Actually I think the state itself is pretty great. But I hate the Tennessee Volunteers. I haven’t always. In fact, they used to be my second-favorite team. I was 11 years old in the fall of 1982. It was the first football season that my parents were divorced, and we were spending a fair bit … Read more
One of the vent holes in my black Alabama cap was a perfect mount for my television antenna yesterday. Also carried my little compressor, which functions as a portable power source and can run my little TV for a very long time. It was a great rig to watch the Alabama-Texas A&M game. Don’t I … Read more
It is an old and storied college football rivalry. Contested for well over 100 years, its heroes have etched proud memories into each of their respective institutions’ annals. It separates households. It sets friend upon friend. Mention of one school to the other’s fan invites instant scorn. It bitterly divides a lovely Deep South state. … Read more