Showing posts with label god plays in the SEC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label god plays in the SEC. Show all posts

1.10.2011

Get that paper, lawya'...

The degree will always be there.


He was so titchy as a freshman.





I don't blog much about football; although it is an abiding passion, there are several others that do it much better than I. Although, as most folks know, I am a huge follower (and dual alum) of the University of Alabama, one of the quintessential football schools in the country (and, to their credit, one of the finer public schools in the nation).



 Come for the football, leave with a crippling cocaine addiction, alcoholism, a spouse and and one helluva' education.



Last year, for the first time in our nearly 120 year football history (although the University is going on 200 years pretty soon), we had a Heisman trophy winner. Added to that, was our 13th National Championship. Well, all good things come to an end,  and this weekend, we must bid adieu to three stalwarts off of that team who are leaving early.



Julio Jones (8) / Mark Ingram (22)


DE/Beastmode Marcel Dareus, All-everything WR/Beastmode Julio Jones, and Heisman winner, two-time All-American Mark Ingram. All three are projected to go in the first round of the NFL draft. All three have been terrors on the field, team players, contributors to the classroom and community, and --especially in the case of Ingram-- ambassador to the University.



Marcel Dareus (57) / Ingram. 
Champions all.


That said, go get that paper, lawya's. Play hard. Play well. Make your deserved money. Continue to represent the larger Alabama family with dignity. We are proud of you. But, when all is said and done, come home and get your degree. It'll be waiting for you.



Mark Ingram's Heisman acceptance speech: A more humble, grounded superstar you will never see.
Not a dry eye in the place, either.
-d.s.

6.15.2010

Good lord, how did I miss this?



The UA Athletics Department apparently produced a postseason, pre National Championship video...Hands down, the very best one ever, recapping the 2009 Season. 

As for that little game between Texas and Alabama, how did that turn out?







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3.16.2010

Haterade time....


If this doesn't give you a chubby then you don't appreciate fantastic defense, power running and full-on team effort by all 85 guys...




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1.21.2010

Well, that certainly didn't take very long...

Saw this YouTube over at RollBamaRoll, it will apparently be our new intro for the upcoming 2010 season. Note that the Rose Bowl national championship highlights, which were just two weeks ago, already feature prominently. Damn, just 8 more months of this immoral waiting....



Love the elephants, fear the elephants.




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1.20.2010

Wednesday finally got around to the Granddaddy of them all....


Enjoy the magnificence of these sweet memories. Hard to believe it was was less than two weeks ago...I need to dust off the DVR and watch this puppy again.


Nerd Dumspter 2 coming in about 45 mins.



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1.07.2010

Today is a national Holiday...Roll Tide


A sea of crimson...


Today, the University of Alabama goes for its 13th national title against the Texas Longhorns. I am a two-time alumnus of the Capstone, and will be drinking and cooking and gearing up for this through the balance of the day. There are so very very many things that could be said about this one, but I think OTS's writeup at RBR is close to what I'm feeling....

On a personal level, it's such mixed emotions that it is hard to even single out any one feeling. It's one big bag of hope, excitement, intrigue, fear, and anxiety all somehow mixed together, ultimately yielding some indescribable feeling. You know that today could bring about the highest of highs or the lowest of lows, and it's all just a mixed array of emotions.



Just like this...only with booze and food


For those more inclined to the sanguine and reasoned analysis, none is better than TideFan's breakdown of the game. I;m not going to copy and paste all of their content...go visit them. But, here's an excerpt.


When the clock wound down on the 2007 Independence Bowl, a game Alabama won to put itself at 7-6 in Nick Saban’s first year at the Capstone, it’s a good bet that if you floated the idea of a national championship run two years later, only the most perennially optimistic fans would have thought it likely.

Alabama seemingly had so very far to go. The Tide wasn’t a tough team, its ranks were still dotted with players accustomed to the Mike Shula way of doing things and Alabama was decidedly looking up – way, way up – at Florida and LSU.

