[RollTideFan] Deere VO
You have to be very careful how you explain things to kids. . . A 5-year-old boy went to visit his grandmother one day. Playing with his toys in her bedroom while grandma was dusting, he looked up and said,Grandma, how come you don't have a boyfriend? Grandma replied, Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can sit in my bedroom and watch it all day long. The TV evangelists keep me company and make me feel so good, and the comedies make me laugh. I'm really happy with the TV as my boyfriend. Grandma turned on the TV, and the reception was terrible. She started adjusting the knobs, trying to get the picture in focus. Frustrated, she started hitting the back side, hoping to fix the problem. The little boy heard the doorbell ring, so he hurried to open the door, and there stood Grandma's minister. The minister said, Hello, son, is your grandma home? The little boy replied, Yeah, but she's in the bedroom bangin' her boyfriend. The minister fainted __ 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
[RollTideFan] NCAA should fix its badly flawed system
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2004401250379 NCAA should fix its badly flawed system January 25, 2004 I promise that the NCAA has not permanently hijacked my column. At some point in the near future, it will return to worthy topics like Mike Shulas recruiting year, or the success of Sarah Pattersons gymnastics teams, or Mark Gottfrieds basketball team and its surprising ride up the RPI rankings. This is not going to turn into a space for the weekly entertainment of a few devoted cultists, like some weekly Star Trek rerun or Our Favorite Visigoths on The History Channel. The main purpose is to be about sports, and it will be about sports soon -- but not today. Instead, it is time to once again address a critical point that affects both the past of the Alabama football case, and the possible future of all the litigation that stems from that case. That issue is the use of confidential source testimony. In the last week or so, two separate articles have appeared (one in The Birmingham Post-Herald, one on Sports Illustrateds Internet site, SI.com) making an identical claim -- the claim that the NCAA didnt use any secret witnesses in its case against Alabama. If such a claim had appeared in just one place, it might be written off a writers opinion. But it appeared in two different places, and SI.com even said that SI.com has learned that ... So its clearly a tack being floated by someone of the NCAA side of the issue. And that would be fine. There is certainly nothing wrong with reporters using sources and forming conclusions from that information. But a week ago, an NCAA spokesman was griping about the cavalier treatment of confidential documents. At the same time, someone on the NCAA side -- maybe in Indianapolis, maybe elsewhere -- was discussing what did or did not occur in an Infractions Committee hearing that was supposed to be -- you guessed it -- confidential. In other words, it is yet another moment that will soon be available on NCAA Hypocrisy: The Five-DVD Set. More importantly is that regardless of what anyone has learned, the issue is, at the very best, somewhat hazy. The NCAAs no secret witness position is based on the proposition that the confidential source named in the Infractions Report (and widely reputed to be a Birmingham recruiting analyst) wasnt really a secret because he had been identified to Alabama officials and waived onto the record by someone at UA. Even if one accepts that semantic wrangling, there are issues. Did the confidential source ever agree to go on the record, as NCAA bylaws require? Was he ever identified to the Committee on Infractions? Was the waiver, ill-advised as it was, a blanket waiver, or was it specific to certain issues? And there is more. Even if the confidential source was waived into the record, what about the administrator ... and his coaches unknown to Alabama whose testimony was discussed? Alabama raised that issue on appeal. Was that a rival SEC athletic director? Was it a coach? And there is still more. At one point in its rebuttal appeal brief (Page 21), Alabama notes a curious discrepancy in the Infractions Report, where the Committee refers to the witness as testifying in the summer of 2000 that the assistant high-school coach [Milton Kirk] was upset and might talk. That didnt seem to fit the waived source, the recruiting analyst, because, as UA notes, that source did not even know the assistant coach in question. Now, it has come out that there were some confidential sources in Memphis who did know that coach and knew him well -- but how could the Committee of Infractions have known about his testimony? If it wasnt introduced at the hearing, as it apparently was not, did it come to the Committee on Infractions through some back door? If thats what happened, that opens a whole new can of worms, even uglier than the worms we already have at hand. Much of this might be resolved if the NCAA would release a full transcript of the hearing, instead of clinging to confidentiality. Even then, it might be hard to draw a conclusion with certainty. As it is, no definitive statement that no secret witnesses were used carries any weight. No matter what anyone might have learned, one thing has definitely been learned in this process -- you cant accept what the NCAA says at face value. This is, of course, a two-sided process. At this point, the other side -- primarily Tommy Gallion, the attorney for Ivy Williams and Ronnie Cottrell -- has made a lot of accusations and not a great deal of proof. Gallion says the proof is forthcoming. When it comes, it should be scrutinized with the same intensity as the NCAA position, and any discrepancies or flaws should be reported in the same way. Thats why the process should be open, and all documents made available -- so the public can have as much information as possible before forming an opinion. The issue really isnt about
