The Big One’s Blog
August 25, 2008
Well, here I sit at my computer trying to figure out what to write about in my latest blog and I have no idea what I want to write a blog about. It’s not that I am having a severe episode of writers block, because I am not. I am ready to write, I am willing to write, and I am able to write, the trouble me trying to make up my mind on a particular subject to write a blog on. This is a good news, bad news type situation. The good news, there are a lot of things I could write about, the start of football season, baseball, the rise of the Cubbies, the fall of the squaws, doooooh sorry folks, I meant the hapless Braves, politics, zoning (yes I said Zoning, I wasn’t dumb enough to vote to keep my mouth shut on the subject), the latest NASCAR feud, the WWE, Cheeseburgers, our crazy dog Missy, who thinks she is human, and acts like it sometimes, the list is nearly endless on things that I could write a blog on. I could spend an hour or so talking about all of these subjects and even more. The bad news is none of them are really jumping out at me and demanding that I spend some time writing about them. I just can’t make my mind up on what I want to write a blog on today.
You know, life is like that sometimes. You have plenty of stuff going on in your life, some good, some not so good, but none of them important enough to merit your complete attention. You just skirt around them, dealing with the problems when you have to, and enjoying the good stuff when it moves to the forefront of your life. You know, I think that our lives would be a lot less complicated if we dealt with the good and bad about the same way. Never get too excited when something real good happens, and never get too down when you hit a bump in the road. Just hang in there and just roll with the flow.
Well, I was stuck on trying to decide on a subject to write a blog on, but as I look at the computer screen I see that I have written a blog and didn’t realize that I was writing one. Oh well, I guess I will save all the ideas that I mentioned earlier for another day, and another blog!!!
God Bless Guys,
The Big One
Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Busy Week ahead for Laurens County Folks!!!!!!
The Big ‘Un’s Blog
August 17, 2008
Hey Guys,
It’s going to be a busy week with a whole lot of stuff going on. First Tuesday Gaffney comes to town to face the Raiders in a game type scrimmage. The scrimmage starts at 6:00 p. m. and you can listen to it on WLBG as you sit in the beautiful confines of K. C. Hanna Stadium and watch it firsthand. Of course, I am gonna sit on my side porch and watch it!
Thursday in Clinton the City of Clinton will have their “Back to School Bash” at the Depot in Downtown Clinton. The community will get to meet and greet the 2008 Clinton High School football team and coaches, cheerleaders, and the Clinton Devil Regiment Marching band. Also the Power team will be on hand performing some amazing demonstrations of strength, and no one of them will not be bench pressing me!
To wrap the evening up, Days Off Screen will entertain everyone with their unique brand of Christian Pop/Punk / Rock music.
Friday the Raiders head to Gaffney for the Gaffney Jambioree. Due to the press box not being ready at the new Reservation the game will not be on WLBG. However, that’s no reason not to attend. You can be in Gaffney in an hour.
Saturday evening beginning at 6:30 p. m, the City of Laurens Recreation Department will be hosting the Back to School Bash II at the Amphitheater. This is gonna be a show to end all shows. Six bands from across the southeast will perform. Bands scheduled are BridgeIcesBeforeRoad from York, Almost an Epic and Standout from Greenville, The Decade from Lexington, EMI recording stars, Philmont, from Charlotte, and Laurens County’s own Days off Screen. Real Radio 860 WLBG’s own Wyatt Mattison will be the MC and Friendship Presbyterian Church of Hickory Tavern’s Pastor Robert Cathcart will give the invocation.
Best of all both these events are free! Too many times we here there just isn’t anything for the kids to do around here, but the City’s of Clinton and Laurens are stepping up and offering the kids some great entertainment for free!!! Our city leaders should be applauded for being pro-active in providing the kids with events like these to attend.
Make your plans to attend the events, it’s going to be a lot of fun, and it gives the kids safe places to go.
Til next time, God Bless!!!
The Big ‘Un
August 17, 2008
Hey Guys,
It’s going to be a busy week with a whole lot of stuff going on. First Tuesday Gaffney comes to town to face the Raiders in a game type scrimmage. The scrimmage starts at 6:00 p. m. and you can listen to it on WLBG as you sit in the beautiful confines of K. C. Hanna Stadium and watch it firsthand. Of course, I am gonna sit on my side porch and watch it!
