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there. Well he said, "All right. Let's go south." And he did pull out the Scotch, but I'm not a Scotch drinker there, but he poured me one about -- he said, "Dan, have one on me." I said, "This is the best that I've ever had, Senator." And I did. And then about that time he said, "Let's go south to Mississippi." And Boyce just had a call with our buddy from up the way there, and they were honoring him at the Ole Miss/Alabama ball game, and he says, "You and the new judge come on down to Birmingham here. I've got the tickets for the ball game and the tickets for the hotel, and so just come on down." And we did. We got down there and we went to the ball game and we did wind up in a nest of Alabamians there. And Boyce took a good bet there, he took the odds, and gave him the odds, that is. And up until the last minute or two Ole Miss was ahead. Then they barely lost by two or three points, I believe, Boyce. And Boyce still won the money even though Ole Miss lost. He said, "Here's a federal judge here, he can hold it there." But I didn't taint it and I didn't
JAMIE L. WETZEL, CSR - CIRCUIT COURT REPORTER