[RollTideFan] Coach Teague
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spt/city/tarrant/stories/012504dnsponorteague.57f64.html Former Cowboys safety to coach football at Harvest Christian 06:39 PM CST on Saturday, January 24, 2004 By RICK KRETZSCHMAR / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News George Teague slowly walks around the Harvest Christian weight room. His face is relaxed as he helps athletes with lifting weights and running on a treadmill. He even cracks a little smile. It's different from his NFL playing days, when his determined looks on the sideline foreshadowed intensity on the field, accompanied with many big hits. It's also quite a change from Teague's original plans. I said I would never coach on the high school level. The NFL. That's where all my leads were going, Teague said. But for whatever reason, God has sent me to where I need to be. Teague started his head-coaching career at Harvest Christian this week. It starts a new phase of life for the former NFL safety, who played nine years for the Cowboys, Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins. In his playing career in the NFL, and at the University of Alabama, Teague was exposed to several standout coaches, including Jimmy Johnson and Gene Stallings. Teague said he hopes is style includes elements from Johnson, Dave Campo and Dick Jauron. Campo is a former coach for the Cowboys. Jauron, who was recently fired as the coach of the Chicago Bears, was a defensive backs coach when Teague played for the Packers. Coach Jauron was very understanding. He's a players' coach, Teague said. Campo is a little fireplug, a great motivator. Jimmy Johnson is the dictator, the guy with the authority. Teague replaces Rick Jackson, who resigned in November. Teague was a volunteer assistant coach under Jackson last season. Harvest Christian athletic director Ray DeBord said Jackson resigned for personal reasons. Jackson was 9-13 in two seasons at Harvest Christian, including a playoff berth in 2002. Jackson could not be reached for comment. DeBord said he was sad to see Jackson go, especially since he coached Jackson in football in L.D. Bell in the 1970s. In Teague however, DeBord said his school has a rare opportunity with Teague's background. DeBord said he asked Teague in early December, around the Harvest Classic basketball tournament. DeBord said he expects an impact for the school in students wanting to come to Harvest Christian to play under Teague. If I had a chance to play for George Teague, I would do it in a drop of a hat, DeBord said. Teague will coordinate Harvest Christian's senior and junior high football programs. He will also coordinate the school's weight-lifting program. Teague has a son, James, who is in the fifth grade at Harvest Christian and could play for Harvest Christian's junior high program next season. Teague said a chance to possibly coach his son was a factor, but not a primary factor in taking the job. Teague also has a 4-year-old daughter, Jada, who could enroll this fall or in 2005. Teague said he plans on designing specific training plans for boys and girls that focus on their particular sport. Sharon Mitchell, a junior cheerleader, said there is already an excitement through the athletic program because of Teague. Austin Berry, a sophomore who plays quarterback and free safety for the football team, said he expects weight training to be emphasized throughout program. Berry got a taste of Teague's coaching style last fall and said that Teague does not have a laid back attitude toward the game. He's not gentle, but he will joke around with the team, Berry said. What he wants is for you to do your best. There are still organizational parts of Teague's job to be done. He is still looking to fill out his assistant coaches without a phone line. He'll also be making considerably less money if he had gone to a large public school, and a small fraction of what he made in the NFL. Yet there may not be a value for what Teague is getting. This opportunity, when you get your own deal ... it's just exciting, Teague said. __ 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
[RollTideFan] Re: Deers VO
Pat Smoot wrote... You have to be very careful how you explain things to kids. . . A 5-year-old boy went to visit his grandmother one day. Playing with his toys in her bedroom while grandma was dusting, he looked up and said,Grandma, how come you don't have a boyfriend? Grandma replied, Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. [snip] . You just rang my bell. That must be my wife because she has a hUgE TV in her bedroom!! RTR - cheers -vo- __ 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
[RollTideFan] (NON Bama) my niece met Rudy
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/bama-fans/vwp?.dir=/.src=gr.dnm=Nikki+meets+Rudy.jpg.view=t.done=http%3a//photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/bama-fans/lst%3f%26.dir=/%26.src=gr%26.view=t The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive. Thomas Sowell __ 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
[RollTideFan] Good News!
