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02-08-2007, 01:01 AM
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dptuiHbYx_M "Paul Finebaum has done more to change the face of sports journalism in the state of Alabama than any other individual," Auburn athletic director David Housel has said. From my Cold, Dead Hands......you damn, dirty apes! | ||
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02-08-2007, 01:10 AM
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02-08-2007, 07:29 AM
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| Best of luck to him. This can either be the best thing that ever happened to him or a missed opportunity. Let's just hope he can be a "look what happens if you do the right thing" story. Cory Boyd was a great example of that for us this year. | ||
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02-08-2007, 07:50 AM
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| good for him. he's at least realized he needed help. | ||
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02-08-2007, 08:05 AM
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| Well, I hope he gets it on the first try. It's extremely difficult for guys his age to quit using. I'd even say close to impossible in a college environment. Too many parties and bad influences. Only 1 person out of 11 ( of any age ) stay sober for at least a year after rehab. The numbers are quite dismal, because one has to change their entire life. New lifestyle, friends, and habits. Retention of any old habits and practices virtually assures a relapse. It's even suggested you avoid relationships for at least a year. It's necessary to use that year to work solely on yourself. 80% of all guys that relapse, do so either because of, or with a woman. That'll be a tall order for a star athlete at college. I hope he's smart and does everything the experts suggest. The odds aren't good for anyone. | ||
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02-08-2007, 08:13 AM
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| if i was him, after getting out of rehab i'd just spend the whole day in the weight room. then you come home too tired to do anything but sleep. | ||
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02-08-2007, 09:02 AM
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| I don't want him in the weightroom. Have him run cross country. We don't need him too strong.  My wife is a rehab psychologist. He's got a long road. He will need a good support system. Rivals be damned when it comes to the mental health of a kid. We'll be praying for him. | ||
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02-08-2007, 09:08 AM
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| Having some experience on the issue...in all do honesty it'd be in Tray's best interest not to play ball at all. Blackmon is one of my favorite non-Vol players, kid is fast and nasty (and we all know that), but football is just football. Its only a game. A friend of mine, teammate actually, fell into a similar situation two years ago. Upon his discharge from rehab he not only elected to cease his football career, but transfer high schools as well. As dissappointing as that may have been from a teammate stand-point, I understood that it was in his best interest to avoid the familar places and people. Good luck and god bless Tray Blackmon. | ||
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02-08-2007, 10:42 AM
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| JerseyVol, Sometimes that focus on a sport can help as well. It's different for everyone. Your right though, Chris Marcus the huge 7 ft plus center at Western Kentucky Univ. tried to overcome the demons in college and followed him to the denver nuggets. Now he is out of the league and clean and sober. | ||
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02-08-2007, 11:40 AM
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| The hardest part of quitting is wanting to quit. If he can do that then half the battle is won. | ||
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02-08-2007, 11:48 AM
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| I was on the Tiger Transit (student bus system) yesterday and Pat Sims was on it with some other football players (not sure who they were). Some other kid on the bus brought up Trey, and they all said he would be back in the fall. From what everyone inside the program has said, his infraction wasn't very serious, but Tubs doesn't tolerate any kind of misbehavior.. basically Blackmon is taking the semester off, and getting his life together. He should, and I think he will, be back in the fall in time for the games. | ||
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