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No Justins, No Peace

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

Their freedom requires your slavery.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

I really should read my own blog.

After roe, women are no longer free.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Consistently wrong since 2002

Second rate reporter says what?

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

We’ll be taking my thoughts and prayers to the ballot box.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

He really is that stupid.

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  2. 2.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    meatballs with rotini in mushroom sauce with lots of cheese.

    no turkey. i can’t tolerate it anyway except right off the turkey.

  3. 3.

    electricgrendel

    At home in Alabama watching the game with my dad, eating chili, drinking beer and hoping for a win!

  4. 4.

    Raven

    Need the Tide to win big so the Dawgs keep moving up. It hurts a great deal to have been so close but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

  9. 9.

    ranchandsyrup

    We made a white turkey chili last night as an experiment. It was a good change up from our standard chili. Gonna keep it in the rotation.

    Notre Dame fans are insufferable.

  10. 10.

    Jim C.

    I can’t figure out which team I want to lose more so I’m going to go sulk and pout about the unfairness of Boise State not being in one of the big conferences.

  11. 11.

    Raven

    I found the recipe for Cuban Garlic Chicken from the Versailles in LA. It’s a sour orange marinade that makes it unique.

  14. 14.

    John O

    It’s easier for me to work up fatigue and disdain for AL these days. So, just a little grudgingly since they’ve been pretty absent for a quarter century, go Irish.

  20. 20.

    Dee Loralei

    Asteroid. But if I have to pick, Notre Dame. I hate both teams, but the SEC and Nick Saban more.

    My moms Bday today so I made broiled scollops with an orange peel and fennel seed crust on top of a spinach salad with oranges and fennel and an orange and tarragon dressing. Main course was crab cakes with a romesco sauce. Served with a Pinot Grigio and I made a chocolate mousse pie for dessert.

  21. 21.

    agorabum

    Nick Saban is one of the most joyless coaches in college football. When he won the last championship with ‘bama, the sourpuss look on his face when he got hit with gatorade was enough to make me not want him to win again.
    Irish may be insufferable of old, but they’ve been down in the dumps long enough to root for them here. Especially against Saban and the SEC. The Irish just haven’t been worth enough to hate in the new millennia.
    C’mon America. Let’s root against Alabama. It’s not hard to do.

  27. 27.

    Linnaeus

    @Chuck:

    I was gonna link that too. There’s also a longer article that Zirin links in his most recent piece that goes into a lot more detail about Lizzy Seeburg and others. It’s frightening.

  29. 29.

    Joel

    Never gave two shits (good or bad) about Notre Dame, myself.

    But then again, that probably applies to all of college football.

    The only game that I’ve ever been sucked into was the Boise State victory in the Fiesta Bowl.

  31. 31.

    JPL

    Well since I can’t stream the game, I am just going to bed and read. bah humbug or something.

  32. 32.

    Paddy

    @ranchandsyrup:

    Notre Dame fans are insufferable.

    Imagine being smack dab in the middle of Irish country (Michiana) with all of them. Can’t turn on a teevee or go to a store without being bombarded.

    Big pot of mustard greens with scads of garlic, mebbe a pork chop on the side, but just the mustard greens make me happy.

  33. 33.

    The Dangerman

    I can’t root for an SEC team, which is too bad, as I expect the SEC team to crush the non-SEC team (I see this as a remake of Bambi vs Godzilla; hope I’m wrong).

  35. 35.

    Spaghetti Lee

    Rooting for ND all the way. What everyone thinks ND is, the SEC in general and Nick Saban’s Bama teams in particular actually are: smug, self-absorbed, and generally insufferable. Someone needs to usurp the SEC’s college football monarchy and drop a turd in that Ratface Saban’s punchbowl. I’d rather it be a Big 10 team, but I’d love to see ND do it as well.

  36. 36.

    Raven

    “They get those big back on our safety’s and we’re in trouble”. He’s a better coach than I thought he was.

  40. 40.

    JPL

    What are the odds of RGIII playing again? The reports are confusing because 4 weeks ago the mri’s were conclusive and now they are concerned about old injuries… hmmm

  42. 42.

    salsify

    Conflicted. If you have ever visited, the ND campus is not a place of diversity except for the sport teams’ members and the servers at the various cafes and gift stores. And, the self adoration is palpable. But love the Manti Te’o story. Bama…can’t abide the SEC yet in my mind’s eye I still see Bear Bryant from games long ago and I kinda smile.

