A Poisonous Rivalry

Okay y'all all know the story. Some crazy dude from Dadeville, Alabama named Harvey Updyke poisoned the oak trees on Toomer's corner. It's all over the news. I rode by it the other day. It's quite sad actually. There are candles and signs and people standing around mourning. What kind of insane idiot poisons a tree? That's taking everything way too far. Now people are going to assume all Bama fans are nutcases like him but were not, well I am certainly not. Being from around the area, I am very familiar with Toomer's corner despite being a Bama fan. (I'm much closer to AU than I am to UA) And no how redneck I believe it is to roll a tree, it saddens me to see this happen. It made me cry seeing how much something like this had hurt so many people. This just goes to show how vicious this rivalry is. It has to be the most vicious in all of college sports.

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Random Ramblings

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My Christmas Tree



I’m sitting on my bed with my laptop. I just got done with setting up my white Christmas tree in my room. It's quite beautiful, in my opinion. Now I'm tired. My room’s a mess. I should be cleaning it. Oh well. Lifetime’s on the television. I’m a sucker for sappy movies, I must admit. I’m bored. I feel no motivation to do anything but sit here and blog and watch YouTube videos—Typical. My mom’s downstairs. My sister just emailed us a ton of pictures of her in Tuscaloosa with her boyfriend, Brandon. He’s funny. I’ve met him once before. My sister’s so pretty. I’m so jealous but I’m so proud of her. I can’t believe she’s in college now. I feel old. I think I feel gray hair coming on. Darn. It’s her freshman year at the University of Alabama and she really likes it.  She thought about going to Auburn considering it is ten minutes down the road but that Crimson Tide spirit got into her so she decided on Tuscaloosa. My dad was happy. He might have disowned her if she went to AU. Just kidding.  But he wouldn’t have been a happy camper about it. I have a lot of family members who’re alumni so I’ll probably be going there too. No problem with that. Well today was pretty dull. You can’t say much about a rainy Tuesday in Alabama. It is what it is. Gray skies just aren’t my thing. Unless I’m chilling at home and there’s nothing on my agenda. It’s raining now, I’m pretty sure. But I’m too lazy to look out the window and the curtains are blocking my view. I’m texting my boyfriend Ty and three of my friends. It’s super hard to text more than one person at a time. I mean seriously, you start forgetting what you last said to everyone and what conversation you’re having with them. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t know. I want to get my iPod and get some new songs off iTunes. I love Bruno Mars’s Grenade, Kesha’s We R Who We R, and Like a G6 has grown on me and I want to hear that new Michael Jackson song. I do love me some Michael. I’m heading to ATL for the weekend. I’m going to the SEC Championship game with my friend Christine. She’s a Gamecocks fan and she’s lending me a shirt to sport while I’m there. It’ll be fun. College football games are the bomb, although I prefer them to be Alabama games of course. It’ll be awesome though since I have seen Christine and her family since this summer. We always act like complete dorks when were together. For this weekend, I am a Gamecock fan. I hope that they can kick some Tiger butt and get revenge for us. Just realized how close to Christmas it is. We’re already decorating the house. We got some icicles put up outside and were getting a real Christmas tree soon. I love the way you feel all warm and fuzzy at Christmas. It’s still flipping hot down here though. Well the whether sort of flip flops from humid to freezing. That’s living in the South for you. I think I want some Hot Cocoa so for now this is all I have to say. And now I will end my random rambling. Thanks for reading.

Merry early, early Christmas, y’all.

The Iron Bowl

IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION

Friday, November 26, the day after Thanksgiving.

TUSCALOOSA, AL

Me and the family (My parents, aunt and uncle, three sisters, big brother, and two cousins) are up in T-town. It's a rainy mess of a day and hope and impending doom loom in the air. We're a three point favorite. Ironic. We're number eleven and Auburn's number two. That just sounds like a plan to throw us off our game. Stupid me didn't bring my camera to the most important day of the year. And my mom didn't charge hers. Well at least we could forget this ever happened if we leave home with a loss. Right? Sounds like a plan.

After some breakfast at the hotel, we head to the stadium. Bryant-Denny is surrounded in a sea of crimson. Beautiful. We take our seats amongst the crowd of people. Dreams grow and die and this stadium but it's full of history. And there's no denying that. Barners can't say that about their program. It's not as storied as Alabama. Not as classic. But this year Cam and the Barners are on a rampage. He's like Tebow, the thug edition.

Cam Newton. I've heard that name a billion times this year. If I hear it again I might explode. I swear. Allegations are flying about little Cam and everyone knows he's going to get caught. They'll declare him ineligible after he enters the pros so it won't effect his Heisman. Then Auburn's going to get the death penalty and have their dream season's wins vacated. That sucks. Poor Barners. But Chizik knows he's doing the wrong thing by playing him. Remember Reggie and USC? Guess not.

Take the Money and Run and Son of a Preacher Man are some ironic song choices chosen by UA. [Insert Cam Joke Here]

Anyway. It's cold and it's starting to rain. We got a lead on them. I'm thinking we can crush them. My daddy reminds me that they're a second half team. I say, nah, we got them. I hate that Mark Ingram fumbled that almost-touchdown. I feel sorry for him. That made him look pretty bad but he's Mark Ingram. He won't let that bother him. People make mistakes. Heisman winners make mistakes.

Greg looks phenomenal. He's making every throw. He broke JPW's record. Beautiful. And he looks hot doing so. That takes some serious talent. Looking good boy. Call me!

We sack Cam Newton. It's Courtney Upshaw. I have a feeling Courtney doesn't like Cam much. Maybe there's some built up anger their. Good. That's how you do it, Court.

