So...the Ole Miss football season hasn't gone the way I wanted it to or the way I thought it would. Thats Ole Miss sports though..you gotta learn to live with it. Ive been a fan since I was 7 or 8 and I am now 22. I have never seen us go to an SEC championship. Will it happen in my life time? I don't even know. The SEC West is the toughest division in the country in the toughest league in the country. We have to face Bama,LSU,Auburn, and Arkansas every year! Enough with that.
I voted for Artair Rogers for ASB president...big mistake. The ASB is a joke Richard Mccay and Artair Rogers all felt like it was time to get rid of From Dixie With Love..and Chancellor Dan Jones didn't know how to handle the situation at all. If your going to get rid of something don't delay it. Dan Jones is going to see a HUGE rebellion against him and the ASB on saturday in the grove and at the game. I am against students yelling TSWRA, but there could have been several ways to avoid what is about to happen. Now we have the KKK fired up...just what Ole Miss needs. You know the last home game the chant was scattered. What the hell does TSWRA even mean...I mean seriously we all know its not going to rise again. Its nothing mre than a redneck chant. The way the country is going I wouldn't mind if Texas became its own country and the south went with it. Thats another story for another day. All I can say is the 6k students that yell it i guarantee you don't even know what they are yelling...they are hammered drunk and the majority that yell it are not racists. Ole Miss always finds a way to give itself a black eye to the media and America. Name another school that has as many problems as we do. Everything we have is considered racist.
Why don't we just get rid of the name Ole Miss and Rebels and become Manning University Fighting Brothers...if your going to get rid of every symbol then get rid of it...don't take 10 years to get rid of the next thing. First was the flag which I agree we should have gotten rid of, then colonel reb...sorry i think that was silly getting rid of, the american trilogy by elvis, and now FDWL.
What is next...our colors? Thats pretty racist I mean red and blue is the color of the confederate flag. How has Ole Miss lasted this long and Rebels..enough with that I am tired of it and I am tired of people looking at us as a racist school because we are not. We are our own worst enemy...we really are. Its gotten out of hand. Dr. Jones messed up on this and the ASB are complete IDIOTS along with the students the rebelled and yelled TSWRA...there was a better way to resolve this and now its going to get really bad...its going to be interesting to just sit back and watch.
On another note...went to Auburn for the Ole Miss football game and that was a great weekend. I loved the town and the two bars I went to. Quixoties if thats how you spell it and Sky Bar...wish we had Sky Bar in Oxford. It was nice not having to worry about curfew but just enjoy the whole night out. 5 guys...we need that in Oxford...we need alot of things in Oxford haha. I had 40 dollars in my pocket before I went to Auburn and I was like...40 dollars isnt going to take me anywhere (i have plenty of money in my bank account but was deteremined not to use my debit card that weekend)...So I went to Tunica the night before Auburn and came back home that night to Oxford with 300 dollars in my wallet! It was a good night! Made some new friends at Auburn that go to Ole Miss. They really helped me out friday night...I was sitting at toomers corner thinking now what and I remember saying I hope I see someone I know and right when I looked up there they were!
After Auburn I went to Talladega and that was an experience in itself. I should have dressed up like a redneck, but I didn't. Saw plenty of rednecks there and I went to the very front row and felt the debris from the tires. It was crazy I would have been a dead man if they crashed right where I was. Its unbelievable how safe they have made the cars...its still dangerous but whats his face flipped his car like 8 times going 170mph and was able to walk away....I go 50 mph flip my car 7 times in high school and about kill myself. I have never seen so many RVS in my life...its like Bonaroo and Mardi Gras combined x 100,000!!! Not even kidding. I saw some crazy things too haha i 5 year old girl having to carry the cooler of beer for her dad...I took a picture of that on my blackberry!
3 weeks of school left...making the most out of this semester. I am going on a cruise to Guatemala,Belize (i cant wait for Belize...looks unbelievable!!), and Cozymel for Christmas and ill be in the Caribbean for my birthday! Can't wait!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Verse of the Day
Proverbs 7:1-4 My son, keep my words, and treausre my commandments within you. Keep my commandments and live and my teaching as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom,"You are my sister," and call understanding your intimate friend...
Monday, October 5, 2009
A verse that fits for my life
Job 10:22,"You gave me life and showed me kindness; and in your providence watched over my Spirit."
The Christian Life
I've come to realize over the years that the Christian life is the most satisfying life to live, but only when I am actually going all out and all the way for the Lord. IT is the Christian who tries to compromise and make deals who finds life miserbale, for he has all the troubles without the fellowship that comes through surrender. For every test and trial that God gives us, Christ supplies an abundance of grace with it for us to bear it and in our weakness we are make stronger in Christ.
May I never look for an easy way out when sharing what Christ has done for me...For Jesus gave up everything and laid down his life for me. He laid it down, the sinner that I am.
May I never look for an easy way out when sharing what Christ has done for me...For Jesus gave up everything and laid down his life for me. He laid it down, the sinner that I am.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Embracing Accusation-Shane and Shane
The father of lies
Coming to steal
Kill and destroy
All my hopes of being good enough
I hear him saying cursed are the ones
Who can’t abide
He’s right
Alleluia he’s right!
The devil is preaching
The song of the redeemed
That I am cursed and gone astray
I cannot gain salvation
Embracing accusation
Could the father of lies
Be telling the truth
Of God to me tonight?
If the penalty of sin is death
Then death is mine
I hear him saying cursed are the ones
Who can’t abide
He’s right
Alleluia he’s right!
Oh the devil’s singing over me
An age old song
That I am cursed and gone astray
Singing the first verse so conveniently
He’s forgotten the refrain
Jesus saves!
Coming to steal
Kill and destroy
All my hopes of being good enough
I hear him saying cursed are the ones
Who can’t abide
He’s right
Alleluia he’s right!
The devil is preaching
The song of the redeemed
That I am cursed and gone astray
I cannot gain salvation
Embracing accusation
Could the father of lies
Be telling the truth
Of God to me tonight?
If the penalty of sin is death
Then death is mine
I hear him saying cursed are the ones
Who can’t abide
He’s right
Alleluia he’s right!
Oh the devil’s singing over me
An age old song
That I am cursed and gone astray
Singing the first verse so conveniently
He’s forgotten the refrain
Jesus saves!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Swine Flu
Is something not to joke with! I am finally feeling better, but still had a fever this morning. I had a 103 fever for most of the weekend! Now i have to write this paper..
