The spotlight would not lose anything on Sunday, as another Georgia Tech wide receiver made a splash. Okay, it wasn’t just a splash, but it was something that rattled all the way from the cold Colorado Rockies to the hot asphalt on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. As time would expire in regulation for the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers, they would need an overtime period to solve this AFC Playoff battle. The Broncos was given the first possession in overtime at the 20 yard line. The snap was made to former Florida Gator QB Tim Tebow and he slung out a pass across the middle, to hit Demaryius Thomas from Georgia Tech in stride. And as they say in showbiz “the rest is history“.

It was a sight to see, that’s for sure! After catching the pass from Tebow, the former Tech wide receiver would give a brutal stiff arm to a Steelers defender and the race was on. A race that Demaryius Thomas, wide receiver for the Denver Broncos, would win. His first touch in overtime, which resulted in a touchdown, would end the overtime thriller in Denver. Mr. Thomas finished the game with some amazing stats too. It was the kind of stats, which would make Calvin Johnson proud of his former teammate too. While Demaryius only caught 4 passes, he made them all count, cause he finished the NFL playoff game against the Steelers with 204 yards! If you’re keeping score at home for the Georgia Tech wide receivers, that comes out to be 16 catches for 416 yards, with 3 touchdowns. Not a bad day at the office this weekend, for these 2 amazing GT wide receivers.

Watching two guys like this from the same school in the ACC, makes one wonder, if there could be another hot prospect wide receiver from the Yellow Jackets program anytime soon? Well I’m glad you asked! It just so happens there is another great WR, which will make some NFL team real happy. Most NFL scouts may not have this guy on their radar yet, but he is a beast! He stands a solid 6 foot 5 inches tall and his leaping ability makes him seem 11 foot tall and growing. Due to the offensive playbook of Paul Johnson in Atlanta, many don’t get to see this Tech receiver, like they did with Calvin Johnson and Demaryius Thomas. For those who watch the Tech games regularly, they will already know who I am talking about. His name is Stephen Hill and he will make an impact on the next level. His height, hands, and speed all add up to a super playoff wide receiver! His days of playing professional football on Sundays is coming up soon. The NFL scout that gives his employers the best reviews and the most glowing reports on this Hill wide receiver for the Yellow Jackets, will make his bosses real happy come draft day. I would imagine the so called “experts” and those who think the Pac 12 and Big Ten has legit division I ball players, will rank Stephen Hill in the 2nd or 3rd round of the NFL Draft. There will not be 3 college football players in the draft, that will make a bigger splash than Stephen Hill and this guy better go in the top 3 offensive players on draft day. If he slips beyond pick 12 in the first round, then some team is going to be getting a steal! If Hill is available with the Broncos pick, I can’t see them passing on him. They have proven in the past, they like certain colleges and positions. For years, the Denver Broncos have been drafting running backs from the University of Georgia. It all started with Terrell Davis; which some football fans might remember. He set a few records at Mile Hile Stadium, just like Demaryius Thomas will be doing. I hope the Broncos do manage to snag the big guy, so he can team up with Thomas in the thin air and help lead Tim Tebow to a Hall of Fame career.

G.T. Yellow Jackets 3rd Amigo for NFL Stud Wide Receivers

For those talented high school wide receivers right now, who plan to go to a college football team in the 2013 football recruiting class, 2014 football recruiting class, or even the 2015 football recruiting class; you might want to take a hard look at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. They have a knack out of making good receivers great. You certainly want to stay away from the West Coast schools. The USC Trojans recruiting problems continue, as many high school athletes feel that the Trojans will be banned for more future bowl games. The USC team in California is NOT the place a high school football player wants to play at anytime soon. We saw this Saturday in the U.S. Army Game of the top high school players in the country. All of those who wanted to play out West or for a Pac 12 school, they chose the California Golden Bears over the USC Trojans. This was an on-going theme, as it happened again and again. Since these Trojan scouts and coaches like Pete Carrol got caught cheating the college system, no real talent has picked this school; which is now on the decline.

Best football schools for NCAA Football’s 2012 Class:

*Georgia Bulldogs

*Clemson Tigers

*Florida State Seminoles

*California Golden Bears

*LSU Tigers

*Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

*Virginia Tech Hokies

*N.C. State Wolfpack

*Nebraska Cornhuskers

*Wisconsin Badgers

*Washington State Cougars

*Washington Huskies

*UCLA Bruins

*Texas Longhorns

*Auburn Tigers

Best NCAA Football Schools for the 2013 Class

*Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

*Memphis Tigers

*Louisville Cardinals

*Washington State Cougars

*Georgia Bulldogs

*Washington Huskies

*Florida Gators

*Virginia Cavaliers

*North Carolina Tar Heels

*South Carolina Gamecocks

These are the best schools in the country for the next 2 years. All of these NCAA programs have the best coaching, young talent, strength of schedules, and overall chemistry to make strong statements. The top high school players for 2012 football class and the 2013 NCAA football recruiting class, should consider these schools first, when making a decision on their collegiate careers.

Let’s face it, the boss, owner, or company always makes more than the employee. Why these NBA players think it should work any different for them, makes them sadly confused and greedy to the core. I don’t think the NBA Owners really wanted to give the players that much of the profits and revenue, but they did offer it. I believe they made the offer, to show us (the public) at who the real villain in this whole process is.

