Duron Carter Finally Appears at 'Bama Practice
After missing all of fall camp and spending the past month in academic limbo, Duron Carter has officially been spotted on the Drew-Thomas practice fields. Per Chase Goodbread:
At long last, Duron Carter on hand for UA practice.
To be precise, UA has not released an official statement yet to the effect that Carter has been admitted, but pay that no mind; practically speaking there is no way Carter would ever be allowed on the practice fields without being cleared by UA Admissions, so his mere presence is all of the confirmation needed. Some sort of an official statement by either UA or Nick Saban will likely come at the conclusion of practice, but that's a mere formality at this point.
With this long standoff out of the way, the question now becomes just how soon Carter will be able to become a meaningful contributor. Most observers, including myself, had him as a likely starter in three-wide sets prior to this holdup, but missing all of fall camp will certainly come at a price in the form of decreased effectiveness. On the other hand, Carter is no ordinary freshman, but an upperclassman who has already played in the Big Ten and in the junior college ranks, and while he has not been able to practice this August he has been on campus the past two months, has presumably had access to the playbook, and did participate in the summer pass skeleton drills.
The easy conclusion is that it will be several weeks until Carter can blossom into a meaningful contributor on a consistent basis -- say, Arkansas or later -- but this is really uncharted territory and depending on how hard Carter has worked out on his own it may be possible that he contributes sooner than many now expect. Either way, he should see some snaps this weekend against Kent State, and he will be on the travel roster when the Tide heads north to Happy Valley, so the opportunities will be there if he can take advantage of them.
Finally, we would be remiss without mentioning the impact this will have on Danny Woodson, Jr., who will now greyshirt this fall. Woodson will instead arrive this January and participate in the winter S&C program in preparation for spring practice in March and April of 2012.
UPDATE: Saban's comments on the situation with Carter's playing time:
If [he is admitted], we would put a plan into action to try to work him into shape. He probably wouldn't have a lot of opportunity in [the Kent State] game; we would try to use this week to help him implement into what he needs to do as a football player to try to get ready for some time down the road. Maybe a week or so from now, he could be a guy that could work his way into something if he performs well."
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I'm glad he's here
not only because we need him, but I was getting tired of all the pessimistic posts from everyone regarding his status. Seemed like everyone had resigned to the fact that there was no way he would play for us. I NEVER DOUBTED YOU, NICK SABAN!
Kent State
It’ll be close all the way until the opening kickoff, when the destruction begins. Second half could be an excellent time for Carter to get reps with the 2nd and 3rd teams.
"That rug really tied the room together."
Can't imagine
a scenario that would allow that to happen. Waaay too early….I’m hopeful for the North Texas game though……Guess we’ll have to wait and see!
You can't imagine Carter getting snaps late in the game?
Really? That’s why we schedule these games. I can’t imagine him not getting snaps.
God bless our Dark Lord.
No, that's the holdup.

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by J Tadpole on Aug 29, 2011 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Them guys ain't fambly no more......
They’re all in jail….
He should progress faster than any
…incoming freshman….new player…etc. His dad is an NFL Hall of Famer and he has played in DI big time football….so I think he will be playing multiple snaps by Penn State game.
TWSS
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by J Tadpole on Aug 29, 2011 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
seriously people
if you don’t have anything to add to the conversation could you just not post this shit?
it would be reasonably funny if it was used with a degree of moderation but recently all that happens is we get one or two posts about the issue at hand and then it’s nothing but regulars posting in-joke crap like this. it’s not particularly funny and it drives away new members.
we just built a twitter list of the site regulars where you all can interact with this to your hearts content. help us a little and try using that a bit more and keeping the discussion in our football posts about… you know, football.
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by kleph on Aug 29, 2011 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
you know
kleph…bro… RBR was successful way before you came around and will continue to be so well after you leave. BTW, a lot of us “regulars” who just post this “in-joke crap” helped make it successful. No we didn’t write the posts but people stayed because of the interaction between us “regulars”. So why don’t you know…..pull that mammoth size stick out your ass and have a little fun…
thanks…
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by bammer on Aug 29, 2011 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 7 recs
and never let it be said that the regulars around here
are all for hearing anything to help this place grow. I for one agree with kleph. I rarely read the comments here after an article has been up a few hours because that’s all you end up with is 7000 “TWSS” jokes. I love the writing here, and I’ll continue reading RBR because of it. But between belittling new-comers with different points of view, and turning EVERY SINGLE FUCKING THREAD into a TWSS, dick, and fart joke that makes the shit that goes on in Baton Rouge bars look distinguished, you sure don’t do a very good job of making anyone who isn’t a “regular” feel welcome here.
