Roll Tide!

Warning: If you're on Facebook, you already know where this blog subject is headed.


Today's football chants or slogans include some classics such as the following:

Auburn: War Eagle

Tennessee: Go Vols

Florida: Gator Bait or simply Go Gators

LSU: Geaux Tigers

Texas: Hook 'Em Horns

Florida State: Scalp 'Em! Go 'Noles!

Ole Miss: "Hotty Toddy" Chant

Purdue: Boiler Up! (they're Boilermakers...)

Arizona: Bear Down Arizona!

Arkansas: Wooo Pig Soiee! (ever so classy!)

Oklahoma: Boomer Sooner

Kansas: Rock Chalk, Jayhawk

South Carolina: Go 'Cocks (really ?)

Kentucky: Go Big Blue!

Georgia: Go Dawgs!



Some are bizarre and require explanation. Some are plain vanilla. Some are somewhat creative. But none, and I mean none, roll off the tongue like Roll Tide. It can be a greeting, a farewell, a cheer, a condolence, a simple comment, or just the way Alabama fans greet each other in passing.

It is ageless. It is timeless. It is meant for good times as well as bad.

ESPN recognizes it. Take a look for yourself: It's not crazy. It's sports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvyknw4VClE&feature=player_embedded

P.S. I believe the "diner" spot was filmed in Rama Jama, because I was there that morning. They were closing at noon to film an ESPN commercial.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

It's football season, and, as of this weekend, it just got ugly. So let's start with the ugly. South Carolina, ranked 19th, soundly beat Alabama, ranked number 1, 35-21. That set off a national media maelstrom that started with Alabama's fall from 1st to 8th.

THE UGLY: National media second-guessing Alabama's first 5 wins after the loss to South Carolina saying that Florida is an average team, Penn State is inept, and Arkansas won in "lackluster" fashion over Texas A&M. I guess San Jose State and Duke were chopped liver.

THE BAD: Having to forever endure the worst color commentators ever---CBS' Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson. Please just let me listen to Eli Gold!

THE GOOD: Yes, there is something good, and I, especially, need to take it to heart. Greg McElroy said “I’m ready and willing to accept this challenge as an individual, and I promise I will do everything in my power to get these guys ready to go and put this loss in the rear-view mirror and learn everything that we possibly can from it, because there’s so much to learn and we’re still going to be one heck of a team.”

Roll Tide! Bring on Ole Miss!

Bama Chomps Gators

"On a perfect night for football, Florida made a perfect mess of its biggest game of the season." This according to The Gainesville Sun. For the whole story: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101003/articles/101009848?sudsredirect=true

On to South Carolina. Game Time 2:30 CDT. Roll Tide!

Bama Football News: Trent Richardson A Beast!

Bama Football News: Trent Richardson A Beast!

Bama rolls over San Jose State 48-3

Roll Tide! It was a gorgeous day for football. Not too hot. The newly expanded and refurbished stadium is fabulous. The new videos running on the FOUR jumbotrons during warm-ups will give you chills.

Ordinarily, I'd be able to give you chapter and verse on the entire game, the plays, who did what, when, how, where I was when it happened. But yesterday Woodruff & Co. was in charge of ushers and getting those 101,821 fans to their proper seats.

That, unfortunately, includes sometimes dealing with the unruly, rude, drunk, impatient fans as well as those students who haven't learned the new rules about the student section. [When the "lower bowl" fills up students have to go to the upper deck.] Some--not all--try every story in the book including lies, tantrums, cursing, spitting, throwing things, speeches about entitlement, and generally talking down to the "hired help." Yesterday even the EMTs were extremely busy. Unusual for a day that wasn't that hot. One fan broke his arm--bad break, too.

It involves walking miles around and up and down the stadium getting fans to the proper section when they came in the wrong gate. It involves finding seats for those who have tickets for seats that don't even exist. Imagine that? It involves being able to spot counterfeit tickets and removing those in possession of said tickets.

This morning I am reading about the game and watching the highlights debating whether I need to just watch the game this afternoon, because I definitely didn't see it yesterday. And you know I must know details.

Will it be better next weekend? I don't think so.
1. Alabama is still #1.
2. We're playing Penn State and Joe-Pa is still coaching.
3. It's ESPN Game Day.
4. It is the anniversary of 9/11.

Oh, well, we'll be sure to rest up, take some Aleve, and pack the cooler. Oh, and I'll head up to the overflow student section to let the darlings cry on my shoulder. Right.

What It Is

Alabama Football!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKySRIHpRMM

Things I love

Coffee
Blueberries
The smell of freshly cut grass
Watermelon
Strawberry cake (from Edgar's!)
Tomato sandwiches
The sound of waves crashing on the beach
Margaritas
The smell and feel of the breeze over the ocean
Key lime pie
A good book and plenty of time to read
Hot wings
Time spent with my children and grandbaby
(that includes spouses!)
Nearly any Mexican/Tex-Mex dish
Mimosas
Chicken salad

Anyone noticing a trend here?
Food, family, beach.....Hmmm......