My Football South

I consider Ron a friend, and damn I loved this piece. I am sure there are a lot of others with Southern roots who would enjoy it. When I see him next week at SEC Media Days, I plan to tell him how pissed I am that he can write a story like this, and I can't.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/football/article/0,1426,MCA_478_4864216,00.html

 

Agreed 100 percent. Great piece.

 

Lord that was beautiful.

I think that is the part that people outside of the South have the hardest time comprehending, from my experience. It isn't as simple as saying I'm a State U. fan, or I like Podunk Tech. So often, your team is your identity. "I'm a Gator. He's a Bulldog. etc." Even the people you stereotypically wouldn't expect to follow sports - the teenaged goth chick, the angst-ridden artiste, the snooty society matron - often have a team they identify with. They may not have a Rivals subscription or Finebaum on speed dial, but they'll still talk trash on Monday after your team shits the bed in the fourth quarter.

God, Spetember can't get here soon enough.

 

Best way I ever heard it put was by James Carville when the AJC did a big series about the popularity of college football in the Southern states:

http://www.bryantmcgill.com/Saturdays_in_the_South/Its_a_Southern_thing_by_James_Carville.html

 

Damn good piece written by a damn good writer.

 

Link fixed.

 

That was terrific.

 

Tears to my eyes.

I can't tell you how many times I've gone into my southern baptist church and all we've talked about is college football and Saturday's game.

Nail on head, Ron, Nail on head.

 

That's a sweet piece!

 

Great stuff. Don't get me wrong I love being a fanboy looser for the Boston teams, but I can't stand how Boston is a pro sports town and could give 2 shits about the colleges. It's the only reason I miss Ted Sarandis. :'(

 

It's a decent read, but it feels like something that can be kept around and plugged in on a slow day. Dozens of columnists invoke such imagery about Southern college football every year.

 

Couldn't the same be said about almost every story that isn't part of the daily grind many papers get caught up in? To me, it doesn't make it any less of a great read.