First things first. The important things.
This morning we lost a legend. Mr. Jim. That is what my second cousin, Camden Fulton, from Mississippi called Jim Nolot when he came up to Indiana to do some deer hunting a few years ago. Mr. Jim. I enjoyed listening to the two of them going back and forth in meaningful conversation. Priceless.
When I had learned that Jim Nolot, who had been ill for some time, left us, I thought about the last time we played golf together. There were a bunch of us. Jim was the common denomintor that got all of us there. Breakfast and bad golf. Not a bad way to spend half the day. I can still hear Jim telling anyone standing still about the putt I made on #12 at Lucas Oil Golf Course.
“You should have seen Danny’s putt. We were playing in the same foursome. On number 12 he had a putt role in from more than 40 feet. It was a double breaker that slowed just right and fell in the hole. It was a heck of a putt.”
Thank you, Jim. You will be missed. Peace to your wonderful family. Too many to mention. I hate leaving anyone out. But I will mention your wife, Pam. You were two peas in a pod.
Writing about which football team is going to win tomorrow is rather meaningless right now, after writing the paragraphs above. But it is what we do. I think Jim would want all of us to keep doing what we do. He led that way.
Arkansas beats LSU…Last week I picked Notre Dame to beat Clemson. I thought they would. I didn’t think it would be a Tiger-kicking contest.
Tennessee beats Navy…Annoying as they are, the Vols will win.
Pitt beats Virginia…I could have sworn these two already played twice this year. That’s ACC football for you.
Illinois beats Purdue…The Illini won’t get beat by Purdue, will they?
Michigan State beats Rutgers…Sparty is at home this week and next against the Hoosiers.
Kentucky beats Vandy…The Wildcats are still having a decent season. The Anchor Boys won’t get in the way of that.
Duke beats Virginia Tech…The Dukies are shockers this year.
Ole Miss beats Alabama…Sorry, Brother Tim and Brother Virg. The Rebs are for real. Running, passing, and hopefully tackling.
NC State beats Boston College…The Wolfpack haven’t lost in Carter-Finley Stadium in a long while.
Clemson beats Louisville…Howard’s Rock will be rubbed down. Hope the Cards pull the upset.
Penn State beats Maryland…I thought ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky was seriously in love when the Nittany Lions played the second string QB last week.
Michigan beats Nebraska…We are all waiting for Michigan and Ohio State in a couple weeks.
Florida beats South Carolina…The Gators don’t lose this at home.
Georgia beats Mississippi State…Have you seen the DAWGS lately?
Last week saw 11 winners and 3 losers.
We lost a whole lot more this morning.
Speaking the rights.
Danny Johnson