What to do this weekend...

Well I have the answer for you! What a better way to enjoy your weekend than to play in a cornhole tournament. For all you men and chicken and beer lovers, how about a tournament at Hooter's! Here is the link for all the info to get to this one. It will be an awesome tournament. http://www.hooterscornhole.com/ Here are some links to some other tourmaments going on across the country. Big money will be made. Will it be you? Check these pages out http://www.playcornhole.org/tournaments/index.php, http://cornholeparty.com/, http://americancornhole.org/cornhole-tournaments.shtml, http://www.indycustomcornhole.com/calendar.html. These are a just a few of the things going on. Hope you get a chance to get out and win some money.

The Greatest Display of Cornhole Ability

Most Cornhole professionals have done something that they are very proud of. For some, beating the player they look up to most, that has maximized their ability. In this bl0g, THAT"S NOT WHAT I'M WRITING ABOUT. The Greatest Display of Cornhole Ability in a game is what I'm dedicating this blog to. I threw a singles and doubles tourney at the Cheviot Sports Tavern at the end of last year. The finals match was Joe Reed vs. Matt Guy. I watched Joe throw over 30 bags in a row against the King of Cornhole. My best is a hot 27, so any one who tops that gets major props SON. My boy put 'em down on Matt. Too bad he only scored 4 points over that stretch. Matt made an incredible 50 of 52 to win the game, only missing 2 bags the whole match. I've watched players match each other making 10-20. I've even matched Randy Atha making 16-20 bags multiple times and Josh Breide 16 in a row in doubles. All of these games would be considered really good, but none have compared to the Greatest Display of Cornhole Ability that I've ever seen. If you've seen something that tops this, email me, bagsmcbaggerson@yahoo.com and tell me all about it. I will post your stories in the the writers blog at the end of the month. Also, Friday I will list a set of links of some places to throw Cornhole this weekend. And as always, Keep on Cornholin'.

The Best shot I've ever seen!!!

After playing in cornhole tournaments with the likes of Matt Guy, Randy Atha, Steve Vanderever, and some other very talented players, how can I find one shot that takes the title "Best shot ever". Well to be honest, I can't. I myself have thrown some shots that could be up there. Down in Louisville, as a teammate of Matt's, I watched him throw about 4 shots that saved the tournament that I'm not sure but 2 or maybe 3 guys could even figure out how to throw. I was playing against Steve and Dewey Dean down in Harrison and Dewey threw a game winning airmail over two bags to win the tournament in the championship game. Some of my favorites from random tournaments would be like I watched Matt Guy take a bag and drag 2 others with it in for big points. I've seen different players throw an airmail with their last bag and take all 4 of their bags in with that bag. I've seen seen players throw what appears to be an airmail, land on another bag and take them both in the hole. I've seen so many shots it would be hard to pick just one, and I haven't even listed all the one's I've ever seen. Or should the best shot ever be one that a player has become known for? Randy can throw a bag over 15' in the air and get it to go in with some consistency. Matt Guy can throw a bag fast enough that it would register on a radar gun under 4' and make it in to the hole with some consistency. I've been able to shoot both of those shots and figure them out, but those 2 can do them on request. I can drive a bag from the bottom of the board (below the ACO logo on the board) up and make both of them. I know every one has heard of Chicago style by now. Well back before Chicago even played cornhole, a man named Chu Farfsing and I really showed folks how the shot was done. We wouldn't just walk out about 5', we could shoot out as far as you would ask us to go. I watched Josh Briede practice for his 60' foot toss at the Christian Moerlein Easter Seals tournament in Eden Park. He made a handful from 60'. It was sick-nasty. So email me, Bagsmcbaggerson@yahoo.com, some of the best shots you've ever seen and I'll list them here in a reader's blog later this month. Check back for the results, maybe one shot that you've thrown will make the list. And as always, "Keep on Cornholin".

Cornhole History

I have read in many places, on many sites, and on many blogs an elaborate detail of a long history that some times goes back to Greek and Roman times. It's all BULL SHIT!! Here's what we do know. My family has been playing since the mid 1990's. Guess where we got it from? Indiana (Sorry Cincinnati). But I do have a friend (Jimmy, the inventor of the sneaker bag and so many other shots that we have all tred to perfect, HE"S A LEGEND SON!!) who has been playing for almost 30 years. So I say to the whole world, Cincinnati is the birth place of the greatest sport known to man, our dear beloved CORNHOLE. He doesn't know exactly where he started playing, although he says it was some where on the west side, in a back yard drinking beer on a Friday night after a football game. So I'll give him more credit than the sites that link our game to the ones they played back in the original Olympics, where they had chariot races and threw spears not corn filled bags. No matter what you believe, keep playing this game and let's make it the next big sport and continue the rich history it has made over the last 30-2,000 years.

I heard from the Rumor Mill...

That's right, I'm blogging about the rumors I hear. But they are from a good source. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to quit your day job and become a professional cornholer. First, let me begin by saying, the best cornhole player in the world is now human again. He lost for the first time in YEARS. Also, there are talks in air that could bring on more sponsors to the sport we love. They are not the Hudy Delight's we see only on the shelves around here. They are national and BIG. So stop answering your phones, typing on your key boards, and get to practicing. Jack Stagge won $2,600 in one day. That is a months salary to a lot of folks playing this sport. So could it really be done? Actually, YES!! The thought of it is crazy and you have to be good. But if you are consistently a winner, you can do it. I would have done it, but I lost that good factor that seems to keep me out of first place in the small tournaments and a spectator in the big ones. Lastly, I want to thank the guys from ACO for taking it to this level. It is becoming so much less of a fad, and so much more of a sport.

Jack Stagge--MY HERO!

So it's been said that no one can beat Matt Guy any more. Well guess what? You're all wrong. As I watched Matt go down at the 2009 Monster Tailgate Bash, I felt vindicated after telling every one that it could be done. I even went as far as to give a recipe for how it's done. Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal, and even Roger Federer have lost more times than Matt has over the span of the last 3-4 years. So I say to you Jack Stagge, "Do Work SON!" Way to go Jack. What every one longed to do, you have accomplished. You have now enshrined yourself in the Cornhole HOF...whenever they build it.

Cornhole? Are you aloud to say that out loud?

What the hell is "cornhole"??? Cornhole is the greatest sport ever invented! We accept fat, tall, short, skinny, ugly and even unathletic people. This is a sport where you can drink beer while you play and it's way better than bowling. Check this link out for rules and how to play http://americancornhole.org/cornhole-rules.shtml. Here is a video from a TV show of some great cornhole action.