And the Hit Goes Boom: Hitter or Hittee

So much talk these days about to many hard hits in football. No one is excusing helmet to helmet or flagrant hits. However, to just say theat players are hitting to hard is going to be hard to regulate.

How can a guy coming through the line regulate inertia. Coming through the line, it is impossible to expect players to regulate pop.

Sometimes your the hitter.

Ray Lewis


Sometimes your the hittee.

Ray Lewis


Go hard.

jas

Legs of Steel. Heart of Gold

Crazy how something can move you. My friend Chris T and I share a similar passion. We both love endurance sports. Yet in our journey's we have also discovered that we are both moved by incredible moments within the sports community where adversity and tenacity create a "feel good" moment that redeems perspective.

Before your big game today. Before a review of X & O's occurs, let this story from Colorado rile your purpose and stir the champion in you.

Buckle up.

CLICK HERE: LEGS OF STEEL. HEART OF GOLD

Much hope.

JHARP

John Daly Plays Better Drunk...?

As if he has credibility to give insights to what makes him play better. Sadly this article from yahoo.com tells the whole story.

"I've done everything right and haven't played worth a" darn, Daly said. "It's unbelievable. I'm giving myself the chance to play good. It seems the more I work, the worse I get."

Daly was asked what he's learned about himself through the years.

"That I was happy when I was a miserable drunk. I played better when I was drunk," he said.

Daly paused, smiled half a smile and gently shook his head.

"I don't know," he said.

It might sound crazy, but it makes a little bit of sense when you think about it. When Daly was really hitting the bottle hard, he won two majors and two other PGA Tour events during that time. He was a golfer known for his long driving, but he had incredible touch around the greens.

While alcohol was most likely the reason his life spun out of control towards the end of the '90s, it sure seemed to work for a short period of time. Now, as Daly said, he is doing "everything right" and can't seem to find any success on the golf course. Daly hasn't had a top-10 finish on tour in four years, and hasn't won since 2004, when he got up and down from a bunker to win a playoff at the Buick Invitational.

He still is a guy that golfers will follow because we as humans can relate to the guy.

WHOLE ARTICLE

Winning, Losing and the Scoreboard

Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops through in the towel with 2 mins to go against Mizzou. Down by 9, and rather than risk giving up another 7, he punted on 4 & 10. Essentially, that punt was equal to saying, "we give up." Or is it.

For Stoops, he made a rare admission that the polls and ranking system played into his decision. Losing by 9 is better than losing by 16 and he realized 2 scores was impossible given the remaining time.

TWO QUESTIONS:
1) What would you have done in your respective sport? Give in or go for it?

2) Was it a breach of character to essentially give up?

What's you opinion.

Think about it.

CLICK HERE FOR THE WHOLE STORY

Dwarfed Dreams?

Sometimes dreams get dwarfed. Sometimes they seem impossible. But what happens when people look beyond the "why will he? or "how can he?" and choose to dream.

These guys did.



Today, what dream is dormant? What dream is destiny unleashed?

Dream.

JAS

Another Coach Does the Right Thing

Pittsburgh Panthers coach Jamie Dixon did what some other drivers did not do on a busy stretch of interstate on Saturday night -- he pulled over to help trapped passengers in a car that had turned over against a guard rail.


The vehicle had flipped over while going on I-279 North near the McKnight Road exit in Pittsburgh and was on its side when Dixon, who was driving on the same highway, pulled over to help.

Read the full story! Click Here.

Punished for Pink

What in the world? Is there NO DISCERNMENT within leading ranks of referee officials? How in the world could these refs be punished for doing the right thing?

On behalf of the Susan B Komen Foundation, HS Refs used pink whistles. Now they may be suspended and lose pay. The Washington Officials Associations said they broke the rules...



Come on people...get a clue.

WOW!
Valley Christian (Cerritos) wins in five overtimes: Game features 134 points and more than 1,200 yards; http://bit.ly/dra5qa

To those teams that won- Great job. For those who came up short, let adversity and tenacity drive you. The best is yet to come!

CONGRATS

Character Combine representing and Del Oro vs Granite Bay. Other games to watch Pleasant Grove vs Oak Ridge HS. After 1Q- no score.

The Cost Just Went Up

Looking at Tiger's high profile marriage meltdown, I wonder if he ever new it would cost this much?

According to Radar Online, Elin Nordegren, formerly Elin Woods, is going to get a pretty nice lump of cash out of this whole "Escalade-waitresses-porn star" debacle that happened to the top golfer in the land nearly a year ago. Radar is saying that Elin will get $110 million from Tiger when the papers are signed, a sum that has been tossed around ever since news hit that the two would be splitting."

Some times the cover up, cost more than the crime.

PLAYERS FINED players fined total of $175,000 after weekend of violent hits http://on.cnn.com/a41v6Q

3 #NFL players fined total of $175,000 after weekend of violent hits http://on.cnn.com/a41v6Q

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Razzle Dazzle

Part of the fun of every season is seeing the great plays that are collected from around the country.

The old razzle dazzle....

A fun 30 second look at a great play...



Got to love it.

Have a great day.

JHARP


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Amidst a Season

Coaches and Combiners' |

Hopefully your Fall Season is unfolding well. There is so many great things happening in the lockerrooms across this city. Because of coaches like you, student-athletes are playing with increased integrity and character.

Here are a few highlights

* Many coaches have reported that the overall actions of their players are revolving around character. Sportsmanship and competition have increased across our city with fewer player or coach ejections, on-field fights, and high-lighted by post-game cohesion and cooperation.

* Character Combine will travel to Hawaii for an Island Invasion of Integity and Character, 2011

* Character Combine will be hosted in Los Angeles in the Spring. Al Adamsen and his team from So. Cal will produce a high octane event for coaches and captains!

* Travis Cole joined the Character Combine staff to develope a Player's Platform where top athletes of character are highlighted and propelled to the next level.

* Character Combine launched its twitter page : Follow us @ www.twitter.com/sportscharacter

NEXT COMBINE:

Saturday, April 30, 2011
Vista Del Lago High School

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