Category: Alabama

And Let Me Add, ‘Roll, Tide!’

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Bemoaning the likelihood that Republicans will win their current battle with Democrats over extending the Bush tax cuts, progressive blogger David Kurtz reaches for an interesting analogy:

It reminds me of the line attributed to the old football coach Bum Phillips, speaking about the legendary Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant: “He can take his’n and beat your’n and take your’n and beat his’n.” Translated: He could beat you with his players then turn around and beat you with your players.

To quote a certain resident of Knoxville, “Heh.”

While I’m unwilling to attribute Bryant-esque strategic brilliance to GOP congressional leaders, it’s certainly pleasant to see liberals as demoralized as Tennessee fans on the Third Saturday in October — 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 . . .

A Belated ‘Roll Tide!’

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Yesterday, I was so excited by Jax State’s upset of Ole Miss that I forgot to blog Alabama’s 48-3 season-opening stomp of San Jose State. My buddy Tookie sent me the highlight video. At the 30-second mark, you’ll see ‘Bama’s backup QB throw 39 yards for a touchdown to Julio Jones, who makes a spectacular one-handed catch:

When Alabama scores 48 points without their Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram — including 111 yards and two TDs by redshirt freshman Eddie Lacy — that makes me think I need to start planning for a trip to Arizona for Jan. 10. But before we start thinking ahead, next up is my trip to Delaware.

Jax State 49, Ole Miss 48

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In double overtime!

Down 48-41 in double overtime, Jacksonville State found itself in a fourth-and-long situation. After a few seconds of mad scrambling, quarterback Coty Blanchard flung the ball to Kevyn Cooper in the end zone, over 30 yards away. Cooper barely got one foot in bounds for the score.
And then, Jacksonville State coach Jack Crowe elected to go for it all, calling a two-point conversion that paid off. And all of a sudden, Jacksonville State, ranked No. 17 in FCS, has pulled off a major upset of a storied football school, and in dramatic fashion.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the Jacksonville State University Marching Southerners:

“Courage, pride and honor will lead you on to victory!”

Why does this feel like an omen?

‘Snatchin’ Your People Up’ UPDATE

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You remember Antoine Dodson, whose comments on an attempted rape in a Huntsville, Alabama, housing project became a viral YouTube sensation? Yeah. Well, Andy Carvin NPR is taking this phenomenon seriously:

But is this Internet meme really about race, music, comedy, celebrity or a delicate mix of all of the above? And for Antoine Dodson, how would he respond to his new-found fame?
WAFF-TV received angry calls and e-mails from members of the public who felt the story perpetuated stereotypes about African Americans.

Right, and Yosemite Bear’s “Double Rainbow” perpetuated stereotypes about California hippies. Saturday evening, our 21-year-old (recently married) daughter Kennedy dropped by the house. Turns out, she knows all the words to the “Bed Intruder Song,” which has become such a big hit you can even get an Antoine Dodson ringtone:

Antoine Dodson now has a Web site and is seeking donations so he can get out of the projects, because hey rapin’ everybody out here!