The guys who invested their wealth and fortunes, when basketball wasn’t cool, do deserve the biggest piece of the pie. They were there when others weren’t and some how these rich and spoiled players think they built this empire and dynasty. Wrong!

The owners said their future offers would go lower and I plan to hold them to that. The players in the NBA deserve a 33% cut of the revenues, with a small increase every couple of years, until it reaches 41%. Once the total profits and revenues are paying these players a 41% cut; then the two sides can come back together again. This new proposal would allow the profits to go up a half percent up to 2 percent every two years. For any maximum raises the players take with the full 2%; then they would have to wait an additional year to receive a new pay increase.

2012/2013 – NBA Season – Players 33% vs. Owners 67%

2014/2015 – Would be the first season, the players could vote for a pay increase. They could select 0, half percent, 1 percent, 1.5 percent, or 2 percent increase. (if they choose the max. they would have to wait 3 years for a new vote)

2016/2017 – Would be the next voting session for the players; unless they choose the 2% max. raise; in which they would have to wait until the next season to vote on their revenue shares again.

*All of this would stay intact, until the split reached 41% for the NBA Players; then a new agreement could be brought to the table.

This is the best way to handle these kids, who don’t realize how the other 8 billion people on the Planet have to live. Keep in mind, the players turned down 51%; in which they would be making more than the owners of their respected teams. The owners proved which side was in the wrong, now let’s work on making a new basketball league. I would be happy with star players making 110K per year; while a league minimum would be 61K across the board. Bring back the lower seats in the NBA Arenas to 10 – 12 dollars a seat. Keep this game cheap and where the middle class working families can take 4 to the game and not have to spend over $100 for tickets, food, drinks, and souvenirs.

**Fans Can Help

1. Don’t buy any products, in which the advertiser uses an NBA player to sell their product or service.

***Guys like John Wall, LeBron James, and Blake Griffith would not be on our TV sets making money, if all the fans will ban these products. A full list of the companies we boycott will be coming up.

Top 5 NCAA Football Teams

1. LSU Tigers – SouthEast Conference

2. Alabama Crimson Tide – SouthEast Conference

3. Arkansas Razorbacks – SouthEast Conference

4. Virginia Tech Hokies – Atlantic Coast Conference

5. Georgia Bulldogs – SouthEast Conference

*The polls should help us reflect the teams who have improved and been winning lately. Like the Georgia Bulldogs winning all their football games; after going 0-2 to start the season against two quality top 25 schools. The Pac 12 college football teams, just don’t play any quality opponents.

First off, in the USC case. You have ESPN announcer Kirk Herbstreet who is not allowed to pick a winning team, in the Gameday TV Shows he does on Saturday mornings. For any game, in which he does the play-by-play for, he is not allowed to pick which team will win. However, he gets up in the 1st quarter of a game that is 14 to 0 in favor of USC and repeats a statement he made on Gameday that morning. He claims the USC Trojans are the most under rated team in the Country! And mis-uses his position, fame, and platform to tell the AP Voters to vote for this under rated team in the AP Polls; since this is the only poll, these cheaters are allowed to be in. After paying Reggie Bush and his family money and they have paid other athletes too. Obviously more will come out, after these guys leave USC.

Even with the USC team up on the number 4 team in the land 38 to 14, they end up only winning by 3 points? First off, we saw Oregon was NOT a top 5 team in no way. Just an average Pac 12 team; that doesn’t play against any competition. When they played the LSU Tigers they got beat and their running back didn’t do nothing. The Oregon RB didn’t produce against a freshmen core of USC linebackers; which makes him more of a joke. Yet, the Gameday crew out voted David Pollack 2 to 1, with Corso and Herbstreet saying Oregon’s RB was better than Trent Richardson, the running back for Alabama. I’m glad David Pollack pointed out, that both running backs played against the LSU team and the one from Alabama ran for 164 yards; while Oregon’s LaMichael James had 18 carries for 54 yards. Trent Richardson beat James by a 3 to 1 margin, against the same tough run defense. Let’s not forget the National Title Game, where LaMichael James ran for only 49 yards then. The Gameday Crew from ESPN wants you to vote this guy for the Heisman Trophy and says he is a better running back than Trent Richardson, who plays against tough teams every Saturday.

Back to Kirk Herbstreet, while he can’t pick the winners for upcoming games he is in, he is allowed to ask the National TV Audience and the AP Voters to “vote up the USC Trojans football team” in the AP Poll. Kirk Herbstreet was doing TV commercials with the old ex-coach from USC Pete Carrol and its clear that USC is his favorite team. If the NCAA allows him to use his platform to get USC votes, I will use my blog platform to show the truth.

Yes, USC has a descent QB there. Keep in mind high school recruits, he will be long gone, if you decide to come to the USC football program. He will be gone and the skill players there now are not that promising. This year’s recruiting class had several players to choose other college teams to go to, since USC could not play in a bowl game. Other violations are pending against the USC football team and they may face more bowl and post-season suspensions. No big time recruits coming out of high school, should NOT be selecting the USC Trojans. Other teams in the country to avoid would probably be the Pac 12 teams, the Big East teams, and Penn State. I support Joe PA at Penn State and he did nothing wrong. However, the young recruits should avoid Penn State, just like they will be avoiding the USC program.

