yes, it's true....

first of all, yes, i went to the spring scrimmage at ole miss . it was not a joke. i did not lose a bet. I went on my own free will. My good friend Jay is on the coaching staff (he's the one in the red hat) and I wanted to go to show my support for him (not the team he helps coach). I knew that I would have a free ticket, so when his mother Debbie asked me to go, I told her I would. So, here is the story ....

we get to oxford and went to jay's apartment to get the tickets and parking pass. we drive around on campus for a bit until we decide to go park the car. now, we have a parking pass to park at the IPF, where the coaches park. Debbie goes to ask someone how we get to the stadium without going all the way around the practice field. The security guard doesn't know, but he goes to get someone to help us. an official looking guy asks us where we are parked and when we informed him that we were parked in the coach's parking lot, he asks us who we know. she explains that she's jay's mother, and suddenly, we are ushered inside the IPF. then, the official looking guy, who we now know as beaumont, gets a helper to escort us to the family section. so, we're walking down this long hallway and our escort stops for a second, so we stop. i look up and see this huge picture of deuce mcallister running against mississippi state. i put my hand on the state player's picture (i'm pretty sure it was josh morgan), and think to myself "its going to be ok". as i am turning back around, i notice houston nutt walking behind us. debbie asks me if she should say something and i told her she should, so when he came by us, she stopped him. we chatted it up with him for a minute and he graciously extends his hand and introduces himself to me. i get all nervous and barely get out "its nice to meet you". then, he's gone. i look in front of me , and all of a sudden, i realize that the chucky mullins statue - the one i've only seen on tv- is in front of me...and behind it is the stadium. we are in the tunnel.

suddenly, it hits me that we are about to walk out on the field. debbie is three or four steps in front of me, and she tells me "whatever you do, do not turn around" so, at this point i am scared, but i will not turn around. then, a football player whizzes by me. shortly behind him, is more football players. they are funneling around me...yes, i am standing there as they are running on both sides of me. when there is a break in the crowd, i slide to my left. and there is eli manning. i smile at him and find our escort, who takes us to our seat- on the front row of vaught-hemingway stadium. after the game is over, i hear "coach's family down here". we have to go back on the field. as we are walking, the band is playing dixie, the players are milling around the fence and talking to fans, and there i am. the whole experience was wasted on me, a person that could not care less about ole miss. it was fun, but the story makes it more fun to share the fact that i, 100% bulldog, led the ole miss team on the field for the spring football game.



the pictures : this first one is just of jay with the ole miss logo
here's jay acting like he's paying attention....he's probably not

this is eli manning and patrick willis, who did the coin toss.