With Judge Spark’s over in Texas canceling the kindergarten party and yours truly not getting and invitation to Swagfest, I’m saying to hell with it. After 2 1/2 years of serious blogging, it’s time for a Fun Friday. So what’s up?

Are you kidding? What’s up? It’s Christmas Eve in Dixie. College football kicks off tomorrow.

The big news, of course, is the prospects of Texas A&M joining the SEC. I view Texas A&M as the SEC school that we put up for adoption at birth and is now being reunited with its birth siblings. They might not have been in the family for the last 50 years, but we feel like we know them.

No one–and I mean no one–is more excited about A&M joining the SEC than LSU fans. LSU and Texas A&M played a great year-opening series in the 80’s and 90’s that was popular with fans of both schools. It was turning into an honest to god rivalry when the games stopped. LSU fans want to renew the rivalry. And God forbid the Tigers don’t have to play Florida every year when they add A&M to the conference slate.

For many LSU fans of my era, a road trip to College Station was unexpectedly the best road trip of their college days. A&M fans were extremely passionate, put on a hell of a show, but could stomach LSU fans without trying to start a fight. Truth be told, the Corps guys couldn’t fight. Man they wanted to. But they were under orders or something. Things got a bit out of hand when LSU fans figured that out.

And that was pre cell phone days, which changed the equation for road trips. We weren’t the Marines and men did get left behind. Sorry Chris. Sorry Matt. It seemed funny at the time. Still does, in fact.

For SEC fans who don’t know what they are getting, know this. Texas A&M belongs in the SEC. I challenge anyone to go to a game in College Station and tell me it’s not the best game atmosphere outside the SEC.

They fill the stadium for yell practice the night before the game. That takes discipline. I don’t know what yell practice is, but it sounds bad ass. If LSU tried to do that the stadium would end up getting burned down. If Ole Miss did it, no one could go to the game because their shoes got dirty the night before. Same for Florida and their tank-tops.

I don’t really get that Corps thing. But whatever it is, it belongs in the SEC.

But without question, the best thing about Texas A&M is the band. I’m serious.

Anyone who thinks that A&M does not have the best band in college football has never seen it. I’m surprised Bama hasn’t just bought the thing. It’s hard to describe the A&M band to people who haven’t seen it. But it’s unique and very entertaining. LSU fans were crestfallen if A&M didn’t bring their band to games in Baton Rouge–even the ultra apathetic and irreverent LSU student section delayed drink refills at half time to watch the A&M band.

And really, shouldn’t every school where the Bear coached be in the SEC?

Don’t worry Ole Miss fans, you will still be the only school with this guy. Seriously, dude? And you don’t know why State recruits better in Mississippi?

Don’t worry State fans, you will still be the only school where your school symbol is a deadly weapon.

Don’t worry Auburn fans, you will still have the biggest in-state inferiority complex in the SEC.

Don’t worry Arkansas fans, while A&M quickly builds conference rivalries, everyone will still wonder what went wrong with the basketball powerhouse we thought we were getting.

Don’t worry Bama fans, we’ll all still hate you most of all.

And for the SEC East, what the hell happened to you?

So let me be the first to give A&M a proper welcome to the SEC: you suck, cheaters.