December 2003 Archives
As time winds down on another year, I've been pondering the expression, "don't have the time" and its brother, "can't find the time". Everyone says it. Have you thought about what the person you're saying it to thinks about it? Spoiler alert: Do not expect any grandiose conclusions or Earth-shattering insight in this post. The more I thought about it on my commute this morning, the more I realized I have no position on it.
About the time: A 91-year old person shouldn't take on a 35-year project. He probably doesn't have the time. Also, there are instances where an arbitrary deadline is imposed. Someone called and is coming over in an hour. "I don't have time" to cut the grass before they get here.
Where age or deadline is not a factor, is it really true when someone says that? If so, wouldn't the person you tell know it? There are 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, etc, etc... (If you get less than that, you're exempt from these foolish thoughts). So, what you're really saying is, "I don't wish to use my time that way". To say it that way, of course, is kind of rude so we say, "I don't have the time" instead.
Doesn’t look like I’ll be getting broadband internet this year although there is still about 42 hours left in 2003. Doubt that’s enough time to get it done considering it’s not available here in Bush yet and no one has contacted me but you never know. Maybe next year.......
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "This past year I've been pretty diligent about keeping a family logbook. Mostly it's a record of what we did on weekends and other significant events. Starting it was inspired a couple of years ago when reading one of those newsy Christmas letters from a friend, and we thought "wow, I wish we did as much as they do in a year". Then, reflecting, we realized that our year actually was pretty rich."
Started My Family Blog for essentially the same reasons. -Rob
Saints are done. Played decently in a game yesterday where everyone was trying not to get hurt. Saints have some major problems to address. They need to find some players on defense and they need to find some consistency on offense. But mostly, they need to find some determination. That’s been missing for three years now.
Attention in New Orleans now turns exclusively to the Sugar Bowl. Tickets are going for upwards of $1000 each and they’re still scarce. Tiger fans can hardly contain themselves. This game will probably get a higher rating in Louisiana than the Super Bowl. The Rose Bowl on New Years Day in Pasadena will also get a high rating here in Louisiana. We are true blue Michigan Wolverine fans this week.
GEAUX Tigers!!! Go Wolverines!!!
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “We saw the Return of the King this morning. The magnitude 6.5 earthquake that hit about 45 minutes into the show went completely unnoticed by most of the people in the audience, though my wife leaned over and asked if it was an earthquake or just the rumble of the sound system in the cinema next door."
The Saints season comes to a merciful end today against the Cowboys in the Superdome. The game Louisianians really want to get to is the Sugar Bowl next Sunday in the Superdome. The City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana will start getting into high gear frenzy starting tomorrow. The anticipation and the buzz is already at fever pitch. The needle will peg long before the game starts. There will undoubtedly be some Sooner fans in attendance but they will be substantially outnumbered. It will be a Tiger crowd. It has been reported that nearly 100,000 people are coming into the city without tickets to the game just to be there for the activities afterwards. I think that number is conservative. I originally planned to be one of those but have since decided not to. It’s a work night for me and I have passed into a realm of partying reserved for lightweights.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Went to see Return of the King (finally) -- I'll have a full report later, but for now: Watch out, George Lucas: Star Wars is dead, long live Lord of the Rings."
He's got Celtic/Irish Music links. Patsy and I love Celtic Music and Irish Folk Music. -Rob
The final weekend of the NFL regular season, the final weekend of fantasy football, and the final weekend of the year gets underway today. It says here that we will have a rematch from two years ago. Then, it was the St Louis Rams and New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. It further says here that the result will be the same. The New England Patriots will win the Super Bowl in a squeaker.
Priscilla, one of our outdoor cats, is at this moment climbing the window screen outside our office. I am rather certain she wants me to take her for a walk. We’ll do that in just a minute. She’s a joy.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “The old catch-phrase was "batteries not included," right? The new one ought to be "unconnectible without yet another space-hogging box for the TV stand.""