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by GeauxCrimson on Aug 29, 2011 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 8 recs
i dont mind the TWSS (i just think most often, they are un-funny)
and i WISH i had the chance to be around to help turn threads into 300 plus comment thread jacks. but i dont.
overall, the best part of RBR is the content followed by the commentariot. the commentariot is awesome becuase they’re typically much more insightful and less flame-y than other places. the inside jokes and “TWSS, SLAL, ANAL, comon people seriously” dont really bother me, except when i think i know the full extent of the background, and its still not funny or just dead horse beating.
so what is my point? relax folks. its almost futbaw season and while we have seen menney annoyances this offseason, we will have seen some buyt still not all. DO THE MATH
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by tempebamafan on Aug 29, 2011 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I feel you Tempebama, but sometimes I find it hard...
not to say anything though.
Other times I feel like I just cant get a grip on it. Its like like something wants to spew out of me. But you know I hold it back…
Football is almost here BROS! Cant we all just get along?
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jesus dude
are we still talking about commenting on RBR, or something else entirely?
Other times I feel like I just cant get a grip on it. Its like like something wants to spew out of me. But you know I hold it back…
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by tempebamafan on Aug 29, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I just wish I could take it all in...
if I could…
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that
is
what
she
said…
it is what it is...
by Captain_Obvious on Aug 29, 2011 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Comon
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 29, 2011 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions
On this thread...
…I would have expected that comment from Captain_Oblivious….
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 29, 2011 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions
i think he
would of said that in response to Kleph…. but he didn’t wanna piss him off…. ;)
btw, NLS, you’re more than welcome to use either account, if you can guess the Password. just dont Rec anything with em….
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by tempebamafan on Aug 29, 2011 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude...
…I’m flattered, but I get in enough trouble with the one account I’ve got….
/mightusethemanyway
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 29, 2011 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
my golden rule
has been: when in doubt. dont use em…
i try to only bust em out when they are totally apropos… my last use of Oblivious fell flat on the audience. i was disappoint. really disappoint. it was funny too. maybe because it was a self depricatign joke about Trents signatures and it still has Tressel as the avatar? i thought it was 1000% ironic comedy gold….
anyway. they’re like fresh ground nutmeg. powerful, can overwhelm your dish. so use sparingly….
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take this job and shove it - Johnny Paycheck
by tempebamafan on Aug 29, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
pretty much.
Occasionally I find them funny. But in order for it to be funny – it has to not be so extremely obvious while at the same time being funny if she did say it(usually connected with not being obvious).
They aren’t bad when they are in moderation. But it’s like hanging out with a bunch of 3rd graders when it’s on every single post that could even remotely qualify for it.
I just scroll on by them, but it surely wouldn’t hurt my feelings if there were less of them.
by cal n on Aug 30, 2011 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
BTW
I would love to post a TWSS…
But I never really gave a damn to listen to what she was saying in the first place.
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. -HDT
"yes dear"
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by tempebamafan on Aug 29, 2011 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep cause belittling a fellow commentor like Kleph did is my style. Cause you know IM the giant dick around here. Yep.
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by bammer on Aug 29, 2011 9:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I didn't name any name
but I’ve seen more than a few noobs belittled by the “regulars” around here.
I’m all for jokes and having fun guys. I wouldn’t expect a thread on a blog of this size to be serious and on-point all the time. However, at least make it entertaining jokes that somehow relate to the topic at hand (or at least follow a progression from it). It’s just annoying to open a thread looking for opinions/insight only to wear out the Z button scrolling past lines of “TWSS” and “SLAP” over and over and over in thread after thread.
Suggestion for the moderators here: Why not start open threads here where you can have all the off-topic fun you can shake a stick at, and hopefully keep it out of the other stuff?
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by GeauxCrimson on Aug 29, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know.
I like the mix. I like the insightful commentary mixed in with a good off the wall joke. Do some of the TWSS s get used too much? Probably but the over abundance of “I’m gods gift to blogging” is just as annoying.
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by bammer on Aug 29, 2011 10:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't think anyone has a problem with a good mix.