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
2 Chronicles 16:9
Has anyone seen a scaffolding support a statue? Think of a scaffolding supporting the Statue of Liberty. I am sure you have,I see them all over the place. This represents how my life used to be and how a lot of peoples lives are. Ill explain the meaning behind this in just a second. I sometimes and I sometimes still catch myself practicing my faith heartlessly. Our mindset if we are not careful can be God loves me no matter what I do/or am doing,say,or thinking so I can go do whatever I want,say whatever I want, and think whatever I want to think. He does love me no matter what I do, but that is not the point that I am trying to bring up.
The scaffolding supporting the Statue of Liberty and practicing our Christian faith with no heart both support the shape of a person, but it disguises a hollow, dead interrior.
Its not about the outside that counts. Gods not after that. God is after the condition of our hearts. Our walk with God begins in the heart. God is looking for a certain kind of heart. I am going to be straight forward with this. He is looking for a 2 Chronicles 16:9 type of heart. 2 Chronicles 16:9 says "For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His..." That is what God is looking and searching for. He wants your heart,your passion,and your desire. He has got to have it all. He wants all of it. He is not looking for 75%,90%, or even 99%..He is looking for all of it!
The first thing God looks for is for loyalty to him.
He tests me all the time to see if I am..will be loyal to him. I often don't put things in God's hands, but rather my own. I worry about what job I will have out of college,will i get a job,will i get married, and on and on...when I should put everything in God's hands. In the long run is this really going to matter waht I am worrying about? 150 years down the road will it really matter to me? I find myself not being loyal to God, but caught up in my selfishness and stubborn ways of wanting to be in control of my life. He tests us to see where we are in our walk with Him.
The second thing God looks for is where we place our treasures.
Matthew 6:19-21..."Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal, for where your treasure is there your heart will be also.
Loyalty and where we place our treasures really go together. Don't get caught up in the things that don't matter. Seek the Kingdom of God first and put Him in control of your life. Place your treasures in heaven
The third thing God looks for is where our thoughts are. Matthew 9:4 says, "And Jesus knowing their thoughts said,"why are you thinking evil in your hearts.""
Where are your thoughts towards all the time? Why are you thinking evil thoughts. My mind often wonders and I will catch myself and Ill be thinking what in the heck was I just thinking and why was I even thinking that?!
The fourth thing God looks for is our words. Matthew 12:34 "You brood of vipers how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart."
I find myself catching my tongue all the time,its not easy being in college with this situation. Words fly off peoples tongues here without even thinking of what they are even saying and what the words really truly mean. How can you witness and how is someone going to see something different about you and in you when out of our mouths comes words we used to not believe what our ears were once hearing. It hurt our soul the first time we heard those words. Where did that feeling of the Holy Spirit go when it comes to hearing those terrible words or saying those things.
The fifth thing God looks for is our response to His Word.
Luke 8:15 says "And the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance." Do you apply what you read in the Bible to your life? How do you respond to God's word? Are you living out what you are reading and believing?
The final thing God looks at is worship. Matthew 15:8 says This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me." Its easy to say that we are Christians and that we love God. We honor God with our lips, but deny Him with our lifestyles.
I think its easy for people to leave an impression of being impressive by using their lips, but its all for show and their heart is far from God. I have been there before and I am sure we all have. They talk the talk, but don't walk the walk. Its easy to go down a wrong path when we are like this.
We deceive ourselves with appearance. Appearances are not even close to the the conditions of our hearts. Its not about our appearance that God cares or looks at. It is all about our condition of our heart.
God has gotta have it all.Matthew 8:34" If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." He wants to see how much you have got. He wants your whole heart, not just pieces. He wants it all. Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ He wants all your desire and all your passion. 100%. He wants you to come after Him full speed. Give Him all you got.
Psalm 42:1-2 "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for Thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?"
Is your heart fully ready?
Psalm 139:23-24 says,"Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way."
I'll end on the verse below, but God knows where are hearts are. Seek God's kingdom first...pursue Him.I'll say what 2 Chronicles 3:19 says again...it says "For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His..." Is your heart completely His? Have you ever felt what its like when it is? Words can't describe the feeling!It makes me speechless and sometimes I am so overwhelmed by the power of the Holy Spirit that it is hard to breathe! Its the most amazing feeling you can ever feel in your life! The Holy Spirit working and moving in your life! Check out the last verse I am going to end on.
"Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." Malachi 3:10
Ill leave you with the question...where is the condition of your heart right now?
The scaffolding supporting the Statue of Liberty and practicing our Christian faith with no heart both support the shape of a person, but it disguises a hollow, dead interrior.
Its not about the outside that counts. Gods not after that. God is after the condition of our hearts. Our walk with God begins in the heart. God is looking for a certain kind of heart. I am going to be straight forward with this. He is looking for a 2 Chronicles 16:9 type of heart. 2 Chronicles 16:9 says "For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His..." That is what God is looking and searching for. He wants your heart,your passion,and your desire. He has got to have it all. He wants all of it. He is not looking for 75%,90%, or even 99%..He is looking for all of it!
The first thing God looks for is for loyalty to him.
He tests me all the time to see if I am..will be loyal to him. I often don't put things in God's hands, but rather my own. I worry about what job I will have out of college,will i get a job,will i get married, and on and on...when I should put everything in God's hands. In the long run is this really going to matter waht I am worrying about? 150 years down the road will it really matter to me? I find myself not being loyal to God, but caught up in my selfishness and stubborn ways of wanting to be in control of my life. He tests us to see where we are in our walk with Him.
The second thing God looks for is where we place our treasures.
Matthew 6:19-21..."Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal, for where your treasure is there your heart will be also.
Loyalty and where we place our treasures really go together. Don't get caught up in the things that don't matter. Seek the Kingdom of God first and put Him in control of your life. Place your treasures in heaven
The third thing God looks for is where our thoughts are. Matthew 9:4 says, "And Jesus knowing their thoughts said,"why are you thinking evil in your hearts.""
Where are your thoughts towards all the time? Why are you thinking evil thoughts. My mind often wonders and I will catch myself and Ill be thinking what in the heck was I just thinking and why was I even thinking that?!
The fourth thing God looks for is our words. Matthew 12:34 "You brood of vipers how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart."
I find myself catching my tongue all the time,its not easy being in college with this situation. Words fly off peoples tongues here without even thinking of what they are even saying and what the words really truly mean. How can you witness and how is someone going to see something different about you and in you when out of our mouths comes words we used to not believe what our ears were once hearing. It hurt our soul the first time we heard those words. Where did that feeling of the Holy Spirit go when it comes to hearing those terrible words or saying those things.
The fifth thing God looks for is our response to His Word.
Luke 8:15 says "And the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance." Do you apply what you read in the Bible to your life? How do you respond to God's word? Are you living out what you are reading and believing?
The final thing God looks at is worship. Matthew 15:8 says This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me." Its easy to say that we are Christians and that we love God. We honor God with our lips, but deny Him with our lifestyles.
