jennifer lambert (jenelamb@mars.utm.edu) from 192.239.156.143 at 09/27/00 10:29PM
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    i don't mean to be a write south groupie, but after discussing this subject with a "true southern gentlemen friend" of mine over in knoxville i wanted to share with you what he said in response to my comments regarding sports in the south: "I agree. However, I think you left alot out of it. There cannot be too much emphasis put on sports, especially in the SEC. Think about it. The South's deep devotion to the SEC is nothing more but the 20th Century's answer to the Southern States Rights movement. We live and die by what our state's football team does. We support them...why...because they are from Tennessee or Mississippi. It's part of our culture." just thought i'd pass that along for you to ponder. . .