team do what they can to keep their hard earned spot in the playoffs and their two star players from killing each other.

Now That This Old World Is Ending / 49184 words

Needing a good distraction from his broken heart, Louis Tomlinson goes on a camping trip with his friends to Northern England. However, a different kind of distraction arises when his friends disappear from their camp. Hellbent on finding them, Louis soon discovers that the area has been taken over by a cult and teams up with a resentful archer with fire in his eyes and blood on his hands.

So Much We Didn’t Say / 53584 words

Harry’s near fatal accident exposed the cracks in his and Louis’ eleven year marriage. A serious error in judgement by Louis shattered it completely.

Sweet Creature / 66753 words

It’s not that Harry expected high school to be easy. He heard all the stories from his sister and he knew that he was in for four years of hell. However, he didn’t exactly expect that hell to also be populated by Angels.

Waiting On You / 76584 words

“Vampires,” Louis says with disgust, glaring over at the vampire who is noisily slurping from the woman’s neck nearby.

Zayn gives the neat fang marks on Louis’ neck a meaningful look.

“Can’t live with them, can’t live without them,” Louis finishes, ignoring Zayn when he rolls his eyes.

Louis takes a long sip of his milkshake, presses his fingers against the marks on his neck, and definitely doesn’t think about the vampire who left them there.

Young Gods / 77739 words

Louis is a model and Harry's supposed to be a normal guy... Until he isn't.

Perfect Storm / 80230 words

What do you do when your best friend asks you and your (now) ex to be the best men at his destination wedding? You can either tell him the truth, tell him you’re not together anymore, and deal with the consequences, or you can pretend you’re still together and roll with it, just pray you don’t spiral. Fake it ‘til you make it. You know, for the sake of the wedding.

Harry and Louis choose the latter.

stars are guiding me back / 80655 words

BACHELOR AU where Louis directs his ex-boyfriend Harry in his season as America's first bi bachelor.

Speaking of Marvels / 100585 words

Louis is a nanny in suburban New Jersey, and the neighbors' son is home from college for the summer. It was supposed to be a fling.

cupid’s defence / 116879 words

In which Harry is Cupid, Louis and Liam own a law firm, and they're all getting sued.

Tainted Saints And Velvet Vices / 126082 words

Louis is new to seventh year and Harry is the resident devil-may-care Slytherin set to make his entire experience a living misery. Due to less than favourable circumstances they're forced to forge an unwilling, tentative relationship for their own survival. Repressed emotions, decidedly unromantic ballroom dancing, Triwizard Tournament tasks, creative jinxes and twilight flying above the Forbidden Forest ensue.

Fading / 202393 words

Louis knows about beauty; the combination of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses. He creates that combination every day in the garments he designs while studying fashion at uni. The cut of the design, the color of the fabric, the intricacy of the stitching; it all comes together to create something beautiful. When the science student with the long legs and dimpled smile agrees to model for him, Louis decides he’s found beauty personified. Harry just thinks Louis needs someone to show him how beautiful he is.

Cocaine for Breakfast / 309627 words

Louis Tomlinson is a drug addict, sent away from his beloved party-scene to recover. There, he discovers that small towns have just as much access to drugs as London did, plus something even better that he just can't get enough of. That something is a boy with green eyes and bouncy curls named Harry Styles

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5

[bb6cats]

College QBs Throwing at Manning Passing Academy

Here are the the college football quarterbacks who will be attending the Manning Passing Academy.

This year's Manning Camp, which is in its 25th year, will take place from Thursday through Sunday on the campus of Nicholls State in Thibodaux. The quarterbacks will serve as camp counselors and will participate in a Saturday Night Lights passing demonstration at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Nicholls.

Harrison Bailey, Tennessee

Connor Bazelak, Missouri

Jake Bentley, South Alabama

Myles Brennan, LSU

Anthony Brown, Oregon

Sean Clifford, Penn State

Matt Corral, Ole Miss

J.T. Daniels, Georgia

Jarrett Doege, West Virginia

Dillon Gabriel, UCF

Hope the weather is great! 

[bluebird722]

50 questions you’ve never been asked before

Inspired by @tigerkingofkandahar! 

1. What is the color of your hairbrush?: Red

2. Name a food you never eat?: Wedding soup

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold?: I’m usually both. Even in the summer, I carry a jacket with me when I leave the house, and in the winter, I tend to move around indoors so much. 