Can relate. My DVD/VCR player required another gadget. Nice autumn foliage image on the main page. -Rob
125-year-old fruitcake eaten by one of its descendants. Anything for ratings, I suppose. Warned that he may need a doctor, my guess is they had the wrong kind of doctor in mind. How is it more people watch Leno than Letterman? I know Letterman is abrasive sometimes but still.........
Pet therapy? I’m pondering the term, teacher’s pet. It may have a different meaning than the one I know.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “ thought you should know that, yesterday, when I took my son to have his picture taken with your husband that not only did he check me out, but he left his post to hang out where I was waiting.
I'm just saying, one wink from me and the sleigh would have been a'rockin."
That delightful entry made my morning. Fun blog. -Rob
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Visit nearly all of the top 100 blogs, or even top 1000, and you will see little interest in the spirit of Christmas."
The top 100 or top 1000 are mostly politico/news-junkie blogs. Bet that's not true of the smaller ones. We are part of the blogosphere, too. -Rob
Right click and take this little wreath. Link back to the site you took it from. Leave a message in the comments if you do it - She would like to see where it goes!
Let's celebrate the holidays around the web!
I got mine from messygurl.
Happy Christmas Eve or Merry Christmas Eve!
Not sure which is appropriate. Blog of the day has a better term.
Short day at work. Probably quite slow business-wise, too.
Ran one errand last night that should have taken all of 10 minutes. Get coffee. It took almost an hour due to the miserable holiday traffic. Had I not bypassed the major traffic snarl on my commute to go to a different branch, I might still be in traffic. Also took a short walk through Target last night. I am a glutton for punishment. I’ve been in that place three times now and they’ve managed to annoy me with their cashier procedures every time. With lines backing up at the available cashier stations, they were closing stations, not opening them. Would have been deep-breath time had I needed something there. Last night, there were about 20 available stations, there were 6 cashiers on duty, and 8-10 people in every line. A manager turned the light off on one of them and made the 8 people in line go to other stations. She then backed up and surveyed the situation, which tells me that is what she wanted.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Happy Thanksgivoweenmas, Chaka Khan, Kwanzaa and Festivus to all!"
I like that term, Thanksgivoweenmas. Go see what it means. -Rob
The Fantasy Football Season is winding down. This is the last week of the NFL regular season. The three leagues I do stats for are finished although two of them play a game for an Interleague Championship. Though there is a little money involved, no one is in it for the money. That pittance will be gone in no time. We play for the glory. No one that’s ever won a fantasy football championship will deny that a certain amount of luck went into it. However, they chose the players, they submitted the lineups, and they made the trades and acquisitions during their championship season. They were in position to win the championship for a reason. It wasn’t all luck. They should tip their cap to Lady Luck but they should also take some pride in their accomplishment. It’s a very difficult thing to do.
About fantasy football: The last figures I saw say that 27 million people are playing fantasy football. I have no idea how they arrived at that number or whether it is accurate or not. That’s about 10% of the US population and that is just flabbergasting. The game does not serve only one demographic. Men and women play although I suspect more men than women. Young and old play. If it were a board game, it would have on the side: Ages 8 - 90.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Another sort of new year's resolution I have is to waste less time at the computer."
Me, too, although quitting smoking was easier. -Rob
The Saints have added another way to lose to their damn extensive inventory. Unfortunately and/or thankfully, I jumped into the shower after the second to last play of the game and missed the last play as it happened. If you didn’t see it yesterday, you don’t watch sports. The Saints were down by a touchdown but had the ball for one last play from their 25 yard line. Aaron Brooks completed a pass to Donte Stallworth about 40 yards downfield (The Jaguars didn’t care if the pass was completed. They just wanted to make the tackle.) Stallworth broke a few tackles and headed downfield where he lateraled to Michael Lewis. Lewis ran a few yards and lateraled to Deuce McAllister. Deuce ran a few more and tossed the ball across the field to Jerome Pathon, who ran the rest of the way for the touchdown. The play held up on review. It was a legitimate, though thoroughly ridiculous, play. The Saints now just have to kick the extra point to send the game into overtime. John Carney missed the extra point. On the whole, it was appropriate. The season comes to a merciful end next week in the Superdome against the Cowboys and all eyes that weren’t already turned to the Sugar Bowl featuring the LSU Tigers are now turned to the Sugar Bowl. Anyone needing Saints help to make the playoffs next week is in trouble.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Well, it's official: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are done. I went to the Atlanta Falcons game yesterday, I knelt over the team's moribund body, pressed the back of my hand against its lips to see if I could detect even the shallowest of breath and, having found only a slight hiccup of activity, declared it dead."
