Chris Henry dies

So Chris Henry, former WVU WR, died at 6:36 AM today. That is so sad. I loved Chris when he was here. I loved him and Pac Man. I always wanted Chris to get his act together. I always hoped the NFL would help him. It just seemed like it never was going to happen. I gave up a long time ago on Pac Man, but I held out hope for Chris. I remember earlier this year telling mom that maybe just maybe he has grown up. Maybe he finally got his act together. It really seemed as if he did. He was having an awesome year and then got hurt. It will be weird without him. Chris was trying to make the best out of his second chance. He was trying. He turned his life around. I am proud of him for that. That was all I wanted. It is such a shame that he was taken from us. We love you Slim. Once a Mountaineer, always a Mountaineer. We love you and all that you did for us. I know you are with God now. You made mistakes; we all have. I know you were sorry and you changed just like I have. This is just so sad. It is so hard to believe. Chris was no saint. He was no Jasper Howard. He was Chris. He was a Mountaineer, a father, son, friend. He was a human being. I believe he was a good guy. Sometiems we just go down the wrong roads. We make bad choices. It doesn't mean we are bad people. I love you Slim. You are in my thoughts and prayers tonight kid!

Chris Henry

I just found out that Chris Henry, former Mountaineers WR was seriously injured in an accident where he was thrown from the back of a truck. He is on life support and fighting for his life. Chris has made some bad choices in life, but haven't we all. He has been trying to do what's right and get his life back under contol. I know that I have made so many mistakes in my time. I wish that I haven't done them. It kills me inside, but it made me who I am today. I am striving to be a better person as was he. I drank and drove. I was so wasted the last night I drank and tried to drive home. Luckily, I passed out in my drivers seat. Plus I have done way worsre. I know that we all make mistakes. And we all deserve that second chance in life. Chris deserves the same. He was trying, he really was. I just hope he recovers. Your in my prays Chris Henry. I hope you pull through.

Bengals’ Henry badly injured in domestic dispute
By MIKE CRANSTON, AP Sports Writer 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP)—Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry is “battling for his life” after falling out of the back of a pickup during what police described as a domestic dispute with his fiancee on Wednesday.
Henry was found in the road in south Charlotte “apparently suffering life-threatening injuries,” according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Police spokesman Robert Fey said officers were stationed near the 26-year-old Henry’s hospital room. He had no information on Henry’s condition, but said he was alive.
“We ask everyone to pray for Chris,” agent Andy Simms of PlayersRep Sports said in a statement. “We also ask that you respect the privacy of Chris’ family. Chris is indeed battling for his life tonight, and our thoughts and prayers (are) with him during this extremely difficult time.”
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Police said a dispute began at a home just before noon and Henry jumped into the bed of the pickup truck as his fiancee—whom they did not identify by name — was driving away from the residence.
“The domestic situation continued between the operator and Mr. Henry,” the police said in a statement. “At some point while she was driving, Mr. Henry came out of the back of the vehicle.”
Henry was found on a residential street about half a mile (800 meters) from the home when police were called to the scene. Fey wouldn’t identify the woman and said no charges would be filed Wednesday.
Henry is engaged to Loleini Tonga, and the couple has been raising three children.
Henry was away from the team after breaking his left forearm during a win over Baltimore on Nov. 8. He had surgery and was placed on season-ending injured reserve following the game. Charlotte is home to his fiancee’s parents.
Team spokesman Jack Brennan said he had little information other than Henry was badly hurt.
“We are aware he was in an accident and that his injuries are very serious,” Brennan said. “We are staying in touch with the situation and are ready to offer whatever assistance we can.”
Henry is in the final year of his contract with the Bengals, who let him go after his fifth arrest following the 2007 season. Owner Mike Brown(notes) then brought him back a few months later, signing him to a two-year deal. Henry had stayed out of trouble with the police since his return.
In an interview with The Cincinnati Enquirer in October, Henry credited his fiancee for helping him straighten out his life, saying, “She’s been a big help. She’s been right here with me and going through things and helping out on my side. We have the kids, and she has my back with everything I’ve needed.”
From the start, his career has been sidetracked by off-the-field problems.
Henry repeatedly got in trouble at West Virginia, where former Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez told him that he was an embarrassment to himself and the program.
Most teams to shied away from Henry in the 2005 draft. Cincinnati was the only one that brought him in for a visit, and warned him that he had to stay out of trouble if he was going to make it in the NFL. Then, the Bengals drafted him in the third round.
His ability to run past defenders made him an integral part of the Bengals’ run to the playoffs in 2005. He caught Carson Palmer’s(notes) only pass in a playoff loss to Pittsburgh.
His rookie season also marked the beginning of his problems in the NFL. He was arrested for marijuana possession in December 2005, and again on a weapons charge a month later in Florida. He was arrested four times in all, drawing repeated suspensions—two games in 2006, the first half of the 2007 season— for violating the league’s conduct policy.
Before the start of the season, he got a tattoo that said “Blessed” below his left ear, a reminder of how many chances he’s had.
“I don’t live the way I did in the past,” Henry said, in an interview with The Associated Press during training camp. “I kind of plan my days out and take it one day at a time and stay away from the wrong people. I’m not partying anymore. I’m just focused on football right now and my family. I don’t associate with the same people. I’ve completely changed everything.”
AP Sports Writer Joe Kay and Associated Press Writer Dan Sewell in Cincinnati contributed to this report

