Entries by Jordan Hill

Early voting for the local races in Fannin County begins July 9th and runs until July 27th. Early voting is available on the third floor of the Fannin County courthouse. For more information contact the Board of Elections office at 706-632-7740.

The Fannin County REC department is hosting the First Touch Soccer Camp for both boys and girls from ages six to fourteen starting on Monday, July 16 and ending on Friday, July 20 with the camp starting each day at 6:00 p.m. and finishing up at 9:00 p.m. Those who wish to attend the camp must pay the $50 entry fee and be registered at the recreation department before the 16th.
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This year, as it seems most years usually do, has flown by, so much so that my email check yesterday led me to a pleasant surprise: an ad for fantasy football 2012 on the side. Really, it’s almost time for fantasy football again?

This season will mark the fourth year of playing fantasy football for me, and although I haven’t been what you might call “successful” (a championship my inaugural season is all I have to show for sleepless nights full of research), there’s definitely no other way I would want to spend my Sundays—and for that matter, the six days following.

While researching who to pick and who to stay away from is key to a successful season of fantasy football, there is one element that tends to be overlooked by many: choosing a great name. For every “Under Dwayne Bowe” and “Ixnay on the Heyward-Bey”, there are plenty of uninspired names that make fantasy owners everywhere want to weep silently. So, the question is how to you distinguish a great name from an awful name? Follow these five rules of naming your fantasy football team, and I guarantee that you will have one of the best names in your league.
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The Corleone family from the famous Godfather trilogy would have made excellent athletic directors in this day and age, because the mindset of “it’s nothing personal, it’s just business” is exactly how college football head coaches are handled, no matter their legacy (see Bobby Bowden) or how likeable they may be. College head coaches have one job, and that job is to win; if they don’t do it as quickly as the bosses and the alumni like, they are given a pink slip without so much as a second thought. Although some may call the system unfair, it is the nature of the beast and everyone knows the drill: there will be head coaches fired this year, and the year after, and the year after that. With the 2012 season getting closer and closer, it’s time to look at the ten FBS head coaches that must put up or shut up in order to return to their respected schools come 2013. [Read more »]