What a difference these last two years have made. Now Alabama is standing four quarters away from its 13th national championship. But to get there, the Crimson Tide will have to defeat a team it has never beaten before, despite having eight shots at it.

Texas doesn’t so much arrive at this game as it does careen sideways into the spot following a near-miss win over Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship Game. The manner in which Texas won that game has created a media-driven, David-vs.-Goliath setup that Saban has already bemoaned in several interviews.

The fact is, this will be the best offensive team – at least through the air – that Alabama has seen this year. But the real issue is the Texas defense. Pundits quick to award Alabama a runaway victory have overlooked the fact that Texas managed to put up good pass defense numbers even in the pass-happy Big 12, and recorded the No. 3 ranking in total defense at the same time.

This will probably shake out to be a close game, won in the fourth quarter.


So, ladies and gentlemen, let's do this. Tomorrow I will either be very happy man, or in desultory moaning. This is Alabama football.

 

In the words of the man "Keep your heads up...act like a champion"


1.06.2010

Propitiating the Football Gods

Over at RollBamaRoll, the SBN site for Alabama athletics, we make offerings to the football gods with our tales of personal shortcomings. The bigger the game, the bigger the offering. Below follows my very extensive admission.



Act One. When I was a professional musician, I had a penchant for substances (illicit, taxed or otherwise), and trashy, hot women. One such gal had just graduated high school, and we worked together in Northport. She was drop dead beautiful, and I wanted nothing more than to get in her pants. For months, I literally begged, and talked so much shit about what a great lover I was, and how I would rock her world, etc. Eventually my charms, and plying her with smoke and booze, paid off and she agreed to come to one of my band’s hunch punch parties. I was off that night, but she had to work, so she told me to go chill and she’d meet me around 11. I got bored waiting around, and headed out there around 8 at night. Needless to say, by 11:30 when she got there, I had been drinking PGA (and eating barbecue) for nigh on four hours. I was a sloppy drunk mess. She pounded down a few drinks, and started getting randy, so we went to the bushes, behind the cars and trucks, and started making out. I was in heaven, because I just knew I was about to score with a chick that looked like Jennifer Garner. I was kissing my way down her blouse and stomach, and then started kissing the inside of her legs (which were in pantyhose), when -without warning- I proceeded to hurl the entire mess of cherry Kool Aid, PGA, and pork sandwiches on her mons de amour. Naturally, the pantyhose acted as a sieve, and…well, your imagination can take it from there. Then I passed out in her thighs, face in a puddle of vomit.


This does not mix with barbecued pork...or sex.


Act Two. We did work together, so the next day, I had to pay the piper, and I don’t think there’s every been a more contrite apology issued. She was so pissed for about a week she didn’t speak to me. But, she eventually relented, and we resumed our flirting, and she agreed to give me another chance. She told me to meet her at her parents house out by Lake Tuscaloosa, and we could go hottubbing. I was again elated, because “tubbing” is shorthand for sex, obviously. We got in the tub on a majestic November night, and started smoking up and drinking screwdrivers. It really was a damned pleasant evening. She then invited me upstairs to go “dry off and get wet”, and I about creamed myself. Eagerly I followed her to the master bathroom, where we had shed clothing. She was sitting on the sink, and I had just started the act, when she starts gasping and crying out, and I was grinning thinking to myself “Damn, you are good”…then she looked up, half blue in the face, and choked out the words “asthma.attack.” I threw her in a bathrobe, threw one on myself and rushed her to DCH. While I was explaining what happened to the cops, who should show up? Her very pissed off parents, wondering why their daughter was naked, and why I was wearing Mom’s bathrobe from the lakehouse?



Asthma can be sexy...



