Alabama Fans Plan to Eat Toomer’s Corner
In this complete rip off of Epic Meal Time, a few Bama fans (appear to be students) whip up a few greasy treats for their game with the Gators this weekend. I will not mention the fact that they are gobbling up food items that they call "Saban Sausages" and "Namath Nuggets." I just won't. It's not in my blood to talk about an opposing team's fans putting items named after man-parts in their mouth. So I just won't mention it.
I'm not sure if they plan on this being a series, but at the end of the "episode" they claim that they will eat Toomer's Corner next. That should be interesting. I guess we'll finally find out what Spike 80DF does to the human body. Can they get Harvey to be their taste-tester?
Enjoy... or actually, try not to throw up.
Alabama Should Never Say Never
A few weeks after Auburn beat Oregon to win the National Championship, a picture surfaced from inside the Alabama locker room that stated "Never Again." The new team motto was in reference to the collapse/comeback in last season's Iron Bowl. "Never Again" would they let it happen. Now the Tide have a new saying with the word "never" in it as well.
Earlier this afternoon, a friend from my days at Auburn, who is now attending grad school behind enemy lines, sent me the picture below. The button, being sold at Alabama's school bookstore, inexplicably states "Never All In." I'm sorry, what? You're not all in? You don't care about the team you pull for? Is that what they are trying to say?
Your guess is as good as mine as to what that actually means. In fact, I was so confused that I called the bookstore myself. After taking a good five minutes to figure out if they had any left, which probably means they have been selling pretty well, I was told by someone who sounded like they were in this video that "apparently Auburn was all in, and we are NEVER all in." Ok, now I really have no clue.
You’ve Really Done It Now, Danny
Unless you've been living under a rock, and I envy you if you have, you're probably well aware of the Danny Sheridan/Cam Newton/Paul Finebaum saga that has transpired over the last few weeks. Long story short, three weeks ago, Danny Sheridan, an oddsmaker who makes odds while saying he's not an oddsmaker, claimed that he would give Paul Finebaum's listeners the name of a person that the NCAA had identified as the "bag man" between Auburn and Cecil Newton.
He actually claimed that he would be on the show two weeks after that date, but mysteriously, and conveniently, he got tied up with travel. Apparently his cell phone was roaming and he just didn't want to pay the extra charges.
So then he promised that he would be on the next week, which turned out to be yesterday.
In what was no surprise to any person I know, Sheridan came on the show armed with a lawyer and refused to give the name up. He said something along the lines of "I have the name, but I can't give it to you because I'll be sued." He went on to say that he would not give up his source as well because they would be immediately fired.
As expected, Twitter immediately blew up as the entire sports world, including a few members of the national media, bashed Sheridan. Soon after, a few of those who are well versed in legalese informed us that what Sheridan was saying about being sued was not true. If he was telling the truth, nothing could be done to him. The truth is the perfect defense, or something like that.
As you can tell, I don't know anything about this sort of law (or any law), so to get some clarification I spoke to Zach Alsobrook, a Senior Partner at Lakeman, Peagler, Hollett & Alsobrook.
A Few Captions from Alabama’s Fan Day
Each year at Alabama's Fan Day, the best of the bunch show up and show us just how important the signatures of college football players mean to them. The pictures get better and better each year, although nothing will ever top this.
I've added captions to each picture that to the best of my knowledge were exactly what was said as they were being taken. Feel free to add yours in the comments section below.
Can I please touch your hand? Is this the one that signed all those jerseys?
Um, excuse me, Mr. Newton…?
If you aren't aware, former Alabama head coach Mike Shula is the quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers. This, of course, means that he is Cam Newton's position coach. There's a word for that, but I can't think of it right now.
We all know Cam would never say this, but he definitely could... right? Pic from this article.
Apparently Saban Doesn’t Hate Auburn After All
Well that didn't take long. It's been what... 2-3 months since Saban's statue went up? I just hope someone is guarding Toomer's or any other landmark on Auburn's campus. We all remember what happened the last time something like this happened.
Note: If you see this and it offends you, first off, what are you doing here? Second, put the Spike 80 down. It's just a hat.
Picture, not the action, via @auWESome.
Finebaum Admits His Sources Say Newton Story is Over
As you've all heard by now, noted oddsmaker, USA Today employee, and Alabama graduate, Danny Sheridan, went on Paul Finebaum's show yesterday and announced that the NCAA had found the "bagman" in the Cam Newton case. I'm not going to talk about that because it gives it credibility. What I do want to talk about is something that nobody seemed to notice during today's show.
While talking to Dennis Dodd about the first time Sheridan told him the news, Finebaum says he told Sheridan "You can say whatever you want [...] Everyone that I talk to says this story is over" That may not seem like a huge reveal, and Finebaum's sources definitely aren't the governing body in this case, but I'd say his words were pretty significant.
Like him or not, Finebaum does have some credible sources, he knows people who know stuff, and he's been around a long time. When ALL of them say the Cam Newton story is over, it's a big deal. Not to mention the fact that the man who's notoriously known to stir the pot comes out and says that the biggest story he's had in years is basically over, as far as he's been told.
I don't know if he meant to say it. Given the fact that he could have said this weeks ago and fanned the flames (where's the fun in that?), he probably didn't. But it doesn't matter. It was said. Freudian slip and all that stuff...
I tweeted it out this afternoon, but some of you needed more proof. Well. I've got the audio now.
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You could listen to the entire segment on Finebaum's site. However, since I tweeted about his statement, today's podcasts have been removed. I'm sure it has nothing to do with me, but it's just strange. Maybe they'll be back up soon.
Interviews from the Red Carpet at the 2011 ESPYs
After a very late night at the ESPYs Pre-Party and a little sightseeing the following morning, I took the subway to downtown Los Angeles to hit the red carpet outside the Nokia Theater for the 2011 ESPYs. With the Staples Center to my back, I posted up (my spot) and waited for the athletes and celebrities to arrive.
Somehow, someway, the first person I interviewed at my very first real live red carpet was... Greg McElroy. I know what you're thinking. Why was he even there? I guess to help accept the award for Best Game (if the 2010 Iron Bowl had actually won)...? Man, that would have been awkward.
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