Great Spot for an Upset

OXFORD---Ole Mississippi, with just three victories, has Number Two national championship contender just where they want them. Last year the Johnny Rebs had the Bayou Bengals on the ropes,when LSU fumbled and a Rebel lineman, rather than falling on the ball, tried to pick it up and run with it and fumbled, LSU recovering.
The Tigers went on to score the winning touchdown. Ole Miss played both Florida and Alabama to the wire this year only to bow in the closing moments. LSU has to march into Vaught Hemingway Stadium over-confident on Nov. 20.
Can Ed Orgeron rally his charges to threaten the Tigers? First he must get his suspended players back on board, and LSU must do the same. Never in the history of college football have there been more suspended players--a sign of the times to be sure.
But Ole Miss has LSU just where they want them---over confident.
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Mississippi State can clinch a bowl bid by beating Alabama this weekend. The Crimson could have a let-down after their fine performance against LSU. State had a week off to get ready for the Tide. Sylvester Croom, passed over for the head coaching job at Alabama, would like nothing better than trimming his alma mater.State beat Bama a year ago and will be trying to do it again. Do not sell the Maroons short.
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Southern Mississippi looked like a different team in rebounding from its one-sided loss to Central Florida and throttling UAB in Birmingham. The Golden Eagles are getting some of their walking wounded back for the November encounters. The battle with Memphis is always a thriller.
Colonel Eddie Kauchick, the former linebacker in the 1950's , will entertain some 400 Camp Shelby soldiers with a pre-game cookout as he did a year ago. Next stop for these Soldiers will likely be Iraq. They appreciate what Eddie is doing. They will also be special guests at the Southern-Memphis football game
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Millsaps, Mississippi College and Delta State continue to chalk up victories. So does Jackson State in its quest for a SWAC football championship.
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The Jackson Touchdown Club's final meeting of the year will feature honoring outstanding college seniors from the Magnolia State schools. Under Ross Barnett's presidency this has been a banner year for the Touchdown Club. Vince Lombardi Jr. was an outstanding speaker. He has given the All-American Football Foundation approval to name its Outstanding Pro Football Coach in honor of his late Father. His Dad was Charlie Conerly's backfield coach with the New York Giants before he became head coach of the Green Bay Packers.
Lombardi was stuck in the New Jersey high school coaching system for years before Colonel Earl (Red) Blaik hired him to come to West Point and help coach the Brave Old Army team.
We plan to again attend the Army-Navy game in Baltimore this year. I have attended every one of these games since 1962 with the exception of the game played in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
Going to Los Angeles this week to help celebrate my son Michael's 48th birthday. He is the Senior Director of Cultural Affairs for Los Angeles.
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