Let the Trash Talking Begin! It's College Football Season in the South

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If you are living in South Carolina then you know what today is! You can hear it on radios, national television, local television, internet, newspapers and all over your Facebook page!

 

No it's not just the Thursday before the Labor Day holiday. It's college football season in the south and you can feel the excitement. Today's opening game (SOUTH CAROLINA vs NORTH CAROLINA) that has everyone glued to the tv tonight or playing Sandstorm in their car or at work. If you don't know what I am referring to CLICK HERE 

 

The South is not only passionate about their family and traditions, but don't mess with their college football. It's a form of religion in South Carolina. Whether you are an SEC or ACC fan it is football, and that's what binds us together. It's not just the guys because a woman in the South will also trash talk and argue when it comes to her college football team also. It is all in great fun, and if you take it so serious you start bar fights or disown family that's way too far!

 

 

 

 

 

I remember growing up in the Lowcountry in Charleston and coming home from middle school on the big yellow bus. I now look back and feel bad for our bus driver. The "State Title" game Friday on the way home the two side yelled at the top of their lungs all the way home back and forth, "CLEMSON, CAROLINA, CLEMSON, CAROLINA" windows down for the world to hear. It wasn't a short ride either as we lived on the edge of the county line, so about 30 minutes of torture for the driver.

 

I have since moved to the heart of Gamecock country (Columbia) and while I am a die hard CLEMSON TIGER fan, I feel the excitement to in today's game. The trash talking has started and will last til the New Year, and we have all been waiting for this season to start. While baseball is America's game and basketball season came and went, college football is the sport of the South!

 

You will see everyone wearing their game gear, little girl's in their cute little cheerleader outfits, facepaint, and of course your Facebook account will be flooding with nothing but college football trash talking. If you aren't a football fan deactivate your Facebook account because it will be a long season.

 

Enjoy all the college football festivities (safely), have fun showing your pride this season, we wish all the best for the players, and remember CLEMSON RULES!!!!!!!!!!

 

Nichole 

Help Save Our SC Drive In "The Big Moe"

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Back in June the South Carolina State of Mind blog featured the Drive-In Movie culture in South Carolina. It highlighted the Big Mo Drive In as well as the other 2 remaining drive-in theaters in South Carolina Highway 21 Drive-In (Beaufort) and 25 Drive-In (Greenwood). 

To view the previous blog Click Here 

The Big Mo needs our help! Film studios are doing away with 35mm films and will be fully digital. This hampers the 386 remaining drive in theaters in the U.S. As this will provide better quality movies and save money to produce the 35mm films many of the drive ins are incapable of meeting DCI compliance requirements. Theaters are required to make screens smaller for some movies, set number of FL (brightness of the picture) and digital 5.1 surround sound. Current drive-ins use FM transmitters to broadcast sound channels to the audience.

 

Per the WISTV news report The Big Mo is facing a deadline. In less than 3 months majority of the U.S. drive-ins will face closure. The owner Richard Boaz states the drive-in needs about $200,000 to make the switch to digital. The new projectors cost about $80,000 each and the additional funds are needed to renovate the projection booths. WISTV report

Drive-ins that do not make the switch are able to show older films but movie goers want new releases. New releases attract the customers therefore keeping the drive-ins in business.

The Highway 21 Drive In located in Beaufort did a tremendous amount of fundraising in 2013 to come up with the funds to comply with the digital switch. They utilized their facility to not only show movies but host events among numerous fundraising events.

Honda wants to preserve the iconic part of American car culture. They will start a drive-in fund and donating 5 digital projectors. YOUR VOTE DECIDES WHICH DRIVE-INS WILL RECEIVE THE PROJECTORS!!!!

There are 17 days to vote, contribute or pledge to "Project Drive-In." You can vote once at projectdrivein.com and once via text message each day, so remember to come back tomorrow. In the meantime, spread the word about Project Drive-In. CLICK HERE TO VOTE!!!!!!!! 

Nichole