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In The Mailbox: 09.15.21

Posted on | September 15, 2021 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 09.15.21

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.

Getting what they voted for good and hard.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1476
EBL: Army Of One, also, The Tangle
Twitchy: Drew Holden Spots What “Seems Like The Only Thing The FBI Has Gotten Right In Recent Memory” After USA Gymnasts Slam The Bureau
Louder With Crowder: TikTok Teacher Claims Expecting Students To Behave & Listen Is – You Guessed It – White Supremacy
Vox Popoli: The Vaccine Is The Virus, also, Why Old Books Matter

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Boom
American Greatness: Olympic Gymnast McKayla Maroney Blasts FBI For Lying, Covering Up Her Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Predator Doctor, also, American Airlines Kicks Mom, Grandma & Asthmatic Two-Year-Old off Plane Because Kid Couldn’t Keep Mask On
American Thinker: The Strategic Blunders That Gave Us Defeat In Afghanistan, also, California – A Legit Recall Vote, But Evidence Of Fraud Remains
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: Surprising Election Losses For The Left All Across Argentina, also, In Communist Cuba, Even The Dead Have To Wait In Line
BattleSwarm: Which Of Our Institutions Is Captured & Corrupted?
Behind The Black: Today’s Blacklisted American, also, Lozenge-Shaped Hole In Martian Crater
Cafe Hayek: What I Fear Is In Humanity’s Future
CDR Salamander: Who Wants To Do The Range & Time To Target Math For Me?
Da Tech Guy: The Greatest Indictment Of Seattle I’ve Yet Heard, also, OK California, From This Point Forward It’s All On You
Don Surber: They Wanted A Coup All Along, also, Vax Mandate Undermines Roe V. Wade
First Street Journal: Will This Year In The Philly Public Schools Be Like Last Year?, also,  Why Does Solomon Jones Want Mostly White Prison Guards But Not Mostly Black Inmates Tested For COVID?
The Geller Report: General Milley Conspired With Red China Against Trump, Told Officers To Disregard President’s Orders, also, Ted Cruz Slams SecState Blinken Over Afghan Child Brides
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, Butterfly Nebula, and A Thought Experiment 
Hollywood In Toto: No Fluke – Gutfeld Remains Late-night King, also, Before Belfast, Branagh Scared us Silly With Dead Again
The Lid: Administration Planning On Giving Federal Lands Back To The Indians
Legal Insurrection: “We Are Forcing Them To Pay Attention To The Things They Should’ve Paid Attention To Two Years Ago”, also, MN Supremes Dismissal of 3rd Degree Murder In Noor Case Could Have Implications For Derek Chauvin
Nebraska Energy Observer: Lupus Tenebrosus, Chapter 6
Outkick: Regular Joes Rejoice – Jennifer Aniston Looking To Date Non-Celeb, also, PA To Require Jab For High School Refs
Power Line: Noor Murder Charge Reversed, also, Our Botched Afghanistan Bugout By The Numbers
Shark Tank: Gimenez – Biden’s Intent To Deceive The American People Was Deliberate
Shot In The Dark: Being Locked Down & Nothingness, Part II, also, Animal Gala
The Political Hat: Woke Book Burning In Canada
This Ain’t Hell: Washington State High School Cuts Red, White, & Blue 9/11 Tribute Because It Might Offend, Woman Assaults Sailor She Claimed Was Phony, and Milley Must Go!
Victory Girls: Newsom To Remain Dictator Of California, also, As Brave Gymnasts Testify About Abuse, Da Nang Dick Yawns
Volokh Conspiracy: Partial Victory For Rep. Nunes In His Lawsuit Against Ryan Lizza & Esquire
Weasel Zippers: Sen. Menendez (D-NJ) Threatens To Subpoena SecDef Austin If He Won’t Appear Before Congress, No Jab For NBA Players, and Blinken Won’t Say How Many American Names Were Given To The Taliban
The Federalist: FBI Refuses To Answer To Congress About Illegal Leaks & Botched Investigations, also, The Real Result Of The California Recall is A Green Light For Tyranny
Mark Steyn: Beijing’s Man On The Inside

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In The Mailbox: 09.14.21 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | September 15, 2021 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 09.14.21 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.

