Saturday, January 7, 2023

Something Stinks In Jackson, Mississippi and it's not just the water.

People need to get off of Coach Primes back. If you ask me something wasn't right in Jackson, Mississippi. There are videos of Coach Prime questioning the support for the football teams in the HBCU. Meaning they go and play at power 5 schools or higher tier programs and the money made from these games weren't going to the football team. Deion Sanders played at Florida State a power five school and had no connection to HBCU's. He was trying to find a way to shine a light on these programs that these kids could be seen as the equal of any division 1 program when it comes to the draft, as well as coaches could be able to be head coaches on the college and NFL level. He mentioned them being counted in the Heisman votes. He called out the NFL teams who did not show up for Jackson State's pro Day in March 2022. An opportunity for HBCU players to be considered for the NFL draft or to be able to make an NFL roster. Their is also video of Coach Prime talking about all that he did to shine a light on HBCU's and some of the folks turning on him for leaving when a better opportunity came along. He said there is only so much he can do when he is only the football coach. Meaning he did what he could by turning around a struggling program and proving he could get recruits to Jackson State. It helps when two of those star players happens to be his own sons who are possibly going to Colorado with him. The point of it all was to not only get people of color to support these schools by donating, sending their children to these schools but those who were lucky to succeed at these schools but are in the Hall of Fame like Jerry Rice and Michael Strahan. Now you have Ed Reed who played at the University of Miami, coaching at Bethune Cookman and Eddie George, Ohio State, coaching at Tennessee State University. That is because of Coach Prime. What saddens me is that before a game during the season you could hear people saying "Fuck you Deion," on video. Is this how we treat one of our own who is trying to do for us what the US isn't? It is said that many of these schools could lose accreditation or close. Who is going to want to show up to a job interview with the name of a school they attended with pride no longer an accredited institution on their resume? It is my opinion that people at these schools or even in the state of Mississippi are crying over sour grapes. Anyone who follows college football knew that Deion Sanders was not going to be at Jackson State for very long. I am surprised he stayed as long as he did but not at the success he had. He won 27 out of 33 games in three season including whatever post season games Jackson State was involved in. He is leaving a great opportunity to take on an 1-11 team in lily white Boulder Colorado. A program he has no connection to or great love for. Many people say it's about money. With a name like Deion Sanders there isn't enough money on the planet to pay him for the task he has to take on. I know that after the signing every program in the Pac-12 got video of all 33 games he coached at Jackson state. As I said before something wasn't right at Jackson State. He could have stayed and coached and seen his children graduate. They still could graduate from Jackson State and have quality careers while there because there is no promise Shedeur Sanders is going to make the team at Colorado or have any sort of impact which is my only problem with Deion's part of this saga. 

Thursday, January 5, 2023

It's been several years since the 2016 World Series win for the Chicago Cubs and since Theo Epstein and Joe Madden left Chicago. All in a matter of 6 years. With Theo gone it is up to Jed Hoyer to build a winner on the North Side. I'm not holding my breath the Cubs will be competitive in 2023 no matter who they sign. Keep an eye on the trade deadline around mid season someone will be traded and I'm thinking it might be Cody Bellinger or Eric Hosmer. No emotional goodbyes this year and I think it was a stupid idea to let Wilson Contreras walk. He was a great piece to build around. Not to mention letting him go to the rival St. Louis Cardinals. I do think the Cubs are going in the right direction after seasons of losing. The Cubs have the right manager in David Ross and I can say I see another Championship coming to the Cubs under him. But for the time being lets not worry about who the Cubs have been named in on a particular player until he actually gets here. No one wants to read such news and then they come up short because they don't want to spend the money.