just up and randomly decided i wanted to run 1,000 miles throughout 2024, which is the equivalent of 322.58 (or 323) 5Ks during the year.
this thread is simply to help me not forget how many i have done in 2024:
🚨 Life Update 🚨
After five and a half years, next Friday (10/26) will be my final day with
@AnnistonStar
. I have been offered and accepted a position with
@AuburnTigers
' athletic department, which I will start Nov. 5.
Hold on guys, I have to sit down for a minute.
I moved to Jacksonville in 1998. I’ve lived here ever since. I grew up here. Jacksonville State was always home. Tonight hurts. It hurts my eyes, my heart, my soul.
Do whatever you can to help the rebuild.
so, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:
in three weeks, i will be starting as an assistant director of athletic communication at
@texaslonghorns
, working with
@texassoftball
,
@texassoccer
.
i cannot thank 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 who helped me achieve this dream opportunity.
hook ‘em 🤘🏼
Of everything that happened to me in 2020, I think the most crazy thing is how
@TXSTATEFOOTBALL
played an uninterrupted 12-game regular season this year.
First Coop*.
Now Cecil’s.
Someone protect The Rocket at all costs.
*I know they’re rebuilding Coop, but Jacksonville is losing all its traditional restaurants. 💔
I can't describe what I just watched.
Put that
@JSUGamecocksFB
win up there with the 2015 playoff run.
- 21 unanswered fourth-quarter points
- Down 28-7 after the 1Q
- Down 35-21 at HT
- First home win against a top-five team during the regular season since 2002.
Everyone is wondering what’s next for me, right?
I’ve been offered and accepted an Assistant Director of Sports Information position at
@TxStateBobcats
. I’ll be working with the
@TXStateWBB
,
@TXStateSoftball
and potentially
@TXSTATEFOOTBALL
.
I start tomorrow. 😅
STARZ 2025 PG ACE AUSTIN began her Varsity Career by starting & scoring 27 Points in about 2 Qtrs of action to lead 1A-Spring Garden to a 88-17 WIN vs 4A-Lincoln in 1st Round of Champions Thanksgiving Classic! Congrats to
@AceAustin11
! Go STARZ!
It is less than ideal weather conditions, but
@TXSTATEFOOTBALL
is set to become the first FBS team to complete a 12-game regular season this season later this afternoon.
I've typed up and erased three different quote tweets to Craig's picture because I honestly can't express what this sight means to me having been around Pete Mathews Coliseum from 2013-2018.
In classic
@CoachJMcginnis
fashion, I called her for a story and she started the conversation by asking how my summer has been and how the job search is going.
That coach, guys, she's something special.
Jacksonville State will make its fifth consecutive playoff appearance this year. The last time the Gamecocks made the playoffs in five straight years (1988-92), JSU won the national championship in the fifth year.
I’m calling it a night, guys. I have to be up at 6:45 for my internship at
@TalladegaSuperS
.
Just do me a favor, don’t thank me; thank the hundreds of firefighters, police officers and emergency personnel from across the state who came to Jacksonville to help tonight. 🙏🏼
Jacksonville QB Luke Jackson connects with a diving ‘Peanut’ Adams in the end zone with less than 15 seconds left in regulation.
@Runtarius
followed with a 2-point conversion to give the Golden Eagles a 22-21 lead.
.
@TXSTATEFOOTBALL
WR
@jhayd3l
just became the first FBS player this season to return both a punt and kickoff for a touchdown.
- returned a punt 91 yards against UTSA
- returned a kickoff 97 yards against Georgia Southern
Thankful Marlon let me tell his story.
"I remember my mom telling me, 'We don't quit. Whatever we start, we finish.' I've always had the mindset that if I start something, I'm going to finish it."
🗣 »
@marlondavidson7
"We have more pressing problems than fighting over ordinances," Duncan says. "We have nothing against students. We love you. We need you, we need your money. We also need our peace."
Jacksonville is now 10-0 for the first time in school history after winning its first region championship since 1999.
Fun Fact: I was in 1st Grade at Kitty Stone Elementary in 1999. Mrs. Henderson was my home room teacher.
Eight years ago today,
@JSUGamecocks
went to Oxford, Miss. and knocked off
@OleMissFB
in 2OT for one of the biggest wins in school history.
ESPN highlights
📺:
@JSUVoice
’s call
🎙:
.
@zerrickcooper
now has accounted for five touchdowns (3 passing, 2 rushing) today. He's the first
@JSUGamecocks
player since
@ejenkins007
had five against Murray State on Nov. 1 2015.
Cooper is 17-29, 255, 3TD, 1INT; 6 carries, 27 yards, 2TD.
Man, s/o to
@JustinBowen12
.
As a player for Alexandria, he played for a state championship. Now, on Mother’s Day weekend after losing his mom years ago, he help lead Hazel Green to the 6A title series.
Worth noting:
During the seventh-inning stretch of
@JSUBB
games this weekend, “I’ll Fly Away” will be played rather than “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
Congratulations to JSU students Dustin Travis and Branson Oliver on winning the ACL Cornhole Doubles National Championship! Not only does
@JSUGamecocks
win Championships, but so does our great students!
#StayCocky
.
@JSU_MBB
's season so far:
Pair of wins over Belmont.
20-point win over Murray State.
No. 1 in the
@OVCSports
at 8-1.
Pete Mathews DI attendance record 3,718.
#ProudAlumnus
.
@JSUGamecocks
QB
@zerrickcooper
was named
@OVCSports
Newcomer and Offensive Player of the Week after the Gamecocks earned a 48-32 win over Austin Peay yesterday. Cooper was 18-31 for 268 yards; 6 carries for 27 yards and 5 total (3 passing, 2 rushing) touchdowns.
Guys and Girls.
Two Calhoun County teams will be guaranteed a spot in a state championship game.
Next week:
Wellborn at Piedmont
Anniston at Jacksonville
The dynasty that is Spring Garden's girls basketball will be making its 15th appearance in the regional tournament. Panthers are 25-4 all-time with 11 Northeast Regional titles.
Since 2002, SG has failed the make the regionals only once (2012).
Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium is almost complete.
A game against Mississippi State is scheduled for two weeks when JSU will dedicate and open the stadium.
Report surfaced late last night:
Todd Ginn is expected to be Alexandria’s next head football coach pending approval of the BOE, which will meet Thursday.