betrayl.... Screw you Brian Kelly

Last night ESPN was trying to report Edsall was going to go to ND. MY heart sunk. There was no way he would do that to those Huskies. Not right now. THey had all been through so much, Those boys need him. At that moment, I wanted Kelly to go. Tonight when I saw it, I wasn't the least bit surprised. When I saw what he did to thsoe poor beBearcats, my heart broke. It took you back to the betrayl of good old Rich Rod 2 years ago. When a coach abandons his team before the bowl, it hurts. Our players were crushed. From what I gather, a lot of Bearcats are crushed and hurt. This was a tale of lies and money. I get the deciosion to go, but to abandon the boys. o lie to those boys. They are suppose to be your family. Are Bill Stewart, Randy Edsall, Urban Meyer, Greg Schiano, etc the only .. men left out there. How many jobs has Schiano turned awat,y. Excuse me wasn't he wanted at Michigan long before Rich Rod. Levitt and Schiano turn every job down. The Big East is about family. We respect and love each other. We get no respect so we band together as a family. When we lost Rich the conference had our back and held our hands. Every year we got each other's backs in outta conference play and bowls. This year we stood there for our UCONN brothers as we lost Jasper Jazz Howard. We cried with them, we supported them, we comforted them. The Mountainers and Huskies bonded like no other. Now we have to stand here with our Bearcats and back them. This was the chance for the onference to shine this bowl season. Respect is on the horizion and I believe we can sweep the bowls. This was the win/ Florida is the team America loves. They are the team that shines. The best in the country a lot of times the last few years. If Cincy wins, they win so much respect. Hopefully Kelly doesn't screw that. Bearcats we are hear. Us Mountaineers feel your pain. We were down this road 2 years ago. We got your back. Just hold your heads high boys. We are a family and we will stick together. Kelly called the plays, you got the talent. SO go out there and kick some Gator tail. Win or lose we are your family and we will love you. Let's all represent the BE. As for you Kelly, I wish you all the luck that Rich Rod has. I hope they fire you soon in SOuth Bend, You betrayed those kids, a conference. Trust me jno conference wwill ever be as loyal. No conference will ever support you like we did. No conference is a family like us. So back your bas and don't let the door hit you on the way out. We will be laughing in a few years at your failure while we are thiving. LETS GO BEARCATS!!! Lets GO HUSKIES!!!! LETS GO BULLS!!!! LETS GO KNIGHTS!!!! LETS GO panthers- score a point this yr quit being are let down haha... LETS GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!! LETS GO BIG EAST!!! WE ARE ONE... WE ARE THE BEST> LETS SHOCK THE COUNTRY

