BLOG HISTORY

BLOG HISTORY

FIRST OF ALL, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO GREATLY HELPED WITH THIS BLOG SINCE IT STARTED IN JUNE 2009.

IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, I APPRECIATE THE HELP I RECEIVED FROM:

SCOTT ADCOX.

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT, ALTHOUGH BOB HAMPSTEAD AND BUCK ROGERS CAME THROUGH IN THE 78TH MINUTE OF THE MATCH WITH SOME LATE HELP.

PRETTY LAME SHOWING BY ALMOST EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO BASICALLY ALL YOUR FULL NAMES, YEARS PLAYED, OFFICIAL POSSUM NUMBER, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, AND POSITIONS PLAYED ARE GUESSWORK, BECAUSE ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF YOU DIDN'T DO MUCH OF ANYTHING.

HOPED TO WRITE MORE ABOUT SOME FOLKS, THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT. AS I WRITE THIS, IT'S TWO DAYS BEFORE OUR DINNER AT CALHOUN'S AND I AM OVER IT.

THE POSSUM NUMBER YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED IS NOW YOURS TO KEEP IF YOU PLAYED FROM 1980 TO 1999. BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE HOW THE ALL-BLACKS NUMBER THEIR NEW PLAYERS - NEW CAPS BECOME ALL-BLACK NO. 1224, 1225 ...ETC.

IT'S PRETTY COOL - CHECK IT OUT ON ALLBLACKS.COM WHERE YOU CAN FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THOSE WHO WERE EVER ALL-BLACKS AND PLENTY OF BIOLOGICAL INFO, SOMETHING I HOPED THESE BLOGS COULD BE.

SO THANKS, SCOTT, WHO HELPED A BUNCH, AND BOB AND BUCK, AND THE FEW OTHERS OF YOU WHO MADE YOUR MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS.

OH, AND THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO MY CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE CHARGE OF ASSIGNING FUTURE POSSUMS A NUMBER, STARTING AT NO. 400 FOR THE SPRING 2012 SEASON. I SUGGEST AN OFFICER NOTE NEW POSSUM PLAYERS AND IF THEY STICK OUT THE SEASON, THEY GET A NUMBER.

HAVE THERE BEEN AROUND 240 "OFFICIAL POSSUMS" OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS? WHO KNOWS? BUT THESE BLOGS AND NEW PLAYERS WILL HELP US WITH A TIMELINE WHERE WE CAN EVENTUALLY GET CLOSE.

SOMEONE WILL ALSO HAVE TO STEP UP AND COMPLETE THE 2000-2010 BLOG SO WE CAN GET AT LEAST A LIST OF THOSE GUYS WHO PLAYED FOR THE POSSUMS THEN. ASKING PEOPLE TO SPEND 20 MINUTES FILLING OUT THEIR OWN BIOGRAPHIES AND ADD THOUGHTS ABOUT TEAMMATES PROVED TOO MUCH TO ASK.

DO WE WANT TO INCLUDE "HONORARY POSSUMS" IN OUR NUMBERING SYSTEM? I HAVE INCLUDED MIKE VINTON AS AN OFFICIAL POSSUM ALTHOUGH HE NEVER PLAYED A FULL SEASON - BUT HE PLAYED THE EQUIVALENT OF A COUPLE FULL SEASONS WHEN IN THE AREA TO VISIT BRIAN NIEKERK.

I INCLUDED BUTCH ROBERTSON, UT'S LONG-TIME COACH, WITH THE 1980 POSSUMS. DON'T KNOW IF HE EVER PLAYED FOR KNOXVILLE, BUT CERTAINLY HE SHOULD BE INCLUDED.

GUESS I WAS LUCKY TO PLAY SOMEWHAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF THE POSSUMS - AND THAT MY MEMORY IS SOMEWHAT DECENT. YOU'LL GET SICK OF SEEING QOUTES BY ME, BUT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO ACTUALLY TOOK TIME TO DO IT - I MADE A FEW UP FROM TYLER HUSKEY - BUT THE ONES FROM RYAN MILLER ARE REAL BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION.

WHEN I GOT STUCK ON SOMETHING, I ADDED TO MY BIO, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO FREAKING LONG, BUT IT IS THE KIND OF INFO I WAS LOOKING FOR FROM THE REST OF YOU.

IF YOU DO WANT TO ADD TO YOUR BIO AND/OR CORRECT ANY ERRORS, JUST USE THE PATRUGB@ATT.NET E-MAIL AND I WILL SEND YOU THE USERNAME AND PASSWORD. BIOS FOR THE 2010 CHRISTMAS EDITION ARE DUE DEC. 10.

ALSO, EMAIL ANY ALL-TIME POSSUM TEAMS YOU HAVE.

PAT DORWIN, KNOXVILLE, 1986-2000

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