From TiderInsider: Mississippi State gave it their best shot this weekend, but that wasn't good enough. Keith Brown, an outstanding 6-3, 180-pound wide receiver from Pensacola HS, visited Starkville this weekend. But following his return from MSU, Brown says that he committed to Alabama assistant coach Charlie Harbison. Yes, I committed to Alabama, Brown says. Coach Harbison beeped in a few minutes ago. I was going to wait and sleep on my decision to make sure it was right. I was going to announce tomorrow, but Coach Harbison pushed for me to commit. I went ahead and committed to Alabama. Brown also made visits Southern Miss and Alabama. My visit to Alabama last weekend was really nice. The people were very impressive. The highlight of my visit was going to the stadium and getting to run out of the tunnel onto the field. Alabama let me put on a jersey with my number, 88, and that was a lot of fun. At the end of my visit, Coach Shula talked to me and my mom for a while. He told us a lot about his experiences at Alabama. He's a good guy. There are a lot of things I like about Coach Shula. Last week Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden visited Brown at Pensacola HS. During the visit Bowden tried to convince Brown to visit FSU next weekend. But Brown says, I will not be visiting Florida State. As a junior, Brown played at Gulfport-Harrison Central. This past season at Pensacola HS he had 56 receptions for over 1,300 yards and 19 touchdowns. We tried and tried all season long to tell people that Keith Brown was a great football player, Pensacola head coach Mike Bennett told TI in an interview last week. Some people listened and some people didn't. Alabama listened. He's a great, great player. He's got 4.3 speed. He can do it all. Brown is the Tide's 25th commitment. Chances appear favorable that he'll qualify academically. - Drugs may lead nowhere, but at least it's the scenic route. __ 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
Re: [RollTideFan] Good News!
4.3 speed..now that's smokin! RTR! Joe The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive. Thomas Sowell - Original Message - From: Jeff Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] Good News! From TiderInsider: Mississippi State gave it their best shot this weekend, but that wasn't good enough. Keith Brown, an outstanding 6-3, 180-pound wide receiver from Pensacola HS, visited Starkville this weekend. But following his return from MSU, Brown says that he committed to Alabama assistant coach Charlie Harbison. Yes, I committed to Alabama, Brown says. Coach Harbison beeped in a few minutes ago. I was going to wait and sleep on my decision to make sure it was right. I was going to announce tomorrow, but Coach Harbison pushed for me to commit. I went ahead and committed to Alabama. Brown also made visits Southern Miss and Alabama. My visit to Alabama last weekend was really nice. The people were very impressive. The highlight of my visit was going to the stadium and getting to run out of the tunnel onto the field. Alabama let me put on a jersey with my number, 88, and that was a lot of fun. At the end of my visit, Coach Shula talked to me and my mom for a while. He told us a lot about his experiences at Alabama. He's a good guy. There are a lot of things I like about Coach Shula. Last week Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden visited Brown at Pensacola HS. During the visit Bowden tried to convince Brown to visit FSU next weekend. But Brown says, I will not be visiting Florida State. As a junior, Brown played at Gulfport-Harrison Central. This past season at Pensacola HS he had 56 receptions for over 1,300 yards and 19 touchdowns. We tried and tried all season long to tell people that Keith Brown was a great football player, Pensacola head coach Mike Bennett told TI in an interview last week. Some people listened and some people didn't. Alabama listened. He's a great, great player. He's got 4.3 speed. He can do it all. Brown is the Tide's 25th commitment. Chances appear favorable that he'll qualify academically. - Drugs may lead nowhere, but at least it's the scenic route. __ 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 __ 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
