Things.....From a Seven Day Week-end

We left .......

This small, southern, college town last Tuesday.......and returned on Saturday.....and went back to work yesterday. An entire week.......of .....a great week-end. Thanksgiving Day brought 17 family members to one table.....

Smoked turkey, roasted turkey, green bean casserole, candied yams, ham, corn-on-the-cob, macaroni & cheese, mashed potatoes, potato salad, broccoli salad, collard greens, corn bread dressing.........and so many desserts.......I can't name them all.

So........on with........things we learned:


Never.......ever.......pack a small tube of Neosporin and a small tube of toothpaste....in the same face kit.......and groggily try to brush your teeth....... on the morning after over indulging in alcoholic beverages. Even when you're hung over......that Neosporin.....just doesn't taste good.

Our family........besides the Thanksgiving Dinner......went through 10 pounds of chicken wings......2 dozen eggs........a couple of cases of beer and about 50 pounds of ice.


Thank you......Atlanta Hawks........for embarrassing us ........on national TV......

Thank you........University of Georgia.......for making us ....."proud to be a bulldog".....by beating Tech.

Speaking of Georgia Tech........in the last three decades.......Georgia........averages losing to Tech.....once in every seven years. I can live with that.

Happy Trails.......Charlie Weis ........the Notre Dame coach was fired yesterday.......but Charlie has the last laugh. The idiots at that Irish school gave him a 10 year extension in his first year.........meaning they still have to pay him the $18 million he was due to earn over the next 6 years.

Welcome back........Allen Iverson........the ink is not even dry on your retirement letter......and your former team......Philly........has offered you a contract. Take it A. I.


Tiger Woods.........should keep his golf clubs.......in a locked vault. Not a good idea to leave them open........to a jealous wife. Allegedly...

The New Orleans Saints......are.....(to borrow the phrase from the St. Louis Rams .....of the early 2000's)........"The Greatest Show on Turf"....

This was suppose .........to be the Atlanta Falcons' year. First back to back winning seasons.....ever. It does not look good.....The best Atlanta can hope for is 8-8........Thus keeping that curse alive.....of never having two winning seasons in a row........in their history.

Okay.........I'm smarter........are you?

Love & Marriage........PGA Style

Say it ain't so........Tiger......

We were a bit skeptical when this story first broke yesterday.

Now TMZ.com sheds some new light......makes sense to us:

Tiger Woods: Injuries Caused by Wife, Not SUV

Posted Nov 28th 2009 12:08AM by TMZ Staff

Tiger Woods did not suffer facial lacerations from a car accident. They were inflicted by his wife, Elin Nordegren -- according to a conversation Woods had Friday after the accident.



Tiger has yet to be formally interviewed by the Florida Highway Patrol -- that should happen this afternoon. But we're told Tiger had a conversation Friday -- with a non-law enforcement type -- detailing what went down before his Escalade hit a fire hydrant.

We're told he said his wife had confronted him about reports that he was seeing another woman. The argument got heated and, according to our source, she scratched his face up. We're told it was then Woods beat a hasty retreat for his SUV -- but according to our source, Woods says his wife followed behind with a golf club. As Tiger drove away, she struck the vehicle several times with the club.

We're told Woods became "distracted," thought the vehicle was stopped, and looked to see what had happened. At that point the SUV hit the fire hydrant and then hit a tree.

We're also told Woods had said during the conversation Friday he had been taking prescription pain medication for an injury, which could explain why he seemed somewhat out of it at the scene.

Vick Versus Ryan........Very Interesting

This was a pretty good article......from Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution....

He did his research......and compared Michael Vick's and Matt Ryan's first 26 games in the NFL.


Courtesy of Mark Bradley and the AJC:

After 26 NFL starts, how does Ryan compare to Vick?

10:30 am November 23, 2009, by Mark Bradley

The high point of Michael Vick's early days: The famous playoff victory at Lambeau Field.

