BEHIND THE LENS - December 1 2006 -

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The Ride!
Performing when it counts!
Ravenwood

This it it! The Big One !

Do you remember that I mentioned at one time that we are on a collision course for the 5-A State Championship? How Sweet it is.

The Ride!
This has been fun but exhausting at the same time. For those of you who have been so happy and so nervous at the same time you know exactly what I am talking about. We are less than 33 hours from playing the game and 36 hours from knowing how this will all end.

My life has been a roller coaster, trying to manage my personal side, my job side, and riding the wave. It's times like these that certain things just don’t get done or there are never enough hours in the day, much less energy.

God has blessed me as I ponder back to the first game of the season against La Vergne. I have pushed record so many times to capture each play of every game and now the biggest one of all is in front of me. I have watched these kids play football since they were 8 and 9 years old.

I used to think "Wow, we are playing for the Mid State Youth Football Championship". I was nervous then but I am bonkers now. When you beat a Riverdale or Ooltewah and get home after the game, you can’t sleep. You can’t eat, your nerves are bouncing all over the place.

I am excited for everybody who has had the joy of watching this moment in history take place. There are only two rides that are bigger than this. Playing for a National Championship on the college ride and playing for a National title on the NFL ride.

Special thanks go out to all of you who have taken your time to call me, to email me, and to just stop and say congrats. You have waited for this one and it is here.

Yes, I believe.

Performing when it counts
The cliché "Big time players make Big time plays" is correct in so many ways.

I like this one better "Everybody performed when it counted from top to bottom".

A big time play can never happen unless all the other parts are working together. The last second shot of basketball is usually done off of a crisp pass or a sweet pick. Performing when it counts is not for the novice, it is for all those who train hard for the big day. Success is usually preceded by buckets of sweat. You are not going to be perfect every game or every contest, but when the lights are brighter than they have ever been the most experienced athletes and people always get it done.

If you stop and think about your job the best people you work with or know usually perform best when the pressure is on. I love it when the pressure is on at work. I may not catch the long pass or every pitch, but I love to grind it out consistently and successfully on all the other ones.

The bottom line is work to make yourself better each and everyday so that when they do put the lights on you bright it is rewarding.

Ravenwood
We played this team earlier in the year and I don’t think we had a light on in the house. We showed up, but did not play to our level of experience.

This game has a lot of attention. The web servers that host the message boards have been busy. Ravenwood has beaten us twice in two meetings. They beat us last year in regular season and handed us our lunch this year in regular season. These teams are evenly matched.

I work in Franklin and drive through Ravenwood country everyday. Signs are sticking in the yards bearing the bird with the red and black colors. I was at the dog pound early this morning only to view a lot of purple and gold.

This is it, the big one. I don’t have to tell you what my pick is or what I feel. I am like the kids who just can’t wait to perform. This one is televised state wide on Fox stations. The flag ship for Rutherford County sports will be on hand to give the Bulldog angle

1450 AM - Ravenwood vs Smyrna <- Click to Listen LIVE

If you want my last link www.coacht.com will be doing play by play and game-cast. The kick off is slated for 7pm CST. I would say by 9:30 pm tomorrow night we will know the results.

Thanks to all who have followed us and watched this ride take place.

GO BULLDOGS !!!!

That's A Wrap
In closing, for those of you who will attend the cold game tomorrow night I will be in rare form. So just look to the top of the press box I guarantee you can’t miss me.

Special thanks go out to my brother Sam for running the website. He never stops at keeping up with all the articles, emails, web stats you name it, he does it. 

God Bless and Take Care

From Behind The Lens.
The Stork
“A man who truly delivers”

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