[Rhodes22-list] Hey Wally, Your End of the State is Behind

[brad haslett]

Alex,

 I watched Army play the U. of Memphis earlier this
year with a friend of mine who used to quarterback for
U of M.  I rooted for Army to make it interesting and
then noticed that most of the U of M crowd was rooting
for Army as well as their own team.  I guess it was
another post 9/11 thing.  The half-time para-sail demo
had the crowd on their feet.  Army got pummeled in the
game but the U of M fans were congratulating the Army
fans afterward and cheering the Army busses as they
left the stadium.  You don't see that too often in
college football.  I have always advocated that we
should just make it official and let the colleges pay
their players.  A handful of schools would dominate
because of thier rich alumni but then how is that
different than now?.  We could quit playing games
about "student athletes" vs NFL training camps.  My
youngest son was invited to a game at Neyland the year
TN won the national championship and he still talks
about the experience.  Maybe some day I can get a
second mortgage or sell my boat and buy a ticket. 
Brad.
--- Alex Bell <alexbell@coastalnet.com> wrote:
> Brad,
> 
> I love the UT stadium. I attended a game some years
> back and it was the
> most enjoyable game I ever attended. Big pride of
> Southland band came
> in. Made poor Army look lowly until the helicopter
> came over and the
> Army parasail team all landed on the 50 yard line. 
> 
>  UT was a big favorite over Army, and I always root
> for underdogs. I
> loved it. The true student atheltes beat the crap
> out of the Orange
> team. Army beat them in a groundpounder game. Loved
> how the home crowd
> handled it too. They took it with good grace. It
> would be really neat if
> they set the accademic standards back to the levels
> we used to see. Lots
> of "atheltes" would not be playing at college level.
> These days,
> Undergraduates take on a new meaning. 
> 
> Alex
> 
> brad haslett wrote:
> > 
> > Anne, forgive me.  After living ten years in TN,
> and
> > working here for almost twenty, I should know that
> KY
> > doesn't have football.  (BB a different story). 
> Brad.
> > 
> > PS:  That reminds me of when Lou Holtz was coach
> of
> > MN.  He parked in a downtown Minneapolis handicap
> zone
> > and a cop yelled "are you handicapped?".  Holtz
> > answered "I'm head coach of the Gophers, what do
> you
> > think?".
> > 
> > PS,S:  If I said something that offended you,
> forgive
> > me,  I probably meant it!
> >
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