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Feb

05

2009

25 Random Things

Posted by Todd Porter | Comments : (0)

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Everyone seems to be doing this on Facebook and I keep getting tagged with it on my Facebook profile by my friends, so I decided to do it. Since I have everything that appears on my blog appear there I decided to post it here first so that my blog readers could see it as well.

1) I have always lived in the state of Michigan, except for 3 years when I was in Bible college in New York.

2) I love to travel, but I rarely do because I don’t have a lot of money to do so.

3) My favorite means of travel is by airplane.

4) I am a roller coaster junkie.

5) I hate cold and wonder how it is that I have survived almost 36 years in this arctic tundra called Michigan.

6) Ever since I was a child I have always wanted to be a pastor.

7) I also have dreams of being an actor. I love being on the stage and would love to be in a movie.

8 ) My favorite state that I have been to is California.

9) Racism of any kind really annoys me and I even got in a fight with my best friend when I was a kid over it.

10) I am a Michigan fan at heart, but I also like Notre Dame. (Don’t tell my Michigan fan friends.)

11) I refuse to wear the color green or red during football season, because I don’t want anyone to think that I am a fan of one of those schools.

12) I love high school and college football.

13) I actually don’t own very many clothes with the colors red or green anyway.

14) My favorite athletic event is le Tour de France.

15) I have always wanted to meet Bo Schembechler and was really sad when he died, because it meant that I lost my chance.

16) I like to have an occasional cigar and I usually smoke one to celebrate a significant event in my life, like when I graduated from Bible college, had kids, etc.

17) I used to smoke cigarettes a lot when I was a teenager, which was dumb, and never had my ID checked until the day I turned 18.

18) I am a social networking addict.

19) I am a social butterfly and love being in large crowds of people.

20) I married my wife when she was a teenager and I want to be a youth pastor. Is that weird?

21) My wife and I have known each other pretty much our whole lives and I think that is very cool.

22) There are very few people that I can not get along with.

23) When I have a friendship end it takes me a really long time to get over it.

24) I rarely give up on people and I always believe that things can get better for them.

25) One of the most treasured things that have been said to me were: 1) that I am loyal & 2) that I was there.

Aug

26

2008

My Favorite Time of Year

Posted by Todd Porter | Comments : (10)

Category : Sports

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I love summer and the heat that comes with it, especially 90 degree summer days. And while I am sad to have the summer end and have to bust out the winter clothes, I am excited to have college football starting back up. You may have noticed that I changed the header on my blog to reflect my favorite college football team.

Some of the best parts of college football, and really all college sports, are the rivalries. I love going to games and seeing the fans wearing their respective teams colors while cheering on their team. You just don’t get that same feeling with pro sports.

Plus, the guys on the field are playing for the love of the game more than the paycheck, which is another thing that annoys me about pro football. Of course, there is the fact that I am a Detroit Lions fan and that probably adds to my disdain for pro football. LOL

My wife is not looking forward to it, because that means that the TV will be on some college football game all day Saturday. Starting with College Gameday on ESPN. And the best part is that this year I get to watch Michigan play in HD, along with the myriad of other games that I will watch.

This season at Michigan will bring with it a new challenge because we have a new coach. And while I am not happy about the circumstances surrounding him leaving his previous school, I would be a fool to not say that I am not excited about what Coach Rod will do with the boys in the winged helmet. Hopefully, he can repeat the success of Bo Schembechler in his first season at Michigan and beat the bucks. All we need to do is take a page from the SEC.

Jan

08

2008

Congratulations to Les Miles and LSU

Posted by Todd Porter | Comments : (2)

Category : Sports

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Les WinsOnce again the SEC is the dominant conference in college football. While I am happy that they beat the Buckeyes, I hate the fact that it just shows that the Big 10 needs to make some changes to compete. I think the hiring of Rich Rodriguez at Michigan is a big step forward.

I honestly do feel bad for the Buckeye fans because this makes 3 National Championship in a row that they have lost. And as much I dislike them I know it is tough and so I do feel for the athletes and fans. Even though I never liked the Buffalo Bills I felt bad for them when they lost 4 Super Bowls in a row.

But my hat off to Les Miles and his LSU Tigers for winning the National Championship game. They played with class and pride, which I would not expect anything less from a team coached by a Michigan man. It was no secret that I wanted Les as the head coach at Michigan and that I was not happy when he didn’t take the job. I even made the comment that his true colors were green and not maize and blue. I want to take that back. I read an article in the USA Today and when I came to this quote I realized how wrong I was.

“The timing just wasn’t there,” his wife said. “He put the team first, even in front of what may have been a professional dream of his, because this is such a great team and a great program. There was no way he was going to do anything to jeopardize anything these kids have put forth.

“From the time they started mentioning his name for the Michigan job, he said nothing would interfere with this team until the last second goes off the clock on whatever the last game is. The thing he learned from Bo Schembechler was the team, the team, the team.“

Les was simply doing what it is that Bo had taught him. He was truly being a Michigan man by staying and caring about “the team, the team, the team”, which was Bo’s mantra. Thank you, Les, for being a true Michigan man. I am sad you are not here, but I am happy to know you are staying true to the ideals of a Michigan man.

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