From Glorious Meme Commissary Of Proletariat.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: The Australian Nanny-State Moves Forward
EBL: Norm MacDonald, RIP, also, Aging Gracefully – Susanna Hoffs Vs. Madonna
Twitchy: 9th Circuit Nominee Tells Ted Cruz It Was Just “Rhetorical Advocacy” When She Called Brett Kavanaugh “Morally Bankrupt”
Louder With Crowder: Joe Biden Visits Idaho And People Line The Streets To Tell Him He Sucks
Vox Popoli: Red China Contemplates Confrontation, The Russian Military Intelligence Perspective, and Comedy Is Over

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: When Men Were Real Men And Tight Pants Were Tight Pants
American Conservative: Defunding The World’s Police
American Greatness: Detroit News Station’s Call For Stories About Unvaxed Loved Ones Dying Of COVID Gets Unexpected Response, also, Hundreds Of NY Teachers Chant “F*** Joe BIden” During Anti-Jab Protest  
American Power: 9/11 Twenty Years Later, also, House Dems Consider 26.5% Corporate Tax Rate
American Thinker: “Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming” – What If Nothing Is Coming?
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Tyranny News
Babalu Blog: Communist Cuba Goes Back To The Future With The Same Failed Agricultural Policies Of The Past, also, Your Guide To Cuban Coffee
BattleSwarm: Austin Hits All-Time Homicide High, also, Afghanistan News Roundup For September 14
Behind The Black: Today’s Blacklisted American, also, SpaceX Successfully Launches Another 51 Starlink Satellites
Cafe Hayek: Quotation Of The Day
CDR Salamander: Preliminary Commander’s POSTEX On Afghanistan
Da Tech Guy: Report From Louisiana – Canned Curriculum Fatigue, Assorted Under The Fedora Thoughts, and Covering The Cop Shop
Don Surber: Why Democrats Don’t Care About 2022, Bidenflation Just Gave You A 5.3% Pay Cut, and Xi Owns Our Top General
First Street Journal: Pennsylvania AG Cuts Philly DA Out Of The Loop, also, A Bad Move By Bishop John Stowe
The Geller Report: Administration Removes Large Sections Of The Border Wall In Heavy Drug Trafficking Section Of Arizona Border, also, Capital Police Covering Up 14,000 Hours Of 1/6 Video
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, The Case Of The Reappearing Supernova, and Your Milley May Vary
Hollywood In Toto: “Blood On My Hands” Savages Biden’s Afghanistan Bugout Bungle, also, Jimmy Kimmel Mocks The Florida Dead To Score Partisan Points
The Lid: Joe Biden Claims HIs First Job Offer Came From Idaho Lumber Company; Company Says “Uh, No.”
Legal Insurrection: Syracuse Defends Poli Sci Prof’s Vile 9/11 Tweets, Va. Tech Instructor Apologizes To Minority Students For Being White, and CJCS Milley Allegedly Promised To Warn Red Chinese In Advance of Attack
Michelle Malkin: All It Takes Is One
Nebraska Energy Observer: And So To Continue, also, Big Boys Don’t Cry
Outkick: ESPN’s Monday Night Football Promo Another Example Of Why The Brand Is Tanking, Peyton & Eli Manning Analyze Monday Night Game & It’s Awesome, and Ryan Braun Retires After 14 Years With Brewers
Power Line: Charlottesville’s #BLM Mayor To Step Down After City Gets Buyer’s Remorse, Is General Milley A Traitor Or Not? and Kavanaugh Protesters Violate Federal Law
Shark Tank: DeSantis Eliminates Common Core In Florida
Shot In The Dark: Being Locked Down & Nothingness, Part I, also, At Stake
The Political Hat: The COVID Penal Colony Down Under, also, Allah Vs. The Astral Witches
This Ain’t Hell: Here We Go Again – California Voters Told They Already Voted, After 1/6, Did General Milley Commit Treason Or Prepare For A Coup? and Oldest WW2 Vet Celebrates Another Birthday
Transterrestrial Musings: The Black Mark Of A Bachelor’s Degree, also, A Fatally Flawed Paradigm
Victory Girls: Joe Biden Can’t Be Trusted With Words – Or The Truth
Volokh Conspiracy: Federal Court Temporarily Blocks NY Prohibition On Religious Exemptions From Health Care Worker Jab Mandate
Weasel Zippers: Blinken – “Of Course American Weapons Remain In Taliban Hands”, Hundreds Of Protesters Greet Biden With Boos As He Arrives At Newsom Rally, and Trump On Milley – It’s Treason If It’s True
The Federalist: Treason?,  What The Right Needs Now Is The Courage To Fight, and Sen. Rubio Demands General Milley’s Firing Over Secret Calls To Red China
Mark Steyn: God Bless America, W Reenters The Room, and Commie Collaborators