Matt Ryan hasn’t had the sunniest of sophomore seasons. His team is 5-5. He threw 10 interceptions in a five-game span. His team has lost four of its past five. But with all the dissection we’ve done, here’s one thing we haven’t tried: We haven’t yet compared/contrasted the Falcons’ newest franchise quarterback with their previous franchise quarterback. Here goes:

• After 26 regular-season starts, Ryan is 16-10. After 26 regular-season starts, Michael Vick was 16-9-1. (Note: Owing to his apprenticeship behind Chris Chandler in 2001 and his broken leg in 2003, Vick needed four seasons to make 26 starts.)

• Ryan’s passer rating in his second season as a pro is 80.0. Vick’s passer rating in his second season as a pro was 81.6. Ryan’s career passer rating is 84.3. Vick’s career passer rating is 75.6.

• Ryan’s completion percentage in his second NFL season is 59.3. Vick’s completion percentage in his second NFL season was 54.9. Ryan’s career completion percentage is 60.3. Vick’s career completion percentage is 53.7.

• Ryan has thrown 12 interceptions through 10 games of his second NFL season. Vick threw eight in his second NFL season. Ryan has thrown 16 touchdown passes in those same 10 games. Vick threw 16 touchdown passes in 15 games in his second NFL season.

• Ryan has fumbled three times in his second NFL season, his team losing two. Vick fumbled nine times in his second NFL season, his team losing six.

• Ryan has accounted for 2,324 yards (passing and rushing) through 10 games of his second NFL season — an average of 232.4 yards per game. Vick accounted for 3,713 yards in his second NFL season — an average of 247.5 per game.

• Ryan’s team lost his first playoff start, which came in Phoenix in his first NFL season. Vick’s team won his first playoff start, which came in Green Bay in his second NFL season.

Even though the styles were dissimilar, there’s not a lot of difference between the raw numbers at this point in the two careers. But it’s worth noting that we’re rating Ryan at a personal low — though he did have a big second half in Giants Stadium on Sunday — and Vick after 26 NFL starts was among the most feared players in the league.

That 26th start came in Week 5 of the 2004 regular season. The Falcons would finish 11-5 and beat the Rams in a playoff game and reach the NFC title game. But that was the end of Vick as a winning quarterback. He was 15-15 over his final 30 games as a Falcon, and his last NFL start came Dec. 31, 2006. This year he has accounted for 67 yards, more than half of them coming on one run against the Bears on Sunday night.

We can compare/contrast Ryan to Vick as young players, and you can make the case that Vick was slightly better. (Though not as a rookie; he started only two games in 2001.) But we cannot compare the Ryan of 2009 to the Vick of 2009 because there’s no comparison. One is the starting quarterback. The other is a backup.

One man's opinion....but ...it does make us think.....and that's a good thing.

On The Road........Again

We come to you....

Tonight from the great state of North Carolina....and the town of Cary.......to be exact. 375 miles and 6 hours from our small, southern, college town.

Interstate 85.........then Interstate 40. Through Georgia......then South Carolina.....and finally.....the "Tar Heel" state.

One stop.......in Burlington, NC.........to gas up.......and relieve body fluids.

Along the way...... we observed vehicle tags from Georgia, Mississippi, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio....and.....of course......that old couple ......going 50 mph......in the fast lane......with Florida plates.

I picked up a "rabbit" entering South Carolina........and tailed him to the North Carolina line.

After that........I had to become my own "rabbit". Pushing the envelope.....daring the troopers....leading a pack through Charlotte and Burlington.....until I left I-85 for the I-40 entry into Cary.

4 hours.........45 minutes........ Athens to Cary. Now we wait for the other family members to join us.......for our annual Thanksgiving......get-to-together.

The Lincoln LS.........performed.....magnificent.........

And we lived....to make another Post!

Happy traveling .......to all....and to all......

Be safe.