Fun on Friday

Tried a cup of coffee this week. I try about a cup a year. Still trying to figure out what the attraction is. So, for now, I'll continue to get my caffeine via soda.

Looking forward to tomorrow's college basketball game between the Vols and the Pittsburgh Panthers. Should be a fun game to watch.

Great Quote Thursday

Focused intensity over time multiplied by God creates momentum- Dave Ramsey (The Momentum Theorem)

Fun on Friday

Even when they miss a kick against a team I'm rooting for, I can't help but feel sorry for college football kickers when they miss the kick near the end of a game. Maybe it's the dad in me. Although there are multiple plays in every game that impact the game's final score, often the kicker is viewed as the reason a team loses whenever a field goal or extra point attempt is missed late in a game. Last week, Kyle Brotzman, the kicker for Boise State University, missed a field goal attempt near the end of regulation against the University of Nevada. He missed another field goal attempt in overtime in a game the Broncos ultimately lost to the Wolfpack. The next day he and his family, via phone and social media, received physical threats and verbal harassment. Brotzman, the all-time leading score in the history of the Western Athletic Conference deserves better. Much better. Threatening an athlete is pathetic.

On the other end of the sports spectrum are the NBA's Miami Heat. I find it humorous that the Heat are losing games at the rate of a mediocre NBA team. This summer, when LeBron James announced his made-for-TV "Decision", some began to question if the Heat would set an NBA single-season record for victories; some, only half-jokingly, questioned if they would lose any games at all. We're months from the NBA playoffs, but this is not a record-setting team right now.

Qatar (Q without a u) was just named as the host country for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Seriously?

Great Quote Thursday

Don't try to be better than someone else. Always try to be the best you can be- John Wooden