Another Break-In . . .

We have had another break-in in the neighborhood, second one in the past two and half months and at the same house!

This time the culprit kicked in the front door. He (could be a she but I doubt it) got $5.00 in change and departed. The indoor alarm probably went off. These folks had there system hooked up with monitoring and with auto call to the police. They got the call from the security service when they were on their way home from work, in fact were only one exit from turning off on Mikus Road.

So they got home, no cops yet and took a look around the exterior of the place. Found the front door smashed in. The cops finally showed up and went in to make sure that there was not felon inside.

I can only surmise that the house is next to a vacant lot, so that there is nobody next door to see them. And the front door is recessed, easy to get in without being seen by anyone on the right or left. There must be some criminal break-in checklist to follow.

Our neighbors do not have an exterior alarm, just an internal one. On their first break-in, the criminals smashed the control box to stop the alarm. But they must have realized that there must have been some kind of call in. The alarm companies always call to make sure that the resident(s) is/are okay. That is usually a tip off that the alarm has been triggered and the cops may be on the way.

The city is going to put in temporary cameras for 45 days to track people coming and going. We may be able to get them to leave it in place for another 45 days. The neighborhood watch signs did not scare them off at all.

So we are getting our security system checked out and updated. Since we are gone several times a year it probably is smart thing to do. We are after all right next to the vacant lot. But we have a neighbor directly across from us and relatively close to our neighbor on one side. The side facing the vacant lot has no entrances. So we are not an ideal choice but could be the second choice.

I guess the recession is embolding thieves.

Florida Game

Florida won. But not without some typical Florida shenanigans. The apparent wide open receiver in the end zone committed a holding infraction to get there. That is cheating. That is taught performance. That is a lack of integrity. And that is Florida.

I worried about Tebow all night during the game. But he came through okay, and that is good. I would not have wanted it be LSU that did serious damage to him. Now if such damages occur we can blame his coach and his doctors. They released him to go.

It was a great game in my mind and maybe it will be repeated. We will see.

Auburn up next. They are smarting from getting beat by Arkansas. They can be very dangerous. But the way past them is route LSU must travel.

Florida is Coming . . .

Florida is on its way to Tiger Stadium. They are a formidable team; quarterback Tebow is outstanding player. So they are well equipped. Unfortunately, Tebow is recovering a concussion suffered in the Kentucky game. He was hit solidly, did not see it comimg. The bad part was as he went down, he hit his head on another player. That was a substantial blow.

He evidenced a concussion and was carted off the field. While being carted off the field he tossed his cookies, which is a classic symptom of a concussion.

As you can imagine there is a lot of hype surrounding the game. Coach Miles said it right, "No one wants to see a player injured, and Tebow is a great player." So I do not think LSU will go gunning for Tebow, but should he play, he is gonna run. And if he runs, he is gonna get hit. The danger comes when he gets a hit he does not see coming, that could be bad for him.

The game will be a good one. It can be a history maker for either of the teams. The winner certainly will go on to the National Championship. Of course, there will be the SEC play off before things are done. Could be that these two teams could meet again, ala LSU and Ole Miss years ago. LSU won the first round Halloween Night and lost the second round in the Sugar Bowl.

Can history be repeating itself again?

Georgia Whining

University of Georgia is whining over their loss to LSU. The whine is the penalty for celebration after Green caught his touchdown pass. They were penalized on the ensuing kick off.

Well they kicked off, and Trindon Holiday ran the ball back 40 yards. Then the referees penalized Georgia (unprotested) for line up infraction on the kick off. LSU ran two plays, the first for five yards and then the second play for 38 yard to the endzone and a touchdown. So Georgia gave up 83 yards!

After the LSU touch down, LSU was flagged for celebrating. That was Scott and he said he was thanking the Good Lord. LSU did not protest the penality they received even though it was a tribute to the Lord. Seems to me Georgia went on for a inordinate amount of time as team celebrating on the field. All Scott did was point his fingers to the heavens.

LSU kicked off the Georgia under the very same conditions that they, Gerogia, kicked off to LSU. But they did not run the ball back 40 yards. Then they threw an interception that ended the game. And then they whine about the penalty they received.

Give me a break! Let see, Georgia gave up 83 yards between the kick off run back and two plays from scrimmage in less than 20 seconds. And they gripped about the penalty? Sounds like sour grapes to me. They were to busy still celebrating and forgot to continue to play out the game.

Note the computer ratings are out for the BCS and LSU is rated number 1. Oops, that don't make the pundits happy. What are they gonna do if LSU wins the Florida game?

The clocks ticking.

What a Game!

Wow, what a game. The Tigers pushed Georgia all over the place for three quarters and probably left 21 unscored points behind them. The Georgia came alive. They marched down the field with on 3 minutes remaining. And then they scored the go ahead touchdown. Looked like it was all over for LSU. The crowd in Sanford Stadium were going wild.

Then they, Georgia got penalized for excessive celebration. That was a 15 yarder. So they kicked off further inside their territory. I was fielded by Trindon Holiday and he ran it back 40 yards (something most of the pundits missed, I guess). And then Georgia was further penalized five yards for a procedural violation on the kick off. That gave LSU the ball on Georgia's 38 yard line.

The TV kept panning the LSU place kicker as he was practicing along the side lines. This guy has already kicked a 52 field goal, quite a threat.

LSU ran a running play for no yardage. Everybody figured they would throw a pass to get the place kicker within better range. After all Georgia led by one point. The next play from scrimmage was Glen Scott, who has not been getting much yardage this year, ripped though the Georgia line and scampered for 33 yards into the end zone. Now the score was LSU 19, Georgia 13.

The stadium grew quite, the only noise was coming from the LSU fans. The place kicker punched through the extra point, now the score was 20 to 13, with 56 seconds to go.

Georgia trotted out its offensive team after receiving the kick off. Oh, yeah LSU was penalized the same 15 yards for the kick off but Georgia only was able to run the ball back 15 yards - so field position was not near as good. Big dfference!

They ran two pass plays, moved up some, but it was still 3rd down and some yards to go for a first down. About 30 seconds left now. Then Georgia did it, they threw an interception. At first the referee called incomplete - out bounds. But the play was reviewed and he was over ruled, it was ruled as an interception - LSU's ball.

That meant the game was over. Sanford Stadium was in shock. Three Touchdowns in three minutes and they lost. It all came down to one play. LSU was there, Georgia was not.

Not pretty, no style points, just a win.

Geaux Tigers