its only wednesday and my week of work is over. i’m taking tomorrow off to go get a driver’s liscence, tag and title in mississippi and to register to vote. i’m hoping that all that will only take the morning and i’ll have the afternoon to goof off. we leave for oregon to watch the dawgs play on friday afternoon. i hope we at least make a good showing out there. i think i read on their website that we are the first SEC school to ever play in that stadium. it would be nice to come away with a win over a top25 team on the road on the first week of the season. i think it would do a lot for our national image if we end up being pretty good and make it to a bowl game. right now, though i’m not hoping for much. i’ve heard lots of things about our defense not being as good as in past years but that’s something that you’ll never be able to predict until the season starts. if a mediocre defense plays well as a team then they will keep you in the game. if a bunch of very good athletes don’t play as a team (like we’ve seen the last few years) they won’t be as effective. if we can put points on the board i think we’ll have a chance. of course we’ll still have to overcome the handicap of terible play calling. someone hit sparky over the head and tell him not to call a run between the tackles on 3rd and 11.
also, i hope the fires in oregon don’t affect the weather. they are predicting highs in the low 80’s and clear for the weekend in eugene but i wonder if we’ll be able to see the smoke from the 500,000 acre fire burning a little ways south of there?