Firstly…thanks. So many have sent their well wishes and prayers to my Granny and my family as my Granny is slowly fading away. She is still here. How? You tell me. She is amazing. After visiting with her tonight, I can’t help but to believe we shared our last words last night. She still has the chance to prove me wrong…again. I will be looking in on her tomorrow afternoon.
Secondly…thanks again. My speaktherights posts have been paltry of late. My attention has been on my Granny…not my words. I know you understand this. Many of you even appreciate it. I thank you. I will be so glad when Granny finds peace.
I was looking at a picture of my Granny today. She was hanging on to the Great Wall of China in 1993. How many grandsons can say that?
WVU hate?
No.
Just playful gamesmanship.
I have been asked why I give the West Virginia football team…and even more so their fans…a hard time when it comes to speaktherights.com football picks.
I have nothing against West Virginia. I LOVE the state. West Virginia is one of the favorite places of Carrie, my dear wife, and myself.
My beef with the Mountaineers is with their Athletic Director. His name is Oliver Luck. Many in Indiana are familiar with this last name. He is Andrew Luck’s father. He…Oliver Luck… doesn’t seem to be a fan of the state of West Virginia. If he loved the state he would do his best to schedule a home and home against the only other FBS school in the state….Marshall.
Carrie and I were at Marshall in 2010 when The Herd hosted big brother at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington. The final score was 24-21 in favor of WVU in overtime. The stadium was electric. You couldn’t fit anyone else in the place with a shoe horn. The official capacity of “The Joan” is 38,000 and change. There were over 41,000 people jammed in that place that night. In earnest, it was kind of uncomfortable. But we sure had fun.
I don’t have anything against the WVU team or their fans. Am I going to root for them? No. Not until Oliver does the right thing for the people of West Virginia and a couple football fans from Harrison County, Indiana.
The couching burning remarks I have made in previous posts? Just fun. Albeit a great deal of truth is ingrained.
Personally, I think WVU being a member of the Big 12 was a joke. I still feel that way. Have you seen a map lately?
Regardless…do the right thing for the football loving people of West Virginia, Oliver. Play the Herd every year. You’re selfish and class conscious if you don’t.
Speaking the Rights.
Danny Johnson