LizardState
09-10-2010, 11:08 AM
http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_16037938
The San Jose Merky News sports desk sent columnist Mark Purdy to my hometown, Mobile, Ala., Jamarcus Russell's too, to write on the origins of the sippin' syrup bust & his decline & fall.
Purdy got the local vibe correct, Mobile has the topography of west Florida with pines coming down to sandy white beaches (some covered with oil now, uggghhh!), & the culture of Louisiana instead of the rest of Alabama. Mobile btw was founded 4 yrs. ahead of Big Sister City New Orleans by the same French, & was BTW celebrating Mardi Gras before there even was a NOLA -- we love to rub NOLA's nose in that from time to time.
The San Jose Merky News sports desk sent columnist Mark Purdy to my hometown, Mobile, Ala., Jamarcus Russell's too, to write on the origins of the sippin' syrup bust & his decline & fall.
Purdy got the local vibe correct, Mobile has the topography of west Florida with pines coming down to sandy white beaches (some covered with oil now, uggghhh!), & the culture of Louisiana instead of the rest of Alabama. Mobile btw was founded 4 yrs. ahead of Big Sister City New Orleans by the same French, & was BTW celebrating Mardi Gras before there even was a NOLA -- we love to rub NOLA's nose in that from time to time.