I’m all for posting (what I think are) clever comments, so obviously I don’t have a problem with other people making them, but when 90% of the comments on a post are the same rehashed, unfunny things that are tacked onto every other post it gets awfully old. The same thing happening at EDSBS has already driven me away from ever reading comments there. There’s often so much noise that it’s not worth trying to find the signal.
by Orlando McCain on Aug 29, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
indeed
i haven’t really participate in EDSBS’s comment section since before they joined SBNation. though that ancient chinese secret guy is pretty funny, even for a yankee…
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create. - Raoul Vaneigem
take this job and shove it - Johnny Paycheck
by tempebamafan on Aug 29, 2011 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed with the EDSBS thing
It’s turned into a bunch of douchebag sociopaths (sp?)
Seriously, I wish most of them would just post updates about their lives on twitter and leave the funnies for EDSBS.
by ding ding ding on Aug 30, 2011 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Just one member's opinion
I’ve been a member of this board for almost a year. I actually found it by accident; one of the best accidents in a long time. If I want stuffy, polite, no-humor comments, I can visit my freaking facebook page. The main reason I stayed around after finding this blog was because of the mix of insightful commentary and fun joking. I don’t even really know them but Stuck in the Plains, bammer, and others are the reason I stick around. If the moderators are going to react so strongly against stupid TWSS jokes, this place won’t be as fun and I won’t be back as much. Again, just my opinion.
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by The Good Doc on Aug 29, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
too bad
you never saw Comer4tide…
IRRC, dude was 90% d*ck jokes, 10% football, 20 % tranny jokes. comment. gold.
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take this job and shove it - Johnny Paycheck
by tempebamafan on Aug 29, 2011 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Too bad indeed
It sounds like he gave 120% to this site!
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by The Good Doc on Aug 29, 2011 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You do the math....
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 29, 2011 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn straight.....
Never, have I ever seen the Todd bring out the banhammer so quickly….
Aww Bammer . . .
. . . kleph’s just messin’ with you; you go on and post TWSS to your heart’s content. That kleph’s a sweetie pie; he don’t mean it.
Just
Sticking up for the pole
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by bammer on Aug 29, 2011 10:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Thanks Bammer!
You aight, man. Looks like I started a helluva conversation here, however unintentionally.
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yeah and my reaction didnt help....
at least it gave people the opportunity to speak their mind and get stuff off their chest in a mature, non aggressive, non douche bag way?
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Very mature.
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Damn it.
I KNEW i misspelled douche on the other blog. Idiot!
When it comes to the comments...
I hear that you are all eligible for a full refund. #hatersgonnahate
Todd said he was gonna send me mine years ago
but i guess it got lost in the mail.
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Bammer.....
I agree with you about the joking in the threads….it is one of my favorite parts of RBR – the great insight of OTS always gets me thinking – seriously thinking, then the comments never fail to make me laugh…..It’s gotten to the point where I look forward to sitting down in the recliner and clicking on RBR….
I don’t agree with the way Kleph came down on JTadpole, but it is his opinion, and that is kinda what we are fighting about here…..the best part of RBR is that everybody does pretty much what they want to (especially Todd within reason) and the community is free to react in pretty much whatever way they choose…..Yes, RBR was around long before Kleph arrived and would do just fine without him, but I have always found his pieces to be informative and thought provoking, and his comments to generally be well thought out……sometimes things just strike him wrong – he jumped on me once about not having to pay for the site so I shouldn’t complain about it, and I wasn’t even referring to anything he did (I was talking about one of the comments on one of his posts)…..these things happen, and everybody brings what’s gone on in their day to the site….It could be he just had a bad day…..
by p3bhambama on Aug 29, 2011 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 29, 2011 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Is the gentleman with the brostache invited to this party?
by PharmacyBob on Aug 29, 2011 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOO
I hate those guys with a white hot passion…..especially the brostache guy
I'm just young and wild at heart.
I just can’t seem to grow up.
by PharmacyBob on Aug 29, 2011 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions
rec'd
that WAS what she said.
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To exemplify unity, I’m going to open myself to your criticisms…
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by TiderUpNorth on Aug 29, 2011 10:44 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
BTW
Welcome to the U of A, Duron-ron! Interesting that Coach Saban seems to have a plan to bring him up to speed asap. I thought the first half of the season was a wash for Carter, but it looks like I’ll stand corrected.
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by TiderUpNorth on Aug 29, 2011 10:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
ok....
i got nothing..
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Merely an illustration.
Some day when I can make it to an RBR hoe down, some of you will get to know me better and realize why I don’t take a whole lot of things seriously. In fact, I’ll wager quite a bit that the vast majority of us are in the same boat.
