Ladies and Gentlemen –
I have received a number of emails recently concerning my “bias” of Southern football in general and the Southeastern Conference in particular.
Some have commented that I need to be more “fair and balanced”. While others have suggested that such and such and so in so conference or university has a better team or teams than the Southeastern Conference.
One reader went as far as to suggest that Southern California “should” have been declared the National Champions last year because they were “better” at the end of the year than LSU.
Let me take a moment to respond to such criticism.
We Southerners have never bought into the “kinder and gentler” thought process, particulary when it comes to college football.
At least “real” Southerners haven’t.
We don’t allow our children to “choose” a college football team on their own, God forbid.
The little ones learn early and fast what “their” colors are and good parenting is often judged by how soon your children learn the fight song and know the name of their respective mascot.
And frankly I support that theory.
Yankees usually let their children “decide on their own” so their “creativity” isn’t dampened later in life. That is why most of their children are gibbering idiots by the time they are ten years old.
EDITORS NOTE: Notable exceptions to this rule of course are Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State Fans.
While most northern families are talking to their children about the Kennedy Dynasty and the advantages of socialism, we in the South have educated our children in the ways of Bryant, Dooley, Dietzel and Shug.
We have taken the time to explain the Wishbone Offense to our kids and ran it with them in the back yard.
Unlike socialism, we have proven to our children the Wishbone offense works.
EDITORS NOTE: Notable exceptions to this rule of course are Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State Fans.
California college football fans which are almost always of the “Fair Weather” type are still stuck in the mindset of the 1960’s with “Hey, it’s just a game” or “Who wants a Zima and some Tofu?” and “Can’t we all just get along” attitude.
Let me be the first to break the news to you Sunshine: We Can’t, Don’t and Won’t all get along.
In fact we don’t like you. Not even a little bit.
You are the Paris Hilton of the college football world.
While you are getting “all fired up” to play Fresno, Jalapeno or San Jose State somewhere in the South a titanic struggle is taking place between proud programs that will be talked about for generations.
You think having a “Amnesty International Day” on game day is exciting?
Then you don’t want to go to Clemson, Blacksburg, Gainesville, Athens or Baton Rouge on a Saturday night.
Your heart wouldn’t be able to stand it.
We in the South own the landscape of College Football and all the ESPN announcers and left coast commentaries and NCAA Bull Butter in the world won’t change that fact.
Only 72 days until kickoff……
RTR
MEB