OK, I am going to tell one on myself here. This was Saturday. I ventured down to Ellisville to watch Jones Junior College play Copiah-Lincoln in a battle of unbeatens. The idea was to do a column on 71-year-old Ray Perkins, whose Jones Bobcats defeated No. 1 ranked Gulf Coast the week before. This is […]
In case you missed it, this was last week’s syndicated column that ran in many newspapers around Mississippi. Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State’s 340-pound road grader of a guard, could be playing for large money on Sundays right now. No doubt about it. He knows it. His coaches know it. NFL scouts know it. Those poor […]
The question everyone has asked this week: “Have the Rebels got a shot at Bama?” Answer: Well, hell yes, damn right… this is college football. Much bigger underdogs than Ole Miss (15 points last time I looked) win every week in college football. Yes, it could happen. The other question I’ve heard: Has Ole Miss […]
If you’ve watched ESPN’s Book of Manning, you know the theme. Back in 2007, at the Super Bowl in Miami, I wrote about it: How Archie Manning’s daddy’s death helped influence the father Archie would become. That column follows… MIAMI- Talk to one of the Manning boys – Cooper, Peyton or Eli – and they’ll […]
Some days make you proud to be a Mississippian. Tuesday was one of those special ones. Our Tribute to Kent Hull was — as more than one person has said or written — “magical.” Everyone’s remembrances — John Bond’s, Marv Levy’s, Gov. Bryant’s and Jim Kelly’s — came from the heart. People laughed, people cried. […]
If you watch and enjoy ESPN’s Book of Manning, which airs tonight, know that you have somebone to thank perhaps even more than filmmaker Rory Karpf. She would be Olivia Manning, Archie Manning’s wife and the mother of Cooper, Peyton and Eli. She made it happen. “I’ll be honest with you, I was very reluctant […]
Next time you find yourself thinking about the ridiculous amounts of money NFL players make, I have two words for you: Rashad Johnson. Johnson, an Arizona Cardinals free safety who played for Alabama, will make $800,000 this season. Yes, that’s good money. But when the Cardinals played the Saints in the Superdome Sunday, you could […]
After a perfect week the week before, my predictions fell off to 8-2 last week. That comes with this addendum, I picked several upsets including Duke over Pitt and Boise over Fresno State. Both Duke and Boise lost heartbreakers but did cover the spread. On the season, I’ve picked 83.3 percent correctly or 35 […]