for the first time

For the first time in a long time a lot of things make sense to me. I am scared of falling in love and being hurt. For months and years, I have ran from anything. I have pushed anyone away. I am so afraid; I was so beaten down inside. I went out with Timmy two times. He referenced me to an abused poodle. He was like he ruined you girl. Maybe that was true. After never having anyone express interest in you and the firat boyfriend you go hits you degrades you daily, you believe it. I was constantly told I was dumb, ugly, fat, etc. I was always told that I could do no better. I would always be alone. Then the hitting didn't always happen. I lied about it so much that I believed the lies. I believe I fell and hit my eye on the porch or a dog jumped up and hit me with a cage in the vhin. Most of all the lies and cheating really hurt me. I don't hate him. I forgave him. Because more than anyone I know people make mistakes; I know people can change. I would never go back, but I wish he would get his life under control. You still care for people even after all the pain they cause. Anyway I believed I was worthless. I think a lot of the approach we take in life is self confidence. Guys can see your insecurities. Jasper's death put life in prespective. Now, I can see how immature I act. I've done nothing but ruin all my chance at true love until now. I am scared and I try and run. He won't let of me. Most importantly he sees something in me. He has built me back up inside.He makes me feel special. He makes me feel good. When he first told me he loved me, I backed away. I was scared. How could I love this guy, but I do. Jerran sees the best in me. Elder Evans and Elder Erguera saved my life. Jerran has given me so much. I couldn't have asked for anything more. As scared as I am, I don't want to run. I need to embrace this. I've always said Jerran is my Jacob. He will never be my Edward. He will always be my Jacob Black. I know Bella and Jacob don't end up together, but they both end up happy. I hope Jerran will always be my best friend. Who knows maybe this book will end different. Jerran was always there when my world seemed empty. I love him. I am not saying we date, I am not saying we will marry, or anything. I just know that I will always love him. If it is ever not complicated, I will fight for it. If we date other people, I will embrace that and let my heart love. I just hope he keeps his promise and always will my Jacob. Jerran if you ever read this, I am sincere when I say that I love you. I know you can't beleive it, but you gave me so much. You make me feel beautiful. Not just on the outside. Your my best friend.... one of them. I can't predict the future. I cannot say we will always be together, but I know you will always be my Jer Bear. No matter what please trust me, you are special and I am not leaving you. We may never have the romance that we want, but we will always be friends. I will always love you.

