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MrEast
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when I do, there is usually something worth reading:
Head Coach John Harbaugh visited Art Modell as he lay on his death bed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore last night.
Harbaugh had a special message for the former Ravens owner.
I told him that were playing Monday night and that he was going to be there watching the game and were going to fight for him. And that were going to play our best football for Art Modell.
With that, Harbaugh got his biggest response from Modell.
Those eyes, those blue eyes were going right at me like, You better, thats what I expect, Harbaugh said. I could only think to myself, Yes, sir.
The Ravens always have a lot to play for, plenty of motivation. With the passing of Modell early Thursday morning, they have that much more.
This season we will definitely dedicate to him and give it everything we got, linebacker Ray Lewis
REMEMBER THIS POST:
Houston @ southern miss posted 5-1 +3.8
College Football - Houston Cougars @ Southern Miss Golden Eagles - Saturday November 20, 2010 8:00 pm
1 units (Normal) ATS: Southern Miss Golden Eagles -3.5 (-110)
Most by now are aware of the unfortunate incident involving 3 Southern Miss players at a night club on Sunday. The 3 players Tim Green a backup LB, Martez Smith also a LB who was out because of knee surgery, and Deddrick Jones DT, were shot. The good news is all 3 are aparently stable, but the bad news, as I understand, is Martez Smith is paralyzed from the wiast down. Thoughts and prayers go out to all at Southern Miss.
Several years ago I attended a motivational seminar run by a person that had risen from the ashes so to speak to return to glory. He told his story, and capsuled it with words I'll never forget.
"You'll never know how good you can be until your at the intersection of adversity and tragedy."
Truer words were never spoken, and these situations manifest themselves in sports over and over, not by choice but by life's obstacles. Let's rewind the clock and verify the truth in the statement:
DATELINE: October 2003: Brett Favre learns his dad passed away a day before a game on Monday Night Football. He decides to stand by his "family" of teammates and play. Favre goes out and passes for 399 yards 4 TD's and 0 INT's, with Green Bay leading 31-7 at the half in a 41-7 win
DATELINE: October 2005: Well-liked Wellington Marra, the owner of the Giants passes away. The Giants band together and dedicate their next game vs the Redskins to Marra. They win 36-0 as a 1 point favorite, holding Washington to 125 total yards.
DATELINE: October of last year: Uconn player Jasper Howard is murdered. The Uconn players fly to his funeral in Florida, and return to West Virginia to play the Mountaineers. Uconn rolls up 501 yards of offense, their most for the season, and also the most a very good West Virginia team would allow the entire season
DATELINE: March 2010: Evan Fjeld a Vermont basketball player has known his Mom has been fighting breast cancer for 6 years. Her and his Dad attend every game, rent a condo in Burlington,VT, and have the players over often. None knew, until near the final hours when he confided in his team how sick his mom was. She passes away right before the American East tournament. Vermont goes out and wins it all claiming an NCAA berth, and Fjeld has a double-double in the first game, and out-performs his season stats for the tournament
I think you get the message! I expect Southern Miss to come out and be the best they can be (see above)
It doesn't end there. I'm a fan of Southern Miss coach Larry Fedora. He is in his 3rd year, and took over a team that had just 10 starters back, 6 on offense with a departed QB. He started 2-6, but his team developed under his coaching and finished 4-0 to ensure anther winning season, which is now 17 straight years at Southern Miss. he went on to win his Bowl game as a dog. After the 2-6 start, Southern Miss went 4-0 outscoring the opponent 136-35.
Last year his team improved again down the stretch finishing 4-1. This year we are watching it again. Southern Miss has won 2 straight, and 3 out of 4. The offense this year returned 4 starters, and 1 offensive lineman, so it wasn't going to be pretty. Fedora brought this team together again, and the Golden Eagles have scored 40+ in 5 of their last 6. Fedora is now 11-1 down the stretch. Good coaches get their teams better as the season progresses, Fedora has done exactly that.
S MISS OFFENSE VS HOUSTON OFFENSE:
The Cougars are known for offense, as they have some gaudy numbers over the past few years. Unfortunately they are on their 3rd string QB, Dave Piland who has doe well, but as game film mounts on him he is having some difficulties adjusting, and he threw 5 INT's last week.
