As the season urges even closer and closer to fruition in 2007, yours truly longs for the season to get underway, and hopes to see USC run up against an SEC team in a bowl game in order to make LSU’s Les Miles eat some well-done crow.* However, those of us in the midst of unabashed Pac-10 boosterdom must show respect to the truly dedicated (verging on sick) SEC die-hards, particularly those in states without professional sports teams. Brian Grummell at the FanHouse found the YouTube clip below, which is part of an upcoming documentary from Southpaw Studios (they’re the folks who did that animated SportsCenter parody that made the rounds and got plenty of yuks a few months back) either called “A Fall in Dreamland” or “Football: The Movie” (and count my vote in for the first title).
First, we go to that tale of a wedding delayed by a Bama-LSU game on November 11, 1978:
And, some further YouTubing reveals the Auburn fan with his own personal hex to help the Tigers:
I don’t know why anyone even bothers to schedule a wedding during football season any more. If you are marrying a die-hard sports fan, you should know better when setting a date. As for our Auburn fan, I must admit I’ve done similar things at CU and USC games — however, the mileage always varies, and I swear the hexes in favor of CU no longer work due to a hex no longer being able to compensate for the bad karma brought in by the evil mage Gary Barnett.
*If you have not read EDSBS’ take on the Miles attack and the subsequent reporting of said parody as real by a D.C. sports talk radio station, shame on you.
Filed under: college football, fans, movies, online video | Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide
I live in southeast GA. Football DEFINITELY comes before marriage down here. That is not hyperbole.
Diallo: UGA country, right?
It’s Brian (G)rummell, not Trummell :o).
Regardless, thanks for the link. Nice second video find. Yeah I have my voodoo hex moments myself. They don’t work all that much, but it keeps me occupied, ya know?
Damnit. Fixed!
The hex is part of being a fan, I think — makes you feel closer to the team, just like yelling at the players through the TV sometimes feels like it has an impact.
Signal,
UGA country like you wouldn’t believe. There is some serious slavish devotion to football down here. My old high school has field turf now. FIELD TURF!