Comments on: Almost Is But to Fail http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:04:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lisa http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71895 Lisa Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:04:30 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71895 "Almost...but lost" What a great game! Totally worth staying up past my bedtime and having the bleary eyes to prove it today. “Almost…but lost”

What a great game! Totally worth staying up past my bedtime and having the bleary eyes to prove it today.

]]> By: qb http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71889 qb Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:18:52 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71889 qb predicts Kansas will win in OT, by 7 points or so. qb qb predicts Kansas will win in OT, by 7 points or so.

qb

]]> By: annie http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71885 annie Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:47:21 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71885 "Sad, sad, the bitter wail"..... Go Tigers. “Sad, sad, the bitter wail”…..

Go Tigers.

]]> By: Amy Boone http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71884 Amy Boone Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:04:03 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71884 Let the family feud begin. My mother is a rabid KU fan (apparel, jewelry, stuffed animal,cookie cutter!!!!!) Grant, on the other hand, has been a Memphis fan since childhood. They're not speaking right now! HA! Grant had a similar thing happen yesterday. A friend came up to him at church and told him he had a chance at a couple of tickets for tonight's game and was going to call him, but it all seemed a bit too complicated. What?!?!?!?!? Grant said, "Did I mention that Memphis is only my favorite college team?!?!?!?!" The friend was truly horrified! Jonathan, we, too, checked about tickets and they were available to the tune of a couple thousand bucks. Yes, we're sitting in den right now. Hard to say how this game is going to shake out.... Let the family feud begin. My mother is a rabid KU fan (apparel, jewelry, stuffed animal,cookie cutter!!!!!) Grant, on the other hand, has been a Memphis fan since childhood. They’re not speaking right now! HA!

Grant had a similar thing happen yesterday. A friend came up to him at church and told him he had a chance at a couple of tickets for tonight’s game and was going to call him, but it all seemed a bit too complicated. What?!?!?!?!? Grant said, “Did I mention that Memphis is only my favorite college team?!?!?!?!” The friend was truly horrified!

Jonathan, we, too, checked about tickets and they were available to the tune of a couple thousand bucks. Yes, we’re sitting in den right now.

Hard to say how this game is going to shake out….

]]> By: matt elliott http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71883 matt elliott Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:25:13 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71883 Never mind Randy Harris and the Final Four. Thanks to you, I have "Almost Persuaded" stuck in my head. Thanks just a whole lot. Never mind Randy Harris and the Final Four. Thanks to you, I have “Almost Persuaded” stuck in my head. Thanks just a whole lot.

]]> By: David http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71882 David Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:56:43 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71882 I can almost hear the deafening silence on Randy's end. Wow! Too funny! Now, the real challenge is to see which one of you can beat the other in using it in a sermon illustration. I can almost hear the deafening silence on Randy’s end. Wow! Too funny!

Now, the real challenge is to see which one of you can beat the other in using it in a sermon illustration.

]]> By: teresa http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71881 teresa Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:04:37 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71881 What do you mean? Kansas invented the game! Rock Chalk Jayhawk! What do you mean? Kansas invented the game!

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

]]> By: Daniel Gray http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71880 Daniel Gray Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:55:36 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71880 That's tough... I would of backed out of the class (or found someone ELSE to cover it) and gone. This is Memphis' year. The Tigers will win. That’s tough… I would of backed out of the class (or found someone ELSE to cover it) and gone.

This is Memphis’ year. The Tigers will win.

]]> By: Leland http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71879 Leland Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:55:39 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71879 Life is tough. Hope ya make it through. We'll be "a parayin fur ya." Life is tough. Hope ya make it through. We’ll be “a parayin fur ya.”

]]> By: Dr. Jim White http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71877 Dr. Jim White Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:12:20 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71877 In my final year of grad school (1995), Martha and I got to go to Seattle for the Final Four. That year it was Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, and UCLA. Arkansas got beat in the finals by UCLA, but it was a great experience. My wife told someone the other day that she would go again if someone had a ticket for her...even if Arkansas wasn't in it. Maybe she can go with Randy. It is a great experience. BTW, I think I paid $70 for all three games (student ticket rates). I was offered $800 immediately. Are you kidding me!?!? I was going to see the Razorbacks! In my final year of grad school (1995), Martha and I got to go to Seattle for the Final Four. That year it was Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, and UCLA. Arkansas got beat in the finals by UCLA, but it was a great experience. My wife told someone the other day that she would go again if someone had a ticket for her…even if Arkansas wasn’t in it. Maybe she can go with Randy. It is a great experience. BTW, I think I paid $70 for all three games (student ticket rates). I was offered $800 immediately. Are you kidding me!?!? I was going to see the Razorbacks!

]]> By: Jonathan Sharp http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71876 Jonathan Sharp Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:11:04 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71876 My dad is a KU alum and we were looking online to buy tickets for all three games. The only tickets worth having were about $2k each. We'll be watching the game on tv tonight. My dad is a KU alum and we were looking online to buy tickets for all three games. The only tickets worth having were about $2k each.

We’ll be watching the game on tv tonight.

]]> By: Jeff http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71874 Jeff Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:06:35 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71874 I saw the Final Four in 1971, when it was in Houston, in the Astrodome... Kansas, UCLA, Western Kentucky, Villanova... Some great names in basketball history: Jo Jo White, Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, Swen Nater, Jim McDaniels, Howard Porter... My Dad and I sat out in the center field bleachers and watched the ballgame; the court basically straddled second base... Good times !!! I saw the Final Four in 1971, when it was in Houston, in the Astrodome…

Kansas, UCLA, Western Kentucky, Villanova…

Some great names in basketball history: Jo Jo White, Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, Swen Nater, Jim McDaniels, Howard Porter… My Dad and I sat out in the center field bleachers and watched the ballgame; the court basically straddled second base…

Good times !!!

]]> By: rcorum http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71873 rcorum Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:38:43 +0000 http://preachermike.com/2008/04/07/almost-is-but-to-fail#comment-71873 I want to be the first to tell you that you are a first class scholar and preacher, but are a loser when it comes to predicting the outcome of basketball games. Whatever you do please, please do not pick Memphis to win tonight. I have waited for 35 years for this night. I still remember watching then Memphis State get destroyed by Walton and company. Go Tigers!!!!! I want to be the first to tell you that you are a first class scholar and preacher, but are a loser when it comes to predicting the outcome of basketball games. Whatever you do please, please do not pick Memphis to win tonight. I have waited for 35 years for this night. I still remember watching then Memphis State get destroyed by Walton and company. Go Tigers!!!!!

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