The Severed Cortex

Link: http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090920/SPORTS030102/909200363/1079/-D--turns-in-gem

I wasn't about to ring the Bulldog cowbell after beating lowly Jackson State 45-7.  There's Division I (BCS), there's Division I-AA (FCS), and then there is the SWAC.  Yes, the SWAC conference has put together some of the finest football programs in the country, not to mention a slew of Hall of Fame players like Walter Payton, Jerry Rice et. al., but the conference has never been known to routinely beat up on SEC opponents.  In fact, it never has.  As my old pal Al Hicks used to say, this time and one more will make two.  This was the first time ever that a SEC school played a football game against a team from the SWAC.  Historic.  Let the record show: SEC 1, SWAC 0.

I also wasn't about to get all liquored up on Jim Beam and coke in stadium cups over the Auburn game either.  Maybe I should have?  In fact, I'd rather just gloss right over that part.  Why is it that every time State plays on TV they get pummelled?  (No need to point out they get pummelled a lot.  I know.) I do give a tip of the hat to the Auburn offensive line and the dual running back threat of Ben Tate and Ontario McCalebb.  'Nuff said.

I will clang the bell this week as the Bulldogs get their first SEC win against the Eastern Division perennial doormat Vanderbilt.  Vandy appeared to look like the Vandy of old, not the Vandy that went 7-6 and knocked off Boston College in their own back yard bowl game last year.  Still, a win is a win and I am happy to take them as I get them.  Baby steps.  Next week is LSU in Starkville.  We all know how this will end.  All I can hope for is a moral victory ... and perhaps that it won't be on TV anywhere near me.