A team like the Georgia Bulldogs, who was ranked 1 with their recruiting class this year and will be appearing the SEC Title Game this year, makes them a very attractive school to attend. Any football recruits who had planned on going to Penn State or USC, should give the Georgia Bulldogs a look. Other SEC teams and the ACC teams are nice choices too. The current BCS rankings are bogus and we should have the SEC and ACC in firm control at the top, but the bias voters and the money have things messed up right now. The BCS is only a mess, cause they continue to rank less talented teams high up in the polls.

Kirk Herbstreet said “USC is the most under rated team in the country”. While in the ACC, we had a football game between the Virginia Cavaliers (unranked) and 25th rank Florida State Seminoles this past Saturday. Either one of these teams could be playing in the ACC Championship Game, before they met on Saturday. Having one of them unranked and the other at 25, shows what a true under rated team looks like. USC was 18th and had no win against a top 25 opponent. In fact, they moved up in the rankings, after losing a game this year. How many teams move up in the polls after a loss? Zero is the answer! Going back over the last 5+ years, no team in the country has ever moved up after a loss. The USC program has moved up, due to their 3 overtime loss against Stanford. If you think they deserve it, keep in mind, they had that game won in regulation, just like with Oregon. They had both teams beat and allowed both teams to run over them at the end. Not only did USC move up after the loss, but the 6th ranked Stanford team who could not beat a unranked team in regulation and needed 3 overtimes got moved up two spots to number 4 in the country. The Pac 12 operates under a different set of rules. Their teams can both move up in the polls, even when 1 loses or when one looks just average.

BCS is not a mess, the Pac 12 voters and money is where the mess is at now. This week, they spit on Virginia Tech, who could beat all of these teams above them. No way, should these 2 loss teams, be ahead of an ACC Powerhouse with only 1 loss to their record.

Week 12 AP Poll

2. Oklahoma State – Loses to an unranked team

4. Oregon – Loses to over rated 18th USC

5. Oklahoma – Loses to 25 Baylor

8. Stanford – Barely beats unranked California

9. Virginia Tech – Beats a good ACC Tar Heels Team

*Stanford Cardinal moves up 4 spots after winning by 3 points against a weak Pac 12 Bears School

**Virginia Tech moves up 3 spots after winning by 3 points against a better ACC N.C. School

***Right here, the moving up 4 spots and 3 spots, shows that the AP voters like the Pac 12 better, even though the ACC teams are better.

****Why do the AP voters see Stanford above the Oklahoma State team, but don’t give Virginia Tech the same nod? Both teams should be ranked above Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State and Stanford did not play any good teams this year. Andrew Luck struggled against the teams “thought” to be good. NFL Teams should avoid Luck like the plague. He will never be an NFL QB. I know, I am getting laughs now, just like when I said Sanchez from USC would not be the first QB in the NFL Draft and when the QB before him, I said would never have a great NFL career. You know, the one Arizona Cardinals got from USC?

The BCS Poll agrees with me, that the Virginia Tech team is clearly a better football team than the Stanford team. However, they didn’t let Oklahoma slide enough spots, after getting beat by a nobody school late in the year. Let’s face it, the USA Today Poll shows the correct order with V.T. in 4th place.

The 3 SEC schools could not be ranked any other way. And the ACC did deserve the 4th spot in the polls. The bias voters don’t like the Southern Teams or the SEC or ACC football teams, so they teamed up, to make sure the Hokies would not have their correct place in the standings.

Let’s face it. The BCS will work, if you will rank the teams from the South higher in the polls. Against all of the odds and the prerankings; which heavily benefit the Pac 12 teams, the SEC still worked their teams to the very top 3 times! Well done SEC teams and congrats for getting noticed finally! The ACC is 2X better than the Pac 12 teams and this will surface in the near future too. As more football recruits, turn toward the colleges, that can put them on the NFL team’s draft boards.

Mark Sanchez was ESPN”s top QB and top overall player in the NFL Draft two years ago. For the whole season, we had to listen to Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreet brag about him and this USC team. Once they went to the football camps, we saw a Georgia Bulldog QB, who got the attention of the NFL scouts. It was Matthew Stafford, who is now playing well for the Detroit Lions. The Lions also selected Calvin Johnson from Georgia Tech (ACC School) with the top overall pick. Just this past year, they took Nick Fairley from the Auburn Tigers, who was rated number 1 overall on my draft board. I believe the Lions have got 3 top players in the last 3 NFL drafts and they will continue to do well. It should be fun to watch their young team of South Football Players, play against the defending Super Bowl Champions Green Bay Packers. Maybe Matthew and the Lions are not where Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are at right now, but the Lions are making all the right decisions.

For you guys in high school right now, look for the ACC and SEC Teams with your choices for a good athletic college. The simple fact is, the NFL has more players from the SEC right now playing for them, than any other division in the NCAA ranks. Also, let’s not forget, since the undefeated Auburn Tigers were not allowed to play in a championship game; when USC and Texas had perfect records too. The only football champions we have seen have been the SEC schools. Just look at the title games, where a team like Ohio State gets to play the best SEC team two years in a row and get beat bad for those 2 straight years. The SEC is not only winning college football titles, but they are blowing out these weak teams from the other football conferences.

