Nick Saban Has More Fans Than God on Facebook in the State of Alabama
by Nico2.0 on Feb 15, 2010 11:05 AM CST
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As a sign that it must've been the slowest news day in the history of mankind, the number of Facebook fans of Nick Saban versus the number of fans of God in Alabama is front page material in the Birmingham News today. You'll also notice that Louisiana and Florida joined Alabama as the only Southern states who didn't have God in the #1 spot on Facebook.
While some people will surely point to this as a sign of the impending apocalypse and/or Alabama having their priorities extremely out of whack, the fact that Louisiana had the Saints as their #1 should show people that in a fit of celebrating their teams' achievements, the citizens of Alabama and Louisiana proclaimed their love by becoming a fan of their respective teams (or the team's coach in our case) on Facebook. As the article rightly points out, the "concept of 'fanning,' or joining what amount to online fan clubs, is just more common in sports than in faith." So, Alabama and Louisiana seem to have an excuse, but what about those heathens in Florida? Mass produced coffee from the other side of the country? Sounds like the glory days in Gainesville have surely come to and end.
Pastor Stephen Jones of Birmingham's Southside Baptist Church, however, seems to think that Saban claiming the number one spot in the state doesn't bode well for the future of Crimson Tide football:
"Alabama fans should expect a bad year"
Pastor Stephen Jones is a graduate of Auburn University.
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This is...
quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever read. I was unaware of the fact that it was even possible to become a “fan” of God on facebook. Who knew God even had a facebook page?
I'm with sixfoot7
I didn’t know it was possible to become a fan of God. I’d add to that that even if I had known, as a believer myself, I’m not sure that I would become a fan. Those things seem rather petty to me – more of a stunt by people who want to create something that will generate a lot of attention – and God ranks a bit higher than a stupid publicity stunt to me.
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
(Formerly SugarBowl93)
by RememberTheRoseBowl on Feb 15, 2010 11:30 AM CST reply actions
I suppose I should take this opportunity...
…given the tenor of the first two comments to point a few things out.
Yes, this is a stupid story and something I never would’ve undertaken to explore on my own. However, it was on the front page of the Birmingham News today, so a lot of people are going to see it and be talking about it because it incorporates religion, football and the state of Alabama. I was very much sitting on the fence deciding on whether or not to post anything about it, but I figured it would show up in the fanposts at the very least and better to get it out there in fairly neutral terms than have some fired up polemic be the place it is discussed.
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Hey,
I don’t have any problem with you posting it. It’s funny in a sad sort of way, and I enjoyed the read. The above are my feelings about it though, although I probably should have noted that I laughed as I read it.
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
(Formerly SugarBowl93)
by RememberTheRoseBowl on Feb 15, 2010 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
To quote
sixfoot7 from the first post:
I was unaware of the fact that it was even possible to become a "fan" of God on facebook.
I think that really sums it up. Most people don’t think of God in the terms of “fandom” so it isn’t something they even explore while on Facebook.
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Friendster...
…is HUGE in the Philippines!
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Price has the market cornered on Craigslist hook-ups.
by Tidelander on Feb 15, 2010 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I AM FROTHING WITH INDIGNANT RAGE
Roll Bama Roll - The Champagne of Bama Blogs.
by Todd on Feb 15, 2010 11:56 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I thought it was interesting
so much so I linked it to my facebook page.
That white stuff on the top of chicken crap is.....chicken crap.
In some ways...
…I wish I could go back to school for an American studies degree. I’d focus on the interaction and/or place of sports in society and culture. That’s why I loved books like Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer and Among the Thugs and Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football, because they’re more about how sport and culture are intertwined than they are just about sports.
I’m blanking on it, but there’s a new book about sports and the evangelical movement that looks pretty fascinating that’s written by (I think) USA Today’s religion editor.
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we were on the fence about writing about it to
You can read our take on the silliness here
by chinesedentist on Feb 15, 2010 1:08 PM CST up reply actions
Where's the Happy Gilmore quote when you need it?
It's not what you've done, but what you are doing that matters.
I suppose I'll be the sacrilegious one and paraphrase Babe Ruth...
… Saban had a better year.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Feb 15, 2010 12:27 PM CST reply actions
I happen to
be a "fan"of a Nick Saban fanpage on facebook because i get little updates about the team and i get some pretty cool pics from it. When God starts updating me and allowing me to download pics of him and his “team members”, I will join His fan page.
That white stuff on the top of chicken crap is.....chicken crap.
don't get me wrong
I am a believer but I don’t go to facebook to commune with God. I’m jussayin.
That white stuff on the top of chicken crap is.....chicken crap.
Agreed, thrash...
