All this Alabama chattering really amuses me. I will not deny they might have the most glamous football program in the conference. The way their fans carry on though, it reminds of the most handsome male on campus pounding his chest about his beauty and 12'er because he has "short coming" south of border, to the tune of about 4. The Red Elephants claim 12 National Titles, most are bogus by recognized standards. 1925, 1926, 1930, and 1934 are before polls came out during the season. So let's trash four right off the bat. Using the Bama method, LSU can add 1905, 1908, and 1936 as pelts. 1941's Crimson Tide team lost 2 games to Vandy and SEC Champion Mississippi State; Minnesota went undefeated that year and was the AP champ and Bama came in 20th place. One more Bama title to the dumpster. The 1964 Alabama team lost to Texas in the Orange Bowl, while Arkansas also undefeated in regular season play, won the Cotton Bowl. 11-0 is better than 10-1. Strike yet another. 1973 undefeated Bama got their wish and played Notre Dame. Struck down by the thunder, so goes yet another claim to #1. Just to add salt to the wound, Alabama has never beaten Texas (0-7) or RICE (0-3, featuring the 1954 Cotton Bowl off the bench tackle, possible the most infamous stunt in the history of college football). Not all that impressive a sight for a crew that wants to put the wheels back on the double-wide and move to another 'hood. Come to think about, maybe Kentucky basketball tradition, LSU's baseball tradition, or Ole Miss' Miss America tradition look much better than Alabama's inflated football past. Instead of bemoaning the conference, maybe they need to get on their knees and thank goodness they're in the SEC because that saved them from an SMU-type fate after their latest installment of Cheating 101. PAROLE TIDE, and don't let the door hit you on the way out!
Let's not also forget 1979, when Bama split a title with USC. This, despite the fact that USC had beatem them earlier that year.
I am not sure what is funnier. The fact that bammers claim so many fake titles or the fact that many of their current fans werent even alive during those times thus they have never even dealt with those titles.
Bama fans get more mileage from B.S. Titles.... Than any other school in history. Bama claims 12 Football Titles but EIGHT of the 12 came from AT LEAST 40 years ago. That leaves 4 NC's from 1973; 1976; 1979; and 1992. Not to nit-pick but in 1979 Bama split the NC with USC. Bama got their ass whipped by USC in 1979 and USC won the other half of the title. No offense but I don't think Bama really earned that one either. How impressive is it to tell a recruit that your program won NC's in the friggin' 20's; 30's; 40's, etc. when these kids think that the NC Bama won in 1992 (13 years ago) is ancient history? Talk about living in the past. By the way, in the last 5 football seasons Bama is 31-30 overall and has been to a couple of minor bowls. In fact, last season, Bama got their asses run out of the Music City Bowl by Minnesota. That is more on the minds of today's recruits than NC's won 40-50-60-70-80 years ago. Of course this is a school which still talks about Bear Bryant as if he was still alive. In truth, Bear Bryant died before any of today's Bama players were even born. Bama and Bama fans are hillarious.
As I've said before, the toilet paper toters are still livin' in the land of the ole drunk in the houndstooth hat. They need to move on.
I suggest we let Alabama and Notre Dame play in their own bowl game every year. To get tickets, you have to tell at least ten stories about either Bear Bryant or Knute Rockne. The game should be held during daylight on Christmas Day, so all the old folks dressed in red or green can get home before nightfall.... and rest up a whole week for the big games on New Year's Day. It's the least we can do for those whom we owe so much.
I'm in. Let 'em play in the Astrodome. Joe Thiesmann and Joe Namath can do the TV work and broadcast it on the History Channel. Sponsors could include Depends, AARP, Viagra, and The Lawrence Welk Show. It's a natural. Brilliant. Now what do you call it ? The Usetacould Bowl ? :lol:
Alabama and their fans are like the star athlete in high school who was popular, good looking and dated the prom queen, who is now a 44-year-old mall cop in the same town still talking about the old days.
