Last week, I finished reading this book called Dixieland Delight. It was written by Clay Travis, who writes a daily column for CBS Sports, and can be found here. You would be very smart to bookmark that link as soon as possible. Travis's daily column has now been added to my daily reading on the internet. Pretty elite company, folks. But his book is where I first got hooked. If you love college football, no matter where you're from in the country, you will love this book about SEC football.
From an informational standpoint, this book was a great source of what the football culture is truly like in the South. Living in Oregon my entire life, reading about all the tradition involved in SEC football was truly a learning experience for me. Now I am a Pac-10 football guy through and through. Obviously, this is no surprise because of where I live. But even the Pac-10 can't really compare to the SEC when it comes to tailgating, football tradition and passion.
From an enjoyment standpoint, this book is hilarious. I found myself laughing out loud (lol-ing, if you will) quite a bit. Personally I loved the rankings of what SEC school has the hottest chicks. Boys, you will need to check this out. It was pure genius. It's actually making me seriously consider traveling around to all the Pac-10 schools just to rank the hotties from each school. No football games needed. Just tons and tons of hotties.
Here is a little behind the scenes info about the book, courtesy of Mr. Irrelevant:
What’s a good story that was either edited out of the book or simply forgotten while you were writing it?
While I was at LSU I somehow got involved in a conversation with a group of women about how if you danced to Michael Jackson songs at LSU tailgates women would have sex with you in port-o-potties. I spent like two pages writing about this, the types of women who would do it, the men, the bastard spawn they would produce and then my wife said, “You can’t write all this about port-o-potty sex, it’s gross.” So I acquiesced. Then the book came out and my friend Keven was reading it and he called me and said, “Dude, where’s that stuff you wrote about port-o-potty sex, I kept waiting for it in the LSU section and it wasn’t there.” Lesson: you can’t please everyone.
And here is a sample of hilarity from his column.
Louis writes:
"Clay, I'm a student at UF. For the most part, there are only three kinds of SEC fans that I hate. LSU fans are pretty bad and for a team who gets their asses whooped every year, Georgia fans are insanely obnoxious as well. Tennessee fans are by far the worst fans in the SEC, and although I assume you feel the same way about us, I just want to tell you I appreciate you saying that we're good sports. ... Anyway, I'm just wanting to say that you're the first Tennessee fan who I don't hate and has all his teeth."
Louis,
Not only do I have all my teeth but I even still have my wisdom teeth. And I wear shoes. Once I pulled off the Tennessee Trifecta by brushing my teeth, wearing shoes and reading. All in the same day. My parents still brag about it.
As for the Georgia comment, this is why you don't write in and completely dismiss a team in the weeks leading up to the game. Afterward, fine, but never beforehand.
Anyway, people, my point is that this is a great book. I am officially a fan of this dude. So if you're looking for something to read, go out and get this book. Because if you ask me, we all need to know at least a little bit about SEC football.
