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Re: POST EM: WEEK 8 SCORES (2018)
« Reply #60 on: October 21, 2018, 07:57:35 pm »
Sweet. Looking forward to it

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Re: POST EM: WEEK 8 SCORES (2018)
« Reply #61 on: October 21, 2018, 08:52:09 pm »
I would like to say I am a proud coach. We were a team that only won 1 football game last season. What a difference a year make. We are 4-3 getting ready for a matchup next year against a very good glenpool team. It should be fun!
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Re: POST EM: WEEK 8 SCORES (2018)
« Reply #62 on: October 21, 2018, 09:13:58 pm »
OK you guys are right. I’m an Edmond fan, but I also root for the Timberwolves. I just wanted to pick some games but the Edmond coach prefers no posting that could be interpreted as being critical or disclosing inside information.... although I really don’t know anything that would be considered “inside”. I do know kids from both teams because of basketball.

About me: I’m 73 yo. I graduated from OU and am a die-hard fan of all sports. I live in Houston. I’ve seen one INFC game in person this season. Everything else was on Hudl. I have stage IV cancer. Bile duct cancer.... same as what killed Walter Peyton. Told in June of 2016 I had less than a year to live... kidded my oncologist a year later that my warranty had expired. Endured 9 hours of chemo 2 out of every 3 weeks at MD Anderson, although I’m currently on a chemo break. It was brutal. As a result I can’t physically travel very much..... although I’m doing great right now. I have 2 grandsons who live in Edmond, and 2 in Houston. My son is the Edmond coach. He had no idea I was Grandad until this weekend.

Why Norman? Through basketball, I know some kids who play for both Edmond and Norman. In fact, one of the Norman kids has spent nights at my house in Houston during a basketball tournament. I root for Norman every week because I feel like I know them. I’m happy that they’re going to win Division 4. I really am.

My philosophy on picking games for Pick ‘Em is you can pick from your heart or pick from your head. I use comparable scores and look at trends in recent games. I don’t know any of the coaches, so I try to pick logically. For example, Norman lost to Choctaw Blue 1-0 but Edmond beat Choctaw 13-0 the next week. I really thought Edmond would win. They didn’t. Sometimes my philosophy works and sometimes it doesn’t. 

I don’t want this to reflect negatively on Edmond .... or their coach. He doesn’t share a lot of information with me. He doesn’t want or seek out advice from me about the team. I don’t offer either. It’s just understood that’s an off-limits discussion. We talk maybe once a week. Lately we talked about his oldest son who plays for an Edmond 8th grade team. Sometimes we don’t even talk about sports. We talk a lot about health....  I won’t pick the last week of pick ‘em if he doesn’t want me to. If I do pick, I won’t offer my rationale.... although that’s what makes it fun.

I feel like I’ve gotten to know some of you guys, too. That’s my story. I apologize if I’ve offended anyone. I thought you deserved an explanation if I suddenly drop out of sight.

Manthis touched me. Much love and respect Grandpa!! Peace be with you!
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