Once you were a yellow pumpkin growing on a sturdy vine, Now you are a jack-o'-lantern, Let the candle light shine
October 30, 2010
We carved our jack-o-lantern last night
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Dabo, You're Killing Me
I solemnly swear that if Clemson goes an entire season without playing down to their opponents, if they consistently play smash-mouth football without getting cute, if they ever develop a winning attitude, then I will open my front door, walk into my front yard, and do this:
Here's the thing, folks. You'll never see me do that.
Dabo Swinney, you're killing me.
*** Edit ***
At this point, it appears I need to walk back some of my predictions. Clemson sits at 4-4 right now, and is in real danger of not qualifying for a bowl game for the first time since Nineteen Ninety freaking EIGHT, which is the year I was married, and a year in which I proudly sported a Spaziani-esque mustache if that gives you some perspective on how long ago that was.
Right now, I'm saying Clemson beats NC State and Wake Forest, if they're lucky. They lose magnificently to Florida State and Soccer Liner.
Highlights from Clemson/Georgia Tech
Here's what I said before the season:
CLEMSON VS. GIMMICK TECH YELLOW BEES
I can't begin to express how much I do not like Paul Johnson's system. I've never loathed the Gamecocks as much as I loathe Gimmick Tech's offense.
I hate His Royal Highness Paul Johnson's arrogant attitude towards his system.
I hate Kirk Herbstreit's inexplicable infatuation with Gimmick Tech's offense. With a straight face, the man actually said their offense is exciting. Go watch some high school games if you like to see less-talented linemen dive at other players' knees on every play instead of blocking straight up and actually out-playing the other guy.
I hate the general perception that Paul Johnson is some sort of brilliant play caller just because he doesn't hold a clipboard during games. I mean, you don't need a clipboard to point to your team and say, "You: dive at that guy's knees. You: run left."
I've always wondered whether or not it's a penalty to accidentally step on a guy's fingers with your cleats while he's down there trying to hurt your knee. Hey, if you don't want your fingers stepped on, then get up and man up.
Thomas (who will be a flop in the NFL, by the way, because he doesn't have any experience dealing with traditional defenses) won games for Gimmick Tech simply due to his size (you can't double team Gimmick Tech's receivers).
Nesbitt throwing ducks around Death Valley won't get it done.
Clemson wins.
This brings me to 5-2 on the season predictions.
Brasstown Bald
Yesterday, we went on a day trip romp through the southern end of the Appalachians.
Here, we are at the top of Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia.
Take Jack's Knob Trail north from its Chattahoochee Gap intersection with the Appalachian Trail and after climbing almost 1500 feet you reach Brasstown Bald, the highest point in the state of Georgia. Now a trail, this was once the rough road built by the Civilian Conservation Corps to carry food and material to the men erecting the peak's first structure, a fire tower.
Brasstown Bald is unusual in that instead of being a tall mountain, it is a barely discernible rise in Wolfpen Ridge, which extends for miles to the north and south. When this was part of the Cherokee Nation, Brasstown Bald was called Enota(h). Brasstown was the name of a Cherokee settlement about five miles from the peak near what is known as Track Rock Gap.
Did You Know? --Rainbows
A couple of times, I've had to explain what rainbows are to the kids. I'm surprised how many adults don't know exactly what they are, either. Well, maybe I'm not that surprised.
To begin, don't think of a rainbow as an object; you can't go touch it. What you see when you see a rainbow is just light. You can't go catch a flashlight beam any more than you can go to the end of a rainbow.
White light consists of all colors. When it hits water droplets in the air , the light changes direction (refracts). This change of direction disperses the colors, which appears to you as a rainbow.
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