Here we are at the midpoint of the college football regular season. Alabama, Oregon, Florida, Notre Dame and a handful of other teams remain undefeated. The RSM pickers, sadly, do not. Let’s get to the picks! This week’s games: LSU at Texas A&M Virginia Tech at Clemson Auburn at Vanderbilt Wake Forest at Virginia South […]
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RSMU – Week 6 Picks
October 6, 2012 
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Last week, the RSM football gurus were spotless in their record … because we didn’t pick any games. We’re back this week, but you’ll have to forgive any strangeness. RSM founder Wayne Franklin had emergency oral surgery this week, so whatever he writes will be under the influence of copious amounts of painkillers. You’ve […]
Read more RSMU – Week 3 Picks
September 15, 2012 1 Comment
To say none of us were perfect in last week’s picks would be an understatement. Who could have foreseen the complete meltdown in the Ozarks that left the Razorbacks on the losing end of a 34-31 tilt with Louisiana Monroe? And who would’ve guessed that, less than 20 months removed from their national championship, Auburn […]
Read more RSMU – Week 1 Picks
September 1, 2012 2 Comments
So far, Southern teams have been the highlights of this initial weekend of the 2012 college football season. Those were the appetizers. Now it’s time for the main course. Some of our contributors weighed in on the weekend’s games. Beware: Homerism abounds!
Read more Twanglish Lesson: Tump (Featuring a Monkee!)
May 25, 2012 7 Comments
Twanglish Lessons is your official guide to mastering the finer points of the Official Language of the South. Remember, it’s not English; it’s Twanglish.
This week’s Twanglish Lesson is more controversial than we would have thought. Controversial because not everyone in the South has heard it.
Read more Grin and Bear it: A Baylor Fan’s Look at Re-alignment
October 12, 2011 0 Comments
“I am a Baylor Bear. And over the past twenty years, I’ve suffered through some tough times, some really tough times, and at least two really super-duper tough times. I have the right to say or sue anything I want.”
RSM Nicklaus Louis looks at conference re-alignment from a Baylor POV.
Read more Southern Sweet: I Scream for Blue Bell Ice Cream
October 10, 2011 0 Comments
This is an odd entrant for the Southern Sweets Showdown, I know. It’s not a specific flavor of ice cream, but a brand name. How does that work, you might ask? Because Blue Bell Ice Cream is awesome; that’s how.
Read more Texans Under Fire
September 22, 2011 0 Comments
RSM Nicklaus Louis wrestles with the psychological effects of the recent wildfires near his home in the Austin, Texas area.
Read more Man vs. Gov’nah, Round Two
August 10, 2011 5 Comments
“When last we spoke, I told you how Texas Governor Rick Perry began hating me simply because I showed up at his first big press conference a teensy bit late. If you read that entry, then you know it wasn’t even my fault.”
In his second guest post for RSM, Nicklaus Louis continues his exploration of how he inadvertently earned the ire of Texas Governor Rick Perry. He also displays a shocking lack of self-awareness.
Read more Man vs. Gov’nah, Round One
May 26, 2011 9 Comments
(Editor’s note: Today’s guest post comes to us all the way from a mysterious land known as Texas, courtesy of TV journalist and filmmaker Nicklaus Louis.) I’m just a regular guy. No one should have any reason to hate me. I don’t do horrible things. I try to be courteous to people. I generally want […]
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