Gene Stallings/Tradition

On the way home from work i caught an interview with former Alabama coach Gene Stallings. Honestly, I thought he was dead. No, but it was cool to hear a coach from only 20 or so years ago talk about today's game and the all the issues facing it. He made a strong argument about how much a college education costs and that players recieve a good compensation for being a student-athlete. When talking about super conferences and playoffs, he mentioned that he was a traditionalist and preferred the bowl system.

I am a traditionalist as well. I am fearful of a lot of rivalries and traditions being altered or left behind in the constant sea of change stemming from television revenue. Do we really want to see Texas and Texas A&M stop playing? I know that those teams aren't relevent to most of our discussions and are hours away from the teams we root for, but taking away tradition hurts the game as a whole. Thoughts?

Ryan, sounds like a good idea. Blake, it seems like SC is getting love from everywhere these days. Vance, hype is deserved when the product on the field matches it. South Carolina is not Clemson and by the same token, Clemson is years removed from the vomit inducing hype/failure/redemption crap that Tommy Bowden's teams put fans through. I am hyped about Clemson this year. I don't know how good they can be, but it's exciting thinking about the possibilities with all that talent.

If you guys want to check out a cool show, give Battlestar Galactica a try. It's not scifi like you probably think. A lot of action, sexy women, and a very evil antagonist. Human population reduced to 50,000 in the first episode? Great television.