SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE VS. THE REST OF THE WORLD

It's a great day here at our house. The Gators did it again. It wasn't pretty, but hey! we're satisfied to be the national champs for the second time in three years. We had a wonderful time watching Superman and his teammates hold on and win!!

I guess I'll get out the car flags today when I go out. Might as well show my colors to the world, even though I run the risk of car damage with all the U. of Tennessee fans around. Surely not!! They've got to be happy that the SEC held up so well in the bowl games. Final record was SEC 8 wins and 2 losses.

Oklahoma was a good team -- they had a very precise passer as a quarterback -- but let's face it; the Big 12 just doesn't have the depth of the SEC and that's why they were able to come into this game with such a high scoring average. The SEC teams, on the other hand, beat each other up week after week and the scores are lower.

A great case in point is Ole Miss (the announcer, obviously not a Southerner, actually called them "Old Miss" last night). They had some losses (one to Vandy) but they beat Florida and then in the Cotton Bowl beat Texas Tech, a highly touted team. We just don't get the respect here in the South we deserve.

Oh, I know; most of the South is conservative and the media is not. But records tell the story and it's an accurate story. So, I hope the news people will come around. But I won't hold my breath!!

So, how do you all like this soap box, dear Readers? Some of you are not interested in football at all, and I promise not to belabor the point.

BUT WHAT WILL THE GENIUS AND I DO ON SATURDAYS FOR THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS??!