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In The Mailbox: 09.14.21 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | September 14, 2021 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 09.14.21 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.

An important message from the once and future President

OVER THE TRANSOM
McG’s Tally Book: Remember
Red Pilled Jew: Quick Takes
357 Magnum: Some Unions Are Apparently Immune To COVID-19
EBL: Worth and The Voyeurs
Twitchy: Won’t Somebody Think Of The Abuelas? also, Nicki Minaj Tells Meghan McCain To “Eat Sh!t”
Louder With Crowder: “F*** Joe Biden” Week Two In College Football
Vox Popoli: Remember When You Thought He Was A Good Guy?, An Eloquent Expression, and Hey, Distinctions Don’t Matter
Gab News: What Does A Parallel Society Look Like?

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: I Will Not Do That
American Conservative: Tyrannizing The Common Good
American Greatness: Wokeness – An Evil Of Our Age, also, Lessons We Didn’t Learn From What We Were Forbidden To Say
American Power: Who Is Responsible For The Darkness That Has Descended On Us?
American Thinker: Joseph R. Biden, Hollow Man, also, Joe Tries To Deflect
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday
Babalu Blog: Communist Cuba Ready To Reopen For Foreign Tourists, also, Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle Very Reminiscent of JFK’s Bay Of Pigs Disaster
BattleSwarm: Joe Rogan Interviews Bret Weinstein On WuFlu, Ivermectin, & Media Groupthink, also, Movie Review – United 93
Behind The Black: Today’s Blacklisted American, also, Another Technical Problem Found In Virgin Galactic Spaceship
Cafe Hayek: Some COVID Links
CDR Salamander: Twenty Years
Da Tech Guy: 9/12 Thoughts Under The Fedora, also, Cognitive Decline – The Mainstream Media Is Still Protecting Biden
Don Surber: I’d Forgotten How Good Bush Was After 9/11, Barking Biden, and Et Tu, W?
First Street Journal: Laurie Penny Thinks Americans Are “Weird” About Our First Amendment, also, The #VaccineMandate Is Already Causing Nurses To Quit
Fred On Everything:
The Geller Report: President Trump Makes Surprise Visit To NYPD, FDNY On 20th Anniversary Of 9/11, also, Afghan Refugees As Old As 60 Bringing Child Brides To U.S. 
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, The Problem Of The Polluted Dwarfs, and Nothing To See Here, Move Along
Hollywood In Toto: TheWrap Slams Conservatives, Excuses Time’s Up Celebs For Group’s Downfall, also, Clint Eastwood On Politics – It’s Complicated
The Lid: Biden’s Racist Vaccine Mandate Disproportionately Hurts Black Americans
Legal Insurrection: Rutgers, San Fran U. 9/11 Events Had Speakers With Terrorist Connections, also, Testimony & Video Indicate Biden Droned Innocent Afghan Family
Michelle Malkin: The Coming Abortion Insurrection
Nebraska Energy Observer: Not Obsession, also, Western Woes
Outkick: After Offseason Tension, Aaron Rodgers & The Packers Stink Up The Joint, also, We Are Here – Joe Rogan Vs. Howard Stern On The Jab
Power Line: Meanwhile In Afghanistan, also, A New Form Of Voter Fraud In California?
Shark Tank: Dem Rep Soto Minimalizes Growing Inflation, Calls It “Minor”
Shot In The Dark: When A Bumper Sticker Just Isn’t Enough, also, Karen Crow
The Political Hat: Twenty Years Ago Today – NEVER FORGET
This Ain’t Hell: We Remember Rick Rescorla, Missing Vet’s Body Found In Stairwell Of VA Facility A Month After He Disappeared, and Senior FDA Leaders Stepping Down
Transterrestrial Musings: The Wind In The Heights, also, Latest Spam Phone Calls
Victory Girls: Fallen But Not Forgotten, also, Norks Test New Missiles Because Why Not
Volokh Conspiracy: What’s The Opposite Of Facial Recognition? also, Memories Of 9/11 & Its Aftermath
Weasel Zippers: Madonna Wears SS Uniform To VMAs, Looks Pretty Good For A Civil War Widow, also, Unity At Last – Mets & Yankees Fans Join In Chanting “F*** Joe Biden” While Walking To Game
The Federalist: How Rural Colorado Parents Created A “No Politics” Public School In Just One Year, also, SCOTUS Needs To Stop Unelected Bureaucrats From Making Up Laws
Mark Steyn: Recluses & Reality, Reliving A Nightmare – 9/11 & The Naudet Brothers, and The Remnants Of An Army

