Labor has been induced in Denver. My daughter-in-law Elaine will soon be bringing Little Dr. El Prez Jr into the world. My son was concerned he would miss the Broncos-Packers game at noon, but that’s just the way it goes. The Packers are my favorite team and I expect them to beat the Broncos on the very day our grandson enters the world.
In 1988, when my son was born—I snuck over to LNC the next day as the Sooners hosted the No. 1 Arizona Wildcats in that magical season for OU when they made it to the national championship game. I can still name the five starters in ten seconds….Mookie Blalock, Harvey Grant (Jerami’s dad), Stacy King, Dave Sieger, and Ricky “Amazing’ Grace. My favorite basketball team of all-time.
I wanted to name our son Mookie, but my wife would have none of that and we settled on Christopher. I once told Abe Lemons I tried to name my son Mookie and he just shook his head with that smile of his.
I cant wait to be a grandfather.
Since the Thunder will be tanking hard once they unload Chris Paul it will be the grandson and football consuming me for awhile here on the blog. Plus, of course the village idiot Trump here and there.
It was a great day of college football yesterday. OU was idle. Texas made Vegas look smart beating Mike Gundy’s confused team by six points. Auburn jumped into the title hunt by getting a road win at A&M. Just so we’re clear…Auburn now has a neutral field win over Oregon and a road win over A&M and will climb my poll accordingly. LSU isn’t your mother’s LSU…they can score the football in a big way.
Georgia and Notre Dame have nice teams, but I don’t see championship QBs. To me…the championship QB are Lawrence, Tua, and Hurts. Fields, Fromm, and Nix are on a lower level. I need to see more from Burrows.
This is my first college football poll of the season.It goes:
1 Clemson
2 Alabama
3 LSU
4 Oklahoma
5 Ohio State
6 Auburn
7 Georgia
8 Wisconsin
9 Notre Dame
10 Texas
I remember when we called Chris “Mookie”, at the time I did not understand the sports reference. Now I get it.
Looking forward to the next generation and you being a grandfather!
love,
Jan
Actually had Mookie on the birth certificate while Mindy was asleep. She wasn’t amused when she woke up. Chris was Mookie Jackson the first night of his life. Mookie still holds the NCAA Tournament record with 45 steals in the 1988 NCAA Tournament.
Chris called at around 8:15pm….a little boy weighing 7 pounds and 11 ounces. All is well. Robert Allen Jackson Jr. missed being a Libra by four hours. I’m not sure I know any Virgos off the top of my head.
Elaine is exhausted, but doing well.
A great day! The Packers improve to 3-0 with a smackdown of the feeble 0-3 Denver Broncos no less. If Cleveland can pull this win out against the LA Rams it will be the perfect day. Baker looks like shit, but that Brown defense is playing with some heart.
I’ll pulling out a Cuban cigar as soon as this game is over. Pauli is hilarious when a cigar is near her. She pouts and stays about eight feet away….just like Mindy.
Mindy will text you some pics.
Love, mike