I think its easy for people to leave an impression of being impressive by using their lips, but its all for show and their heart is far from God. I have been there before and I am sure we all have. They talk the talk, but don't walk the walk. Its easy to go down a wrong path when we are like this.
We deceive ourselves with appearance. Appearances are not even close to the the conditions of our hearts. Its not about our appearance that God cares or looks at. It is all about our condition of our heart.
God has gotta have it all.Matthew 8:34" If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." He wants to see how much you have got. He wants your whole heart, not just pieces. He wants it all. Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ He wants all your desire and all your passion. 100%. He wants you to come after Him full speed. Give Him all you got.
Psalm 42:1-2 "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for Thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?"
Is your heart fully ready?
Psalm 139:23-24 says,"Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way."
I'll end on the verse below, but God knows where are hearts are. Seek God's kingdom first...pursue Him.I'll say what 2 Chronicles 3:19 says again...it says "For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His..." Is your heart completely His? Have you ever felt what its like when it is? Words can't describe the feeling!It makes me speechless and sometimes I am so overwhelmed by the power of the Holy Spirit that it is hard to breathe! Its the most amazing feeling you can ever feel in your life! The Holy Spirit working and moving in your life! Check out the last verse I am going to end on.
"Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." Malachi 3:10
Ill leave you with the question...where is the condition of your heart right now?
Senior Year observations
So I am writing out everything that has really changed my life throughout my life in my journal. Boy, the Lord has been watching over me! Ever since my car accident things haven't been the same. I am kind of repeating what I said in my note about God's grace, but God has blessed me in so many ways and he continues to bless me. I think I should praise God and give him more thanks than I have been giving. Countless blessings...for such an undeserving person.
Ever since my car accident I knew my life wasn't going to be the same, but its time to get serious. God has been knocking on my heart ever since that day and its time to get up and open the door. I knew God had something still required of me or else there is no way I would still be here today. It is time to get serious and give back to the Lord.
I like to worry a lot about ridiculous things...having one year left of college scares me in a way, but it also excites me. College is ridiculous...unbelievable that it is almost over....I need to make most of my opportunities next year. God has set up some great opportunities for me at Ole Miss and its time to take advantage of it. Its not too late. Great things are going to happen on this campus next year and I can't wait to see what is in store for my senior year. God will give me the desires of my heart so take comfort in that.
1. Its time to avoid the safe roads. I need to take risks and walk in faith. Don't be a mediocre Christian."Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he is good"-C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia)
2. Don't freeze and say I don't know what I want to do..bc that is coming from the great deceiver. I know what I want to do and its time to stop procrastinating and answer God's calling for my life.
3. I know what I am good and I know my desires. I love people and I have a heart for the lost. Don't be ashamed of your desires.
4. I have a purpose, Joshua 1:9 Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." Submit to the Lord,learn from your mistakes, evaluate and know your interests.
The Christian life is the most satisfying, but only when I actually go all out for the Lord and go out all the way. I hate being the Christian that tries to compromise with God...thats when I find myself having all the problems without the fellowship that comes through surrender. Every test and trial Christ always supplies an abundance of grace in which I can bear it and in my weakness I am made stronger.I hope I never take the easy way again because the Lord gave me everything just for me...thats amazing!
Here are verses that are on my heart right now
We will come to you, for you are the Lord our God-Jeremiah 3:22
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.-Matthew 11:28
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me-Luke 9:23
Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted-2 Timothy 3:12
Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.-Ephesians 6:16
You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my Spirit-Job 10:22
And we proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man complete in Christ. And for this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.- Colossians 1:28-29
If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interest, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross. Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Phillipians-2:1-11
Ill end here...I have been trying to unscramble God's plans for my life...It was like the Burger King saying....Have it your way...I wanted it my way. God's been knocking hard on the door and its time to answer it. Its time to trust in the Lord with all of my heart,with all of my soul, with all my strength, and with all my mind. All of Psalms sums up what I am feeling...but I will leave it at this...Psalm 25:4-5 Make me know Thy ways, O Lord, teach me Thy paths. Lead me in Thy truth and teach me, for Thou are the God of my salvation; for Thee I wait all the day.
Revelation 3:20....Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.
Its time to stop ignoring the knock
Its time to open the door
Listen and follow God's will
Obey
Unbelievable that I keep Christ outside sometimes and how gracious that He seeks entrance! We serve an awesome,gracious,wonderful God! Words aren't enough. My life reminds me of Jonah...I am thankful that I serve a God of second and unending chances. He never gives up on me. Jonah 3:1,"Now the word of the lord came to Jonah a second time. . ." How awesome is that
"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God..."
Micah 6:8 He has shown you O man what is good and what does the Lord require of you but to act justly love mercy and walk humbly with your God.
"Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."-Isaiah 41:10
No more excuses,time to not be afraid,time to take risks and not the safe road,time to obey,time to listen,time to trust,time to open the door,...its time for the great commission
"Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.”-Jim Elliot
Ever since my car accident I knew my life wasn't going to be the same, but its time to get serious. God has been knocking on my heart ever since that day and its time to get up and open the door. I knew God had something still required of me or else there is no way I would still be here today. It is time to get serious and give back to the Lord.
I like to worry a lot about ridiculous things...having one year left of college scares me in a way, but it also excites me. College is ridiculous...unbelievable that it is almost over....I need to make most of my opportunities next year. God has set up some great opportunities for me at Ole Miss and its time to take advantage of it. Its not too late. Great things are going to happen on this campus next year and I can't wait to see what is in store for my senior year. God will give me the desires of my heart so take comfort in that.
1. Its time to avoid the safe roads. I need to take risks and walk in faith. Don't be a mediocre Christian."Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he is good"-C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia)
2. Don't freeze and say I don't know what I want to do..bc that is coming from the great deceiver. I know what I want to do and its time to stop procrastinating and answer God's calling for my life.
3. I know what I am good and I know my desires. I love people and I have a heart for the lost. Don't be ashamed of your desires.
4. I have a purpose, Joshua 1:9 Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." Submit to the Lord,learn from your mistakes, evaluate and know your interests.
The Christian life is the most satisfying, but only when I actually go all out for the Lord and go out all the way. I hate being the Christian that tries to compromise with God...thats when I find myself having all the problems without the fellowship that comes through surrender. Every test and trial Christ always supplies an abundance of grace in which I can bear it and in my weakness I am made stronger.I hope I never take the easy way again because the Lord gave me everything just for me...thats amazing!
