Christmas in July
posted by David Cloninger, 7/21/2009 07:42:00 PM
You might get what you’re after.”
----------------------- TALKING HEADS
As I strolled the halls of the Inn de Comfort in the nether regions of Birmingham, Ala., searching for a Coke machine that took Canadian dollars, I had a fleeting feeling, and not the one that usually comes in a hotel hallway (“Is my will in order?”)
It took me a while to recognize it, but there it was.
It’s football season.
Which means a long dry summer of beating every bush I could find with a rather large stick while looking for a story is over.
The GamecockCentral crew is in Birmingham today through Friday to bring you the most comprehensive coverage you can find about SEC Media Days. Trust me, I know what I’m talking about – I constructed the budget for the next three days and you’re going to find out everything there is to know about SEC football.
For those loyal fans of our site, we humbly thank you for your patronage and promise that this is the start of the annual six-month saga that is South Carolina football. If you think the next three days are the peak of our coverage, dear reader, think again.
It’s only the beginning.
Claims and braggadocio are useless without results, and all of you are going to find out we don’t talk our game. We’ll be proving it this week and on until January, after the bowl game wraps up and the postseason wrapup phase begins.
The summer has been long but quiet – the Gamecocks have been diligently working out and staying out of trouble. Being the guy paid to cover USC, it hasn’t been easy finding fresh news, but we’ve managed to keep the pooge (old journalism expression) flowing throughout.
Now that football’s here, the trickle will become a deluge. We’re glad you’re along for the ride and this will be some of the best money you’ve ever spent (assuming you don’t live in Oxford, Miss.)
Keep tuning in folks, beginning at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow with the first of many, many features from Day 1. It’d be up sooner, but the show doesn’t start until 1:30 p.m.
After that, I hope you’ve got a seatbelt on your office chair or Barcalounger, whichever one that’s closest to your computer. Call the wife and kids to keep bringing you snacks – you won’t want to move.
Football. Finally.
I found a machine that takes Loonies and got myself a refreshing beverage, enjoying the feeling of the burgeoning season, until I stopped and smacked my hand into my forehead. The report echoed off each door and caused a guy from Pocatello to say, “What on earth … Hazel, crank the station wagon!”
Football season’s exciting, but that’s not the best part of the week. This is an SEC event.
Unlimited Dr. Pepper.
Yes.
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“Watch out,
You might get what you’re after.”
----------------------- TALKING HEADS
As I strolled the halls of the Inn de Comfort in the nether regions of Birmingham, Ala., searching for a Coke machine that took Canadian dollars, I had a fleeting feeling, and not the one that usually comes in a hotel hallway (“Is my will in order?”)
It took me a while to recognize it, but there it was.
It’s football season.
Which means a long dry summer of beating every bush I could find with a rather large stick while looking for a story is over.
The GamecockCentral crew is in Birmingham today through Friday to bring you the most comprehensive coverage you can find about SEC Media Days. Trust me, I know what I’m talking about – I constructed the budget for the next three days and you’re going to find out everything there is to know about SEC football.
For those loyal fans of our site, we humbly thank you for your patronage and promise that this is the start of the annual six-month saga that is South Carolina football. If you think the next three days are the peak of our coverage, dear reader, think again.
It’s only the beginning.
Claims and braggadocio are useless without results, and all of you are going to find out we don’t talk our game. We’ll be proving it this week and on until January, after the bowl game wraps up and the postseason wrapup phase begins.
The summer has been long but quiet – the Gamecocks have been diligently working out and staying out of trouble. Being the guy paid to cover USC, it hasn’t been easy finding fresh news, but we’ve managed to keep the pooge (old journalism expression) flowing throughout.
Now that football’s here, the trickle will become a deluge. We’re glad you’re along for the ride and this will be some of the best money you’ve ever spent (assuming you don’t live in Oxford, Miss.)
Keep tuning in folks, beginning at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow with the first of many, many features from Day 1. It’d be up sooner, but the show doesn’t start until 1:30 p.m.
After that, I hope you’ve got a seatbelt on your office chair or Barcalounger, whichever one that’s closest to your computer. Call the wife and kids to keep bringing you snacks – you won’t want to move.
Football. Finally.
I found a machine that takes Loonies and got myself a refreshing beverage, enjoying the feeling of the burgeoning season, until I stopped and smacked my hand into my forehead. The report echoed off each door and caused a guy from Pocatello to say, “What on earth … Hazel, crank the station wagon!”
Football season’s exciting, but that’s not the best part of the week. This is an SEC event.
Unlimited Dr. Pepper.
Yes.
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