[Rhodes22-list] Wally! It's Football Time in Tennessee

[Brad Haslett]

Wally,

Lucky you!  I have to work today.  It's nice and cool here this morning.
Finally, sailing season is here!  I'm looking forward to cleaning my boat
next week and getting some time in under canvass.  October and November as
well as March and April are the best sailing months on Pickwick.  December
through March usually has plenty of days in the 40's and 50's as well.  No
wind is a problem all summer long in addition to having a heat index near
100 on Pickwick.  No wonder all you see during the summer months are
trawlers and houseboats running A/C off a genset.

Brad


On 9/30/06, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> I am heading to the lake today!
>
> Wally
>
>
> >From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Wally! It's Football Time in Tennessee
> >Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:32:34 -0500
> >
> >The game tomorrow is the talk of the town here, ten years since Memphis
> >beat
> >the Vols.  Here is an article from today's Commercial Appeal.  Jeremy is
> a
> >regular at the 'think tank' and a close friend of my ex UofM quarterback
> >buddy. Steve (the QB) brought a huge signed photo of Jeremy on the final
> >drive to RP Tracks today and we had Jeremy sign his photo from today's
> >newspaper for patrons.  A lot of regulars didn't know who he was but
> >remembered the play.  I missed his first fight because of work (he got
> the
> >snot beat out of him) but am going Tuesday night to watch him
> fight.  He's
> >a
> >really nice guy!  I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of him.
> >
> >Brad
> >
> >------------------------
> >
> >'Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'
> >
> >*By Phil Stukenborg
> >Contact <http://contacts.commercialappeal.com/reporters/emailreporter.cfm
> >*
> >*September 29, 2006*
> >
> >He's been a bounty hunter, a professional football player and now, at age
> >30, Jeremy Scruggs is trying his hand, or hands, at boxing.
> >
> >No matter how successful Scruggs becomes in this next phase of his
> career,
> >the fledgling cruiserweight will always be remembered -- as long as he
> >trades his punches in Memphis -- for contributing to a stunning knockout
> >blow on Nov. 9, 1996.
> >
> >On that late afternoon nearly 10 years ago, Scruggs delivered a powerful
> >punch to the Vols' midsection -- a 13-yard run to the Tennessee 3-yard
> line
> >in the closing minute -- to help the University of Memphis to an
> improbable
> >21-17 victory over sixth-ranked Tennessee.
> >
> >''I was a little upset for a second that I didn't score on my run,'' said
> >Scruggs, a fullback. ''Then I remember saying 'Get back in the huddle,
> >we've
> >got three yards to get.'''
> >
> >Most remember Scruggs popping up from the pile after the run and
> >emphatically signaling first down.
> >
> >''I don't know if I'll ever live that down, that play, that game,''
> Scruggs
> >said. ''And I don't think I want to. When I busted through the line and
> >made
> >a little move and saw the end zone, I just kept saying 'Don't fumble,
> don't
> >fumble.' Then I got stopped and got up and signaled first down.''
> >
> >Scruggs was given a chance to score the winning touchdown, but was
> stopped
> >for no gain by Vols linebacker Al Wilson. On the ensuing play,
> quarterback
> >Qadry Anderson tossed the game-winning 3-yard pass to tight end Chris
> >Powers.
> >
> >''I was just very happy to have the opportunity to play in that game,''
> >Scruggs said.
> >
> >In the mid-1990s -- several years before Tommy West would take over the
> >program and lead the UofM to three straight bowls -- Tiger football was
> >mired in mediocrity. The UofM hadn't been to a bowl since 1971. The 1996
> >team wasn't going, either. It had struggled to a 3-6 record before
> >Tennessee
> >came calling.
> >
> >''It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people who play at a school
> >like Memphis, where you didn't always get the exposure and chance to play
> >teams like that on a regular basis, to play a team like Tennessee,''
> >Scruggs
> >said. ''It was our time to say we were somebody, that we had good players
> >and could succeed playing somebody at the highest level.''
> >
> >Scruggs said he felt as if the Tigers would complete the comeback when
> >receiver Chancy Carr caught a 41-yard pass from Anderson to give the UofM
> a
> >first down at the Tennessee 16.
> >
> >''After that I said to myself there is no way we can't score here,''
> >Scruggs
> >said. ''At the minimum, we'll get a field goal, but we aren't kicking a
> >field goal.''
> >
> >Scruggs, 1-1 in his young fight career, has a bout scheduled for Tuesday
> at
> >the New Daisy on Beale. While he loves his newest sport, it may be a
> while
> >before it creates the memories his former sport did, especially the one
> >from
> >10 years ago.
> >
> >''I remember (Tiger basketball stars) Cedric Henderson and Chris Garner
> and
> >all those guys were in our locker room after the game,'' Scruggs said.
> >''People were in tears. It was unbelievable. And a lot of the Tennessee
> >people were very supportive. They came up and said, 'Y'all lined up and
> >beat
> >us.'
> >
> >''It was just electric. If anyone would have said before the game, 'I'll
> >take Memphis to win,' they would have been laughed all the way to
> China.''
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