We of the Pickettville Civic Club would like to award the 2017 Grantland Rice Sportsmanship Award to Marcell Dareus of The Jacksonville Jaguars.

No doubt, many other Jaguars are deserving, but Mr. Dareus earned the award for leaning over to offer a hand up to Tennessee quarterback Marcus Mariota, who had been sacked on the previous play by Jacksonville.

That sports fans is Sportsmanship, that sometimes forgotten but absolutely essential tenet in all sports, professional and amateur.

Thank you Mr. Dareus, and for you, we pray these words of the immortal Grantland Rice.

"For when the One Great Scorer comes
           To mark against your name,
 He writes – not that you won or lost –
            But how you played the Game."
           
            (from the poem "Alumnus Football")

                                           
                                              President
                                              Pickettville Civic Club

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Thank You Jaguars. What a game! What a team! I could not be prouder. All previous years' sins are forgiven. How long 'til August, 2018.

Runnerup to Marcell Dareus for GR Sportsmanship Award, Leonard Fournette, for helping the DL who just tackled him back to his feet. Some coaches would not allow this. How dumb. Don't they realize LF's chi grew enormously on the effort.

Best blocks (tie) , Fournette and Yeldon, who both pancaked DL's on the rush. WOW, what blocks.

Pay attention, the Jaguars and Tom Couglin are putting the Sportsmanship back in Sports,  from which it has been absent far too long. Put that in your television play by play pipe and smoke it instead of whatever you're smoking now. (Can you say choreographed stupidity and six year old pre-schooler chest thumping?) This is Professional Football NOT Professional Wrestling.

To the officials-If you're gonna call'em against the Jaguars, at least call'em against the Patriots too.

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