We've all heard the quotes—Alabama head coach Nick Saban comparing his team's loss to Louisiana-Monroe to September 11th and Pearl Harbor, as well as to an alcoholic hitting "rock bottom."As the university tries to do damage control, Saban has remained silent—perhaps because he has both feet inserted firmly in his mouth.
"Changes in history usually occur after some kind of catastrophic event," Saban said after the loss. "It may be 9/11, which sort of changed the spirit of America relative to catastrophic events. Pearl Harbor kind of got us ready for World War II, and that was a catastrophic event."
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And Saban wasn't done yet.
"They talk about alcoholics and people like that who never ever change until they hit rock bottom," he continued. "Well, they change because when they hit rock bottom they have an awareness, they have an acceptance and a commitment to change. That's what our players need to do right now because the past two weeks since the LSU game, I haven't seen the same spirit, the same work ethic. That's something we have to get right."
The shocking thing about the comments isn't just Saban's insensitivity—it's his narcissism.
However Alabama tries to spin it, it's entirely clear that Saban was indeed comparing the loss to the disasters. And that speaks volumes as to what's going on inside the coach's head.
The loss to Louisiana-Monroe was a 9/11-type catastrophe for Saban. In his little world, losing a football game to an opponent he considers unworthy is on par with the deaths of thousands of innocent people.
If Saban had had a relative or friend who perished on 9/11, maybe he wouldn't feel as comfortable drawing comparisons between a mass murder and a football game.
Or maybe he'd have a better understanding of where a game stands in terms of life's priorities.
In any event, I'm not angry with Nick Saban—I feel sorry for him.
We all should.
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9 months ago
I feel sorry for you Mr. Stoffers. It's obvious from your article that you think that there are more important things in life than football. Alabama's 3 losses in a row, starting with the tragic loss in Tuscaloosa to LSU has been catastrophic for me as an Alabama fan. Actually I have felt much more pain than I felt when a few people that I didn't know died in the World Trade Center, and multiple magnitudes more painful than those long dead from the attack on Pearl Harbor. So for Nick Saban, a perfectionist, and a man who defines himself by his coaching ability I'm sure it has been hard. It's quite possible that if you took your own job more seriously you might not be writing for this podunk newspaper.
from 9 months ago
Ryan -- Or should I say Nick?
I know you're really Nick Saban trying to cover your own a$$...
...Or maybe you're doin' Nick Saban in the a$$...
In any case -- Nick Saban! Open Mouth insert Your A$$...
9 months ago
This is stupid! Coaches say some ridiculous things, but this is just retatrded. Saban is just playing to the Alabama boosters. Or should I say kissing there ass with out of context comments. It's like Kellen Winslow at Miami when he told the press, " I'm a mother fucking soldier". It's like war out there, I'm gonna kill them first before they kill me." Who cares Kellen the only war you got into was with your bike. Do you think that the Alabama coach press conference deserves national media coverage when they are unranked and a SEC afterthought? Just like notre dame? Who freaking cares you bottom feeders!!!!!!!!!!!
9 months ago
Nick S-A-T-A-N
from 9 months ago
AMEN Brother... Nick is ASSHOLE #1.
I had a personal experience with him and his wife when he was here in Michigan. He is the biggest Ass I have ever met.
9 months ago
Ryan,
May God have mercy on Nick S-A-T-A-N's and your pitiful soul.
9 months ago
Ryan,
Nice column that gets right to the point but more importantly, hits the nail right on the head. Not only is the man narcissistic as you say, he's also borderline neurotic. Look for him to need a padded room someday soon. Sooner than later if he keeps losing games like this past week's debacle. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Gonna' be fun to watch for sure.
9 months ago
he thinks he is at rock bottom now....
wait until Auburn puts about 60 points up on him this weekend
THEN he will be at rock bottom and close to looking for another job.
I love the fact that bammers thought he was going to come in there,
walk on water, save the program, and get a national title in a season.
HAHA you got what you wanted. A liar scumbag who is probably ALREADY
looking for his next job...
9 months ago
Hope you're not an Auburn fan, George.
Liar?
"Only way I'm leaving Ole Miss is in a pine box"- Tommy Tubberville, a week before taking the Auburn job.
from 9 months ago
dude, he did and said what he had to get from the anus that is Ole Miss,
to the major program he has now in Auburn.
Nicky on the other hand lies to get out of good jobs and go to even WORSE ones.
His next job will probably be at Duke or maybe UAB... one of the few programs
more F***ed up than Alabama is.
