a Bulldog legend.

I got placated a while back. I should have realized it from the start. What I was being fed ended up being nothing more than a harmless farce. I'm not out anything from it - It did irritate the hell out of me though...Anyhoo, it has passed now:

"Goddammit Roy! Where the hell have you been?" Roy Cumpton holds a special place in Bulldog lore. It was his game ending Hail Mary snag which propelled the Bulldogs to their first state title - "How you doing there village idiot? I have been reading your blog and am thinking about coming out to visit for the summer pool season." Everyone in Greenwood County referred to him as Legend back in the day. He scored touchdowns; knocked guys out; dated all the pretty girls; drove fancy cars; aced tests; danced like John Travolta -- the list goes on & on with Roy. Although, nothing compares to 'the catch.'

"Goddammit Roy! What an awesome catch!" Thirty years down the road and I still remember it like yesterday - "You got to tell me the story again." - It's a treat listening to the enthusiasm in his voice as he recollects that fateful November day - "The first time we ran the play it was a designed tailback pass to the end. The problem is they had him triple covered. We had to call timeout and I told Coach Ford they were cheating to Boyle's side of the ball and I felt I could get behind the defensive back. I told him to run the same play again and have Bennett look my way. I still remember Coach Ford's reaction in the huddle when I told him that, 'You better be right boy! Run the motherfucker again!"

There is a movie titled The Best of Times. It stars Kurt Russell & Robin Williams. At the beginning of the movie it describes how Robin William's character dropped the game winning touchdown pass in the championship game. Twenty five years later he still regrets it - "You could have been the Robin Williams character if you would have dropped the pass. Your ass would have been run right out of town." Roy says the same thing every time I make the comparison - "That's how things go in life. Sometimes you make the play & sometimes you don't. I just so happened to make that particular play."