Michael, a closet Ole Miss Rebel

(No place to hide!)



Let the truth be known to the whole world: Michael Sea is a closet Ole Miss fan. I have proof:

1.He called to tell me that he is applying for the University of Mississippi Medical Center ER residency this afternoon. “Make sure to mention that you are a legacy,” I encouraged him. “That will give you a leg up in getting in.” “I don’t think that will help,” he said. “It will,” I affirmed. I think that’s what he will do. Of all the ER residencies in the nation, the fact that he chose to apply for UMC in Jackson only goes to prove that he has hidden feeling for the school, and it has ripened to come out.

2.Anyone who knows Michael knows what a softie Michael is as far as his feelings for old things and old times are concerned. I can vouch that Ole Miss is his first love, a love rooted in his heart that cannot be replaced by any other school. How can he forget the cold winter night when his father dressed him up in red and blue Ole Miss warm-ups and took him to Ted Smith Coliseum to watch the Rebels play? How can he ever forget the magical night when Gerald Glass outscored Chris Jackson, or the weekend when Shaq came to town and our boys dominated him?

3.Oh, the pictures of the magnolias on the Grove that he used to hug and climb as a little boy, and the golden maple trees and the dogwoods on campus that have been forever etched in his heart. They must bring his heart joy and pain when they resurface in his mind year after year, giving him a pensive mood and making him long for home. Besides, how can any impressionable little boy forget the scene where so many Southern belles richly adorn themselves on Saturday afternoon, going to a football game as if going to dance in a ball?

4.His strong feeling for Aggieland is really a disguise and a futile attempt to make him forget his first love. Sooner or later, we will find out the truth. Therefore let us encourage Michael not to torture himself by hiding his secret infatuation with Ole Miss and to come out of the closet. There is no shame in doing that, Michael. Ole Miss is a grand old university worthy of your love and admiration. Come back to the family. The Colonel and your Ole Miss are waiting for you with open arms, and the band will play “Dixie” for your homecoming.