What a game! Mississippi State 28, Tulane 7! Okay, Tulane is not the caliber of teams we will play later in the season but ti was good to win a game for a change. It was also great that Sylvester Croom’s first game go in the “W” column.

Although it was good to win, it was even better to see a team with spirit and discipline. Mistakes were surely made, but they seemed to be mistakes attributable to inexperience and lack of playing time. There were no stupid mistakes that resulted from undisciplined players. I have a good feeling about the team. We have a long way to go and may not win another game this season, but as long as they play like they did tonight, a championship is certainly in the future.

Caught the last little bit of Thomas Barnett’s second showing on C-SPAN. Barnett, a professor at the Naval War College and author of The Pentagon’s New Map, gave his briefing to ICAF students at the National Defense University a few months ago. C-SPAN recorded it and it was shown tonight. I missed the first showing because of the football game, and then had my old roommate and his wife come by for a visit.

I did record the show and watched the tape later. What a brief! He truly does take PowerPoint to new heights, but more than graphics, his message is interesting. I’m reading the book which fills in some of the details he can’t cover in the brief, and it too is good. I wish I had time to just sit down and read for a while but time is truly a luxury these days.