Kudos to Potts....

you make a lot of people very proud.

I am an old TT alumnus living in the Hill Country near San Antonio who finds the bantering on this site a fun read – sometimes verging on comical. It keeps me engaged with the Tech sports issues and offers some relief from daily business matters but I seldom post a comment. However, I visit Ft. Sam on a regular basis and it is a life changing experience to talk with the Wounded Warriors, like Raz, who have laid it on the line for us and our freedoms. And still maintain an absolutely positive attitude about our great country, life, and the future.

I couldn’t miss the opportunity to say to Raz – Thanks for your service and Blessings & God’s speed to you and yours! And, its great havng you on the Raider Team.

for all you and your fellow warriors do for us. Also, thank you for expressing so eloquently how some of us feel about Potts’ performance during and after the game. The young man is a winner no matter what the score might be in a football game.

First of all, thank you Raz for all you do for our country and defending our freedom.

Potts is a class-act and he could have used the post game speech to give all you haters a big F-you. He chose not to and decided to focus on more important things in life. So let’s just try to root this guy on in these next 3 games and maybe a bowl.

Next year DTN and Taylor Potts will all move on and hopefully this program will continue to thrive.

In terms of what it means for the season, or the next game – But it was HUGE and meaningful where it really counted.

Veterans day is coming up – and many of us civilians get the idea that warriors might be uncomfortable being fawned over. It is very difficult for us to contain that sort of appreciation, but millions of us do.

There is a “silent majority” of us, and we are out there – everywhere you look. Many of us wish we could do more for the veterans, and we think it’s great that there are a growing number of organizations we can connect with, and maybe give a boost so someone who might need it. We like opportunities like the W.W.P and other groups to demonstrate the things we may not say, but surely feel -more often than what might be assumed.

Strange that I didn’t see or hear a flyover of this game. Is that because it was dark or did I just miss it? I look forward to seeing such awesome and various hardware in the sky and spending a moment in thought about those who are doing difficult and dangerous things so far from home. My thoughts the next moment are, of course: “Boy, am I ever glad I am not on the wrong end of those things.” and I suppose that’s as it should be.

As a former member of the cadre at the Ranger School at Ft. Benning, I want to salute you and your fellows for your service to the country. Millions of people appreciate all of you serving ‘over there’ and all of us are in your debt.

For some strange reason of fate, though I was an Infantry officer, Airborne, etc., it was not my destiny to be sent to Viet Nam though conflict continued there for two or three years after I entered the Army. People usually served only one tour in harm’s way in Nam, so when I see that currently military serve several tours in Iraq or Afghanistan, I am feeling almost guilty. My thoughts are with all the service members serving in the Middle East.

Whatever his success is or is not on the field, I am proud to see that Taylor is a fine human being of character and intelligence which is a lot more important in the grand scheme of things than football. I think he has the potential to be a fine doctor and maybe one who understands the traditional meaning of ‘bedside manner.’

Pretty good post.

USN 1962-1989