Hopefully the NCAA will be handing further punishment down to USC, as they continue to break the rules, with their rich boosters in Southern California. For the Southern High School Football Players in California; just come toward the East and find a team like the Georgia Bulldogs who are young, or an ACC school like Virginia Tech or Georgia Tech. Teams like Auburn, Alabama, Florida, and LSU have great places for you to play against the best of the best and you will be moving on to the next level. If any freshmen in high school, sophmores in high school, or for the current juniors in the high school football programs; if you want to play on Sundays in the NFL, just come join any SEC or ACC school, where the best college football players in the World play!

Funniest joke of the week – USC moves all the way up to the top 10, after winning a football game by 3 points; in which they had a 38 to 14 lead. Final score was 38 to 35 and the losing team missed a 40 yard field goal, or USC would have been in overtime. Only 1 other top 25 team they played against and they lost. You can’t beat one top 25 team in the 2nd to last week of the season and go to number 10 in the land. You must play against better non-divisional opponents, if you want any true credit!

Here are five online techniques to find bloggers fast:

1. Start with finding a phone number!

Using the search engine of your choice, any blog owner can look-up both residential, personal, and business numbers with ever opening a phone book or going to the library. All that a blog owner needs to do is type in the person or business name using quotation marks to quantify the search. This is the easiest technique, but probably one bloggers will not rely on most often in conducting hiring searches.

2. Think backwards with reverse phone lookup!

If you already have the phone number, then use the phone number that you have available to find out more information connected with the phone number. Some of the information generated using phone number lookup directories and search engines like reverse phone lookup include names, addresses, and businesses. Phone lookups allow bloggers to connect with people using the smallest, but most invasive piece of information, which is pretty sweet.

3. Use names to find people!

Believe it or not, if all you have is a name, you can place the name within quotations through various search engines and come up with different but usable information to connect to potential new writers that are employable. Other pieces of information that are excellent to include outside of the name (in parentheses), would include hobbies, clubs, organizations, or places of residence that might be associated with the name.

4. Analyze maps to get more specific!

Various map search engines allow a blogger to type in an address and view pictorial and written information. Such information that might be helpful in finding a new blog-writer would include names, addresses, phone numbers, neighborhood views, satellite, aerial, and hybrid views of addresses and even street-side views. Because the information is so specific, the blog owner would know they have the right person or not most quickly.

5. Group images that connect writers!

There are various image search databases coming out that allow users to find images associated with a person whether via social media houses or various websites. A person trying to find a great blog writer could group their photos according to a certain subject matter or search for people based on photos that match the subject content of the majority of their blogs. Sorting photos according to relevancy, type, subject matter, or even size make image lookup probably the most innovative and growing techniques available to bloggers (right now).

Even though things don’t seem to have gotten better, many things have changed. It seems that Americans, in general, have become far more economically aware and better at balancing their budget. Through spending records, Online survey software, and watching the stock market, people taking a wait-and-see approach. Now, the private sector is complaining that Americans have gotten too good at saving and that it’s hurting the economy.

In a report that appeared on Public Radio, delinquent credit card payments have hit a 17 year low. It seems that consumers are far more focused at keeping their debt accounts in good standing and are paying off their debt. This decline was expected, but not at the rate that it’s happening.

People are scaling back their lives and following the advice of the last few years to get their financial house in order. There are a lot of people without jobs and living with reduced incomes. An entire generation of Americans are learning hard economic lessons for the first time in their lives. This is a stark contrast from the decades of the past where people practically lived on credit. Some are saying that this isn’t necessarily a good thing and that this new found thrift is doing a lot of harm.

In order to stimulate the economy, people need to save a certain amount, but borrow at the same time. This is all a part of the confusing dynamics of a market economy. You don’t want to spend what you don’t have, but spending is also like an investment in a market system. The private sector is very cautious right now about making any plans towards expansion or spending. One interesting fact is that the private sector isn’t following its own advice.

Some of the largest companies in the country are a little gun shy right now at the idea of investing and spending. This is because of the stagnant market growth and high unemployment figures. It seems that some of the biggest companies are telling Americans that they need to get out and spend when they’re not willing to take any similar risk. The top corporate income tax level in the U.S. rose 35 percent this year. Companies have gotten better at saving as well and all of their profits have been focused on balancing their books and keeping vast reserves of cash. They’re as nervous as everyone else and they’re not expanding, at least in America.

Whether or not the average consumer is at fault for the lack of progress in the overall market is up for debate. It depends on which side of the isle you land on. It’s true that consumer spending does have an effect on market growth and stability. When people are spending more, the market feels more secure and is likely to grow, which, in turn, creates more jobs. It all spirals from there, but it seems a little strange that the private sector complained that people were living beyond their means and needed to stop spending what they didn’t have, and then later complain that people aren’t spending.

Either way, the bright side of this economic trail we’re all living through has had some bright spots. It has given Americans a reality check and forced them to take a hard look at the way they consume. Blind and compulsive spending without the thought of consequence is what got us into the current predicament. Maybe, in the long run, we’ll be better off. A little self-introspection never hurt anyone.

Meanwhile in the United States, rambunctious kids are engaging in what are known as “flash mobs.” These once harmless activities, wherein people spontaneously appear in public places to perform choreographed dances and other displays, have evolved into coordinated criminal acts that are plaguing American cities such as Philadelphia and New York. It’s even making its way into suburbia: a convenience store in Maryland was recently robbed by nearly 30 individuals at once in what police are certain was planned via a social networking site.

