"We're just waiting for this thing to blow up in our faces."

This is a cute post about the state of LSU football which begins with a trip into the "Heart of Darkness" so Ignatius Reilly like that it's only missing the Scenicruiser.

And also there's this:

You may not know what it's like to not live in a democracy. I have, for short periods, had this experience. The general level of absurdity in life doubles. Minor bureaucrats assume occasionally godlike powers. Nothing makes any sense whatsoever, and soon people begin to cope by doing one of the following:

1. Sympathizing with their oppressor
2. Standing in open rebellion
3. Embracing absurdity
4. Withdrawing completely

Then again, maybe you do know what it's like to live in a non-democratic state. Being a football fan is to accept a certain level of dictatorship in your life. Unless you have a few million to give to an athletic department or even more than that to buy into an NFL franchise, a large slice of your leisure time will be governed by someone with complete authority over their domain. Their removal will not be your decision. Their decisions will be their own. You will deal with it because being a fan is to be a form of peasant, and you must deal with the prevailing conditions in the kingdom no matter how mad the king and his crew of flunkies become.

Long time readers will note that I have long advocated for reforms that would make Head Football Coach an elected office. But we do not live in the most democratic of times so this idea has been slow to catch on.