I know the feeling. At least, Jeff has last year to cherish. -Rob
Finished watching Whale Rider last night. First, let me say that I like the movie a lot. The main character, Paikea, and the young girl who played her, Keisha Castle-Hughes, just bowled me over. By the end of the movie, however, it was clear that the Maori people, or more specifically, the Maori chief, had let go of just enough tradition to survive for another day.
Inability or refusal to accept change versus determination to bring about change is a familiar theme. The tension between the two affects us in every imaginable way. That tension occupies government, society, business, community, religion, family, marriage, and just everything I can think of. I think about this on occasion. Who doesn’t? If I ever reach a conclusion, the 2 readers I have will be the 2nd and 3rd to know.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Well done the Poles and their supporters, derailing this stupid attempt to create a rival power to the US, is probably the best thing they could have done to protect their hard won democracy."
There is almost nothing in my pea brain this morning. My mother’s term, pea brain. She used to call me pea-brained when I did something stupid (Did many stupid dumb things but we weren't allowed to say stupid) or when she was ribbing me. Don’t know where she got it from. I like to think she made it up just for me.
A new element for your periodic table. You do have a periodic table, right? Link credit to Practical Penumbra.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “At least he didn't ask me what my shoe size was, which is what one local federal judge supposedly used to ask propective clerks. Why? Because he wanted to hire clerks with roughly the same size feet as he had so that he could have them break in his new shoes.”
Another New Orleans blogger. Cool. -Rob
The wife is on her own for the weekend to finish up Christmas shopping. I think she prefers it that way. Although I think she wants my opinion on things sometimes, I really think she confuses my ability to make a quick decision with well, shall we say, exasperation? If I have to touch more than three shirts on the rack, it’s because I can’t find the size I’m looking for. She, on the other hand, will leave no shirt untouched. We exasperate each other at the department stores. Grocery stores, too.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “So yes, Mrs Hayward, if for some reason you'd stumble across my blog today..and why you would..I can't fathom. (Cos I'd be having 33 rounds of sex with my sexier than sin hubby if I were her) I don't like you. It's a jealousy thing. Cos they don't make men that look like Justin Hayward anymore. (and if they do I sure haven't seen one) So don't take it personally."
Great excerpt. Read the rest. -Rob
In the news: I just don’t know what to say about this. Maybe this: Participate in murder, turn in accomplice for reward money? Sounds almost like a new way to make a living.
And this: Whilst looking for a blog through my very outdated bookmarks (I keep my current blog bookmarks on the blogroll but I couldn't access them this morning), I came across another blogger, obsessed with anonymity, signing off. My views on the matter at the time I first pondered that here. They really haven’t changed. Even in my BBS days, I wasn’t much into the “alias” scene. Had one sysop, Andromeda X, tell me in chat that she “grooved on alias”. What does that mean? Andromeda X, if you’re still out there, drop me a line.
I must admit I think that was a different kind of anonymity. For one thing, you pretty much had to be a user or a sysop to see those messages so I don’t regard that as really public even though becoming a user or a sysop was fairly easy. Most anonymous bloggers post their stuff quite publicly. To read it, you only need to find it.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Yeah, you'll put on there how fast it took for him to die, but posting what he ate seems to be a little morbid. Jeebus - are they drinking their own water?"
Not much on my mind this morning. I mean, besides Peace on Earth and all that. Some links:
Deathwatch for us boomers, courtesy of Ilyka via Andrea. Tis there that I found Dusty Springfield's nom de plume is Petula Clark. Or is it vice versa? We aim to educate and be educated here at CrabAppleLane.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “My Cynical Attempt to Draw Some Traffic by Leaping into a Hot-Button Topic with My Unfocused Half-Opinions"
Saddam must have been drugged according to his sister.
