Screw you and may the eagle of happiness fly right up yore arse! ScR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:24 AM Subject: RE: [RollTideFan] Maybe awbrin Can Get Some Buzzards To Stand In....
> As much as I dislike allbarn, that Eagle flight is the bomb. That is just > way too cool. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Auburn has us > licked in stadium atmosphere and excitement. Turd-N-Hair is louder and > actually more intimidating than BD. The big screen is clearer too. > > Flashbacks of that big blow-up houndstooth (Arby's) hat at the first Arn > Bole in T-Town still make my skin crawl. I wonder what we'll have in store > for Oklahoma's first trip here? Perhaps a big cowboy houndstooth hat.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jamie Watts > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RollTideFan] Maybe awbrin Can Get Some Buzzards To Stand In.... > > $1 to The Anniston Star, and Joe Medley for this > article....Jamie > > Joe Medley: Wishing more flights for 'Spirit' > > > 06-20-2003 > > OK, I admit it. > > For a minute or two before every Auburn home football > game, this beat writer vacates objectivity row. I go > down to the camera deck and await one of college > football's most fantastic pregame spectacles. > > I look around Jordan-Hare Stadium's upper decks and > find the raptor cage. A handler opens the door, and > out flies one of nature's truly awesome creatures. > > An eagle launches into her seemingly whimsical glide, > scanning the stadium with her gifted glare. > > As Auburn fans hold the first word of their school's > familiar "War Eagle!" battle cry, the king of birds > decides which lucky sections get this week's > close-ups. > > Then, she pinpoints her designated landing pad on the > field and calls it a performance. > > No favorite team required. Anyone can enjoy eagle > flights. Speaking from a Kentucky-raised tree hugger's > perspective, it's about the bird, and nothing but the > bird. > > Now, we hear that "Spirit," the bald eagle that took > over for aging golden eagle "Tiger" last season, could > be ill and unable to perform this fall. > > "Spirit" tested positive for a respiratory infection > that killed 11 birds in Auburn's care. Her handlers > want to assess her condition before deciding on her > training. > > On the up side, a positive test does not guarantee > that "Spirit" will die or even get sick. Still, folks > at Auburn's home games this fall might go without > eagle flights. > > Here's to healthy lungs, so that "Spirit" can keep > inspiring hearts and minds. > > * * * > > ===== > BRYANT And SHULA > TWO Great Names > ONE Great Tradition > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit > http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net > > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net