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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Alabama Alumni Association's Sidewalk Chapter</span>
There is no fanbase that I despise more than Alabama's, and it is fueled more by the sidewalk alumni than the actual graduate of the school.
Its not the rednecks, its not the mullets, etc. These people are freaking idiots. There is actually a discussion on one of the Alabama message boards about Anthony Dixon would not be more than a third or fourth string running back on Alabama's team. There are a few voices of reason, but there are people that believe this mess.
They have some bandwagon fans, but credit most of these idiots, they are Bama through and through. Tattoos ranging from a script A on the ankle to "The Bear" on some guys back. Nothing against tattoos, but ****. We love M-State, but not many of us would name our children Crymsyn Sabyn and I haven't heard of many weddings at Davis Wade Stadium, there's usually a half dozen or so at Bryant-Denny every year.
This is a different breed folks, and why part of me admires their passion, there is no part of me that would name my firstborn Crooms.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">"We are Alabama"</span>
Who gives a ****? The entitlement mentality with these people is beyond ridiculous. A quick scan of the Bama message boards found gems like this:
Well, we are Alabama, the officials should favor us.
I hate the SEC, we should leave and become independent like Notre Dame. We made the SEC, it would die within five years if we left.
We should form a super conference with teams like Ohio State, Texas, Florida and USC. All the money from the TV contracts would be ours.
We have 22 SEC championships, if you would have took us away what would happen?
Well, someone else would have won those championships, dumbass?
And they are serious. We have all heard the crap spewed from Alabama fans about how we should join CUSA and the SEC could add Texas, etc.
DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY GROUP OF TEAMS THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE MORE GAMES THAN THEY WIN? If there were a superconference with Alabama, Texas, USC and Ohio State - someone in that group is going to go 0-3, or three teams are going 1-2. There is no possible way that all of those teams stay in the top 10.
When you bring this point up and the Alabama fan looks confused, you are probably talking to a member of their esteemed sidewalk alumni chapter.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bear is dead, folks.</span>
He died January 26, 1983. Coming up on 30 years.
Most people do not know that Bear Bryant coached anywhere else but Alabama. (He coached at Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A&M) The reason people do not know this is the worship of the Bear that goes on in Tuscaloosa.
Have you ever been to a game at Bryant-Denny? When they play their pre-game video, its mostly "The Bear" and the entire stadium is quiet out of respect. Its sort of creepy.
Growing up in Alabama, my grandfather would tell me stories about the origins of the Alabama Alumni Association's Sidewalk Alumni Chapter. You see, back in the day, the Bear would travel around to the small towns of Alabama and speak to rotary clubs and the such, not uncommon to this day. But when he was in these small towns, he would go to the factories and speak to the blue collar workers.
Back then, most of the factory workers did not have a high school education, and meeting the Bear was the highlight of many's lives. He would convince these factory workers to have money taken out of their paycheck to help Alabama football - giving the "common man" a stake in the proud Alabama football program.
We all pay more attention when our money is involved, and this was no different. This relentless passion for Alabama football would be passed down to their children (I've been in many of homes growing up in rural Alabama where all of the "art"? and "decor" was Alabama football related) and although these kids would not go to college, their passion for Alabama football was unmatched.
<br style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonus Suck: 1941.</span>
Alabama claims 12 national championships. The NCAA and SEC recognize six national championships. Only three are completely legitimate, no questions asked.
Of the six that are completely bogus, none is moreso than 1941. We all know the story, but if you don't here it is - the complete truth.
Mississippi State went undefeated in 1940 and won the Orange Bowl. Alabama coach Frank Thomas, whose team went unbeaten and won a national championship in 1934, was upset about this, so he contacted UA president Richard Foster and devised a plan.
Thomas knew that Mississippi State would be tough in '41. They were returning most of their starters that had beat Alabama soundly in '40. Thomas wanted to do something that would impact the Alabama-Mississippi State game in 1941, but Foster was a voice of reason and did not want to something drastic if Alabama were able to beat MSU.
Mississippi State defeated Alabama 14-7 that year, so Thomas and Foster put their plan into action. They contacted the emperor of Japan, Hirohito and told him of their dilemma. Mississippi State would be playing at San Francisco on December 6, and a win over the Dons would mean a trip to the Sugar Bowl for Mississippi State, and that this was not an option.
On December 6, MSU defeated then-West coast powerhouse San Francisco 26-13 to cap off its only SEC championship season. Foster contacted Hirohito and told him to proceed as planned.
The next morning, as commanded by Hirohito, the Germans launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. As San Francisco was the largest city on the West coast at the time, it was placed under lockdown and the Mississippi State team was unable to return to Starkville to accept the Sugar Bowl invite.
The Sugar Bowl knew what Alabama had done, and refused to invite the Tide to the 1942 event, instead taking Missouri from the Big Eight. The Cotton Bowl accepted Alabama, a game in which the Tide won to <span style="font-weight: bold;">finish #20 in the final AP poll.</span>
That's right, Alabama finished #20, and third in the SEC behind MSU and Vanderbilt.
Yet somehow they claim the 1941 national championship.
