Welcome aboard 30MM. RTR Loose Cannon --- tim ammons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > came over from da board man!!! > been on there for a while,tryin to keep the > proverbial shitpot stirred real well. > > Jeff Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > === message truncated ===> ______________________________________________________ > 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
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