Well, Still, I'm kind of a closet Trojan fan anyway, second to the Rebs of course. It's a long story, but a friend of mine that I worked with in Nashville asked me back in '98 if I wanted to go to a USC-UCLA game at the Rose Bowl. I told him I would have to think about it for about a half-second and then agreed. I had heard great things about that rivalry and wanted to see it firsthand. It was a blast, so I went back again with him and his party in '00 at the Rose Bowl again. He always has extra tix, because he buys so many of them before the year and then usually has more tix than people.
Well, he knew I wanted to go to a game at the Coliseum, and this year he called and asked if I wanted to go to the Auburn game at the start of the year, since it was an SEC game and at the Coliseum. Off I went and again had a blast. So, when I heard that USC was going to Miami, it was on again. I've kind of grown to dig the Trojans.
He is a HUGE football fan, just like me, so he and I have gathered up parties of people before to go to big games all over the country that we fly to, not just USC games. (Fiesta Bowl '99 UT-FSU....'99 Super Bowl TN-STL, several other Titans away games) just to name a few. He is as addicted to football as I am, so it was kind of cool.
This Miami trip might be our last big hoorah for quite some time, though, for two reasons. First and foremost, my boy will most likely be involved in several sports next year(baseball, soccer, etc) so that will obviously be my top priority from here on out. Hell, my run of not missing any Ole Miss games for the last several years may be in jeopardy next year, too, but I don't care. I've seen enough Ole Miss games in the last 31 years to last me a lifetime, and it's time to start preparing this little one to be the next great Rebel QB. I'll make some Rebel games, hopefully, but only if he has nothing going on that day.
And secondly, my buddy of which I speak, has recently moved to Phoenix, gotten married a couple of weeks ago, and is about to start a family. So, I'm sure his addiction will have to be subsided, too, in the very near future.
But, it was definitely fun while it lasted, and we are gonna blow it out one more time in Miami......and I will definitely think of my Rebel buddies here on this board while I'm in sunny Florida!!!