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?: Making dinner and listening to thekathpath on YouTube

5. What is your favorite candy bar?: Hershey’s with almonds

6. Have you ever been to a professional sports event?: Yes

7. What is the last thing you said out loud?: "How are you?” I was greeting my roommate

8. What is your favorite ice cream?: I have so many! Cookie dough, birthday cake, vanilla bean, chocolate mint, vanilla with sprinkles

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?: Water (it’s pretty much all I drink now)

10. Do you like your wallet?: Yes, although it’s so huge that it doesn’t fit in my backpack very well

11. What was the last thing you ate?: Noodle soup

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?: No, but I want to order three long-sleeve shirts from wearpact.com because I decluttered my wardrobe recently of what doesn’t look good on me anymore or is too big for me

13. The last sporting event you watched?: My university’s Homecoming football game

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?: I always eat it with butter and salt (although as a kid, I did add cinnamon and sugar during sleepovers)

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to?: My best friend

16. Ever go camping?: First grade, with my uncle and aunt near Penn State, where her daughter attended

17. Do you take vitamins?: No, but I probably should

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?: No

19. Do you have a tan?: Not now. Even when I do wear sunblock, I burn first (thanks, Dad) and then tan (thanks, Mom)

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza?: Depends on the Chinese food and kind of pizza

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?: I don’t drink soda

22. What color socks do you usually wear?: Black, multicolored, and white (although now a pair of lamb slippers which were a gift from my ex’s mom)

23. Do you ever drive above the speed limit?: As of now, no, only if I’m rushing to the hospital or chasing someone who did something bad

24. What terrifies you?: What happens after you die

25. Look to your left, what do you see?: My empty laundry bin and the clothes I’m airdrying (ugh, the detergent smells so strong that I’m so glad it’s almost gone)

26. What chore do you hate?: Washing dishes by hand. Takes up so much time, requires so much water, and my faucet used to drip for no reason (I recently had it fixed, but I still get worried XD)

27. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent?: I need to go there and see a live kangaroo in its natural environment before I die

28. What’s your favorite soda?: I don’t drink soda

29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive-thrus?: Drive-thru. For some reason, I HATE going into a fast-food restaurant to eat such a tiny meal. Plus, as someone who has worked in fast food, drive-thru is often timed, so that receives higher priority

30. Who’s the last person you talked to?: My mom

31. Favorite cut of beef?: I don’t really eat beef (and even still, I never really notice)

32. Last song you listened to?: "Defying Gravity” from the Wicked soundtrack 

33. Last book you read?: Chocolates for Breakfast by Pamela Moore. (Has it been made into a movie yet? I quite liked it. I can see why people say it’s if Gossip Girl took place in the 50s)

34. Favorite day of the week?: In my normal, pre-quarantined life, Friday. Weekends=more time for schoolwork and evenings working in a winery and making good money

35. Can you say the alphabet backwards?: At the same speed as saying the alphabet? Not anymore. I used to (and probably should get back to it)

36. How do you like your coffee?: If it’s homemade, black with no sugar or creamer except for chocolate creamer. If I go out for coffee, it has to be sweet.

37. Favorite pair of shoes?: Sneakers year-round, riding boots for fall, Oxfords for spring, and waterproof winter boots

38. The time you normally go to sleep?: Now that the winery is closed...10pm

39. The time you normally get up?: 6 or 7am

40. What do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets?: Sunrise

41. How many blankets on your bed?: Just one

42. Describe your kitchen plates: Plain white ones with curves edges that I took from my dad’s kitchen because I didn’t want to spend so much money on plates; plus, he has more plates than he really uses in a week (even with a dishwasher).

43. Do you have a favorite alcoholic beverage?: I don’t drink

44. Do you play cards?: No; I don’t know any games, but I want to learn poker and blackjack

45. What color is your car?: Red

46. Can you change a tire?: No. However, if you give me a mechanic who will show me for free, I’ll need practice on my own.

47. Your favorite province?: NA

48. Favorite job you’ve ever had?: I worked security at a stadium and got to work at the Super Bowl (I won’t say which one, but we were allowed free food and, I like to say it, ��were paid to attend NFL games”).

49. How did you get your biggest scar?: Do I even have scars? That’s a good question.

50. What did you do today that made someone else happy?: I talked to my best friend and wished my brother a happy birthday.

I tag @zatanna-maximoff, @lunastar92, and @rachelalghul and anyone else who wants to fess up!