  45. 45.

    Spaghetti Lee

    There are a lot of ND haters out there and I guess I understand why, in an abstract sort of way. (I’m too young to remember ND football ever being any good.) But I also think all the familiar ND complaints apply to Bama. Too much media hype? Yeah, like no ESPN jocko has ever slurped about “THAT SEC SPEED” or all the TRADITION in Tuscaloosa. The fans’ obsessive regional/ethnic identity? Somehow, even after turning at least half its schools into merciless football machines, it seems to me like the SEC still suckers a lot of people with that “we’re just humble Southern guys” stuff, like it’s still 1924 and a southern school beating the northern football ‘establishment’ is some sort of shocking upset. Every complaint about ND’s media/fanbase crap goes double for Alabama, especially in the Saban era. Go Irish.

  47. 47.

    Linnaeus

    Defense is supposed to be ND’s strength. Gonna be a long night for them if this keeps up.

  49. 49.

    Pooh

    @Spaghetti Lee: Except that SEC teams are actually good at football, and ND hasn’t been forever with no diminution in the entitlement complex of their fanbase.

  50. 50.

    Raven

    @Linnaeus: Shit, all this Teo bullshit, he’s not as good as Jarvis Jones and our defense, overall, is way better. They ran through us like crap through a tin horn.

  52. 52.

    Linnaeus

    @Raven:

    Any self-respecting Big Ten fan should hate Notre Dame.

    Yep. I’ve got a longer history of cheering against Notre Dame than I do against SEC schools, to be completely honest.

  53. 53.

    Comrade Jake

    By the way, is it just me, or does Lou Holtz look and sound more and more like a leprechaun each year?

  57. 57.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @Raven:

    I’m not exactly an ND fan, but I despise the SEC so much more that it’s not really a conflict for me.

  61. 61.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @ranchandsyrup:

    It’s weird to see the word ‘teabagger’ used in the original, non-political sense.

    @Raven:

    Well, my Mizzou Tigers are supposedly a part of the SEC family now (deal with the devil, that one: yeah, more TV exposure, the exposure being of us going 2-6 in conference every year and never playing in any post-Christmas bowl game again. BRILLIANT IDEA!), and if anything, it’s intensified my hate.

  64. 64.

    The Dangerman

    Did the Bama cheerleaders visit the Ref’s Locker Room prior to the game? That call was brutal. At least the juggling ball was arguable.

  65. 65.

    dexwood

    Having a neat Irish whiskey at the moment. It in no way should be interpreted as a team endorsement. I didn’t know a game was on until I got here.

  71. 71.

    RossinDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    I had eggplant fries with parmesan and marinara sauce as an appetizer with dinner. Do bars come up with all the best Americanized versions on European food? This was brilliant.
    And the prettiest damn bartender in the whole state of Connecticut. Half my age and just a doll.
    I may get home to MI this week. More likely I’ll get jetted somewhere even colder and less familiar on some obscure errand.
    No football on my schedule. I’ve been up since 3:00 am & hitting the sack.

  76. 76.

    Comrade Jake

    It’s almost like the ND defense consists of lots of sideline prayers that the Alabama players will trip and fall over their own feet.

  78. 78.

    The Dangerman

    @Raven:

    The call on the punt was correct.

    I dunno; I saw a block in the back, let alone who hit the player.

    I figured this game wouldn’t last much longer than the coin flip. This could get really ugly.

  85. 85.

    Punchy

    @Raven: Dont get me wrong, I hate both teams. But the smug righteousness that ND fans carry around makes me want them to get pounded. Nick Saban will be knighted, given keys to Tuscy, and blown by every cheerleader if he wins this…

  95. 95.

    The Dangerman

    @Raven:

    There does not have to be contact.

    OK, but there was an active block (in the back no less), so I’m still saying bad call.

  102. 102.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @JPL: Daniel Snyder needs to get his ass kicked for that piss poor condition of the field.
    Looks like old Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Anyway as much I can’t stand Alabama, I hate Notre Dame worse, I am hardly sick of those who push ND in my face and if you don’t cheer them you might as well cheer for Al Qaida. I want Alabama to kick the Irish ass so bad that Mike Golic cries like a little girl, I want a Confederate Battle Flag above the Golden Dome, ok maybe that is a little much, but that how I feel. One more thing AJ McCarron’s girlfriend is HAWT!!!

