this is pretty funny....
> I personally support Tommy Tupperware as the Auburn coach. I think he is > doing a great job. > > The great tradition of Auburn support is shining brightly...I appreciate > the Auburn football program helping the Alabama fans get through this > low point in our history...at least we have a bright future and we can > laugh at the Tupperware led Tigers...by the way, any touchdown, yet? > Maybe this weekend against Vandy...Go Commodores!! > > Tuberville's Record > Ole Miss: SEC 12-18...overall: 27-20 > Auburn: overall SEC 18-14...30-21 > Total: SEC 30-32...Overall: 57-41 > > ...and from an Auburn web site: > > "How many more chances will Auburn get to nail Alabama down in the > coffin? How many more times will Auburn blow it? Over the past 20 years, > Auburn has had four unbelievably remarkable opportunities to slam the > door on Alabama's sorry ass and they managed to wriggle out every time. > Incredibly, Tuberville now gets the dishonor of being the only man to > let Alabama slip away TWICE! > > In 1990, Pat Dye clearly committed the transgression. After Alabama's > First Time Ever visit to Auburn, the Auburn program was sky high and the > Alabama program was badly reeling from the whole Bill Curry fiasco. Gene > Stallings came in and lost his first three games at Alabama and Auburn > whipped Florida State at Jordan-Hare. And then it all slipped right > through Dye's hands. Florida exposed #2 Auburn as a pretender, and > Alabama was allowed to execute the Great Escape by rallying to beat a > superior Auburn team in Birmingham. > > Next, Terry Bowden stepped up to the plate and struck out in 1996. > Alabama was decked by their first probation and Bowden had just reeled > off an incredible three-year start at Auburn. Alabama was laying down in > the coffin ready to be buried, and Bowden managed to choke his way > through three subsequentially horrible seasons and simultaneously > breathe life right back into a flat-lined Alabama. > > Next, Alabama desperately attempted suicide over the monumental Mike > Dubose debacle and ceremoniously laid its head on the chopping block. > All Tubby had to do was beat an unranked Alabama in Auburn in 2001 and > they would have been cooked and done. But, oops! Eveybody stand clear > while Tubby works the defibrillator on Alabama. > > I realize that Auburn and Alabama haven't played yet, but I work in > Tuscaloosa. I know what I'm seeing all around me. First there's > probation, then there's Coach Fran's departure, then there's Price's > strippers, then there's Shula's racial issue. Could Alabama have been > any deeper in the hole in August? Could nailing the coffin shut have > been any easier? I can personally attest to the words of Alabama fans > all around me every day at work, and their Herculean rejuvenation of > spirit is based at least half due to Auburn's embarrasing collapse. > > Somehow, without even playing Alabama yet this season, Tuberville has > managed to give them the life they so desperately needed. > > Thanks for nothing, Tubs. And I do mean nothing." > ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