Here are verses that are on my heart right now
We will come to you, for you are the Lord our God-Jeremiah 3:22
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.-Matthew 11:28
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me-Luke 9:23
Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted-2 Timothy 3:12
Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.-Ephesians 6:16
You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my Spirit-Job 10:22
And we proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man complete in Christ. And for this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.- Colossians 1:28-29
If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interest, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross. Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Phillipians-2:1-11
Ill end here...I have been trying to unscramble God's plans for my life...It was like the Burger King saying....Have it your way...I wanted it my way. God's been knocking hard on the door and its time to answer it. Its time to trust in the Lord with all of my heart,with all of my soul, with all my strength, and with all my mind. All of Psalms sums up what I am feeling...but I will leave it at this...Psalm 25:4-5 Make me know Thy ways, O Lord, teach me Thy paths. Lead me in Thy truth and teach me, for Thou are the God of my salvation; for Thee I wait all the day.
Revelation 3:20....Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.
Its time to stop ignoring the knock
Its time to open the door
Listen and follow God's will
Obey
Unbelievable that I keep Christ outside sometimes and how gracious that He seeks entrance! We serve an awesome,gracious,wonderful God! Words aren't enough. My life reminds me of Jonah...I am thankful that I serve a God of second and unending chances. He never gives up on me. Jonah 3:1,"Now the word of the lord came to Jonah a second time. . ." How awesome is that
"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God..."
Micah 6:8 He has shown you O man what is good and what does the Lord require of you but to act justly love mercy and walk humbly with your God.
"Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."-Isaiah 41:10
No more excuses,time to not be afraid,time to take risks and not the safe road,time to obey,time to listen,time to trust,time to open the door,...its time for the great commission
"Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.”-Jim Elliot
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Dreams
The only one who limits your dreams is yourself- Me
"I can do all things through Christ who strenthens me"
"I can do all things through Christ who strenthens me"
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Pitching evaluation
So I went to D1 today to get an evaluation on my pitching by former all star mlb pitcher Kent Bottenfield. Probably the most nervous/intimidating pitching experience I have ever pitched under. I have always been an accurate pitcher but was inaccurate today to say the least. I am not ready to give up just yet, Kent gave me a couple tips to help me with my accuracy. I didn't have a catcher, but I will on Tuesday.
I am hoping I can be more accurate this next time. It was just crazy to think that this man has basically played in every mlb stadium and pitched in the mlb all star game. Not many people can say that. I was encouraged to know that I have the speed to play college baseball...I thought I did, but accuracy was surprisingly terrible today. Maybe it was just a bad day. My nerves need to just chill out.
I was going to come back to Oxford,Ms tomorrow, but I am going to meet with Kent again on Tuesday and I will head up to Oxford most likely after I meet with him in the morning.
If I have another bad performance I guess I will just have to hang up the cleats, I surprised myself with my inaccuracy though. It will be interesting to see how I do with a catcher on Tuesday.
Its worth a shot...and its a long shot if I can get control of my accuracy to even make the team as a senior left handed pitcher. Being left handed helps though...but walking on as a senior thats another story although I would have two years of eligibility.
Going to all the Ole Miss baseball games yesterday just made me want to be out there. I guess I have the Favre disease but just in baseball. My body can only take me as far as it will left me. God gives people different amounts of ability in different things. Some people can throw harder than others and there is no explanation for it.
Worth a shot, it would be a dream to play college baseball...I know I would have maken the team at MTSU or alot of colleges coming out of high school, but SEC ball I was too small for at the time!
Kent threw in the high 90s when he pitched and said I was throwing about 85..I didn't think I was throwing as hard as I could, but more concerned about my accuracy which was definately the problem.
Giving it a go!
I am hoping I can be more accurate this next time. It was just crazy to think that this man has basically played in every mlb stadium and pitched in the mlb all star game. Not many people can say that. I was encouraged to know that I have the speed to play college baseball...I thought I did, but accuracy was surprisingly terrible today. Maybe it was just a bad day. My nerves need to just chill out.
I was going to come back to Oxford,Ms tomorrow, but I am going to meet with Kent again on Tuesday and I will head up to Oxford most likely after I meet with him in the morning.
If I have another bad performance I guess I will just have to hang up the cleats, I surprised myself with my inaccuracy though. It will be interesting to see how I do with a catcher on Tuesday.
Its worth a shot...and its a long shot if I can get control of my accuracy to even make the team as a senior left handed pitcher. Being left handed helps though...but walking on as a senior thats another story although I would have two years of eligibility.
Going to all the Ole Miss baseball games yesterday just made me want to be out there. I guess I have the Favre disease but just in baseball. My body can only take me as far as it will left me. God gives people different amounts of ability in different things. Some people can throw harder than others and there is no explanation for it.
Worth a shot, it would be a dream to play college baseball...I know I would have maken the team at MTSU or alot of colleges coming out of high school, but SEC ball I was too small for at the time!
Kent threw in the high 90s when he pitched and said I was throwing about 85..I didn't think I was throwing as hard as I could, but more concerned about my accuracy which was definately the problem.
Giving it a go!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world”-C.S. Lewis
Susan Haskins, an ole miss junior died in a sudden auto accident yesterday morning around 2 in the morning where the truck she was riding in flipped over a bridge and she drowned. I did not know this girl, I have several friends that did and from what I have heard she was one of the sweetest girls they knew. Absolutely terrible story and to make it worse for this family..her parents lost their son about 10 years ago in a very similar accident.
I feel like I knew Susan and by looking at her pictures I know I have seen her before. My heart aches for this family. To have to go through this once is hard enough,but a second time ten years later...I can't even fathom the agony they are feeling.
How and why does this happen and twice to the same family?
All I can say is God is not just sometimes sovereign..He is always sovereign. He is always in control. I think of the story of Job in this tragedy. Job questioned God when he lost his family and just look at God's response starting in Job Chapter 38-42.
G.K. Chesterton once said The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
God never fails. Some things are not for our understanding. One day we will have answers to all our unanswerable questions.
All I know is that Susan's breath and short life has been cut short for unknown reasons and her breath remains taken away right now because she is in heaven standing in awe being in presence of God for the first time. What a sight to think about. The lamb of God so bright there is no need for the sun anymore. Life is good here, but we often are blinded by this life on earth and the things of earth and forget what we are living for and forget how unbelievable heaven is and is going to be. Susan is experiencing that right now.
No one knows why this has happened, but although I didn't know Susan her life has changed mine in several ways. I have almost been killed twice in a car accident, I am honestly more nervous than before as I travel back to Oxford as I was almost killed by an 18 wheeler two weeks ago. God is not done with me yet and I am going to use this for his glory. Its amazing to see how many lives Susan changed and impacted while she was here.