:)
*and I love the fact you are so bold that you posted Anonymously... pathetic!
9 months ago
To be fair, Coach Saban suffered a loss to UAB of all teams in his first season at Death Valley, and he went on to beat Tennessee the following week. At least Saban wasn't making any excuses for their execrable showing against ULM. If he holds true to form, well, the only team you have to worry about putting up 60 points on Saturday will be wearing crimson. ROLL TIDE!
from 9 months ago
you think bama is going to beat auburn this year?
you on crack?
not one of the players on this team has EVER beaten Auburn, ever.
they have 3 weeks of pathetic performances and "catastrophic failures" looming over them,
and you think they are going to put that all aside and come in and win?
care to make a wager?
OH YEAH< that is right, you are ANONYMOUS (you pussy) and can only make veiled threats and rediculous predictions from behind your mask of secrecy!
HA!
from 9 months ago
No, I forgot my password here, you cunt. I don't normally frequent this site, so I had to use the "forgot password" feature since I actually put some thought into randomizing my password, bitch. Also, I don't make that dumb error, you menstruating twat, of actually writing down said password. That wasn't three weeks of pathetic performances; that was two weeks of pathetic performances after a theft by replay official against LSU. If you could do me a favor, please don't mistake me for someone who gives a fuck about your opinion. I see a repeat of the Tennessee game: UA 41, Auburn 17 and with a different coach next year. Eat that, motherfucker!
9 months ago
Ryan, that is absolutely pathetic. And Alabama fans wonder why they are made fun of?
Ryan wrote: "Actually I have felt much more pain than I felt when a few people that I didn't know died in the World Trade Center, and multiple magnitudes more painful than those long dead from the attack on Pearl Harbor. "
9 months ago
wow ryan you are both an incredibly stupid moron and a horrible person! a little like nick satan only worse
9 months ago
Ryan:
You are the most retarded person, not Stoffers. Consider what you are saying. If you have a life, a job, or as a normal human being or have regular human relationships in your life, you would not say "I have felt much more pain about Alabama losing thant people who died in the world trade center". Guess what? The worst thing for you and your football team is that Nick Saban just lose some blue chip recruits!! : ) Some phenom quarterbacks' moms will tell their sons not to go to Alabama because of Nick Saban's narcissistic and unhuman remarks. Alabama will never be a winner again : ) So live with it Ryan.
9 months ago
Excuse me? Have you read the transcripts or listened to the PC instead of sound bites? He never compared the loss to those events. He was asked about the attitude of his team and individuals on the team that may have a bad attitude. He was speaking about people changing their attitudes. He used those events as example of things that radically changed people's views. He went on to talk about how adversity in any form can effect people in different ways and that one can pull themselves up and move on or wallow in self pity and let the adversity defeat them. So he was using examples to show events that have changed attitudes drastically not saying a freaking football game or loss was a tragedy. Please try and be informed on something before writing about it. You are no better than the blowhards on ESPN who obviously did not listen to the PC or read the transcripts. I have done both and it is a huge stretch to say what you are saying.
9 months ago
How does someone as stupid as you get out of the rain?? Apparently nobody in the wasteland called California has any idea what sarcasim is!!!
May the Pacific reclaim it.
9 months ago
I really think Ryan was being sarcastic, fellas.
I'm laughing more at the writer of the article. Is he truly in California? Because then it would make perfect sense he commented on Saban's "insensitivity towards alcoholics."
Only in PC-Land California. Anonymous poster two above, I don't know if you're from the Land of Fruits and Nuts or not, but trust me, the rest of the country makes fun of you guys, too. I'm out there every other month and while I do like it, there are some weirdos out there!
9 months ago
To Butch:
It is pretty idiotic of what you are saying. Most of us have heard of the sound bites. And guess what, without going into your high-brow literary analysis of what Nick Saban "intend" to say, 90% of us heard it right and see the plain meaning of his words definitely compare his losses to two pathetic football teams to the two tragic events in which real people lost their lives. Even if Nick Saban is only trying to motivate his players, the reference to Pearl Harbor and 9/11 is still inappropriate; if you have a family member who has perished in any of these events, you would be infuriating too. So Butch, stop defending Nick Saban, his failing and incompetent team, and his obviously unethical, moronic, selfish, and disgusting personality!
