Sunbeam .... it's a common theme these days. I keep hearing, almost exactly what you just typed, more and more these days. At least when it comes to college football.

Recruiting and TV has just about ruined it for some.

I think that's why a lot of Baby Boomers like myself, those of us born between 1946-1964, have gravitated more towards the purer sports as we age. Baseball and Women's basketball.

What bothered me almost as much as the loss, and the obvious failure to plan and execute and the lack of effort, was the aftermath.

By Sunday there were so many rumblings of pointing fingers and laying blame and screaming and hollering at one another and then the talk started about the cliques that had formed ... that seriously bothers me.

I remember well the threat of a boycott under Sparky Woods back in the early 90s. It was a serious threat, the team gathered and voted on it and Taneyhill came in and saved the day. We started 0-5 and it was bad. After we were butt raped by Bama the players had enough and were ready to walk. 92 I think it was, our first year in the league. Then Taneyhill starts against a #16 ranked MSU upsets them. We reeled off 4 of the next 5 and really should have beaten Florida at their place but for a dropped pass late in the game. (Boomer Foster dropped a halfback pass from Brandon Bennett I think it was). We upset Tennessee at our place when Hank (walk on LB) stopped a two point conversion attempt. That game got Johnny Majors fired. Our schedule was so much easier that year.

Taneyhill saved the season and reinvigorated the program. Fans were reenergized.

Let's hope that happens this season starting now. We'll find out what our staff and players are made of beginning now. I don't have much faith because the players are different these days. But I do believe we have a better staff now than we did then under Sparky.

This post was edited on 9/3/19 at 8:39 am