We stopped to say “hey” and he put his paper down and started to BS with us like he’d been waiting for us all morning. I though, “man, he’s one cool dude” to be sitting here talking to us about the game and the other games going on in the country. He then goes on about talk about how this was his 1st trip to J’ville for the WLODCP and how amazing the environment was. He said it “felt like the Super Bowl”. He talked about how no one and he stressed “no one”, else in the nation does college football like it’s done in the SEC. The traditions, the tail gating, the passion, and the hot ass women. He rallied on the women of the SEC for at least a solid minute, even stopping the conversation to take notice of passing hotties, “look at her. You just don’t see that any other place and it’s all over the place down here. Every SEC town we go to. It’s unbelievable!”

He had to head off, but we talked for a solid 15 minutes before he left. I still like the dude, but, professionally, something happened. Somewhere along the way he’s forgotten what it’s like in the SEC or, more likely, his company has directed it’s employees to promote their products (Pac10, ACC, Big10, Big12, Big East) more than their competitor’s (CBS and the SEC). Understandably, ESPN is not as unbiased as it used to be. They’ve got a product to sell and it ultimately does them little good to promote a match up that’s going to be on CBS.

Like I said before, I think Herbie’s recent jock sniff for UF is more back door support for the Suckeyes than to show love for the gators. If he pumps the Gators up, then maybe it can save the Big-10′s BCS bowl embarrassments last year.