SCHS Pigskin Update

After falling behind by a touchdown early in the contest, my alma mater Indians posted a slew of unanswered points on a turnover-plagued Lumpkin County squad en route to a 40-7 victory last week at The Reservation. 

This week, the Indians (7-1, 4-0) travel to Gainesville to take on North Hall in the regular season finale for both teams.  The Trojans (4-4, 3-1) are coming off of a 54-37 home loss to Franklin County.

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Raising Cain

Okay, so the title of this post is not very original.  As readers can plainly see by glancing to either side, though, I am indeed supporting Herman Cain for the GOP presidential nomination.  I shared a table with Mr. Cain and one of his friends/campaign advisers when he was running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate against Johnny Isakson back in 2004.  He was in town for a fundraiser at Outback Steakhouse and, after the function, graciously let me visit with him for a bit as he partook of the fare.  I still have the "Cain Crusader" pin I got at the time.

I may not agree with Herman on every issue, but then I will not agree with any candidate on every issue.  I do, however, agree with him on the ones that are important to me and think that someone from outside the Wasington establishment is needed to address the problems that seem to be endemic there.  I think that the more real folks meet and hear Cain, the stronger his candidacy will become.  Certainly, the amount of attention directed his way by media and pundit types has increased dramatically in recent weeks (not all of it positive, naturally).

Speaking of the "establishment," I remain skeptical about the GOP's national insiders.  While I think that Mitt Romney would be a vast improvement over the current occupant of the White House, I do not like the idea that Romney, as the establishment candidate whose turn has come, should be annointed just yet.  We tried that with Bob Dole and John McCain (both of whom for which I have great personal respect) and we see how that turned out.  I understand that establishment Republicans may be annoyed with the TEA partiers and their seemingly strident attitudes, but if the GOP had been doing what it should have for the past several years, such would not be an issue now.

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SCHS Pigskin Update

Since last we checked in with my alma mater Indians, SCHS has recorded two more victories, a 28-0 road win over Chestatee and a 25-14 home win over White County.

The Reservation will be awash with Indians this coming Friday evening, as the Toccoa variety (6-1, 3-0) hosts to the Lumpkin County variety (4-3, 1-2) making the trip down from Dahlonega.  A couple of facts that may auger well for the home team is that Lumpkin County has yet to win on the road this season and has been pounded in its last two games.

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SCHS Pigskin Update

My alma mater Indians defeated the Franklin County Lions by the score of 24-7, the team’s fourth consecutive victory.  Stephens County and neighboring Franklin County have been rivals since way, way, way back when both were AA schools.

This coming week, the Indians (4-1, 1-0) travel to Gainesville to face Chestatee.  The War Eagles (3-2, 0-1) are coming off of two straight defeats.  It will be the second 8AAA Division A game for both schools.

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Impertinent Observations (Guineas & Gunny edition)

Our flock of free-range, wandering guineas, and by that I mean the ones that have adopted our neighborhood, has grown.  Instead of the original three (two males and one female – we think based on their plumages), we now have five (three males and two females – again, we think).  They can be kind of noisy, but their social antics are quite endearing.  And yes, I took the picture.

Missus TOA accompanied me to the GSSF match down below Conyers last weekend. I was very pleased with my scores for the first two stages that I shot.  On the third, however, I incurred 19 penalty seconds on the 20- and 25-yard targets.  Even so, the preliminary scores have me 90th in the Amateur Civilian category out of 402 entries.  Placing in the 77-78th percentile is not so bad considering I never practice.

The big news, though, was meeting R. Lee Ermy in the flesh (for those not in the know, Gunny is a spokesman for GLOCK in addition to his other endeavors).  We were just leaving the armorers tent when "the Gunny" came by in a golf cart with a plate of food in hand.  As he alit, my wife wanted to meet him.  She greeted him with a big "Hoorah!," to which he responded with an equally big "Hello, darlin'!" and an even bigger hug. She said that the meeting made her day, so I was doubly glad that she went with me. And yes, he looks just like he does on TV, only taller.

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