  106. 106.

    J. Michael Neal

    It’s bad enough that Notre Dame is in the national title game but I deeply resent rooting for them. And if I’m going to root for them, I even more deeply resent them getting crushed.

    Same thing’s going to happen to their hockey team tomorrow.

  108. 108.

    Raven

    This is like Georgia Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. All that Haka shit was about as valuable as the Irish Jig.

  110. 110.

    Punchy

    Good thing ND has a other-wordly defense. Or so I was told. Maybe the ND LB will change his name to Manti T’D

  111. 111.

    RareSanity

    Man…where is that hellacious Notre Dame defense I’ve been hearing about all freaking year?

    Never mind, that’s a trick question, they never actually had that. LOL

  115. 115.

    RareSanity

    @Raven:

    What’s up Raven? I knew you’d be in here. LOL

    I didn’t even think it would get this ugly tonight. I knew ND would lose…but not like this.

  116. 116.

    The Dangerman

    I hope ND fans at the game took ample beer money, or snuck in the hard stuff; anything approximating sobriety is no way to go through this game.

    ETA: I been there; SC/UCLA, 2003 or 4, I forget, and it was over by the end of the first quarter. I’m not sure the Rose Bowl had enough beer for that crowd.

  119. 119.

    eclare

    I went to TN but I always cheer for the family. Now if only a meteor could take out Brent…..Roll Tide!

  120. 120.

    RareSanity

    @Raven:

    How bout them Jackets takin it to Tommy Trojan!

    Bah!

    Not even that can make look favorably upon Paul Johnson. I’m glad they won, but I’ve had it with that guy.

  121. 121.

    cintibud

    I’m starting to recall an old Bill Cosby story when his pathetic Temple team played a then powerful Buffalo

  124. 124.

    Raven

    @RareSanity: I just didn’t think there was any way they could match up. I mean we have a pretty good defense and they mauled us on the ground. And as for the Irish offense, nebah hoppin GI.

  126. 126.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Betty Cracker: Have you seen the ESPN Documentary Roll Tide/War Eagle? That is one of the best sports documentary I have seen, I would like to hear one of those radio shows in Alabama. Man that is some serious hate down there.

  129. 129.

    RareSanity

    ND better be careful here, this is where the bad starts happening. You start trying to force the issue and make poor decisions.

    They let ‘Bama have another short field because of a turnover, it’s lights out.

  133. 133.

    RareSanity

    @Raven:

    USC had the same let down UGA had in that Liberty Bowl a few years ago.

    They were pissed off they weren’t playing in a bigger bowl game and just phoned it in.

  134. 134.

    Raven

    @Mr Stagger Lee: We were driving back from the beach the Monday after the Bama-Auburn game and listened most of the way. It was actually pretty tame because Auburn is soooo bad. My boss has to buy me lunch this week for the 9th time in 10 years. Auburn fans are strange, the place is a shit hole but they love it.

  137. 137.

    pseudonymous in nc

    Somewhere in Tuscaloosa, an academic department is looking at its budget, looking at Nick Saban’s salary, and weeping. Again.

  138. 138.

    JPL

    My son is giving a play by play and when I said I felt bad for notre dame, his response was
    dont feel bad for them!………………………………
    if we had a playoff sysstem then they would have been let down much sooner……………………………………
    and not had to endure such a championship ass kicking

  140. 140.

    RareSanity

    @Raven:

    Yeah…dude is awesome.

    Just as solid as he was between the hedges. He may not be flashy, but damn if he don’t have super glue painted on his hands.

  141. 141.

    Raven

    @RareSanity: I just remember him crying like a baby after that Liberty Bowl. I said earlier, I was at that bowl for the Bear’s last game when Jeremiah Castille Sr willed Bama over the Illini.

    eta I’m not being critical of Chris, he wanted to win badly.

  142. 142.

    Eric

    As a Washington fan it pains me to say this, but should have been Oregon, Notre Dame is the luckiest undefeated team I can remember, should have 2 or 3 losses, they shouldn’t be top 5, let alone #1

  145. 145.