[lboogie1906]

Donald Jerome Driver (born February 2, 1975) is a former football wide receiver. After playing college football for Alcorn State University, he was picked by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He spent his entire 14-season NFL career with the Packers and holds the franchise's records for most career receptions and receiving yards. He was a member of the Packers team that won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He holds the Donald Driver Football Camp for local kids which is held at the Cleveland High School Football field. He won season 14 of Dancing with the Stars. He was born in Houston. He was the middle child of five siblings. His parents, Marvin Driver Jr. and Faye Gray divorced when he was just a young boy. He had a tough childhood living out of a U-Haul truck for some time during his early teens after a collection agency confiscated his family's possessions. He spent multiple nights in motel rooms that his mother had purchased with food stamps. He and his older brother Marvin III began stealing cars and selling drugs during their teenage years to make it from day to day. At the age of 14 years, he would move in with his grandmother, Betty Lofton. This was the point in time when his life started to turn around. He lettered four times each in track, football, basketball, and baseball in high school. He was a Texas All-State honorable mention in football, where he played at the wide receiver, defensive back, and kickoff return positions. He lettered in both football and track & field. He finished his college football career at Alcorn State with 88 receptions for 1993 yards. He was a five-time "Athlete of the Year" in his conference for his track and football prowess. Heis a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He qualified for the 1996 Olympic Field Trials in the high jump. He is married to Betina Driver, they have three children. His son Cristian is a wide receiver for Penn State. He is a Christian. He is the author of three children's books, Quickie Handles a Loss, Quickie Makes the Team, and Quickie Goes to the Big Game. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha https://www.instagram.com/p/CoKt9kELG4h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[aion-rsa]

Best Thanksgiving Movies to Watch This Holiday Season

https://ift.tt/392gRNP

This year marks a unique Thanksgiving, to be sure. With the pandemic carrying on, families and loved ones across the United States are testing out new ways to celebrate a national holiday that might be best described as food, football, and then, of course, more food. For some that means outdoor gatherings are the order of the day; for others it will mean the first time you might be cutting turkey while wearing a mask.

However you might wish to celebrate the holiday though, gathering with loved ones around a movie never goes out of style. For that reason, we’ve gathered the best Thanksgiving movies to choose from. Some of these films are truly beloved holiday classics, and others might be less obviously about Thanksgiving, even as they wear their affection for the holiday on their sleeves. And yet others still will offer the rare respite: a streak of cynicism for those who think Thanksgiving is for the birds. So pass the potatoes and enjoy a helping of good cinematic cheer below.

Addams Family Values (1991)

Addams Family Values might seem an unusual choice, but then everything about this one is unusual, right down to it being the rare comedy sequel that is superior to its predecessor. That success is in no small part due to the filmmakers realizing Christina Ricci, who made her big break playing the morbid Wednesday Addams, was devastating in her deadpan delivery.

Read more

Movies

How 1991’s The Addams Family Nearly Got Derailed

By Simon Brew

Movies

The Addams Family and Their Spooky New Jersey Origins

By Aaron Sagers

Thus Wednesday gets half the film to herself in this one, and we’re thankful for it. With Addams Family Values, she’s forced to endure the dreariness of summer camp and its middle class morality, right down to them holding a Thanksgiving pageant in July. Surrounded by smiling rich white kids who cast Wednesday as Pocahontas (who, it should be said, was not in New England or at the first Thanksgiving), Wednesday takes the opportunity to keep it real about Thanksgiving.

“My people will have pain and degradation,” Wednesday hisses in her last minute rewrite. “Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They say do not trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller. And for all these reasons I’ve decided to scalp you.”

The chaos that ensues is delightful. Happy Thanksgiving, folks!

Alice’s Restaurant

Alice’s Restaurant is an inadvertent Thanksgiving comedy directed by Arthur Penn, who re-envisioned Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow as counterculture antiheroes in his 1967 gangster classic, Bonnie and Clyde. Penn did the same with Arlo Guthrie, the son of folk hero Woody Guthrie, the committed anti-fascist who wrote “This Land is Our Land.” The film is based on Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 folk song “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” which was about Alice and a restaurant. The restaurant wasn’t called “Alice’s Restaurant.”

That’s just the name of the song, which is very talky, like the movie, which is also pretty violent and fairly drug-fueled. The film doesn’t start on Thanksgiving, but at an army recruitment center, where Arlo, playing himself, is trying to avoid the draft. Turns out he’s got no good reason to stay out of the war.

