Hats off to Puckett

13 - 12

From the description my dad gave me, Weir's quarterback threw three perfect passes early in the game. Problem was that they were all to the same player for Puckett.

Puckett got the early lead on a touchdown drive. Weir got their two scores as a result of fumbles from Puckett deep in their own territory. Late in the game, Weir was stopped on a drive, punted and Puckett drove to score and take the lead. They stopped Weir's next drive and held on to run out the clock.

Well, that's what you do when you're the #1 team in the state. If you can't blow the opposition's doors off, you grind it out and prevail in the end.

It looks like Puckett vs. Ray Brooks for the title next weekend. I'll go ahead and say Puckett takes another title home.

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Can't believe I'm not there

Where? Exactly.

I had hoped to be at the game tonight, doing some live blogging and such. But the schedule said no way. So I'll just have to get a score and a recap from my dad later tonight, worse case tomorrow.

Guess I'll just have to wait and watch them play next weekend here in Jackson.

Puckett - 20
Weir - 28

Oh yeah, take that everyone else that's picking Puckett. Remember, they gotta come to our house. You don't just waltz into our house and expect to leave with a win. Oh no. Think you're going to use razzle-dazzle to seal a victory? Think again. Want to use a little smashmouth football? Bring it on.

Payback comes later tonight.

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Great places to raise kids - for less

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#20 on this list: Ackerman, MS. Really? Really?!?

Now, I can't hate on Ackerman too much. I got family that lives there and Weir is about 8 miles away, so I spent a good bit of time there. But listing it as one of the best places to raise kids? That's a stretch.

I wouldn't mind it so much, being from the area, but I doubt you're going to get a regular suburbanite from anywhere in the country to pick up and move there.

During my senior year in high school, we had a new teacher come in through a placement program. He was fresh out of college and ready to go teach. Oh, the college he came from? Harvard. Yes, that Harvard. He grew up in Massachusetts, was used to going to Boston and other towns similar.

Try and imagine his culture shock when he arrived in tiny Weir, MS. We liked him, but he had some mannerisms about him and some of the stories he'd tell, you knew he was a very square peg in a round hole.

Unfortunately, he came down the year a massive tornado ripped through town. Went right through the part of the country he was staying at. To the locals, it was bad, but manageable. To him, it was a nightmare. Factor in the rest of the culture shock and it's not surprising he didn't stay much longer. Too bad, I liked the guy. He told us about Sam Adams beer. No, he didn't give us any, but just mentioned it to us in class one day while talking about where he came from.

Anyway, that's one example of what someone might experience if they say "hey, let's move to this Ackerman, MS".

But I'd be all for an influx of people moving in. It would only help the region.

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Weir wins

Took them the second half to wake up and play, but they did what Weir is supposed to do. Shut down the other team and take care of business. Mount Olive has a couple of good players, but they got lucky on their two scores. In the third quarter, Weir dominated. Mount Olive had the ball for a grand total of three plays. Three plays total.

Next week, it's Puckett. Smash mouth football. I plan on being there. And this time, I'll record Weir's entrance to the field. It's awesome.

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Halftime

Halftime score 12 7 MO

22 McNair is pretty good. Weir needs to pick it up.

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Weir's intro

Weir comes out to 'In The Air Tonight'. Sweet. Wish I could have recorded it.

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TV drama chat

Heroes is still awesome.

CSI:'s farewell to Sara was eh. I think it would have been better if it could have been a continuous thing over a few episodes.

The last two Criminal Minds was freakin' awesome.

This week's SVU was meh, but the preview for next week's episode kidnapped my soul and tortures it hourly by forcing it to watch Lifetime. I will either be so relieved or ready to kill depending on how that episode ends.

And just for good measure:

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Season-ending picks

Where did the season go? I can't believe that the final games are this weekend. I'm not ready to focus all my attention on basketball.

Oh wait, I don't have to. Why?

MISSISSIPPI STATE IS BOWL ELIGIBLE!!11!~

6 wins so far. 6 freakin' wins. Hardly anyone figured this team would do it. Heck, I'll admit I wasn't one of them. Things looked bleak early on. But this team rallied around each other and the coaches and played some inspired football at times.

Chances are high for a bowl game come late December. 6 wins means they are eligible, not guaranteed. A 7th win guarantees a decent bowl game, likely the Music City in Nashville. At least, I hope so.

So on to this week's games. Final tally of my pitiful picking to come later next week or something.

Arkansas at LSU

The Battle for The Golden Boot. Arkansas comes in with the best player in the country in Darren McFadden and the kookiest fanbase that wants to fire their coach. Can LSU stay focused on the national title game while rumors swirl that their coach is leaving for another job? Since it's in Death Valley ...

Nutty Hogs - 17
Ballsy Tigers - 28

Tennessee at Kentucky

Tennessee needs to win to go to Atlanta for the chance to lose^H^H^Hbattle LSU for the SEC title. Kentucky is looking to win to improve their bowl scenarios.