Fairley sacks McElroy and throws a little party on the field. Doesn't even offer to help G-Mac up. Dadgum, if you hurt my man I'll jump that pretty new iron fence and slap your face, #90. Didn't your momma teach you to have some class? Hey, goes to show that Auburn doesn't have much class and Chizik doesn't give a crap.

Highlight of my night. Cam's spazing a little. Don't know what's up. Think he needs some extra cash. He's getting low. Throw the ball, son. Chizik's probably freaking out thinking he wasted his money on this guy. Cam does a little Michael Jackson dance reminiscent of Thriller. (Cam, go join a musical. You'd do well on Broadway!) Then BAM. Marcell Dareus takes him to the ground. That made my night. Win or lose, that was hilarious.

The second half approaches. Auburn scores. My dad's having a heart attack, I do believe. C'mon dad, were in public.

And again it happens. My heart sinks a little bit and I start to feel a little physically ill. Hey, if we don't win this we still get to watch Auburn go down in flames. So it's win-win really.

And it happens again. What in the world did Auburn give those boys in the locker room? Dadgum. Must've reloaded Cam's bank account. I'm now assured that's what happened.

Then the worst event of the night transpires. Greg McElroy is sacked. He falls, hits his shoulder, hits the ground, hits his head in a terrible fashion. I gasp and jump to my feet. The crowd gasps with me. The Jumbotron shows his eyes rolling back in his head. It looks rough. My gosh, he better be okay or I'll have to go kick some Tiger butt myself. He lies there for the longest time before they help him to his feet. He looks dazed and confused and seems to be mumbling odd phrases. Poor thing probably thinks he's in Kalamazoo. I love you Greg McElroy! You're hot even dazed, half-conscious, and spaced out. Wow.

Oh Gosh. My baby McCarron's going in. Poor thing looks like a helpless baby bird being pushed out of the nest. It's alright. If you mess this up, I'll still love you. The clock's running out. Cam's being a little drama queen as he gets tackled to the ground. Poor baby, did you sprain your pinky? He lies there trying to run out the time grimacing in pain. And the Emmy goes to Cam Newton! McCarron doesn't do much. But it's not like he really has a chance to. It's okay. I still love you. I still love all of y'all, Bama boys.

Time runs out. I'm sick for a little while but then the pain subsides. Doesn't look like the Auburn fans want to brag much because of the whole Cam Newton scandal. Kind of funny actually. How can you brag about a one point win? Wow. We'll beat them at their place next year when they don't have Cam or all of their seniors. Revenge will be sweet. 2011's going to be a great year for Bama, I feel it.

I'm over the hurt now. 2010 is going to be a vacant year in college football, you know.

I'll miss all the guys leaving us this year. They have all attributed greatly to our team and I have become huge fans of all of them. Mark Ingram your always going to be #22, our Heisman winner. Who accomplished so much in one year. Who cares if 2010 wasn't a good year? You did great just to be playing this year after a knee injury. Your much better then Cam. You did it without all the cash, without stealing laptops, and without cheating. Mark Ingram, your so beautifully humble. That's what's so cute about you and your little button nose. It's the way your so down-to-earth, so darlingly nervous, so non-egotistical, so not Cam-like. Your heisman speech was there ever was. That's pretty darn good. Good luck to the Bama boys going pro next year. I'll be watching y'all. And Greg McElroy, you won't be working at 711 darling. You're going to do something great with your life, genius. Beautiful, beautiful genius. Bama's going to miss you, red, #12. You're way better then people make you out to be. You lead your team to the top last year and no one can deny that.

Love,

Keely

AJ gets spanked!

                       AJ GETS SPANKED!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBe_q9zBl7E&feature=player_embedded

Y'all this is terrible but hilarious.
Saban freaks out and slaps AJ McCarron on the butt for making a mistake in the game. You know that boys embarassed as crap. I didn't even notice this at first. My friend's like hey did you see Saban spank McCarron and I'm like, "What the heck?" But seriously. Watch the video. It's crazy. Wow.

ONLY IN ALABAMA.

Anyway, the MSU game was fun. Our team did awesome. Maze was a star out there and Ingram showed he still had it. GMac had a good game and McCarron, hey, he did good. But apparently Saban didn't think so.

30-10

A BAMA WIN!

love y'all,

keely rae

A Bitter Rivalry Can Destroy Friendships...

Alabama, and the South in general has a reputation for "southern hospitality". The people of this state are generally genial and helpful and often go out of their way to help a stranger. While racial divisions still exist in the state they are much more muted than popular belief and stereotypes hold. In fact, many leaps and bounds have been made within Alabama, in terms of race relations, since the 1950s and 60s. The attitudes and problems of the Old South are mostly held today only by the old and the uneducated.
Known primarily for its status as the original capitol of the Confederacy (in Montgomery} and the birthplace of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Alabama can be a study in contrasts.
The sport of American football is taken extremely seriously in Alabama. In addition to significant regional devotion to high-school football teams the entire state, in terms of college football, is divided into two factions: Auburn University fans and University of Alabama fans. The rivalry is so bitter, in fact, that it took an act by the Alabama State Legislature in the late 1940s to force the two colleges to play one another (the two had stopped playing each other in the first years of the 20th century over an officiating dispute). Even then the two schools would not agree to play at opposing sites so the State of Alabama used taxpayer funds to build Legion Field in Birmingham as a neutral site. It wasn't until 1989 that the Crimson Tide finally visited Auburn and 2000 that the Tigers visited Alabama. This can also be a point of concern for tourists as the rivalry is so serious that if you do not know about it then it is better to not say anything at all. Many friendships and marriages fall apart due to this rivalry and this is not an exaggeration of the truth. One could say that Auburn and Alabama fans are only rivaled in their fanaticism by those fans of European football (soccer).

This was taken from wikitravel.com. It made me laugh my butt off because it's so freaking true (: