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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Stetson: 2nd in the Nation

 
After Saturday's performance in Fayetteville, UGA QB Stetson Bennett IV is second in the nation in total QBR. Kirby Smart says USC transfer QB JT Daniels has been cleared to play Saturday against Auburn, but has yet to name a starter for the game.
 
ESPN 2020 YTD Total QB Rating
1. 95.2 Mack Jones Alabama
2. 93.6 Stetson Bennett IV UGA senior
3. 93.4 Kyle Trask Florida
5. 91.9 Trevor Lawrence Clemson junior
8. 86.6 Bo Nix Auburn sophomore
 
19. 72.2 Shae Werts Georgia Southern
36. 60.0 Malik Cunningham Louisville
44. 55.1 C Brown Georgia State
56. 41.7 Chase Bryce Duke senior
61. 34.7 Jeff Sims Georgia Tech freshman
74. 09.4 D'Wan Mathis UGA redshirt freshman
 
Note: only 74 QB's are listed.
 
Didn't realize legendary UGA sideline reporter Loran Smith hailed from Wrightsville GA, and helped recruit Herschel Walker.
 
 
Yesterday I left work shortly after five. Stopped by home, then ran a few errands. Gassed up my car, grabbed some Taco Bell, and went crazy at Publix: bread, quesadilla shells, jelly, tomato soup, crackers, cheese. Fixed C some soup and crackers. 
 
Watched YouTube TV: Father of the Bride 3-ish, a 25 minute zoom call with Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, and Martin Short. Also Judd Hirsh. Later I watched an old video of Letterman and Seinfeld talking at the Pauley Center for Performing Arts. Learned behind the scenes info on Seinfeld's show "Comedians in Cars Drinking Coffee".
 
I'm working from home today and tomorrow. Chilly. I knew I should've worn more than just a t-shirt and shorts. 
 
John 1:1-18 Summary:
The Word and Jesus have been there from the beginning with God.
God made all things. God is life and light. Darkness cannot overcome God.
Some did not receive Jesus. Those who did are children of God.
The Word became flesh – God's Son dwelt among us.
The Law came through Moses, grace & truth came from Jesus.
 
VINEGAR BEND MIZELL  [SABR bio] former major league fastballer, in spite of being appointed to federal government positions, was, according to the New York Times, "viewed as a rustic innocent" In 1968,1970 & 1972 Mizell was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for North Carolina and then he was named by President Ford as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development in March 1975.  President Reagan appointed Mizell in 1982 as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Governmental and Public Affairs.. NYTimes reference is from his obit there.
 
Mizell surrendered Hank Aaron's 61st and 161st career home runs - Aaron's HR #61 = 01-Sep-1956; #161 = 25-Jun-1959. Mizell surrendered Gil Hodges' National-League-record-tying twelfth career grand slam. Hodges' record was passed by Hank Aaron and is currently held by Willie McCovey. His nickname, supposedly geographically-based, was fudged a little. Mizell was born in Leakesville, Mississippi, but at the time, his family lived in nearby  Vinegar Bend, Alabama, the source of his nickname.  
 
He was appointed as an executive director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.-Mizell had been a Republican U.S. congressman representing the Fifth District in North Carolina but lost his seat following President Nixon's resignation. He remained active in government and President George H. W. Bush appointed him to the Council of P.F. & S. The current co-chairs are Misty May-Treanor, Mariano Rivera and Herschel Walker. In 2010 it was re-named President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition (PCSFN). The fact that "executive" was in his title tells you exactly how much work he did.
 
Gale Sayers in his first game in Atlanta. Sunday the Bears did not honor Sayers by wearing white pants. Would've been a reach, but they could've worn grey masks and white C's on their helmets as well. They've already released their uniform schedule for the season, but could changed things up to honor the Kansas Comet.

Denison: "A case in point is the furor already circling President Trump's possible nomination tomorrow of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. One accusation is that she was a member of a religious group that inspired the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. (This claim has been debunked repeatedly but persists online.) Other attacks are forming around her Catholic beliefs regarding moral issues, as occurred during her confirmation hearings for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017. Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, or independent, and whether you are a Catholic or a Protestant, you should be concerned about antagonism toward a candidate's personal faith. Such attacks clearly violate the Constitution's guarantee that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States" (Article VI, Clause 3). And they illustrate the fact that Christian faith commitments are increasingly countercultural. Assuming Judge Barrett is the nominee, it will be important to watch the degree to which her personal faith becomes a focus of attack in the coming weeks. If it does, we should compare the way her faith is treated with the media's approach to Joe Biden's Catholic faith." 
More Denison: "One of the mantras of our relativistic culture is that we have no right to "force our values" on others. Ruth Bader Ginsburg clearly did not ascribe to this philosophy with respect to the values she championed. Whether we agree or disagree with those values—and many of us do both—we can learn from her culture-changing example. In fact, we must.
 
Interesting perspectives from people with different backgrounds.
 
 
Critical race theory – the root of our current unrest?

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