I hate these bastards.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Alabama Alumni Association's Sidewalk Chapter</span>
There is no fanbase that I despise more than Alabama's, and it is fueled more by the sidewalk alumni than the actual graduate of the school.
Its not the rednecks, its not the mullets, etc. These people are freaking idiots. There is actually a discussion on one of the Alabama message boards about Anthony Dixon would not be more than a third or fourth string running back on Alabama's team. There are a few voices of reason, but there are people that believe this mess.
They have some bandwagon fans, but credit most of these idiots, they are Bama through and through. Tattoos ranging from a script A on the ankle to "The Bear" on some guys back. Nothing against tattoos, but ****. We love M-State, but not many of us would name our children Crymsyn Sabyn and I haven't heard of many weddings at Davis Wade Stadium, there's usually a half dozen or so at Bryant-Denny every year.
This is a different breed folks, and why part of me admires their passion, there is no part of me that would name my firstborn Crooms.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">"We are Alabama"</span>
Who gives a ****? The entitlement mentality with these people is beyond ridiculous. A quick scan of the Bama message boards found gems like this:
Well, we are Alabama, the officials should favor us.
I hate the SEC, we should leave and become independent like Notre Dame. We made the SEC, it would die within five years if we left.
We should form a super conference with teams like Ohio State, Texas, Florida and USC. All the money from the TV contracts would be ours.
We have 22 SEC championships, if you would have took us away what would happen?
Well, someone else would have won those championships, dumbass?
And they are serious. We have all heard the crap spewed from Alabama fans about how we should join CUSA and the SEC could add Texas, etc.
DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY GROUP OF TEAMS THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE MORE GAMES THAN THEY WIN? If there were a superconference with Alabama, Texas, USC and Ohio State - someone in that group is going to go 0-3, or three teams are going 1-2. There is no possible way that all of those teams stay in the top 10.
When you bring this point up and the Alabama fan looks confused, you are probably talking to a member of their esteemed sidewalk alumni chapter.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bear is dead, folks.</span>
He died January 26, 1983. Coming up on 30 years.
Most people do not know that Bear Bryant coached anywhere else but Alabama. (He coached at Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A&M) The reason people do not know this is the worship of the Bear that goes on in Tuscaloosa.
Have you ever been to a game at Bryant-Denny? When they play their pre-game video, its mostly "The Bear" and the entire stadium is quiet out of respect. Its sort of creepy.
Growing up in Alabama, my grandfather would tell me stories about the origins of the Alabama Alumni Association's Sidewalk Alumni Chapter. You see, back in the day, the Bear would travel around to the small towns of Alabama and speak to rotary clubs and the such, not uncommon to this day. But when he was in these small towns, he would go to the factories and speak to the blue collar workers.
Back then, most of the factory workers did not have a high school education, and meeting the Bear was the highlight of many's lives. He would convince these factory workers to have money taken out of their paycheck to help Alabama football - giving the "common man" a stake in the proud Alabama football program.
We all pay more attention when our money is involved, and this was no different. This relentless passion for Alabama football would be passed down to their children (I've been in many of homes growing up in rural Alabama where all of the "art"? and "decor" was Alabama football related) and although these kids would not go to college, their passion for Alabama football was unmatched.
<br style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonus Suck: 1941.</span>
Alabama claims 12 national championships. The NCAA and SEC recognize six national championships. Only three are completely legitimate, no questions asked.
Of the six that are completely bogus, none is moreso than 1941. We all know the story, but if you don't here it is - the complete truth.
Mississippi State went undefeated in 1940 and won the Orange Bowl. Alabama coach Frank Thomas, whose team went unbeaten and won a national championship in 1934, was upset about this, so he contacted UA president Richard Foster and devised a plan.
Thomas knew that Mississippi State would be tough in '41. They were returning most of their starters that had beat Alabama soundly in '40. Thomas wanted to do something that would impact the Alabama-Mississippi State game in 1941, but Foster was a voice of reason and did not want to something drastic if Alabama were able to beat MSU.
Mississippi State defeated Alabama 14-7 that year, so Thomas and Foster put their plan into action. They contacted the emperor of Japan, Hirohito and told him of their dilemma. Mississippi State would be playing at San Francisco on December 6, and a win over the Dons would mean a trip to the Sugar Bowl for Mississippi State, and that this was not an option.
On December 6, MSU defeated then-West coast powerhouse San Francisco 26-13 to cap off its only SEC championship season. Foster contacted Hirohito and told him to proceed as planned.
The next morning, as commanded by Hirohito, the Germans launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. As San Francisco was the largest city on the West coast at the time, it was placed under lockdown and the Mississippi State team was unable to return to Starkville to accept the Sugar Bowl invite.
The Sugar Bowl knew what Alabama had done, and refused to invite the Tide to the 1942 event, instead taking Missouri from the Big Eight. The Cotton Bowl accepted Alabama, a game in which the Tide won to <span style="font-weight: bold;">finish #20 in the final AP poll.</span>
That's right, Alabama finished #20, and third in the SEC behind MSU and Vanderbilt.
Yet somehow they claim the 1941 national championship.
I hate these bastards.
