Trof, you have to blame my grandmother

[Blue_Tires]

Although my grandmother's family is spread out all over AL and the south in general, they are mostly overwhelmingly Auburn fans (my grandmother as you know was born in Brewton and lived almost all of her life in Tuskegee, where my mom and her brothers were born and raised)...Ironically, even though we've had close family friends on the Auburn coaching staff in past years, to my knowledge not one relative has ever played football for them -- But we have had one play for Alabama...Go figure...

My grandmother was a diehard Auburn fan UNTIL Saban got hired...As far as she's concerned, Saban built rockets in Huntsville, stared down George Wallace in 1963, started Mardi Gras in Mobile, and built the Hyundai plant...Every time she's watching football we have this exchange:

Grandmother: "Did you know Saban gave $100,000 to the City of Tuscaloosa for aid after that storm went through?"

Me: "But Saban makes a jillion dollars per season! He makes more than the governor and legislature combined! That's like you or me donating $20!"

Grandmother: "I don't care -- We both know he didn't HAVE to give ANYTHING!"

(My grandmother then starts to list all the wonderful things Saban's wife has done for the community, but by then I've tuned her out)

Suffice it to say, my grandmother is the jinx...Anyone who cheers on Auburn for decades and then decides to cross over is hauling a truckload of bad sports karma...

[HarveyDarkey]

1. At least she's not as avid as some Alabama fans

A WOMAN charged with killing a fellow Alabama college football fan was angry that the victim didn't seem as upset over last weekend's loss as she was.

Adrian Laroze Briskey, 28, was charged Monday with murder in the killing of 36-year-old Michelle Shepherd.

Hoover police Captain Jim Coker said both Birmingham women were Alabama fans and at the same party for the annual Iron Bowl game between the intrastate rivals. With no time left on the clock, Auburn returned a missed Alabama field goal attempt more than 91 metres for a 34-28 victory, dashing any hopes of Alabama playing for a third straight national college football championship.

The victim's sister, Nekesa Shepherd, said she witnessed the killing and had no doubt it was about football, even though it was unclear to investigators whether the violence was motivated by the game.

"That's one of the things we are investigating,'' Capt. Coker said on Monday.

Nekesa Shepherd said Briskey flew into a rage when she saw the sisters and others joking that Alabama's loss wasn't as bad as if the NBA's Miami Heat had lost a game.

"She said we weren't real Alabama fans because it didn't bother us that they lost. And then she started shooting,'' Ms Shepherd said.

http://www.news.com.au/world/michelle-shepherd-was-killed-by-adrian-laroze-briskey-allegedly-because-she-wasnt-upset-at-footy-loss/story-fndir2ev-1226774597757

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Hey blue..I gotta tell ya..

I lived and worked in Brewton in early 1990's..right up till Opal hurt my house and I had to move.
now, that's a small small place.
Must have been even smaller when your g'mother was born there.

And I can vouch for the fact Saban has been elevated to Sainthood this side of I-65.
Yeserday I was at the local beauty parlor and a whole new civil war was fixing to break out
amongst the folks re-hashing the game.
Amazing how irate lil old ladies can get.





[font style=color:#FF0000;]there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?[/font]

[Blue_Tires]

3. Yeah, it was tiny...She grew up on a farm 92(!) years ago...

[bamademo]

4. I think it's my fault.

I wasn't going to see my BF who is a Barn grad last Saturday. I saw him and jinxed us. I shouldn't have consorted with the enemy that day.