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Bama Llama

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  1. I have seen 71 years come and go and absorbed some of what I observed and considered facts as facts. Also, after Tua-to-Devanta for the title on 2nd and 26 a few years ago, I pledged not to ever again bitch about anything related to Alabama football. Give credit where it’s due.
  2. Fookin Derry Girls is both grand and brilliant! It moves at the speed of sound and at times beyond. Ah canna folls the speed Ulster ox-int at times. Mrs Llama, Baby Llama and I just discovered it. Beginning to see what’s meant by “Fighting Irish,” Lord luv ‘em.
  3. 1. Kudos to Hoepel and staff for creative blitzes and stunts on D and matchup bonanzas in O. If Bryce Young weren’t Bryce Young, Bama loses by 24. 2. Hooker went unpressed and unmolested too many times and was deadly accurate when it counted. 3. Defeat, thy cousin is lack of discipline. Penalties by the bushel, most caused by lack of focus and situational ignorance. BoB sending in audibles too late. 4. Anyone else think Bama might have stood a better chance if, given 4th and long, just pooch punt and (assuming D can defend) play for O/T? Young was playing lights out at that stage of the game. 5. Congratulations to Tennessee on a well-earned win. If we’re lucky, maybe we’ll see you again.
  4. Tennessee rolls out the Great Pumpkin early. I need something to look forward to.
  5. Yes. Auburn series was suspended from like 1910-1948 due to, ah, fisticuffs and incidents in the early 1900s. Until LSU became a heated rival in the years after Saban left there, most Bama fans regarded Tennessee as rival 1* after #1 despised rival Auburn. Bama has played Tennessee without interruption since Hoover was president.
  6. And Tenn, Ole Miss and LSU are away. High loss potential here unless Nick pulls some voodoo on offense.
  7. It goes back sixty years. Paul Bryant detested Tennessee from his playing days at UA and coaching days at Kentucky and Alabama. Tennessee was always tough to beat and Bob Neyland was considered best coach in the South in the 30s, 40s and 50s. Bama's athletic trainer, Jim Goosetree, a Tennessee grad, handed out cigars after a particularly tough win over Tennessee and the tradition took hold. Link: https://www.wvua23.com/its-tennessee-week-and-that-means-cigars-are-flying-off-the-shelves/#:~:text=It's tradition that Alabama fans,the beginning of a tradition. My father played end at Alabama from 1930-32. In the Tennessee game of 1932, played in Birmingham under a constant downpour, Beatty Feathers of Tennessee and Johnny Cain of Alabama had a punting duel for the ages, over 30 punts. The coaches were calling punts on third down in case the punter bobbled a snap. Bama led 3-0 with a few minutes left but was backed up inside its own ten yard line. The field was all mud by then. I believe Darrell Royal, Mack Brown and even Nick Saban would have given Tennessee a safety and free punted it from the 20. However, Bama punted. Cain had averaged 48 yards per kick that day, but this one went off the side of his foot, badly. Tennessee had the ball inside Bama's 20 with very little time left. The Vols ran it. ran it and ran it again. Feathers finally ran it in for a TD and Tennessee won 7-3. God dammit.
  8. I’m always glad for a win even if it’s ugly and that merde last night was hideous. Tennessee is big time on the rise. The atmosphere Saturday will be like Austin on week one, then add the extra hate factor, then add Tennessee hasn’t beaten Bama since W was president, and you have the formula for an embarrassment in Knoxville. Who the fuck knows - congrats Horns on skunking, depantsing and dry reaming OU, the ponies pulling the little wagon and Ichabod Venables.
  9. It’s Young Frohnkunschteen for me, for a zillion reasons, but Mel’s whole magna opera has blessed humanity. Vladimir should watch more Mel Brooks.
  10. Since the sooners are Down now, Kick them Very, very hard.
  11. Bama Llama