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by TiderUpNorth on Aug 30, 2011 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't hurt having a hall of fame receiver as a Dad to give him pointers.
Makes me wonder those practice’s that he was there,he may have been studying the formation’s,and grasping the system.Sort of a ‘’Cliffs Notes’’ to school Duron.I think one reason Chris Carter is so high on Saban is the fact he will do his damndest to get the kid to the next level,as well as have him prepared for it.
RBR resident Dogcaller.
Gotta feelin'...
This guy has had a playbook for a while and his dad and his buds been preppin’ him.
We’ll see.
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i just wish
this news came 1 week sooner. i honestly dont hold out much, if any, hope for him to contribute anything meaningful until after the bye week at this point.
coincidentally enough, thats just in time for our make or break game of the season. hope for the best, roll tide roll….
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Wow. 2 months?
With no basis for my opinion at all, I think you’re way off.
God bless our Dark Lord.
And to clarify:
I would still expect him to be getting regular playing time with the first unit by the Arkansas game. Not starting necessarily, but in the rotation. Probably even at PSU, with Hanks being out.
God bless our Dark Lord.
Hanks is out again?
We gotta put a new lock on his door…

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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 29, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
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by bammer on Aug 29, 2011 10:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Dude.....
that is some funny shit right there….
You better remove this non-football related pic before Kleph sees it and has meltdown #2.
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What?
That’s clearly a football field he’s running on, and I’m pretty sure this was taken during the fourth quarter program…so we’re good…right? Right?
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 8:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Can't see the lines, can ya Russ?
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Gotta agree w/CT4...
He isn’t showing up straight from H.S. He may not have the whole play book down; however, I am confident he will be able to get a reasonable number of plays mastered to be able to contribute in a couple of weeks.
by tideroller52 on Aug 29, 2011 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I honestly don't think our play
Is so comPlicated that he couldn’t learn it quickly. All he needs is reps with the 1s and he’ll be out there in no time. I say he plays against PSU and hopefully starts by arky. That’s what 4 weeks?
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by bammer on Aug 29, 2011 10:24 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
well
im talkin “in our starting group of 3 WR’s” as well as “projects to get 5 targets or more agame”. no, i dont see that happening until after the bye. as i understand it, practice from today going forward is about gameplaning for the next upcomming opponent. and that we wont be working as units on general preparations and such, until the bye week, and then bowl practices. but i could be wrong.
would love to see him getting work while Hanks is out, but i find it hard to believe CNS will move him that far up the depth chart, passed guys like White and Gibson, before he’s even had a chance to show and prove much of anything in practice…. and then by the time he’s had a chance to show n prove, Hanks will be back, and White will be hard to keep off the field too.
regardless, if he’s a big possesion freak who dominates the DB he’s up against. we’ll see him soon enough. and i’m glad we got D White progressing like he is cause we can always use 2 of those type of guys…
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by tempebamafan on Aug 29, 2011 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
On the one side we’ve got new faces AND long time commenters alike expressing their distaste for the way the RBR comment section has turned into a constant free for all of juvenile jokes that aren’t even clever anymore, and on the other we’ve got a bunch of “WAAAAAA I GOT CALLED OUT FOR BEING JUVENILE SO I’LL JUST TURN AROUND AND ACT EVEN MORE JUVENILE (TWSS LOL).” To quote Orlando McClain up there:
I’m all for posting (what I think are) clever comments, so obviously I don’t have a problem with other people making them, but when 90% of the comments on a post are the same rehashed, unfunny things that are tacked onto every other post it gets awfully old. The same thing happening at EDSBS has already driven me away from ever reading comments there. There’s often so much noise that it’s not worth trying to find the signal.
And you know why comment threads become 90% full of rehashed, unfunny things that get awfully old? Because the people that provide such insightful commentary y’all keep lauding as a reason for coming here get sick of the juvenile crap and stop throwing their pearls before swine, so to speak. Or, to put it his way, there’s so much noise its not even worth trying to look for anything of value. Believe me, if I had to pick my Waffle House companions from among this lot, that would be an awful lonely Waffle House.
We posted guidelines last week before the season started in an (apparently vain) attempt to try and bring some order around here so that EVERYONE would feel comfortable commenting and joining in. The fact that we’re having to deal with this crap under a serious post concerning the football team just further illustrates how ridiculous y’all have made the comments section. I’ll say it again; if you’re not adding value to the discussion, keep it to yourself.