Act 3. Soooo. Girl is really pissed now, and didn’t speak to me for a month (likely b/c of her parents). And, we went our separate ways, when she told me she was moving, and wouldn’t tell me where or give me her digits. I thought I was screwed forever. Flash forward a year and a half later, and I saw her on campus…she had gone to MUW for a year, then went to Alabama. She had grown up a bit, and I had too, so we put all the past behind us, and went to go have drinks at my apartment, which i shared with my brother at the time. I knew he was there, but I didn’t know where he was lurking. Anyway, she and I had a couple of pops and she said, let’s do this. So, free from the ghosts, we then went to my room, and started to have sex. During a quieter moment, she stopped, and looked at me funny and said “what the F is that noise”? I paused and then listened, and I could definitely hear a “hmmmmmmmmm” noise coming from the cracked bathroom door. I jumped up, ran to the door, and who was there? My brother watching this chick bang me. That “hmmmmmm”? His ..ummm…vibrating male pleasuring device. She screamed at me, calling us perverts, grabbed her clothes, and left. And I kicked my brother’s ass…



No reason for this...
 
Coda al fin. Flashforward two more years. I was in grad school, she was graduating. We had the same major, so we had a couple of classes in the past and ran into each other at Palmer a lot. But, we didn’t really talk (can you blame her?!). One afternoon she ran into me, and asked if she could bum a smoke. We hit up a little conversation, and agreed to meet after the game that weekend. After a DuBose loss to Arkansas, spirits were kind of low, but we soldiered on for drinks at the Houndstooth. After a few she said, “fuck it…let’s do this”. so, we proceeded to have sad, post-loss coitus. And it sucked. It was just bad loving. And she called me out with the following words “that was so bad…and so short…and, I just want you to know, that your brother has a much bigger d*** than you”. She kicked me out of her apartment and I’ve never seen her since.



Are you serious? Really?


Please gods, I have propitiated with premature ejaculation, sex fail, penis envy and liquor stupidity: That has to be worth something?! Roll Tide







Happy Mark Ingram Day!


Soph. RB, Mark Ingram. Bulwark of the #1 University of Alabama Crimson Tide and 75th winner of the Heisman Trophy.


Proclamation
By the Governor of Alabama

WHEREAS, it is with great pride that the State of Alabama recognizes Alabama running back Mark Ingram for his successful 2009 football season; and

WHEREAS, a Michigan native, Mark Ingram was rated the sixth-best player in Michigan high school football in 2007. He ran for 1,700 yards and 24 touchdowns his senior season at Flint Southwestern Academy; and

WHEREAS, during his freshman year at the University of Alabama, Mark Ingram set the Alabama freshman school record with a team-high 12 touchdowns; and

WHEREAS, during the 2009 Alabama football season, Mark Ingram averaged 118.6 yards rushing per game and 6.2 yards per carry while catching 30 passes out of the backfield for 322 yards and three touchdowns. He compiled 1,864 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns. He shattered the Alabama single-season rushing record previously held by Bobby Humphrey in 1987; and

WHEREAS, Mark's leadership help lead the Crimson Tide to a 32-13 win over the Florida Gators to capture the 2009 SEC Championship; and

WHEREAS, On December 12, 2009, Mark Ingram became the first Alabama football player to win the prestigious Heisman Trophy; and

WHEREAS, Mark Ingram is the 40th running back to ever win the Heisman Trophy, but just the eighth since 1985; and

WHEREAS, Alabama fans across the state and nation will be cheering for Mark Ingram and the rest of the Crimson Tide football team on Thursday, January 7 during the BCS National Championship Game in California:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, January 6, 2010, as

Mark Ingram Day in the State of Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 5th day of January 2010.

Governor Bob Riley


Roll Tide kids; tomorrow is the national championship game vs. the University of Texas Longhorns.

11.30.2009

Reality kicking me in the teeth


For now, enjoy the buildup the -OMGZ!!!- Game of The Young Century. Since last year's SECCG, it has been ordained that #2 Alabama will meet #1 Florida for the de facto national title...the Winner gets the Conference Title, and goes to Pasadena to all-but certainly play the Texas Longhorns for the Crystal Trophy.

