It's a pretty tall
order to write a book with the intent to
posthumously lionize a person who struck so much
fear into the hearts of so many young men as Wobble
Davidson did. But there's a special bond which was
forged between Coach Davidson and the Ole Miss
football players in the glory days of the nineteen
fifties.
Paige Cothren was one of those
players, and he handles this task with bone-cracking
honesty and gut-busting humor. In this tribute to
Coach Davidson, Paige carries you through the
outlandish antics of the football players in the
athletic dorms, the fidgeting and sweating by an All
American fullback while he waits for the outspoken
and bitingly critical William Faulkner to review a
paper he's written, the strains, sprains, and breaks
on the practice field, and dozens of other escapades
of the athletes motivated by testosterone, mischief
and glory. All under the watchful, critical,
suspicious and vengeful eye of Coach Wobble
Davidson.
Paige peppers these
stories with humorous and warm accounts of his
relatives (including the famed Poole family) and
friends who shared in his rural upbringing in south
Mississippi, and were powerful influences in shaping
his life toward the many accomplishments he has
achieved. It's a great read.