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by Todd on Aug 30, 2011 1:02 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
If you want juvenile, annoying attempts at humor, I would suggest you try EDSBS or al.com.
Now onto the subject of Duron
I would hope he wold get snaps in the Kent State game. He probably has had access to the playbook and does have experience playing D1 ball, but I think the major issue is timing. He’s had virtually no snaps with the starters at game speed in practice. I now he participated in the summer drills with the QB’s but that is no replacement for 11 on 11 practice at game speed. Being able to run a route is one thing, but being on the same page with the QB against coverage is a whole different animal.
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I'm pretty sure...
…I saw a whole different animal earlier in this thread.
And I’m no expert, but isn’t comparing EDSBS and al.com like comparing George Carlin to Jay Leno?
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 8:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, well...
…you know, that’s just like…your opinion, man….
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 8:07 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just agree with Todd
The TWSS card and others are played out.
I’m all for humor and ribbing each other a little bit, but if the most original thing you can come up with is comments like TWSS that have been beaten to death, perhaps you should stick to crayons when writing your prose.
And EDSBS and al.com are completely different animals I agree. I just chose to use them as examples. EDSBS is a funny blog, but has almost no football content anymore, and the comment section on al.com is like watching two 10 years old girl get in a name calling fight.
"Never start a fight with an old man...if he's too old to fight, he'll probably just kill you."
There's a crayon font option? Sweet!
FWIW, when I post a TWSS, it’s not prose: it’s sheer poetry, my man….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why do you
Think weve being trying to get you in twitter? I’ll give you a hint…it’s not because youre pretty.
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by bammer on Aug 30, 2011 9:05 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
NLS, your comments bring a smile to my face.
For anyone who doesn’t like your comments (or my inane contributions for that matter), why don’t they just skip over them/you/me?
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by TiderUpNorth on Aug 30, 2011 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Well...
…as former President George “Bush Wick Bill” Clinton used to say…you’s good people, T….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 31, 2011 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions
With all do respect (love that one)...
The guidelines address this exact topic:
Lord knows we’re juvenile enough with all the #TWSS and clever(?) puns, so let’s at least keep things reasonably family friendly and welcoming to everyone. In other words, if you wouldn’t want your mom reading it, don’t post it. We’re not interested in censoring anyone, but if threads take a turn towards the uncomfortable we reserve the right to close the comments and/or delete the whole thing. The one and only exception to the profanity rule is on game day, but we’ll discuss that further below.
Seems to me that juvenile humor was written in the guidelines as an acceptable (wanted?) part of the RBR culture. If not, it’s cool (your site obviously), but i don’t think anyone is ignoring the guidelines as your “in vain” comment would suggest.
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by J Tadpole on Aug 30, 2011 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
hint
Lord knows we’re juvenile enough with all the #TWSS and clever(?) puns
hint: it ain’t funny no more
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by GeauxCrimson on Aug 30, 2011 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
There is a remedy for any conversation you wouldn't like to be a part of...

'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
I'm happy for you...
…that you like vanilla. That’s awesome. I prefer chocolate, and some other people here like strawberry. There might even be some other flavors out there. You don’t like chocolate or strawberry? That’s great. Awesome. Don’t eat ‘em. When you see those other flavors, just keep walking. When I see the vanilla, I’ll leave it for you to enjoy.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Great analogy
I like vanilla. And I like chocolate. And I like strawberry. In fact there aren’t many flavors I don’t like.
What I don’t like is the same flavor for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, for 7 days a week. I’ve already said I’m all for jokes and fun. I have been known to quickly derail a thread on many a car forum for the sake of jokes and fun. BUT COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW AND FUNNY. I’d be inclined to read new and funny jokes. TWSS was worn out somewhere around the third season of The Office; next week maybe we can start a “Where’s the Beef” trend!
"If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood." -- Paul "Bear" Bryant
by GeauxCrimson on Aug 30, 2011 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
how about
“wheres the bacon”? ….everybody loves bacon…and if you don’t, well you can head on over to TET where they hate everything including themselves (thats why they are on TET, get it?)
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EVERYTHING
and I mean EVERYTHING tastes better with bacon
"If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood." -- Paul "Bear" Bryant
by GeauxCrimson on Aug 30, 2011 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I read your response...
…and all I can say is…where’s the beef?
Seriously, though, I’m pretty sure once this Saturday finally arrives, much of this ado over nothing will become irrelevant….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree, but half the time that's the joke.
It’s funny because it’s lame. And also, it takes basically ZERO time to read it.
