What an exciting day of college football yesterday. As you all know, Ole Miss has not exactly been my favorite school over the years. However, there is absolutely no way I can detract from what Ole Miss’s football team accomplished yesterday. They earned and deserved their win over #1 Alabama. Great game. Congratulations.
Also, congratulations to the Memphis Tigers football team on their 41-14 win over Cincinnati. Wasn’t Cincy favored to win that game? I bet the Tigers will get votes for the Top 25 this week. They won’t get enough votes to crack the Top 25, but they will get some votes. Looking at the Tigers’ schedule and seeing who the remaining teams to play are, is it possible they could run the table from here on out, finish with a top 20 ranking, win the AAC, and be invited to a damn sweet bowl? None of the remaining opponents are football powerhouses. The Tigers are lucky to not have to cross paths with nationally-ranked ECU in the American this year.
Right as I was typing about the Tigers going to a bowl, 92.9 PM’s John Martin (@JohnMartin929) tweeted a list of AAC bowl affiliations.
#15 LSU got clobbered by #5 Auburn 41-7. One of my favorite sports writers is not going to be too happy to see me post this, but I think LSU is Arkansas’ best shot at getting a win over an SEC West team this year.
The big event Downtown today is Katy Perry in concert at the FedExForum at 7 tonight. The singer was in Oxford for yesterday’s game and appeared on College GameDay.
If you work Downtown, you can spend your lunch break with the Grizzlies tomorrow. They will host an open practice at 12:30 PM.
Save the date: The weekend of October 24-26 will be a huge Grand Reopening weekend at Hard Rock Cafe. I will have more details in the days and weeks to come, as management is still finalizing the lineup. I can tell you to expect live music from some well-known names.
Pet peeve of mine: People who say “the Twitters,” “the Internets,” or worst of all, “the Intarwebs.” I need to write a widget that automatically unfollows accounts that use any of those.
All right, time for Sunday Fun Day. I’ll start out at Bloom’s bar at Bardog at 11 and end up at poker at the Blind Bear at 6:30. Stops in between TBD.