Ladies and Gentlemen – This past Saturday the Mighty Fighting Okra fell to Minnesota Duluth for the Division II College National Championship. That game was played on the University of North Alabama Lions football field in Florence, Alabama. I mention this because I played on that football field as a young boy…….. In fact for a brief period of time, I lived down the street from the stadium…. I used to go up there...
Ladies and Gentlemen – It’s that time of the year again….. Excitement is in the air across the college football world…. Well, not so much in Ann Arbor or South Bend…. But other than there…… Alumni, students, fans and players of various universities all around the nation are getting fired up and geared up for the 2009 Bowl Season. We will have three different installments of the Bowl season this year. I wouldn’t want...
Ladies and Gentlemen – We have a serious problem in this country… No, not that one, the “other” serious one…. No not that serious one, the “other” serious one… I know this is going to bruise some feelings but this has to be addressed…. I am speaking of sports commentator’s ritual of “Inventing” words that do not exist.
Ladies and Gentlemen – It’s finally here…… The start of the 2009 College Football Season…. This season we will see…. A Bedlam game and Back Yard Brawls…. Civil Wars and tussles over an old Brass Spittoon, an Oaken Bucket, a Wagon Wheel and a Victory Bell. And yes…. There will be Holy Wars and fights over the Golden Boot and numerous battles for Bones, Buckles and other assorted hardware. So put your tray table...