11.25.2009

Mark Ingram Heism@n Meme


Again, this shit looks like it's really, really going to happen:



SI

1. Mark Ingram, Alabama, RB, Soph.

Last week: 11 rushes, 102 yards, two TDs in a 45-0 victory over Chattanooga
Season: 205 rushes, 1,399 yards, 12 TDs; 25 receptions, 225 yards
Heisman-o-meter: The Watch tried to follow its own advice from last week: With Alabama meeting FCS member Chattanooga, "be careful to not read too much into Ingram's numbers." That said, the 'Bama back made the most of his 20-plus minutes of work and added two long touchdown runs to his highlight reel. He broke two tackles and dragged two defenders on the first and went army style (left-right-left-right-left-right) on the second. A good outing Friday against an Auburn defense ranked 88th against the run will turn the SEC championship showdown against Florida into a high stakes Heisman game for Ingram.


ESPN

1. Mark Ingram, Alabama: Ingram has been consistently outstanding throughout the 2009 season. His numbers thus far match the profile -- 1,399 yards and 12 scores on 205 carries, and 225 yards and three scores on 25 catches. Plus, consider a couple of variables when it comes to Ingram's production. First, Ingram is carrying an offense that lacks quality quarterback play and has struggled at times along the offensive front. Second, he's getting it done against the highest level of defensive competition in the country.
Bottom line: For Ingram to take home the hardware, it will take a pair of big-time performances in Alabama's next two outings -- the Iron Bowl at Auburn and the SEC title game versus Florida.

 

11.18.2009

Your Mark Ingram Heisman Meme Alert


"Every football player, I’m sure, has dreams of winning the Heisman Trophy. But you can’t let it affect you performance. You’ve got to help your team win games. That’s what it’s all about"


FULL ON FIRE, evident in Rivals most recent piece:

1. RB Mark Ingram, Alabama: Ingram has rushed for at least 140 yards in five of his past six games (he had 99 against Tennessee in the other). In that span, he has gained 950 yards. He has faced five defenses that rank at least 25th in the nation and rushed for 811 yards against those teams. He played sparingly against Florida International and North Texas, games in which he easily could have padded his stats.

ESPN.COM


1. Mark Ingram, Alabama: I've had Ingram as my No. 1 Heisman guy for at least a month, and he has continued to shine while carrying Alabama's offense. I really like that he's done most of his damage in Bama's toughest games. He ran for 150 yards against Virginia Tech, 140 yards at Kentucky in a game in which the Tide struggled, 172 yards at Ole Miss when he was the Tide's only offense, 246 yards against South Carolina and 144 yards against LSU. With two high-profile games remaining (Auburn and Florida), I think it's his Heisman to lose because he has been so consistently outstanding.


Sports Illustrated

1. Mark Ingram, Alabama, RB, Soph.

Last week: 19 rushes, 149 yards, 2 TDs; 1 reception, 9 yards in a 31-3 victory at Mississippi State
Season: 194 rushes, 1,297 yards, 10 TDs; 25 receptions, 225 yards, 3 TDs

And, more interestingly, there is Finally an official Mark Ingram for Heisman website, called End the Drought.


Pay them a visit, and pay Mark your respects.






Finally, a group of Flint, MI rappers has even devoted a ditty to Mark called "Ingy". Pretty cool.

Dance with a winner.

It looks like this might really happen people. Roll Tide!

11.11.2009

Heism@n Alert: This thing has wings...


5'10", 211 pounds of 19 year old fury.


Meet Mark Ingram. A few weeks ago, when the media was desperate for the "OMG, who's going to win the Heisman?" they annointed Alabama's Sophomore running back, Mark Ingram (above, white jersey, unable of being tackled). At first, I thought this might be a joke. But, now, apparently it's not.  

Meme alert:

From Yahoo/Rivals: Tide's Ingram on the Verge of Making History

1. Mark Ingram, Alabama: Finally, there is some separation in the Heisman race. After a 144-yard rushing output against LSU, Ingram is tantalizingly close to becoming Alabama’s first recipient.


