Thank you RBR
by Jasands50 on Jan 5, 2012 7:15 AM CST
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PrintI wish the internet had been around when I was most of you guy's ages. In my younger day when Jan 1st and the bowl games were over you didn't get much college news at all. I've eaten and slept Alabama football for 53 years and you don't know how much it thrills me to be able to keep up with the Tide the way the internet has provided us. Anytime I want to know anything about the Tide all I have to do is turn on this dot com machine and click on RBR and read the news that friends have posted here. I don't know who started this blog and built it to what it is today but my hats off to them and I want to thank them for giving me a place to come to and be with Alabama minded people. I want to thank all the people on here that are so damn passionate about Alabama football, it amazes me how so well informed some of yall are. I also want to thank you for putting up with my computer illiteracy and my reply fail. I hope everyone here at RBR has a great 2012 and we start it off with another national championship. ROLL TIDE YALL!!!!
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Well said sir
A community makes the hard times easier to swallow and the victories that much sweeter. Roll Tide.
by Acinum on Jan 5, 2012 7:36 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
I for one am glad to have the perspective of the long term fans like you.
And even though most of us youngin’s don’t like to admit it, we’ve all gone through the embarrassment of learning new technology, we just started at a younger age. And I agree, RBR is an incredible service for those of us that can’t get enough of our Tide.
So how are you watching the game? Are you going to NOLA?
Hand-crafted rugged paracord gear: 8 Legs Web Belts
I have
what my wife calls “The man cave” with a 100" projection screen, Bose surround sound and thats where I will be watching the game. I would love to be in NOLA but they make it where a man like me can’t afford to go to such important games.
Dang!
They also make it so a man like me can’t afford a 100" projection screen, Bose surround sound, and my own “man cave.” And by “they,” I mean The Man, and my wife. Who is also The Man. Or, you know, The woMan.
I’m gonna hang up an’ lissen…
Thirteen.
It is not as expensive as you might think.
I bought two team ticket reservations for Bama in Jan last year at $75 each. Then got 2 tickets for face value- $300. I mean $375 per ticket is not that much…not really.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
Is it just me
or does this sound like you justifying the purchase to yourself?
/wouldbuyticketsforthatpricealldaylong
"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
You only live once.
…Now if this debt shit continues into a Beetlejuice-like afterlife, I’ll be pissed.
9th January, 2012: Section 101, Row 1, Seat... I'll let y'all spot that one.
"And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land"
-- "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
by TiderUpNorth on Jan 6, 2012 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
Nah, not trying to justify anything.
In the grand scheme of things $400 or $800 for 2 to go see us play for a NC is not a big price to pay when I just finished paying about 90k for my kid to graduate from Bama.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
Was it $75 or $85? 'cause I did the same thing and it was $85.
And yeah, I think it’s worth every penny at that price.
God bless our Dark Lord.
This has been my first foray into the whole seat license/reservation thingy.
I just can’t believe it worked as conveniently as it did…
…after sweating-out Bedlam Saturday, that is. ;]]
9th January, 2012: Section 101, Row 1, Seat... I'll let y'all spot that one.
"And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land"
-- "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
Well I really thought it was 75
but it was in Jan so you might be right.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
What section were you in, 50?
I was in 630. I’m assuming that was all tickets from that same system, but the people sitting around me had bought off Stubhub. It was all Bama except we had on LSU couple sitting next to us.
God bless our Dark Lord.
Beers up, Jasands!
'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
Here, here!
I actually found this place when I was googling something to the effect of “Alabama coaching search” after Shula had gotten fired. After trolling a few sites for a couple of days, I finally stumbled across a site who refused to post stuff like:
Spurrier sighting at the Tuscaloosa TCBY buying ice cream for his pet jack-o-lantern. Deal already signed for 14 million per year. Presser at 3am.
Been trapped here ever since. A big THANKS from me too, guys.
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant
by TopDaddy on Jan 5, 2012 8:17 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I found this site back in 2007
I was googling (that’s a correct term, right?) for Alabama’s 2008 schedule after we had lost to ULM, looking ahead to the future. I didn’t actually join until the 2008 season started, but this is definitely the best quality site for Alabama news.
Sure
I google myself all the time!
Audemus jura nostra defendere
Every day we make it, we'll make it the best we can.
by animalcracker on Jan 6, 2012 9:49 AM CST up reply actions
Hey, I googled you and found your parents!
'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
by J Tadpole on Jan 6, 2012 9:59 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
You should've worn your name out after ten weeks!
