LSU has a big fan in Nova Scotia

Wildcard · Dec 16, 2011

Canadian lawyer from Nova Scotia hooked on college football - Paul Finebaum - SI.com

College football fans come in all shapes and sizes. This Christmas season, I've found a few football fanatics who reside fairly close to the North Pole.
Meet Joey Palov, a 41-year old attorney, who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He would easily qualify as that Canadian province's No. 1 college fan, not that there would be a lot of competition for the honor.

I first met Palov on a Friday morning in mid-September. It was 8:30 and Palov and his two countrymen, Rob Green, an emergency room doctor, and Greg Bakeeff, a financial analyst, were seated at a table and about to embark on a round of golf at the famed Alabama course Shoal Creek.

The previous day they had flown from Halifax to Starkville, Miss., via Memphis to attend the Thursday night game where LSU defeated Mississippi State. After the game, they drove to Birmingham and arrived at one of the club's cottages at 3 a.m., but weren't going to let sleep get in the way of meeting new friends.
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Every fall weekend for Palov is the same, whether he is traveling to the lower 48, or just watching football at home. The night of the LSU-Alabama game in November, he had a house full of friends watching the Game of the Century. He had tried to settle a case in time to make the trip, but couldn't pull it off.

Palov told me that week, "I felt very left out. In fact it was weird watching the game because I had made friends at both schools. I usually cheer for the home team when I travel to stadiums. For this game, though, I simply enjoyed the ride."
Palov has not completely abandoned the idea of making the BCS Championship Game on Jan. 9.

New Orleans sounds pretty good, considering the fact that the high temperature this weekend in Halifax will be below zero. Palov says he's struggling with a favorite since he has friends on both sides.

"I do like Les Miles and the Honey Badger,'' Palov said, as well as Brad Wing, the Aussie punter "because they are not boring.''

Which, of course, is the one and only rule the Canadians have while following American football.
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Come on out Joey. You've got to be lurking out there somewhere. :wink:

TigerCliff · Dec 16, 2011

who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

I have been to Halifax and Halifax is home to some of the nicest folk on the planet. Awesome people Awesome

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