9 months ago
To all people of Alabama and those in the deep south, and the great-grandchildren of former slave owners:
I am laughing out loud because you guys (the offsprings of slave owners) are cracking jokes at us Californians who, by the way, earn on average twice as much as you guys do every year and do not eat corns, potatoes, and cotton for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and more importantly most of us (at least I know for sure I am not) do not have ancestors who own slaves : ) And by the way, we are not overly sensitive, because it is a lot of fun to just joke about you losers, Nick Saban, and wildly entertaining to see what you guys are going to write back on this lovely Wednesday morning at work, in which I am practically doing nothing the day before thanksgiving. So I am just going to sit back, relax, listen to my jim rome show and see what you guys are going to write back : )
9 months ago
Hey anonymous, you listened to the sound bites, that is my point. Go to myfoxal.com and listen to the comments unedited and tell me what you think. Thanks for making my point. I was upset when I first heard about it. Then I LISTENED to the PC and saw that the comments were being taken out of context. How about using your name this time. ESPN EDITED the comments and is playing them and introducing them OUT OF CONTEXT. Listen and then make your argument.
9 months ago
to Anonymous above:
you are correct. we are losers and we have no self-esteem in life. we alabamans do earn very litte and alabama football and nick saban worship is all we got in life, so don't blame us when we go all out in defending Saban, even though we know that national champtionship, nor the sec championship, will come in 10 years. by then, nick saban will be gone because he will be lured back to the nfl, and then back to notre dame, and then back to nfl, and maybe we will get a shot at having him again and pay him $8 million a year because we have no life.
i am so sorry to have offended you
9 months ago
To Butch:
okay, fine. I have to agree that the soundbites and the way espn is handling it is really taking this out of proportion, and they are doing it for the rating.
but come on, if nick saban has better judgment (and as you say, i don't think he intended to use these references in any negative way or he really has no sensitivity), he would not use these references. Too bad this is going to be part of the legacy. he is a good football coach i think.
9 months ago
Saban says "grow a pair and find a real job".
Oh and make him a sandwich too!
9 months ago
Great Grandchildren of former slave owner poster....
No, you instead illegally employ Mexicans, have straight men that get facials, manicures, and hundred dollar haircuts with highlights , care more about a Blue Whale than a human, will speak against any efforts to thwart terrorism until the bad guys decide to blow up a Coffee Bean or Starbucks, would invite their daughter's rapist over for dinner as a form of apology because she called him an animal and it hurt his feelings, love to hug trees but seem to burn up your forests every five years or so, and obsess over fictional people on a movie screen.
And you listen to Jim Rome, that's probably the worst. (G)
9 months ago
First, Ryan, as an Alabama fan I say shut the hell up, your making us look like ignorant ass holes, ass hole.
The absurdity of this entire situation is mind-numbing. Whatever your opinion as to the "9-11" comments or your opinion of Saban himself, at least acknowledge that it is clear that Saban is someone the media loves to hate, and ever since his controversial departure from Miami, they've been looking for another Saban story to sensationalize, and if such puts him in a negative light, all the better. Leading SportsCenter with the story? Good God, enough said. This shouldn't be anywhere close to that newsworthy. That's not a defense of Saban, that's just the reality of the media situation regarding him.
I am an Alabama fan, but not an Alabama native, if that gives me any credibility. I actually watched the entire conference when it was an hour old, a/k/a hours before the story started to catch fire, and not only did I not find those comments offensive, but I didn't even find anything significant about them at all.
His entire point was, much like 9-11 catalyzed the war of terror and Pearl Harbor marked our entry into WWII, for his football team, the loss the LA Monroe was a catastrophe demanding a response, and how his team responds will determine the character of the team. Don't believe me? Go watch the damn thing yourself, don't get the facts from deluded sound-bytes. What he absolutely was not saying was in any way drawing a comparison between the event of 9-11 itself and the LA Monroe loss. To say that is just to defy the facts of what was said during that conference.
Not that it matters, the same sensationalizing media machine loves a winner even more than it loves vendettas, and in 2 years, that's exactly what Saban will be. He currently has a top-5 recruiting class, which looks to only get better as signing day approaches, and if think those recruits give half-a-shit about this situation, wake up. They won't be tooled by an ESPN hype machine hoping to jack-up ratings for its coverage of the Ala.-Aubrun game next Saturday. Saban leads SportsCenter a coincidence? get real
from 9 months ago
Jesse...Are you Nick's wife?
He is an a$$hole and he got caught making an a$$ of himself.
