Wright Thompson

Rose, we're 10 years away from that being gone. And so now you can farm enormous swaths of land with 4 people. It's like the rural South. which is in many ways been the heartbeat of SEC football fandom, is totally emptying out in a way that sort of no one's really talking about. The farm economy, I don't know if you guys have been following this, but the price of cotton and soybeans

Rose, we're 10 years away from that being gone. And so now you can farm enormous swaths of land with 4 people. It's like the rural South. which is in many ways been the heartbeat of SEC football fandom, is totally emptying out in a way that sort of no one's really talking about. The farm economy, I don't know if you guys have been following this, but the price of cotton and soybeans

I mean, might be destroyed for a generation. It's going to be a really, really hard time. Mississippi and parts of Louisiana and Alabama and Georgia. And so, you know, there is a at a time when the only thing that matters in college football is how much money you can raise. That's a scary thing if you live in the poorest part of the country.

I mean, might be destroyed for a generation. It's going to be a really, really hard time. Mississippi and parts of Louisiana and Alabama and Georgia. And so, you know, there is a at a time when the only thing that matters in college football is how much money you can raise. That's a scary thing if you live in the poorest part of the country.

I mean, might be destroyed for a generation. It's going to be a really, really hard time. Mississippi and parts of Louisiana and Alabama and Georgia. And so, you know, there is a at a time when the only thing that matters in college football is how much money you can raise. That's a scary thing if you live in the poorest part of the country.

I did get kicked out of school.

I did get kicked out of school.

I did get kicked out of school.

Well, you know, shout out to the Woodbury forest school. Uh, the, uh, you know, I just went and spoke there. It was really interesting. Cause, uh, they asked me to come talk and I was like, you guys know you, are you sure? Like, you know what I mean? Like you're going to give me access to your student body.

Well, you know, shout out to the Woodbury forest school. Uh, the, uh, you know, I just went and spoke there. It was really interesting. Cause, uh, they asked me to come talk and I was like, you guys know you, are you sure? Like, you know what I mean? Like you're going to give me access to your student body.

Well, you know, shout out to the Woodbury forest school. Uh, the, uh, you know, I just went and spoke there. It was really interesting. Cause, uh, they asked me to come talk and I was like, you guys know you, are you sure? Like, you know what I mean? Like you're going to give me access to your student body.

At one point you decided that wasn't a great idea, but it was really, you know, it was a fun night. Uh, so a lot of people, but yeah, man, I, uh, It's interesting. I read a book by a writer named Willie Morris called North Toward Home after I got kicked out of school. And it really, I didn't know, well, two things. One, I didn't know that being a magazine writer was a job until I read this book.

At one point you decided that wasn't a great idea, but it was really, you know, it was a fun night. Uh, so a lot of people, but yeah, man, I, uh, It's interesting. I read a book by a writer named Willie Morris called North Toward Home after I got kicked out of school. And it really, I didn't know, well, two things. One, I didn't know that being a magazine writer was a job until I read this book.

At one point you decided that wasn't a great idea, but it was really, you know, it was a fun night. Uh, so a lot of people, but yeah, man, I, uh, It's interesting. I read a book by a writer named Willie Morris called North Toward Home after I got kicked out of school. And it really, I didn't know, well, two things. One, I didn't know that being a magazine writer was a job until I read this book.

And two, he talked about the South in the way that I felt about it, which is very much what Patterson Hood calls the duality of the Southern thing. If you only hate the South, you're kind of a jackass. And if you only love the South, you're kind of a jackass. And I mean, it better be both. And in the conflict of that and in the inability to sort of separate those feelings lies the experience.

And two, he talked about the South in the way that I felt about it, which is very much what Patterson Hood calls the duality of the Southern thing. If you only hate the South, you're kind of a jackass. And if you only love the South, you're kind of a jackass. And I mean, it better be both. And in the conflict of that and in the inability to sort of separate those feelings lies the experience.

And two, he talked about the South in the way that I felt about it, which is very much what Patterson Hood calls the duality of the Southern thing. If you only hate the South, you're kind of a jackass. And if you only love the South, you're kind of a jackass. And I mean, it better be both. And in the conflict of that and in the inability to sort of separate those feelings lies the experience.

And so, you know, it's sort of like being a Catholic convert. Like if you didn't go to a Catholic school and your parents didn't beat guilt into you, you're not Catholic. I don't care if you take communion, you know. And so like it's a tribal thing. And so I read that book. And before then, I just was totally lost. And that book really clarified a lot of things for me.

And so, you know, it's sort of like being a Catholic convert. Like if you didn't go to a Catholic school and your parents didn't beat guilt into you, you're not Catholic. I don't care if you take communion, you know. And so like it's a tribal thing. And so I read that book. And before then, I just was totally lost. And that book really clarified a lot of things for me.

And so, you know, it's sort of like being a Catholic convert. Like if you didn't go to a Catholic school and your parents didn't beat guilt into you, you're not Catholic. I don't care if you take communion, you know. And so like it's a tribal thing. And so I read that book. And before then, I just was totally lost. And that book really clarified a lot of things for me.