    Led Zeppelin

    When Page kicks off that immortal lead riff at the harmonica fade, my old drummer’s heart just busts wide open with anticipation. I’ll always revere Ringo for his exquisite touch but for sheer mastery of the pedals, sticks, cymbals and skins, Bonzo is forever the Man in my rock soul. Jazz aficionados fuck off, I’m strictly talking blues rock and its descendants.
  12. I empathize with you, thinking of my late father and his relentless five-year decline into the abyss following a cerebral aneurysm. I just really have no desire to witness Lee Corso’s struggles. I guess I’ll follow one of the above posters who recommends Fox’s show. I’ll have to overcome my aversion to all things Fox. Must admit Fox coverage of Texas-Bama was superior to CBS and ESPN.
  13. Look at Mark Stoops first five years at Kentucky: 2013 2-7 2014 5-6 2015 5-6 2016 7-6 2017 7-6 The UK fan base, admin and money men were more patient than 90% of other schools would have been and it has really paid off. Watch them beat Ole Miss today. If he finds a way to beat Georgia and Tennessee, he’ll probably stay in Lexington with a nice fat contract and peace of mind he would never have at LSU, Florida or Texas.
  14. They need to present Corso with a Lifetime Achievement GTFO award and put his non compos mentis ass out to pasture. And the new guy needs to cut back about 50% on the pre show Red Bulls and meth. Jesus, ESPN has more money than God. They can do better than this.
  15. The self-narrated audiobook of his recent bio, All About Me! is excellent and well worth the listen. Some of his lines are part of the Llama family lexicon, such as “Double time harch!” and “They can all go to hell, ‘cept Cave 76!” and “Mmmmm, zee filling iss moochul.” Viva Mel.
  16. Fuck this. ‘Tis better to light one candle than curse the darkness. (Ducks barrage of rotten vegetables, feces, dead cats, etc. launched by unruly mob)
  17. Bama Llama

    It's Dead, Jim

    Anyone remember this strange preseason game? From 1934-1976, College All-Stars vs defending NFL champs played at Soldier Field. Usually a yawner but it broke the off-season drought.
  18. The Alabama fan base has been sorely sorely tested, wandering in the desert for eighteen years, from 1992 to 2010, but it was oh so well worth the wait. We endured conservative or inept offense philosophies, matador defenses, head coaches fired for shagging admin assistants, five consecutive lossess to Auburn, a head coach who never coached a game but knew how to find two strippers to spend the night with, and two nasty probations. Many jumped ship. Well, fuck them. Stay faithful, Horns fans. It is always darkest just before the dawn.
  19. Mizzou beware the Auburn voodoo. Every Bama fan knows it is a real thing.
  20. I can understand why some of you don’t like it. I for one liked hell out of it. Never heard Tom Van Dingleberry Parker’s voice, so I took Tom Hanks’ version with a strong shaker of salt. All Elvis needed was a half decent lawyer and Parker never would have tapewormed himself into Elvis’ heart and soul and dominated his career. Maybe it’s because I grew up listening to his music. The man influenced popular music in a huge way and his charisma is unmatched (no homo). In 2004, I visited Ringo Starr’s childhood home in Liverpool and met his little old auntie who lives there. The front room id just as it was when Ringo first played with the Beatles. Over the mantel were four 8x10 framed color photos of the Fab Four. Above them was a larger color photo of Elvis circa 1956. I asked auntie why Elvis was up there above the Beatles. She didn’t hesitate: “Well, they all loved Elvis, didden they?” Mrs. Llama says he’s still around, living incognito as it were.
  21. Don’t know about UM but the first person UGA shit goes back to Larry Munson days. Obnoxious, unprofessional as hell but he was outstanding play by play man otherwise.
  22. Definitely go to Neyland, preferably on a chilly October day. Visitors are parked in the nosebleed section overlooking the river. Neyland has the best natural grass field I’ve ever seen. One game my crew attended witnessed a dual flyover by a B-29 and a B-17 trailing red, white and blue smoke. They used to have a guy riding a jet black Tennessee walking horse around the field pregame, which was cool, but I think they retired that in lieu of their band up and down playing Rocky Top over and over. The team running out through the T is okay. I’m 1-1 in Neyland but haven’t been in about 12 years. LSU is another good away trip but don’t start any shit or they’ll be dragging the Achafalaya next day for your corpse. Don’t stay in Baton Rouge but in New Orleans.
  23. Don’t doubt what you say. I confess I have not viewed a Nebraska game in many moons to see if some areas of “sold” tickets are masquerading as empty seats. Last week vs ULM a good third of frat block seating at Bryant-Denny were vacant by 10:00 of 3rd quarter, a good 4,000 seats. I would contribute to seizing said frat block sests and hand those tix out to kids otherwise unable to attend. Entitled Spaldings - phooey on them.
  24. True or False: through thick, thin and awful, Nebraska has something like 690 consecutive home sellouts. If true, that’s pretty fucking amazing in these days of shrinking attendance trends.
  25. To Kill A Mockingbird The Patriot Brotherhood of the Wolf Dunkirk Finest Hour Bubba Ho Tep
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