Thursday in Clinton the City of Clinton will have their “Back to School Bash” at the Depot in Downtown Clinton. The community will get to meet and greet the 2008 Clinton High School football team and coaches, cheerleaders, and the Clinton Devil Regiment Marching band. Also the Power team will be on hand performing some amazing demonstrations of strength, and no one of them will not be bench pressing me!
To wrap the evening up, Days Off Screen will entertain everyone with their unique brand of Christian Pop/Punk / Rock music.
Friday the Raiders head to Gaffney for the Gaffney Jambioree. Due to the press box not being ready at the new Reservation the game will not be on WLBG. However, that’s no reason not to attend. You can be in Gaffney in an hour.
Saturday evening beginning at 6:30 p. m, the City of Laurens Recreation Department will be hosting the Back to School Bash II at the Amphitheater. This is gonna be a show to end all shows. Six bands from across the southeast will perform. Bands scheduled are BridgeIcesBeforeRoad from York, Almost an Epic and Standout from Greenville, The Decade from Lexington, EMI recording stars, Philmont, from Charlotte, and Laurens County’s own Days off Screen. Real Radio 860 WLBG’s own Wyatt Mattison will be the MC and Friendship Presbyterian Church of Hickory Tavern’s Pastor Robert Cathcart will give the invocation.
Best of all both these events are free! Too many times we here there just isn’t anything for the kids to do around here, but the City’s of Clinton and Laurens are stepping up and offering the kids some great entertainment for free!!! Our city leaders should be applauded for being pro-active in providing the kids with events like these to attend.
Make your plans to attend the events, it’s going to be a lot of fun, and it gives the kids safe places to go.
Til next time, God Bless!!!
The Big ‘Un
Sunday, August 10, 2008
New Sports Report
As you beloved listeners have noticed, my daily sports report has changed dramatically this past week, Many have asked “What’s going on, why are you just doing racin’, rasslin’, and fightin’? Well quite simply because that is what needs to be done. Let’s face it, I ain’t nothing but a big ol’ country boy who loves his southern sports, just like most of y’all.
In an effort to have something for everyone, Emil decided he wanted more diversity in sports, more tennis, golf, and other sports of that nature. I have no problem with that, however, in my opinion, for the most part they are not high on the local sports fans priority list. However, in this case my opinion about what is important sports news and a buck will buy you a cold soda water and that’s about it.
When I was doing my prior sports report. I had two minutes and twenty five seconds to squeeze in local sports, college sports, major league baseball, and yes the Braves do suck, the NFL, racing, and an occasional weird sports news. I really did not have time for “Diversity in Sports” as Emil referred to it. We were at an impasse, I did not feel I had time to do much diversity in sports, and Emil wanted them. Something had to give, and in the end it was me. I got promoted, or demoted, or maybe I just slid out of the way, I ain’t real sure.
Emil asked John to do a diversity in sports report in addition to my sports. Which I theory is great, but in practice is not real practical. There is only so much golf and tennis and stuff like that to talk about. John and I began to talk and I realized that we could have the best of both worlds. Emil could have his diversity in sports with John taking over the general sports news except racin’, rasslin’, and fightin’, which I would now be able to expand coverage on. Instead of getting thirty or forty seconds about our southern sports, you get two full reports each day of real important sports news. Plus John will do two sports reports on all the pro, college, and high school sports, We all win, John gets to report on regular sports news, I get to report the really important sports news, and Emil gets his putty butt sports reported on also.
Hope you all enjoy the new additions to the website like the news on demand, the sports on demand, and our blogs. Many other updates are in the wings that I know you all will enjoy. Things are a changin’ around here.
Anyway, that’s about it sports fans. If you like the new sports reports, if you like the new features on the website, and if you are glad high school football is finally here, then give me a good ol’ Stone Cold Steve Austin “Oh Hell Yeah!!!”
God Bless guys,
The Big Un’
In an effort to have something for everyone, Emil decided he wanted more diversity in sports, more tennis, golf, and other sports of that nature. I have no problem with that, however, in my opinion, for the most part they are not high on the local sports fans priority list. However, in this case my opinion about what is important sports news and a buck will buy you a cold soda water and that’s about it.