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Democrats: The ‘Free Money’ Party

Posted on | September 14, 2021 | Comments Off on Democrats: The ‘Free Money’ Party

You probably recognize the woman on the right in that photo, but who is the woman on the left? That’s Damara Holness, 28, former president of the Broward County (Florida) Democratic Black Caucus. Holness’s father is Broward County commissioner Dale Holness, who is one of several Democrats running for the congressional seat vacated by the death in April of Rep. Alcee Hastings. Dale Holness’s campaign slogan is “Prosperity for All,” and look what his daughter’s doing:

Federal prosecutors have charged 28-year-old Fort Lauderdale, Florida resident Damara Holness with lying on a coronavirus relief loan application and fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars intended to help small businesses financially survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the information filed [in August] in federal district court in Fort Lauderdale, in June 2020, Holness applied for a $300,000 forgivable, federally-guaranteed Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan on behalf of Holness Consulting, Inc., a Florida company that she owned. It is alleged that to justify the requested loan amount, Holness claimed in the on-line loan application, and through supporting fraudulent payroll tax forms, that her company employed 18 people and spent an average of $120,000 each month on payroll. In fact, Holness Consulting had zero employees and no payroll expenses. A bank in Georgia approved Holness Consulting’s PPP loan application based on the lies and wired $300,000 to the company’s bank account in Florida, says the information.
Once the money hit the bank account in July 2020, Holness spent the next few months creating a paper trail to make it appear as if Holness Consulting had employees and was spending the PPP money on legitimate, approved expenses, it is alleged. According to the information, Holness issued checks from the company bank account made out to others who agreed, for a fee, to help with the fraud. At Holness’ direction, the people receiving the checks would endorse and return them to Holness. Then, Holness would cash the checks at the company’s bank, give a few hundred dollars to the check endorsers, and keep the rest of the cash for herself – about $1,000 per check, says the information.

Of course, Damara Holness is to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, but her own father threw her under the bus, claiming he had been “estranged” from his daughter for years — despite the fact that she listed his real estate office as her business address.

The PPP program was targeted for billions of dollars in fraud. One estimate is that 15% of the loans, about $76 billion, were fraudulent. Hundreds of people have already been charged, but as Jenny Sugar, assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, recently said, “I think that we are going to be investigating these cases for years to come. “But we’re likely just scratching the surface. I think there’s going to be a lot more fraud uncovered as before.”




 

Category: Crime, Democrats, Florida

Rule 5 Sunday: Rabbit Season!

Posted on | September 12, 2021 | Comments Off on Rule 5 Sunday: Rabbit Season!

— compiled by Wombat-socho

From r/cosplaygirls

Apparently the only actress of note born today is Emmy Rossum, who looks like she could use a cheeseburger or five, so tonight’s appetizer is cosplayer Qi’ra Rose. Because it’s always rabbit season if the rabbit in question is Jessica Rabbit.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

Ninety Miles From Tyranny: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1470, Morning Mistress, and Girls With Guns. 

Animal Magnetism: Rule 5 Fossil Fuels Friday Part 2 and the Saturday Gingermageddon.


EBL: Sinatra September, Once Upon A Time In America, White After Labor Day, The Guns Of Navarone, Alabama Football, and Nina Simone.