While American youth are engaging in relatively benign anti-establishment behavior, the reasons behind flash mobs are likely the same reasons why the youth of Europe and parts of Asia are taking to the streets in more serious engagements. Mainly, there just isn’t much else for them to do.

Once upon a time, we told our kids that as long as they enrolled in nursing schools, business schools, law schools, et cetera, they’d succeed in life. Employment limitations were never much of a concern. Then the economic calamity of 2008 started, and suddenly even part-time labor that has been historically a guarantee for young adults started to fizzle out of existence.

Currently, teenage Americans are seeing an unemployment rate of over 50 percent. While it seems silly to expect the teenage population to be employed, part-time work has been a staple in the lives of older teens for years. However, these days, less than half of willing-to-work teenagers are able to find a part-time job. This means less fun time if parents don’t have the purse power to fund trips to the movies.

But it doesn’t stop with teenagers. Young adults age 18-25 are seeing unemployment levels nearly as devastating. Not only that, but even college graduates within this age range are having an incredibly hard time finding work. In the United States, it’s been projected that 85 percent of college graduates will be moving back in with their parents after their stint at school is finished.

This is an unprecedented amount of young people with nothing to do. Historically, hordes of unproductive youth with few job prospects has been a sign of serious trouble ahead. The anxiety builds up to a breaking point, and that’s when you start to see police stations getting firebombed.

Those troubled by increased instances of young adult deviancy need to know that many of these kids would much rather be flipping burgers right now. The problem is that even burger-flipping is a competitive market these days. The solution? Fix the jobs crisis, and the mischief will fix itself.

If you like music or want to see some of those old music videos from the 1980′s, then You Tube is a great place for that. I like seeing the music videos I grew up watching on TV. Like for instance, do you remember a group called Culture Club? They were led by a very interesting character known as Boy George. I never was much of a Culture Club fan and I don’t think anyone would admit being a Boy George fan. I can’t embed the actual Karma Chameleon video; which Boy George and Culture Club was most famous for in the 1980′s decade. Here is them singing the song and you can find the actual video, if you hop on over to the website YouTube.

Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

Another popular group from the 80′s generation was Duran Duran. I’m not really sure if they have a “Karma Chameleon” song that you can quickly identify as their number 1 hit or the best song. I would have to say The Reflex by Duran Duran was their biggest hit ever. A close 2nd on the list would be the song called Hungry Like the Wolf. The wolf song by Duran Duran was a really good song and I don’t think anyone disliked that song. I do remember a true story movie, which had the late actress Farrah Fawcett in it and her character in the movie, actually played the Duran Duran song Hungry Like the Wolf; while she was attempting to kill her kids. Yes, this was based on a true story. She was in love with a man, but felt like her kids were preventing him to be with her, so she felt like she could have him, if the kids were out of the way.  Here is that song, which even got brought up in her trial; which she did get convicted for.

Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran

The Reflex by Duran Duran

There is just a ton of these 80′s songs and videos at You Tube and other places that allow users to upload their own media and videos online. You could spend a whole day there just looking at videos from the great 1980′s generation and would only be scratching the surface, since they have just about any song you can think of. Here are some more notable songs just off the top of my head you could check out from the decade of the 80′s.

1. Toto – Africa

2. Dire Strait – Money For Nothing

3. ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man

4. UB40 – Red Red Wine

5. Alice Cooper – Poison

6. Scorpions – Wind of Change

7. Mike and the Mechanics – The Living Years or All I Need is a Miracle

8. Prince – Little Red Corvette

Do you know some of these songs? I could go on all day naming those classics from the 1980′s. I consider this decade mine and I love the movies, TV shows, trends, video games, and everything else the 1980 – 1989 years brought us. If you like to take trips down memory lane every now and then. Just go over to You Tube to help you out some. I even found an old TV show called Space Giants I use to watch as a kid and did a blog post about it on another one of my blogs. I was pretty excited when I found out the name and even got to see some small clips at You Tube from this TV show; which hasn’t been on the air in over 30 years now.

Old Japanese TV Show – Space Giants with Goldar the 50 Foot Giant

Do you have a favorite singer or group from the 1980′s? Please let me know some of the music you was listening to in this magical decade. It’s also the decade where a little known TV channel called MTV made its debut. Back then, MTV played videos 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. It was super popular at the time. Later on, a couple of new music channels came out called CMT (Country Music Television) and VH1. As you know, both of these music channels along with a few of the new MTV channels and a VHI Classic Channel can be found on the tube today. And that would be the “TV Tube” and not “You Tube“! You may also discover an old TV sit com or program you use to watch as a kid growing up in a specific year or generation.

In Florida on July 5th, 2011 a court jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of 1st degree manslaughter. Even though the young mother threw her beautiful young daughter out of a car like a piece of garbage, to try and hide it from authorities, the young mother does not feel like she did anything wrong. Mom found her self having to answer a bunch of questions about her daughter Caylee Anthony and could not figure out why no one cared about her feelings. In a trial that was mainly shown on live TV on most court days, the whole world got to see the American justice system play itself out. Just like in the OJ Simpson case, another person who murdered someone is free to walk our streets again.