Big Orange - 38
Big Blue - 35

Wake Forest at Vanderbilt

There's always one meh game, isn't there? Vandy blew their chance at a bowl game last week when they couldn't hold on against Tennessee. A win here gives them six and could vault them above certain other teams (wait for it) for a bowl spot.

Owned by Vandy? - 21
Vandy? - 24

Georgia at Georgia Tech

The Guv's Cup. Hairy dawgs and ramblin' wrecks. A potential blowout.

Hairy - 42
Wrecks - 17

Florida State at Florida

Oh, what this game used to be. Now, it's just fodder for Superman.

F$U - 10
HE15MAN - 35

Clemson at South Carolina

Big game for both teams. Clemson constantly wants to fire their successful coach. USC is free-falling. Winner goes bowling happy. Loser goes into the off-season with lots of questions to answer.

Bowling - 27
Bowling? - 27.5

Alabama at Auburn

LOUISIANA-MONROE?!?!?!

LOUISIANA-MONROE?!?!?! - 24 (and not bowling in favor of Vandy)
Using the other hand - 25

Ole Miss at Mississippi State

The Battle for The Golden Egg. This game hasn't had much riding on it in recent history. Both teams have been stinking to high heaven at times this decade. But this game gives both teams hope. Ole Miss is looking to not finish winless in the SEC. State is looking to move up the bowl chain.

Not since '82 - 17
Not since '00 - 28

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Round 2 of 1A playoffs

Let's see how I did last week:

East Webster vs. Broad Street - East Webster
Calhoun City vs. Mound Bayou JFK - Calhoun City
Vardaman vs. Benoit Brooks - Benoit Brooks
Greenville St. Joe vs. Okolona - Okolona
Stringer vs. Weir - Weir, duh
Nanih Wayia vs. Mount Olive - Mount Olive
French Camp vs. Puckett - Puckett
Bogue Chitto vs. Durant - Durant

Missed MB JFK and St. Joe. So on to round 2:

Mound Bayou JFK at East Webster - East Webster
Benoit Brooks at Greenville St. Joe - Brooks
Mount Olive at Weir - I get to see Weir win in person
Durant at Puckett - Puckett

The south championship should just be called 'Prelude To A State Championship'.

Yes, since the game's at Weir, I'll be there. I hope my cell phone is ready for all the live blogging action.

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Since it's Egg Bowl week

Check out this pic on Kyle Veazey's C-L MSU blog

The story behind the sign

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A new tenant at our house

As long as he (or she) hold up his (or her) end of the bargain, he (or she) can stay there as long as he (or she) likes.

Just stay out of our way.

(edit: found out it's a Yellow Gargen Spider, which is harmless to humans ... and topiary)

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Player of the game

The MVP of the MSU/sasnakrA game is:



Thank you, 35 miles/gallon highway!

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UA band in action

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Where were the Huckabee supporters?

The Ron Paul supporters outside the stadium.

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Is the magic still there?

sasnakrA - 17
Miss. State - 16.5

In other action: LSU, UGA, Tenn., Bama, Fl*rida.

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Playoff predictions

Tonight begins the class 1A football playoffs. Or as I like to call it, Weir's quest for another state championship.

You can view a bracket for 1A here.

Let's see if I can nail down predictions for all the games.

East Webster vs. Broad Street - East Webster
Calhoun City vs. Mound Bayou JFK - Calhoun City
Vardaman vs. Benoit Brooks - Benoit Brooks
Greenville St. Joe vs. Okolona - Okolona
Stringer vs. Weir - Weir, duh
Nanih Wayia vs. Mount Olive - Mount Olive
French Camp vs. Puckett - Puckett
Bogue Chitto vs. Durant - Durant

Second round potential match ups:

Forget the rest, Weir vs. Mount Olive would be dynamite.

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Small town, MS meets Big Sex

So I heard a while back that a national publication was doing a story on my hometown. Not the first time that's happened. Weir's got some pub in the past few years thanks mostly to Roy Oswalt.

This time, it was the same theme: small town, big sports. But the publication was a little different.

For more info on this, read this article and find out what the uproar is about.

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Not dead yet

But I sure do feel like it.

Been extremely busy at work and trying to come back to reality outside of it. Spent all day Saturday in Starkville. Nothing major happened. (17-12)

Was finally able to catch up on some TV watching.

- Last week's South Park was about Guitar Hero.

- The CSI:/Without A Trace combo case was pretty good. Never watched Without A Trace before. Doubt that this will get me to start watching it now, but the combo was a nice touch.

- Law & Order: SVU. Thank you WLBT for replaying it. I still can't figure out why election results are more important than my dose of Liv.

- I think my sister deleted Criminal Minds before I could watch it.

- Said it before, but Earl just doesn't seem the same now as it used to.

- The Office continues to rule the TV world.

- While I still like CSI:, CSI:NY is much better than the original.

- Heroes. Still rules. That is all.

- And I end the TV listings on a sad note. I noticed on Yahoo! yesterday that one of their must-see shows this week was a new SpongeBob Squarepants special. I didn't know about it. Now, I'm hoping to catch a repeat.

