Sorry guys. Still prefer soccer!! Don't understand the rules of football.

Soccer. Isn't that the game where everyone seems to be constantly running around in circles and a 0-0 score at the end of regulation time is cause for rapturous gasps from the crowd?

Appalachian State
da Wolverines have left the building...

We have a couple of Michigan fans at work. I can't wait until Tuesday. Now to work on various ways to weave the word Appalachian into various conversations with those guys...

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Now to work on various ways to weave the word Appalachian into various conversations with those guys...

Dave the word Hillbilly can be used interchangably for Appalachian if that helps.

And here I sit with mixed emotions. My beloved Crimson Tide is creaming Western Carolina, which is good, but I had to pay $29.95 to watch it and the game is boring and I find myself wanting to switch to something else. Why is it that anytime I get a PPV sporting event it ends up being not worth the money? I gave up on professional boxing after the infamous ear biting episode, when I paid around $50 for less than a minute of boxing. And it seems whenever I watch football on PPV it is not worth it.

Okay. I know I'm joining in well after halftime.

My favorite team, suspended or not, remains USC. It's my dad's alma mater and my enthusiasm is more for the school because there aren't a lot of dunces there. I attended University of Montevallo which did not have a football team, but they had a killer girls basketball team.

Soccer and track were the only sports I was any good at in school. Soccer is now very popular in Birmingham, but the bigger emphasis is with the schools in the wealthier areas of town.

I don't know how it is these days in the rest of the U.S., but in Alabama the largest group of football fans, the ones that like to wear school sports clothing on a daily basis, never even went to college. Many did not complete high school.
Fight On, Trojans!

Dave -- Appalachian...Hillbilly...
I like to cut to the chase and just call 'em Rednecks.
I'm caucasian and I live in the South so I think it's okay for me to say that.

Suzy... personally, I like "Woodchucks". Still okay with you? I live in the country with many. Too many.

A'ndrea

Next time you get into a conversation with one, think about the sound of a banjo...and try to keep a straight face.

dueling banjos!

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Next time you get into a conversation with one, think about the sound of a banjo...and try to keep a straight face.

If one says "you sure got a purdy mouth"....I will run for the hills!

Careful now, I was born and reared in them thar hillz of E. Kentucky so I are one.

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"If one says "you sure got a purdy mouth"....I will run for the hills!"


Suzy comment: There is a lake outside of B'ham called Lake Purdy. For the longest time I thought it was spelled "Pretty," and people just pronounced it "purdy".


TrvlPro: I see you got out of them hills. They sure are "purdy" though.

And the Sun rises over the Crimson Tide Kingdom....meanwhile, last night the "battle of Limestone County" held sway as Athens High faced East Limestone High. Athens is the defending state 5A champion. They lost much of their talent to graduation, and it showed as my son's school held on to a 7-6 victory over the crestfallen Golden Eagles of Athens.

USC vs. Idaho. Trojans win 38-10. Go Trojans!

(Sorry, goin' cruisin', after last night I see why you hate UCLA too, ouch!)

digdmr -- it looks like you're my only ally on the Trojans. Well, at least I have an ally. I was in elementary school when my dad got his degree in Cinema (film directing) there. It was a fascinating school in the 60's and probably even better now that the WATS riots have stopped and the spoiled rich kids don't protest as much as they did then.

BTW, OJ Simpson was in my dad's Literature class, OJ showed up for the first class and the last class, none inbetween...he was there on track scholarship.

Here is the new and improved chart. I've added SuzyCruise to the USC fan list (yea!). Anyone else out there want to be added, it's not too late.

PRO:
Green Bay Packers - digdmr, Sonny V, Petelikesncl
San Diego Chargers - Dave Beers
Minnesota Vikings - Chef Ken, Greyson
Miami Dolphins - Frase
Washington Redskins - Sandy
Dallas Cowboys - GenCan
Chicago Bears - Jim C., Spiritfilled
Carolina Panthers - wesnlin
New Orleans Saints - Tonya31
Jacksonville Jaguars - carlg
Montreal Alouetes (CFL) - Bruce Barratt


COLLEGE:
USC Trojans - digdmr, SuzyCruise
Alabama Crimson Tide - Dave Beers, drlivingston
Minnesota Golden Gophers - Chef Ken
Florida Gators - Frase, carlg
Stanford Cardinals - goin' cruisin'
Georgia Bulldogs - vacationbound
Purdue Boilermakers - Spiritfilled
UNC Tarheels - wesnlin
LSU Tigers - Tonya31

SuzyCruise, OJ was on a track scholarship, not football?

Google shows it as just an "athletic" scholarship, although he was on the track team as well as the football team. In fact he was part of a world record 400 meter relay team in college.