Subject: Football Southern Style


Football Southern style South v North! Planning for the fall football season in the South is radically different than up North. For those who are planning a football trip South, here are some helpful hints.

Women's Accessories:
NORTH: Chap Stick in back pocket and a $20 bill in the front pocket.
SOUTH: Louis Vuitton duffel with two lipsticks, waterproof mascara, and a fifth of bourbon. Money not necessary - that's what dates are for.

Stadium Size:
NORTH: College football stadiums hold 20,000 people.
SOUTH: High school football stadiums hold 20,000 people.

Fathers:
NORTH: Expect their daughters to understand Sylvia Plath.
SOUTH: Expect their daughters to understand pass interference.

Campus Decor:
NORTH: Statues of founding fathers.
SOUTH: Statues of Heisman trophy winners.

Homecoming Queen:
NORTH: Also a physics major.
SOUTH: Also Miss America.

Heroes:
NORTH: Rudy Giuliani
SOUTH: Archie & Peyton Manning Getting Tickets:

NORTH: 5 days before the game you walk into the ticket office on campus.
SOUTH: 5 months before the game you walk into the ticket office on campus, make a large financial contribution and put name on a waiting list for tickets.

Friday Classes After a Thursday Night Game:
NORTH: Students and teachers not sure they're going to the game, because they have classes on Friday.
SOUTH: Teachers cancel Friday classes because they don't want to See the few hung over students that might actually make it to class.

Parking:
NORTH: An hour before game time, the University opens the campus for game parking. SOUTH: RVs sporting their school flags begin arriving on Wednesday for the weekend festivities. The really faithful arrive on Tuesday.

Game Day:
NORTH: A few students party in the dorm and watch ESPN on TV.
SOUTH: Every student wakes up, has a beer for breakfast, and rushes over to where ESPN is broadcasting "Game Day Live" to get on camera and wave to the idiots up north who wonder why "Game Day Live" is never broadcast from their campus.

Tailgating:
NORTH: Raw meat on a grill, beer with lime in it, listening to local radio station with truck tailgate down.
SOUTH: 30-foot custom pig-shaped smoker fires up at dawn. Cooking accompanied by live performance by "Dave Matthews' Band," who come over during breaks and ask for a hit off bottle of bourbon.

Getting to the Stadium:
NORTH: You ask "Where's the stadium?" When you find it, you walk right in.
SOUTH: When you're near it, you'll hear it. On game day it becomes the state's third largest city.

Concessions:
NORTH: Drinks served in a paper cup, filled to the top with soda.
SOUTH: Drinks served in a plastic cup, with the home team's mascot on it, filled less than half way with soda, to ensure enough room for bourbon.

When National Anthem is Played:
NORTH: Stands are less than half full, and less than half of them stand up.
SOUTH: 100,000 fans, all standing, sing along in perfect four-part harmony.

The Smell in the Air After the First Score:
NORTH: Nothing changes.
SOUTH: Fireworks, with a touch of bourbon.

Commentary (Male):
NORTH: "Nice play."
SOUTH: "Dammit, you slow sumbitch - tackle him and break his legs."

Commentary (Female):
NORTH: "My, this certainly is a violent sport."
SOUTH: "Dammit, you slow sumbitch - tackle him and break his legs."

Announcers:
NORTH: Neutral and paid.
SOUTH: Announcer harmonizes with the crowd in the fight song, with a tear in his eye because he is so proud of his team.

After the Game:
NORTH: The stadium is empty way before the game ends.
SOUTH: Another rack of ribs goes on the smoker, while somebody goes to the nearest package store for more bourbon, and planning begins for next week's game.

Nothing else in the universe comes even halfway close to the Glories of Southern football! And for SEC Fans:

HOW MANY SEC STUDENTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?
At VANDERBILT: it takes two, one to change the bulb and one more to explain how they did it every bit as good as the bulbs changed at Harvard.
At GEORGIA: it takes two, one to change the bulb and one to phone an engineer at Georgia Tech for instructions.
At FLORIDA: it takes four, one to screw in the bulb and three to figure out how to get stoned off the old one.
At ALABAMA: it takes five, one to change it, three to reminisce about how The Bear would have done it, and one to throw the old bulb at an NCAA investigator.
At OLE MISS: it takes six, one to change it, two to mix the Drinks and three to find the perfect J. Crew outfit to wear for the occasion.
At LSU: it takes seven, and each one gets credit for five semester hours.
At KENTUCKY: it takes eight, one to screw it in and seven to discuss how much brighter it seems to shine during basketball season.
At TENNESSEE: it takes ten, two to figure out how to screw it in, two to buy an orange lampshade, and six to phone a radio call-in show and talk about how much they hate Alabama.
At MISSISSIPPI STATE: it takes fifteen, one to screw in the bulb, two to buy the Skoal, and twelve to yell, "GO TO HELL, OLE MISS".
At AUBURN: it takes one hundred, one to change it, forty-nine to talk about how they did it better than at Bama, and fifty to get drunk and roll Toomer's Corner when finished.
At SOUTH CAROLINA: it takes 80,000, one to screw it in and 79,999 to discuss how this finally will be the year that they have a decent football team.
At ARK, none, don't have electricity there
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Now that's funny, I don't care who you are

Who asked you!! And I don't give a hoot who you are

Um, E.S., I think that was a compliment.

Um, Kinda sounded like one to me too, BTW, I ran a survay and 90% agreed it was southern football and cute. Oh well there's one in every crowd, Bless him. ES

Butch, My bifocals get me a lot of trouble. They read "thats not funny". I'm so sorry to talk when I should have been listening, or reading. Please accept my sincere apology. Jimmy and my sis straightened me out on the wording. When you're 72 maybe you can get by with one mess up. Boy! is my wrinkled face red!!!
MVB ES

ES, I am so glad to hear that I'm not the only one that does things like that.

No problem, I was trying to imitate Larry the Cable guy. He always says that and i thought it was funny. The problem with this type communication is there is no emotion or inflection in your words so people sometime mis-interpret.

I honestly dont know all the people on the forum. I graduated from SHS in '59, so i just dont know you folks personally. But I wouldn't dis-respect you in any way.

Hell, EVERYBODY knows I WOULD, Butch, so 'fyou need to git somebody disrespected, JUS' LET ME KNOW!

Har! Har! Har!

Ain't'at right, E.X.?

ES, I can speak for Butch. He is one fine Christian Gentleman. Ask Dee Dee's litle girl or better still Nora's husband.

Thanks Jimmy, If I need you I will let you know.

I figgered as much Ivy, that's what hurt so much. I don't mind bashing anyone in fun but I crossed the purverbil(sp again, dang it)line yesterday. No excuses, just glad he is the type person he is. I promise to read twice before I answer once.
Now Jimmy, you can start disrespecting everybody again.
I still say Perv got the purtyest gal in C-burg and Ed got the scrubs. If my baby sis didn't take pity on him and marry him, no telling where he would be.
And another thing, KC was the prettyest majorette besides my Oner, that ever marched in Comer statium(sp again).Karen is a darlin besides being a guru and my final word is; Save your money and buy whisky!! MVB ES

Idunno, E.S. You done forgot about Nelly Belly.

Gal was enough to make your heart stop.