The Forge: www.tommyduke.com » Football http://www.tommyduke.com adventures in becoming... Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:26:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Unbelievable http://www.tommyduke.com/2008/02/04/unbelievable-3/ http://www.tommyduke.com/2008/02/04/unbelievable-3/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:37:02 +0000 Tommy http://www.tommyduke.com/2008/02/04/unbelievable-3/ New York Giants - Super Bowl Champs

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With about a minute left, it looks like my boys from LSU are putting the wraps on a fairly thorough whipping of “the” Ohio State University…

I’m a bit embarassed to say this, but this is a bittersweet moment.  Yes, my team is on the verge of winning their 2nd national title in 4 years, but this also means that there is less than a minute of college football left in this season.

sniffle, sniffle, wipe — I’ll cry about that tomorrow. 

I’ve got to go celebrate! 38-24 LSU!

Richard Dickson and Brandon LaFell

GEAUX TIGERS!!!!! National Champs!!!

]]> http://www.tommyduke.com/2008/01/07/conference-supremacy/feed/ 2 And By the Way… http://www.tommyduke.com/2007/12/03/and-by-the-way/ http://www.tommyduke.com/2007/12/03/and-by-the-way/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:07:31 +0000 Tommy http://www.tommyduke.com/2007/12/03/and-by-the-way/ I’ve developed some friendships since moving to Pittsburgh with a lot of folks from just south in West Virginia.  And I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those WVU Mountaineer fans for completely choking Saturday night!

Because of your sincere concern and Pitt’s best efforts, my LSU Tigers will once again play for the National Championship this January!  Geaux Tigers!

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Chicago is an interesting city.  It was – go figure – windy while we were there and a little chilly.  We spent a lot of time hanging out in the hotel and then driving around.  It was good to relax a little bit, even if part of that relaxing was watching my LSU Tigers lose their shot at a national championship in 3 OT’s to Arkansas.  Arkansas!  What is this world coming to….

Made it home uneventfully Saturday evening about 5 pounds heavier (thank you Chicago deep dish pizza!) and a little bit more relaxed.  Good trip.

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Torn because I want to be happy — LSU won on a last second (literally) touchdown pass over Auburn last night.

But I can’t help but be a little unhappy — the Steelers lost on a last second (literally) field goal to the Broncos tonight.

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This summer we met once a month and worked on much of the preparation and legwork — learning the playbook, getting in shape, practicing, etc.   Now, just as fall is approaching we’re about to Kick-Off weekly services (less than 4 days now), just like the first game of the season. 

One thing I remember most about the first game of the season is that no matter how much you had worked out, practiced, and scrimmaged, the speed of things is always faster in the game.  I can already feel the pace of things ramping up this week.  I always did better during the season because I like being a little overloaded and functioning at game speed.  That’s what this week has felt like so far and I’m loving it!

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Geaux Tigers!

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