Well not so fast. On Thursday, the Florida Judge has an opportunity to make a statement in this case, when the sentencing phase begins. There were 4 guilty counts that went against Casey Anythony. For instance, the fact she lied and misled authorities was one thing she was guilty of. So knowing she was guilty of this, the jury didn’t want to stay locked up any longer, so they signed their way to freedom on Tuesday with a “NOT GUILTY” verdict. In each of the 4 guilty counts against Miss Anthony, the Judge could do the maximum penalty of 1 year each. This would be a 4 year jail sentence; which probably would get reduced to 28 to 32 months with good behavior. The most loved ones, family members, and others who thought Casey Anthony caught a break on Tuesday in Florida could hope for, is about 32 months behind bars. Most don’t see her getting the maximum punishment 4 times in a row, but if this was to happen, we certainly would know the Judge’s feelings in this case and where they stood on this popular legal case in Central Florida.

News: Casey Anthony Acquitted of Murder
In case you miss some of this legal case, here is a brief run through.

*2008 – 2 Year Old Caylee Anthony Goes Missing in Florida

*2008 – Mother Seems To Not Care

*2008 – Grandparents Report the 2 Year Old Caylee Missing

*6 Months Later – Little Caylee Found Dead with Duct Tape Wrapped Around Her Tiny Little Body

*July 5th 2011 – Jury in Florida Misses Their Own Family for 4th of July Celebrations and Deliver a NOT Guilty Verdict, So They Could Go Home Early

Did you watch any of the Casey Anthony Trial? Did you walk away or turn the channel, thinking the Prosecution had so much evidence, it was a slam dunk case? It seems a lot of people loss interest in this case on TV, due to the evidence against the young Mother Casey, who would wind up not even taking the stand in her own defense. Now looking back on it, seems the defense team did their job. While some blame has been directed toward the Florida Jury, the Prosecution Team is starting to feel the heat too, as they failed to get the verdict needed in this case. Lots of people have an opinion about this case. Please tell me yours?

R.I.P. Caylee Anythony

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a 6 foot 4 inch junior basketball player playing for the University of Georgia. If you thought Bulldogs had short, stubby legs and the hangtime of a bulldozer; then you just haven’t been watching the right Bulldogs.

High flying acts is nothing new at the college campus in East Georgia in a place called Athens. Lots of people around the World associate Athens with the world famous city in Greece, where we know some of the best Olympians have competed in superhuman feats. Folks living in Georgia and around the ATLin Hotlanta has known about these super jumpers over in Athens, Georgia for a long time now.

His number was 21 and he was manifique Dominique. The man you see in these early 1980′s photos is the Human Highlight Film. He has been recorded with a 48 inch vertical jump and yes that is a full 2 inches more than Micheal “Air” Jordan ever recorded!

In each of our lifetimes we will all get to see greatness in one form or another. For me and in my childhood that greatness was Dominique Wilkins. He was a fantastic basketball player for the University of Georgia; which the Bulldogs are mainly known for their college football team. In fact, Nique was so good, he only had to play 3 years of college basketball and instead of going to college in his senior year, he got drafted by a professional basketball team. How cool is that? Most basketball fans probably think the Atlanta Hawks was the pro NBA team that drafted him out of college. Actually the story was a little bit different. The Utah Jazz had the 3rd overall pick in the 1982 NBA Draft and it was indeed the Utah Jazz who drafted this 6 foot 8 inch forward from the University of Georgia and played in high school, just north of the Athens, Georgia area, in North Carolina (Washington H.S.). In those days, you would normally have a senior basketball player to win the major awards, like the SEC Player of the Year. Since Dominique Wilkins was so good at basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs, he was able to win the prestigious SEC Player of the Year in 1981 and he did this as a junior in college.

The first player that got taken in the 1982 NBA Draft, was a talented forward from the North Carolina Tar Heels named James Worthy. Most basketball fans can remember the Tar Heels beating Georgetown that year, due to a mid-range jumper that Michael Jordan would take for the N.C. Tar Heels. The 2nd player was Terry Cummings and he had a great career in the NBA. Then at number 3, the Jazz from Salt Lake City, Utah would draft a junior forward from the University of Georgia named Dominique Wilkins. All three of these forwards (Worthy, Cummings, and Wilkins) would have stellar NBA careers. Even looking back on it now, 30 years later, you would have a hard time ranking these 3 NBA forwards properly in this draft.

2003 AAU  Team – Atlanta Celtics

The youthin Georgia were only beginning to fight over the number 21 jerseys around the Atlanta area in youth basketball, as Dominique Wilkins suddenly became every teen’s favorite NBA star in the Peach State. Soon a trio of Georgia stars would cross paths creating one of the best AAU Teams the Nation has ever seen. The Atlanta Celtics would feature Dwight Howard, as seen wearing the number 12 jersey in the middle of this rare Atlanta Celtics photo. Sitting down in the picture and to the right, is the Atlanta Hawks current superstar and high flyer Josh Smith. While standing on the far right, was a much leaner and meaner basketball stud in Randolph Morris, who would later go to the Kentucky Wildcats and play NCAA basketball. Dwight and Josh never stepped on a college campus and just went straight to the Orlando Magic and the Atlanta Hawks, where both men are still playing for in 2011. Yep, long before you had the Big 3 for the Boston Celtics in Kevin Garnet, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen; you would have the Big 3 for the Atlanta Celtics in Dwight Howard, Randolph Morris, and Josh Smith.

