Why Not Me?

I wrote that article about Ohio State on August 11th. If you scroll the internet you’ll see all the similar articles that came out a day or two later.

It’s clear when it comes to sports journalism, I’m the cutting edge and the source.

I just can’t figure how and why people with less ability, people who are less knowledgeable, and people with less love and passion for the game of football are getting paid to write, and I’m not.

A full-time job with a reputable magazine, news paper publication, or university; why not me? I’m qualified. I’m educated. I’m a professional with the skills and ability.

Why not me?

What Are Those Buckeyes Up To?

Ryan Day and the rest of the Ohio State coaching staff are working extra hard to prepare this 2021 Buckeye football team. In an interview, Day has used words like competition and camaraderie, which is a good sign. It means the team, with all the offseason changes and newcomers are coming together as a unit, and peaking at the right time we all hope. Well, us Buckeye fans anyway. Coach Day has also talked about physical and mental preparation and toughness.

He encourages his team to visualize, and visualization is no doubt important. You prepare for something, you visualize yourself doing it, and then you go out and execute. This season, coach Day will expect his team to prepare, visualize, and execute for the entire season-a 12-game season that ends in Ann Arbor on November 27th with a rivalry game against the Michigan Wolverines.

Ohio State didn’t play Michigan last season, and they didn’t play twelve games either. With all the real world issues going on that cut into my beloved football season, the Buckeyes only played five regular season games before meeting Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship.

In the regular season finale, OSU beat Michigan State 52-12. They beat Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship game 22-10, and those two wins basically set the stage for the Sugar Bowl showdown against #2 Clemson. The Buckeyes won 49-28.

Ohio State’s 2020 season ended on January 11th with a 52-24 loss to Alabama in the 2021 CFP National Championship game.

Winning is now an expectation at Ohio State so you can bet Coach Day and company are preparing with their eyes on the prize….and Michigan too. Like I said, there has been some changes and newcomers this offseason, but things seem to be coming together.

There’s a 3-way competition going on at the quarterback position, but it looks like redshirt freshman CJ Stroud is the frontrunner. Kyle McCord and Jack Miller are battling for playing time. Stroud’s redshirt should prove to be worth it now as the 6’3″ 220 pound Quarterback has four years to play!

Whoever gets the starting job at QB will definitely have help from the wide receiver position. Senior Chris Olave provides leadership, experience, and clutch-play-making ability, and junior Garrett Wilson can be just as good. Both are up for preseason awards. Senior TE Jeremy Ruckert is big, fast, and a real threat in the seams. He’s 6″5″ 250 and a preseason candidate for the Mackey Award.

Center Harry Miller anchors an impressive offensive line. Miller and OT Thayer Munford, a 6’6″ 320 pound senior, will provide plenty of push for a productive ground game.

Three names come up often when you start talking defense are Sevyn Banks, Haskell Garrett, and Zach Harrison.

Junior DE Zach Harrison is 6’6″ 272. That’s a big man! Outland Trophy candidate, Haskell Garrett, is next to him at tackle. CB Sevyn Banks is a senior and a leader on defense. He has the speed, and at 6’1″, he has the height to compete with those big receivers we often see. Banks is up for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Thorpe Award.

The 2021 Ohio State Buckeye Football season opener is on Thursday, September 2nd. They’re on the road travelling to Minnesota to play the Golden Gophers. Kickoff is at 8:00 PM.

I’m looking forward to a full 12-game season, and I know every other Ohio State fan is as well!

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Hidden Inspiration

Photo by Magoi on Pexels.com

I’m tired of going digital;

giving away my thoughts has become habitual!

So now, I keep my thoughts hidden.

Whenever I feel driven,

Whenever I break from living,

I indulge in the way of the heart.

Classical art,

Paper and pens;

meditation through a spiritual lens.

It might take a ritual to solve this riddle!

We live in a world that’s magical;

the symbolism leans mystical,

though it’s hard to explain,

I will, and I’ll make it plain.

The Goddess is triple,

The stars twinkle,

and the state is blissful.

