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I was lucky enough to go to the Gold Jacket Dinner Friday evening. Thanks to MDZip for arranging the whole thing. It was great to see him and to meet his parents. Also nice to meet Zippyfan34, Zips Voice and his son. ZipsWin! and I had a couple of beers at Canton Brewing before the event. If you are in the area, you might want to check it out. Very cool place, especially the basement Speakeasy. When we arrived at the Canton Civic Center, it was patently obvious that this was no low key shindig. This was a gala. The cocktail hour was quite a scene with 4000 people mingling. We sat down and had a nice dinner. There were a few announcements over the P.A. but mostly just dining. At the end of our meal, the inductees came through our area on their way to the arena. As Jason rounded the corner, we started our "Let's Go Zips" chant, which he seemed to get a kick out of. He seemed to glad to see me! We went into the arena and watched the same show you were all able to see on the NFL Network. I must say, the HOF Alumni that streamed in was rather overwhelming. What a large group of talent in one place. It's too bad more of them couldn't have made it. It was a great once in a lifetime experience for me. So glad I went. Once again, thanks to MDZip.

Haha good one

If they do, I hope they have that same awful 90 second intro before the 30 seconds of interview.

I wonder if they will do those one walking through the field house and introducing coaches. Ha

I have wondered if Bowden couldn't take GT's ridiculous questions, any more.

I just read the article on TDS by Will Parchman that integrates this interview. http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91stminute/2017/08/the-sad-unfulfilled-fates-of-the-2012-u-s-olympic-team/?utm_source=TopDrawerSoccer+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6e250818c9-TDS-8-2-17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8340315a79-6e250818c9-31214089 This has to be about the best bio I have read on a futbol coach. The thing about Caleb is, he doesn't have what you would call a magnetic personality, but he's like the boy next door who grew up and you can't help rooting for him to succeed. He's so down to earth and it's impossible not to want him to do well. I would love for Will Parchman to consider writing a book about Caleb Porter (if Caleb doesn't do an autobio)! lol

I hope plenty of you did stay up for the 3rd Quarter to see Jason's career profile, and interview. Of course, someone should have told Tafoya that it's not Ak-RON. Especially when she said it right to Jason. Like my wife said to me, "Hasn't she probably heard the name of LeBron's hometown spoken about 1,000,000 times during her time as a sports reporter"? Just during that short segment, I think they mentioned the U of A maybe 4 times? Including that it's "just down the road" from the HOF? A nice bit of free publicity. Very touching that Jason said that being a HOF Father was something that he wanted to be noted for. I also thought it was kinda cool that at least 2 of the inductees said that they'd be presented by their wives. As Kurt Warner put it, "she's the only one that's been with me through all of this". I just think it's great when anyone who has a career with very unusual demands recognizes their spouses who sacrificed so much of their own lives to support them for so many years. I think I'd probably do the same if I ever got inducted to any business HOF. I'm sure someone will make a comment that the ladies benefit from the money, but in many cases (like Kurt's) there were plenty of tough times where things weren't going so well.

Is it me, or is this the least amount of coverage camp has received? This is the closest thing to coverage I have seen since Day 2 or so of camp.