Fred From Plano

Faith, Family, Fatherhood, Football and Louisiana + Dallas sports can all be found here! #Mavs #PESH #LSU #SU #Saints #FinebaumFam 🦚

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

At last, “clarity” in King Sankey’s SEC court.

Bend the knee, accept the royal decree, and Paul Finebaum will sing your praises.

But LSU, Lane Kiffin, or some meddlesome caller dares question the Crown?

“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”

[Wyatt Huff @Wildcat_wave]

Mark Pope on @finebaum, shouts out Greg Sankey for doing what it takes to fight and try and bring clarity to the recent eligibility mess

“Everybody in the league right now at least feels clear about a couple of principles”

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Fannie Lou Hamer put her life on the line fighting for the right of Black Americans to vote, at a time when exercising that right could get you beaten, jailed, or killed.

When you hear her speak, remember this is not ancient history.

📌 Democratic National Convention on August 22, 1964

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

For my friends outside of Texas, who may not have seen this.

[Kaiz 🐂🀄️ @Kaiz_294]

James Talarico traces 50 years of trickle-down back to one 1971 document, the Powell memo, a corporate blueprint to buy power

“In fact, you can, you can pinpoint this one document called the Powell memo, 1971.”

“But if you read this memo, it's basically a blueprint for how corporate interests can start to dismantle the Great Society and the New Deal”

“They're going to spend massive amounts of money in our politics, buying politicians in both parties, elevate corporate voices in media, appoint sympathetic judges.”

“And that has really been the story of the last 50 years in this country, last five decades.”

w/ @jamestalarico

[Connor Ewing @ConnorMEwing]

So what are the chances someone suggested this Dana White and Trump pulled a Four Seasons Total Landscaping?

[richard condon @CondonBeingReal]

November 6th. 1982 44 years ago today @AlabamaFTBL had beaten @LSUfootball 11 straight times going back to 1971. The Tiger "D" didn't allow
a 1st. Down in the first half-held Alabama to 45 yards rushing-forced 7 fumbles-and upset #8 Alabama 20-10!

RIP Coach Jerry Stovall

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

Told y’all.

IT WAS THE EDUCATED BROTHER FROM THE BANK …

Everybody is about to start snitching to set their own narrative.

[LSU Basketball @LSUBasketball]

Honoring LSU Basketball legends Dale Brown and Bob Pettit with a moment of silence before tonight's season opener.

[Tim Brando @TimBrando]

Thanks Fred, it’s kind of you to repost this. Nothing happens without some controversy in our home state. However, it wasn’t gonna stop our band of #DaddyDaleLovers to do whatever was necessary for him to have that honor. Icons/Legends doers of good always have detractors, but special interest groups with no understanding of history, and no regard for the difference makers that made @LSU great can scream and rant all they want! Post Covid some on LSU’s board were attempting to paint 🎨 Dale as “another old white man getting his name in or on a building”,which was beyond our comprehension so just as Dale did for us. We fought for him, and won! RIP🙏Coach.

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

Tim @TimBrando went to give it to him, arguing for naming
#DaleBrownCourt.

And he gave it ALL to him.

And the court was appropriately, if tardily, named for the great Coach Dale Brown.

#RIPDaleBrown #DaddyDale

[Jacques Doucet @JacquesDoucet]

"He's 85 years old. He's still helping people."

An emotional @TimBrando pleads his case for "Dale Brown Court" Friday to the #LSU Board of Supervisors.

"I'm biased here. I love Dale Brown." @LSUBasketball @WAFB

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

MANDATORY RE-WATCH. #RIPDaleBrown #DaddyDale

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

.@finebaum Dale Brown Court is officially 1-0, fueled by #LSU’s of 20-2 run, willed by Coach Dale Brown. I’ve never heard the PMAC louder!

PS: Tennessee (not UK - oops!) is coming to Baton Rouge this weekend!!

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

Mandatory reading. #RIPDaleBrown

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

My newest book arrived today:

Dale Brown Court…and the Battle for Human Dignity, by Trent Angers.

From unfair NCAA regulations & investigations, and the highs & gut punch lows of the basketball court naming politics, Dale Brown’s character remains unblemished!

Cc: @TimBrando

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

When Dale Brown hired Ron Abernathy as #LSU’s first full-time Black🏀 Ass’t., he got death threats; called “nigger lover.” “Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story.”

If Dale could put his life on the line for LSU🏀, why hasn’t LSU put Dale’s name on LSU🏀’s floor?#DaleBrownCourt

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

THREAD #LSU
Dear .@LouisianaGov,

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.” In the great journal of successful LSU basketball, Dale Brown is the gigantic figure from whose shadow LSU Basketball took form. #DaleBrownCourt

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

This excerpt is from “Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story.” If you haven’t seen it, I strongly suggest it.

PS: At the end of the film, a black background with white letters displays these words: “DESPITE REPEATED ATTEMPTS, THE NCAA DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS FILM.“

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

Mark Alcorn was an LSU🏀player for Dale Brown. He was diagnosed with cancer and returned home to Missouri for treatment. His parents threw a fundraiser and asked Dale to send three of Mark’s teammates.

Then the NCAA got involved:
It was against NCAA rules to grant a dying wish.

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

#LSU In Dale Brown’s first season, he had one Black player, Collis Temple. “Death threats were offered. I had to sit in the dressing room and couldn’t go out and warmup…[Dale] was right there with me. And was protecting his player.” From “Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story.”

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

@DickieV @NCAA PART 1: As you know, Dale Brown has been saying this forever: “They’re wrong. They’re making millions of dollars. They’re making millions of dollars. They legislate against human dignity. And they operate with monumental hypocrisy.”
(Former LSU head Basketball Coach Dale Brown)

[. @LearyLearyLeary]

This epitomizes what Coach Dale Brown was all about. A truly GREAT man who I had the pleasure of meeting and knowing personally. Rest in heaven coach. You will be so missed ❤️

[LSU Basketball @LSUBasketball]

“Yes indeed, I loved them Tigers”

We will always remember the impact Dale Brown had in his 25 years as the all-time winningest coach in program history.

[Fred From Plano @FredFromPlano]

My heart is broken today. More to come. Well said, Tim.

[Tim Brando @TimBrando]

It’s a sad day for many in Louisiana and @LSU. There’s more for me to say, and I will a little later. My surrogate dad, Daddy Dale has passed away. 🙏RIP💜

[Kevin Gallagher @KevG163]

October 5, 1987

Bill Walsh Employs the Wishbone

In the second half of the first MNF game to feature "replacement players" during the 1987 players' strike, the 49ers legendary head coach utilizes the "wishbone" offense against the Giants and head coach Bill Parcells.

Walsh — the architect of the "West Coast Offense", which primarily prioritizes the passing game — decided to use the wishbone [running] offense in order to play to the strengths of his replacement quarterback for the Niners, Mark Stevens.

''The wishbone was something we thought of in preparing for the game,'' said Walsh. ''The first play we ran it, Bill Parcells and I looked at each other and had a quiet moment together. I thought it was entertaining to look at, but just momentarily.''

ABC's Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf take delight in the moment.