Goat Rodeo

Well, at least we know now where Jeff has been and what he has been doing.

He'll probably deny it all on that other Goat Rodeo, the Tuesday night Racing Through History Broadcast.

Published: 11:59 AM, Sun Oct 21, 2012
Goat prank forces game to be moved

The Associated Press

LAWNDALE - A small herd of goats caused plenty of problems for a Cleveland County high school hoping to play a home football game on senior night.

The Shelby Star reports that nearly a dozen goats were released in the Burns High School stadium sometime Thursday night or Friday morning. School officials say the goats caused enough of a mess to force the game against Rutherfordton-Spindale Central to be moved to Crest High School.

The prank raised concern because of a recent outbreak of E. coli cases associated with the Cleveland County Fair earlier this month. Burns Athletic Director Eddy Taylor said health department officials came to the school and told them the game would have to be moved.

And... from The Shelby Star:

Goats cause football venue change?

Goats

By Alan Ford
Published: Friday, October 19, 2012 at 16:22 PM.

Folks associated with the Burns High athletic department were in no mood for any attempts at humor Friday afternoon about who had gotten their goat.

An empty stadium was the result of a prank by an unknown source Friday. It caused a flurry of activity at the school forcing a Senior Night football game at Ron Greene Stadium versus R-S Central to be switched over to Crest High.

School personnel said that 10-to-12 goats had been released in the stadium overnight and caused enough of a mess in the area near the fieldhouse and given the current E. coli cases attached to the county meant the game had to move to another venue as a health precaution.

The health department was here about 2:30 p.m. and told us we would need to do this, Burns High athletic director Eddy Taylor said.

Taylor was having to move quickly to organize moving everything needed to manage the game site barely hours before the 8 p.m. kickoff at Crests Sid Bryson Stadium.

George Falls, longtime equipment manager volunteer with Burns High football, said the goats had been removed by 9:30 a.m. when he arrived at the school.

I got in touch with the Fallston Fire Department and they came and washed it (animal feces) down a drain, said Falls, who pointed out that some spots were still visible on the track.

It ticks me off, but I know kids will be kids, said Falls, shaking his head.

The incident had a domino effect for a number of Burns athletic personnel.

First, all Senior Night activities related to the Burns/R-S game were cancelled. Taylor indicated those will take place when, as expected, the Bulldogs get to host a state playoff game.

Secondly, the Burns boys soccer team had to move their conditioning drills to another area of the stadium.

Also, the Burns girls soccer teams barbecue chicken fundraiser went on as scheduled in the school cafeteria.

Fortunately, this year we had about 300 tickets sold in advance, said Burns soccer coach Clint Shuford, but it will hurt our walk-up sales. A lot of people that would come eat and go to the game would have to do something different.

Shuford, a former Burns athlete himself, couldnt believe the situation.

If I were a senior, Id have hated for my senior game to be have to played at Crest, he said.

If you remember back in the day at grandpas farm the norm was not to step in the new stuff but the hard ones you could throw. Dang pellets from goats left a lasting odor it seems I remember. But you could keep the grass and weeds down around the fence at the track with a dozen or so.

Goats will keep the snakes away too Johnny. They will kill a snake in a minute.

Do you remember Bibb Auto Parts by the underpass on Emory Highway. The junk yard backed up to the swamp along the Ocmulgee River and snakes would come into the yard and get in the old cars. Champ Etheridge got several goats and turned them loose in the yard and it wasn't long before one didn't have to worry about snakes. They were gone.

Come to think of it, Tommie...there haven't been any snakes in our studio either.

I don't have any snakes either Jeff. I have the Goat recorded and keep playing it and so far it has worked.

The photo below was taken of my deceased father-in-law at age 8 in late summer 1928, shortly after he fed cured tobacco leaves from the family's Wilson County, NC tobacco farm to one of the family's goats. The goat did not survive. I guess Tom had no future in advertising for RJR!

Lol...I knew that goat had a wide-reach.

Well....now, I can account for where I was that night!!

My Papa used to tell us a story of a family that let their goats live in the house with them. He said when asked why..they said they were part of the family. When asked about the smell....they said...AWWW, come on in...you'll get used to it....we, did!!

Well....bless his heart, he looks like his seat was still sore!!

Ask Billy and Karen Biscoe about their goat pets.

You would get me in trouble in a heartbeat, Bossman...and I believe that.....LOL!!! Just cause you could...LOL Dang....Billy just became my friend!!