The biggest respect for a legendary dunkerwas what Josh Smith did in 2005 for the greatest dunker of them all, in the 1980′s generation in Dominique Wilkins. No one in the NBA, not even Micheal himself had the powerful leg explosions in mid-air, like the Human Highlight Film was displaying on a nightly basis, in the former Atlanta Arena known as the Omni. Nique was taking off every game in the old Omni Gymnasium and Hawks tickets were hard to get back then. Some where along the lines, a very young and gifted athlete in Georgia saw this man wearing that #21 jersey and wanted to do what he was doing above the rim. While everyone in the World might want to dunk like Nique, no one really can, because they don’t have the powerful legs and the hangtime to get up there like he does. Well this young man did and his name was Josh Smith and he was the first slam dunkerever, to pay tribute to a legend in the fashionhe did. Some NBA guys will copy a legend’s signature dunk, but they never do it as well as the legend, who first did it and this is why it becomes their signature move.

In 2005, a teenager by the name of Josh Smith would begin setting off  a chain of reactions; which would be heard all over the World, before the night was through. From a cold gym in the dark Colorado Mountains sat a building in the city of Denver, where thousands of NBA basketball fans packed the house and so did cameramen and photographers from just about ever nation on Earth. They were all a witness to Josh Smith taking off his shirt and having a Dominque Wilkins number 21 Atlanta Hawks Jersey underneath his sweat clothes. After the fans begin to roar loudly for Josh just having the famous jersey on, they would get even louder, once they saw what he did.

Josh grabbed the basketball tightly and proceeded to run toward the rim and as he got near, he leaped high into the air, gave a crowd-pleasing windmill motion in a full-circle andthen jammed the basketball with authority from the right side of the rim! It was already a crowd-pleaser with the Nique Jersey on, it soon became a crowd-stopper, when he powered that ball through the hoop with so much authority. Normally Dominique performed this dunk on the left side of the rim, because it is much easier for a right-handed dunkerto do it this way. Since Josh Smith uses his left-hand to dunk, fans were treated to a reverse action and got to truly see a mirror image of the famous windmill dunk, in which was just one of many signature dunks for the big fella from Paris, France; who is still actively involved andon the Atlanta Hawks payroll, as one of the key administrators of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team. He also makes a secondary income from the television work he does with Bob Rathbun on the local games that get aired in the Atlanta metro areas of Georgia.

Atlanta Native Josh Smith Pays Tribute to a Georgia Legend for His High Flying Dunks

This would not be the last thing Josh would do to impress the Denver slam-dunk fans in 2005. In typical Josh Smith fashion, where “good” is just never “good enough” for him, he always believes he has to go the extra mile. So he spared no expense and made sure the yelling and screaming fans of the Denver Nuggets, could participate in his aerobatic desires to be a dunk champion on this cold 2005 All Star Saturday Night in Denver, Colorado.

To really wake up the fans, Josh knew he would need a Denver Nuggets NBA player (past or present) to assist him with his next dunk; which some dunk experts are calling the Number 1 Dunk of All Time in a live, televised dunk contest; with the NBA taking part as a host and official sponsor.

Josh had no time to work out a routine with any of the Denver Nugget Legends who were in attendance on Saturday Night’s All Star festivities. He was able to grab a current Nuggets player who was enjoying the dunk contest. It was the very tall and very strong Kenyon Martin, who stands about 6 foot 10 inches tall. What could Josh Smith do with such an imposing figure and one who would get the fans to roar even louder? It would seem to just put Kenyon standing near the  rim and having Josh dunk over him, would make the most sense, right? This is that part where good is never good enough for Mr. Smith in Atlanta and he likes to take things to the extreme.

Suddenly everything starts to fall into place and Josh Smith takes one local hero, one standard chair, and one officially licensed Spalding basketball with Denver team colors and history was about to be made in the NBA. Kenyon Martin or you may know him better by his NBA nickname K-Mart, was about to help set up one of the best Blue Light Specials Kmart has ever had aisle 6.

Josh puts Kmart in the chair sitting down. The chair is in the lane and is just below the foul line, as you go toward the hoop. As Josh Smith is backing up toward the half-court line, he is waving back and forthto Kenyon, so Martin can have his chair placed in the exact spot for this Josh Smith dunk attempt. Finally Smith gives one last hand gesture to the tha fans local hero K-Mart andthis signal from Smith was the “stop” sign, as now Josh feels everything is in perfect order.

He calls for the tri-colored basketball from the referee. The basketball is passed out to him near the half-court area and it just doesn’t look right. The basketball is in Denver team colors and Josh is wearing his dark red colors from the Hawks uniform. The ball does match-up well with the uniform shorts and sweat-shirt top Kenyon Martin is wearing from the Denver Nuggets uniform. At this point, it is almost like Josh notices this, so to keep a perfect color co-ordination going on here, he passes a soft bounce pass to Kenyon. Just as soon as Kmart catches the pass, we already see Josh focusing-in on what he is about to do. He didn’t give Kenyon Martin much time to hold the ball and now Josh begins to run toward the Nuggets power forward. As Josh gets near the chair, the ball, and Kmart, he suddenly launches himself into the clouds above and history is made in 2005!

And if it is the best slam dunk ever. I guess I better keep a copy of it here, on my blog post of some amazing Georgia kids and their jumping abilities.

How do your rank Josh Smith’s high flying dunk in the 2005 Slam Dunk Contest, sponsored by Sprite and the NBA?

Top dunk of all time? Best contest dunk ever? Top 3 dunk, but not the best one ever? Only Vince Carter can beat him in dunking?

