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Sunday's Papers

With a few exceptions, it wasn't a good weekend for Mississippi's college teams. Here's a roundup of stories on Saturday's games that you won't find in your Jackson paper.

Football Fat Guys and Modest Cheerleaders

Here's some items of interest:

Fat guys are alive, well and prospering in the NFL, says Slate's Levin.

Tights Pants and Beer

On the first day of an introductory psychology course, I learned that Freud believed people strive to seek pleasure and avoid pain. With all the knowledge I needed, I dropped the course and adopted Freud's belief as my philosophy of life. Not everyone, however, is as fortunate as I. People exist who actually seek pain. It's true—I met one once. Known as "athletes," they seem to enjoy pain, the risk of injury and even sweat. Short of a major power outage in August, I never sweat.

Clothes Make The Player

Here's an interesting Village Voice piece on changes in NFL uniforms. However, it fails to address the disturbing trend in NFL uniforms: matching shirts and pants. Seahawks, Bills, Bengals (all black, ugh) and the rest, how about some damn contrast? You look like CFL teams. Go here to see what Dr. S means.

Meaning and Nothingness

Hey, did you know that Dr. S is ineffable? And a content provider? That's what Dr. S read in the latest issue of the Jackson Free Press. Somebody please tell him what that means. Dr. S also read that he upset patrons at some sports bar. Just doing his job ... Speaking of upsetting (for some Ole Miss fans), here's where some Rebel diehards are rallying around the flag, er, Colonel.

Tights Pants and Beer

On the first day of an introductory psychology course, I learned that Freud believed people strive to seek pleasure and avoid pain. With all the knowledge I needed, I dropped the course and adopted Freud's belief as my philosophy of life. Not everyone, however, is as fortunate as I. People exist who actually seek pain. It's true—I met one once. Known as "athletes," they seem to enjoy pain, the risk of injury and even sweat. Short of a major power outage in August, I never sweat.

How Did College Football Exist Before The Net?

Speaking of SEC football disasters, those Auburn fans are getting creative:

Time For Rebels To Cut Their Losses?

Here's what a loss to Memphis and a bad-looking win over Vanderbilt will get an Ole Miss coach:

David Cutcliffe shouldn't feel too bad. Florida "fans" have had http://www.fireronzook.com up and running since he day he was hired as Gators coach. Cutcliffe should be flattered if his site is half as good as Zook's.

Always in the Action

Pete Sampras, winner of 14 Grand Slam titles, retired from tennis following the opening ceremony of the 122nd U.S. Open Tennis Tournament at Flushing Meadows, N.Y., last week. The first thing he said was, "I'd like to thank my parents for giving me the opportunity to play." To an average fan, that sounds like a simple statement, but "the opportunity to play" has an enormous interpretation. "When you watch a Venus, Serena or an Andre play today, know they all spent a minimum of five hours a day, every day on the court," said Walker Sahag, a tennis instructor in Jackson.

Football and Fine Print

Memphis will beat Ole Miss

Dr. S is running late, so he will make this quick (and remember, don't use these for anything but entertainment purposes unless you want to be a millionaire ... in Iraq):

Thursday Nite Throw-downs

Southern Miss at Alabama-Birmingham (6 p.m., ESPN2)

Dr. S was 3-3 picking games last weekend, but we won't go there until later. First there are Thursday night games to be prognosticated.

Title Time For Our Guys?

The Jackson Senators return home on Thursday night, needing just one victory over the Armadillo Dillas to claim the Central Baseball League championship. The Senators won the first two games of the best-of-5 series out in Texas. So Thursday might be your last chance to see the Senators, especially with Ryan Creek pitching for Jackson. He's the closest thing to a sure winner on the Sens staff. Dr. S urges you to check it out.

The Swami Speaks

It's that time of year again ... college football season. As always, Dr. S is here to tell you who's going to do what and why. But just remember, these picks are for entertainment porpoises only. If you're going to be hanging around town, why not check out Mississippi Valley State vs. Southern U. at Memorial Stadium (7 p.m., Saturday). Valley figures to be better in year 2 under Coach Willie Totten. And Southern is always worth watching, especially when the band performs at halftime. Funny how Valley refuses to move its home games with Jackson State down here and then schedules a game with Southern here. Dr. S expects a big crowd, and a good portion of them with be dressed in Jaguar blue and gold. Valley 28, Southern 27.

A Football Doubleheader

Boy, does Louisiana Tech suck or what? At least they got the satisfaction of losing on national TV. But Dr. S doubts that Maryland and Georgia Tech would agree. The ACC sucks, too. While you're waiting for college football to kick off at 11 a.m., here's columns by Jim Mashek of The (Biloxi) Sun Herald previewing Big 3 college football and this week in the SEC. Enjoy.

The Pete Rose Mess

Why does Major League Baseball keep torturing Pete Rose? And did MLB reach an agreement to reinstate him? The Village Voice supplies some answers.

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