A View From The Beach: Resident Winter Soldier – Emily VanCamp, Fish Pic Friday – Onislandtime, Tattoo Thursday, Bay Farmers Seek Sweet Federal Funding, Wednesday Wetness On the Rocks, Gone Fishin’, Tuesday Tanlines, Chesapeake’s Other Sea Bass Getting Some Love, The Monday Morning Stimulus, Palm Sunday, and Authorities Search for St. Mary’s Alligator.

Brian Noggle: Barbara McNair

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FMJRA 2.0: Day Late & A Dollar Short

Posted on | September 12, 2021 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: Day Late & A Dollar Short

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Aside from the fact that one of the track names fits the FMJRA all too well all too often, the whole album is just a fun collection of weird little musical pieces that always make me smile when I’m in a foul mood. It’s free to listen if you have Amazon Music Unlimited or whatever they’re calling the service this month.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

A category of people that apparently includes W these days. Feh.

Rule 5 Sunday: Mindy Robinson
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

Who Is This ‘David Hookstead’ Person, and Why Does He Hate Success?
Nebraska Energy Observer
EBL

‘The Agony of Defeat’
EBL


FMJRA 2.0: Pretty Pink Rose
A View From The Beach
EBL

The Labor Day Book Post
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 09.07.21
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

First, A Word From Zilla
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 09.08.21
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

The Logical Conclusion of ‘Social Justice’
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

QAnon? Meth? PTSD? Marine’s Florida Massacre Leaves Questions Remaining
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 09.10.21 (Afternoon Edition)
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

Capt. Save-a-Hoe: ‘He Will Regret It Only Once and That Will Be Continually’
Canadian Male
EBL

The Post-Afghanistan ‘Pivot,’ as Predicted
EBL

In The Mailbox: 09.10.21 (Evening Edition)
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

Top linkers for the week ending September 10:

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  3.  A View From The Beach (7)
  4.  Proof Positive (5)

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Serial Inseminator Arrested in Knoxville

Posted on | September 12, 2021 | Comments Off on Serial Inseminator Arrested in Knoxville

Perhaps you have forgotten the name Desmond Hatchett, who was the subject of a manhunt in Tennessee. Let me refresh your memory:

Tennessee made headlines as the Deadbeat Dad Capital of the World a few years ago. The story started in May 2012 with Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville, who had reportedly sired 30 offspring by 11 different women. WREG-TV quoted Hatchett: “I had four kids in the same year. Twice.” When that story drew nationwide attention — “Tennessee Baby Machine Is A State Inmate” was the Smoking Gun headline — a Memphis TV station did some checking with local court records and discovered that Terry Tyrone Turnage had spawned 23 children with 17 different women, while Richard M. Colbert was the father of 25 children by 18 different women. Then in 2013, a Nashville TV station reported that Orlando Shaw, 33, was the father of 22 children by 14 different women. “I was young and ambitious, and I love women,” Shaw told WTVF. “You can’t knock no man for loving women.”
In case you lost count: 4 men, 60 women, 100 children.
None of these serial inseminators was a “father” beyond the mere facts of biology. They were not capable of paying child-support adequate to the needs of their offspring, nor did they support the “baby mamas” who incubated their seed. Various taxpayer-funded government programs — Medicaid, food stamps, WIC, public housing, AFDC, etc. — make possible such reckless sprees of irresponsible procreation. Any student of sociology would expect that when these children are old enough to reproduce, they will do so in similarly disordered ways. And this is what feminists call success.

There are varying estimates of the number of children sired by Desmond Hatchett, and when police issued warrants for his arrest in March, WVLT-TV reported that the serial inseminator only had 21 offspring:

Police said Desmond Lanier Hatchett, 41, of Knoxville, Tennessee is wanted on charges related to rape, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, and aggravated robbery stemming from a domestic incident that happened in the 100 block of Dew Drop Lane on February 11, 2021.
WVLT discovered Hatchett has over 100 previous known charges. He is also the man who fathered 21 kids and couldn’t afford to pay child support in 2009.
Hatchett is described as standing 6’0″ and weighing 220 pounds. Anyone who sees him or knows where he may be is urged to call 911.

