Seeing a Sports Hero After All These Years!

The week before the FSU-Notre Dame game I was working at Sea World and see a guest with a Notre Dame sweater in the store. I was going to tease them about my being a Florida State fan, but when he turned around I saw who it was. Notre Dame great Terry Hanratty. To the casual fan that name may not mean a lot, but to a person who grew up in Butler, Pa. that name is Godlike. Mr. Hanratty graduated from my high school in 1966. He went on to be the starting quarterback at the most revered football school at the time, Notre Dame. Hanratty teamed with wide receiver Jim Seymour to become the most feared passing duo in college football. Terry started for Coach Ara Parseghian, from 1966 to 1968 and was a consensus All-American in 68, when he also finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting. During this era the Notre Dame games were rebroadcast on television every Sunday morning, with Lindsay Nelson doing the play by play. Everyone in Butler, at the time, followed him throughout his career , which took him into the pros for several years. For all of us it was watching someone that represented us. I was fortunate to talk several minutes with Terry and he was most gracious to spend a few minute with a fan. For me it was a thrill and something I will remember for a very long time.

SEC Finally Looses In BCS Title Game!

Sorry, I couldn't help but poke a little fun at the South East Conference and its fans. You know the obnoxious Florida Gators , like my son, Wes and many friends, that ride the coattails of the SEC when Florida fails to make it into the title game.

Yes, SEC fans your football programs are the best, by a long shot at this point. I really can not debate that, but give the rest of us peasants, like the ACC, sometime and maybe you will have to grovel at our feet, for scraps like the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.

He Beat My Steelers, But I hope He Wins A Super Bowl!

What I am about to say, might be construed as blasphemy in the city of Pittsburgh, but I do hope Tim Tebow leads Denver to a Super bowl Championship. I know he just threw an 80 yard touchdown in overtime to beat our beloved Steelers, but Tim Tebow is a wonderful story. When ever the Steelers are out of contention for the championship, I usually root for the underdog, and Tebow and the Broncos are certainly that. Nobody gave them a chance against the Steel curtain and he shredded it for 316 yards. Nobody will give them a change against Tom Brady and the mighty Patriots and yet I most certainly hope he does it again.

Tebow is a great story. That person in life that shouldn't be able to accomplish the things they do. According to the, "experts" he will never make it in the NFL. He will never be a starter. He may win a few games but once he gets into the playoffs, the magic will disappear. So far Tim Tebow has proven them wrong and I enjoy when the pompous media experts are wrong.

 Tebow is not only a winner on the football field, he is a winner in his personal life and this is why I want him to win on the field. He is, in short, a good guy. We complain about the prima dona athletes, and yet when a really good person comes along we try and find ways to put them down. Is it because, he is a better person in life then we are? We do not want our heroes to be better off the field then on? Sorry I disagree and to Tebow and the Denver football team, good luck and I hope Tim carries you all the way to the championship. However, next year I will be right back where I belong. Steeler Country.