Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer

This time of the year means lots of things, but in particular this part of the calendar means a couple of things in Oklahoma.

One, school has started and if school has started that also means Friday Night Lights has also started. If you aren’t from Oklahoma, and particularly rural Oklahoma, you don’t understand how big of a deal high school football is, until this past Friday night.

A football game in the Oklahoma City metro was interrupted in the third quarter by gunfire. Suddenly the outcome of games on the gridiron instantly became less important.

Instead of tr...