When you treat people like they are below you and you flat out walk all over people - it's going to come back on you. I believe that Nick has stepped on enough reporters, sports information directors, staff members, etc... that when he did this they all said here is our opportunity to expose Nick for the A$$HOLE that he really is.
Burn baby burn... crash and burn...
9 months ago
Nick Saban wasn't drawing a parallel between major events in history and losing football games. He was making an analogy concerning what happens AFTER something unexpected occurs. If you try to compare 9/11 or Pearl Harbor with his statement about alcoholics, you would realize the only parallel would be in the effort to correct what went wrong. All of these things were simply used to drive the point home that the players and the staff should be more aware of their problems now and be willing to do whatever it takes to fix them. In no way was he saying that losing football games is equivalent to the loss of lives.
9 months ago
Nick Saban does not care what the Liberal media write about him. He was talking about getting his team fired up after losing to ULM. Losing to a team like that at Alabama is a catastrophe. The country is going to hell in a hand basket or should I say California with all the Politically Correct crap. You can take any words and twist and turn them any way you like. but every time N. Saban say something you guys are all over him like hyenas on a dead carcase.
9 months ago
Wow you just proved that your as ignorant as any racist froin this country by stereotyping a whole region based on the actions of people over 100 years ago. People in california may make twice as much as people in Alabama, but an apartment doesn't cost 1.2 million dollars here. Money is relative to each region and if you've ever taken an economics class you would know this. There are ignorant rednecks in every part of this country including California. In actuality the deep south is the most integrated region in the country now (look it up if you don't believe me). I went to a high school that had about a 60/40 white to black ratio. I would be intereseted to see how many people of different races you have in your schools. Next time don't show your ignorance by talking about an area of the country that you've never been to and obviously know nothing about. Oh and the Nick Saban stuff is getting blown way out of proportion. It was an analogy. I guess some of these people missed english class. Thats all I've got to say because I'm hungry and my cotton's getting cold.
9 months ago
Wow Ryan, you're a real A-S-S-H-O-L-E.
9 months ago
I'm sorry, you anonymous Californian, but your comments just go to show how much of a cunt you are. Why don't you take your USC Condoms and go fuck yourself.
9 months ago
You can try and make these comments into something they are not. I guess it gives people like you something to write about. If you do not have a controversy I guess you have no story. But, you are wrong. The explanation is exactly how I took the comments before I even read the public relations person s release.
I am a Bama fan so you probably think I am biased. Wrong. I am so used to Bama coach s screwing up that I was expecting the worse when I heard about it. Then I saw the replay his comments on ESPN. After I heard them I could not believe so much was made of them.
You are just looking for something negative to write about man that you have never had on conversation with. You put your opinions down based on what others in the press opined about. I guess it worked it drove me to your site and I posted a comment. I can assure you of this though; I did not click on one of your advertisers.
9 months ago
For the California idiot. I know you were just trying to get a rise out us here down South and that's fine. My late grandfather from Alabama said something to me when I was in college (At U of A) that stuck with me; He said "God stood the United States on end one time and all the loose screws fell into California."
9 months ago
Bama & Saban; A match made in hell !!! Apparently the gene pool keeps getting smaller with comments like Bryan.
I guess we shouldn't expect much from a school whose biggest game day symbols are a rolls of toilet paper and a box of detergent!
9 months ago
Nick is an uncouth pompous a$$hole. He is all about "Nick Saban" - no one better get in his way. He doesn't care about who he runs over or offends to get to where he wants to go. I'm speaking from personal experience...he is the biggest A$$ I have ever met and am excited to see him put his big foot in his mouth.
Down in flames -- go Nicky go...burn baby burn...
9 months ago
WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE SITUATION... NICK SABAN IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALABAMA SINCE THE BEAR... THIS IS FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO SIT AND RUN YOUR MOUTHS ABOUT SABAN... GET A LIFE HATERS... HE CANT HELP THE FACT THAT HE IS INDEED THE MAN... THE COMMENTS HE MADE ARE HIS WAY OF TRYING TO DESCRIBE TO THE PUBLIC HOW IT IS. IT WAS JUST A COMPARISON... HE REALLY IS A GREAT COACH, AND I BELIEVE THE TIDE IS GONNA ROLL WITH HIM AS THE HEAD COACH OF ALABAMA... SO GO AHEAD INSULT HIM SOME MORE... I MEAN DO YOU HONESTLY THINK HE GIVES A SHIT...
from 9 months ago
that is the funniest post I have ever read!
I can't believe you can type that with a straight face! good one!