"I think that we should never take one single day, friend, laugh, or breath for granted. We do not know when it could be taken away from us. Life is too short so share all the happiness and love you have and always always live well, laugh often, and love much. All in all, life is beautiful, i love every minute of it, and wouldn't change a thing."-Susan Haskins
Lives have been changed and are being changed because of the way Susan lived her life.
Draw close to God and always be ready because you never know when God is going to let you see him face to face. Tell your friends and family how much they mean to you every day.
Its my regret I didn't get the chance to know Susan, but I will one day.
I feel like I knew Susan and by looking at her pictures I know I have seen her before. My heart aches for this family. To have to go through this once is hard enough,but a second time ten years later...I can't even fathom the agony they are feeling.
How and why does this happen and twice to the same family?
All I can say is God is not just sometimes sovereign..He is always sovereign. He is always in control. I think of the story of Job in this tragedy. Job questioned God when he lost his family and just look at God's response starting in Job Chapter 38-42.
G.K. Chesterton once said The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
God never fails. Some things are not for our understanding. One day we will have answers to all our unanswerable questions.
All I know is that Susan's breath and short life has been cut short for unknown reasons and her breath remains taken away right now because she is in heaven standing in awe being in presence of God for the first time. What a sight to think about. The lamb of God so bright there is no need for the sun anymore. Life is good here, but we often are blinded by this life on earth and the things of earth and forget what we are living for and forget how unbelievable heaven is and is going to be. Susan is experiencing that right now.
No one knows why this has happened, but although I didn't know Susan her life has changed mine in several ways. I have almost been killed twice in a car accident, I am honestly more nervous than before as I travel back to Oxford as I was almost killed by an 18 wheeler two weeks ago. God is not done with me yet and I am going to use this for his glory. Its amazing to see how many lives Susan changed and impacted while she was here.
"I think that we should never take one single day, friend, laugh, or breath for granted. We do not know when it could be taken away from us. Life is too short so share all the happiness and love you have and always always live well, laugh often, and love much. All in all, life is beautiful, i love every minute of it, and wouldn't change a thing."-Susan Haskins
Lives have been changed and are being changed because of the way Susan lived her life.
Draw close to God and always be ready because you never know when God is going to let you see him face to face. Tell your friends and family how much they mean to you every day.
Its my regret I didn't get the chance to know Susan, but I will one day.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Fantasy Football
So college football and NFL is right around the corner (thank goodness). This is the best time of the year in my opinion. You gotta love football in the fall on a monday night,thursday night, high school football on friday, a beautiful 68 degree fall day around 3:00 in the afternoon football game on CBS ,Sunday football. Its the best time of the year. It always a long offseason for me.
I have set up a fantasy football league on ESPN so let me know if you want to join! I am a bigger fan of college football, but fantasy football has really helped me like the NFL more.
32 days away until the Rebels kickoff the season in Memphis!
I have set up a fantasy football league on ESPN so let me know if you want to join! I am a bigger fan of college football, but fantasy football has really helped me like the NFL more.
32 days away until the Rebels kickoff the season in Memphis!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Fear The Beard Greer no more
So I shaved today for the first time since May 31st..never doing that again during the summer time. I guess the next time I would not shave in 2 months is when I get older, but hey I can grow a nasty beard now! Well its not as nasty as it used to be. Never make a bet with yourself because you have nothing to win, but everything to lose. I was suppose to shave on September 5th, but just gave in..I had enough. Now I look like a little kid again..it was funny i bought beer with my beard and that was the first time I have never been carded...now its back to the real world and being carded everytime. Funny...people stare at my ID forever when I got to the 21 and up bars!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
DC4C
"All I see are dark grey clouds
In the distance moving closer with every hour
So when you ask "Is something wrong?"
I think "You're damn right there is but we can't talk about it now.
No, we can't talk about it now."
So one last touch and then you'll go
And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
But it was vile, and it was cheap
and you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
yeah you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me"
In the distance moving closer with every hour
So when you ask "Is something wrong?"
I think "You're damn right there is but we can't talk about it now.
No, we can't talk about it now."
So one last touch and then you'll go
And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
But it was vile, and it was cheap
and you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
yeah you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me"
Gandalf
For some odd reason whenever I smoke pipe tobacco from one of my Turkish pipes I feel wise. If you have seen The Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring...I always feel like Gandalf when he is smoking his pipe in Bilbo's home wondering what he is going to do now that the ring is found. Every single time I light my pipe my mind goes to that video clip haha.
I was smoking my pipe a few moments ago on my porch here in Navarre Beach and listening to one of the greatest sounds God has blessed us with, the ocean waves. I couldn't help, but think about short this life is and how far I have come in this period of time. I remember the first time when I was at the beach with all my cousins. I was 6 or 7 probably and my Uncle was there in his younger 30s...here I am now 22 and I will be in my 30s before I know it. Just goes to show you that this life is short and we aren't meant to live on this earth for long. I just want to make the most of what I have left in this life, I feel young and I want to leave a legacy in this world. I want to be known.
Live life to the fullest,be thankful for everything,anxious for nothing,make a stranger smile, live in the moment, but at the same time live for the future, make a difference, set an example,follow the footsteps, but also leave footsteps for others to follow, contra mundum, change the world before tomorrow comes because tomorrow isn't promised. I have almost died 2 times in the past 4 years and both those times have been enough to wake me up and remind me that tomorrow isn't promised and I shouldn't be here.
So, how am I going to help frodo destroy the ring? What mark am I going to leave in this life? Sometimes I hate the way that I am and do the things that I do, but it was who I was made to be.
I was smoking my pipe a few moments ago on my porch here in Navarre Beach and listening to one of the greatest sounds God has blessed us with, the ocean waves. I couldn't help, but think about short this life is and how far I have come in this period of time. I remember the first time when I was at the beach with all my cousins. I was 6 or 7 probably and my Uncle was there in his younger 30s...here I am now 22 and I will be in my 30s before I know it. Just goes to show you that this life is short and we aren't meant to live on this earth for long. I just want to make the most of what I have left in this life, I feel young and I want to leave a legacy in this world. I want to be known.
Live life to the fullest,be thankful for everything,anxious for nothing,make a stranger smile, live in the moment, but at the same time live for the future, make a difference, set an example,follow the footsteps, but also leave footsteps for others to follow, contra mundum, change the world before tomorrow comes because tomorrow isn't promised. I have almost died 2 times in the past 4 years and both those times have been enough to wake me up and remind me that tomorrow isn't promised and I shouldn't be here.
So, how am I going to help frodo destroy the ring? What mark am I going to leave in this life? Sometimes I hate the way that I am and do the things that I do, but it was who I was made to be.
This is from JRR Tolkien and it pretty much sums up how I feel..
