--- Rick McMahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steven Johnson wrote: > > They see how stupid Housels tirade was. > > > > > http://mb7.theinsiders.com/fouinsiderfrm1.showMessage?topicID=56282.topic > > > > > Here's the text to Housel's tirade in case some > haven't had a chance to > listen... > > ~~~~~ > I, like you, have read everything, I've heard > everything, and I've seen > everything. Now the time has come, the time has come > to decide who we > are, what we are, and what we're going to do. > > You Alabama fans listening in to see what we're > saying, how we're > feeling, how we're thinking, how about giving us a > moment alone, just us > auburn people, so we can talk among ourselves. Would > you do us that > favor? We'd appreciate it. Take a break, go to the > bathroom, get another > beer, do whatever you want to do, I don't care, just > give us auburn > people a moment alone. > > Well, now that we're alone what do you think? Ah, I > know they're still > there, I know they're still there listening in on > what we're saying, but > so be it. I'm not scared of them and you're not > scared of them either, > not since coach dye came, none of us have been > scared of them anymore, > none of us. If they were'nt scared of us, they > wouldn't still be > listening in and thinking we didn't know they were > there. > > Funny thing is they probably thought we were stupid > enough to think they > would leave when we asked them to leave. They're the > ones with the > problem, (giggle, giggle), not us. In fact I want > them to hear what > we're saying and what we're talking about. I want > them to know what > we're thinking, they need to know, and when they > find out, they won't > sleep good tonight, tomorrow night, any night. We're > coming after their > butt. We're coming after them today, we're coming > after them tomorrow, > we're coming after them the day after tomorrow, and > the day after that, > and the day after that. > > We will not rest, we won't sleep, we will not be > deterred until we reach > our goal, and that goal is simply this, to paint > this state, the entire > state, not North Alabama, not South Alabama, not > East Alabama, not West > Alabama, the entire state, orange and blue. Now > Terry Bowden and I > didn't always agree, and we didn't always see eye to > eye on everything, > but we did agree on one thing. We might not get > them, the Alabama mamas > and papas, but we were going to get the sons and the > daughters. We were > going to get the children, and we are getting them. > Birminghan was once > their bastion, their home ground, their turf. Look > at the statistics, > statistics don't lie. Birmingham and Jefferson > County students are > coming to auburn as never before. > > We're winning the battle there, and we're winning > the battle everywhere > else. Take a snapshot here, take a snapshot there > and it might not be > evident, but in your heart, in your heart of hearts, > you know we're > winning the battle, and you know we're winning the > war. Where are their > sons and daughters going to school? Think about your > Alabama friends and > the number of their chidren who are coming to > auburn. Inch by inch, > person by person, child by child we're winning we're > winning the war. It > might not be evident in every battle, and it may or > may not be evident > today, but we're winning the war. > > All we have to do is keep the faith and keep on > fighting. Every day in > every way in every arena. The future is ours. All we > have to do is fight > for it and take it. Keeping the faith, that's the > key. And I don't want > to get anybody mad,and I don't want to offend > anybody, but think about > the Vietnam War. Think about it in the context of > the Alabama-auburn > rivalry. Time and time again we Americans claimed > victory. We read about > it in the paper, we heard about it on television, we > beat ourselves on > the chest. > > And what did it get us? In the the little(?) things > and the hearts of > the people, that's where wars are won and lost, and > we're winning this > war with Alabama, just as sure as you hear the sound > of my voice, we're > winning it. You know it and they know it. > > That's what will keep them awake tonight, that's > what will keep them > awake in the nights to come. Winston Churchill, he > of the auburn heart > said it best, "Never, never, never give up. We will > fight on the land, > we will fight on the sea, we will fight in the air, > we will fight until > Hitler and his nazis are driven from the face of the > earth." > > Now I'm not comparing Alabama to Hitler and the > nazis. Not at all. There > are many good Alabama people, and I have many good > Alabama friends, at > least a few, and I have great respect for them and > their program for > what they've accomplished down through the years. > But this is not about > them, this is about us. Who we are, what we are, and > what we are going > to do. > > We are going to fight them today, we are going to > fight them tomorrow. > We're going to fight them every day and every way. > We won't win all the > battles, but we're going to win the war. You Alabama > fans out there, > still listening in, eavesdropping voyeurs that you > are, lurking there in > the deep dark shadows of radioland, you can bank on > it. We're going to > win the war. Remember Dunkirk, the gallant British > army was virtually > driven into the sea. That was but one battle. It was > a long, long war as > this has been, and will continue to be, a long, long > war. > > No, this is not about you. This is about us, the > auburn people. And this > is a call to arms, today, tomorrow, the day after > tomorrow, the day > after that, and the day after that. We will fight > until victory is ours. > And as for today, coach jordan said it best, we're > going to Tuscaloosa > with but one thought in mind, and that's beat hell > out of the University > of Alabama. We will fight until the victory is ours. > We may get knocked > down, but we will not be knocked out. We will get up > and fight again. We > may occasionally be downhearted, but we will not be > defeated,never. > > And it is not in our nature, not in our makeup, it > is not in our heart > and it is not in our soul. Remember Goliath, > remember the Roman Empire, > remember Ozimandias, learn from them my Alabama > friends, learn from them > and prepare to join them. (Giggle), No, Ozimanias > was not Ozzie Nelson's > cousin. > > Now go listen to Eli, he's a good man, he'll tell > you who Ozimandias > was. Back to you Paul, let's get it on. > ~~~ > > It's great to be a Bama fan! > ROLL DAMN TIDE! > Rick
This is what he said in 2002 also....verbatim....Jamie ===== "Auburn University is damn lucky to have a coach like Tommy Tuberville, and they're damn lucky if he would even think about coaching that program again." Louisville AD -Tom Jurich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.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