I am scared of loving him

For the last few years, I have been scared of getting hurt. I have always pushed any decent guy away. Not that I have had a lot of good guys to choose from. LOL For the last year, I have the one friend who always stuck by me. We became close. It was all based on the one lie that could cause everything to crash. Luckily Larry Ford has no clue who I am. Jerran was never supposed to talk to me. We were never supposed to become friends. Then we did. He had a girlfriend and I was just happy having that boy, my Jacob, that I could joke with no strings attached. He was just my friend. The person that made me smile. Then during my out of control partying months, I took that to a different level. I got way out of control. I loved Jerran as a friend. I didn't want to ruin our friendship. Let alone did I want to ruin his relationship, be the other girl, or any of that. I was just a mess and I wasn't thinking. Luckily he was thinking clearer than me. So he distanced himself for a time. During that time, I became Mormon and got in control of my life. About 2 months later, Jerran was back like before. Not the two or three second how are you every once in awhile. He apologized for leaving me; he told me he missed me. So we grew close again. He told me that he considered me one of his best friends. He was easy to talk to. There was still that akward chemistry. It couldn't be more than that. He had the girlfriend. I didn't trust myself with him. When I went to the beach, I couldn't risk what I worked for to throw it away. I wasn't sure of Jerran either. That is so sad to say. So I was a b*tch I was like this isn't real. We are not real it is a fantasy. We can be friends and that is it. We will never be anything. I don't want that. I said some other real hurtful things. Then I got mad because I knew he was a player just like Larry. A few days passed and then he texted me. Instead of me apologizing for being ignorant he apologized to me. He wanted to just be friends. I blew him off again because I was scared. I had feelings for him. What if I let it get out of control? He said I wouldn’t have let it. I didn’t believe him. So time goes on. We text and talk on the phone and on facebook. Our friendship just kept growing. He was amazing. He would say sweet things and I knew he liked me a lot. We just both had to deal with everything as it was. One day his statuses were getting confusing. Then he broke up with her. I never mentioned it. Nothing ever changed. Then one night we were chatting and flirting. I think he was drunk. He was like I love you. I forget the exact words but he added something crazy like he was afraid to mean it. LOL SO I just took it as whatever. I let it slide but it was in the back of my mind. How could we love each other? It didn’t seem possible. About a week later, I decided to just tell him. If he got creeped out I would do the Jerran thing…. Add the as a friend. I said I “love you”. I got an “I knew you did. I love you too”. That night we had a sweet talk. Maybe one day we could be together. Time went on. It wasn’t like we said I love you every day or night. We didn’t even talk every day. I did love him. Our relationship kept growing through October. In Nov. it was still the same except it was like he was afraid too. He would tell me he missed me. He was scared of his feelings. On Thanksgiving I got this text at my Uncle’s. I opened the phone thinking it was Alita and it was Jerran. All it reads was I love you babe. I was so happy. We talked; I embarrassed him because think he is great. That night my facebook status was like And yeah I love him. He was picking on me saying it was Tim Tebow or Edward. I was like you pay that much attention. We had this incredible talk. It was so different. He said we could make it work. It would be hard, but we could do it. Then Friday I get these texts at the backyard brawl. It was all football related. Then there is the infamous “I love you by the way”. Amazing! That weekend brought us so close. I was so sure about how I felt. We were basically together. I am terrified of this. I have never felt this way. Never! I have this most incredible feeling. I can’t describe it. No one has ever been the person who makes me weak in the knees. I have been in lust and obsessive stalker mode. And I loved Richard, but I wasn’t in love. It is hard to love someone under those circumstances. I have never been in love. Jerran puts this smile on my face. He completes me. We can talk and goof off. We can be serious. We can just sit and BS about sports or the same dumb TV shows we watch…. Tough Love. He is amazing. He is so sweet, caring, funny, charming. He is confident to an extent, but he is insecure about a lot. There is just this humility to him. He respects me and makes me feel beautiful. I feel like a princess. He acts like I am something special; as if I am some big deal. No one has ever treated me that way. He has never once degraded me. Instead if I put myself down he is totally like there with no you’re not. He works hard and has goals; He knows what he wants to do and has priorites. Maybe he isn’t the smartest, but he is working hard and trying to get through school. He isn’t dumb by far. He loves his family and friends. He is one of my best friends. Jerran opens up to me. He tells me his feelings. With us, there doesn’t have to be a power status. Jerran can see his flaws and tries to fix them. He isn’t perfect, but neither is I. We are human and make mistakes. Jerran is amazing. Forget the soul mate stuff! He is just Jerran. I can be myself with him. It isn’t about looks or money or any of that superficial stuff. I can be crazy Twilight girl or I am going to have 7 husbands. I can be the girl who is scared. He said he loves me for my personality that he can’t get away from that. He wouldn’t even let me write his paper because he cares too much about me. I know he is wonderful. I know this is all so weird. I wish it wasn’t. I wish I didn’t feel this way. This scares me. I want to run away because that is what he does. He gets scared and backs off. Then I am just terrified even more then. I want to be able to give Jerran all of my heart. If I do that I am vulnerable. He can destroy that. I want to trust him, but when your trust was always broken, it is hard. That relationship damaged me so bad. Does that ever go away? Can I ever trust again? Will I ever stop running? I tried pushing Jerran away; what if it is working? We both just need to quit being afraid. It is just so hard. It is worth it right? You never know if you run away. I don’t want to regret running. I want to let go. I want to stay right here and give this a shot. If he is playing me or lying to me, so be it. I am ready to take that chance. He is worth it. I just hope he quits running. I get the situation is weird and scary, but I don’t want to hurt him. I am head over heels in love with him. I really love him. I don’t want to be without him. He knows what I feel and everyone else does. I am totally falling. Please don’t run any more. Jerran you are all I want.

