good afternoon I'm sitting on my back patio reflecting one of the best offens alignments I've ever played with Larry Allen and I get a call my daughter scyla called to tell me that he passed away I'm at a loss of words right now such a good dude great player super person and with death bad weather all kinds of things swirling around lost of my folks and other friends just breaks my heart and I know life is very fragile and we only here for a moment and we need to make the best out of every moment and not take people for granted Pat sent me a text last night about not taking folks for granted and here we are today all I can say is live the life to the fullest that you can love those that are closest to you try to love those who are not near you as best as you can has cut out all the bickering all the separation all the hierarchy and all the things that separate people families friends culture whatever you want to call it some of those things are very minor in compar in comparisons to a human's life the one thing about Larry Al and I know he had a big heart and he and he lived life to fness a man of very few words but on the football field was a beast and we be sorely missed and he's always missed cuz he never came back to any of our functions I don't know if it because he put football behind him and moved on but my thoughts and prayers goes out to his family my heart is just broken sitting back here reflecting on Mark 2 a as well Larry Allen Frank Cornish and we just lost another one about 6 months ago life and reminds me of the words that my mom used to say son keep living you going to see a lot of things she's absolutely right and seeing people come and go it's hard it really is hard so peace out love those around you hug someone neck today and let them know that you love them call somebody today and let them know that you love them and may God be with all of you and pray for lar Al and his family and also the cowboy Nation cuz we lost a good one be good right