The Big Upset

I told everyone that Ole Miss would be 3-2 at this point in the season. A lot of folks didn't believe me then, but I think they do now. I said at the start of the year we could beat Vandy and that we would lose to Fla. I guess I showed you all that I know my football.

It matters little in the long run who wins a football game. I know that as well as anyone. Life is, however, a lot more fun if the team you pull for comes out ahead every now and then.

There are those who say the NFL is a better game, but give me a Saturday afternoon with two rivals on the field and I'm happy. College football is the universal game. It is played almost every where, not just in large cities. To see an NFL game from where I live in Mississippi is at least a four or five hour dive to St. Louis or Nashville. A twenty minuet drive will take me to the Liberty Bowl and a University of Memphis game, an hour will take me to Ole Miss, two hours will get me to Mississippi State or Arkansas State. The time it takes to get to an NFL game would give me the choice of Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee State, Alabama-Birmingham, University of Alabama, and Southern Mississippi. Those are just the 1-A teams that are a day trip for me.

For me a national game should be played nationally. I know that pro-football is played from New England to Los Angles and from Minnesota to New Orleans, but not in Boise, Idaho or South Bend, Indiana.

I wish I could credit who I heard this from but I can't. It is not original with me. The difference between pro and college football is this: I may be a Rams fan but I am a Rebel.
William