Audemus jura nostra defendere
Every day we make it, we'll make it the best we can.
by animalcracker on Jan 6, 2012 10:10 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
For some reason
I had it in my head that you were in your 20’s. I hope that can be taken as a compliment the same way it would be if I were to see you in person and make the same assumption. Anyway, it’s intended as such.
BTW
If you saw me in person you wouldn’t mistake me to be in my 20s. Ive been rode hard and put away wet.
No one mistook me for being in my 20s...
even when I was in my 20s. I got old fast, and am fast on my parents’ heels.
Thirteen.
Aren't you just the overpaid CEO cracking the whip over OTS, Kleph, Matt and Nico?
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
Seriously, RBR is the best SBN blog. Thank you, sir.
"All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand."- Kenny Stabler
If he was a volunteer he'd be worth every penny.
'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
Yeah, then he could put in a pool
and if there’s enough left over, fly us all in to dedicate it!
'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
Why's the carpet all wet, TODD???
'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 wonder what his chart would say...
if we figured out how much hard work he puts in per dollar earned…
Thirteen.
you will never have to worry about that...
…I refuse to own anything orange. NOTHING. I buy the single dish washing sponges instead of the four pack even though its more expensive so I don’t get the orange one. My aversion to orange borders on OCD behavior.
Roll Bama Roll - The Champagne of Bama Blogs.
Would you wear an orange Astros shirt?
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Jan 5, 2012 7:57 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Sounds reasonable to me
I once made my girlfriend change before we went out because she had on an orange shirt. She claimed some b.s. about “fall colors” but I stood strong. She actually NEVER wore that sweater.
"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
Jasands
Not only are you an icon…you are also a verb on RBR.
Cheers and RTR!
Talent can only get you so far. Give me a player who has less talent, but the heart of a champion and the will to succeed.
by Bamapride on Jan 5, 2012 11:29 AM CST reply actions 5 recs
Yes, they verbed me with you, JSands
and then had to ‘splain it to me. Hence my reply here. I am a lineal thinker and like to read the posts in chrono order, but am now “with the program.” By the way, I am old, too. Now, if I can figure out how to post fanshots with paragraphs and how to rec something, they’ll stop pointing at me so much. I found RBR during the coaching drama and was glued to it during Julio’s recruiting. I still remember him in that yellow sweater! Thank you to all of the RBR exec’s. You do a great job!
"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was
hell."
- Harry S Truman
Agreed, Bamapride!
God bless our Dark Lord.
by CarrotTop4 on Jan 5, 2012 12:22 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Well said, Bamapride...
…of an RBR LEGEND….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 5, 2012 2:15 PM CST reply actions
Roll Tide
Jasands!
A 100" tv aint doing too bad. Happy New Year to you and yours.
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way." - Steve Martin
"A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance." - Unknown
A 100" taint? Gross!
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 5, 2012 2:33 PM CST reply actions
Must... resist... urge... to google...
Thirteen.
by Darth Saban on Jan 5, 2012 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
To menny inches
'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
by J Tadpole on Jan 5, 2012 3:33 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
We all do, son.
Jasands, you are a scholar, a gentleman, and a legend in your own time. Never change.
Thirteen.
Geez
I wrote this to thank RBR for being RBR not to attract attention to myself. Icon??? Is that because I am so old…LOL?
you are an icon because of who you are and for what you have given us..
Age has nothing to do with.
Follow on twitter @thelyell
A Hundred Pounds Lost
You are amazing Jasands, you're an icon.
I LOVE THE ASTROS. Now lets win something!
by ccislanders on Jan 5, 2012 7:55 PM CST via mobile reply actions
By the way Jasands
I’m sure I’m older than you. But that means nothing.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
ofcourse messing with you guys, jasands is a legend here, as is 5026 with tin foil
by BamaThrasher on Jan 5, 2012 10:39 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
But, how would a Latin-American say "Jasands?"
Sorry. I just got done watching Scarface and every letter I read is in Sosa’s voice.
9th January, 2012: Section 101, Row 1, Seat... I'll let y'all spot that one.
"And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land"
-- "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
by TiderUpNorth on Jan 6, 2012 10:25 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ok I'm 59, so maybe you are a few months older.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
What is this, UAARP?
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 10, 2012 10:29 PM CST up reply actions
This is why I come here
Coffee almost came out my nose. LMAO
by TideinOklahoma on Jan 13, 2012 7:28 AM CST up reply actions
Nice post, Jasands.