    Punchy

    ND QB rattled and too inexperienced. Runs OB a yard from 1st down marker. Cant win with punts, yo

  147. 147.

    The Dangerman

    @Eric:

    …Notre Dame is the luckiest undefeated team I can remember…

    UCLA deserves a thank you for knocking Barkeley out; with MB, I think SC beats ND in LA (Senior Day, knocking off #1, etc.)

  150. 150.

    Eric

    @Moonbatting Average:

    If Thomas had simply turned around to block on Mariotta’s long run they would have been there. Total bone head play, there is no reason to run side by side with a guy into the end zone, look for someone to block

  151. 151.

    Eric U.

    @Comrade Jake: never understood why they keep Mussberger around anyway. I wonder if that slobbering comment might be problematic for him given his lack of talent.

    This game is a travesty, as time goes on the reasons to have a playoff system become more and more obvious

  152. 152.

    Raven

    You left-coasters are delusional. Oregon is fast compared to who they play. The top level SEC teams have every bit as much speed and they are bigger.

  153. 153.

    RareSanity

    Good grief…

    Why am I getting the feeling that a safety, pick-six, or fumble recovered for touchdown is about to happen?

    I want the game to at least be competitive…this is just lame.

  154. 154.

    Moonbatting Average

    “If” is sometimes the longest word in the English language. Ah well, maybe we both make it into the NCAA basketball tournament?

  160. 160.

    Corner Stone

    @Raven: The team speed of Oregon is simply undeniable. I saw a white weakside LB who has to run a flat 4.4 40yd in full pads. The guys on special teams for Oregon swarm everything.
    Bama may, may, have better overall athletes but there is simply no way to escape that Oregon has around 40 people who run 4.4 or better.

  164. 164.

    RareSanity

    @Raven:

    I woulda thought they learned that against Auburn…PAC-12 fans…it’s not about your starters, it’s the depth.

    The teams in the SEC are so good because they have NFL talent two levels deep. When a substitute comes in, he’s just as good as the guy he’s replacing, there’s no drop off. They just beat teams up and wear them down.

    The offensive and defensive lines of those “fast-break” offenses out West, are just too small. The offense dictates that they be smaller and more “mobile”. They’re worn out by the middle of the 3rd quarter. The SEC lineman are just as fast as the PAC-12 linemen, but they’re bigger, stronger, and they’re two deep at every position.

  169. 169.

    raven

    @RareSanity: Well, they get to the championship game so seldom it’s easy to forget. Sort of reminds me of the Vick Hokie team against FSU in the National Championship. Tech could sorta keep up for a while but FSU was way too deep.

  174. 174.

    eclare

    This is showing my age, but in college I had to put up with the team of Lesley Visser and Brent. It’s 25 years later, and I still have to put up with his ass. He just stopped talking about Notre Dame’s missed tackles. I’m shocked!

  177. 177.

    RareSanity

    @Comrade Jake:

    Up to now, conference bowl standings:

    SEC: 5 – 3 (about to be 6-3)

    ACC: 4 – 2

    Pac-12: 4 – 4

    B1G Ten: 2 – 5

    Big Twelve: 4 – 5

    Big East: 3 – 2

    Mountain West: 1 – 4

    Mid-American: 2 – 5

    C-USA: 4 – 1

    Western Athletic: 2 – 0

    Independent: 1 – 1

    Sun Belt: 2 – 3

    The two SEC loses were Florida losing to Louisville 33-23 and Miss St. losing to Northwestern 34-20. Upsets for sure. The only embarrassment was Miss St, Louisville has a helluva team.

  183. 183.

    Seanly

    @Comrade Jake:

    Yes, my Clemson Tigers beat LSU. We came from behind to win on a last minute kick. I wouldn’t call it a convincing win though they were favored by 7.

    I’m rooting for Alabama if for no other reason than to hear the lamentations of Brent Musberger. He’s a terrible, terrible announcer and may be a worse fanboi for Notre Dame then Dick Vitale is for Duke.

  193. 193.

    Uncle Cosmo

    Someone once defined an atheist as someone who can watch a game between Notre Dame & Southern Methodist & not care who wins.

    They were wrong. That’s the definition of an agnostic. An atheist would be calling for the meteor.