God bless our Dark Lord.
tl;dr
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 31, 2011 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's the rest of that sentence:
so let’s at least keep things reasonably family friendly and welcoming to everyone.
God bless our Dark Lord.
You can get with^^...
…or you can get with…
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 31, 2011 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions
...that.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 31, 2011 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions
despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the wake of my comment, i assure you that i’ve got no beef with any poster specifically. it just happened that it was in reply to j tadpole but the idea was to address the issue generally, not to single him out specifically.
the last thing i want is to kill the funny and somewhat irreverent tone that is a hallmark of the rbr comment threads. hell, it’s not even the juvenilia that i have an issue with. the problem is that there is a lot of these responses that aren’t responses at all. they are just parroting phrases a small segment of the community recognize.
if it was just an occasional occurrence that would be fine but it’s happening over and over and over and over again in any thread with more than a dozen replies. that almost immediately derails the course of the conversation. the reason we are bringing this up is because we don’t want to have rules about this stuff and we don’t want to censor anyone. we’d much prefer the comments to follow their natural course. and these impede that.
you all are some sharp folks who know your football and can be damned funny when you put your minds to it. these comments todd is referring to are none of the above. all we are asking is, instead of just repeating the same mindless phrase, put a little thought into what you are writing. because, i assure you, when folks do that we’ve got one of the best college football web communities around.
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by kleph on Aug 30, 2011 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I dig
and I honestly didn’t take it as being singled out. I’m cool, and I assume we’re cool. You may have a chicken-or-egg scenario there though…
it’s happening over and over and over and over again in any thread with more than a dozen replies
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
ok lets put this thing to rest...
after re-reading your reply ill admit to overreacting to it just a bit. I guess i didn’t like the tone..anyways. Maybe it was the bad piece of meat i had for lunch, the hot weather or the fact ITS BEEN 9 FREAKING MONTHS SINCE FOOTBALL HAS BEEN ON MY TV….idk.. all i know is that Im a big enough man (not fat jokes Mr Dawkins) to admit i reacted poorly..
my bad yo…but yeah..I hear this Duron Carter kid made it safely on the practice field yesterday. so we have that going for us.
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rec'd...
…for scoring on second effort….
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by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Ditto.
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
double ditto
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." -- Juma Ikangaa
by The Good Doc on Aug 30, 2011 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Resist?
I thought you ran the muthaflippin’ dark side, D!
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 31, 2011 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions
You guys are fighting a battle you can't win.
A free and (mostly) unregulated site like this, with lots of interesting stories and comments related to Alabama sports, can’t have order, let alone your version of blog utopia.
I know you’re sick of the juvenile comments but that just comes with the territory. And the best you can hope for is that some of the more enlightened brethren and sistern will ignore those comments or spend a lot of time ridiculing them into oblivion. You might as well respond with your own juvenile gif as to make a speech from a soapbox.
Wouldn't say that.
Consider me “toned down.” I’m sure others will too.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Not me, man.
When they say lead, follow, or get out of the way, I usually take option three.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Like the Bob Hope line?
I come from a long line of cowards.
As it applies to internet interaction, yes.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
thats my problem...
my dad always taught me the opposite..I was the guy in High School who went around a bullied the bullies for picking on kids half their size. If you’re man enough to put some 5 foot nothing kid in the toilet you better be man enough to try to do that to me…So i tend to overreact when i get the feeling someone is trying to be “the bad ass”…again my bad y’all.
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Nobody puts Baby in the toilet.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
What did my wife tell you guys?
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
To quit saying TWSS?
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Actually...
…she likes that….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
This has become far too silly!

God bless our Dark Lord.
by CarrotTop4 on Aug 30, 2011 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
CarrotTop, you are AWESOME.
" Don’t worry, you’ve been lumped." -- so sayeth Todd, 30th August in the Year of Our Lord 2011, 9:10PM
by TiderUpNorth on Aug 31, 2011 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions
yes dear...
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create. - Raoul Vaneigem
take this job and shove it - Johnny Paycheck
by tempebamafan on Aug 30, 2011 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
never apologize for protecting other people
You’re a good man for sticking up for others. That’s a beautiful trait that I wish more people in this world possessed.
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." -- Juma Ikangaa
by The Good Doc on Aug 30, 2011 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
That's supposed to embarrass you into leading,
or at least following!
/upgray’d
God bless our Dark Lord.
we know we can't regulate things and impose order
all we’re asking for you all to help us keep the discussion moving forward instead of constantly bogging down with crap. we write the posts, you lot create the conversation afterward.
