A Dear Syvelle Letter....

Dear Syvelle,

I hate to hear about your current situation, I was really pulling for ya in the Canadian football league. Sad to see you quit the team {Montreal Alouettes} and now Will Proctor has taken your spot on the team. Welcome back to SC to coach that kids camp. Not sure who you listen to for advice on your career but here are my thoughts:

1. Go back to Canada and get paid to play football and build a resume to come back and play WR in the NFL or stay their and continue to play football for money. Sounds good to me.

2. Go out and join the "rat race" known as the real world and then when you are 40 you will look back and say to yourself..."If only I had played in Canada, I would have been set and now and I wouldn't have to go to this crappy job."

3. You could while at home, work out and hope (pray) to get a chance to be brought into NFL camp where you will fight for the 5th QB position and later moved to the practice squad if you are lucky where you will no doubt play WR and then eventually get cut and then you are faced with option 2 anyway.

I know you are leaning on going with option 3. Syvelle, trust me a WR in Canada beats the crap out of working at Sears. So go back up there and be a great WR - suck it up and do your best. We know you can be great so prove to everyone else and quit crying. Sorry for the dose of reality, but someone needs to tell you!

Best Wishes! Any thoughts on Syvelle and his situation?

Iphone -- part cell phone part brain...

So, the Apple iPhone comes out at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 29, and the tech blogs are atwitter with info about the all-in-one super gizmo. Some blogs suggest that the hype might be more than the outcome, thanks to the iPhone's $499 and $599 price tag. (Kind of reminds me of the hype vs. performance of the PlayStation 3 this past Christmas).

No doubt, the iPhone sounds sweet. It's a cell phone, iPod, Web browser and crackberry rolled into one. So, if you're willing to drop $500 or $600 on an apparatus that does everything but cook you breakfast, you'll be interested in the latest iPhone news. AT&T, the only company that will give the iPhone any phone service, released what the monthly rates will be.

So, $500 phone. $36 activiation fee. $60 to $100 per month cell phone bill.

What do you think? Is the iPhone worth it? Anyone going to be buying one?

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UPDATE - iPhone sales said to hit half-million.....click here. Rishi bought one, did anyone else?

Gamecocks Finish 32nd In Final Directors' Cup Standings

South Carolina finished 32nd in the final 2006-07 U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup Standings with 602.75 points, it was announced this week by USC.

The Gamecocks finished ahead of Southeastern Conference rivals Vanderbilt, Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Mississippi State in addition to finishing ahead of non-conference rivals Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech and Miami (Fla.).

South Carolina's 32nd-place finish marked a solid improvement from the Gamecocks' 43rd-place finish in 2005-06 and is the highest mark since the Gamecocks finished 18th in 2002-03. Additionally, it marked the eighth time in the last nine years that South Carolina has finished ahead of in-state rival Clemson in terms of overall success throughout the athletic department.

For Full Article on USCsports.com - click here.

Can Tre make it

Well Tre will probably not be drafted tonight but here is his video on the Miami Heat website showing the NBA world what he has.

Coaching news

Chad Holbrook the assistant coach from UNC is visiting with Ray Tanner today. So little did you know is that his wife if from Columbia and loves the area. He would be a great addition to our baseball team as he is known in the baseball world as a great recruiter. I am not sure of his contract obligations to UNC, but I hope he decides to come to Carolina.

World's Largest ?

A lot of funny post about the worlds largest things in South Carolina. Here is what I found

Golf Ball, Fripp Island
Peach, Gaffney
Milk Carton, Myrtle Beach
Egg, Newberry

don't forget to vote

If anybody cares, time is running out to vote for your MLB all star team. The game will be San Francisco this year on July 10th.

Worlds largest .......

Well I will be on vacation next week visiting the great state of Arkansas again. As Kat and I make our annual voyage to visit the worlds largest Mr. Peanut in Fort Smith, Arkansas. My goal is to visit every site that has a world’s largest statue in the US. Arkansas is the home of these

Spinach Can, Alma

King Kong, Beaver Dinosaur Park, Beaver - their website: Dinosaur World

Razorback, Berryville Riverboat (resteraunt),Des Arc

Mr. Peanut, Ft. Smith

Watermelon, Hope (Gone...) - Postcard

Sundial, Little Rock

Charcoal Grill, Magnolia

Raven, Ravenden

Orange, Mammoth, Redfield

South Carolina is the home to a couple sites, can you figure out what they are and where they are. I will give you the first one, Peach in Gaffney.

Ron Morris eat your heart out

Finally a good heart felt story about a gamecock player. If we had more stories like this we might not be the Thug U that everybody thinks we are. It might be hard to believe but there are some non-thug players on the football team. Here is a story about Brian Maddox an incoming freshman RB.