The Thanksgiving setting, however, gives the film its purpose, and main reason to be thankful. The main plot involves getting rid of some trash after a holiday dinner. Arlo and his friends load a couple months’ worth of garbage into their red VW microbus, along with “shovels, and rakes, and other implements of destruction,” and head to the city dump, which is closed for Thanksgiving. They’d never heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving before, so with tears their eyes, they drive off to find another place to put the garbage.

It takes Arlo 18 minutes and 21 seconds to tell the plot in the song, in intermittent three-part harmony, but the gist is: he gets arrested for littering, and his criminal record keeps him out of the draft. With it, Penn turns Guthrie into one of the most mild-mannered antiheroes in counterculture cinema. He’s not moral enough to join the army, burn women, kids, houses, and villages because he’s a litterbug.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Perhaps not quite as iconic as the legendary A Charlie Brown Christmas or It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, the third Peanuts holiday special (and 10th Peanuts animated special overall) is still just as charming, wholesome, and satisfying as its predecessors. Once again written by Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz and directed by Bill Melendez, the show has been a November staple on TV for decades since first airing in 1973.

This time out, Charlie Brown (voiced by Todd Barbee) and his sister Sally (Hilary Momberger) are getting ready to go to their grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving when one by one, all their friends invite themselves over to his house—despite the fact that Charlie Brown can only make “cold cereal and maybe toast.” It all gets sorted out in the end, and it’s all the little jokes, the delightful voices, and the unforgettable music by Vince Guaraldi that makes this a perennial favorite.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox

There isn’t so much as a mention of Thanksgiving in Wes Anderson’s stop motion masterpiece. Yet, somehow, it’s impossible to watch The Fantastic Mr. Fox and not have late autumn brought to mind. Is it the carefully chosen fall color palette that’s all sunsets and foliage? Is it the warm familial vibe of the Foxes and their neighbors that makes you miss big get-togethers? Is it the impeccably dressed cast of animal characters, all resplendent in corduroy, flannel, and tweed, quietly shaming you with their perfect sartorial choices? Or perhaps it’s simply their ravenous eating habits that puts you in the right frame of mind. 

With little resemblance to the Roald Dahl book it’s based on, The Fantastic Mr. Fox is instead one of the most perfect encapsulations of Anderson’s eye for (some might say obsession with) the little details. And it’s those little details, even more than its fuzzy animal characters, that make this perhaps the coziest of the director’s efforts. Alternately exuberant and melancholy (just like the holiday itself), and with numerous scenes of beautifully plated gluttonous excess, it’s remarkable that this movie hasn’t already been adopted as an unofficial icon of the season. Let’s start that campaign right here, shall we? 

Hannah and Her Sisters

The movie that won Michael Caine and Dianne Wiest Oscars, Hannah and Her Sisters is a story about family framed between two Thanksgivings and the year that connects them. With a meticulous insight about the highs and anxieties of upper-middle class life among Manhattan intellectuals, the film is really the travails of Hannah (Mia Farrow) and her sisters Holly (Dianne Wiest) and Lee (Barbara Hershey). There’s also the lust of Hannah’s husband Elliot (Caine), who pursues an affair with Lee, but the film is mostly told from the vantage of three women of varying ages struggling with how they see themselves and their lives in a year of New York living.

Writer-director Woody Allen is here too as a hanger-on in this family, who’s struggling with his own fears of death, but his and Elliot’s roles are ultimately as outside observers who arrive every Thanksgiving to watch the sisters and their parents renew their family ties… and close ranks.

Home for the Holidays

One that feels particularly timely as 2020 adults hole up in their childhood homes for Thanksgiving and beyond, director Jodie Foster’s underrated family gathering comedy wallows in the downsides of going home. The film stars Holly Hunter as a woman who’s lost her job and is growing apart from her teenage daughter (Claire Danes). But all of that pales in comparison to spending Thanksgiving with her parents (Anne Bancroft and Charles Durning), plus younger brother Robert Downey Jr.

Read more

TV

The Best Thanksgiving TV Episodes

By Alec Bojalad

Movies

The Long History of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Thanksgiving

By Gavin Jasper

It’s a familiar setup, but Thanksgiving is a time of being with those you’re familiar with, whether you like it or not. Plus, as a comedy it also has the still vital message of counting your blessings.

