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I give Eddie Miller credit for letting you talk. Other talk show hosts I've heard who have an interesting guest talk endlessly themselves and don't let their guest say much.

I just listened to the Blood River Radio show with Don Wassall as the guest. The host is not very knowledgeable about the SEC in the late 60s. Football fans in Memphis in general have preferred Memphis State and Ole Miss over the University of Tennessee. The host, who seems a Bear Bryant...

About Tomlin employing black punters, this observation: Many years ago someone (don't remember who) wrote that there never has been a consistent black place kicker in pro football. Funny how that is never mentioned to my knowledge. Anybody ever seen a writer, player, commenter, point this out...

Years ago when Lou Holtz was coaching at Arkansas, he got in trouble for saying nice things about Jesse Helms. I saw the 1990 Notre Dame-Tennessee game in Neyland Stadium before a crowd of over 97,000. Notre Dame won 34-29. I had a good view of Lou Holtz on the Notre Dame sideline. He paced...

Jackson's main avocation was shaking down corporate liberals, an easy target.

I was rooting for the Yankees and saw it on TV. I saw Bill Mazeroski play in person in 1968 in a Pirates-Reds game at old Crosley Field. I'll never forget Mazeroski turning a double play, fast and smooth.

I remember Elroy Face. He was a famous player in 1959-60 when he went 18-1 in 1959 and the Pirates won the NL Pennant and beat the Yankees in an exciting World Series in 1960. I saw him in person at a Pirates-Reds game at Crosley Field in 1968. Face relieved Bob Veale but blew the save. The...

Trump was (or seemed to be) the only candidate who would do anything about border control. Acting stupid, as regarding Canada is Trump's downside.

Sonny Jurgensen has died at age 91. He was considered the best pure passer of the 1960s.

Exactly. I have noticed self-described "conservatives" use the term "progressives" when discussing their political opponents. They use leftist terminology without thinking.

The 2026 Class for the Pro Football Hall of Fame has been announced. Drew Brees Larry Fitzgerald Luke Kuechly Adam Vinatieri Roger Craig Craig was a Seniors nominee. Bill Belichick was snubbed by the voters in his first year of eligibility.

CMAC might well make it without a Super Bowl, but it would take longer after he retires.

To make the HOF CMAC needs to be on a Super Bowl winner and have a big game in it.

Interesting statistics. Thanks for your work.

We've seen black DBs make interceptions often when knocking the ball down would have given them 40 or so yards in field position. My view is they didn't realize what they were doing.