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As Best As I Remember: A Doctorate in useless information
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Source: thestokesnews.com
Wednesday night, I couldn’t settle down.I was leaving Stokes County the next morning, headed back to Louisiana with my old high school buddy Lee following along. We had tickets to the LSU-Alabama football game on Saturday and the Cleveland Browns-New Orleans Saints game on Sunday.I hadn’t looked forward to a weekend quite like this in a long time.It felt like Christmas Eve.I’ve always considered myself something of an authority on useless sports information. I remember players, games, statistics, and obscure details that serve absolutely no practical purpose. I’ve often joked that if I could figure out how to monetize all that knowledge, I’d be a wealthy man.Then I started spending more time with Lee.If useless sports information were an academic discipline, Lee would have a doctorate. I’m still in kindergarten.Thursday evening, we stopped in Opelika, Alabama, to break up the drive.
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