Yes, I know.  We are on the other side of shorter days.  Since we are past the Winter Solstice, I have always been impressed with the sound of those two words next to each other, the days will continue to get longer as winter gives in to spring.  I get it.  But today was one of those.

Away from school and that routine for a week, I may find myself a little unaccountable.  Today that happened.  There was not enough day in my day.  I am hustling to write this.  When it shows up on my feed it will look as if I wrote it on December 29th, even though we are four and half hours from seeing that midnight fall.

In an hour and a half I will be tuned into the Texas Bowl.  In this game the Ole Miss Rebels will be playing the Texas Tech Red Raiders.  Ole Miss started the season 7-0.  They finished 8-4.  I am sure some out there are not thrilled with playing Texas Tech.  They wouldn’t be had the Rebs won more than one of their last five games.  Don’t get me going.

I saw these two teams play in the Independence Bowl in 1986.

It was a great game I can tell you.  Ole Miss 20  Texas Tech 17.

Mark Young completed 31 passes for the Rebels.  The most before completions in the I-Bowl before Young’s 31 was 19. It was a show.  He did not throw an interception.  Independence Stadium was packed.  I was sitting on fifty yard line by my lonesome, leaning up against the press box.  It was a great night.  I was fortunate to take it all in.

Hotty Toddy indeed.

Speaking the rights.

Danny Johnson