Favorite team:LSU 
Location:piney woods
Biography:BSEE LSU-60, aerospace engr, photographer, math teacher
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Occupation:math teacher, retred aerospace, retired photographer
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Registered on:11/19/2005
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we pretty much have the bookends on the decade, but overall, Texas has a better claim based on performance in the middle years...

re: Dream Match-up

Posted by WampusCat56 on 6/17/09 at 5:34 am
My son is from UT and we have been praying for this to happen forever - football, BB, baseball, doesn't matter. I started trash-talking him last nite after the Texas vicory. keeping my fingers crossed for this one....

re: ....And The Home Of The Brave?

Posted by WampusCat56 on 5/10/09 at 8:00 am
[quote]that hardly makes me any less of a patriotic American. Judge that by my ideals[/quote] done - you are not patriotic....

re: Cecil Collins or Kevin Faulk

Posted by WampusCat56 on 5/5/09 at 5:56 am
what the hell kind of 'pickup game' are you talking about? bunch of frat boys standing around who 'wanna play some f-ball' and up walks Kevin and Cecil who want to play too??? That would equate to Kevin v Cecil one-on-one. So the question comes - which one could more easily tackle the othe...
[quote]Nobody hates Lee you fool. They just think that he shouldn't be the starting quarterback. [/quote] so true I felt sorry for the kid I think it was a shame we didn't have anyone on the bench to avoid the embarassment. Some say we should have played JJ at once - who is to say that if we ...
Saw that first thing this morning. AMAZING stats - don't care if she IS playing in Conn. Anyone who can throw that many pitches without WALKING a bunch is amazing....

re: It’s unanimous!!!

Posted by WampusCat56 on 4/16/09 at 5:08 am
[quote]We got a whole damn Rant full of coaches and brilliant min[/quote] As Lincoln said during the early stages of the Civil War - "Alas, we are indeed unfortunate in that all our best generals are busy writing for the newspapers"...

re: Fark the "Catch"

Posted by WampusCat56 on 3/27/09 at 5:31 am
Looks like the sun was in his eyes - lost it at the last second....
[quote]LSU Football Practice Report 3/12/09: Jarrett Lee threw two pick-6's during the jumping jacks..[/quote] I wish I hadn't laughed at that = but I did....
[quote]8. Billy Cannon's 59 punt return vs Ole Miss[/quote] Not to be a typo-narc - but it was 89 yds. At the time, it was commonly referred to as 87 yds, but for decades, I have seen it referred to as 89 yards = they must have re-looked at the film and calibrated the spot more accurately....

re: Will the Dow go below 5000?

Posted by WampusCat56 on 3/7/09 at 7:55 am
[quote]weapon of wealth destruction[/quote] good one It is obvious this is his goal - redistribution has always been part of his agenda. Remember, though, redistribution makes for a whole bunch of people who are 'better off' in comparison to those 'rich people' who where 'holding them down.' ...

Eddy Fuller

Posted by WampusCat56 on 3/6/09 at 5:53 am
I attended Leesville High School Principal's List banquet last night - an event honoring students who have maintained a 3.8 GPA. Eddy Fuller was the guest speaker. I had seen him play both at Leesville and at LSU, but never knew that he was a scholar as well. Turns out he was outstanding as a ...

re: Looks like Shep gets #10

Posted by WampusCat56 on 2/1/09 at 5:48 pm
[quote]Leesville boy David Detz made the roster after walking on last year. He's No. 19. That's a Wampus Cat from a solid military family[/quote] I am glad to hear that - the kid is solid. I loved watching him play year before last - he was a hitter par execelante`...
[quote]he was in town to visit Ford[/quote] Miles came to the high school today - nobody told me until after school. I would like to have met him....
[quote]Most Entertaining Play Call Under LM Regime? The first sign of lesticles. Jackson throwing a fake punt pass out of his own end zone at Arizona St in 2005.[/quote] That is when I developed my man-love for Miles....
wait - you mean all those girls in the avatars are not wives>>>???????...
[quote]I really gave him the benefit of the doubt most of the year being a freshman and all. I was at the alabama game,sitting on the 30 yardline,when on third down and three he rolled to my side, he could have walked for 10 yards but instead threw the ball out of bounds. [/quote] Precisely the mom...

re: LSU cannot lose Lee

Posted by WampusCat56 on 1/12/09 at 3:58 am
[quote]no whats amazing is the fact that hatch seems non existant [/quote] AMEN bro - Hatch is the answer to the backup QB situation. Lee needs more football savvy, not just improvement in QB skills. When I saw him pull up and make an impossible toss for an incompletion instead of just putting h...

re: Why LSU and not Louisiana State?

Posted by WampusCat56 on 1/10/09 at 9:29 am
[quote]back when I walked 12 miles to school each way, and all uphill. [/quote] Don't forget the snow. It always snowed all the time 'back then' - more evidence of global warming. eta - and at my school, it was uphill BOTH ways....