The Southern Miss offense has actually passed Houston over the last 6 weeks averaging 41.9ppg to Houstons 35.7ppg. The last 6 weeks Southern Miss would rank #6 in NCAAF on offense.
DEFENSE:
Southern Miss is ranked 26th while Houston ranks in the bottom 12, so expect Southern Miss who has at least as good an offense as Houston, to get more stops on defense and pull away.
BULLETIN BOARD MATERIAL:
Houston put up an amazing 750 yards on Southern Miss a year ago. That was a Southern Miss defense that ranked #77, instead of #26, and that was with Case Keenum, not David Piland. You think they haven't been reminded of that?
If you want to go for records, and stardom, be ready to pay the price down the road. Houston scoed 73 on Rice last year piling up 684 total yards. This year as a -9.5 favorite playing at Rice, they lost the game outright!
Houston piled up 695 yards on Tulsa last year, and this year lost to Tulsa as a favorite
How do you think teams react to that. I guarantee you Southern Miss is going to be on their "A" game all the way around, for many reasons.
SOUTHERN MISS GETS THE CALL (they also won 59-41)
I know what side I'm on!
Head Coach John Harbaugh visited Art Modell as he lay on his death bed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore last night.
Harbaugh had a special message for the former Ravens owner.
I told him that were playing Monday night and that he was going to be there watching the game and were going to fight for him. And that were going to play our best football for Art Modell.
With that, Harbaugh got his biggest response from Modell.
Those eyes, those blue eyes were going right at me like, You better, thats what I expect, Harbaugh said. I could only think to myself, Yes, sir.
The Ravens always have a lot to play for, plenty of motivation. With the passing of Modell early Thursday morning, they have that much more.
This season we will definitely dedicate to him and give it everything we got, linebacker Ray Lewis
REMEMBER THIS POST:
Houston @ southern miss posted 5-1 +3.8
College Football - Houston Cougars @ Southern Miss Golden Eagles - Saturday November 20, 2010 8:00 pm
1 units (Normal) ATS: Southern Miss Golden Eagles -3.5 (-110)
Most by now are aware of the unfortunate incident involving 3 Southern Miss players at a night club on Sunday. The 3 players Tim Green a backup LB, Martez Smith also a LB who was out because of knee surgery, and Deddrick Jones DT, were shot. The good news is all 3 are aparently stable, but the bad news, as I understand, is Martez Smith is paralyzed from the wiast down. Thoughts and prayers go out to all at Southern Miss.
Several years ago I attended a motivational seminar run by a person that had risen from the ashes so to speak to return to glory. He told his story, and capsuled it with words I'll never forget.
"You'll never know how good you can be until your at the intersection of adversity and tragedy."
Truer words were never spoken, and these situations manifest themselves in sports over and over, not by choice but by life's obstacles. Let's rewind the clock and verify the truth in the statement:
DATELINE: October 2003: Brett Favre learns his dad passed away a day before a game on Monday Night Football. He decides to stand by his "family" of teammates and play. Favre goes out and passes for 399 yards 4 TD's and 0 INT's, with Green Bay leading 31-7 at the half in a 41-7 win
DATELINE: October 2005: Well-liked Wellington Marra, the owner of the Giants passes away. The Giants band together and dedicate their next game vs the Redskins to Marra. They win 36-0 as a 1 point favorite, holding Washington to 125 total yards.
DATELINE: October of last year: Uconn player Jasper Howard is murdered. The Uconn players fly to his funeral in Florida, and return to West Virginia to play the Mountaineers. Uconn rolls up 501 yards of offense, their most for the season, and also the most a very good West Virginia team would allow the entire season
DATELINE: March 2010: Evan Fjeld a Vermont basketball player has known his Mom has been fighting breast cancer for 6 years. Her and his Dad attend every game, rent a condo in Burlington,VT, and have the players over often. None knew, until near the final hours when he confided in his team how sick his mom was. She passes away right before the American East tournament. Vermont goes out and wins it all claiming an NCAA berth, and Fjeld has a double-double in the first game, and out-performs his season stats for the tournament
I think you get the message! I expect Southern Miss to come out and be the best they can be (see above)
It doesn't end there. I'm a fan of Southern Miss coach Larry Fedora. He is in his 3rd year, and took over a team that had just 10 starters back, 6 on offense with a departed QB. He started 2-6, but his team developed under his coaching and finished 4-0 to ensure anther winning season, which is now 17 straight years at Southern Miss. he went on to win his Bowl game as a dog. After the 2-6 start, Southern Miss went 4-0 outscoring the opponent 136-35.