Hatchett was arrested last Sunday, after a high-speed pursuit:

Officers spotted a red Ford Taurus known to be occupied by Hatchett and attempted to initiate a traffic stop with him. Hatchett fled from officers at a high rate of speed, according to KPD.
Officers initiated their emergency equipment while on N. Mary Street near Magnolia Avenue, but Hatchett continued to flee from officers for several minutes until he came to a stop in a driveway in the 4100 block of Skyline Drive and fled on foot, KPD said.
After a brief foot pursuit, officers took Hatchett into custody without further incident, according to KPD.

This menace to society is now behind bars where he belongs. No word yet on whether he impregnated any more women while he was at large.




 

Category: Crime, Tennessee

Jacksonville State Stuns FSU 20-17 With Last-Second 59-Yard Touchdown Pass

Posted on | September 12, 2021 | Comments Off on Jacksonville State Stuns FSU 20-17 With Last-Second 59-Yard Touchdown Pass

Damond Philyaw-Johnson’s game-winning TD.

As they say at Jax State, “Fear the Beak”:

Jacksonville State pulled off a miraculous victory over Florida State on Saturday night when quarterback Zerrick Cooper found Damond Philyaw-Jackson for a 59-yard touchdown on the final play of the game to lift the Gamecocks to a 20-17 win. The play marked the first time that Jacksonville State, an FCS team, ever led against its ACC foe.
The loss for FSU came just five days after it fought Notre Dame to the wire before losing in overtime and capped a wild day in college football. The reception was the first of the game for Philyaw-Johnson and the longest play from scrimmage for the Gamecocks, who lost their opener to UAB 31-0 on Sept. 1
Jacksonville State scored on its last two possessions of the game, both drives going more than 80 yards in length, to roar back from a 17-7 deficit. The Gamecocks got the football back with 1:32 remaining and two timeouts at its own 17-yard line after Florida State elected to punt instead of going for it on fourth-and-2 from its own 44. The Seminoles also faced a third-and-1 on the previous play, but running back Jashaun Corbin was tackled for a loss to force FSU into the fourth down play. A first down would likely have cemented the outcome in FSU’s favor.
Afterwards, Jacksonville State players celebrated the stunning result by planting their flag in the middle of Florida State’s field. . . .
With its final 59-yard game-winner, Jacksonville State outgained the Seminoles 350-335 for the game and notched a victory that will go down in program lore.

All y’all know me as a ’Bama fan, but I’m actually an alumnus of Jacksonville State, a campus known as “The Gem of the Hills,” about 90 miles west of Atlanta, in the foothills of the Appalachians. JSU’s most famous alumni is probably Randy Owen, lead singer of the group Alabama, along with Pulitzer-winning journalist and author Rick Bragg.

Oh, wait — I almost forgot Rick and Bubba!

Fight on! Fight on for ole Jax State!
We’re proud that we’re from Alabama!
Fight on, now don’t you hesitate,
Courage, pride and honor
will lead you on to victory, so
Fight on! Fight for the Red and White!
We’re gonna howl tonight!
Come on! You Gamecocks,
Fight and see,
That we will win the victory!

Jax State began its history as State Normal School — a teacher training institution — and its College of Education continues to be the core of its academic program, along with business, nursing and law enforcement. They’ve got the greatest marching band on the entire planet. In football, the Gamecocks won four consecutive Ohio Valley Conference championships (2014-2017) and in 2015 made it to the FCS national title game before losing to North Dakota State. Before moving up to FCS (which used to be Division I-AA), JSU was a Division II program, and won the Division II national championship in 1992.

JSU beat Ole Miss in 2010, but this win over FSU was something else:

The two players who connected on the winning touchdown both began their careers in the ACC. Cooper — who completed 17 of 38 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns in the game — is a Clemson transfer, while Philyaw-Johnson came to JSU from Duke.
The game-winner was Philyaw-Johnson’s only catch of the game. JSU’s other touchdowns came on a 2-yard run by Josh Samuel in the first quarter and Cooper’s 23-yard pass to Ahmad Edwards with 4:45 to play.
Florida State then drove the ball to its 44, but punted on 4th-and-2. It took the Gamecocks nine plays to move from the 17 to the 41, and Cooper threw three consecutive incompletions before the game-winner.

So, to recap 2021: Joe Biden is allegedly president, the Taliban have taken back Afghanistan, and JSU beat FSU. Craziest year, ever.




 

Category: Football
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