Jeremy Haymore

Award-Winning Author - THE BANDANA EXPRESS • Retired Teacher & Football Coach • Single-Wing Enthusiast • #FearTheWing™

[Jeremy Haymore @FearTheWing]

So grateful to everyone who has picked up a copy of THE BANDANA EXPRESS. It is officially the #1 New Release in the Football Coaching (Books) category!

I encourage everyone to write a review on both Amazon and Goodreads, as this will help the book continue to succeed. Thank you for your ongoing support!

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@TMFlinchum @GetOnTap There’s a lot of Blacksburg program history in my book as well! Info from 1936-1980.

[The Appalachian Podcast @GetOnTap]

In High School we were AAA Class 6 (highest in VA) and on our bye week I made it a point to go watch Giles, a single A Class 2 (I think) because they had a reputation.

The game I saw was at old Victory Stadium against William Flemming (AAA), an inner city Roanoke school in our district that was very good at the time. Back in the day AAA schools JV teams would go play A varsity squads, and often win, so on paper this game should have never happened.

Giles was built different though. Much like their neighboring county Pulaski, they had a certain grit about em, high football IQ. In the first half of that game Cooney Ratcliff and the single wing gave them Flemming boys all they could handle. It was tied, or near tied, at half time.

In the 2nd half depth and speed caught up to em, and Flemming ended up winning by double digits, but man what a performance. When people talk football areas in the country the Appalachian region of Virginia is very underrated.

Give @MartySmithESPN a follow if you haven’t yet. He is a Giles boy from way back (also fellow RU Alum💪), and often shares stuff from the region. He exemplifies that grit I mentioned above, a generational talent, and all Appalachian!

Also check out @FearTheWing who authored Bandana Express, an awesome book about the 1980 Giles Football team. Support your Appalachian neighbors every chance you get.

[Pace N Space @PaceNSpace2]

“If you can throw for 500 yards on somebody, you’re probably going to win the game. But if you can run for 500, you’re guaranteed to win the game and it takes their soul.”

- Rich Rodriguez

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To learn more about the Spartans and the single-wing offense, check out The Bandana Express: The True Story of the 1980 Spartans! Available from all major book retailers now. 🚩

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@NickDiFabio1 Book

[Marty Smith @MartySmithESPN]

I’m from Appalachia.
I grew up hearing all manner of colloquialisms from my dad and his buddies. Folks where I grew up use these sayings.
We aren’t dumb. We aren’t frauds.
The antithesis, in fact.
My dad was a Virginia Tech-educated CFO and farmer.
He would have been 79 today.

[Jeremy Haymore @FearTheWing]

Marty is 100% real. I know guys that played with him in high school and his legendary coach, and they all say the same thing: he was exactly the same then as he is now. Authentic. Never change, @MartySmithESPN!

[JK Livin @livin_jk]

@MartySmithESPN Yeah I get it. You have a shtick and have made a good living playing the country bumpkin. I just have never met an educated person from the South that speaks like you. You were hired for a purpose and you play your character well. Good luck playing into stereotypes!

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📖 Before the Bandana (Part 6 of 10)
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@TheSportsBuffet True, and it can't be understated.

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@Woodzyzewski Why don’t y'all play Bridgeport?

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@CoachDanCasey Single-wing tailback! 👀

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@dmesser_25 The only weather man I know

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BONUS: This article also includes early history of the faculty and football program at E.C. Glass High School! @ECGlassFB @ECGTTC @LCSEDU

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100 years ago this October, the city of Lynchburg, Virginia, dedicated Municipal Athletic Park, located at 12th and Court Street. It was the first home game of the 1926 season for Lynchburg College. This piece details the forgotten football history of what is now the University of Lynchburg as seen through the eyes of one of its most notable players, Harry Ragsdale, a 1930 graduate and member of the Lynchburg Sports Hall of Fame. https://t.co/qJxRMSbLu4

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"The single-wing tailback is the toughest hombre in football." -Keith Piper, Denison

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@CoachDanCasey @FCSNationRadio1 In reality, all traps originated with the name “mouse trap” by their innovator, Percy Haughton at Harvard (1908-1916). Not to say this one specifically wasn't called that, but that was how the name “trap” evolved.

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@minchoi Here are some posters I made for a high school football camp. 👀

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I asked ChatGPT’s new Image 2.0 model to create a promotional ad for my book, The Bandana Express. Below are the results. Not perfect, but still very good!

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📖 Before the Bandana (Part 4 of 10)
Read Now: https://t.co/tBn39GN4cU