Yes, I used to watch SpongeBob regularly. FINLAND!

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Another short-sour picks list

'Cause it sure ain't sweet.

Louisiana Tech at LSU

LSU big, by like 35 points easily.

Arkansas at Tennessee

No defense, Run DMC and Jones gain almost 600 yards, Ainge goes crazy. Vols win a close one something like 48-45.

Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Big Blue by two TDs.

Auburn at Georgia

Hunker down by a FG.

Florida at South Carolina

Tebow left, Tebow right, Tebow up the middle. Gators by 10.

Alabama at Mississippi State

Bama eeks out a hard-fought game by 4.

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Weir's season finale

Tonight (Thursday) was the season finale for Weir. They played Noxapater. Well, "played" may not be the proper term. According to my sources, "killing" was the verb used to describe the halftime score.

Playoffs start next week. This will be Weir's first foray into the southern half of the state 1A playoffs.

Peace be with you, south 1A schools.

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Addictive video games

Ok, so I'm not a hardcore gamer. I only need one video game: NCAA Football 2008. I love playing dynasty mode. Being the coach. Setting the roster. Choosing the playbook. Recruiting. I've bought this game each year since PlayStation 1.

Now my sister goes and gets a new game. I have a feeling that I'm going to become addicted to this one very quickly.



Rock on.

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The writer's strike

If you haven't heard, TV writers in Hollywood and New York are picketing. (links) They want to get paid.

Fine with me. Everyone deserves to get paid what they are worth. I'll stop that thought right now before I get tasered.

The immediate impact of the strike is that late night talk shows have to show reruns. No one to write material, no show. While I don't watch late night TV like in the past, I do watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. They are affected as well. So no truthiness for a while.

In the near future, sitcoms and dramas will be affected big time. Reports are coming out that shows like The Office may end their season early. Such a shame to deny people their weekly dose of Dwight K. Schrute.

My Name Is Earl would also be affected. Though personally, while I like the show, it seems like the writers have already gone on strike. Something just doesn't seem right about this season.

What's really going to get me is cutting Heroes short. I read somewhere that the producer will likely rewrite the ending of an upcoming episode and make that the season finale. The way Heroes is setup, the first half of the season is one storyline which leads into the second half for a new storyline. Cutting off mid-story will be a major buzz kill. Plus, there's been talk of a spin-off show that would describe how people got their powers. Now it's being canceled.

And I won't even try to explain what a Mariska Hargitay withdrawal will do to me.

But there is one solution to all this. More reality shows. And there would be one result to this solution. More PlayStation time for me.

Dear executives, PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES. (ouch)

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6 days left

For six more days, Mississippi State can claim the title of 'Alabama State Champions'.

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Weekly predictions

MSU is off this week. Still gotta predict the others, so sit back and enjoy. Remember, there is a money-back guarantee.

Weir vs. French Camp

One of the C-L writers tried to make it sound like Weir needs to be wary of French Camp. That would be like a Bear Bryant Alabama team worrying about Mississippi State.

What? MSU did beat Bear once. Doesn't matter. French Camp got their one victory back during the dark days of the '86 boycott.

One win - 10
One more win - 58

It's patsy week in the SEC.



Troy at Georgia

Not quite a patsy - 14
Hunker! - 38

Northwestern La. at Ole Miss

La. Patsy - 0
Near patsy - 21

Tennesse Tech at Auburn

Super Patsy - 0
Ho Hum - 28

Louisiana-Lafayette at Tennessee

La. Patsy - 10
Pastry expert - 42

Now for the non-patsy games.

Vanderbilt at Florida

There is a scenario where all the SEC East teams could finish 4-4 and all would be tied for first place. That requires Vandy to beat Florida.

So close - 17
Too close - 28

South Carolina at Arkansas

Arkansas can be good and they can suck. I hope it alternates week by week and this is a suck weekend (ODL!).

Cocky - 35
Confusing - 21

LSU at Alabama

This game could come down to Les Miles making another "balls for brains" type play. But then again, LSU is that good.

Balls - 27
Bears - 14

Bye vs. Mississippi State

Freshman sensation Wes Carroll continues his streak of consecutive passes without an INT by throwing no picks in no attempts.

Bye - 0
Buy - 1

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Friday pics

No, not picks, but pics. If Christy can have McMonday, then I'm taking Friday. I don't know what to call it though. And I don't know if I'll remember to do it each Friday. But I'll try.

So here goes. I'm starting with one that Christy should probably use.



Tom Brady. More pics after the jump.

Why Tom Brady? 1. Why not? 2. I'll admit, I have a man-crush on Tom. If I had a choice of going to an A-list party (not as a date) with either a supermodel or Tom Brady, I'd chose Tom. With the supermodel, every guy is going to be surrounding her. With Tom, all the ladies will be fawning over him. Plus you can talk football. And babes.







See what I mean:



And there's even video:

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South Carolina is dead to me

South Carolina Democrats denied Colbert's bid to run for President in his home state.

Oh, tonight's show should be interesting.

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