Americans visiting Morocco for the first time are in for a happy surprise. I certainly was. The land, the cuisine, and the visual aesthetics of the...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Like a short dog in tall grass: That feeling of being overwhelmed and a bit surprised by the excellent possibilities that have...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK A lick and a promise: The amount of attention and effort a person puts into getting something checked off the must-do list...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Happy as a pig in mud: The way some of us parents are feeling this week in anticipation of our offspring walking...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK She’s just paving the road: Not a reference to road repairs by the Highway Department … Instead, an observation that the individual...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK She’s beginning to lose the plot: A kind and subtle reference to a person’s increasingly muddled state of mind… Crawfish season is...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Not the freshest egg in the basket: An expression referring obliquely to a person’s age, or more specifically, implying that said person...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Resting in peace in the marble orchard: Somebody’s been laid to rest in the cemetery…called by the Moravians “God’s Acre,” whose choirs...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Go put your face on: Refers to the need to improve one’s outward appearance either emotionally (happy face) or physically (makeup), implying...
SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Be sweet: A sexist admonition to curb one’s attitude and what’s coming out of one’s mouth. Usually said sternly to female Southerners...
| Sat, Aug 31 |  | vs Furman | W, 76-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | 2:30 PM ABC |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | 11:00 AM ABC or ESPN |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | 2:30 PM ESPN or ABC |