Hello, my Alabama friends. No, that title stinks. RIP ENGLE IS EATING YOUR CAKE AND YOU WILL LIKE IT.
by ReadingRambler on Sep 5, 2010 11:54 PM CDT
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PrintMany months ago, your very own kleph posted a nice little thread over at BSD. That post exploded, revealing to me that Alabama fans and PSU fans may share a cultural bond reminiscent of the way in which Brits and Americans often get along quite naturally. It also further revealed that I am an insane person. Do not mess with me; I am insane.
Anyway, the time has come. Before we go anywhere, I must post a special picture. A picture that is near and dear to my heart. The Tide and the Lions first met in the 1959 Liberty Bowl. PSU won 7-0. After the game, the organizers - who were apparently awesome and full of foresight - forced the two coaches - Bear Bryant and Rip Engle - to share cake.
The picture is amazing on many levels. First, Rip Engle is smiling like a devil because he knows this is a priceless, priceless moment. That face is the greatest example of "s**t-eating grin". Second, Betty Draper is involved for some reason. Third, Bear unmistakably wants to murder Rip, but Rip's got the knife. And hey, Bear says to himself, it is good cake.
And with that, I wish you guys a good game, hopefully free of injuries and full of fine football.
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quotin' Nessler
is like askin’ John Boehner where he gets his sunscreen…you’ll always get an apprehensive (and befuddled) look!
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero
by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 6, 2010 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes.
That signature is not meant to trashtalk; I just love Nesslerisms. And if PSU would beat Alabama, we all know there’s a 90% chance he would go with it.
"Alabama is foldin' thanks to Robert Bolden." - Brad Nessler
by ReadingRambler on Sep 6, 2010 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions
This picture
for so much loss, has so much win.
I hope you come back Sunday…assuming your fingers aren’t as broken as that scrawny-ass QB you’re about to trot into Tuscaloosa will be….
I jest of course.
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero
by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 6, 2010 12:32 AM CDT reply actions
That's about
the classiest trash talk/pic I’ve seen. However, I must say the score for that loss has already been settled
You probably know this slightly more famous photo quite well.
That said,
I wishRight back at ya.you guysy’all a good game, hopefully free of injuries and full of fine football.
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
(Formerly SugarBowl93)
by RememberTheRoseBowl on Sep 6, 2010 1:06 AM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Don't run...
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero
by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 6, 2010 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
"You better pass!"
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
(Formerly SugarBowl93)
by RememberTheRoseBowl on Sep 6, 2010 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Ahhh, but, you know...
That’s Alabama for you. Rather than express things in the negative, we’d much rather give affirmative advice.
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero
by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 6, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
we're helpful like that
"You know, we had a lot of fun tonight. But there's nothing funny about vapor lock! It's the third most common cause of cars stalling. So please, take care of your car and get it checked!" -Joe Namath
I think that same linebacker should have told Ken Niumatlolo to kick the dang field goal.
"Alabama is foldin' thanks to Robert Bolden." - Brad Nessler
by ReadingRambler on Sep 6, 2010 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Why? If they'd passed,
they’d have had a pretty good chance to score a TD, but we were NOT letting them run up the middle on us for the win!
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
(Formerly SugarBowl93)
by RememberTheRoseBowl on Sep 6, 2010 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
One of my buddies at BSD applied to both PSU and Alabama and was accepted by both.
He says (Forgive me if my memory isn’t entirely correct) he went on a tour of Alabama’s campus with some typically gorgeous belle. They showed him this one museum of Alabama football and he came away with the impression that every memorial to Alabama football is also a memorial to crushing Penn State losses.
I honestly think you’re worse than Iowa.
"Alabama is foldin' thanks to Robert Bolden." - Brad Nessler
by ReadingRambler on Sep 6, 2010 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
we'll see how bad we are on Saturday...oh, and bring Iowa's run-D...you'll need it.
"...because you've got your mind right, and that's the way we like it." Nick Saban
Iowa’s run defense wasn’t that great last season (Certainly not by their standards), so thanks but no thanks.
"Alabama is foldin' thanks to Robert Bolden." - Brad Nessler
by ReadingRambler on Sep 6, 2010 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
seemed pretty good the second half of the game against you guys.
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
In truth,
this should be one of the best, if not the best game in the country to this point. I expect an old-school throwdown until one of these teams starts chunking the rock around. I cannot wait.
"...because you've got your mind right, and that's the way we like it." Nick Saban
Is that Engle's wife?
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
just for the record
we are already planning to run this photograph during the week.
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
Just so you know, Rambler is insane
but in a “good” way, I think. I never met him. No one has.
Anyway, I am coming down for the game, I hope to share a cold beverage with some of you and enjoy a great game.
Joe Paterno - Not Unlike Hugh Hefner
Don't you know that's Betty's new husband? Don wants to kill his ass.
I want to attend a three martini lunch with Bear Bryant, Don Draper, and Frank Sinatra. The awesomeness of that would automatically make me the classiest bad ass on RBR.
I voted for Kleph and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
Or a filthy grave robber
creepo
"You know, we had a lot of fun tonight. But there's nothing funny about vapor lock! It's the third most common cause of cars stalling. So please, take care of your car and get it checked!" -Joe Namath
by billycthulhu on Sep 6, 2010 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Bear was thinking " he can have the girl, and the cake, where's the Jack and Coke? damn yankees"
Hold my beer and watch this.
TRIVIA TIME PSU FANS!!!
Nick Saban’s final game as Head Coach of Michigan State was a 35-28 victory over the Nittany Lions on Nov. 20, 1999. His record against PSU stands at 2-3 (.400), an impressive mark considering Michigan State has only beaten Penn State a total of four times program history.
Saban’s first two losses against Penn State were by a combined seven points, against a team ranked 14th in 1995 and 7th in 1996. One of the first wins that put Saban on the proverbial coaching map was his Spartans 49-14 slashing of then-number four ranked Penn State on Nov. 29, 1997.
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
Yes, I can feel the anger. It gives you focus, makes you strong.
If I'm wearing a turban, it means Auburn is playing Iraq.
The 1999 team was overrated bullcrap as I just said in another thread.
The 1997 team had Curtis Enis and Joe Jurevicius. That’s it. That was like 85% of their offense. They were also bullcrap, but not so much as that 1999 team. No wonder Spurrier crushed them. I still don’t know how they beat Ohio State that year. Must have been John Cooper’s fault. I miss John Cooper. I digress.
And I see two ways to take this:
His record against PSU stands at 2-3 (.400), an impressive mark considering Michigan State has only beaten Penn State a total of four times program history.
a) Nick Saban has a losing record against Penn State. But he’s not bad by Michigan State standards.
b) Despite being the best coach MSU’s had over the last thirty years, Nick Saban is still tainted by the fact that he coached at Michigan State. You can’t just wash it away. You never know when it will haunt you. I bet Saban wakes up in a sweat sometimes, hearing “PUCKER PUCKER PUCKER” in his head. Sure, he looks at those rings and feels better, but those voices never truly leave him alone. Once you’ve been involved with MSU football, they never fully go away.
"Alabama is foldin' thanks to Robert Bolden." - Brad Nessler
by ReadingRambler on Sep 6, 2010 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know what most of that post meant.
Granted, Kleph’s posting of MSU vs PSU records is only marginally relevant, but can you please explain why you’re linking to a radio show of two guys talking about a MSU/ND game in 2006? I don’t really want to listen to the whole 10 minutes to figure it out. Sorry, I’m lazy like that.
If I'm wearing a turban, it means Auburn is playing Iraq.
Don't you remember the collapse?
I think Ramblers’ referring to the overarching suck that is East Lansing. Saban is the only one who has gotten out recently with reputation still in tow: Bobby Williams, John L. Smith, etc.
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero
by Stuck in the Plains on Sep 6, 2010 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope.
Michigan State and Notre Dame? Don’t really care. But I’m pretty sure it has nada to do with our game against Penn State.
If I'm wearing a turban, it means Auburn is playing Iraq.
I was making a joke at Michigan State's expense.
I thought it was pretty self-explanatory. If Kleph wants to mention Saban’s tenure at MSU I’d also like to mention the fact that the depressing twists and turns of Michigan State often taint people forever.
"Alabama is foldin' thanks to Robert Bolden." - Brad Nessler
by ReadingRambler on Sep 6, 2010 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions
you gotta understand...
we really don’t care about big ten rivalries. nothing personal, mind you. but we got our own inter-conference hostilities and biases to contend with.
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
I'm not expecting you to care about "big ten rivalries".
I’m not even sure I consider MSU a rivalry. Wait, lemme check….yes, I just made sure. I don’t really care at all about our end of year “rivalry” with Michigan State.
But I don’t see how anyone could not find humor in that Mike Valenti rant.
"This is the last time we're going on the field tonight and we're going to bust our butts and stop them again and get this game over." - Mike Reid, 1970 Orange Bowl
by ReadingRambler on Sep 6, 2010 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions
pssst.
It’s not yet 2006 in Alabama. Sure the football team has time traveling powers, allowing it to win national championships deep in to the future (2074 is going to be slobberknocker) and claim all but three championships from the past, but it is clearly still the 20th century there.
Of course Saban is the better coach, he’s coaching two teams at once!
"I told him point blank, I wouldn’t trade January 2, 1987 straight up for Michigan’s entire football tradition." jesse.
"This was the greatest game in the history of college football." Rambler
I hold these truths to be self evident
by ChrisHarrell's_stache05 on Sep 7, 2010 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Really?
I guess the fact that there is a Mercedes Plant less than 30 minutes from Tuscaloosa, and some of our nation’s most powerful minds reside in Huntsville with the NASA program and Redstone Arsenal.
Please get your facts straight before you start blindly bashing the state of Alabama you know nothing about.
"What can clean puke off a door and carpet"- Shank
People in the Rust Belt tend to look around at their infrastructure
that hasn’t been maintained since the ‘70s and assume that nowhere else in the country has advanced since then either. They don’t realize that all of their missing neighbors are living in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina now.
I am pretty stoked about our 2082 national championship though. Roll Tide!!
If I'm wearing a turban, it means Auburn is playing Iraq.
And I would frankly advise listening to the whole 20 minutes because it's funny.
He wants to replace their defensive coordinator with H.R. Pufnstuf and Teddy Ruxpin.
"Alabama is foldin' thanks to Robert Bolden." - Brad Nessler
by ReadingRambler on Sep 6, 2010 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
That 2010 team was crap anyways
I mean, they started a true freshman at QB, for Pete’s sake.
The Process of Champions
Naw.
I expect Bama to win, so revisionist posts will not be required.
Hooray for realism and pessimism!
by ReadingRambler on Sep 7, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
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