Looks like the south may not rise again after all.

Gas shortage leads to fights, threatens college football in South

(CNN) — Gas shortages are afflicting drivers across the Southeast. Some of the problems were caused by Hurricane Ike affecting oil production and refining along the Gulf Coast, but empty gas pumps also are being blamed on the consumers themselves. [...]

Athens, Georgia
A petroleum executive suggested that the football game between the University of Georgia and University of Alabama should be canceled this weekend because fans could drain all the gas in the Athens area, WSB-TV in Atlanta reported.

“That gas needs to be used for people to go to work, and for people to take care of their families,” Tex Pitfield, president and CEO of Saraguay Petroleum in Atlanta, told WGAU radio in Athens.

But representatives of Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue said he would not consider “a ridiculous idea like this,” WSB said. (emphasis mine)

Gov. Perdue thinks it’s a ridiculous idea to consider the needs of the people trying to get to and from work next week. Well, neither does the Bulldog crowd, apparently. Drink and me merry… and to hell with tomorrow.