Unless you were raised in the true Deep South, U.S.A. (this includes only those states that had buildings burned by Northern troops as they marched through during the Civil War--no one else, Texas & south Florida) you won't understand this, but it's only four weeks until college football season.

I've recently gotten my flag for outside my home complete with Tiger eyes and I've read all the requisite on-line sports pages to see how the running back situation is shaping up and if the kicking game will come around and why the eagle won't be flying to inspire the crowd this year and whether or not the coach can live up to this season's expectations and how the season tickets are already sold out making the stadium the fifth largest city in Alabama on any given Saturday and why the coach is opening practice to the media and...

...Saturday, August 30. Don't bother calling or coming by. I'll be busy. Just a heads up.