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Alabama/LSU/Trump

Alabama/LSU/Boo/no Boo

  • Total voters
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  • Poll closed .
Risky Thicket said:
Thanks for pointing out Tennessee's colors. I'll make a note of that for future reference. :roll:
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Well, you did confuse VANDY with the Big Orange. Kind of shocking, you know... :2razz:

As a native Georgian, as a graduate of the University of Georgia, as a brother of a graduate of UT and a brother who graduated from UT Memphis, and as the godfather of a, now, man and lady who attended Vandy as did their father and uncle and I well know the difference between Vandy and Tennessee.

I remember when Vandy merged with Peabody, a teacher's college at the time. Rumor - with some merit - was, with an eye on football, it was hoped that by adding Peabody Vandy could acquire students with more athletic than academic potential. If the rumor was true the merger was not successful.

My closest friend has an undergrad degree from Vandy and a graduate degree from Emory. I still remind him from time to time that Emory has the better football team. (Emory is a well regarded university in Atlanta. The high school I attended was/is less than a mile from Emory. Emory does not have a football team.)

While posting on DP I was also having a text conversation with one of my brothers, who graduated from Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina) about Tennessee football. His wife is a graduate of Tennessee. I mistakenly posted Tennessee here rather than Vandy. Two conversations at once will do that to you from time to time.

For the record, I was a Big Orange fan all through the Fulmer years, except for when we played them. Tennessee has yet to recover from the mistake of letting Fulmer go. Having him as the AD is, I think, good for the university. However, Fulmer as AD is not the same as Fulmer as head coach. I've read there was an effort to talk Fulmer into becoming head coach once again. Fulmer, a wise, honorable and respected man turned the idea down. He's too old now. That is a shame. Honestly, after having fired him to hire Lane Kiffin I was surprised Fulmer returned to become AD years later. I do know that he has always loved Tennessee.
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Yeah, I've heard the talk as well about him taking over coaching, and Fulmer isn't as polarizing as politicians we won't name in this thread, but he's got some serious detractors. There's some people who claim inside knowledge who say Fulmer stabbed the previous AD in the back with the coaching search to set himself up for the job. Johnny Majors never did forgive Fulmer for how he says Fulmer trashed him after a heart attack to win the coaching job way back, so there's a history. I don't know anything, so it's rumor and I don't pay attention too much.

I'm glad we have a football person as AD, because it's been a terrible post-Fulmer period, but I'm hoping Pruitt works out. It will be better for everyone, and if he keeps the team improving like he's doing these past few games, UT will be OK. Take a while to work back to Fulmer's high point, but at least we all hope it's headed in the right direction. We'll see. :peace
 
calamity said:
Cheer for Trump, lose the game. Maybe Alabama will learn a lesson from that.
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Many LSU fans traveled to Tuscaloosa & cheered wildly for the 'man of the people' before watching their team
beat the Tide. They were happy to see Trump at the game & to see their team win.

What would have happened if the 'big 4' democrats came to the game. Those lightweights would have to go to a Stanford/ California
game to get the cheers Trump received as each school is less than 30 minutes from San Francisco in order to see two unranked
teams. Being in the San Fran area I imagine Buttigieg would get the most cheers.
 
LouC said:
LSU by 1 point.

Doubt there will be much booing if any.

I think the President has finally found a sports venue where he can see a lot "of very fine people on both sides" in the crowd.

:2wave:
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Dang, I was off by four points!

:(
 
slick said:
Many LSU fans traveled to Tuscaloosa & cheered wildly for the 'man of the people' before watching their team
beat the Tide. They were happy to see Trump at the game & to see their team win.

What would have happened if the 'big 4' democrats came to the game. Those lightweights would have to go to a Stanford/ California
game to get the cheers Trump received as each school is less than 30 minutes from San Francisco in order to see two unranked
teams. Being in the San Fran area I imagine Buttigieg would get the most cheers.
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Bama loses at home on the day Trump comes to the game. Can he go to Foxboro next?
 
The people at the football game cheered Trump because they are Americans.The crazy goofballs at the World Series who booed Trump were Liberals.Big difference.
 
nota bene said:
Just a fantastic game. Did you notice how many Alabama girls were wearing false eyelashes? I hope that crying didn't make them come loose. :mrgreen:
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Couldn't happen to a finer bunch.

War Eagle!
 
Damn. Now Alabamians no longer dominate even the SEC West, they support a crook (who, giggle, brought them bad luck) and are gonna vote for a cuckold (Sessions).

Not exactly the way they had it planned out.
 
SomeCents said:
Couldn't happen to a finer bunch.
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Losing can be instructive, not that I expect kids who've never seen their team lose to be philosophic about it today.
 
nota bene said:
Losing can be instructive, not that I expect kids who've never seen their team lose to be philosophic about it today.
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Maybe they'll learn what missing the Playoff feels like.
 
nota bene said:
Losing can be instructive, not that I expect kids who've never seen their team lose to be philosophic about it today.
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No doubt. Our kids have finally reached the age where their "teams" actually keep score and there are winners and losers.

If we've taught them little else, it's that...in sports, there are as many (if not more) losers than winners...and it's how you handle yourself on either side of that equation that you are usually judged by. On the other hand, especially here in the US, there are many more winners in the Game of Life. Hard work, team work, dedication and drive almost always produces success. And that what "success" means is as personal as the person. For all our faults, we are still the Land of Opportunity and why the desire to get in...is a whole lot larger than the line to leave.
 