Being a fan of God, or not, on Facebook does not define the quality of one’s relationship with God. Because of the holier-than-thou among us in this world – plenty of whom would think this to be an ultimate sacrilege – I will bet that God Himself, who has an infinite sense of humor and surely gets tired the uptight contingent of His children, is having quite a laugh about this hilarious story!
by Dixie's Football Pride on Feb 15, 2010 2:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
god has gotta give us a pass on this one
we put up with Mike Shula
January 7th, 2010: the day I went from being a delusional obnoxious Alabama fan to being an obnoxious Alabama fan
Who'd win in a wrestling match, Saban or God?
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Feb 15, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
Neither,
they would wrestle to a draw. At which point Ditka would be declared the victor by default.
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
trick question
Saban is God
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Feb 15, 2010 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
Well, then, what about a wrestling match between Nick Saban and Lemmy Kilmister?
Personally, I think they would simply acknowledge each other as mighty avatars of the same divine power and part ways, realizing their combat would tear asunder the very fabric of the universe.
This might also explain why I hear the “Ace of Spades” every time our defense takes the field.
Have you read...
…White Line Fever?
I’ve been meaning to forever and just haven’t done it yet.
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Dammit...
…I thought me and my best friend were the only ones to discuss Saban vs Lemmy.
Auburn and Tennessee fans are a lot like Slinkys...neither are worth much but you do get a sense of satisfaction from pushing them down a flight of stairs
I can’t explain the lack of God fans in Florida or the numbers of Starbucks fans, but Florida does have a whole lot more Div 1 and Pro Sports options than the other Southeastern states do. So that could explain why a single team like the Gators, the Seminoles, the Jags etc. don’t top FL’s list.
You know, the best Auburn insults happen
when people don’t even realize they’re doing it.
by Nick's Hat Band on Feb 15, 2010 1:09 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Plus a million
so much so that it was worth spelling it out
by billycthulhu on Feb 15, 2010 7:33 PM CST up reply actions
you can be a fan of multiple things on facebook.
So, the only thing that would make a difference is that Florida has 3 major schools to Alabama’s 2. Even then, Florida has a larger population, so it probably about evens things out.
God tagged me in some pics...
he snapped during the stripper portion of his bachelor party. Per the Man Code I was required to de-friend him. Who brings a camera to a bachelor party!?!
Never truss a big butt and a smile.
Well, the college football season is over and NSD is nearly a year away.
Never truss a big butt and a smile.
Sorry, supposed to be a reply to "trashcan". Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Never truss a big butt and a smile.
please accept
this blessing. I picked it out just for you.
That white stuff on the top of chicken crap is.....chicken crap.
Priorities
extremely out of whack? Or very much IN whack?
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
My mother is a fan of Nick Saban on Facebook
Of course, my mother also posts YouTube videos of 80s gospel crooner Larnelle Harris on Facebook, so I’m not really sure which I should be more ashamed of.
the later.
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
Fun article
This article, which I found very entertaining, makes me look forward to the day when I return to Alabama from New Jersey.
I'm not a fan...
of God or Nick Saban. I’m super screwed…
Roll Tide! Beat the Horns! Bring home that crystal!!!
I like the graphic...
…it looks like the people in all those other states are praying, “Please, God, send us a coach like Nick Saban….”
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Feb 15, 2010 9:05 PM CST reply actions
As a Christian
I think some human giving God a Facebook page is pretty dumb. In case people don’t know, God is bigger than pop culture. So, I’m glad Saban is #1 on Facebook in Alabama.
And to the Auburn grad, Jones, who is a pastor, if you are ""tounge in cheek" joking about this “Alabama fans should expect a bad year” quote you are going to lose some church members with that kind of comment.
In fact, any pastor in Alabama, unless you are in Tuscaloosa or Auburn, would be wise not to publically come out for either team. I mean why tick off a whole section of your community?
Of course the dude is an Auburn grad so maybe it never occured to him that Bama people might not take his comments too kindly.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
I don't know that he'll lose any of his flock...
….I’ve known preachers who will ask for the congregation to pray for Alabama or Auburn the Sunday before the game (mostly joking of course) and its always met with a laugh. Church and football are the two biggest part of the culture, not always in that order.
Roll Bama Roll - The Champagne of Bama Blogs.
God always comes first
I have been a fan for almost fifty years and I love Tide sports, but God is before everyone and everything and He takes the first place for most Bama fans that I know. The Bible does warn that pride goeth before a fall so we better come up with some humility somewhere and not take all the credit ourselves. I can remember the a certain singing group years ago claiming they were more popular that Jesus is and the young people in an Alabama town took all their records and put them in a pile and burned them. Roll Tide.
That'll teach those Beatles....
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Feb 16, 2010 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
So
if Beatles>Jesus, and Gallagher>Beatles, then does that mean Gallagher>Saban?
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
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