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
From Dixie With Love
From Dixie With Love will no longer be played at Ole Miss football games. What is next? Soon we won't be allowed to call ourselves Ole Miss? Stupid students (I am one of them but I don't chant TSWRA) and believe me plenty of Ole Miss Alum brought this among themselves. Majority of students and alot of alum yell TSWRA instead of the real words "His truth is marching on. . ."
They stopped playing the American Trilogy by Elvis at football games for who knows what reason..but actually the Elvis video after the game enlightened dumb students of the real words to the song. I've heard alot of friends tell me that they actually thought the real words to the song were TSWRA.
Now on the other hand...TSWRA is not such a bad idea anymore in my opinion the way Obama is destroying the country. He really is trying to ruin America and ruin how we have grown up living our lives. I wouldn't mind seeing the South rising again along with Texas and forming its own country just for different reasons this time. So in a sense...TSWRA is not so bad when you think of it in that sense. It is not my desire to have a split country but the liberal northeast and coast is going to force the conservatives in the south and midwest to rebell if it keeps going this way. We could see a civil war not on racial grounds but for freedom grounds. Thats a long way away...but I woudn't rule it out in the future.
The best way for students to be informed of what they are doing is to take away the song for a little while...maybe a couple years...get the word out of why it was taken away...and replace it with the Elvis video again. I was in disbelief of hearing some of my friends say they had no idea..TSWRA was not the real words to the song.
Yes it is most of the students fault for this being taken away. Its been going on for a long time..I am 22 years old and I remember hearing the students yellling it when I was a little boy and most likely those that graduated 10+ years ago still say it. I've heard old people say it too. I went to the Florida game this year and didn't sit with any students and heard it!! I have yet to hear "His truth is marching on" over power the TSWRA anywhere I sit in an Ole Miss crowd. Youtube Ole Miss postgame celebrations and you will hear it from ages all over the place. I will say its mainly the students fault though because they are the drunks at the game and clustered together screaming it at the top of their lungs.
They stopped playing the American Trilogy by Elvis at football games for who knows what reason..but actually the Elvis video after the game enlightened dumb students of the real words to the song. I've heard alot of friends tell me that they actually thought the real words to the song were TSWRA.
Now on the other hand...TSWRA is not such a bad idea anymore in my opinion the way Obama is destroying the country. He really is trying to ruin America and ruin how we have grown up living our lives. I wouldn't mind seeing the South rising again along with Texas and forming its own country just for different reasons this time. So in a sense...TSWRA is not so bad when you think of it in that sense. It is not my desire to have a split country but the liberal northeast and coast is going to force the conservatives in the south and midwest to rebell if it keeps going this way. We could see a civil war not on racial grounds but for freedom grounds. Thats a long way away...but I woudn't rule it out in the future.
The best way for students to be informed of what they are doing is to take away the song for a little while...maybe a couple years...get the word out of why it was taken away...and replace it with the Elvis video again. I was in disbelief of hearing some of my friends say they had no idea..TSWRA was not the real words to the song.
Yes it is most of the students fault for this being taken away. Its been going on for a long time..I am 22 years old and I remember hearing the students yellling it when I was a little boy and most likely those that graduated 10+ years ago still say it. I've heard old people say it too. I went to the Florida game this year and didn't sit with any students and heard it!! I have yet to hear "His truth is marching on" over power the TSWRA anywhere I sit in an Ole Miss crowd. Youtube Ole Miss postgame celebrations and you will hear it from ages all over the place. I will say its mainly the students fault though because they are the drunks at the game and clustered together screaming it at the top of their lungs.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Music
Check out http://www.last.fm/user/JohnGreer I have listened to 55k songs since June of 2007...safe to say I love music? My taste in music has changed over the years..I find burned cds from middle school and high school and can't imagine what I was thinking with some of these artists I listened to. I find it amazing that I have listened to more than 700 bands since 2007...I didn't even know I knew that many. I have also almost listened to Sigur Ros 10000 times on Itunes..Everytime I go to a wedding I think of a new different first song I am going to play and dance to with my wife and it changes all the times. If I had a theme song and I could turn it on wherever I went where everyone heard me what would it be? I am still trying to decide on that one. Everytime I went to an Ole Miss baseball game I always thought of what song would I walk to if I was on the baseball team? Sadly I have my songs picked out for my funeral...Blessed Assurance,Amazing Grace, and either Dixie or the Ole Miss fight song.Any way check my music blog out...I have converted people to alot of great music...Sigur Ros,Josh Rouse, Fleet Foxes, etc.
I recommend you get a last.fm account...you will discover alot of great music doing so.
I recommend you get a last.fm account...you will discover alot of great music doing so.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
My Preseason Top 25
Look for the SEC to have "another down year" and win the national championship...I guess an SEC 6-2 bowl record was a downer last year...Problem with the SEC is they are in the best conference in the country and beat up on each other week end and week out
1.Florida
2. Texas
3.Oklahoma
4. USC..they usually find a way to lose a game somewhere
5. Penn State
6.Ole Miss
7.Alabama
8.LSU
9.Oregon
10.Ohio State
11.Virginia Tech (look for them to be bumped up after they lose to Bama)
12.Cal
13. Oklahoma State
14.North Carolina
15.Georgia Tech
16. Boise State...lucky they aren't higher...they don't play anyone
17.Iowa
18.Nebraska
19.Utah
20. Florida State
21.Kansas
22.Oregon State
23.TCU
24.BYU
25.Clemson
Other teams right behind...Pitt,Miami,ECU,Michigan State,Tennessee,
Can't leave UT,Auburn,Arkansas, out of the top 25 for long either...South Carolina needs to have a top 25 finish too or else Spurrier will be done.
1.Florida
2. Texas
3.Oklahoma
4. USC..they usually find a way to lose a game somewhere
5. Penn State
6.Ole Miss
7.Alabama
8.LSU
9.Oregon
10.Ohio State
11.Virginia Tech (look for them to be bumped up after they lose to Bama)
12.Cal
13. Oklahoma State
14.North Carolina
15.Georgia Tech
16. Boise State...lucky they aren't higher...they don't play anyone
17.Iowa
18.Nebraska
19.Utah
20. Florida State
21.Kansas
22.Oregon State
23.TCU
24.BYU
25.Clemson
Other teams right behind...Pitt,Miami,ECU,Michigan State,Tennessee,
Can't leave UT,Auburn,Arkansas, out of the top 25 for long either...South Carolina needs to have a top 25 finish too or else Spurrier will be done.
Better Role Model..Tebow or King James
Comparing Tebow and Lebron.