Josh Smith is just one of the many fantastic kids from the state of Georgia, who can jump out of the gym. Let’s not forget about Dwight Howard and his Superman Dunk.

It was Josh Smith and Dwight Howard who took jumping from the free throw line to a whole new level. One does it in Superman fashion and the other is jumping over people and catching a pass while he flies in toward the basketball rim. Josh and Dwight are still friends today; while both are NBA players and both are the best players on their teams in the National Basketball Association. Josh is 3 days older than Dwight Howard. Josh was born on December 5th in 1985 and3 days later in that same 1985 year, the Georgia Sports Department was blessed with the birth of Dwight Howard on December 8th.

 Hoops is played above the ground in Georgia and many kids from this state have proved their abilities to jump out of the gym. The Georgia Leapers has a long list of names and continues to grow in the Peach State today! I hope the Atlanta Hawks will be able to get more athletic in the future, with some of our state’s best basketball jumpers.

I think Chris Singleton, who grew up in Cherokee County and in Canton, Georgia would make a good draft pick for the Atlanta Hawks team this summer.  The Hawks may need to trade up, so they can bring Singleton back to his Georgia roots. Currently Chris Singleton is playing for the Florida State Seminoles. He was invited this past summer to team up with a lot of other talented college players from around the Nation and practice against the USA Men’s team, who recently won a championship and the U.S. Team was led by Kevin Durant and Durant was the MVP of the Tournament in Turkey this past summer in 2010. I’m sure Singleton’s NBA body frame served him well in these practices with Team USA. And yes, some of the pictures of Chris Singleton do favor the King, LeBron James from the Miami Heat.

I also hope the Atlanta Hawks do whatever it takes to get Travis Leslie from Athens to the ATL. Leslie is a strong jumper at 6′ 4″ and is going to be a factor on the next level. He needs to be an Atlanta Hawk too and it is important for us to keep these young men from our Georgia High School programs in state and move them over into a setting on our NBA team.

***Please help me to create a list of Georgia athletes, who were either born here, played high school basketball in Georgia, played for team at a Georgia college, or has played with the Atlanta Hawks NBA Team & Organization. I want a list of Georgia athletes who were known for their leaping abilities on the basketball court.

*Dominique Wilkins – Atlanta Hawks, Georgia Bulldogs

*Isma’il Mohammad – G.T. Yellow Jackets, W.D. Mohammad H.S.

*Travis Leslie – Georgia Bulldogs, Columbia H.S.

*Josh Smith- Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Celtics, College Park, MacEachern H.S.

*Dwight Howard – Atlanta Christian Academy H.S., Atlanta Celtics

*Chris Singleton – Cherokee H.S. in Canton 3 Years; Dunwoody H.S. (1 Year)

While the taste of Pepsi Cola may be very good. We can’t drink it all the time. Even for a Princess, like the cute Ariana. No matter how much we want to drink good things like Pepsi, it is still important we get all of those good fruits and vegetables each day. The fruit and vegetables may not be as good to taste as the Pepsi Cola for our mouths; our bodies would much prefer the healthy foods, like a fresh piece of fruit or all the good nutritional value in a healthy serving of vegetables.

Do you like to drink Pepsi as much as me? Yes, this is very good to drink. The bad news is that Pepsi is not healthy for our growing bodies. I know this is hard to believe, since Pepsi taste so good. I did not believe this at first either, so I did a little experiment, to see if Pepsi was healthy or not healthy. It didn’t take me long to see which is better, between Pepsi Cola and foods like fruits and vegetables.

I decided to get 4 people for my health experiment. I gave 3 people the Pepsi to drink. They all 3 had big smiles and were very happy I gave them Pepsi to drink. You could see how much they enjoy this drink and they all 3 would drink it really fast, because the Pepsi drink was so good.

The 4th person I did not let them have any Pepsi. They were not happy they didn’t get any Pepsi Cola to drink. Instead, I gave them fresh fruits and fresh vegetables to eat. The 4th person took all the vegetables and fruits I gave them and eat them all gone. There was nothing left of the fruits and vegetables and the 4th person said the fruits and vegetables was actually not bad tasting. They said fruits and vegetables was better to taste than they had thought. After I got done with these 4 people, I took a picture of them. See if you can find which person in the photo ate fresh fruits and vegetables and which 3 people had Pepsi Cola to drink.

Did you pick out the person who ate fresh fruits and vegetables? The first person had Pepsi, the 2nd person had Pepsi, the 3rd person had Pepsi, and the 4th person had fruits and vegetables to eat. See how they are much stronger and healthier than the 3 people who drank Pepsi Cola? This is why we should eat fruits and vegetables more and only drink Pepsi a little bit atta time. If you got this question correct and picked the 4th person, then atta girl or atta boy!

Please remember how easy it is to get fruits and vegetables to eat each day. I have an animal friend, who is a gopher and getting fresh fruits and fresh vegetables is not easy for him. Here is his attempts to get the vegetables and fruits he wants to eat. Enjoy watching my cartoon friend the Gopher!

Did you like that video?

I guess the end of the video means too much meat from a cow is not good either. So remember fruits and vegetables is good and how lucky we can get them so easy and not have a hard time like my friend the cartoon Gopher. Even a lovely Princess needs to eat her fruits and vegetables, so she can grow up strong to be a Queen one day