Last year his team improved again down the stretch finishing 4-1. This year we are watching it again. Southern Miss has won 2 straight, and 3 out of 4. The offense this year returned 4 starters, and 1 offensive lineman, so it wasn't going to be pretty. Fedora brought this team together again, and the Golden Eagles have scored 40+ in 5 of their last 6. Fedora is now 11-1 down the stretch. Good coaches get their teams better as the season progresses, Fedora has done exactly that.
S MISS OFFENSE VS HOUSTON OFFENSE:
The Cougars are known for offense, as they have some gaudy numbers over the past few years. Unfortunately they are on their 3rd string QB, Dave Piland who has doe well, but as game film mounts on him he is having some difficulties adjusting, and he threw 5 INT's last week.
The Southern Miss offense has actually passed Houston over the last 6 weeks averaging 41.9ppg to Houstons 35.7ppg. The last 6 weeks Southern Miss would rank #6 in NCAAF on offense.
DEFENSE:
Southern Miss is ranked 26th while Houston ranks in the bottom 12, so expect Southern Miss who has at least as good an offense as Houston, to get more stops on defense and pull away.
BULLETIN BOARD MATERIAL:
Houston put up an amazing 750 yards on Southern Miss a year ago. That was a Southern Miss defense that ranked #77, instead of #26, and that was with Case Keenum, not David Piland. You think they haven't been reminded of that?
If you want to go for records, and stardom, be ready to pay the price down the road. Houston scoed 73 on Rice last year piling up 684 total yards. This year as a -9.5 favorite playing at Rice, they lost the game outright!
Houston piled up 695 yards on Tulsa last year, and this year lost to Tulsa as a favorite
How do you think teams react to that. I guarantee you Southern Miss is going to be on their "A" game all the way around, for many reasons.
SOUTHERN MISS GETS THE CALL (they also won 59-41)
I know what side I'm on!
Comments
(1) Stephen Garcia loses his grandfather who he was extremely close too right before the Auburn game. Garcia goes out with one of his worst starts in his college football career, leading to a SU loss as a double digit fav for the Gamecocks. (I know b/c I anticipated Garcia to play lights out. I was wrong.)
(2) Last week, Auburn stud FB Jay Prosch loses mother to cancer (after he had transferred from Illinois to be close to her). The Tigs go out and lay an egg against a program they have dominated throughout SEC history.
Not saying you're wrong, but I do think different people respond to these type of things differently and the trick is being able to anticipate that response. I'd guess that these type of situations are +ev though over the long haul, but I just don't have the data to prove it one way or another. I also think it's real important to be able to gauge the other team's mo. Mississippi State clearly had a lot of mo going into last week so maybe that offset the Prosch factor.
Your so off base you have no idea what your talking about. Come back when you know the true story of this man and how much he was loved and how even the intelligent people in Cleveland do not hold any animosity towards him.
Think the people in Baltimore think Irsay was a "great man"? Ask the people who remember the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, and ask them if they remember O'Malley fondly.
Rooney, Mara, and Wilson were far more influential owners than Modell could ever have hoped to be. The guy was a HORRIBLE businessman, and that was with constant sellouts at the stadium.
And he was the man to fire two hall of fame (or someday to be) coaches...Paul Brown and Belichick.
"Intelligent people", as you say, know the difference between "your" and "you're." So don't start quoting intelligence to me. YOU come back when you know the difference between the two words. And you are way off...most people in Cleveland still hate him. Including "intelligent" people.
On that point I'm not making fun it's sad to lose a business or a job I'm just not understanding.
Momma said never speak bad of the dead. Show respect.
I apologize to you for getting off topic. Your trying to provide insight into an upcoming game and some of us took it to another level. It won't happen again.
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Did you mean thy... (just kidding East)... couldn't resist after the your/you're correction...didn't know I needed the grammer book on a sports forum... on another note APPRECIATE the thought on today's game THANK YOU!! -R
Stop by more often sir.