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Henry Ball (a.k.a. Southern Man, CFB Czar) is a professional business man and entrepreneur in the construction industry. http://www.linkedin.com/in/henryball

He is also a passionate college football and obsessive LSU fan. As and independent writer he has been published by various trade publications such as the Atlanta Building News and In Plain Site as well as sporting outlets such as the Bleacher Report and other LSU News and Recruiting sites.

Follow Henry on Twitter: http://twitter.com/HenryBall

For the latest on LSU recruiting news: http://www.dandydon.com/index.html

Keep up with the Henry and the Tigers on the Gameday Network: http://louisianastategameday.com
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SO, you think you can predict college football? Join the Pick'em league I started for a little Creature Competition and let's see who really knows their pigskin!

http://wideopen.athlonsports.com/

League Name: The Bleacher League
Password: geaux

Current Leaders:
Mosang (11,287)
Zach Z (11,104)
DDK Hedlind (11,050)

Nice picking guys, same leaders with a slightly different order but still leading the way is the incomparable Emerald Emperor!

Notably, our top five, which includes Hood and Andy are all ranked Higher than Athlon's four 'Experts' and our fearless leader is only 401 (about 3 picks) points off the overall lead.

Way to go Bleacher Creatures!!

Henry 's Recent Articles

Roll Tide, Bambi Died, and the Top Eight Reasons My Weekend Tanked!

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BATON ROUGE, LA - NOVEMBER 08: Head Coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide is congratulated by head coach Les Miles of the Louisiana State University Tigers after the Tide defeated the Tigers 27-21 in overtime on November 11, 2008 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Alabama's Evil Genius Meets LSU's Mad Hatter With Everything At Stake (C v C)

Published 6 days ago
2,177 reads 105 comments

Czar Report: Texas Locks Horns on No. 1 "Destiny" Ranking, but Who's No. 2?

Published 8 days ago
307 reads 35 comments

Czar Report, Dominion in Doubt: Texas, UF, Alabama, LSU Control Destiny

Published 16 days ago
574 reads 53 comments

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Henry Ball commented on SEC Officiating: Incompetence Or Protecting Sacred Cows?
Sportscaster007 responded to a comment on College Football Week Eleven: Power Rankings Without The Bias
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Henry Ball responded to a comment on Bruised, Battered, and Beaten Into Submission: Alabama Bests LSU
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Favorite Athletes

Jacob Hester, Shaq
Favorite Sports Teams

LSU, NO Saints, Lakers but not Kobe, Atlanta Braves
Favorite Coaches

Les Miles, Bo Pelini, Bobby Cox
All Time Sports Moment

The Blue Grass Miracle
Most Memorable Game Attended

2003 SEC Championship (Second = 2003 Ole Miss Game)
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Now that steroids aren't being used by the juice heads, the Home Run Record, sad...
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth
Unitas or Montana?

Montana
Jordan or Russell?

Lebron (Jordan)
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Who?
Federer or Sampras?

Who Cares - I'd vote for the hot chic, Kornacova???
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Toms
Petty or Earnhardt?

Danika
Schumacher or Senna?

Danika
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Is this really a question? SEC

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by BabyTate
about 2 hours ago

Who will dare support VMI?

I call upon Southern Man !

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286888-college-football-babys-losers-for-the-second-week-of-november

BT
by Illya
about 12 hours ago

Hey Henry (a.k.a. Southern Man -- Unless you've moved),

This is a sort of response to Mr. Domain's article.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/287098-br-how-much-money-do-i-owe-you
by Hotnuke
about 15 hours ago

Henry,

Just thought you might find the latest edition of my "What's Up With That?" column interesting. Let me know what you think if you find the time to look it over...lol

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/287069-whats-up-with-that-volume-six

Thanks,

Daniel Barber aka Hotnuke
by Leroy
3 days ago

Hi Czar! How are you?

Just wanted to send you a little note to thank you for your comment on the Domaine article. I have had a VERY bad week, and just when I was thinking that I have wasted a lot of time on this site, you restored my faith in some of the fabulous people I have encountered.

I get so tired of being an easy target, even when someone writes an article that is clearly not about me. I'm disappointed in Cliff for starting it all, and in Robert for not defending me more fully.

Anyway, I decided that I didn't comment need to comment any further, because you expressed my point of view so well. I owe you one, my friend!

Geaux Bengals! :-)
by C Douglas
4 days ago

Check out my NFL all pro teams if you get a chance. Here's the defensive side of the ball.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285013-doug-bakers-2009-midseason-nfl-all-pro-team-defense
by Josh
4 days ago

Everyone has dreams of playing a professional sport. Sirr Parker did in football. But it was impossible for him to do that from where he grew up. But he made it, and he's truly remarkable. It's a story I'd love to share with you:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285022-they-called-him-sirr-the-truly-remarkable-story-of-sirr-parker

I'd love your feedback on this and I hope you can check it out. Thank you, and have a great day!
by Colin
7 days ago

It would be my pleasure, my friend...

Just returned to Boston from Jersey a few moments ago...

Let me get settled and I'll give it a look...

Colin
by Jonathan
7 days ago

Hi Southern, check out the latest, thanks!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/282711-hostility-no-surprise-but-favre-deserves-better
by Keith
10 days ago

Is Dwyane Wade fooling us all and planning a secret escape to New York in 2010?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/281543-is-2010-here-yet-dwayne-wade-dodges-all-questions-regarding-knicks
by Norm
4 months ago

My first article is on b/r! I re-watched the entire UF-OU game on hulu.com and for the life of me I cannot see why Florida will not repeat. I decided to keep the article SEC (sort of) and threw in some Arkansas and LSU but no Florida. Hope ya like it.

I do have a Florida thing brewing but its more about all the people that will gamble on Florida in Vegas. Nobody talks about betting lines on here, so I didn't know if that was an unspoken rule or not. Florida is 2-1and it's basically printing money to bet on them.
by Norm
4 months ago

no problem... i self-deleted all those posts and you will see a full article from me pretty soon. It's probably going to be college football related will probably be about how Florida might not repeat. It's not going to be a lame slideshow thing either it's going to be a real article....

-losing Percy Harvin is big
-returning to college does not mean you get better as a player....
-the hunger and desire to win are gone (arrest #s high, already on top the mountain etc.)
-expectations can be unwanted weight on a man's chest (see Georgia's entire season last year)

It'll be good. Maybe not great but you're right it's time for me to contribute besides comments.

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Roll Tide, Bambi Died, and the Top Eight Reasons My Weekend Tanked!

Alabama's Evil Genius Meets LSU's Mad Hatter With Everything At Stake (C v C)

Czar Report: Texas Locks Horns on No. 1 "Destiny" Ranking, but Who's No. 2?

Czar Report, Dominion in Doubt: Texas, UF, Alabama, LSU Control Destiny

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