Leo Jackson

I watched the first half of LSU/MSU foo-fall game Thursday night on cable t.v. at a "no stars" rated motor court in the west Texas town of Fort Stockton, home of Paisano Pete, the world's largest road runner that's 11 feet tall and 22 feet long, a real piece of art, so I guess I missed ESPN's faux pas. I didn't hear about it Friday morning at a do-nut shop where two oil field workers from Louisiana (I heard them ask each other where they were from while they were looking at a picture of a bob-cat in a tree)were discussing cross-breeding of Blue leopard Catahoula cur dogs. One fellow said Michael Vick didn't know shit about war dogs. He paid $1.09 for a cup of joe and drove off in a '57 GMC dually wheel truck a la "bed-less." I had my Dodge Durango oil & filter changed at a local Mechanic Shop before the last leg of my trip back to Louisiana. All he talked about was how long it took him to get parts for Jeeps and Dodge and the work in his shop was backing up. He said I could drive to San Antone and back just on the rims of my truck before parts for Jeep would arrive on the Greyhound Bus. The burly Texan with unkempt blond hair and grease smeared blue mechanic shirt and pants didn't say anything about the faux pas even after I told him I was from Baton Rouge, er, you know, L.S.U. And finally, two women were taking pictures of the holy road runner so I asked one of them to take my picture with it. She told me they were driving from Houston to Tucson to see her daughter. I told her I was in that area the day before and she might make it in time to be part of a record breaking heat wave--29 days of at least 110 degrees in a year. She said Tucson was 90 miles south of Phoenix and it doesn't get as hot in Tucson as it does in Phoenix so she wasn't worried about the hot weather. Neither woman mentioned ESPN's faux pas. So, to sum things up, I guess folks in west Texas on August 31, 2007 didn't care about ESPN's faux pas because they were not talking about it. Isn't it amazing what folks outside west Texas find to talk about? I didn't know about the faux pas until I read about here on Gelf Magazine today. I recommend ESPN make up for it by donating some animals to MSU's Animal Husbandry department, a Hereford Bull and two cows would be adequate compensation for the gaff! I think Gelf Magazine should get the Shorthorn bull's ball rolling on a fair settlement and call for ESPN to pony up for their blunder.