:)
9 months ago
WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE SITUATION... NICK SABAN IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALABAMA SINCE THE BEAR... THIS IS FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO SIT AND RUN YOUR MOUTHS ABOUT SABAN... GET A LIFE HATERS... HE CANT HELP THE FACT THAT HE IS INDEED THE MAN... THE COMMENTS HE MADE ARE HIS WAY OF TRYING TO DESCRIBE TO THE PUBLIC HOW IT IS. IT WAS JUST A COMPARISON... HE REALLY IS A GREAT COACH, AND I BELIEVE THE TIDE IS GONNA ROLL WITH HIM AS THE HEAD COACH OF ALABAMA... SO GO AHEAD INSULT HIM SOME MORE... I MEAN DO YOU HONESTLY THINK HE GIVES A SHIT...
9 months ago
WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE SITUATION... NICK SABAN IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALABAMA SINCE THE BEAR... THIS IS FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO SIT AND RUN YOUR MOUTHS ABOUT SABAN... GET A LIFE HATERS... HE CANT HELP THE FACT THAT HE IS INDEED THE MAN... THE COMMENTS HE MADE ARE HIS WAY OF TRYING TO DESCRIBE TO THE PUBLIC HOW IT IS. IT WAS JUST A COMPARISON... HE REALLY IS A GREAT COACH, AND I BELIEVE THE TIDE IS GONNA ROLL WITH HIM AS THE HEAD COACH OF ALABAMA... SO GO AHEAD INSULT HIM SOME MORE... I MEAN DO YOU HONESTLY THINK HE GIVES A SHIT...
9 months ago
Ryan needs to be caned
9 months ago
I think Ryan was being a bit sarcastic as well. I could see the WTC from my house, and I lost a very good friend as well as a few acquaintances that day, so I don't have the luxury of making lite of the situation.
Bottom line: Saban was classless in even bringing those events up in the context of football.
9 months ago
You people crack me up. Nick Saban deserves EVERY loss he gets, and every bit of criticism to go along with it...damn sell-out. I go to ULM now, and after he did what he did to LSU and LSU fans, I hope to see him lose to ULM and any other "not-so-good" football school. I would try a rebuttle toward the guy who was talking about slave owner ancestors, but I think he's been pretty much taken care of with the guy who talked about straight guy manicures, mexicans, and whales...so I'll leave that alone. Anywho, GEAUX TIGERS...and DOWN WITH NICK SATAN!!!
from 9 months ago
Blow it out your ass, and next year, even the replay officials won't be able to steal the game for your beloved LSU Housecats. People talk shit about Alabama's discipline, well, at least they have discipline to talk about. As soon as Coach Saban (I'm not surprised that an illiterate piece of bayou trash like you can't spell it) spots a problem, HE TAKES CARE OF IT!!! Maybe your beloved Les Miles might want to look into that when he's not jockeying for the Michigan job. Saban suspends players without regard for the impact on the team's future chances, and he makes sure his guys don't get stupid penalties on the field. LSU, on the other hand, is ranked 2nd in number of penalties (behind MIGHTY Cincinnati) and 7th in penalty yards in all of Division I-A, with 100 penalties for 765 yards. Alabama, on the other hand, is tied for the fourth-FEWEST penalties (49) and has the fourth-fewest penalty yards (394). What's that you're saying about discipline, you little bitch?
9 months ago
Everyone in Florida HATES Nick for the liar that he is! We ALL couldn't be more thrilled that he is losing and hope he continues to do so!!!
9 months ago
To the floridian (lower case intentional), I suppose you're the type who would've blamed the survivors of the Titanic for deserting a sinking ship. In this case, the sinking ship is the Miami Dolphins, and the head idiot, er, captain of the ship is Wayne Huizenga, one of the most inept owners of today's professional sports.
9 months ago
Get out of here. Saban is a great coach who is tired of being beat over the head by a bunch of rabid Bama fans who are still waiting for the next Bear Bryant. Bama might be a legend but the fans can't expect three national titles a decade. Saban hasn't even been there long enough to recruit his own class. Grow up, suck it up and accept the fact that it takes more than one or two seasons for a coach to rebuild a floundering program. Give the guy a break, he has a national title, what Bama coach before him had one.... So yeah, before you fly off the handle and attack anyone who doesn't absh Saban remember one thing, your mom has dick holes in her panties. Yeah, I can go there too, I'm not above stupid childish insults either, Frank you fucktard. And for those of you bleeding hearts who "feel sorry for him because he's insensitive", eat a dick. It's whiny little bitches like you that have ruined this country. In the 50's you would have been called a gay and drug behind a truck, and I would have been driving it.
