Football

This is the final post for the evening as I have been doing a lot of writing.

Death Valley. Enough said.

On this trip we have covered most of the best things in the south: blues, bbq, fried chicken, and now college football. For dinner tonight we went to a sports bar that was next door to the hotel. Few things compare to seeing a college football game at a bar in the south. I'm sure my South American friends will say go see a soccer game at a Brazilian bar or the Bostonians will say go see a Red Sox game at a Boston bar or even I will say what about the time I saw a Indian/Pakistan cricket match in Calcutta. Fair enough all of these are greater experiences. However, my favorite experience is a college football game at a bar in the South or preferably in person in the South. We went at halftime to see UGA vs. Alabama after having seen the first half in the hotel. The bar was filled because at the same time Miss. State was playing LSU. We only had 3 screens for our game and there were two conveniently free seats right in front of the TV showing our game. Our game was a blow out and I was happy. What I love best though in the South is the unwavering loyalty. Miss. State was in no real position to beat LSU, but their fans were in for the long haul. Even when they were really pretty much done the fans were still there. In any other conference Miss. State would have probably fared pretty well, but what do you do when there are 3 teams in the top 5? It should be noted that there WERE 3 teams in the top 5 and as of Monday there will no longer be 3 SEC teams in the top 5 much less the top 10. The part that made my day was when we walked into the bar and were trying to figure out what screen was showing our game. I saw a guy with an Alabama shirt and went to ask him. He was so excited and friendly. He immediately shook my hand and asked me if I was an Alabama fan. When I told him that I wasn't and was a Georgia Tech fan it didn't matter at all to him. We both agreed that it didn't matter as long as I wasn't a UGA fan. He offered to let us sit down with him, but then we would've had our backs to the game. It's times like this that I miss the South the most.