Welcome!

Welcome to The Pride and The Pageantry!

An all college football, all the time blog.

My mission for this blog is to entertain myself, my friends and hopefully a few others along the way with objective and fun coverage of my favorite sport college football. While I won't be enjoying the access that more "legit" media might, this blog will attempt to cover college football on a national scope and will not be centered around any one particular program intentionally.

My name is Derek. I have written under the names "Pizza Parlor Derek" and "Derek the Draft Dork" in the past.

I am a graduate of Syracuse University, with a job with Bertucci's Corporation in Finance/Accounting which allows my mind to wander and come up with ways to use my greatest asset, a sarcastic wit, to entertain my friends. So far I've only used this talent "professionally" with a cup of coffee with Bar Stool Sports, doing well received NFL Draft previews for their site.

Hope you enjoy this blog! I welcome all feedback at pridepageantry@gmail.com