It's the whole darker side of human nature bit

1 offense.Other than that, if Matt Ryan comes back for their December 13th matchup, they may be able to hang with the Saints, but I doubt the Falcons can overtake them, especially considering their special teams in flux with Jason Elam being released and replaced by Matt Bryan.The Vikings meanwhile will be trying to navigate through two first place teams at Arizona this Sunday on Sunday Night Football and againstCincinnati the following week. A Saints loss to the Cowboys would cause the Vikings to leap them should they survive.Finally, the Saints close out against two teams that will all but roll over in the improving, but still no-matchdivisional "rival" Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the similar, hapless Panthers who have already quit.Meanwhile, the Vikings will play a pissed offunderachieving rival, the Bears on Monday Night Football on the 28th in what could be a trap game in cold Chicago where Favre may have trouble throwing. They then close out against an equallyunderachieving Giants team that even though they historically dominate (as 2000 shows) anything is possible.. I was inspired to retell this story after reading Lord of the Flies with my eighth grade class the other day.I've been teaching this novel for years. For those who don't know the story, it's basically the story of some school-aged boys who get marooned on an island with no adult supervision (sign me up!) and what happens as a result. It's the whole "darker side of human nature bit." Anyway there's one character named Jack. He's sort of the bad guy of the story.The part that "inspired" me is where Jack decides to paint his face, ala Rambo, so he can hunt down pigs for food.

There's a famous line that goes something like this (and I'm paraphrasing), "the mask hid Jack from self-consciousness," blah, blah, blah.As I was reading this part to my class, my mind wandered back to Gator Growl (the University of Florida's homecoming pep rally held every year where they fill Florida Field and perform all sorts of funny skits at the expense of the patsy de jour. Usually there's a headline comedian and the year I'm thinking back to had Robin Williams in the house)...My friends and I got to watch from the field this year. Now mind you, we had done the appropriate pre-Gator Growl "preparations" at one of the many near campus watering holes, so I was a bit dubious to my friend's admonishment to turn to look at Albert. Thought he might be "messing" with my already messed up mind But I did turn. And this was what I saw: Albert sitting too, right behind the fairest Gatorette in the land. Well on this night, Albert sat with his tail between his legs, literally. And his "over-sized tail," was pointing right at this Gatorette's "tail." When I turned to look at Albert, he returned my glance And I swear he was smiling..

Boston- Bruins center Mark Savard ,32, has signed a seven-year and worth a little more than $28 million contract extension with the Boston Bruins.Savard is in the middle of his 11th season in the NHL.Mark has 673 career points, 199 career goals, 474 assists, in 752 career games.Don'tforget Savrad has only played 11 games this season due to an injury.. I'm going to miss Bobby Bowden.Not because he has taken FSU and turned them into a Gator whipping boy That's not the Bobby I miss I miss the younger Bobby. I miss the Bobby that used to bring it every week, year after year.I miss the Bobby that would beat the other team's brains in and then give the media that "aw shucks, we were lucky to win. yaknawit"I miss the Bobby that would take his team to Columbus, Ann Arbor, Lincoln, or South Bend, maybe all in a row, and pitch the rock all over the yard and walk out of there leaving the home crowds scratching their heads.One thing you cannot say about FSU during the Bowden era, they were boring.FSU made college football fun.Before Bowden, college football was three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust.