Bama 34 Barners 17 Joe "We have the sweetest, finest bunch of kids in the world, and I love every one of them, but they're not tough enough. If we don't get some sure-enough, way-down-deep meanness, we're not going to beat anybody." - Alabama legend Bear Bryant.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 1:22 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] *Football Fan* > > Now this is what I call a "real football fanatic"! (See article) > > BAMA will kick aubarn's a$$ thru their elbows! > > UA 20 - au 13 ...... RTR -VO- > > ......................... > MITCH ALBOM: Better to sit in jail than miss the game > > November 21, 2003 > > BY MITCH ALBOM > FREE PRESS COLUMNIST > > The judge called it "the most unusual request I've ever had." > > The defense attorney said, "I've never heard anything like it." > Even the crook admits he never tried anything this brazen. > Then again, it is Michigan-Ohio State weekend. > "The first thing he wanted me to do," said defense attorney Tully > Rogers, "was to get him out on bond so he could watch the game. He > promised to come right back. I said, 'I don't think the judge is gonna > go for that. Maybe we can come up with something else.' " > > What's a crook to do? Jeff Renne, up on forgery charges, thought about > the bad checks he'd written. He thought about the punishment, two years > in prison. But mostly, he thought about -- as most sports fans do -- the > TV reception. > > And he made up his mind. > "I am guilty, your honor," he told the judge. He then said he would > accept his sentencing, right there, on the spot, if the judge would > grant him one request: > > Let him stay in the local jail through the weekend, rather than send him > to the pre-prison reception center. > > The local jail has television. > The center does not. > > And Renne -- before going up the river -- wanted to watch the game. > ...snip... (more) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > http://www.freep.com/sports/albom/mitch21_20031121.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ______________________________________________________ > 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