The Ice Storm

Based on Rick Moody’s acclaimed 1994 novel, director Ang Lee’s (Brokeback Mountain) masterful adaptation is a scathing portrait of upper middle class suburban life in the early 1970s, when all the experimentation in the world with drugs, alcohol, and sex couldn’t quite stop anyone from feeling like their lives and society were unmoored.

Like other dramas that take place around Thanksgiving, there’s very little to actually be thankful for: the characters (played with flair by Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, and others) are all trapped in emotional black holes of their own making.

Similarly, all the decadence and crazy fashions/trends of that surreal decade can’t replace the feeling that something has gone dreadfully wrong. Lee–before he became obsessed with the latest camera technology–charts this all with patience, empathy, and precision.

Knives Out

Okay, so Rian Johnson’s brilliant little whodunit isn’t actually set on Thanksgiving, but it sure feels like it is and was released around the holiday on Nov. 27, 2019 (God, that feels like a century ago). So… close enough. And while the family gathering at the center of the story is for a patriarch’s birthday, it certainly resembles the kind of large family assembly many hold at Thanksgiving, right down to feeling like it could end in murder.

Read more

Movies

Knives Out and the Villainy of Privilege

By Kayti Burt

Movies

Knives Out: When Murder Makes You a Better Person

By Natalie Zutter

The murder in question, of course, is that of mystery novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer), and it’s up to gentleman detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) to figure out which of his many bickering, backbiting, scheming descendants might have had a hand in it. Perhaps Harlan’s nurse Marta (Ana de Armas) can help since the clan insists “she’s like part of the family.”

All that’s really missing is the turkey. The knives are out, in abundance.

The Last Waltz

Perhaps no title card in cinematic history deserves to be heeded more than the one which opens The Last Waltz: “This film should be played loud.”

Not just the greatest concert film ever made. Not only the greatest rock documentary of all time. The Last Waltz may lay claim to being the only movie of any stature literally filmed on Thanksgiving. Martin Scorsese shot The Band’s farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day, 1976, where the audience of 5,000 was served a literal Thanksgiving dinner in addition to an unforgettable night of music by some of the most legendary performers of the 20th century.

Read more

Culture

The Last Waltz: Martin Scorsese’s Ultimate Rock n’ Roll Movie

By Tony Sokol

Culture

New Deep Purple Album Whoosh! Coming in June

By Tony Sokol

But this is no mere concert film. Being treated to a document of such legendary musicians at the height of their powers would make this important enough, but when it’s shot, lit, and edited by Scorsese, and with The Band joined by towering guest stars like Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and many more, The Last Waltz becomes one of the most powerful musical statements ever committed to film. Scorsese breaks up the performances with members of The Band reflecting on their career, and even in these quieter moments, The Last Waltz radiates the power and danger of a life lived on the road, in seedy dives, and storied ballrooms.

When you’ve had your fill of football and family for the night, pour yourself a glass of something good and do exactly as that opening title card says.

Miracle on 34th Street

Yes, yes, technically speaking Miracle on 34th Street is a Christmas movie. But it is definitely worth noting that the film actually spends more screen time on the actual Thanksgiving holiday than Christmas Day. Indeed, the picture opens with the now legendary Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In the ultimate stroke of product placement, Macy’s New York City shindig got nationwide attention on the big screen, even as the movie focuses on the department store hiring the wrong Santa Claus for its festivities.

Arriving drunk and disgraceful to Macy’s preparations, an inebriated mall Santa creates an opportunity for a man who calls himself Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) to step in. Kris is passing through, presumably doing some holiday shopping ahead of his own big day in December. But upon seeing his personage so besmirched, he demands to take Santa’s reins and in the process saves Thanksgiving. We also see how this affects the turkey time of the film’s central mother and daughter team, played by Maureen O’Hara and Natalie Wood.

Mistress America

Sometimes Thanksgiving can be quiet and intimate… and desperately needed. That’s the case of the end to Noah Baumbach’s effervescent Mistress America. A mostly successful attempt at emulating 1930s screwball comedy for literary millennials, Mistress America is a clever throwback set during autumn in New York City and, tellingly, a trip to the suburbs of Connecticut. But by movie’s end, protagonists Tracy (Lola Kirke) and Brooke (Greta Gerwig) find themselves alone and isolated in the big city on Thanksgiving. They also thus discover an excuse to reconcile after grievances drove them apart, breaking bread at a restaurant down the street. It’s downbeat, but emotionally cathartic for both the characters and film.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

As the late John Hughes’ masterpiece, Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the quintessential “get home in time for the holiday” tale. Steve Martin is Neal, a stressed-out marketing exec who picks up an accidental travel companion in Del (John Candy), a well-meaning but oafish shower curtain ring salesman. As the two struggle to get back to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving amidst a string of misadventures and transportation issues, an eventual friendship forms, leading to a moving conclusion.

