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2008 Ole Miss Rebels
Football
In recognition of soaring gas prices and a struggling economy,
Ole Miss would like to make Rebel football available and affordable
for everyone and is pleased to announce three ticket mini-packages.
The Ole Miss football team, under the direction of first-year
head coach Houston Nutt, set a spring record for attendance in
a 40-14 win for the Blue team in the annual Grove Bowl Saturday
at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
On a bright, sunny day with the wind whipping around Hollingsworth
Field, sophomore quarterback Jeven Snead completed 20-of-26 passes
for 269 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Junior Dexter
McCluster caught eight passes for 106 yards, while rushing for
35 yards and a touchdown.
The Rebels had another rough season last year again under Ed Orgeron.
Now they've brought in Houston Nutt from Arkansas, and it appears
there is some newfound hope for the program. They bring in Texas
transfer Jevan Snead at QB, return their top five receivers and
most of the OL, and will have back nearly their entire defense.
A trip to Wake Forest early on will be tough, but they are getting
an ideal spot by hosting Vanderbilt in the SEC opener. The Rebels
will not be scared when they travel to Florida, and they likely
won't beat South Carolina, but I think they could really do well
coming off the bye week. Then they have some rough road trips
to Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU and with them being underdogs they
should have some covers and maybe a win or two. Head Coach Nutt
knows his SEC West foes well and could be able to give them problems
with an experienced bunch. I like the Ole Miss Rebels to surprise
the SEC and have a much better team and coach then last year.
They should be in the running for a postseason berth by season's
end.
" How to lose money with .52 seconds to go in the NFL "
October 7, 2007 was a normal Sunday for Brady. He took his family
to Sunday School and Church service. The Preacher was finsihed
right on time for Brady to get to his vehicle and call his bookie
for the NFL bets he had.
“Hello, Brady what can I do you for today, said the bookie.” Yea
what you got on Arizonia Cardnials at St. Louis Rams? I got Arizonia
- 3.5. Brady asked to buy down to 3 with Arizonia and the answer
was no buys of 3 in NFL remember, said the bookie. Oh yea, I forgot
about that, said Brady. He knew, but thought he would try anyway.
Give me the Cardnials - 3.5 for $1,000. Ok, I got you the Cardnials
- 3.5 for a dime said the bookie, anything else. Yes, what you
got on Cleveland Browns at the New England Patroits, I got the
Patroits - 16.5 said the bookie. Brady thought for a minute and
asked himself, should I buy that to + 17 just in case ? Naw, they
will only beat ‘em by 13 or 14. Yea, give me the Cleveland Browns
+ 16.5 for $1,000 said Brady. The bookie replied, man that is
the 1st time I have wrote down Cleveland today. Yes, said Brady
to himself, I am on the bookies side with that one. You need anything
else today ? Nope, that is it for me. OK, you got the Cardnials
- 3.5 for a dime and the Browns + 16.5 for a dime. Thanks and
I will be here back @ 3:30 for the afternoon games said the bookie
as they ended the call.
Brady got off the phone and talked with his family about eating
lunch and they decided to have the China Buffet and headed that
way for lunch. When they got home Brady went and turned on the
DirecTV chanel 700 to see all the scores at halftime. The Cardnials
were up by 4 and the Patriots looked like they would kill again
leading 20 to zero. Brady thought, hey maybe I will go 1 - 1 and
lose juice again today.
Boy did Brady only wish more at the end that he could of only
gone 1 - 1. With .36 seconds to go in the Cardnials game they
were up 34 - 23 and winning the number by 11. Brady thought to
himself while the Rams were driving, man IF they score a TD then
they will try to get the 2 point conversion to cut it to a FG.
Please GOD, don't let ‘em even score the TD. There is only .13
seconds left in the game and BAM the Rams score on a 29 yard TD
pass to Randy MacMichael from Gus Frerote to cut the lead to 5
and you got it they go for the 2 point conversion and get it !
Brady loses $1,100 on the Cardnials by the half point with only
.13 seconds left in the game.
Now he switches the game back over to the Cleveland Browns. The
Browns have the ball at their own 15 yard line and the clock is
ticking with only .40 seconds to go in the game with the Patroits
winning by 10 and a score of 27 - 17. Brady thought to himself,
please Dear GOD don't let him throw an interception for a turnover
TD. If only Brady had prayed not for the fumble, because that
is just what had happend as he ended his prayer. The Browns fumbled
the ball and Randall Gay picked up the football and ran 15 yards
losing Brady's money with only .40 seconds to go in the game and
winning the game 34 - 17 while losing only by half point.
Oh GOD, why me screamed Brady as his dog started barking and his
little girls started laughing. He l ooked around and saw all that
he had in his home. The beautiful family with his wonderful wife
and precious little girls was more than enough to let him forget
what had just happened in the NFL. Dear GOD thank YOU for all
of my families health and happiness which is more important than
to win $2,000. The game ain't over until the Fat Lady sings and
on this Sunday Brady is singing the blues and the man is collecting
next week. Brady knows that it is a marathon and not a sprint.
There will go be good days and bad days with all of us. Today
was a bad day to win money, but a GREAT day to be alive!
...winning and grinning...
Eddie McKinney
Fast Eddie Sports
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