Free, unsolicited tip to presidential hopefuls on Saddam’s capture: Salute the accomplishment. There is no other position to take.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “I replied that I thought that knowing how things like rainbows work only makes them more "magical", not less.”
Close call for me. Kids find out soon enough about things like rainbows, Santa Claus, etc. I still like the story about Leprechauns and the “pot o gold at the end of the rainbow”. I see no harm taking either position. -Rob
The Saints decided to give their fans a glimpse of what had been expected all season. An offense, loaded with talent, finally putting it together. It was a very welcome December performance considering how they’ve performed the last two Decembers but it is way too late for this season and it won’t matter much in the end. The win probably bought Aaron Brooks and Jim Haslett another season with fans. However, I don’t think either were in any danger of losing their jobs yet.
An aside to my comment here yesterday about Saddam’s capture being reported very late in Arabnews: The cynic (Realist?) in me thinks it may be because they hadn’t been told what to say about it or even told whether it was good news or bad. Arabnews is completely and totally controlled by the Saudi government. Today, they’re on board with America and this is great news, etc. At least, they are in their English version. Yeah, I trust these guys.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “We can so bicycle and chew gum at the same time."
Great news out of Baghdad this morning. I’m so glad they captured him alive. He should answer for his crimes against humanity. He should have a trial with evidence brought against him. He should have his say. I’d like to hear his defense. He is much more valuable alive than he would have been dead. For a time, anyway.
There will obviously be a political component to this news. For the record, there is nothing about this that I care less about than that component.
As I compose this entry (11:05AM CST), Arabnews has not a single word about it. How could that be?
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “It also bears watching what is done with Hussein. Will he stand trial for war crimes, or for crimes against humanity? Who will try him, and who will oversea the judicial process?"
Patsy and I are going out to Covington for a late night bite to eat. The weather has been dreary here all day. It really hasn’t improved much tonight, either. I’m getting a minor case of cabin fever, though, and I just have to get out of the house.
Some links that caught my eye today for your viewing and reading pleasure:
This is a great New York City night picture from The Life Around Me.
iki on John Tesh. iki must be listening to WCKW.
New Orleans bloggers. Cool!
This from burnt toast: I suggest you take the test as an American and as a non-American. I did that before I read any of the comments. Basically, it’s a race to 20 and Americans are spotting non-Americans 15 points. It was a wash. Of those who didn’t get it, I suspect there were as many non-Americans who were pleased with their results as there were Americans who weren’t. Full-disclosure: As an American, I got 17 right. As a non-American, I got 3 right and that was unintentional because I got one right by mistake. Guilty pleasure: I enjoyed the questions.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “All 3 of my readers need to get out their umbrellas and foul weather jackets: I feel several nasty rants building up."
Make that 4 readers, now. I love a good rant. Bring it on! -Rob
Got Jeff Buckley’s Hallelujah running through my head after watching an old West Wing episode last night. I didn't know the song. It was a particularly moving episode and the song was perfect. While searching for the song, the singer, and the CD, I came across one sterling review after another. I ordered it last night. I love music and I have fairly broad musical tastes. I don’t like modern or contemporary jazz, but Dixieland jazz is tolerable for short periods. I don’t like rap or hip hop. Anything and everything else may have an audience with me. Unfortunately, I don’t have as much time as I would like to seek music. I’ve been limited to movie soundtracks and Mark Knopfler CD’s (I’ll buy anything he puts out) the last few years. I need to get back into it.
The Sugar Bowl is still over three weeks away but the buzz here in Louisiana is just off the chart. The latest complaint is that Louisiana residents can’t buy Sugar Bowl tickets on E-Bay if the tickets are being sold above face value (No one is selling them at or below face value). Scalping is against the law in Louisiana and E-Bay is sticking to it. The game is sold out and tickets are highly desirable. It’s most definitely a seller’s market. That said, LSU fans are quite resourceful and that crowd will be mostly purple and gold. I hope to be near the action that night in the French Quarter for the aftermath/bedlam if the Tigers win. The New Orleans Police Department is unequaled in crowd control so I have very little concern for safety.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “IT'S BEEN A BIT WINDY HERE..."
