New College League in the Southland!
 

It is 1:00 am Friday morning and we have just had our first college football meeting in the heart of the south - South Carolina. Thanks go all the great coaches who attended - Butch Carter, Lavell Shelton, Joel Pritchard, Chris Franco, Mark McElfresh and Benny Gibson! I had a great time seeing everyone again. Joel, thanks for the spread from Red Lobster. It was unbelievable. Thanks also for customizing those new figures for me and for others to make our league look better. Butch, thanks for driving 4 hours total to be here. Your enthusiasm for the game is contagious. Your college teams are the best I've seen. I can't wait to make mine shine like yours. Mark, it was great to see you again. I can't wait to see your old-school gator squad. Chris, it was great meeting you in person. Man, you are really old-school - bringing in an autographed Jim Marshall jersey! Welcome to our league. Lavell, as always you are the man. Whenever you come over, I get re-energized to paint more teams. Bennie, you bring excitement and laughter everywhere you go. Just who are you going to put at QB for North Carolina? Thanks for coming everyone and we look forward to starting our college league in January! Till then, hit the two-a-days.

Remember, we will be trying a variety of new ways to play. Anthony, we will be experimenting with many of the mult-stop ideas that you have been using. We are open to new ways of playing. Coaches, if you have ideas, jot them down and bring them to the next meeting and we'll discuss!

Here are the division breakdown:
North:
Lavell Shelton: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Henry Gibson: Oklahoma Sooners
Chris Franco: Army (1950's style)
Butch Carter: Virginia Tech Hokies
Mat Wallace: Clemson Tigers

South:
Joel Pritchard: South Carolina Gamecocks
Beenutt: Tennessee Volunteers
Mark McElfresh: Florida Gators
Ben Kilgore: Southern California Trojans
Bennie Gibson: North Carolina Tarheels

BCS forever,

beenutt

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
 

To all who read this post-
We took a league vote and agreed to let Notre Dame back into the college ranks.:D

Sorry Lavell - Just had to do it!!!!!!!

Sounds Fun!
 

If I still lived in Fayetteville, NC, I certainly would make that trip on a weekend to play. I'd love to throw a Navy team in that mix.

Have fun guys!


Shabby J

Navy?
 

Navy!!!!!!:eek:

Stop you are terrifying the Fighting Irish

Sorry Lavell

very cool. good luck with it guys, and have some fun!thmbsp$ ppls$ hlmt$

Beenutt,
I enjoyed getting together with all the guys again and so thrilled about new ideas and options of different styles of playing the game.
I couldnt sleep well my mind racing in so many different directions on what I want to work on , figures, bases , and new plays.mgngcrz :D I will do all I can to help anyone new or feels they are not up to par on their equipment so we all can be competive.
To everyone else in the league , you all are some of the greatest guys or friends anyone could ask for.
Butch I didnt realize how much I miss seeing your talent and excitement for the game, see ya next week at your place for some serious scrimmage time.
Mark , just glad you are back and going to give us a time with those Gators. I know we will scrimmage more than most and will work on your board or whatever project you want to work on , enjoy every time we get together.
Chris, I know we have only gotten together a couple times so far, but I know we are going to see alot of each other and get your teams together and see how they stack up in our league , Im excited as you are to see how they are going to turn out. I welcome your new freindship and all your new imput.
Lavell , what can I say you help CRE-ATE this , but IM not complaining thmbsp$ ,I have just missed hanging out with you so much and you giving so much of yourself and the knowledge Ive acquired from you . I hope to absorb some more today when we get together. I am so glad to be a student in your school of football experience and just sharing your christian values and life with me is so special.
Benny, always a blast cutting up with you.rtfl$ But you know all joking aside when we get on the board..hlmt$
Beenutt, I feel so lucky to have a wonderful friend as you , and a plus to be nieghbors to your Miniature Football Toys R Beenutt's Store, ppls$ . Ive almost been around now for a year and wow what a ride its been.
I look foward to many more especially when its around the quality of people that you are Bryan.
I am so thankful for my wife putting me in contact you with last year.
Well my fingers are getting tired.. whew...
Til next time ,, my brothers in football and life.
Joel

Awesome-congrats guys and we can't wait to see how the league develops. When you get all your info together be sure to get it to Matt so that it can be added to the league directory.

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Man, you have a great group of guys in the Southland. thmbsp$

I only wish I lived closer.:(

This is what its all about for me. Learning new things, challening yourself and appreciating/enjoying your company. You guys have it all.

Please keep us posted on all the fun and excitement. Thx!

-Adrian-
:) :) :D :) :)

Oh, there is one thing I forgot to add.

Joel,

I love your attitude. Keep spreading the good cheer to any and everyone you can.thmbsp$ ppls$

I love all of you guys.

-Adrian-
:) :D :) :)

Thanks Adrian,
That means alot coming from you , I respect your skills as much as anyone Ive met in this hobby. I only wish you were here to be a part of this league as well as our regular Dixie league.
Im not that busy working in the winter months so possibly we can meet somewhere soon and get some guys together to playftbll$ and fellowship ..
Wish you well and hope you have a safe and blessed time at Christmas and the rest of the holiday season.
Joel

great time
 

Thanks to all. I had a great time last night, and there is no way I can type out and explane how geat all these guys are and how much fun we had. Thanks for all the nice compliments.

Butch Carter

wow
 

Wow. All I can say is wow. Everyone has been so gracious to me since I first joined this board around Thanksgiving. Guys calling me, emailing me, offering constant encouragement, ideas, samples, how to do's....really everyone, near and far, has been just incredible. Treating me like some out of town fraternity brother or a long lost relative.

And then, meeting everyone last night at Beenuts. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning all night. The passion that everyone brought to the meeting was so contagious.

My work related conscience started to kick in after the Redskins-Bears game ended and I started asking Joel around midnight, that we'd better get going, because I knew I had to get up in the morning and I wanted to try and get some sleep. Well, I learned a big time lesson.

Just like on Christmas when we were kids...there really is no use in trying to go to bed...youre not going to sleep anyway!

mgngcrz

I went back to the hotel and tried to watch some TV to settle down. I could not stop thinking about all of the things we talked about, the fellowship we shared with each other, the things I wish I would have asked some of you guys face to face, thinking about all of the stuff in Beenutt's awesome hobby room, trying to come up with a snappy creative name for our new college league, thinking about all of the progressive rules that were tabled for discussion for the upcoming season....the list goes on and on and on.

I have thought about almost nothing else all day!

Thank you all so much for everything.

I am thrilled to have finally found this group after all these years. But, thank God, better late than never.

rtfl$

UH OH Franco is hooked !!!!!! thmbsp$ thmbsp$ I felt the same way 2 years ago,I can relate.


Geno H

lffng$