Planes was a step forward for Hughes as he began to move away from teen comedies, and the movie’s balance of humor and heart was perfectly complemented by the dynamic comedic chemistry of Martin and Candy. The latter probably had his best role ever in Del Griffith, and it’s a tribute to both actors and Hughes that each lead character can be annoying yet is never unlikable.

Read more

Movies

Christmas Movies on Disney+ Streaming Guide

By David Crow

Movies

Christmas Movies: A Complete Holiday Streaming Guide

By Alec Bojalad

Hilarious and poignant, this mix of buddy picture and road movie is a near-perfect treat for the season—or any time.

Prisoners

We wouldn’t exactly call Prisoners ideal holiday viewing. It’s set at Thanksgiving and immediately afterwards, although there isn’t much cheer during most of the film’s harrowing 153 minutes. The movie opens with a Thanksgiving dinner involving two Pennsylvania families, a pleasant ritual that soon turns nightmarish when two little girls—one from each clan—go missing. From that point onward, the story becomes a downward psychological spiral in which the search for the girls takes a terrible toll on all caught in its wake.

The first Hollywood studio film directed by French-Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (who has since gifted us with films like Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and next year’s Dune), Prisoners is a brutal, emotionally complex thriller that maintains a high level of suspense and dread over its formidable running time.

Featuring excellent performances from Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, and others, it may not be the kind of cheery escapism we often seek out at the holidays. But it will leave you deeply thankful for the good things in your own life.

Rocky and Rocky II

“To you it’s Thanksgiving, to me it’s Thursday,” Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) tells Adrian Pennino (Talia Shire) as they hit the streets for their first date in Rocky. That date wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the tougher than tough love of Adrian’s brother Paulie (Burt Young). He gave them no alternative but to go out when he tossed the Thanksgiving turkey his sister slaved over all day out the side door. What followed was one of the best first date scenes in film.

It doesn’t seem like Rocky and Adrian have a lot to be thankful for. She says her daddy told her to develop her brains because she’d never get by on her looks. Rocky says he’s so dumb he couldn’t hope to be anything else but a fighter, which is halfway to being a bum.

While the scenes surrounding the ice skating rink date aren’t only some of the most romantic sequences captured on celluloid, they culminate in one of hottest. This is all before Rocky is even approached to fight the heavyweight champ of the world. The battered underdog Rocky stays on his feet until the final bell, and an almost equally bashed Apollo Creed, who barely held onto his title belt, swears he never wants a rematch.

Read more

Culture

Could Rocky Balboa Really Have Gone the Distance?

By Tony Sokol

Movies

The Top 10 Carl Weathers Movie and TV roles

By Wil Jones

Apollo takes that rematch when he defends his title in Rocky II. The fight is set for Thanksgiving Day, and Rocky knocks the stuffing out of that turkey, and laps up the gravy. Many of the Rocky movies, including Creed, opened on Thanksgiving weekends, and are perfect “date movies.” The main bouts may focus on two fighters, but the love stories, starting with the one between Rocky and Adrian, are tenderer than the bird Paulie tossed in the alley.

Spider-Man

The original Spider-Man really is a superhero movie for all seasons. With its romantic and old-fashioned photography of New York City in the spring and autumn, the picture runs the calendar’s gamut in its storytelling of the webslinger’s first year on the job. But it also pivots on a rather eventful Thanksgiving dinner.

Read more

Movies

Why Spider-Man 2’s Train Fight is Superhero Cinema’s Greatest Action Scene

By Mark Harrison

Movies

Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy Writer David Koepp Reveals Original Plans

By Joseph Baxter

Fresh off Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) refusing to team up with the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), and after a blow up at a not-Macy’s Day Parade in Times Square, the pair’s alter-egos unwittingly meet up for Thanksgiving in Peter Parker’s apartment. It’s a swanky bachelor pad he shares with Harry Osborn (James Franco). But even with Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) there to give it some holiday warmth, things get frosty when Dafoe’s patriarchal Norman realizes the kid passing him the cranberries is his mortal enemy. Awkward.

And yes, nearly 20 years later this strangely does feel like a holiday movie, doesn’t it?

