Michael Oher, Ole Miss football's own "freak of nature" is the subject of "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis, the author of "Moneyball." Every Day Should Be Saturday has an entertaining summary of the book. On Oher's recruitment by Rebels coach Ed Orgeron:
The best bits are the the Orgeron's appearances, mostly because Lewis writes his dialogue in Orgeron speak. "You're a big boy" is rendered as "YAW BEE BAW." Which is about right, actually, though our favorite bit of Orgeronspeak is "let them stay," said in response to Oher's question about recruits promised schollys by former coach David Cutcliffe: "LEMSDAY!"
It's officially our new favorite day of the week: Lemsday.
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