This is a great sight. I found it thanks to Smart Football and Doc Saturday.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Jan 6, 2012 2:18 AM CST reply actions
Well put, Jasands
The reason I come to this site is EVERY day is because it lacks trolls and hearsay of the loldaveyjones variety. It deals in facts and informed analysis. I guess you could say RBR is the anti-Finebaum Show.
I used to be on Tidesports until they went all corporate on us. But even they were full of trolls and a-hole know-it-alls only concerned with post counts. [I really hated that “Gilmer” thing they’d do – which is highly offensive to the Bama legend in my eyes.]
Keep up the good work RBR.
Thirteen and counting
Say what you want about trolls,
but I think that whole “Saban to the Greek National Team” rumor has legs.
9th January, 2012: Section 101, Row 1, Seat... I'll let y'all spot that one.
"And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land"
-- "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
What'd they say about Gilmer?
For whatever reason I got all my news off of al.com… I got tired of inbreds arguing and found this place… It’s great.
Tidesports had this odd ranking system based on how many posts you had
I guess you got a point for every post and there were some people who would comment on EVERY post just to get points. Some did it because they thought they knew everything.
The people with low post counts were Harry Gilmer, the next level up was another former Tide player on up to the highest level. I can’t remember who the other players were but you know: Stabler, Namath, etc. Not sure why Tidesports decided Gilmer was the lowest.
Anyway, many of these high-post-count guys thought they were better than others and when someone new or uninformed asked a question they deemed to be stupid, they would call them a “gilmer” – not meant as a compliment – and it became pretty widely used on the site though some people did not know who Harry Gilmer was. A few others and I objected.
Thirteen and counting
Harry Gilmer...
…is at least one of the ten best football players in Alabama football history. I hope each of those ‘Alabama fans’ have found other teams to…support….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 10, 2012 10:32 PM CST up reply actions
i met mr. gilmer last year
a supremely wonderful person and deserving of far more credit for what he achieved on the football field.
SB Nation's The Historical: Because all those games way back when matter.
Agreed...
…he’s the only first overall NFL pick ever from Alabama, he guided an undefeated, national championship caliber team that was excellent on both sides of the ball, and you could argue he was the best QB in UA history…or RB…or DB…or return specialist….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 18, 2012 8:27 AM CST up reply actions
Another Alabama legend you don't hear enough about
Don Hutson is practically the inventor of the wide receiver position. He held the NFL career TD reception record for 44 years! And he did it in only 11 seasons playing both ways.
A little known fact: Hutson also had 30 interceptions including a pick-6 in his final 6 season (no records kept before 1940) as a defensive back. He also had 3 rushing TDs and scored 193 career points as a placekicker.
If you or someone you know does not know about Hutson, educate them, B)
VIDEO
Fourteen and counting
True...
…but Huston gets a lot more pub than Gilmer due to his stellar NFL career and the fact that he played alongside one of the two greatest coaches in CFB history….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 18, 2012 1:24 PM CST up reply actions
By far, this is the best site for Alabama Football on all the Internets
I’m about the same age as Jasands, and, like him I’ve sought out any and all info about the Tide throughout the years. Living in Georgia for the last 30 years has made it tough. But finding RBR was the best thing that ever happened to this Bama fan.
"Football has never been just a game to me. Never."
Paul William Bryant
The best site by far.
I’m sure it has happened, but I can not think of anything the editors put out that was a news story that was not the truth.
Since Pete left I can’t remember any commentary of an editor I disagreed with. However, I wish Pete was still here.
And, the people who post here in general know football.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
Pete completely disagrees with everything you just said, BTW....
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 10, 2012 10:33 PM CST up reply actions
Only in his behavior...
…many of his comments actually had some truth to them….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 12, 2012 9:50 AM CST up reply actions
(you know I knew that)
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 12, 2012 10:20 AM CST up reply actions
(y’all crazy)
'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
(troof)
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 12, 2012 10:45 AM CST up reply actions
This place is by far the best Bama blog/news site.
The news, the informed opinion, the humor, the Jasands….
I don’t even visit any other Bama sites anymore.
Not even BDS?
That’s sad….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jan 10, 2012 10:33 PM CST up reply actions
I found
this site just by chance, I’ve been addicted ever since. This is hands down the best source for info on the Tide. I find the writers very knowledgeable and posters hilarious, this is what keeps me coming back. Jasands50 while I don’t know you it sounds like you are an icon around here atleast according to the people upthread.
To: Todd, OTS, Nico2.0, Kelph, MD,
Thanks.
by TideinOklahoma on Jan 17, 2012 12:32 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
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