Maybe an understatement. Go see. -Rob
Change of venue today and tomorrow. Will be working much closer to home for the first time in almost 10 years. When I lived in Metairie, I was 4 miles from work but it took 15 minutes on average to get there. Now, my drive in to work is about 67 miles and takes a little over an hour (One traffic light) and my drive home is about 58 miles and also takes a little over an hour. The shorter route is much too congested in the morning.
Country living has its positives and negatives. On the positive side, the crisp, clean air and the quietness are very nice. Acreage and the proximity of neighbors is also a plus. We’re on 5 acres, which would be about a million dollars or more in Metairie and unthinkable in New Orleans. That’s not to say that a million dollars in Metairie is thinkable to us. About acreage: When my neighbor’s dog barks, you see his mouth open but the sound takes a second to get to you. On the negative side, it has become a monumental effort for us to go anywhere on our days off together. We have family and friends that we’d like to see more often but we’re a 30-minute drive from the closest ones. They’re busy, too, and any kind of get-together requires some planning on their part and ours. That’s a bummer.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Anyway, the upshot is, I have no idea where my mail is going."
Upshot? -Rob
Internet search engines are quite amazing. That they’ve found this penny ante site, catalogued its contents, and disseminated that information to the internet community just boggles my mind. I always wonder what the poor soul in Singapore might think when he or she got here.
Some links for your viewing pleasure: A New Orleanian in Hungary making a million. Cold buggy ride in Chicago from messygurl.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Sorry for the lo-fi recording, but I think you'll agree the song's definitely worth checking out. Very little is known about Doctor Paul; we're not even sure if he's a real doctor. We do know, however, that he's not a professional singer.
Short one today due to time constraints.
Watched Angels in America Sunday night. It’s still recorded and I may give it another go because of all of the buzz it has received. I don’t really expect a second viewing, assuming I can get through it again, to change my mind. I really didn’t think much of it. It bored me. The young guy with AIDS was interesting and funny. Everyone else in the cast was a well-defined, well-known stereotype. The supernatural element to it was executed in such a cheesy, low-budget way that I can’t imagine that the filmmakers/producers/overseers didn’t notice. With apologies to LeeAnn, this cheese does smell like a$$. Anyone else have any thoughts on it?
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Me: How's it going?
Other guy in the elevator: *sigh* Just waiting to die.
Me: Here in the elevator? Unlikely. But, on the bright side, day ain't over yet. Good luck."
Loved what I saw on this site before the site went bonkers. -Rob
One of the blogs I read mentioned this a few days ago. Kinda lame, really. The more people go to Google and click, the more entrenched that ranking will get. Yeah, lame is a good word for it.
Speaking of miserable failures, the only good thing I can say about the BCS and college football today is that no one is talking about LSU’s worthiness to play in the big game. Can you say fiasco?
And, speaking of fiascos, the Saints played themselves right out of the playoffs yesterday. I blame it on Joe Horn. He dropped a TD pass. On the next play, Aaron Brooks fumbled and Tampa was back in the game. Instead of 14-0, it was 7-7. Tampa had nothing going for them on offense. A 14-0 lead would probably have been enough to hold them off and win the game. I guess it’s appropriate. It was Tampa that started these December tailspins two years ago.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “City girl. It’s not a wolf. It’s a beautiful Alaskan Husky of some kind."
Love happy endings. -Rob
Any National Championship game that does not include the LSU Tigers is meaningless. At present, they are the best team in the country. For what it’s worth, the Sugar Bowl should be LSU versus USC. Oklahoma does not deserve a title shot. A conference championship should be a minimum requirement to be a National Champion. There will someday be a playoff. This BCS fiasco has won some converts. The ones who haven’t converted yet are the ones who thrive on the controversy. To those, I say that is the dumbest reason I can think of. The current system is broke and is fixable. Throw the bowls away. Their expiration date has passed.