From Sports Illustrated: As top contenders fall, Alabama RB remains in full control

1. Mark Ingram, Alabama:Last week: 22 rushes, 144 yards; 5 receptions, 30 yards in a 24-15 victory against No. 9 LSU
Season: 175 rushes, 1,148 yards, 8 TDs; 24 receptions, 216 yards, 3 TDs
Heisman-o-meter: After Ingram had just six carries for 38 yards in an offensively inept first 30 minutes, the Tide fed Ingram early and often in the second half and he shouldered much of the load on the team's first two scoring drives in the half. He was his vintage self, darting through holes and hop-cutting by defenders and finished with 106 yards after halftime. His most important carry may have been the least exciting: a two-yard dive on fourth-and-inches in the fourth quarter to seal the win. So what makes him the Heisman leader? In four games against ranked opponents, he has averaged 178 rushing yards.

 And, from ESPN: Heisman race go way of BCS race:

1. Mark Ingram, Alabama: It's hard to believe an Alabama player has never won the Heisman Trophy. It's hard to ignore what Ingram has done for the No. 2 Crimson Tide this season. The sophomore has already run for 1,148 yards and eight touchdowns. He had 144 rushing yards in last week's 24-15 victory over No. 9 LSU, gaining 106 in the second half. Ingram catches the ball out of the backfield (24 receptions for 216 yards with three touchdowns) and runs out of the "Wildcat" package. There might not be a better back in the country at gaining yards after contact. Even more impressive is the fact Ingram has done most of his damage without a consistent passing game taking pressure off him.





Built like a bowling ball, and giving free piggy back rides since 2008.
 

Mark, even if you don't win, I'd say you're a safe bet to go to New York for the ceremony. Great job.

11.07.2009

Real Life Today, Kids.

And, by real life, I mean #3 Alabama v. #9 LSU. Off to the grocery store and then pre-game cooking/cleaning....



Roll Tide, Playa...and say a continued prayer for my liver

10.30.2009

The South Will Rise Again: With Cooties.


If she's a Tri-Delt, she's just as apt to have them too.

I devote a great deal of oxygen and send a lot of love to my homeland, the sovereign nation that's been occupied by Yankees since 1865
, the South. Among the things I (righly) extoll are the phenomenal regional cuisine, perfected by decendents of African and Caribb slaves and the Scot-Irish who settled the area. The South is truly America's cornucopia, with bountiful fish, fowl and game, dozens of fruits, nut and berries, legumes and all the vegetables you could ever want. So, big ups for Southern food.

 
We win this one every time.

I also (rightly) extoll our cultural and regional love affair with college football. The NFL is for the North; Hockey is for Canada; Baseball is for the summer --and the summer only; Basketball is largely forgotten; and Soccer is for communists. Any glib research on the subject will show you how different it is, being not only our metaphor for war against the rest of the United States, but also our own peculiar secular religion of sorts.



This is Bear Bryant. He is Alabama's, but he defined Southern football for three decades. We win.

I could go on about the decency of the people, the things we've overcome together, the scenic beauty, etc. However, there are other things that make one less proud: Southern Baptists come to mind, the occasional redneck that sets everyone back forty years, idiotic overly pious and nearly-insane corrput politicians, the clearly defined class struggle, etc. But, the one thing we've got to be most worried about, are cooties.



Sure, I'll come back to your house. It doesn't matter that I don't have a condom? GREAT!

Yes, cooties, particularly crotch cooties are rampant in the South. I think it's a product of religous life choking out available information on STD prevention, sometimes shoddy public education, poverty, the fact that we really like to party. Whatever it is, there is no denying that we simply do give one another non-lethal STDs at a staggering rate. Look at this chart from the CDC...



As you can see, with Syphillis the South really represents: Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Florida all apear in the Top 10. While 70% of the  "clap" States are also Southern: South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi. And, of course, we gotta' represent on Chlamydia, and Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee can help you there.

 
Yes, the Southern Belles are cute, especially at Ole Miss...What? Read below?

