I will be back to posting eventually. I am making this post mainly to make sure the site’s move to our new server was a success.

Roll Tide.

PS. I don’t want to see Mark fired and Lance Taylor is still a dime bag hooker of a host.

I am listing the games I have tickets to for this coming up University of Alabama Basketball Season…

• Fri, Nov 09 Troy 7:00 p.m.
• Mon, Nov 19 Belmont 7:00 p.m.
• Fri, Nov 23 Southern Mississippi 7:00 p.m.
• Sat, Dec 01 Southeastern Louisiana 1:00 p.m.
• Sat, Dec 08 Nicholls State 6:00 p.m.
• Mon, Dec 17 Wofford 7:00 p.m.
• Sat, Dec 29 George Washington 6:00 p.m.
• Tue, Jan 01 Clemson 3:30 p.m.
• Tue, Jan 08 Florida
• Sat, Jan 19 Mississippi State
• Tue, Jan 29 Tennessee ESPN
• Sat, Feb 02 LSU LFS
• Wed, Feb 27 Arkansas
• Sat, Mar 08 Vanderbilt 6:00 p.m.

Roll Tide.

Sorry Auburn. You guys played one hell of a game, but the Riverboat Gambler beat you guys, not the refs. Stop whining like little girls. I am going to have to turn this damn radio off if I have to hear another Auburn fan second guess the damn kick or the 1 foot call. Yes, he didn’t make it, he missed it by 1 foot. Do you really think Auburn’s tired defense would have held Hester back from getting 1 yard? Seriously?

Roll Tide.

What a win. That was an awesome game. DJ Hall and JP Willson were stellar. Defense did a super job the 2nd half. Bama was hitting on all cylinder! The only part of that game that sucked was the gimme field goal that the officials handed Tennessee at the end of the 1st half.

To be 100% honest, I personally didn’t think we had that in us. I expected a win, but by a narrow margin. John Parker Wilson went off on Tennessee and went for 363 yards. Amazing. I hope this is the fact that he has finally started to “get” this offense. All this with 5 players suspended too.

With all the examples of poor sportmanship among fans and players in college football that is being seen in person and on your TV at home, the question has to be asked. Where did all this classless behavior come from? I don’t think it came from the older generation but somewhere and somehow, the ball was dropped with teaching the younger generation what class is and why it is important. Since I don’t know how this come about, I’ll just blame Hillary Clinton for it.

I strongly believe that it is up to the adults and especially parents to set an example to our children.  It is really important for us Daddys to audit ourselves because there are little ones who are watching very closely and taking mental notes. I notice this all the time with my 3 year old and 5 year old. They have memorized the phrases I normally use when I’m upset about something which results with me getting into trouble with the better half.

Just recently I found a post from a sports forum that someone reposted and I can’t thank that person enough. It is the most moving story I have read in sometime and was written by an older Ole Miss fan just before the 2005 Bama-Ole Miss game. It kind of flips the coin of my rant and portrays how positive and classy behavior has lasting results too. Here it is. Enjoy!

There is only one other team in the country that I can truly pull for and really feel it! That is Alabama. It will be like that except for Saturday. And I truly mean that! I know it’s said very often by many, but Alabama is the only team, other than Ole Miss, that I can watch and can truly pull for. And the truth be known, I am certain that there are a number of other Rebels who think the same way!

I am a die-hard Rebel, grew up going to every SEC venue from the time I was old enough to walk. I love tradition, I love class, and I got to tell you, I love Alabama. And, it is hard for me to understand why true Ole Miss fans don’t feel the same way.

It all started with the first time I saw the Bear and really knew who he was. Ironically, it was against Mississippi State on one of those old doubleheader days (Ole Miss-LSU, State/Alabama) . I was seven years old, but I already had a great love for the game. I would always leave my parents who were tailgating and get into the stadiums about 21/2 hours early, before the gates opened. Back then there was always someone who would let a kid in early. I would go to the North Side of Memorial Stadium in Jackson where the visiting team would go into the locker room. It was a very narrow entrance way that was only accessible through the field. So the players would get off the bus, walk the field, and then walk through that single narrow entrance to the dressing room. I would sit just above it and wait. All by myself. I learned at an early age that a wide-eyed boy keeping his mouth shut sitting all by himself while admiring his heroes could not be turned down. All real men are suckers for the little boy caught up in his dreams. (Like the old mean Joe Greene coke commercial).

 And then they came. All I heard were the sirens at first, and then the buses ( and were there buses) The Alabama team got out. I bet there were 100, at least. One by one, quietly, calmly, in those crimson sports coats and ties. They quietly walked around the field. Not a word was said. And then he came. By himself. (no need for security at this point). He walked to the goalpost and watched (while smoking a cigarette.) And then he started walking toward the locker room entrance, right toward me.) I guess it was about as close to feeling God and judgment day as a human being could get. I really wanted to run and hide but I was frozen. As he was walking in the portal, I was hoping he would not notice me, unlike my encounters with players and asking for chin straps… . As he got just a few feet from the entrance, he slowed down, looked up with a smile and winked at me. Man, I was hooked! How perfect! If he would have said anything he would have blown the mystique. There was no need to speak. He did it just right. He encouraged a little kid, he taught a little kid, and he left a remarkable image of what true class and greatness is. To me Alabama was and is the very embodiment of greatness and class. Quietly come in, quietly kick your behind, and quietly leave. And what a great impression that leaves!

