For any Bulldogs in NOLA - great BBQ (well, decent), and cold beer. I'll be the confused-looking, bearded one. Breakfast at Slim Goodies, if anyone is interested. I'll be the hungover, confused-looking, bearded one.
And I was over 30 when it happened.
Also important to know: The cruise ship workers are dangerous -- they have the uncanny ability to remember your name and card number, and in their overly-friendly, eastern European accents say, "special for repeat customer! Double top shelf vodka for price of...
I took the 4-day trip out of NOLA a few years back. The food was mediocre, the ship and accommodations weren't bad...but not great. And my bar tab was $2,400. Cruises are notoriously "cheap" vacations...until you factor in the booze bill. And if you don't drink all that much, you have to deal...
"Black Day for Army's Black Knights" on touchdown pass from "Pee Wee" Armstrong to Fred Walters. Maroons beat Army 13-7. MSU also beat Alabama that year.
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I thought this news clipping was from a paper in NY, but it is from the 11/2/35 edition of The Meridian Star. Still pretty cool. There is also an original stock photo of "Pee Wee" Armstrong. I think the photo is from '34.
My dad spent some time with him a few months ago when LB was here for a funeral. Top notch guy, much like the family into which he married (the Baker family).
Berkman is the son-in-law of former MSU football great Johnny Baker (early-mid '60s) of Meridian. Baker played in the NFL for the Oilers & Chargers, and now lives in Houston. Johnny's brother, Frank, went to USM & played a few seasons in the '70s as a member of the NY Yankees...now lives in...
Can't remember the name of the radio show, but they were broadcasting live from George St. Grocery - '99 or '01 I think. The conversation got heated and Kent offered to take Fourcade out in the parking lot. It was "friendly" but it was obvious Fourcade wanted none of that business. Kent was a...
I snapped this pic this weekend. It's the pennant "Pee Wee" brought back from Army after the Maroons defeated them in the '30s. He also gave me this old Spalding football, though I'm not sure how old it is. He had a bunch of old footballs in his collection, and he said this was an oldgame ball...