Man Love Don't Rule, OK?

These fancy Brits think they can come thru Alabama and have a jolly good laugh at our expense? I'll let the boys handle this...


tears of pride

Bama Fan of the Week - Ob-la-de, Ob-la-da!

Joey Barrett Jr.




Remember this stud?

On November 18th, 2005, the night before the annual Iron Bowl between Auburn and Alabama, Joey Barrett, Jr., a lifelong Alabama fan and now 25, went to a fraternity party at Auburn and yelled “Roll Tide!” A brawl then broke out, with Barrett stabbing one of the fraternity brothers.

The brother was hospitalized with a collapsed lung. Two others who were lucky enough not to get stabbed were also hospitalized.

Yeah, well somehow, almost three years later, Joey's still making his UAT brethren proud. As The Sporting Blog and al.com reported, not only is Joeseph a stabby, mixed marshal arts douchebag...He also bribes retarded people. [letting that thoroughly sink in] Quite the resume builder...

The defense attorney in the 2006 trial told jurors that Louie Holtz, now 40, of Mobile, would admit to get ting caught up in the fight and testify that it was he, not Barrett, who stabbed the fraternity brothers. The judge in the case, however, ordered Holtz to secure counsel, noting that Holtz had previously been declared mentally retarded.

Holtz's attorneys subsequently advised him not to testify.

Because the jurors had already heard that someone else was going to admit to the stabbings, however, the judge declared a mistrial. Abbett said investigation into the case continued after the trial, eventually revealing that Barrett had offered Holtz a car in exchange for taking the heat on the assault charges.

OK, this wasn't just incredibly, dreadfully god-awful, but it seems pretty feeble-minded to me. Can retarded folk even drive? It's kinda like trying to bribe me with free birth control pills or a Boeing 747. Not so fast, Tider!

Wonder what Corky thinks about this mess...



In related news, how amazing is it that the special dude's name is Lou Holtz?

Why Do People Talk Smack About Memphis?

My hometown always gets a bad rap. Here, watch some local news, and you'll see what nice, Christian families and Fortune 500 companies have grown to love about The Bluff City.


I've killed for less; Burr's expensive

Badass

This morning, I had some extra freedom toast with my cereal. In a few hours, I'll be at Milo's eating my hamburger and freedom fries, like a true American. Biggie sized, asshole. That's how we do.

Seriously. Most amazing Olympic moment since 1980? I think so. But I'm partial. Check out this HD screencap youtubes and see if you don't feel proud to be a Gosh Damn American:



(thank the video Nazis at NBC for the high quality...best embeddable version I could find)

Update: Apparently Youtube hates freedom, so I went elsewhere.

Deep Thoughts

A thinking man's game

Who says College Football fans aren't high-functioning? This...This is downright philosophical.

When asked "why does the defense always seems to dominate the offense in the early days of fall camp?"...

"The goal of the defense is disruption, while the goal of offense is organization. It's just a whole helluva lot easier to create havoc than to prevent it."

- EtOHreb

That's just good internet. Well stated, sir. I think we, as college football fans, can apply this quote to all aspects of our lives. You're welcome.

Guess Who the Media Has Slated for the BCS

Get Ready for the Same Old Shit


"Loading up for another title FAIL"

Eventually, they're gonna win one if given a-half-dozen chances...then we'll never hear the end of it (Vanderbilt might even win one if they were ushered into the BCS Championship game every year) Is the big 10 this weak? Has college football sold out to Kirk Herbstreit this much? Screw those guys. I'm already pissed and the season hasn't even started.

[Here's SI's Worthless Preseason Ranking of all 119]

Bama Fan of the Week?

Reader LSU-David sent us a lovely image from his vacation to the nuevo Redneck Riviera, Destin, FL.

His testimony claims these fine specimen are Tiders, and the evidence is extremely compelling. If only David could have walked by, raised a Busch light and proclaimed, "RTR, Baby!!!" for confirmation purposes...


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The Story, as told by LSU-David:

My wife, child and I got to the beach about 9:45am on this morning and proceeded to the two chairs and an umbrella that was provided by the rental. We noticed some rather interesting characters "erecting a tent" in our area and at the time they were wearing Alabama gear (hats and t-shirts).

After about an hour, the tent was up, the death metal blaring out of their "Dewalt" construction radio, and the bama gear came off! I guess they don't make a bama bikini! [houndstooth business venture?] 1:20 minutes into the events, they proceeded to light up cigarettes, within 20 feet of my two year old.

Wow. Thanks, David. Your MS Paint-work was just an added bonus. As brother Dave alluded to in the rest of his email, when the LSU fanbase is questioning your class, you might want lay down the filterless Pall-Malls and take a long, hard look in the mirror.

My Rant: Destin = PCB on Valtrax. The quaint little fishing village has developed into quite the bloated whore. The above imagery is the perfect example of why I've given up on this section of the beach. It's gone mainstream, and as the geniuses at Sweetwater says, "don't float the mainstream." Next thing you know, Destin's gonna pop up with it's own NHL team or something ("The Emerald Coast Trash-Kats?")

I used to frequent Destin in college, and it served it's purpose. But I've clearly matured (right?) and things locally have gone down hill, fast. I like my vacations a little more relaxing, less trafficy and disease free. I don't get enough days off to pay for Destin's crap.

[Another Tider classin-it-up at the beach]
[Loserswithsocks doing my work for me]

Better Call Your Bookie

Kige's Gone Public with His SEC Prognostications

Listen, I hate to go to the "Ramsey well" too often (if that's even possible) but this youtubes is hot off the press and it will not be ignored.

Kige is in mid-season form with tons of mini-helmets, suspenseful pauses and cheeky shenanigans! As one early commenter stated, "From 1:35 to 2:00 is the greatest 25 seconds in the history of the Kige Ramsey Show...." No Doubt.



Like I've said from day one, the sooner JP/LF/Raycom Sports gives Kige a permanent, on-air weekly gig...the better. He's the Dave Rowe of our generation.

Life Intrudes This Monday

I'm gonna be out of the blogging pocket until Tomorrow, Tuesday. Then I'll be back with some analysis of Friday's Finebaum show and the lovely aftermath.

Mr. Finebaum?

Today, at roughly 3:06 central, The Paul Finebaum Radio Network has requested a convo with yours truely concerning what I do in my free time (read: gardening!) as well as yesterday's groundbreaking "Bama Ain't Back in '08" piece. Be sure to tune in and hear me bumble and stumble through the entire segment.

It is my hope that Paul and I can be just as comfortable and candid as he and Saban were while chillin on lake Karle.

Listen at 94.5 FM in Central Alabama or online [finebaum.com]

By the way, my time on Finebaum was brought to you by Razorgator. Razorgator is a ticket broker with over 30 years of service, and they provide tons of hard to get NFL and College Football tickets. So don't screw around when it comes to your SEC Football experience this fall. Get your tickets at Razorgator.