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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 9 views
Comparing church activities to the game of football
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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 14 views • unknown
Use your imagination and consider the situation as it developed in the U. of Kentucky and U. of Georgia football game as few years ago. Time was running out. Kentucky was leading, but Georgia had the ball as the final seconds ticked away. Georgia was in field goal distance for the accurate toe of their…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
In a special report on football in America, Sports Illustrated conducted a survey that included questions regarding how important football is to Americans. Only 1.4% said that football was more important than family but 20.1% admitted that football was more important than their jobs and 26.7% agreed…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 91 views
Benjamin Watson plays in the NFL. The 255-pound tight end was a rookie member of the Baltimore Ravens in 2004. During the season, his playing ended when he tore his ACL. He did not play in the last part of the season, the playoffs, or the Super Bowl—, which the Ravens won. Even though he received a championship…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
A study published in the Journal “Psychological Science” says football fan’s eating habits change depending on whether or not their team wins. Researchers found supporters of the winning team tend to eat healthier than fans of a losing team. The day after a loss, a team’s fans tend to eat about 16 percent…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Bobby Petrino was involved in a College Football scandal in April 2012, while he was the head coach at the University of Arkansas he had an affair with an employee. The University tried to erase the black eye by terminating Petrino. Eight months later, Western Kentucky University announced him as their…
Robert Phillips • Illustration • • 3 views
When Mike Kollin was a linebacker for the Miami Dolphins and a graduate of Auburn University, his former coach, Shug Jordan, asked him if would do some recruiting for him. Mike said, "Sure, Coach. What kind of player are you looking for?" The coach said, "Well, Mike, you know there's that fellow, you…
Terry Cavanaugh • Illustration • • 3 views
This humorous story underscores the importance of effective leadership: During a sales meeting, the manager was berating the sales staff for their dismally low sales figures. “I’ve had just about enough of poor performance and excuses,” he said. “If you can’t do the job, perhaps there are other sales…
Robert Phillips • Illustration • • 6 views
Steven Lawson tells of an experiment the Texas A&M football team tried during spring training. The coaches mounted a small video camera on the helmet of the quarterback. They then proceeded to attach a set of goggles on his face mask with an infrared light that followed the focus of his eyeballs. Hence,…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 4 views
I know one football player who’s been in college for 13 years. It’s kind of a sad story. He can run and he can kick – but he can’t pass. The Joke Teller’s Handbook, Robert Orben, page 46
Timothy C. Seal • Illustration • • 25 views
FOOTBALL HUMOR Four football fans go rock climbing one afternoon. An Alabama fan, an Auburn fan, a Tennessee fan, and a Mississippi State fan. They had been arguing all the way up the mountain about who among them was the most die hard fan. Upon reaching the top of the mountain, the Tennessee fan proclaimed…
SteveF • Illustration • • 23 views
Life is not fair. Yesterday (September 20, 2008) the Toronto Argonauts used a new quarterback when they faced the Stampeders in Calgary. The Argos new head coach Don Matthews decided that Cody Pickett would get the ball, replacing starter Kerry Joseph. Joseph, the CFL's outstanding player last season,…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
It’s one of those highly ethical colleges that doesn’t believe in buying its football players. All it gives them is room, board, and $200 a week toward their textbooks. The Joke Teller’s Handbook, Robert Orben, page 46
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 4 views
It’s reassuring to see that colleges are putting the emphasis on education again. One school has gotten so strict, it won’t even give a football player his letter, unless he can tell which one it is. The Joke Teller’s Handbook, Robert Orben, page 46
Scott Cody • Illustration • • 18 views
Young people often grimace when they hear the word "test". To them, it means long hours of memorizing information that they feel is pretty worthless in real life. The benefit of getting an A or a B doesn't weigh as heavily in their minds as the sacrifice of time and effort in study. In their minds, it's…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
Last night my wife and I were sitting in the den. I was watching a football game and she was reading. I said to her, “Hon, I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependant on a machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug.” With that, she got up, unplugged the TV and…