I enjoy his football forecasts a lot better than the BS he blew as Mayor. Hey, he's a local citizen and has some "name recognition," so why not let him make some football picks each week? Sounds good to me. It doesn't mnatter if he talks out of his backside and doesn't have a clue....we already had to deal with that before with him:)

Steve is a real goof, but he gets people talking and creates a *buzz*.
Now, if you are going to your local bookie to bet on high school football games, you might want to seek a second opinion. Or psychiatric services.

NUK

Envy? Jealous?
Are you writing WHS off after a 2-2 start? Obviously you are football challenged. As I have learned from my bud Old School, you certainly don’t write anyone off after four games, (unless they are 0-4!). Which team do you pull for? A little early in the season to be tooting your horn “Jonesy”
The WHS bandwagon is alive and well, why don’t you show up for a game and see it by yourself, on the road or at home, we always have more fans than our opponents, that’s a fact. We are not fair weather fans that throw stones at our school and coaches when things don’t go as planned, maybe you should take notes.

Where did you get your enrollment for Fayette County HS? They have less than 1400 enrolled.

...still can't see the forest because of the trees.

Woodward "recruits" students that can
a) graduate from a very good college prep program that easily surpasses Fayette Co's.
b) can afford the tuition

There are no breaks on admission to go to Woodward, whether you're a superstar student or athlete. I think they no longer even give a discount for faculty/staff that have children enrolled.

So, how does Woodward "entice" anyone to attend besides the academic program and its value to the student? I can't think of any Woodward grads who have ever played in the NFL and very very few even play at the collegiate level. They don't give any financial incentives at all.
If you attend Woodward, it's for the academics, not the football program which hasn't been a "powerhouse" in many years in any event.

NUK

You bet, Woodward draws two kinds of students from all over the metro area: the rich and the athletically inclined. Are you trying to say, Mr. Murphy, that none of the big horses on the football and basketball teams are receiving subsidized tutions?

Woodward and Marist are famous for their athletic scouting programs.

Vote Republican

Dear Mr. Murphy,
Woodward may well have the "better football team--period" as I am not familiar with the football teams' abilities in the area. I am though, VERY familiar with the topic of recruiting as Woodward Academy has tried to recruit my student athlete to their school for many years. I think with a little investigating, you will find that it happens quite often. My student/athlete just choose to stay in public school although I must admit, it was tempting to receive a great education from Woodward Academy.

Marcmurphy is right. I hear public shcools complain all the time about private schools recruiting athletes, but it rarely happens. I went to private school and most everyone was already attending since middle school. Good players were always developed, not recruited. Public schools always have the bigger numbers too. If they lose it might be because they didn't prepare hard enough during the summer.

Remember that dinosaur of GA politics, cronyism, corruption, crap-ism, etc? I never thought it would actually happen: voters throwing that ignorant redneck out of office, but it did. Murphy was the main catalyst of the "public schools can't compete against private schools" argument and ramrodded some BS legislation to re-classify schools. That opinion has been proven over and over to be just as stupid as other Murphy "opinions."

Wow, this is bringing back bad memories of Georgia politics. People like Murphy, Larry Walker, Bert Lance, Lester Maddox and Jimmy Carter. I think I'll go throw-up now.

NUK