so much to be thankful for

With the holidays here and passing, I have realized how completely lucky I am. I have almost everything a girl could want. I am so thankful for my life and everything in it. I am blessed with a loving forgiving family. I have screwed up a lot of things in my life. It may have been easy to hate me, but they forgave me. I have amazing friends. Friends that were here during the darkest days. I had friends that gave me strength when the world came tumbling down. I love my friends. I have amazing animals. I am just so thankful for all the materialistic things that I have. Most importantly I am thankful for faith. Without my faith in my savior Jesus Christ and our heavenly father, I don't know where my life would be. Even during the darkest days, he came through. He healed my heart and forgave me. Life isn't always easy. We face trials, but it is all something that we were put here to experience. I can't answer why, but I know that I trust him. I trust that everything will be ok. I am so thankful for the missionaries, especially Elder Evans and Elder Erguera. They be-friended me. They stuck by me and believed in me. Without them, I don't know where I would be. The saved my life. And I am forever grateful for that. I am thankful for every breathe I take. I am thankful for all my experiences, even the bad ones. I am glad that I get to grow and experience every day. Life is precious. I will never take that for granted. I am going to make the most out of everything. I am glad that I can give back and help others. It makes you feel like the bigger person. It makes you happy. So be thankful for what you have in your life. Sometimes it may not seem like much; sometimes it seems like nothing at all. The truth is you have a lot more than some. And at least you are still breathing and living.

UC6NN's Angel

UConn junior linebacker Kijuan Dabney read the following poem as the funeral of his teammate Jasper Howard on Monday, October 26 in Miami. The poem was written by the members of the UConn football team.

"UC6NNS AN6EL"


As we got on the plane and rose in the sky
Tears filled our eyes and we all know why
We loss a brother, a friend, a blessing in disguise
But we began to smile as we felt you're vibe
"305" tunes n my headphones now we feel alright
Stayed focused 24/7 with our eyes on the prize
You shocked everyone at first sight, very small snack size
We wondered how you got here, but as soon as you stepped
on the field there's something we all recognized
Lil' man, big heart that had a passion for the game
You always said one day the world would know your name
"Play every play like it your last", something that was easy for you, almost automatic
5-9, 175, but if the balls in the air you'll be sure to grab it
Swagged out every game, I'm sure everyone was aware
Dreams of getting to the next level, always saying "I got to get there"
You struck fear in the oppenent's heart, they wouldn't even throw it to your side
Gameplanning that week, coaches telling their QBs "he's small, but we're not going to mess with the little guy"
The first time you threw that "h" in the sky, we asked what it was and you replied "Lil' Haiti"
You loved your city and always said "that's what made me"
Man you inspired us bro, the leader of the group
Smallest soldier in the army, but the leader of the troops
I know you're up there proud, smiling as you were looking down
As your family spoke to us, we were amazed at how strong they were, none of us made a sound
Your mother told us how you would never want us to stop
So to make her proud we promise we gone make it to the top
Mr. Williams told us to have a passion just like you
Wise words from a man so bro that's exactly what we'll do
Your uncle let us know that the answer is not revenge
He told us that god had a different plan for you, and it'll be alright in the end
Witnessing your families strength, courage, and wisdom is something we're glad they wanted to do
As we get closer to your loved ones, we get closer to you
Thank you to the family, for protecting us and holding us one by one with a hug
Jasper Howard was a brother we all truly loved
To Pooh, we love you momma, you have sons that think of you everyday
I promise that we'll make you proud in many ways
And to Nee-Nee, we'll never fall, we'll walk tall and never stumble
We can't replace Jazz as a father, but baby girl will have 104 uncles
Willing to do anything and tell her what type of man her father was, and we know she'll be proud
Whenever she needs anything, she can call us now
"Shoot for the moon, and if you've missed your still amongst those stars"
Now when we step under the lights we can look up and there you are
As we remember you, since you're gone, we'll hold it down for "305"
You got the entire nation going live 365
"All dogs go to heaven", dog pound for life, Jasper Howard you will truly be missed
And as you would say "dat dea what it is"....