ThanksKilling

This film is terrible. An exploitative C-cheapie horror where a turkey possessed by a demon with a smart mouth hunts and murders coeds. But if that’s your jam… well, it exists.

cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530", }).render("0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796"); });

The post Best Thanksgiving Movies to Watch This Holiday Season appeared first on Den of Geek.

from Den of Geek https://ift.tt/2INKact

[frasier-crane-style]

You ever think about how news sites will cover two assholes who work at Sears doing something bad, as if it matters in the slightest? I mean, Trump’s at least a politician, so arguably it’s newsworthy that he misspelled a word in a tweet (note: a real news story), but you’ve got to wonder what the point is of writing a feature about someone else writing a letter. There are concentration camps in China, rioting in Hong Kong, corruption and environmental collapse everywhere--how cheap and lazy do you have to be to get your hits off someone sending hate mail when there are a thousand Watergate break-ins happening anywhere you turn to look?

By all means, let’s set that whole Epstein cover-up aside and focus on this letter about hair.

[tabithapalino-blog]

When a player makes such a change

Get daily updates directly to your inbox+ SubscribeThank you for subscribing!The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium pitch couldn't survive what seemed like two weeks of continual rain, at ten o'clock on Saturday morning everyone's fears were confirmed, the game was off.Whilst extremely disappointing the postponement did bring with it one potential positive the squad would have a longer break than Rangers for Tuesday evening's game.After having the game re arranged to suit them the decision could end up backfiring as Mark Warburton's side will now play twice in four days.Their full time fitness and quality of squad will obviously still give them a massive advantage, but it gives me the slightest glimmer of hope heading to Ibrox on Tuesday.Stevie Aitken's team selection for the game will be fascinating, especially after substitutes having such a massive impact during last week's remarkable' draw with Raith nfl jerseys.Willie Gibson, Kevin Cawley and Garry Fleming all contributed enough to deserve a start, it may seem naive to play three extremely attack minded players, but I think it's the best way to hurt Rangers.On Saturday their game with Ian Murray's St Mirren was live on BBC Alba, as was so often the case last season Murray and Saints sat, camped in their own half.They barely contributed anything going forward apart from a Stuart Carswell effort that hit the bar and in the end were comfortably defeated by four goals to nil.The way we set up for the encounter early in the season was perfect, sturdy and robust defensively and then attack with pace on the break.It very nearly worked as well, only a defensive mistake and a moment of quality from Martyn Waghorn came between Sons and a famous result.Although Tuesday's game is the glamorous one, next Saturday's is the far more important one. Alloa at the Indodrill. The 'Wasps' are the only other part time team in the league, and only have one league win all season.Unfortunately for Dumbarton that win came against them in September.

Cheap Jerseys china Every year since 2009 a handful of college football teams wear special Under Armour uniforms for a game as part of the Wounded Warrior Project. Northwestern University is participating this year by wearing a special uniform on November 16. Usually the Wounded Warrior uniforms are widely respected, but the uniform Northwestern will be wearing has garnered a lot of criticism..  Cheap Jerseys china

Cheap Jerseys from china In this photo taken June 22, 2013, Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews https://www.cheapjerseys168.com, bottom, takes a hit above the shoulders from Boston Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk during second period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Chicago. Patrice Bergeron may or may not be available for the Bruins in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final, but Claude Julien is keeping that a secret. Toews' status for the Blackhawks might be a little clearer.  Cheap Jerseys from china

cheap nfl jerseys When a player makes such a change, he has to pay for the inventory of jerseys with his old name or number. Receiver ran into the problem when he legally changed his surname before the season opener. The league ruled that he had to keep "Johnson" on the back of his jersey until he takes care of the problem..  cheap nfl jerseys

Physical condition: If you are not feeling well for the moment or have a temporary or permanent physical condition, you should tailor your fitness routine accordingly. The problems you might experience can be ranging from having the cold to having a back problem. If you want to start a fitness and health routine properly, you have to take into account the limits that your body can reach.  cheap nfl jerseys

wholesale nfl jerseys Toronto Blue Jays pitcher David Wells reported recently that Jose Canseco once suggested to Wells that he should try human growth hormone. Wells decided his integrity was more important, wrote Reggie Hayes of the Fort Wayne News Sentinel, he worked on his human growth with doughnuts and cheeseburgers. The Chicago White Sox offered free prostate cancer screening before Wednesday game against the Detroit Tigers.  wholesale nfl jerseys