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Todd, I sincerely laud you, Kleph, OTS and every other knowledgeable contributor on this site. It truly makes the reading worth while.
But at the same time, you should realize the humorous value of this site and I am not citing this conversely to the analysis of Alabama football: I’d say the two go hand-in-hand. You seem to be taking things a bit gravely at this point and I thought in your guidelines you quoted Sgt Hulka with, “Lighten up, Francis.”
This is a terrific source for news on the team, staff, recruiting, etc. I too love to read people’s insights on games, strategies and whatnot, but this site is immensely funny as well and I’d rather not see anything change… except the RBR Sweetheart(s). HA! Get it? Kidding…
Charles Martel, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Raymond IV the Count of Toulouse, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin of Boulogne, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, St. Joan of Arc and Napoleon Bonaparte -- all of good stock.
by TiderUpNorth on Aug 30, 2011 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Its amazing how y'all can so consistently miss the point...
THE HUMOROUS VALUE OF THIS SITE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY A BILLION POORLY USED TWSS/DICK JOKE COMMENTS THAT NO ONE FINDS FUNNY ANYMORE. HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS THREAD ALONE HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY DON’T LIKE READING THE COMMENTS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY SPIRAL DOWN INTO WORTHLESS CRAP AFTER FIVE COMMENTS? DO YOU THINK I LIKE GETTING E-MAILS AND MEETING PEOPLE SAYING “LOVE YOUR SITE, BUT THE COMMENTS ARE TERRIBLE?”
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Todd, you seem to want discount the fact the enjoyment level of fanbases, workplaces, etc, hinge on a conglomeration of personalities.
I have always loved Bama football, but having never played the sport, I just simply cannot analyze it as competently as many of you. My forte in breaking down sports resides much stronger in soccer/football and rugby. So in a way, I can sympathize with other members who WANT to contribute, but want to keep it on the humorous side. In my current career, I will never knock someone for seeing the humorous side of things, hence I won’t do it here either even if it is repetitive or not that funny.
BTW Todd, I threw you a sincere compliment regarding your hard work on this site and your response is to go all-caps and yell at me like I’m a child? Get a grip. The masses aren’t rolicking in response to RBR’s mythical downgrade in commentary quality, okay?
Charles Martel, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Raymond IV the Count of Toulouse, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin of Boulogne, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, St. Joan of Arc and Napoleon Bonaparte -- all of good stock.
by TiderUpNorth on Aug 30, 2011 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Considering I had to delete a comment...
…that immediately popped up after that that was filled with vulgarities and slang terms for female body parts as an attempt at humor, I think you might understand why I tend to treat y’all like children, i.e. the vast majority of you act like a bunch of 8 year olds.
And AGAIN you are not getting my point, even though I had to pull out the all caps hammer. Everyone like finding the humor in life, but when you contribute nothing to the conversation but jokes no one wants to hear anymore you are pretty much worthless to the group and you either get kicked out or everyone else walks away. That’s the point we’ve reached when people are legitimately saying they no longer want to read our comments because its nothing but TWSS, animated gifs, and dick jokes. THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR A SITE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT AROUND THE CONCEPT OF A FAN COMMUNITY. If a dozen people monopolize the comments with utter crap that no one else wants to read, its a problem. How do you not see that?
I honestly don’t care if y’all like or agree with them, but the guidelines are the guidelines and I have zero interest in catering to a group of adults who simply refuse to act their age when asked to.
Roll Bama Roll - The Champagne of Bama Blogs.
Well, I certainly stand corrected.
Todd, thou art Lord and creator of all that is pure on RBR. After my response to you, it seems YOU are being deliberately rude in a Pete Holiday-esque fashion. Heaven forbid if Bama fans come to RBR to decompress after a day of dealing with work-related, mind-crushing boredom. Some people do so by simply displaying their knowledge of the game and seriously contributing to a discussion. Others make attempts at humor, whether you adjudge them low-brow or not.
You’re taking things too personally and need to lighten up a tad… unless you truly are being pelted with feces in the streets because you’ve allowed the quality of this heretofore bastion of haughty, brandy-sipping aristocratic football commenting to sink to such a lowly state. But, if it makes you feel better, go right ahead and lump me in with the dregs of RBR members. Personally, I think most of them are funnier than a federally-indicted Congressman.
