Oh my.  It seems I have been away from this space forever.  Can you say too much going boys and girls?

It’s all good!  Jarrett is back from Baghdad and that makes all of us sleep a little easier.

The poor Indiana Hoosiers have had a tough time of it haven’t they?  What happened?  Injuries?  Expectations?  The Pucker Factor?  The Natural Order of Things?  The Schedule?  New Coaching Staff?  I don’t know.  I wish I did.  I would storm the gates and find Tom Allen.

Here is what I do know.  As Homer as I may be, and I do temper my optimism on the side of positive, I do believe Tom Allen will make it better instead of worse.  HE ALREADY HAS!!!!  Good grief.  IU football used to be an afterthought.   Negative or not, Indiana Football is still a thought.  And even though we got wet last week (on the scoreboard and otherwise), we press onward.

This was a rain, now.

Seeing this on the scoreboard before the game certainly was a highlight.                              Mr. Indiana Football.

So was the tailgate of Brother Tim Petty’s truck!

Tim, Michelle, Steven, and Carrie lead blocking for me toward Memorial Stadium.

The refs got warmed up before the game.

The Hoosiers took the field.

They kicked it off, and in the parlance of Forrest Gump, that is all I have to say about that.

On to this week’s College Football Picks.  We need a new week.

Indiana beats Maryland…The Terps in the Big Ten?  Say it ain’t so!  Go Hoosiers.  Take that TV Market money on the way out of town.

Iowa beats Swissconsin…How dare Purdue beat the Hawkeyes!

Pitt beats Miami…The Pickett boy may win the Heisman.  If he plays at Pitt and is in the conversation, I am ALL for him!

Michigan beats Michigan State…Wow.  This should be a good one.

Mizzou beats Vandy…At Vandy, am I crazy?  I don’t think so.

Georgia beats Florida…Dan Mullen is losing sleep tonight.

Minnesota beats Northwestern…This could be tricky in Evanston.

Oklahoma beats Texas Tech…Duh.

Wake Forest beats Duke…I always pull for the Dukies.  If I pick against them, maybe they will win.

USC beats Arizona…Ahhh, the Men of Troy will have fun.

Kentucky beats Mississippi State…The Cats should wear earplugs.  It would be better than listening to the Cow College Cowbells.

Ole Miss beats Auburn…I have heard enough poor mouthing out of Ole Miss fans (Aunt Barbara leads the league).  The Rebs will BLOW OUT the Auburn…War Eagle…We Can’t Decide on a Mascot…Tigers!  The Rebs will win by 20 or more!

NC State beats Louisville…My apologies to my U of L brethren.  NC State will be playing with Chip on Shoulder in a night game.  It gets darker in NC before it does in Jefferson County.  I almost typed “The Bluegrass State” but that just did not sound right.  Pack by 10.  Hope I AM WRONG, Brother Ross.

North Carolina beats Notre Dame…Why not?  Has Mack Brown coached a team in Notre Dame Stadium before?  I don’t know.  I doubt it.  Mack still has some magic.  We will see it tomorrow night.

Ohio State beats Penn State…I hope to heck I am bad wrong.  The Buckeyes and their fans eat it.  The week after they got beat by Oregon, Ohio Stadium had 24,000 empty seats for the next home game.  Talk about entitled, spoiled, boo-hoo-hoo losers.  Hope the Cincinnati Bearcats make the College Football Playoff just make the Ohio Boosters and Fans reach for some Preparation-H!

And so it goes.

I want to share some photos with you.

This week I shared with my 10th grade English class some of the photos that dovetailed the lesson we were talking about, “Freedom”.  Talk about a HOT BUTTON TOPIC!  We negotiated it well.  There was no bloodshed.  My hope is that something was learned.

This is a photo of my dear wife, Carrie, doing something she loves on the sound side of Topsail Island, North Carolina.  This picture means a great deal to me.  I hope she doesn’t mind me sharing.

The Sound of Freedom from Camp Lejuene.

More of the same.

Our old friend, Lennie, at the Sea Turtle Hospital in Surf City, NC.  Lennie is blind.  She is not going back to the ocean.  My dear wife, Carrie, adopted Lennie many years ago.  Thanks to my dear wife, Lennie keeps eating.  We keep going to see her with great expectaitions.  We are ALWAYS delighted to see Lennie.

A boat in the morning on the Ocean Side.

 

Humbled.  I was so delighted to be a part of the North Harrison High School Football Team this season.  Words fail me here.  I suppose that is the greatest compliment I can forward.  Thank you boys.  Thank you.

I always say, sometime the light is just right.

That is what I feel about these photos.

I am so blessed to have a safe and quiet and BEAUTIFUL place to walk.

I enjoyed taking this…

And then, there is me.

Recently I arranged to have my 10th grade students have a chance to facetime with a lady whose poem is in our textbook.

Make no mistake about it, I WILL be watching a great deal of College Football tomorrow!

Go Hoosiers!

And if you can, Speak the Rights!

Danny Johnson