Cheap Jerseys from china Archie Paloian, of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Rescue Company, walks with one of the crew members' nephew, Charlie Jeltema, 2, of Sandy Hook, in the 52nd Annual Newtown Labor Day Parade in Newtown, Conn. On Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. An explosive sex abuse scandal and possible cover up rocked Happy Valley after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno heir apparent, was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over a 15 year period https://www.cheapjerseysaleusa.com. Among the allegations was that a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assault a boy in the shower at the Nittany Lions practice center in 2002..  Cheap Jerseys from china

nfl jerseys And that was kind of the problem. I didn't want him to get it. Well, at least I didn't want him to "get it" in the sense that he was learning that the proper way to greet fans from opposing teams is to cuss, taunt, point and almost challenge them to a confrontation while high fiving his drunk buddies..  nfl jerseys

His style? Joked friend and former Roosevelt teammate Mark Hultgren: options the puck misses the net, it hits him or it goes in. All jokes aside, a nervous Deutsch said a half hour before warmups, is one thing. I have to tell ya, the game faces are on, and I don see those very often wholesale nfl jerseys from china.

[thestevenhart]

Preview: Camping World Bowl (Notre Dame vs. Iowa State) and Cotton Bowl (Penn State vs. Memphis)

Two games both starting at the ungodly early hour of 12:00 noon and featuring my two “favorite” teams, that is, the two teams I love to hate the most: N.F.D. and Pedo State.

I’m glad that they scheduled these two for the same time so that I can get all of my ugly hatred and bile out in one sitting.

Notre F. Dame plays Iowa State In the Camping World Bowl, and can we reflect for one moment on what a blight it is on Notre Dame’s so-called elite prestige that they’re reduced to playing in something called the “Camping World Bowl”? Part of the reason I despise the Fricking Irish so damn much is that no matter how mediocre a team they field, each year they still get ranked and each year they still get a bowl bid (even if it is the Camping World Bowl).

Let’s fondly think back to when the Georgia Bulldogs beat NFD last September:

If Georgia can do it, so can Iowa State, although the Irish are still point-and-a-half favorites.  Everybody in the pool picked Notre F. Dame to win - everyone, that is, except me.  

And you know what?  I don’t care!  I’d rather drop a game in the pool than cheer for Notre F. Dame!  I’d rather lose the entire freakin’ pool than cheer for Notre F. Dame!  I’m glad their stupid-ass cathedral burned down!  I’d burn it again, if I could.  They are the goddamn antichrist of colllege football and they’ll get no love from me.  Not while I’m alive!

Good to get that off my chest, my annual “I Hate Notre Dame Rant.”  But the other game on at the same time as ISU/NFD is Memphis vs. Penn State (Tigers vs. Lions).   I still haven’t forgiven Penn State for purposefully ignoring the sexual abuse of young boys just so they wouldn’t have to change their beloved coaching staff.  They got off with the lightest of NCAA penalties and are back as if nothing had ever happened, even though they’ve destroyed the lives of some innocent young men without consequence or any reparations, all in the name of “winning.”  

Fuck them. Fuck their stupid team.   Fuck their stupid fans.  They don’t deserve any more discussion, other than to note that despite Pedo State’s deplorable history, everyone in both Team Clemthuen and Team Freezin’ Beans picked them in the pool.  Only the two ATLiens picked Memphis as 7-point underdogs.

And you know what? I don’t care!  I’d rather drop a game in the pool than cheer for Penn State!  I’d rather lose the entire freakin’ pool than cheer for Penn State!  I’m glad their stupid-ass Coach Paterno dropped dead and I wish he would resurrect only to allow everyone to watch him drop dead over again!  They are the goddamn antichrist of colllege football and they’ll get no love from me.  Not while I’m alive!

Good to get that off my chest, my annual “I Hate Pedo State Rant.”   But it’s interesting to note that ever since Screamin’ Jay, Donna the Buffalo, and Freezin’ Dave apparently decided to vote as a bloc and pick all the same teams, they’ve gone a very commendable 4 out of five.  The bloc-vote strategy is working, and the bloc continues for the first two games today (deplorable as those two picks are). 

Talk to y’all later.  I’m off to go scream at my t.v. for the next four hours - the cats are already hiding under the sofa.  The good news is that after these two early games are over, first, no more N.F.D. or Pedo State, and second, we get two playoffs games with quality teams and meaningful outcomes.

Bon chance, mon amis!