    Poisonally I root against any entity associated with the One Holy Catholic & Apostolic Church, arguably the most sordid, corrupt, mendacious & inhumane institution to slouch & slither more or less intact into the third millennium of the Common Era. To the extent that they get their genuflecting arses handed to them, I say bully!

  194. 194.

    danielx

    Looking like Notre Dame has only two chances left, slim and none…and naturally Slim is out of town, along with Touchdown Jesus.

    On the other hand both teams have more than their share of hypocritical suckage, so who gives a shit?

  196. 196.

    Cacti

    Notre Dame vs. Alabama is a root for injuries matchup for me.

    As for the game itself, this looks like the biggest title game mismatch since the 1996 Fiesta Bowl.

  197. 197.

    Steeplejack

    Credit the N.D. coach for not sugar-coating things in his leaving-the-field interview snippet. Shorter: “We suck.”

  198. 198.

    Yutsano

    @Betty Cracker: I’m thinking even at this point the 3 is being a bit generous. ND better do some massive adjusting at halftime or this is pretty much ovah.

  200. 200.

    Cacti

    And before anyone says Alabama could beat an NFL team…

    Nick Saban had trouble beating NFL teams when he coached an NFL team.

  201. 201.

    Cassidy

    If only there were a group of people, a group of fans maybe, who said this was going to happen. But I imagine those people would have been dismissed as arrogant fans who only knows what ESPN tells them. If only…

  202. 202.

    Comrade Jake

    @Yutsano:

    ND better do some massive adjusting at halftime or this is pretty much ovah.

    Short of swapping out their entire squad with Oklahoma’s, not sure there’s much they can do.

  204. 204.

    Cassidy

    Well Bob, Notre Dame needs to come out in the second half and score and run and pass and defend better.

  205. 205.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Yutsano: I thought it was ovah half an hour ago, but what do I know? I’ll be quite surprised to be proven wrong in this case though.

  208. 208.

    Todd

    @Cassidy:

    Lighten up, Francis. Bama is just selling ESPN and the BCS rope to hang themselves with with. Destruction of ND was a necessary precursor…

  212. 212.

    The Dangerman

    @Todd:

    Count me in with Yutsano. The 3 is pushing it.

    I’m there, too; short a Pick 6 or a safety, it’s a shutout.

  213. 213.

    Todd

    @Cassidy:

    Well Bob, Notre Dame needs to come out in the second half and score and run and pass and defend better.

    Shit, you’re ready for a six figure salary plus wardrobe allowance as a smiling sports commentator.

  215. 215.

    Yutsano

    @Todd: Don Cherry suits and ties. I shall demand nothing less from our dear Cassidy. Not to mention what his kids will say. :)

  218. 218.

    scav

    OT, I don’t think SP&T has been posting enough, the site seems to think I’d be interested in xian dating — even lost the simultaneously PETA and gun loving ad niche. Do we need to organize a flash expletive thread and reset the google or something? I’d almost rather the three-armed (or was it treble-breasted?) woman.

  230. 230.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @Uncle Cosmo:

    Atheists actively root for the violent deaths of non-atheists? News to me.

    I personally think people who need to vicariously live out their political/religious hang-ups through football need help, but whatever: If you’ve gotta do that, is rooting for Alabama really the more progressive, secular option? There’s one state of those two that has the Ten Commandments on the courthouse floor, and it ain’t Indiana.

  240. 240.

    Punchy

    Good to see ND was ranked #1 before this game. Certainly the best team in college football 3 hours ago.

  241. 241.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    So, another reason to hate Notre Dame. This ESPN article, describes the playoff/bowl system being planned for 2015. In the middle is this:

    In the upcoming college football playoff, the top four teams — as determined by the selection committee — will meet in the semifinals. After those four teams are selected, the league champion or top available team from the Pac-12 and Big Ten will play in the Rose Bowl, SEC and Big 12 teams in the Sugar Bowl and ACC in the Orange Bowl.

    The ACC’s Orange Bowl opponent will be the highest-ranked team of either Notre Dame, an SEC team not in the national semifinals or the Sugar Bowl or a Big Ten team not in the semifinals or the Rose Bowl. However, in the years the Rose and Sugar bowls host the national semifinals, the BCS commissioners have agreed that the Big Ten or SEC champion will not be placed in the Orange Bowl, sources said. Instead it will be placed in one of the three other access bowls, which will be part of the national semifinal rotation.