We all make mistakes, Phelps admitted to smoking the gonge and now Lebron has. 1 point goes to Tebow
Both are passionate about the game, but who is the better sport. I think Tebow's press confrence after the Ole Miss loss was over the top, but it shows how much he loves the game. The passed two images we know about Lebron James is that he walked away after losing to the Magic without acknowledging or shaking hands with anyone on the Magics team...and now he is upset and tried to hide a decent college basketball players film of him being dunked on...Point Tebow
Who is more humble? I get the feeling that Lebron James is all about himself. For example, you know those rubber bracelets people wear all the time that Lance Armstrong got started for raising money for cancer research? I got on Sports Illustrated and saw 4 rubber bracelets on Lebrons tatted arms and saw what all four of his bracelets read...King James...on the other hand during every game, its not about Tebow its about his faith...he wears the same verse under his eyes every game and gives credit to God when reporters let him. Look at what he does during the offseason too...goes on mission trips and preforms surgies and shares his testimony wherever he goes. Another point for Tebow
Who cares if James gets dunked on..a great player would focus on shutting that guy down the rest of the game instead of letting a regular dunk ruin your reputation by trying to delete the film. Your not invincable "King" James...your human..realize that. One reason I think I will always like Michael Jordan better than you..he missed shots, but he worked harder in preventing it from happening again and if someone drilled a nasty shot in his face he would shut them down and make the rest of the game miserable for them. MJ was a very likable,humble player...its not too late to learn from him.
Learn to just deal with it....today Tebow was asked a question about his personable life/beliefs and he didn't try to avoid it...he used the question for good...a little different from your dunk situation, but you could use that for your good...its not like you were guarding the Xavier player one on one, you were helping out for crying out loud and got there too late.
Better role model---> Tim Tebow
The past 2 circumstances Lebron James has not carried himself well at all...more reason for me to dislike him. I don't dislike the way he dominates in his game, but he is full of bs and his attitude completely sucks.
We all make mistakes, Phelps admitted to smoking the gonge and now Lebron has. 1 point goes to Tebow
Both are passionate about the game, but who is the better sport. I think Tebow's press confrence after the Ole Miss loss was over the top, but it shows how much he loves the game. The passed two images we know about Lebron James is that he walked away after losing to the Magic without acknowledging or shaking hands with anyone on the Magics team...and now he is upset and tried to hide a decent college basketball players film of him being dunked on...Point Tebow
Who is more humble? I get the feeling that Lebron James is all about himself. For example, you know those rubber bracelets people wear all the time that Lance Armstrong got started for raising money for cancer research? I got on Sports Illustrated and saw 4 rubber bracelets on Lebrons tatted arms and saw what all four of his bracelets read...King James...on the other hand during every game, its not about Tebow its about his faith...he wears the same verse under his eyes every game and gives credit to God when reporters let him. Look at what he does during the offseason too...goes on mission trips and preforms surgies and shares his testimony wherever he goes. Another point for Tebow
Who cares if James gets dunked on..a great player would focus on shutting that guy down the rest of the game instead of letting a regular dunk ruin your reputation by trying to delete the film. Your not invincable "King" James...your human..realize that. One reason I think I will always like Michael Jordan better than you..he missed shots, but he worked harder in preventing it from happening again and if someone drilled a nasty shot in his face he would shut them down and make the rest of the game miserable for them. MJ was a very likable,humble player...its not too late to learn from him.
Learn to just deal with it....today Tebow was asked a question about his personable life/beliefs and he didn't try to avoid it...he used the question for good...a little different from your dunk situation, but you could use that for your good...its not like you were guarding the Xavier player one on one, you were helping out for crying out loud and got there too late.
Better role model---> Tim Tebow
The past 2 circumstances Lebron James has not carried himself well at all...more reason for me to dislike him. I don't dislike the way he dominates in his game, but he is full of bs and his attitude completely sucks.
SEC East Predictions
1. Florida, no brainer considering the only player they basically only lost was Percy Harvin. Tim Crybaby Tebow won't have to cry after a loss, because its not going to happen this year. "You will never see a player.." I'll just stop there. I will say I loved all the gator chomps on Friday night before the Ole Miss game and "What the hell are you doing in Gainseville...this is going to be a slaughter...you drove 11-12 hours for nothing"
2. Georgia, sure Georgia lost their Qb and Rb, but they had a great recruiting class. Look for Marlon Brown at WR to be one of the best freshmen in the country this year. 9/19 is when we know if Georgia is good or not, when they travel to Arkansas. I acutally think Arkansas is going to pull the upset.
3. Tennesssee- The Vols will be much improved despite their losses at WR this offseason. Unfamiliar players will have to step up and we will see if Kiffin is just an idiot or an idiot and a good coach. I see an 8-4 or 7-5 season. Vols might want to keep the TV off on 9/19 though.
4. Vanderbilt, they are getting better every year under Johnson. Alot of people would put South Carolina in this position or where I put UT, but South Carolina is going to flop again this year like they did last year. The only thing they have riding for them this year is their defense. Truth is Vandy has more returning starters than South Carolina does and their players will just be better having the confidence after winning a bowl game.
5. South Carolina- see above, but this is when Spurrier hangs up the visor and calls it a day. The ole ball coach has enough after this year and retires. If I am wrong here..South Carolina could surprise me and place 3rd in the East.
6. Kentucky- I see Kentucky losing their first 4 SEC games...just look at who they play...home against Florida,Alabama and away at South Carolina and Auburn...10/31 look for their first SEC victory when they beat the Spreadnecks of Moo University
2. Georgia, sure Georgia lost their Qb and Rb, but they had a great recruiting class. Look for Marlon Brown at WR to be one of the best freshmen in the country this year. 9/19 is when we know if Georgia is good or not, when they travel to Arkansas. I acutally think Arkansas is going to pull the upset.
3. Tennesssee- The Vols will be much improved despite their losses at WR this offseason. Unfamiliar players will have to step up and we will see if Kiffin is just an idiot or an idiot and a good coach. I see an 8-4 or 7-5 season. Vols might want to keep the TV off on 9/19 though.
4. Vanderbilt, they are getting better every year under Johnson. Alot of people would put South Carolina in this position or where I put UT, but South Carolina is going to flop again this year like they did last year. The only thing they have riding for them this year is their defense. Truth is Vandy has more returning starters than South Carolina does and their players will just be better having the confidence after winning a bowl game.
5. South Carolina- see above, but this is when Spurrier hangs up the visor and calls it a day. The ole ball coach has enough after this year and retires. If I am wrong here..South Carolina could surprise me and place 3rd in the East.
