Fall 2007

With Vacation Season behind us, we finally approach the Annual Season of Remarkable Attention … no, not Hunting Season and, no not the Halloween / Thanksgiving / Hanukkah / Christmas / Holiday season. No, The Season of Remarkable Attention is FOOTBALL SEASON - the one that generates those highly intellectual and thought provoking Pearls of Wisdom, by which we can definitively measure mankind's progress, such as…

Football is only a game. Spiritual things are Eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." Lou Holtz / Arkansas

"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall." Frank Leahy / Notre Dame

"It's kind of hard to rally around a math class." Bear Bryant / Alabama

I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's." Alex Karras / Iowa

My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor." Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades." Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel." Bobby Bowden / Florida State

If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education." Murray Warmath / Minnesota

"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money, and we don't have any." Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.

I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation. Bob Devaney / Nebraska.

Always remember --- Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David. Shug Jordan / Auburn

We submit that if Yogi had only played football, The Season would be Perfect.

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