Kevin McKeethan

Redeemed child of God! John 14:6 Psalm 86:11 Matthew 5:41 #GodIsGoodWinorLose #BetterThanIDeserve

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

“I wish at [my player’s] age, I would’ve gone much deeper into a relationship with Jesus Christ… To me, the most important thing is to God with all my heart, soul, & mind.”
- Tennessee HC Rick Barnes

(via @TreyWallace)

[Sports Spectrum @Sports_Spectrum]

"Is Jesus who He said He was? And what does that mean?

"I would encourage anybody to call timeout. Ask the question, you seek the answer earnestly, and see where it takes you."

— Legendary NFL reporter Chris Mortensen
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[NFL @NFL]

One of the smartest plays you'll see. 💯

Godwin Igwebuike fields the kickoff while laying out of bounds to force the penalty on Baltimore.

📺: #PITvsBAL on ESPN/ABC
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/WxnOXJY8R6

[Carson-Newman Football @cnfootball]

🔒 in the top plays of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣

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https://t.co/scjwZGbZrt

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

For a second straight year, seven @cnfootball players have earned @CollSportsComm Academic All-District honors

📋https://t.co/iV9Rc9rkJZ

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

Please welcome the 20th head coach of @cnfootball to the banks of Mossy Creek.

@CoachAIngram comes to C-N after 16 years at @NavyFB, most recently as assistant head coach and offensive line coach.

#TalonsUp

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

Full comments from @CoachAIngram, @MattPope67 and @charlesafowler as Ashley Ingram becomes @cnfootball's 20th head coach.

Ingram joins C-N after 16 years with @NavyFB

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https://t.co/Cjo9N9wGln

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

Everything you need to about @CoachAIngram - introduced today as @cnfootball's 2️⃣0️⃣th head coach

📋https://t.co/zlBpVpQdvv

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

Late in the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, Villanova blew a 10-point lead.

With 4.7 seconds left, UNC hit a 3-pointer to tie the game.

Villanova's head coach, Jay Wright, called a timeout, and as his players walked to the huddle, they were all saying the same word:

“Attitude.”

“It's the most important aspect of our program,” Coach Wright explains in his book titled, Attitude. “We wear 'Attitude' wristbands. And when we break a huddle, we say '1, 2, 3, Attitude.'”

The test of Attitude, Wright taught his players, is:

“Where is your mindset after something bad happens to you?”

Where is your mindset after you blow a 10-point lead? Where is your mindset after your opponent hits a 3 to tie the game with 4.7 seconds left?

“When I looked into the eyes of our players,” Wright writes, “I saw no anger or regret. No one bemoaned [the UNC player's] 'lucky shot,' or that any of our guys had failed to stop him from grabbing the pass that led to that shot, or anything else.”

Instead, “they were all saying, 'Attitude. Attitude. This is what we do. Attitude. This is what we do.'”

With this mindset, the players returned to the court.

Villanova's Kris Jenkins inbounded the ball to Ryan "Arch" Arcidiacono. Arch dribbled up the left side of the court, crossed half court, cut right towards the 3-point arc, where he underhanded a pass to Jenkins, who caught the ball with 1.3 seconds left, and, in perfect rhythm, jumped then released the ball with 0.6 seconds, and hit a buzzer-beater to win the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

Takeaway 1:

A primary indicator of physical fitness is recovery time. If you are doing all-out sprint intervals, for instance—people who are physically fit recover from one interval to the next faster than those who are not physically fit.

“So then, what is mental fitness?” the mental performance coach Greg Harden likes to ask. “Mental fitness is about recovery time,” Harden says.

It's about, as Coach Wright said, where your mindset is after something bad happens to you.

After something bad happens, people who are mentally fit recover faster than those who are not.

Takeaway 2:

Just after Kris Jenkins hit the buzzer-beater, Coach Wright famously barely reacted.

Before his guys went back on the court, he explained, “I processed all the potential scenarios.” Most likely, the game was going to go to overtime where UNC would ride their wave of momentum and win the game.

“No matter the outcome,” Wright continued, “because of the way our players responded after UNC tied the game ["Attitude. Attitude. This is what we do."]—I felt like they had the greatest lesson in life. I felt like that was an accomplishment that would follow them through their lives.”

Ryan Holiday once told me, “You have to get to a place where doing the work is the win and everything else is extra.”

Wright got to that place. He had done the work to instill in his players a mindset, he said, “that they would carry with them for the remainder of their days on earth.”

“In that sense, I knew we had already won.” Everything else was extra.

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“The fact is, none of us control what happens to us in life—but we do control our responses to those circumstances...no matter how tough it gets or how much of a challenge you face in the final 4.7 seconds of a game.” — Jay Wright

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[Carson-Newman University @carson_newman_u]

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” — 1 Chronicles 16:34

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

For the first time in program history, the Eagles have an @XFL2023 player.

2022 All-American @westfieldb15 has signed a letter of intent with the @XFLGuardians

📋https://t.co/2774kbgQfg

@cnfootball x #TalonsUp

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

Final word from @cnfootball's 52-7 wallopping of UVA Wise.

@Mike_Clowney and @cavonthecall go in-depth in this week's Mike Clowney Show.

📋https://t.co/xT4VRYkoR8

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

Carson-Newman mourns the passing of Carl Torbush.

A two-sport All-American, Hall of Famer and assistant coach for the Eagles. He passed away last night at the age of 72.

📋https://t.co/1PshhfEqwj

[Carson-Newman University @carson_newman_u]

Congrats to our own @westfieldb15 for signing a letter of intent with the @XFLGuardians!

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

83. Yards. To the house. 😎

@ZaneWhitson finds @_galenW wide open at midfield, and the Eagle wideout wins the foot race to extend the lead to four scores!

🦅 @cnfootball 28
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0:30 1st Quarter
📻 @Joy620WRJZ
📱 https://t.co/gipZ7woHxo
📈 https://t.co/hiIvfnQa8x

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

1️⃣ quarter left to play

Another TD through the air has the Eagles comfortably in front heading into the 4th quarter!

🦅 @cnfootball 45
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END 3RD
📻 @Joy620WRJZ
📱 https://t.co/gipZ7woHxo
📈 https://t.co/hiIvfnQa8x

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

This Eagle offense cannot be stopped💪

Walker Martinez finds Don Bradley for the score to further extend the Eagle lead!

🦅 @cnfootball 52
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12:09 4th
📻 @Joy620WRJZ
📱 https://t.co/gipZ7woHxo
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[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

A pick six for @3williamjohnson
A scoop and score for @trulybl3ssed17
The seventh-longest passing play in school history for @ZaneWhitson and @_galenW.

PACKED highlight reel from @cnfootball's big win at UVA Wise.

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https://t.co/rn8EDDux9w

[Carson-Newman Athletics @CN_Eagles]

The @FoodCity Player of the Game @ZaneWhitson completed 10-of-14 passes for 188 yards and three touchdowns in the Eagles' win over UVA Wise.

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https://t.co/sMTZjmL8WT

@Cnfootball x #TalonsUp