Think in terms that are simple.

-Francis J. LaManna

SFL Socialist Football League?

It’s sad to even write this, but I don’t expect any high profile athlete or coach to open their mouth. I started playing football when I was 10. I played 3 years in Pop Warner, 4 years in high school, and 4 years of college between the years 1990 and 2001.

And I didn’t just just play football, I loved the game. I loved everything about it, and my life revolved around it. I used watch college football on Saturday and NFL on Sunday. My entire Fall and Winter weekend schedule was booked solid with watching and playing football. From the time I woke up on Saturday morning with College Gameday until I went to bed after Monday Night Football-it was all football.

What happened to the NFL? What happened to the American game of football? Today I Tweeted the NFL was done, and what I meant by done is that their is no more individual-like everything else. Upper level Management, Team Owners, and the Board of Directors have completely sold out the sport to that same socialistic globalist agenda that’s seems to be taking over the country.

I have nothing against women, but there’s no place for women in football. Okay, cheerleading. I don’t understand how a woman could become a coach or a head coach in the NFL. A Coach in the NFL? A woman?

I don’t even think you should be allowed to be an announcer, a game day analyzer, or even participate in any of these shows on Sunday that cover NFL games if you didn’t play the game. All those jobs should be reserved for the men who played the game.

Football is a violent game. It’s an aggressive violent game that’s meant to be played and coached by men. Real men.

Women Coaches, can’t say Redskin, forced vaccinations, and you don’t even have to recognize our country’s flag during the National Anthem.

It’s a shame. The family has been attacked. Men are being feminized. The flag isn’t recognized anymore.

The same agenda that has the NFL in it’s grip is the same agenda that’s gripping our Nation.

Remember to Keep the Sabbat Holy

Tomorrow is August 1st, and it’s the first day of Lughnassadh, the feast of bread and time of transformation. I don’t get too involved with the celebration, I consider myself to be more of an outside observer. I’ll buy yellow candles and frankincense, and I’ll keep the Sabbat holy until the time of the Equinox.

💛🍷🍰🔥🤣♌♍💛

Why All The Pushback?

Before I became an Author myself, I used to open the newspaper and turn to the section that talked about books. They had a list of the top 10 best selling books, and a list of new releases.

Often, there would be a feature story done about an author if it was their first book, or an author who might’ve reached a certain milestone during their career.

I used to say to myself, “that’s really cool.”

Now that I’m an Author, I’d like that to be me in the newspaper, but for some reason, I can’t even get an editor to call me back. It’s a shame.

I don’t complain though, because certain things fuel my fire, and some people really know how to push. And to those people, I say thank you because you fueled not one but three books now.

Keep ignoring me. Keep fueling my fire.

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Jentry is a term I created, and if you’ve been following NB you might’ve noticed the posts titled Jentry 1 Jentry 2, etc. Jentry is the combination of the words journal and entry. Journal + Entry = Jentry.

When I write on this site and the post’s title is Jentry that means I’m sharing something with all of you that I wrote in my personal journal here at home.

I wanted to share something I experienced during a meditation this month.

I was sitting in the lotus position (kind of) with my palms facing up towards the ceiling, and I had a vision:

I saw a light appear.

It was a bright yellow light, a doorway of light, and out of the light came a tall thin man with long dark hair (shoulder length, brownish black) and a beard. He was a white man wearing what looked like a long white t-shirt that went all the way down to his feet.

He stepped forward out of the light and extended his arms towards me. The next thing I saw was my hands, palms up, and his hands reached over my hands and our hands touched. We locked fingers and our hands stayed clasped together for a short time. His hands were hairy. I don’t know why, but that stood out to me.

Then he stepped back into the light, and the doorway of light closed.

This was a vision I had during a meditation one night this month, July.

Have a wonderful and blessed day.

Machu Picchu

It was in the early 1900’s that Machu Picchu was found, and the documentary I’m watching right now as we speak, said the Inca ruins were abandon for at least 4 centuries before being discovered.

I think that’s unbelievable and exciting.