“-so the victory that matters most,” Pastor Cherrymore said, “-is the spiritual victory over sin.” Malcolm got up then, ready to open the doors and facilimake an orderly exit after services. Cherrymore’s sermon was almost done. “A Christian life gonna give you othuh victories, shure, shure, shure, of course. It might get’cha a promotion or a new job. It might get the Bobcats a victory over Tipson next week-” The conflagration went wild with cheers. Birmingham was a community college football town. There weren’t no pro team nearby, nor even semi-pro. Folks enjoyed proper college ball too, of course, but this corner of Alabama got no universities. The local high schools got teams, and they was plenty popular, but loyalties was divided amongst of the schools.