It seems like just yesterday I was trying to sweat out the hot summer months pining for the start of football season.

It seems like it took forever for the football season to finally get here, and now it seems like it took just a moment for it to pass on by.

It’s hard to believe but the high school and college football seasons are all but over.

The high school football season for the Miss-Lou teams ended Friday afternoon when Trinity wrapped up its fourth MAIS Class A state championship with a 37-7 win over DeSoto School.

One day later the college football regular season finished up with Mississippi State’s 41-27 victory over Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl, Southern Miss’ 25-20 heartbreaker against East Carolina and LSU’s 33-30 victory over Arkansas.

True, there are the conference championship games next week with a few final regular season games sprinkled in, but for the most part, college football season is all wrapped up.

We spend months and months anticipating the season, purchasing preseason magazines in June and talking about how our favorite team is going to look in the new season.

Then, in a flash, the season zooms by. And then it’s on to remembering the great performances and teams you witnessed the previous three months.

So before we wave goodbye to yet another season of high school and college football, let’s take a moment to remember what we loved about this season.

First, on the high school side, let’s start with the Trinity Episcopal Saints.

The Saints had a target on their back all season after dropping back down to MAIS Class A. They were expected to win the state championship and they did just that.

Congratulations to coach David King and his players, especially a group of seniors that led the team the whole season.

Kudos also go to the Natchez High Bulldogs.

From 1998 to 2007, the Bulldogs didn’t make the playoffs. Now they have not only made the playoffs two years in a row, they won their first round game both years.

Coach Lance Reed has his team going in the right direction. Hopefully next season they can jump up one more rung and challenge for the South State championship.

On the college front, it was a bit of a disappointing year for Ole Miss, LSU and Southern Miss fans.

Ole Miss expected to compete for a SEC championship and BCS bowl berth, but an 8-4 season ended with a thud in a loss in the Egg Bowl.

LSU fans also expected big things, but the Tigers couldn’t break through against the big boys, losing to both Florida and Alabama.

The biggest disappointment, however, was LSU’s headscratching loss to Ole Miss, which featured a comedy of errors in clock management by LSU coach Les Miles in the final seconds.

Southern Miss also had a disappointing season that fell short of the Conference USA championship game.

When the Eagle administration fired Jeff Bower and hired Larry Fedora, they were expecting Fedora to take them to the next level.

So far, that hasn’t happened. Fedora’s first two seasons is no better than Bower’s last two.

Finally, major props go to Alcorn State and head coach Earnest Collins.

Collins inherited a tough situation and made the most of it. The Braves fell one win short of the SWAC East Division championship and won the Capital City Classic for the first time since 2006.

Good things are in Alcorn’s future, and they, like the rest of us, can’t wait until next season.

Jeff Edwards is the sports editor for The Democrat. He can be reached at sports@natchezdemocrat.com.