[At left is number 5, Rodney Bullock of Hampton, Virginia Kecoughtan High]. On December 20, 2011 I went to Kecoughtan High to watch Rodney Bullock of Kecoughtan High.
I left Charlottesville, Virginia after having 4 bagels at Panera Bread. I listened to AM radio station 1450, an all-sports station, and the host was Colin Cowherd. The program was “The Herd” and Cowherd was discussing the NFL, among other things. He was talking to callers about a major league pro baseball team, the Texas Rangers.
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He was talking about the Texas Rangers, and how they gave 51.7 million just for the rights to negotiate for a player.
Colin Cowherd was very critical of Baron Davis, a point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers. (Within days, however, Baron Davis became a New York Knick.) Colin Cowherd said that a playoff in college football won’t happen, because fans can’t even get along with fans from other schools, so it won’t be voted in. Peter King, a sportswriter, came on to “The Herd,” and agreed with Cowherd that Ben Roethlisberger should not have been playing the previous night, and that he should be held out until the playoffs begin.
I switched to radio station 1400, but it was too difficult to hear. So I switched to AM 910, where the host, Dan Patrick was talking. I then stopped at Zotas, a gas station, and bought some crackers and filled up my car with gas.
Soon, I was in Hampton, Virginia, and I managed to find Kecoughtan High. I noticed that by air, it’s only about 2 miles from there to Phoebus High. I sat through the Kecoughtan-Newport News Heritage girls game, and after that, the boys game started around 7:30.
Rodney Bullock, who wears jersey number 5, was outstanding. His dunks brought the crowd to their feet! By my accounting, he scored 21 points, even though his coach did not play him in the fourth quarter, due to the fact that Kecoughtan was ahead by 30 points! They won 68-40, extending their record to 7-0. Rodney Bullock scored 20 points, but I was keeping count, and I had him for hitting on 6-13 shots from the floor, and 9-9 from the free throw line. He must have been 8-8 from the foul line instead. Still, for a big man, his free throw-shooting was terrific.
Rivals.com ranks Rodney Bullock number 105 in the nation for next year, in the Class of 2013. I think he’s better than anyone who plays in the front court for Virginia or Virginia Tech already!
