High Beamin

Well it’s November and for Greenville this year that apparently means snow time. While living in Greenville I have come to expect snow at least two or three times a year, I’m still a little unsure of what snow is about. To me, the experience of snow is like ripping a band-aid off: it’s something you want to happen (band-aids are annoying and snow has a certain alluring nuance to it), it happens about once a year (a last resort for a cut that won’t stop bleeding and snow just doesn’t happen very often in the south), its terrible when it actually happens (pulled hair and freezing substance that makes you wet when it melts), but it has great implications (no band-aid and no school). To southerners, snow is supposed to be this exciting, fun thing to build snowmen, sled, and have snowball fights in, but I’m convinced it’s just a front. First of all, no southerner likes being cold, and a snowman?, might as well be a rock man, at least your hands won’t get hypothermia building a rock man. Sledding? Sledding never works in the south. People always try so hard to sled but with a half inch of snow on the ground, you will go no faster than 2 mph and will stop about every 10 yards. The only thing I will concede as a fun snow activity is a snowball fight. Something about making a great snowball and landing a solid hit in a snowball fight is really fulfilling.

November in Greenville means more than just snow however, it also means base training for Furman Elite. With the group finally all together after the addition of two new members, the solid training grid to USA club cross country has begun. This time of the season is unique also in that everyone is together for everything. Since club cross is next on everyone’s schedule, for the time being there are no individual race specific days separating the group. Being all together everyday is great. Not only does it make life more pleasant, but it also makes us better, better together. Throw in the addition of two fresh new personalities in Isaac and Melissa, and there is never a dull moment. Both Isaac and Melissa bring great qualities to the group and have been enjoyable to be around, only adding to the strength of the group.

Finally and most notably November means college football. This is a monumental year for the sport of college football also. With the establishment of a four team playoff decided independently of the BCS rankings, it seems like every team still has a title shot. One thing is certain though: Alabama is on the rise and poised to make a move. With both top 4 opponents in Mississippi State and Auburn being played at home, Alabama’s chances to win out look promising. There is also no possibility that Auburn will win this year in Bryant Denny. When this video leaked yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFvqdQnWu9I (yes that is Auburn’s head Division 1 college football coach) there is no way Gus can keep the locker room and pull out a win in a crowd full of people singing Dixieland Delight, shaking shakers, and yelling roll tide every time Alabama gets a first down. Derrick Henry for Heisman.

Turn off the lights,

Wilkerson