6. Kentucky- I see Kentucky losing their first 4 SEC games...just look at who they play...home against Florida,Alabama and away at South Carolina and Auburn...10/31 look for their first SEC victory when they beat the Spreadnecks of Moo University
SEC West Predictions
SEC predictions for 2009
West (in order)
1. Ole Miss Rebels...I think the Rebels will start off where they left off last year. It took them half a season to get the new offense down, but once they did it was hard to stop them. Ole Miss has one of the best DL in the country even though they lost Peria Jerry. Ole Miss has the second most returning starters in the SEC behind Florida. Whats not to like about this pick...I guess you can always look at the Rebels past..only team in the West who hasn't been to Atlanta, but if they can't get it done with this schedule...they might not have another shot until Eli or Peyton have grown kids in college
2. Alabama, I would pick LSU because I think LSU has more talent, but if you look at Alabama's SEC schedule you gotta go with Alabama over LSU. Its all going to come down to who wins in Oxford in October Ole Miss or Bama?
3. LSU, will be much improved if their qb can play like he did in the Peach Bowl. They have loads of talent. This top 3 order could go anyway. If LSU's qb stays consistant they could be very well going to ATL to face the mighty (you guessed it) volunteers of Tennessee...only kidding
4. Auburn, most people would pick Arkansas as having more talent next year, but again...schedule. There is no way Arkansas finishes about Auburn in the SEC this year, not going to happen. Arkansas might be the most improved SEC team in he West, but their schedule is too brutal...@LSU,Ole Miss,Alabama,Florida...and Georgia and South Carolina at home
5. Arkansas...see above
6. Miss. State...I mean come on how can anyone be serious about picking Miss. State anywhere, but last? The day Miss. State gets rid of cowbells is that day they get serious about football...not going to happen. I can easily see a 3-9 record for State...rebuilding year...you have the Spreadneck offense being put into play now..Unproven qb who took a beating in the Egg Bowl...45-0 Ole Miss...total of 37 yards and negative rushing yards in the game.
West (in order)
1. Ole Miss Rebels...I think the Rebels will start off where they left off last year. It took them half a season to get the new offense down, but once they did it was hard to stop them. Ole Miss has one of the best DL in the country even though they lost Peria Jerry. Ole Miss has the second most returning starters in the SEC behind Florida. Whats not to like about this pick...I guess you can always look at the Rebels past..only team in the West who hasn't been to Atlanta, but if they can't get it done with this schedule...they might not have another shot until Eli or Peyton have grown kids in college
2. Alabama, I would pick LSU because I think LSU has more talent, but if you look at Alabama's SEC schedule you gotta go with Alabama over LSU. Its all going to come down to who wins in Oxford in October Ole Miss or Bama?
3. LSU, will be much improved if their qb can play like he did in the Peach Bowl. They have loads of talent. This top 3 order could go anyway. If LSU's qb stays consistant they could be very well going to ATL to face the mighty (you guessed it) volunteers of Tennessee...only kidding
4. Auburn, most people would pick Arkansas as having more talent next year, but again...schedule. There is no way Arkansas finishes about Auburn in the SEC this year, not going to happen. Arkansas might be the most improved SEC team in he West, but their schedule is too brutal...@LSU,Ole Miss,Alabama,Florida...and Georgia and South Carolina at home
5. Arkansas...see above
6. Miss. State...I mean come on how can anyone be serious about picking Miss. State anywhere, but last? The day Miss. State gets rid of cowbells is that day they get serious about football...not going to happen. I can easily see a 3-9 record for State...rebuilding year...you have the Spreadneck offense being put into play now..Unproven qb who took a beating in the Egg Bowl...45-0 Ole Miss...total of 37 yards and negative rushing yards in the game.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
First post
This is my first post on here, I have wanted to have a blogspot for a while, but haven't gotten around to it. That being said the thing on my mind right now is the Chicago Cubs and why I am still a fan. I started off an Atlanta Braves fan until i was about 11 or 12 and then I went to Wrigley Field when I was 14 and had a change of heart. I'm sick of being a Cubs fan, they never cease to disappoint me.
I am open to become a fan of another team. I don't change teams very often, but I usually only root for teams in the National league. My mom was born a Cards fan and I have tried to get into the Cards for years, but it just hasn't happened. My grandfather got my mom into the Cards when they lived in Cape Gerarduo,Mo...I know I am not spelling that right. Maybe I just need to go to a game. I know it shows that I am not that big of a Cubs fan when I try to be a Cards fan. I also like the Dodgers..I'm a big Joe Torre fan...I always liked him as a coach when he was with the Yankees, but I can't stand the Yankees. My day feels so much better when they lose.
Watching baseball and especially college baseball this year at Ole Miss really made me miss baseball alot. Its hard to watch a full game on t.v. for me but being at the ballpark is a different story. I've been home all summer and set up a mound in my back yard and I throw everyday. It brings back alot of great high school memories. It is the greatest feeling in sports throwing a baseball as hard as you can and striking someone out makes it all the better. All that being said its hard for me to honestly go to a game and not want to be on the field or a part of the game. I found the Ole Miss baseball games better than mlb games. I haven't been to many college baseball stadiums, but I would say it would be hard to top the atmosphere at OU stadium on a friday or saturday.
I think baseball deserved the first post. I'd say college baseball has jumped to my second favorite sport at Ole Miss. Hard to beat college football. If I was playing on the baseball team it would be a different story. Thats all I have on this matter.
About 2 weeks until I am back in Oxford for my senior year, can't wait.
I am open to become a fan of another team. I don't change teams very often, but I usually only root for teams in the National league. My mom was born a Cards fan and I have tried to get into the Cards for years, but it just hasn't happened. My grandfather got my mom into the Cards when they lived in Cape Gerarduo,Mo...I know I am not spelling that right. Maybe I just need to go to a game. I know it shows that I am not that big of a Cubs fan when I try to be a Cards fan. I also like the Dodgers..I'm a big Joe Torre fan...I always liked him as a coach when he was with the Yankees, but I can't stand the Yankees. My day feels so much better when they lose.
Watching baseball and especially college baseball this year at Ole Miss really made me miss baseball alot. Its hard to watch a full game on t.v. for me but being at the ballpark is a different story. I've been home all summer and set up a mound in my back yard and I throw everyday. It brings back alot of great high school memories. It is the greatest feeling in sports throwing a baseball as hard as you can and striking someone out makes it all the better. All that being said its hard for me to honestly go to a game and not want to be on the field or a part of the game. I found the Ole Miss baseball games better than mlb games. I haven't been to many college baseball stadiums, but I would say it would be hard to top the atmosphere at OU stadium on a friday or saturday.
I think baseball deserved the first post. I'd say college baseball has jumped to my second favorite sport at Ole Miss. Hard to beat college football. If I was playing on the baseball team it would be a different story. Thats all I have on this matter.
About 2 weeks until I am back in Oxford for my senior year, can't wait.
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