In honor of Jimbo Fisher's "Car Wash Day" at ESPN (where the coaches interview at all the different ESPN Shows). I decided to dust off this list of Jimbo Fisher quotes I've been holding on to for some time. (Incidentally, Jimbo is one of the only coaches in the NCAA who DOESN'T have a Twitter account)
What's so exciting about Jimbo Fisher quotes?! Are you kidding?! The man is pure gold. One day I happened upon a 14 minute YouTube video of Jimbo Fisher giving pre game and half time speeches. So I made note of some of my favorite:
-Big rock in the road. You don't go around it. You don't hope it will move. YOU remove it.
-Emotion and wanting to win are important but execution is critical.
-You have to TAKE everything you get. No one will give you anything.
-Love is the reason for the fight.
-Everything is about us. How we play, what we do, how we think, how we feel. From the first play to the last play. The reckoning.
-Love is the reason you play. The people you love and your teammates. When it is all said and done. That's what you remember.
-2 guys in the ring. One guy wins.
-This country ain't seen Florida State Football. They about to tonight.
-The game don't care who wins it. You determine what happen
-It ain't about the show, it's about the go.
-You make the helmet. The helmet doesn't make you.
-The play don't care who makes it.
-Show me a guy without expectation and I'll show you a guy that hasn't achieved anything and doesn't expect anything from himself.
-It got personal.
-It's our house. It's our stadium. We are Florida State.
And more recently, Jimbo was speaking to kids at his football camp and said this:
-Men do what they have to do. Boys do what they want to do.
These quotes aren't earth shattering. But they are thought provoking and have fueled a large amount of success at Florida State and at the next level, the NFL.
MDK In The House
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Friday, July 22, 2016
My Self-Imposed Football Exile
A couple of months ago as I prepared a roaring (insert eye roll) resurgence back into my blogging, someone asked if I was going to put up anymore rants. They called my blog a rant. I personally didn't feel that was accurate since I have put SEVERAL very informative blogs. The most popular of which is Murdered Out Cars and The Jacksonville Jaguars. How about Why I Usually Cheer For A Gator Win Florida-Georgia Weekend? Those are not rants. They are beautiful pieces of football art.
Then something else seemed to be happening. All of a sudden people/fans of mostly the Jaguar persuasion were eager to be associated with Jaguar fandom. They were starting pages, getting kicked out of pages for the wrong opinion, saying COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS things on FB fan pages, and worst of all, writing articles every 5 minutes about every hair on every Jaguar players head. The absolute pinnacle of ridiculousness was an article about how overrated Rashad Greene was/is. That was it. I'd had enough. I am a huge FSU fan and I'm sure everyone thinks I'm biased. That's fine and maybe I am. But I also know a good football player when I see one. Rashad Greene is a good football player. To add insult to injury, the blog itself was very Pro-UF. Now look. I try to be objective about talent of my favorite teams and be real with myself about good/bad they are. BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE PLAYED FOR FSU DOESN'T MAKE THAT PERSON OVERRATED. DONE. DONE. DONE.
After I cooled down, and let's face it, it took quite a while, I realized I wasn't ready to write again. I didn't want to say things/type ideas that were already said or go over and over the same things. What could I possibly have to say that hasn't already been said? People actually think I vent my spleen?!
I don't want that to be the perception. It's just not a good look for me.
I still have more things to say. Let's face it. This blog is for me more than everyone else. My whole life, I just wanted to be heard.
And sometimes, this blog is the only way that happens.
MDK In The House
We Must Protect This House
Then something else seemed to be happening. All of a sudden people/fans of mostly the Jaguar persuasion were eager to be associated with Jaguar fandom. They were starting pages, getting kicked out of pages for the wrong opinion, saying COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS things on FB fan pages, and worst of all, writing articles every 5 minutes about every hair on every Jaguar players head. The absolute pinnacle of ridiculousness was an article about how overrated Rashad Greene was/is. That was it. I'd had enough. I am a huge FSU fan and I'm sure everyone thinks I'm biased. That's fine and maybe I am. But I also know a good football player when I see one. Rashad Greene is a good football player. To add insult to injury, the blog itself was very Pro-UF. Now look. I try to be objective about talent of my favorite teams and be real with myself about good/bad they are. BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE PLAYED FOR FSU DOESN'T MAKE THAT PERSON OVERRATED. DONE. DONE. DONE.
After I cooled down, and let's face it, it took quite a while, I realized I wasn't ready to write again. I didn't want to say things/type ideas that were already said or go over and over the same things. What could I possibly have to say that hasn't already been said? People actually think I vent my spleen?!
I don't want that to be the perception. It's just not a good look for me.
I still have more things to say. Let's face it. This blog is for me more than everyone else. My whole life, I just wanted to be heard.
And sometimes, this blog is the only way that happens.
MDK In The House
We Must Protect This House
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Late Football Season Hodge Podge
As this football season comes to a close, several things have transpired. I could write a book on each one, but I don't have that much time or space.
1. How did FSU lose to the University of Houston??!! How??! How was that possible?
2. So, let me get this right... you warn 2 teams (Steelers and Bengals) that there should be no funny business during their playoff game. So what happens?! A bunch of nonsense involving the Bengals players and the Steelers coaches. My solution? In a perfect world, the Steelers shouldn't be in the playoffs. There, I said it. Should. Not. Be. There. And neither should the Bengals. They were both warned about their actions. But I'm really wondering what they were threatened with for punishment. Fines are great and the money goes to charity but Come On Man. Want to know how to stop the nonsense? Make them lose draft picks. And not 6 round draft picks. The behavior all the way around was shameful. Marvin Lewis and Mike Tomlin need to take a serious look in the mirror. Get a hold of yourselves Gentlemen. Get control of your coaches and players.