Der Schatten is pleased to award Bonus Points to South Carolina which finished in the Top 3 in two Categories (Clap and Chlamydia), and DOUBLE POINTS to Mississippi which finished First in those categories. Again, there's nothing to worry about, it's non-lethal and is all in good fun. The South reminds you enjoy the ride, but make damned sure you get tested.



Sure I been tested baby. It don't matter anyway; generic penicillin is just $4 at Wal-Greens




H/T to O, who had this link in one of his features a few days ago.

10.25.2009

Sunday Metaphor for War: Love-Hate Edition


Excuse me while I wipe yesterday's poo off my pants. Your Tubez for the day is DJ Inphinity's remix of Pat Benatar's classic, "Love is a Battle Field"...this one's for you Mt. Cody, you clearly love the game*, but it's still a battlefield









  * Most infectious smile, evah1!1! And, yes, you probably deserve a Heisman vote

Third Saturday: Loki loves Terrence Cody

 

Thank the chaos deity for Terrence Cody...6'7", 380 lbs of kick-ass, All-American Nose Tackle at the University of Alabama. Ranked #1 (or #2) in the country, against our fiercest rival, and nursing a 12-10 lead, Tennessee lines up with 4 seconds on the clock for a  44 yard game-winning field goal. There goes the Game, the SEC, and the National Championship. But. He. Blocks. It. TWICE in five minutes!



I don't care who you are, this man plays with a smile, an infectious laughter and a child-like enthusiasm that is rarely seen. He reminds us all that it is truly a game, and kids should have fun playing a game...no matter the stakes.

 
You can cry big guy...you earned it. We're still #1 because of you.

10.24.2009

Third Saturday Funny as Hell


From LawVol at 3SIB
Nick Saban on the Lane Kiffin Show


Now, the Bama response...
Lane Kiffin on the Nick Saban Show.

10.23.2009

The Third Saturday in October...FEEL THE HATE

Tomorrow is the Third Saturday in October* That means two things. The first, is that I will be drinkng myself under the table; the second means that it's time for one of the South's oldest, and most intense, football rivalries: Alabama vs. Tennessee. How bad is it? The first time the two teams played, there was a riot at midfield and serious injuries after the game ended in a tie. For a balanced, respectful history of the rivalry, I direct you the the interesting concept blog: Third Saturday in Blogtober. 3SiB is hosted and written by intelligent and passionate Alabama and Tennessee fans, and is dedicated solely to this game. For fans of the history and meaningfulness behind this game, there is no finer place.

The Third Saturday game, and its history, could literally fill up volumes upon volumes...the players, the coaches, the national and conference stakes, the animus, the hard-hitting toughness and physicality that defines the teams, the players and the people of these states. For pure nastiness, and shit-talking about whose fans are more redneck, it doesn't get any better or meaner than Alabama-UT.

First up: Takes on Tennessee:


This dude is douchy...but appropriately dismissive. Kudos.



This is Tennessee getting their ass kicked last year to the UT fight song "Rocky Top". Besides Dueling Banjos, it's the only thing their band plays.


Documentary of a day in the life of Tennessee's governor.

 
You know it's bad when lil' kids from Kentucky even think that Tennessee is full of hillbillies.



Next up: Tennessee's Take on Alabama


Truth is better than parody: This is your typical Tennessee Volunteer fan**: An ill-educated, pun-master of suck; an Oakley-sporting, goateed, out-of-work-roofer; a cousin'-touchin' moonshiner; an OxyContin-snortin' trainwreck of humanity. Seriously, go to hell Tennessee...I hate you all with a passion unmatched by the flames from the sun or the untreated herpes you got from your sister-mom.




*I know it's the fourth Saturday, but after league expansion, they screwed the pooch on this one...
** I say "fan", because as everyone knows UT is not a university at all...it's a football team and their tutors. 

10.18.2009

Sunday Unstoppable: Mark Ingram Edition


Much more later today on your Heism@n front-runner, Alabama's RB Mark Ingram. Suffice it to say, this kid is Unstoppable.