I've been checking out their message boards, and they seem more concerned about Auburn.
 
Barnacle said:
But there is ...

The baby Trump balloon got slashed and deflated outside the arena :lol: and "Alabama’s Million Dollar Band has performed its Veterans Day halftime show facing President Trump’s box at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Typically, the band performs facing the opposite direction."


:applaud
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Can’t speak of the band, but I do know that the student body were warned about offending Trump’s delicate sensibilities, so they probably had to do as they were told.

As far as the balloon, the idiot posted live on Facebook what he was going to do, so he was just stupid enough to admit to a premeditated felony. Now he has started a GoFundMe account to pay for his legal bills, but GoFundMe has already been contacted about how his fund raiser is violating their TOS, so maybe the money raised will go towards restitution for the man who owned the balloon.
 
Barnacle said:
But there is ...

The baby Trump balloon got slashed and deflated outside the arena :lol: and "Alabama’s Million Dollar Band has performed its Veterans Day halftime show facing President Trump’s box at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Typically, the band performs facing the opposite direction."


:applaud
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Adolf liked to have the band face him as well.
 
slick said:
Many LSU fans traveled to Tuscaloosa & cheered wildly for the 'man of the people' before watching their team
beat the Tide. They were happy to see Trump at the game & to see their team win.

What would have happened if the 'big 4' democrats came to the game. Those lightweights would have to go to a Stanford/ California
game to get the cheers Trump received as each school is less than 30 minutes from San Francisco in order to see two unranked
teams. Being in the San Fran area I imagine Buttigieg would get the most cheers.
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Wow! This was a nice thread and then you came along.
 
slick said:
Here ya go the poll you are referring to is the (College Football Playoff Rankings not the coaches poll)
College Football Playoff Rankings

1) Ohio State
2) LSU
3) Alabama

Coaches Poll

1 Alabama(37)
2 LSU(11)
3 Clemson(9)

AP Top 25

1) LSU(17)
2) Alabama
3) Ohio State
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Yeah but who has Ohio State played, and who has LSU played??:peace:peace
 
presluc said:
Yeah but who has Ohio State played, and who has LSU played??:peace:peace
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Indeed. The SEC is brutal, even in an "off" year. LSU has already played 4 Top 10 Opponents. OSU still has their two toughest coming up. As painful as it is to admit, the Tigers deserve their #1 Ranking. Better them than 'Bama.
 
1. I saw a clip on FOX NEWS (of course).

2. He and the First Lady were loudly cheered. (Southern hospitality. Not like those classless individuals in the North.)

3. I did read somewhere today there were a few boos that were barely audible.

4. Personally, I would not cheer for any politician. Bur neither would I boo. After all, they are only politicians. And we all know what politicians are like.
 
SomeCents said:
Indeed. The SEC is brutal, even in an "off" year. LSU has already played 4 Top 10 Opponents. OSU still has their two toughest coming up. As painful as it is to admit, the Tigers deserve their #1 Ranking. Better them than 'Bama.
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I live in Ohio but still remain an LSU fan.

I watched the local channel last night they kept talking about the Ohio / Maryland game they mentioned LSU once.

However at the post game show was a bit different , somebody said Ohio scored 73 points that might be hard to beat the other guy said come on man against Maryland???

Look , I will admit Ohio State is a big fish in a little pond the big 10, but if they go outside their comfort zone they find sharks aka the Ohio state vs Oklahoma game when Mayfield was QB for the sooners.:peace
 
presluc said:
I live in Ohio but still remain an LSU fan.

I watched the local channel last night they kept talking about the Ohio / Maryland game they mentioned LSU once.

However at the post game show was a bit different , somebody said Ohio scored 73 points that might be hard to beat the other guy said come on man against Maryland???

Look , I will admit Ohio State is a big fish in a little pond the big 10, but if they go outside their comfort zone they find sharks aka the Ohio state vs Oklahoma game when Mayfield was QB for the sooners.:peace
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I'm not impressed yet with the Buckeyes. Sure, they beat everyone so far, quite handily, in fact. But, not one of those teams is in the top 10, and the two in the top 25: Indiana and Wisconsin; probably don't really belong there.

Let's see how they do in two weeks as they begin their stretch against PSU, U of M and then Minnesota. Win out, reach the final 4 and win there. Then, I'll believe. :)
 
At the risk of derailing the thread...or rather getting the thread back on point, speaking of a POTUS attending a "college" football game...will the Commander-in-Chief attend the Army-Navy game in Dec? He did last year without much controversy.

Go Army, Beat Navy. or We Give a Ship, Go Navy..Beat Army

As a 3rd Gen Army family gal (WWI/Korea/Gulf), it pains me to admit that the Middies have better vids than the Grunts. Still, as we slide into Veterans Day, I salute all those who have made DP possible. Fighting to be/for the Free (Speech) and the Home of the Brave. Hoorah!
 
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Enjoy the defeat, TumbleTide.
 
slick said:
Fake news! Unlike Trump, Obama hasn't been an undefeated politician in decades. In fact he was defeated by Bobby Rush
of all people, founder of the Black panther party.
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