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Thursday, September 29 BYU 38, Utah State 26 Friday, September 30 UTSA 45, Middle Tennessee 30 Tulane 27, Houston 24 OT UCLA 40, Washington 32 Saturday, October 1 Memphis 24, Temple 3 Purdue 20, Minnesota 10  Air Force 13, Navy 10 Boston College 34, Louisville 33 Illinois 34, Wisconsin 10 Michigan 27, Iowa 14 TCU 55, Oklahoma 24 Kansas State 37, Texas Tech 28 Ole Miss 22, Kentucky 19 Utah 42, Oregon State 16 Penn State 17, Northwestern 7 North Carolina 41, Virginia Tech 10  Oklahoma State 36, Baylor 25  Kansas 14, Iowa State 11  Maryland 27, Michigan State 13  Alabama 49, Arkansas 26 Ohio State 49, Rutgers 10 Mississippi State 42, Texas A&M 24 Washington State 28, California 9  Cincinnati 31, Tulsa 21  Duke 38, Virginia 17 East Carolina 48, South Florida 28 LSU 21, Auburn 17 Duke 38, Virginia 17 Clemson 30, N.C. State 20 Georgia 26, Missouri 22 Texas 38, West Virginia 20 Nebraska 35, Indiana 21 Georgia Tech 26, Pittsburgh 21 Arizona 43, Colorado 20...

On November 8, 2022, voters in Tennessee will elect a governor, United States Representatives from all 9 districts, state representatives from all 99 districts, and state senators from some of the 33 districts. In a year when the governor is elected, it is also possible to place amendments to the state constitution on the ballot. For 2022, four such prospective amendments will be on the ballot.  Amendments are presented on the ballot in the form of a "Yes-No" question. For an amendment to be ratified, it must receive more "Yes" votes than "No" votes and also must receive a number of "Yes" votes that are a majority of the total votes cast in the election for governor. Some amendments are more substantial and more significant than others. This significance is subject to debate by reasonable minds. This post focuses on proposed amendment 1, placed on the ballot by joint resolution of the state senate: It is unlawful for any person, corporation, asso...

Thursday, September 22 West Virginia 33, Virginia Tech 10 Friday, September 23 Syracuse 22, Virginia 20 Saturday, September 24 Baylor 31, Iowa State 24 Auburn 17, Missouri 14 OT TCU 42, SMU 34 Louisville 41, South Florida 3 Penn State 33, Central Michigan 14  Clemson 51, Wake Forest 45 2OT Mississippi State 45, Bowling Green 14 Michigan 34, Maryland 27 Georgia 39, Kent State 22 Kansas 35, Duke 27 Temple 28, UMass 0 UCLA 45, Colorado 17 Notre Dame 45, North Carolina 32 Middle Tennessee 45, Miami Hurricanes 31  Memphis 44, North Texas 34 Tennessee 38, Florida 33 Cincinnati 45, Indiana 24 Texas Tech 37, Texas 34 OT Minnesota 34, Michigan State 7 Oregon 44, Washington State 41 UCF 27, Georgia Tech 10 Ole Miss 35, Tulsa 27 California 49, Arizona 31 Navy 23, East Carolina 20 2OT Houston 34, Rice 27 Kentucky 31, Northern Illinois 23 Texas A&M 23, Arkansas 21 Iowa 27, Rutgers 10 Southern Miss 27, Tulane 24 South Carolina 56, Charlotte 20 Miami RedHawks 17, Northwestern 14 Alabama ...

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If you follow Cloud Nine Higher  and you skip past the baseball posts, paying more attention to college basketball, college football, and my latest gorgeous/handsome promotional model, you may want to keep reading. If you follow the blog and you're already a big baseball fan, you probably already have your opinions about the new Major League Baseball rules for 2023. But you can keep reading too. 😉 I am focusing this post on the pitch timer a/k/a pitch clock. Also among the new rules for next year are limits on defensive shifts and larger bases. The defensive shift rule was something I thought was already in place when I noticed that my St. Louis Cardinals shifted an outfielder to the infield recently in an extra inning situation and thereby prevented the Cincinnati Reds from scoring a run when it seemed that a run easily would score. The Cardinals wound up winning the game, and it doesn't seem that the new rule about infield shifts would have affected their move against the Re...