For those who haven’t heard me harp on this, here’s how it should be done. I don’t know how many conferences there are now but it should be 16. As Captain Picard would say, “Make it so”. To participate, independents would have to join a conference or form a conference. Conferences can determine their champion any way they want. The 16 conference champions would then enter into a 4-week single elimination tournament. Currently, the bowl games start on December 16. That’s three weeks of bowls. The tournament I suggest would add a week of college football to the front or to the back of the current schedule. Too much to ask? Money is not the obstacle. The current bowl money would easily be replaced because the networks would throw a ton of money at it and cities could compete for the games throwing even more money at it.
There's only one place to determine a football champion. On the field!
Update (Correction): Originally, I had the bowl season starting this year on December 20. It actually starts on the 16th. That only makes my case stronger. Start it three days earlier on the 13th and it doesn't interfere with anything!
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “This is one of my offices - the much nicer one. The ceiling is ridiculously high, but the windows are lovely. The photo was taken at the end of a long, hard day."
Yesterday's Blog of the Day also featured mobile posts. This kind of blogging just blows me away. -Rob
LSU fans are going crazy right now because Syracuse beat Notre Dame today. They need to focus all of their energy, attention, and positive vibes at their own game tonight. This is now the biggest game LSU has ever played. Go Tigers!!!
We’re busy right now bracing for the big chill coming tonight. It was 28 degrees early this morning and hasn’t gotten out of the mid-thirties all day. Winter is almost here.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “A fumble, and a touchdown on the next play: 14-7 USC!"
I’m absolutely certain that pissing off the whole world is not the best way to get what you want. How much longer can this sort of thing go on? At some point, the war on terror will have to move its focus from the needles to the haystack. Apparently, the haystack doesn’t recognize that yet.
Tribute to the "shameless link whore" AKA Venemous Kate.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “And the poor guy is over 70 years old. He doesn't have much time left. He should be spending it on shooting, not goddam females."
Hard to argue with that. Fun read. -Rob
The West Wing is a tad rudderless this season. I say this after watching another lackluster episode last night. The creator/force behind the show, Aaron Sorkin, left after last season. He also did most of the writing. I find the dialogue to be mostly OK this season but the stories meander and the conclusions are really abrupt. The kidnaped daughter storyline went from nowhere to they found her in the last 5 minutes of one episode and the budget impasse storyline see-sawed from one advantage to another but was concluded behind closed doors away from viewers also in the last 5 minutes of an episode.
Carnivale ended its first season Sunday night leaving me wanting more. Too many unanswered questions. I’m totally hooked.
Waking the Dead returned for another season on the BBC America channel. Tip of the cap to this show for turning out quality two-hour episodes every week. The first episode this season was typically terrific.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “I'll tell you what's funny. Blog awards."
Was going to do a linkfest type of entry this morning but it seems much of the blogosphere is pretty much in the same doldrums as I. There is some inspiration out there here, here, and here. Maybe I just didn’t have enough time this morning.
A computer problem in the morning just makes my entire day go by faster. There is almost nowhere to go but up. Won’t bore anyone with the details. It’s nothing a new computer couldn’t fix.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “Even Goodman gets airtime on Radio Unsigned."
Short one today. Readers rejoice!
The fantasy football regular season is over. Playoffs begin this week. Been working on that all morning.
The Saints have managed to keep themselves in the playoff race in the NFL. They have to win all four of their remaining games. If they do, I think they'll make it as the 6th seed. It's a lot to hope for but that's not new to Saints fans.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: “I am so backlogged in sharing some of these assorted techie bits that they actually have spiderwebs on them. Apologies if you've not only seen these before, but had time to snail mail them to your buddy in Nepal before I got around to posting them."
December 1, 1973. Thirty years ago today. I was excited to be going to the big LSU-Tulane game. Three friends were going with me. Mom and Dad were going, too, but their seats were in another part of the stadium. I had been to a few of these games before with Dad. They were all won by LSU. In fact, Tulane had not won a game in this series in 24 years. There were two ties but LSU had won 22 of the games, including three (Yes, three) 62-0 shutouts. The game was sold out (86,000+) and the crowd was the largest to ever attend a college football game in the South at the time.
