Tiger Tiger Tiger

Tiger Woods is not perfect! This sucks on a number of different levels. One Tiger was one of the few athletes left that put out that image of near perfection , outside of being overly competetive and cussing when he hit shots on Tv you never saw or heard of Tiger doing anything remotely wrong. Lets be real Tiger is a human and he made a mistake , it sounds like he might have made a few. I am by no means trying to trivialize cheating on youre wife , but it is amazing that "speculation" of it leads CNN and other reputable news outlets. Nothing as even been confirmed at this point.
This sucks on many different levels.... Unless Tiger comes out and lays it out for everyone this speculation and rumors are gonna follow him forever and take away from someone who will go down as the greatest professional golfer of all time and possibly one of the greatest athletes of all time. Then there is the fact he is married and who knows if this leads to divorce or not , if it does sure his wife will get a boatload of cash and be fine for the rest of her life , but still at point or another they did agree to spend there lives together and its sad that now could possibly be over. Then there is the fact that Tiger is a dad and if he doesnt do something to help make this go away then this is gonna follow his children. As a child of the same thing (obviously not at the celebrity level) its not a fun thing to live with.
i really hope Tiger proves to be the standup guy he seems to be , just that he is a guy who screwed up , I hope he comes out admits to this stuff and deals with it. I think he will find that the people that have done that have found out , that us as fans are pretty forgiving if youre just honest with us. Dont go the path of Clemens , bonds, Palmeiro , Mcgwire (weird all baseball players) and act like you didnt do anything , all that does is make the situation worse. Did my opinion of Tiger Woods the man change maybe ,if he comes clean than no. I will still root for him like i always have. I just feel sorry he has this to deal with now. But then again it sounds like it maybe nobodys fault but his own.

A Legend Retires

A coaching legened retired today Bobby Bowden called it quits. The Coaching game is a funny one , You have Guys like Bowden and Joe Paterno who basically have to be forced out , or they will Die on the sidelines if you let em. Then there are guys like Bill Cowher and Tony Dungy who walk away from the game in there coaching prime ater reaching the pinnacle. This is a career path i sought for a while and still have some desire to. For me it is the closest thing you can do to if you are either not physically able or talented enough to continue to compete in sports. I love the thought of trying to out strategize and out call the guy across the sideline from you. I never had any desires to coach in the NFL , to be a top College Coach like Bowden would have been enough for me. I have alot of respect for a guy like Bowden he took a school that was horrbile in FSU and turned them into a national power.
Bowden spent 34 seasons at FSU and had one losing season! It was his first in 1976 , so he went 33 straight season finishing 500. or better. He finished in the top 5 of the AP Poll for 14 consecutive seasons. On top of that he won numerous conference titles and Two National Championships. Bobby also was a molder of men. He sent numerous kids into the NFL for very successful careers. You could make a case that Bobby should have retired a few years ago and you know what , you may be right. But when youre Bobby bowden a College Football and a Coaching Icon you should get to retire when you want to retire. I just hope that is what this is , and he wasnt told retire or were gonna fire you. So long Bobby , College football will go on but you definately made youre mark in it.

Younglife

I started doing Younglife about 4 years ago. I agreed because a friend asked for my help. It took ohh about 1 month for that to change and me to get hooked into it. 4 years later its something that has replaced sports or anything else as the single greatest passion in my life. It is an amazing feeling to be apart of something that helps kids find the lord and feel the same love and joy that you feel . To feel that you even played a small role in that is an undescribable feeling. All years have been very awesome and a blast but this year were in right now has been a complete blessing we have grown pretty much double what we were last year which is totally amazing, and were lucky enough to have some kids that have been with us all 4 years. Its really cool to see kids that have been with us since the beginning wanting to help kids experience the same things they have experienced. We have some really great kids.Theyre in high school a really stressful time in life and all they want to do is help us with younglife.I look at some of these kids and am amazed at the relationship they have with the lord. I struggle with my relationship i have never been a guy big with prayer or reading my bible which is something im changing , i feel better about my day and more fulfilled when I start my day right. I am so thankful to my friend Erik for asking me to be apart of this , whether he saw it in me or just took a leap of faith either way he changed my life forever and for the good. I hope one day i can do that for someone as well. You know its funny if you would have asked me 4 years ago if I would be spending time hanging out with High School Kids i would have said youre crazy. If you would have told me I would be working with a ministry i would have said no, and now not only am i doing it but i feel like its supposed to be what i do with my life.