Ewe dew knot bee flurten wit mye womern! Slef E.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "tim ammons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] If ewe haven't seen it.. > you got it sugar! > > Devonna Snuggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:me thinks he is on the RTF Message Board :) If so, he lives in Dothan, > right? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Todd" > To: "RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:19 AM > Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] If ewe haven't seen it.. > > > > Damn, Tim! > > > > Welcome to RTF! > > > > Where are you from and how did you get here? > > > > Slef E. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "tim ammons" > > To: "RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" > > > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:17 AM > > Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] If ewe haven't seen it.. > > > > > > > Damn! > > > Started out with goose bumps and now im in tears. > > > That was beautiful. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > forwarded message: > > > > > > Greetings Bama Fans! > > > It's UT Week in TitleTown ladies and gentlemen. > > > > > > You know the best thing about Daniel Moore paintings? > > > Even though they do a beautiful job capturing the > > > moments most associated with the game they represent, > > > they also evoke memories of the moments leading up to > > > these plays that were often as big (if not bigger) > > > than the actual game winning plays themselves. > > > There's no 'Goal Line Stand' if Don McNeal doesn't > > > appear from nowhere to stop Penn State receiver Scott > > > Fitzkee at the one two plays earlier. > > > There's no 'Kick' from Van Tiffin if Greg Richardson > > > doesn't drag the Auburn defensive back halfway across > > > the field in an effort to get out of bounds to stop > > > the clock. > > > There's no 'Block' by Thomas Rayam in Happy Valley if > > > Tide defenders don't stop Blair Thomas inches short of > > > the goal line moments before. > > > > > > The funny thing about plays like these is that when > > > they happen, when you're there in the stands and you > > > see them, or when you're at home watching the game on > > > television, they seem so large, so defining, that > > > you're sure you'll be singing the praises of the men > > > responsible for years to come. But those thoughts are > > > brief. They get caught up in the wave of emotion that > > > follows when the field goal is good, or blocked, or > > > the touchdown scored, or the end zone protected. It's > > > the kicker or quarterback that gets carried off the > > > field, and rightfully so, but it's the guy that made > > > the touchdown saving tackle, or the key block to open > > > up the hole, that makes Alabama football so damn > > > wonderful. > > > > > > So damn wonderful. > > > > > > Football is a team sport. It is a drama that is played > > > out over the course of an hour, but it's made up of > > > quick moments that turn goats to heroes. > > > It's moments like these that etch the names of Alabama > > > football players in the aura and tradition that makes > > > this program so special. > > > > > > I bring all this up because I was thinking about Stacy > > > Harrison earlier today. > > > > > > Do you remember Stacy Harrison? > > > He played defensive back at the Capstone in the early > > > 90s. Wore #1. He was a solid performer. Not that big. > > > Not that fast. At the beginning of the 1990 season he > > > had taken his share of heat, just like every other > > > player that wore Crimson and White. Bama had a new > > > coach and had lost three games (by a total of eight > > > points). The games they'd won were not that impressive > > > (victories over Vanderbilt never are). The offense was > > > too conservative, the defense couldn't stop anybody. > > > In fact, they couldn't even stop a high school team > > > (insert Lee Corso reference here). Alabama was > > > expected to roll right over and die against a superior > > > team from Knoxville that year. The coach would be run > > > out of town, Bama would suffer a losing season. All > > > hope was lost. > > > > > > Somebody forgot to tell Stacy Harrison. > > > With :48 seconds left in a 6-6 ballgame Tennessee > > > lined up for what would be a game winning field goal. > > > > > > Bama had blown yet another game. > > > Somebody forgot to tell Stacy Harrison. > > > Somebody forgot to block Stacy Harrison. > > > > > > The painting shows Phillip Doyle booting the game > > > winning field goal, but if you look closely, standing > > > on the sidelines you see #1, and you remember. You > > > remember that winning big games in big settings is > > > about big time players stepping up and making big time > > > plays. It's about never letting down, never taking a > > > play off. It's about holding the block for one second > > > longer than you usually do or laying out for that pass > > > that's usually out of reach. It's about patience and > > > pride and determination. It's about wrapping up. It's > > > about staying focused. It's about respect. > > > > > > And it's about guys that fight hard enough, stay with > > > it long enough, and believe in themselves and the guys > > > around them enough that they find themselves in the > > > right position, at the right time, to make the tackle, > > > or get out of bounds, or block the kick. > > > "I was determined to block that field goal. There was > > > no way I was going to let Alabama lose." > > > No way. > > > No way. > > > > > > All Alabama did after that game (a game that was > > > supposed to mark the end of life as we know it) was > > > win 35 of their next 39 ballgames. > > > This is the Third Saturday in October. That means > > > something folks. It meant something to our > > > grandfathers. It meant something to our fathers. It's > > > sacred. It's pure. It's beautiful. It's Crimson and > > > Orange. It's Bryant and Neyland. It's Alabama and > > > Tennessee. > > > > > > And I love it. > > > I love it. > > > I love it so much I can't stand to think about it > > > because all I want to do is get up, hand in my > > > resignation, fill up the gas tank, put on my 'Nothing > > > Sucks Like A Big Orange' t-shirt and make that > > > wonderful drive down the road to the most beautiful > > > campus in the land, walk to the Quad and yell at the > > > top of my lungs: I HATE TENNESSEE! > > > And I'm going to die if it doesn't hurry up and get > > > here. > > > > > > This is a chance to make things right. It's a chance > > > for some guy in a Crimson jersey to put disappointing > > > seasons and losses behind him and do something. > > > It's why I'm sitting here thinking of Stacy Harrison. > > > It's a chance to become part of Alabama lore. > > > We need to let Tennessee know what it means to play > > > Alabama. > > > > > > It's about tradition. > > > It's about memories. > > > And it's about the future. > > > I can't wait. > > > I can't freakin' WAIT! > > > > > > In case your not fired up enough already I offer the > > > following example of what it means when Alabama plays > > > Tennessee. It's a quote from Tennessee lineman Bull > > > Bayer about Bama All-American Bully Van de Graaf who > > > lined up opposite him in the 1913 Bama-UT game: "His > > > ear had a real nasty cut and it was dangling from his > > > head, bleeding badly. He grabbed his own ear and tried > > > to yank it from his head. His teammates stopped him > > > and the managers bandaged him. Man was that guy a > > > tough one. He wanted to tear off his own ear so he > > > could keep playing." > > > > > > Oh My God! Somebody call a doctor! I'm about to have a > > > stroke! > > > > > > I'll meet you on the Quad in two hours. > > > > > > I HATE TENNESSEE. YOU SHOULD TOO. > > > > > > ROLL DAMN TIDE! > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > The New Yahoo! 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