Friday, September 16 Florida State 35, Louisville 31 Saturday, September 17 Michigan 59, UConn 0 Cincinnati 38, Miami (OH) 17 Baylor 42, Texas State 7 Oklahoma 49, Nebraska 14 Georgia 48, South Carolina 7 Indiana 33, Western Kentucky 30 OT Syracuse 32, Purdue 29 UCLA 32, South Alabama 31  Rutgers 16, Temple 14 Iowa State 43, Ohio 10  Virginia 16, Old Dominion 14 Notre Dame 24, California 17 Tulane 17, Kansas State 10 Appalachian State 32, Troy 28 Oregon 41, BYU 20 Vanderbilt 38, Northern Illinois 28 Minnesota 49, Colorado 7 Penn State 41, Auburn 12  Ole Miss 42, Georgia Tech 0 Wisconsin 66, New Mexico State 7 Alabama 63, Louisiana-Monroe 7 Kansas 48, Houston 30 Washington State 38, Colorado State 7 Wake Forest 37, Liberty 36 LSU 31, Mississippi State 16 N.C. State 27, Texas Tech 14  Tennessee 63, Akron 6 Memphis 44, Arkansas State 32  Ohio State 77, Toledo 21 Iowa 27, Nevada 0 Maryland 34, SMU 27 UCF 40, Florida Atlantic 14  Pittsburgh 34, Western Michigan ...

From my point of view, it was good to see the news just before Labor Day: The College Football Playoff Board of Managers, made up of 11 university presidents (one from each conference plus one representing the independent schools) and chaired by President Mark Keenum of Mississippi State met by video conference and unanimously agreed to expand the playoff from a "final four" to 12 schools.  Even better news: The top six conference champions will be in the playoff, and the top four conference champions will receive first-round byes. Also good news: Six bowl games will play host to games beginning with the quarterfinal round. I imagine that the current New Year's Six lineup of bowls (Rose, Sugar, Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, and Peach) will be the top candidates for these games. Currently, these six bowls rotate for the two playoff games, normally played right around New Year's Day. The national championship game is played at a neutral site, and this would continue. Bowls ha...

Friday, September 9 Louisville 20, UCF 14 Boise State 31, New Mexico 14 Saturday, September 10 Wake Forest 45, Vanderbilt 25 Ohio State 45, Arkansas State 12 Miami 30, Southern Miss 7 Penn State 46, Ohio 10 North Carolina 35, Georgia State 28 Alabama 20, Texas 19 Duke 31, Northwestern 23 Arkansas 44, South Carolina 30 Kansas State 40 Missouri 12 Marshall 26, Notre Dame 21 Appalachian State 17, Texas A&M 14 Memphis 37, Navy 13 Tennessee 34, Pittsburgh 27 OT Maryland 56, Charlotte 21 Air Force 41, Colorado 10 Washington State 17, Wisconsin 14 Michigan State 52, Akron 0 Middle Tennessee 34, Colorado State 19 Iowa State 10, Iowa 7 California 20, UNLV 14 Texas Tech 33, Houston 30 2OT Illinois 24, Virginia 3 East Carolina 39, Old Dominion 21 Kansas 55, West Virginia 42 OT Tulsa 38, Northern Illinois 35 Kentucky 26, Florida 16 Oklahoma 33, Kent State 3 Syracuse 48, UConn 14 Oklahoma State 34, Arizona State 17 Georgia Southern 45, Nebraska 42 USC 41, Stanford 28 Auburn 24, San Jose State 1...

I am a proud Tennessean and a proud Nashvillian too. I love hiring local models who are beautiful/handsome in their own right. I enhance photos but do not airbrush or use extreme techniques. The equipment is simple: a Samsung Galaxy smart phone, Canon digital camera, and Microsoft photo editor. My female models are typically "girl next door" types, and this is the way I like it. The sort of girl you could see out on the town and easily develop a crush on.  Recently I began hiring male models to pose for duo pictorials alongside females. The latest introduction came from Brittany of Fayetteville, Tennessee. Brittany introduced her cousin Dakota from Hazel Green, Alabama. I was surprised that Brittany drove from southern Middle Tennessee to interview and sign contracts and, of course, was glad to have her back in Nashville for two photo shoots. Hopefully there are more to come. Dakota's enthusiasm surprised me. Since he is from north Alabama, I wasn't sure if he could r...