We have a big game today in Starkville, Mississippi vs. Mississippi State. I was supposed to be there but I’ll be watching on ESPN2 instead.

I had a pretty awesome road trip planned out but it ended up being a complete disaster.  The plan was to leave after practice today and drive to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to stay with one of my best friends, Jason Galloway. We’ve been friends since 3rd grade and now he writes for the Crimson and White (you can check out his interview with Vince Young outside the Lakers locker room here).  The Gymdogs had a meet at Alabama last night that he was covering and I was going to support my girls on the Gymdogs team. Then today were going to drive over to Starkville for our game.

Unfortunately, my car had other plans in mind and decided to start making a horrible clicking noise and lights were flashing on my dashboard like it was Christmas all over again.  This occurred a mile from the Georgia Alabama border.  After spending an hour and a half at Waffle House my dad arrived and we caravan-ed back to Alpharetta in the slow lane.  So basically I ended up 60 miles away from Athens and it only took me 7 hours.

The saving grace of the trip was that I was able to experience my first 3 way call ever on the drive back. Here’s how it went down: My mom put her phone up to the computer speakers to broadcast the play by play from the internet stream of my brother’s game.  She called my dad and he called me.  I don’t know how people survived without computers and cell phones, I really don’t.

We started listening just in time to hear my brother drain a half court buzzer beater at the end of the 3rd quarter:

Speaking of Youtube: here’s today’s Game Day Trick Shot featuring the talent of Gerald Robinson Jr. :