We've had a week to let it sink in...

I too have upped my dislike of West Vance after this year. If we use the UAT yardstick we do have 8 Nattys.
There were comments on another thread of how most UAT fans did not embrace Harvey and the ones who posed with him for pics were in the minority. Bullshit in Spades!! More of them love him.

While I agree there are lot of great Bama fans, the vast majority are totally in la la land. They have no idea where the stadium is, much less the admissions office, and the only reason they are fans is that they grew up in the Bear era where everyone loves a winner. Bear Bryant was a great football coach, maybe the best ever, and he spawned a following of non high school graduates that got hooked on to the program because it was winning. That is the only reason.

I wish someone would take a “man/woman on the street poll” and ask 100 people who they pull for and did they go to school there or did they have a close family member that did. My feeling is that you would find that Auburn fans either attended or had a close family member that did and the Alabama fans would say they only pull for Bama because " they are the best". I have heard that many times.

What this amounts to is that Auburn people have a vested interest in their fandom and UAT folks do not.

I am in a business that deals with a lot of people and I have seen a car with an Alabama Alumini Association decal in the window. When I asked when he went to Bama he replied he did not but if you donate money to the school they will make you an alumini. Great, I worked hard for my degree and now I find out all I had to do was give some money and I could be an alumini.

Nuff said.

I’m movin’ on…..

after we had beaten Bama for the sixth time just a month and a half prior. Bama had just finished the season 7-6, losing 4 of their last five games including one to La. -Monroe…..all under their messiah Nick Saban. Some Turd in a Alabama sweatshirt and cap had the temerity to come up to me (sporting an Aubie cap) and say “ROLLL TIDE” as I passed him. I dismissed him with the six finger salute and a scowl that said “Please!!”
His response, “The Tide’s coming back!!”. My retort….“We’re all waiting!! Try harder next year!!”

My point? Tide fan doesn’t care how well we are doing, or how crummy they are doing. They still are going to act like the just won a championship. And you know what? I’m going to feel that way about Auburn everyday. Our program is every bit as good as theirs and HAS BEEN BETTER for the last 30 years. They’ve won three championships in that time, we have one, should have at least 2 and have three undefeated seasons.

I know that The Bear and the dominant “BAMA” teams of the 60&’70’s were built through political corruption and blatant disregard for whatever rules the NCAA had on the books, but didn’t enforce. They took advantage of the system and ushered in the modern era of the “football factory”. Hey, if they are proud of that, good for them.
What we have done in an INFINITELY more difficult environment is MUCH more impressive. Its the football equivalent of Rocky. The underdog who fights his way off the mat and a certain knockout in the early rounds, to go toe to toe and punch for punch with the establishment champ. We’ve had to work harder and overcome much bigger obstacles to compete with the state schools who have EVERYTHING in their favor. I am proud of that and will always be proud of that, no matter how many championships Bama wins. Good for you Bama…."Auburn is coming back! WARRRRREAGLE!!’

we will be exposed to “GOT 14?” and more Houndstooth Hagiography than we could shake a bag of Golden Flake at

You had me at “Houndstooth Hagiography”. You suffer DAAAAAWWWWWWWGGG fans on a daily basis. Much respect to you, MVH.

…After I wrote this, I came across the RBR Chic-Fil-A game thread. I couldn’t believe they even cared enough to have a whole THREAD about a minor bowl they weren’t even playing in—Oh, wait, I forgot, they have to have a platform to run down Auburn any chance they get—end of disbelief.

Well, the disbelief still remains regarding the anti-Auburn comments at the end of that thread. They were simply AMAZING. Instead of psyching up for their own Nat’l Champ chance, they all to a man (and I use that term loosely) wasted time—AND New Year’s Eve—ragging on their cross-state rival who they already pummelled that season.

As a control, I went over to the BCSCG thread on TET and advanced to the end. All I saw (in a limited number of posts) was congrats to the new Champs and pride that the State of Alabama three-peated. Even those who said they HATED Bama gave credit to their team. Gee wiz, what else do you need to show to show the difference. The blogs appear representative of, if not the whole fan base (obviously not), then at least those that are the most fanatical.

I guess I just wanted revenge on those who refused to grant me any measure of joy, not from their suffering, but from their respect for a rival. Now I see that respect and majority Bama fan is an oxymoron of the highest degree. I now realize that Option 1 will make anyone who selects that choice just like them. Although I refuse to volunteer kudos to the Dark Red Side, I won’t go out of my way nor take any opportunity to denigrate them.

Michael Val
(who guesses he must just grin and “Bear” the Houndstooth Hagiography!)

Clemson lurks in 8 months!