When I was doing my prior sports report. I had two minutes and twenty five seconds to squeeze in local sports, college sports, major league baseball, and yes the Braves do suck, the NFL, racing, and an occasional weird sports news. I really did not have time for “Diversity in Sports” as Emil referred to it. We were at an impasse, I did not feel I had time to do much diversity in sports, and Emil wanted them. Something had to give, and in the end it was me. I got promoted, or demoted, or maybe I just slid out of the way, I ain’t real sure.
Emil asked John to do a diversity in sports report in addition to my sports. Which I theory is great, but in practice is not real practical. There is only so much golf and tennis and stuff like that to talk about. John and I began to talk and I realized that we could have the best of both worlds. Emil could have his diversity in sports with John taking over the general sports news except racin’, rasslin’, and fightin’, which I would now be able to expand coverage on. Instead of getting thirty or forty seconds about our southern sports, you get two full reports each day of real important sports news. Plus John will do two sports reports on all the pro, college, and high school sports, We all win, John gets to report on regular sports news, I get to report the really important sports news, and Emil gets his putty butt sports reported on also.
Hope you all enjoy the new additions to the website like the news on demand, the sports on demand, and our blogs. Many other updates are in the wings that I know you all will enjoy. Things are a changin’ around here.
Anyway, that’s about it sports fans. If you like the new sports reports, if you like the new features on the website, and if you are glad high school football is finally here, then give me a good ol’ Stone Cold Steve Austin “Oh Hell Yeah!!!”
God Bless guys,
The Big Un’
Monday, August 4, 2008
Football Lessons
Today is the first day of practice for the 2008 high school football season and on this monumental day I reflect back to my high school playing days. I think back to 1972. My gosh, can it be that it’s been 36 years since I was one of these young warriors, full of piss and vinegar and ready to take on the world. It seems like it was yesterday. Sometimes it seems like it was another lifetime ago.
I was lucky enough to play for Keith Richardson, who in my and a lot of other people’s opinion was one of the greatest high school football coaches ever in the history of high school football in South Carolina. Coach Richardson made us good football players, but he made us better men. Sure, he taught us how to win football games, but more importantly, he taught us about life. My teammates and I learned that nothing is impossible, that together as a whole we were stronger than individuals, to love your teammate like a brother, to play hard but to play fair, and to never give up.
Throughout my life when I have hit roadblocks I have called on the lessons that I learned from Coach Richardson, and time and time again these lessons have given me the encouragement that I needed to go on. Many of my teammates have told me the same thing.
Keith Richardson taught us how to be men, and for that myself and 31 other guys that made up the 1972 state champion Clinton Red Devils will forever be indebted to him.
To the young men making up this year’s Raiders, Red Devils, Crusaders, Hornets football teams, I urge you, listen to your coaches. Now they might seem a little to hard, or mean, or ever wrong, but I promise you the lessons that they are teaching you will serve you the rest of your life.
In closing, thank you Coach Richardson for the lessons of life you taught to all the players that were lucky enough to play for you. You meant more to us than you will ever know, and for that we will forever be indebted to you.
‘Til next time, I’m the Big’Un, God Bless all!!!
I was lucky enough to play for Keith Richardson, who in my and a lot of other people’s opinion was one of the greatest high school football coaches ever in the history of high school football in South Carolina. Coach Richardson made us good football players, but he made us better men. Sure, he taught us how to win football games, but more importantly, he taught us about life. My teammates and I learned that nothing is impossible, that together as a whole we were stronger than individuals, to love your teammate like a brother, to play hard but to play fair, and to never give up.
Throughout my life when I have hit roadblocks I have called on the lessons that I learned from Coach Richardson, and time and time again these lessons have given me the encouragement that I needed to go on. Many of my teammates have told me the same thing.
Keith Richardson taught us how to be men, and for that myself and 31 other guys that made up the 1972 state champion Clinton Red Devils will forever be indebted to him.
To the young men making up this year’s Raiders, Red Devils, Crusaders, Hornets football teams, I urge you, listen to your coaches. Now they might seem a little to hard, or mean, or ever wrong, but I promise you the lessons that they are teaching you will serve you the rest of your life.
In closing, thank you Coach Richardson for the lessons of life you taught to all the players that were lucky enough to play for you. You meant more to us than you will ever know, and for that we will forever be indebted to you.
‘Til next time, I’m the Big’Un, God Bless all!!!
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