3. NFL league office, I have a question for you: What is a catch???!!! When former and current players calling a game/giving commentary can't tell you why a catch isn't a catch it's time to get a hold of yourselves and BE CLEAR ABOUT IT. Also, if you are serious about launching and head injuries, then be stiffer with penalties.
4. To the "poor" female Bengals fan, Girl, I'm sorry for your pain. I'm sorry it has begun to be in vogue to show football fans shocked and sad that their football team is about to lose a close game. It's been VERY prevalent on ESPN Saturday college football games. And now, a NFL fan whose team is in the playoffs, her team does some REALLY dumb things at the end of the game, somebody puts a camera on her. Nobody REALLY feels her pain. Everybody instead making fun of her for being sad about her team losing. I can't say for certain but I'm pretty sure her husband didn't buy her that shirt (for those that are new here, that implies that this girl is in charge of her fan hood, she needs no man to tell her which team (or colors) to cheer for, she wasn't bored on a Saturday night and showed up to a Bengals Playoff game). And maybe or maybe not (more like quite probably) I would have done the same. But thanks to her, I now know I need to cover my face when I use emotion at a football game.
5. Why did FSU lose to Houston??!! WHYYYY???!!
6. Dear FSU fans, There will NEVER be another FSU team assembled like the 2013 and 2014 FSU football team. EVER. Statistically those players who have gone to the NFL from those 2 years have done incredible things. So let's not be disappointed Sean Maguire and Everett Golson were not Jameis Winston. Bobo Wilson is NOT Kelvin Benjamin. Yet. So, let's thank Jimbo Fisher for accomplishing this crazy feat among football and giving us 2 incredible seasons!! And hope he strives for more incredible things!!!
7. ESPN has a major bias against FSU. I promise you haven't heard this reason yet. I made a sign for the Peach Bowl. It had ESPN on it, in glitter no less and I received no airtime. I even had my young nephews wielding the signs. So, my message to ESPN is grow up. You are steadily losing viewers and having to cut jobs. Figure out a way to make FSU fans happy. BTW, one of your biggest personalities, Sam Ponder, is married to a former FSU Quarterback and named their daughter Bowden St. Claire (they call her Scout. She's an Instagram star). So there's that.
8. Why did FSU lose to Houston? #TrapGame
Stay Tuned.
MDK In The House
We MUST protect this house
1. How did FSU lose to the University of Houston??!! How??! How was that possible?
2. So, let me get this right... you warn 2 teams (Steelers and Bengals) that there should be no funny business during their playoff game. So what happens?! A bunch of nonsense involving the Bengals players and the Steelers coaches. My solution? In a perfect world, the Steelers shouldn't be in the playoffs. There, I said it. Should. Not. Be. There. And neither should the Bengals. They were both warned about their actions. But I'm really wondering what they were threatened with for punishment. Fines are great and the money goes to charity but Come On Man. Want to know how to stop the nonsense? Make them lose draft picks. And not 6 round draft picks. The behavior all the way around was shameful. Marvin Lewis and Mike Tomlin need to take a serious look in the mirror. Get a hold of yourselves Gentlemen. Get control of your coaches and players.
3. NFL league office, I have a question for you: What is a catch???!!! When former and current players calling a game/giving commentary can't tell you why a catch isn't a catch it's time to get a hold of yourselves and BE CLEAR ABOUT IT. Also, if you are serious about launching and head injuries, then be stiffer with penalties.
4. To the "poor" female Bengals fan, Girl, I'm sorry for your pain. I'm sorry it has begun to be in vogue to show football fans shocked and sad that their football team is about to lose a close game. It's been VERY prevalent on ESPN Saturday college football games. And now, a NFL fan whose team is in the playoffs, her team does some REALLY dumb things at the end of the game, somebody puts a camera on her. Nobody REALLY feels her pain. Everybody instead making fun of her for being sad about her team losing. I can't say for certain but I'm pretty sure her husband didn't buy her that shirt (for those that are new here, that implies that this girl is in charge of her fan hood, she needs no man to tell her which team (or colors) to cheer for, she wasn't bored on a Saturday night and showed up to a Bengals Playoff game). And maybe or maybe not (more like quite probably) I would have done the same. But thanks to her, I now know I need to cover my face when I use emotion at a football game.
5. Why did FSU lose to Houston??!! WHYYYY???!!
6. Dear FSU fans, There will NEVER be another FSU team assembled like the 2013 and 2014 FSU football team. EVER. Statistically those players who have gone to the NFL from those 2 years have done incredible things. So let's not be disappointed Sean Maguire and Everett Golson were not Jameis Winston. Bobo Wilson is NOT Kelvin Benjamin. Yet. So, let's thank Jimbo Fisher for accomplishing this crazy feat among football and giving us 2 incredible seasons!! And hope he strives for more incredible things!!!
7. ESPN has a major bias against FSU. I promise you haven't heard this reason yet. I made a sign for the Peach Bowl. It had ESPN on it, in glitter no less and I received no airtime. I even had my young nephews wielding the signs. So, my message to ESPN is grow up. You are steadily losing viewers and having to cut jobs. Figure out a way to make FSU fans happy. BTW, one of your biggest personalities, Sam Ponder, is married to a former FSU Quarterback and named their daughter Bowden St. Claire (they call her Scout. She's an Instagram star). So there's that.
8. Why did FSU lose to Houston? #TrapGame
Stay Tuned.
MDK In The House
We MUST protect this house
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