Here is my purpose in writing this. My 11 year old son has read all there is to read and study about the Bear and Alabama. He will be there Saturday. I have been walking around all week humming the fight song under my breath and so has he. He loves his Rebels and so do I, but I recognize greatness, and so does he, even at this age. I would like for him to grow up experiencing what it is to pull for a team in a national championship game and really feel the joy of a win. Chances are he won’t have many, if any, opportunities with his Rebels. But Alabama, that’s a different story. I don’t mind him pulling for Alabama. I am trying to encourage it. Please try to remember when you come to Oxford this weekend that there are some older Rebels who are trying to pass on an appreciation for true class and greatness to younger Rebels. It sets a standard!

So, quietly come in, quietly kick our behinds, have a great stay, then smile, wink, and quietly leave. Ya’ll are the ones who must continue to live up to that great standard that was set! Be glad you have it. I want my son to see a living example of it! Maybe we will get it back one day in Oxford with our football team. We have it in a number of other ways. You must admit it! A kid can dream can’t he? Even if he is an older kid!

Quote: Originally Posted by AU Blaaaaaaaake

P.S. Chris your blog is way off-base (and surprisingly immature compared to your behavior on this site), 90% of the fans talking about this *rumor* are Bama fans. Whether you’d like to admit it or not, having Tuberville leave would be the best thing that could happen to Bama at this point in time, no matter who we hired. The man just owns the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; and it is evident in the desperation found in Bama fan’s blogs/forums across the nation.

Please explain how my personal feelings on my blog are off base. Have you listened to any radio shows out of Birmingham this week? It’s the Auburn fans that are calling in whining like school girls about the rumors. They are turning it into an Alabama vs. Auburn thing. It doesn’t help that 90% of the callers that get through pass the "I am an idiot" check before they get on the air. I know some of our idiot fans are talking it up some, but on the air, the main people talking about this are the Auburn fans.

I will sleep the same way tonight as I did last night. I put my shoes on this morning the same way I did back in the days when Alabama was the only game in the state. I kiss my wife the same way now as I did then. Yes, I love Alabama football, but it’s a game. It doesn’t cause my gas prices to go up, it doesn’t cause baby rabbits to die.

Do I like to see my team lose? Nope.
Do I cry like a baby when we lose? No
Do I dance around and taunt other teams fans when we win? Nope.
Do I jump around like a 5 year when he gets his 1st bike when we win? Yes, in the privacy of my own home.
Do I appreciate unsportmanlike fans? No, I think they are lower than… well, they are low.
Do I care than Alabama has lost 5 strait to Auburn? Yes.
Can I do anything about it? No
Am I goint to cry about it? No
Do I think it will be 6? No, but if it is, oh well. It takes time to get a program back to where it once was.
Do I think that Tubby is the reason for 5 strait? No.
Did I like Shula? yes, he was my childhood Bama star. He went to my church. I really wanted to see him succeed.
Do I say got 12 when I am arguing with a homer like you? No. I don’t argue. What will it get me? A trophy, some cash, a cookie? Naw…
Do I make excuses for my teams losses? No. I know the reason we’ve sucked for a while. You know why we’ve sucked a while. Everyone know. Why bother.
Do I care what you thing about my personal Bama Blog post? No.
Am I bored with this post? finally, yes.

Back to the subject. What if the creator of this thread was an LSU fan, or a Texas A&M fan or even an Auburn fan? Would I have even made this post? No.

Why in the holy hell do all you idiots calling into the talk shows think that Alabama fans are creating the buzz that your Tubby is leaving Auburn to take the Texas A&M job? It’s the media that is creating this buzz. I could give a shit less if he leaves. I know you are scared, but don’t turn this into an Alabama vs. Auburn thing. Grow up!

Now that Finebaum is able to be viewed and listened to online, what is the reach outside of Alabama? How many people around the country get form bad opinions of Alabama and Auburn fans based on the dumb ass callers they let on Finebaum’s show?

What are your thoughts. Are you embaressed knowing that folks around the country are forming their opinions of our fans from the contributions of idiots like Jim and iman?

On another note… Great Roundtable today. The best in a while. Not having Lance Taylor on makes it so much easier to listen to.

Not that it matters at this point. If it was wrong, Alabama got lucky. If it was right, Alabama got lucky. Either way, it’s a close win again. What that does for the future is gives our players confidence that they can do it again. That is a good thing. Anyhow, check out the photos below that Cianne shared with the SEC Talk folks in this thread.

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