Charles Martel, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Raymond IV the Count of Toulouse, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin of Boulogne, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, St. Joan of Arc and Napoleon Bonaparte -- all of good stock.
by TiderUpNorth on Aug 30, 2011 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
NOOOOOOOO! Not... the dreaded "lumping!"
Charles Martel, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Raymond IV the Count of Toulouse, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin of Boulogne, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, St. Joan of Arc and Napoleon Bonaparte -- all of good stock.
by TiderUpNorth on Aug 31, 2011 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions
BTW, you do realize that your "lumped" comment will become a new byword of sorts around these parts?
Charles Martel, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Raymond IV the Count of Toulouse, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin of Boulogne, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, St. Joan of Arc and Napoleon Bonaparte -- all of good stock.
by TiderUpNorth on Aug 31, 2011 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Despite our spat Todd, I want you to know that you are still one of my favorite writers here.
…Even if you arbitrarily lump to your heart’s content.
" Don’t worry, you’ve been lumped." -- so sayeth Todd, 30th August in the Year of Our Lord 2011, 9:10PM
by TiderUpNorth on Aug 31, 2011 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Interesting fact...
and I might have posted this elsewhere.
In forte we have a word derived from French that in its "strong point" sense has no entirely satisfactory pronunciation. Usage writers have denigrated \ˈfȯr-ˌtā\ and \ˈfȯr-tē\ because they reflect the influence of the Italian-derived 2forte. Their recommended pronunciation \ˈfȯrt\, however, does not exactly reflect French either: the French would write the word le fort and would pronounce it more similar to English for. So you can take your choice, knowing that someone somewhere will dislike whichever variant you choose. All are standard, however. In British English \ˈfȯ-ˌtā\ and \ˈfȯt\ predominate; \ˈfȯr-ˌtā\ and \fȯr-ˈtā\ are probably the most frequent pronunciations in American English.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forte
The Italian word referenced above is:
loud —used as a direction in music
Thirteen.
Five...
…including you and kleph.
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS THREAD ALONE HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY DON’T LIKE READING THE COMMENTS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY SPIRAL DOWN INTO WORTHLESS CRAP AFTER FIVE COMMENTS?
And I’m gonna guess…no. No, you don’t.
DO YOU THINK I LIKE GETTING E-MAILS AND MEETING PEOPLE SAYING "LOVE YOUR SITE, BUT THE COMMENTS ARE TERRIBLE?"
Wait…is this last one you?
LOUD NOISES!
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 31, 2011 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Roll Tide!
This is what I’ve been looking for when logging in for a while now.
"We knew we had to turn it up or we would get beat. We ripped the knob off. We turned it up so much we broke the knob." - Roy Upchurch after beating Florida in the 2009 SEC Championship Game
by bearbryantwonit on Aug 30, 2011 1:29 AM CDT reply actions
"We knew we had to turn it up or we would get beat. We ripped the knob off. We turned it up so much we broke the knob." - Roy Upchurch after beating Florida in the 2009 SEC Championship Game
by bearbryantwonit on Aug 30, 2011 3:16 AM CDT reply actions
oh hell yes!
lets hope he’s as imposing on a defense at the WOS was on a square cracka’s ears….

In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create. - Raoul Vaneigem
take this job and shove it - Johnny Paycheck
by tempebamafan on Aug 30, 2011 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
No comment.
Roll Tide.
/Sigh
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
by UtahBammer on Aug 30, 2011 7:19 AM CDT reply actions 4 recs
rec'd
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Aug 30, 2011 8:08 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
REC'd'd
Charles Martel, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Raymond IV the Count of Toulouse, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin of Boulogne, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, St. Joan of Arc and Napoleon Bonaparte -- all of good stock.
by TiderUpNorth on Aug 30, 2011 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Quick question:
the comments that begin pun threads – does anyone think those are funny, or do you want us to cut those out, as well?
My guess would be that those would be ok, as they are generally inoffensive, and do seem to meet the creativity and novelty criteria spelled out above. I like them, think they’re fun, and spend some effort trying to think of a new pun to contribute to the thread. They genereally have nothing, however, to do with football, Alabama or otherwise. So, are they ok, or are they unwanted?
Thirteen.
WANT
RBR should be a budding subculture with SLAPs and SLALs and all that happy horse pucky. I can’t stand people that take their little corner of the world too ___ing seriously.
Having said that, I realize there are rules. I mean this isn’t Nam, Smokey.
" Don’t worry, you’ve been lumped." -- so sayeth Todd, 30th August in the Year of Our Lord 2011, 9:10PM

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