9 months ago
You are retarded man. He was making an analogy. Saying that things will change after a huge thing. He was saying that 9/11 changed the face of America, and Pearl Habor changed the moral of the USA and got them ready for war. The alcoholics analogy was saying that when someone hits rock bottom, they change, and they change for the better. Which basically let me sum it up, since obviously you have no idea what to think.
He believes that this team has hit rock bottom, that this was a huge loss for our program and that things will change accordingly. He never once said "Losing this game was as bad as 9/11." No.. he said I am embarrassed for the program and the players. He also admitted that things need to change because we have hit rock bottom. He was not out of line, nor being insensitive. He was simply making an analogy, if you don't know what that is. It's comparing something with something else without using the words "like" or "and".
Bama fans are really starting to piss me off, I have been one for my entire life and I have learned a lot of things from them.
1. If we are losing, sit down, and don't stand up again (Even though that's the worst thing you could do, because then the team doesn't even feel like they are playing a game anymore, or that we can scare a team with HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.
2. If something doesn't change in a year, then there needs to be a drastic change in the coaching. (Granted it's their first year, screw them right? They should be able to come in with their system, play guys who don't fit their system and win a national championship in the first year...NOT REALLY)
3. When the going gets tough, get off the bandwagon. (It is ridiculous to hear all of these recruits say "I was born in Alabama, grew up loving the University of Alabama, and really wanted to go there...But the campus of Auburn University really swayed me towards them.)
Come on guys, let me wrap this up. We are the University of Alabama Crimson Tide. We have absolutely no need to prove ourselves to anyone. We've done it before, we'll do it again. But let me set one thing straight. Saban is the coach for us. He WILL lead us to the promise land. We WILL be a powerhouse and it's not far away. I KNOW, A WHOLE YEAR AND NO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Mark my word, if you stay with us through the thick and the thin, you'll see, Alabama is back on it's way to the top. RTR
9 months ago
Isn't it funny that while Alabama has fallen to a very low level of play, fans from all the major schools are still obsessed with Alabama football? I don't know if Saban can win a title at Alabama or not but I find it very funny that all the fans from other schools are so afraid that he might turn the program around!! People are taking so much pleasure in the current misfortunes of football powers like Alabama and Notre Dame because they are actually AFRAID that these programs will someday (and it may take a few years) rise to the top once again. If Saban and Alabama are so insignificant, why the hell is eveyone from coast to coast so concerned with them?
9 months ago
Amen. I've been a Tide fan, and to be honest, there have been times that I've wanted to wear a bag on my head like the Saints and Eagles fans of old (okay, of not too many years ago), but I've stuck with them. I have two religions: Christianity and Alabama Crimson Tide football, and I've been more faithful to the latter than the former. I don't want the next Bear Bryant. He was great, but he's been dead many a year, and I'm not sure he could handle today's game. I want the next Nick Saban, the next anti-Mike Shula, and I'm more than happy with this Nick Saban, because he's everything his predecessor was not: a leader.
9 months ago
I read the first few comments and thought the first sentence of "Ryan's" I feel sorry for the dude because he thinks there are things more important than alabama football. I admit that using 9-11 as a comparison to anything is probably a mistake. However, this Bama fan would be the first to admit that on a couple occasions I have made more crass statements than this. I think everyone has if they are honest. It is difficult to have your every word put under a microscope. Give the coach a break.
9 months ago
Obviously most of these comments are written by Auburn fans or fans of teams that Nick Saban has beaten in the past. Sounds like lots of sour grapes.
I can't wait until next year after Nick Saban gets to recruit and the party will be over at Auburn. I hope they enjoyed the past six years because I guarantee you the next 6...or 10 will belong to Bama. But then again, after they are humiliated just once..Auburn fans always go undercover and become very silent. Let's see if Teletubby is smirking next year!
9 months ago
ummmm...heard that Teletubby was going to Texas?
What happened to those 60 points?
Does your mother know your playing on the computer?
The 60 points will come next year dear boy.....and it will be Bama putting it on Auburn.
9 months ago
Thank you...you can have Nick. Hey, is he chasing women up there..I'll bet his wife is watching him close in Alabama.
foreverandeveranLSUTiger
9 months ago
damn yall are some idiots
8 months ago
Paula, the typical bammer, always looking to next year as the savior year. It just ain't happening.
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