Go 'Noles and Roll Tide

Go, ‘Noles

This football season is an apt time to be reading from Job, which like Jonah has been described as a stage drama, a Hebrew morality play, an overly long parable. Just so, let the reader, and the football fan, be wary. Not just aware, wary. For the gods of fate are fickle, and the angels capricious. 

The curtain goes up on a lovely scene, Act One, Scene One: Job, a man blessed with enormous wealth and a beautiful family; Job, a good man, truly blessed and truly thankful for all the the Lord has done for him. The curtain drops and immediately rises on Scene Two: a staff meeting in heaven. The Lord is going round the table welcoming the angels and asking for their reports. “Where have you been, Satan, where have you come from?” 

“From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

And the Lord said unto Satan, “We’re both CFB fans, have you been to any good football games? Have you checked out three of my favorite teams? The ‘Noles and the LSU Tigers are doing well, I’m so proud of them. And how ‘bout them Dawgs!  Here we are at the end of week 6 and they are all three in the top five of the AP rankings.”

1 Alabama

2 Oregon

3 Florida State

4 LSU

5 Georgia

“No, but I’ll check them out,” says Satan, “matter of fact, I’ll be in The South this week and I’ll go to all three Week 7 games.”

Week 7 AP standings

1   Alabama

2   Oregon

9   LSU

12 Florida State

14 Georgia

Job Act 2, Scene 1. Curtain rises on another heavenly staff meeting, same angels. The Lord is going round the table again, asking for reports. Coming to the next angel, He says, “Where have you been, Satan, where have you come from this time?”

“From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Took in three great football games. Going to more in the weeks ahead. Nothing like tailgatin' in Tuscaloosa.”

“Amen," says the Lord, "Roll Tide!"

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