The annual Civil War battle that we call The Egg Bowl is now over and Mississippi State beat Ole Miss 31-23. (Which is also the same score that Arkansas beat LSU. ) So, for the next year, the school near Columbus has scoreboard over the school up north and the Golden Egg stays in the Cheese vault. I think both the black bear and Houston Nutt wish they could go into hibernation about right now. Mississippi State had a powerful offensive performance behind QB Chris Relf and Ole Miss came back to life in the fourth quarter to make it an interesting game at the end. By that time, we were watching Georgia beat Ga. Tech (my wife went to UGA) and I was already happy because UT woke up and finished up the season bowl eligible by beating Kentucky again (they’ve beaten them every year since I was a sophomore in high school – 26 years in a row .) And to end on a local note: Here’s my friend Rick Cleveland’s take on the Egg Bowl.
Weather: The forecast says it’s a great day to get out and rake leaves. Rain comes back to Central Mississippi Monday. Severe storms will blow your leaves away on Monday night. I’m waiting.
Today is the first day of Advent. Lots of preparing to do here.
Korean War, the Sequel: (most sequels really suck) On the international front, China is deciding nuclear fallout blowing on them might not be such a good idea. They’re proposing six-way emergency talks about the escalating crisis on the Korean peninsula as the U.S. and South Korea start war games and North Korea pitches an armed hissy fit.
At least the Grinch was likable: Here’s a story from the NY Times about the Oregon bomber who wanted to take out the Christmas tree lighting with a car bomb. The FBI said he planned a ‘grand attack.’ I suggest he get a ‘grand jail sentence.’ Hateful loser.
Willie Nelson busted in a pot bust. In other shocking news, sun comes up in east.
Football coaches are starting to fall like leaves: Miami coach Randy Shannon fired after four years. Vandy coach Robbie Caldwell quit after what seems like five decades (five months) to him.
Mourning a lost hero: God bless Picayune’s fallen hero Marine Corps 1st Lt. William J. Donnelly IV who gave his life in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving Day. Prayers go out to him and his family in their time of sorrow. “Will was the best husband, son, brother, uncle and friend anyone had,” said his sister, Melissa Donnelly Weed. “He was totally committed to his wife Linsey, his family, his friends and his Marine Corps.”
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