    Also, the highest-rated champion from the Group of Five conferences (Big East, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun Belt) will earn a berth in one of the six major bowls but will never be eligible for the Sugar or Rose bowls.

    Could someone explain Notre Dames explicit name in the rules?

  243. 243.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    A question from the cheap seats, are there any African Americans in Alabama, other than the football team? You wouldn’t know that watching the broadcast

  247. 247.

    Punchy

    That roughing the QB call had to be the most phantom bullshit call Ive ever seen. Good lord the refs will do anything to keep Irish eyes on the broadcast

  252. 252.

    The Dangerman

    @Belafon (formerly anonevent):

    Could someone explain Notre Dames explicit name in the rules?

    Along with the Franklins, it’s also because ND doesn’t get the conference tie-ins to the bowls (I can’t think of another Independent that’s worth a damn).

    ETA: Or what Linnaeus said.

  255. 255.

    Yutsano

    @Ben Cisco: There’s a few. I’ve spoken to some of them. I’d much rather deal with them than the crackers down there I tell you what. Every one has been really decent folk.

  256. 256.

    hueyplong

    Karl Rove just said, “I don’t know what the outcome is gonna be, but you shouldn’t, you gotta be careful about calling things when you’ve got only something like 991 points separating the two teams and a quarter of the game left to be played,” he said. “Even if they had made it on the basis of select precincts, I’d be very cautious about intruding in this process.”

  257. 257.

    RareSanity

    @Belafon (formerly anonevent):

    Well, let’s get money out of the way. The secondary reason is that they don’t have a conference affiliation in football.

    They just joined the ACC for all sports…except football.

    As you can see, they don’t need a conference, all they have to do is not suck and they have a chance to play in the most lucrative bowls games every year. Plus they don’t have to share the money with anyone else.

  260. 260.

    gene108

    @RareSanity:

    Well, Notre Dame to its credit has a rabid enough fan base to have an exclusive deal with NBC to broadcast their football games and make it worth while for NBC.

    Until the NBC deal goes belly up, Notre Dame will never need to join a conference in football.

  262. 262.

    Ash Can

    What a boring game. Northwestern vs. MS St. was definitely the highlight for our household (M-80’s a Northwestern grad, and I didn’t go to any US football schools myself).

  263. 263.

    RareSanity

    @gene108:

    True.

    I never said that they weren’t capable of going solo…obviously they are.

    What I don’t like is the constant felicitating, and preferential treatment they receive because of their fan base, by people that are supposed to be judging them based on their performance on the field.

    Doesn’t so much apply this year, because they did go undefeated. But almost every year of the past 10-15 years has just been ridiculous.

    Brent Musburger is really horrible. Also, too.

  264. 264.

    The Dangerman

    Apparently, Ms. Alabama is good (no doubt) for Mr. McCarron’s ability to throw the ball.

  270. 270.

    pseudonymous in nc

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    are there any African Americans in Alabama, other than the football team? You wouldn’t know that watching the broadcast

    82% white institution in a 69% white state. Yeah, that’s the south for you.

  273. 273.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Spaghetti Lee:

    Atheists actively root for the violent deaths of non-atheists? News to me.

    Need a refresher course in Hyperbole For Effect? In fact I root for what I always used to root for in Redskins-Cowboys (& currently in Stealers-Pats) games: a double forfeit. “The meteor” is just a euphemism for same.

  274. 274.

    Betty Cracker

    Damn, what’s the beef between the ‘Bama center and QB? And Saban is the biggest goddamn wet blanket in college FB. Minutes away from winning a another championship, and he’s stalking the sideline in a tizzy. He’s a bigger asshole than Spurrier. That said, Roll Tide!

  276. 276.

    Evolving Deep Southerner

    Christ. I didn’t get to see any of this game until the second half. Damn. I think I just saw the best part – and the highlight for all the shows – which will be the line-of-scrimmage tiff and the kiss-and-make-up afterwards. At this point, everyone has forgotten that Notre Dame is on the field.

  281. 281.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: Plus a shot of the Kraken to open the game and halftime, and 2 glasses of champagne after. The liver has been bad and must be punished. Much like ND’s defense.

  284. 284.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut:

    Plus a shot of the Kraken

    You had me until the rum. Never have been able to stand that stuff although my palate may have matured some.

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