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10 Things We Love About A-Day: #9 – Walk-On Heisman Winners
Apr 17th
The Alabama fan-base is always ready to prove true the celebrated proverb, “The most popular player on the team is always the backup quarterback.” A-Day, however, often leads us to go a step further. The splitting of the team invariably leads to some walk-ons getting substantial snaps against makeshift defensive units, and this sometimes leads to said walk-ons putting up some pretty fair statistics. By the time the clock strikes midnight on the day of the “game”, message board warriors will have chosen and annointed “the next Gary Hollingsworth”. Last year, Thomas Darrah was the winner. Looking at the A-Day rosters, he has a good shot at the repeat.
(Note: the fans aren’t always completely delusional. At the 2005 game a little known walk-on tailback from Sulligent, AL was the leading rusher, tallying 53 yards and a touchdown. A lot of folks thought he looked like a pretty decent athlete, but figured they’d seen the last of him when he soon after was moved to free safety.)
10 Things We Love About A-Day: #10 – Saban Getting in the Way
Apr 17th
The Man has never been one to command his A-Day troops from a safe HQ in the press box, or even on the sideline. When it comes to this glorified practice Saban takes up a prominent position on the field, but behind the play. Football is a funny game, though…sometimes even if you don’t go to the play, the play will come to you. Of course he’s not going to turn around and run at the first sign of danger in front of 80,000+ people, and so we get scenes like you see above. We just hope that Saban doesn’t have a Kent State football flashback and start spearing our quarterbacks.
Stuff From Around the SEC
Apr 16th
Mississippi State is putting lipstick on the proverbial pig…
Am I still allowed to say that after the last election? Anyway, the Bulldogs have a new coach, and now they have new uniforms (Rivals has the picture here). I’m sure that’ll be a huge help.
Why would you allude to your rival on your own bumper?
Alabama Got a Commitment from a Rivals 100 Quarterback
Yeah, I didn’t make a separate post on it because you all know it already, and I’m here to make fun of things and create clever plays on words, not to report news. But it is great news. Read about it here.
Watch this, because it’s enjoyable.
Top 10 Excuses For Not Going To A-Day
Apr 15th
We know that every loyal Sabanite who can will be in Bryant-Denny Saturday, but we veterans can also concede that A-Day can get a speck slow and boring after the initial thrill of seeing anything Alabama football wears off. Yes, you who still hasn’t cancelled the Saturday tee time, I’m talking about you.
Although Bryant Drive does not condone skipping A-Day in any shape or form, we do hear your cries. If you really don’t want to go, but you’re too chicken to take your whoopin’ like a man, here are some suggested excuses:
- The new svelte Terrance Cody makes you feel ashamed about your own dietary failings.
- Watching Alabama football without a $26 plate of BBQ nachos isn’t part of The Process.
- You’re going to Auburn’s A-Day instead…so you can see Chizik before they back out of the rest of their games against FBS teams.
- You’re boycotting Bryant-Denny Stadium until the high quality sound system that we’ve all grown to love over the past few years is re-installed.
- You can’t handle the fact that the 50+ year olds playing in the Legends Flag Football game beforehand are still better athletes than you.
- Exposure to Nick Saban’s laser eyes more than 7 times a year has been known to cause rectal bleeding.
- Lane Kiffin told you that if you went to A-Day you’d be pumping gas at this time next year.
- You pump gas now and can’t get the day off.
- Your new Alabama Crocs and replica Starter jersey still haven’t come in the mail yet.
- It’s practice. We’re talking about practice. We’re not even talking about a game, man…practice!
Welcome to Bryant Drive
Apr 14th
The purpose of this website is very simple. We aim to provide the absolute highest quality commentary on week-old Alabama football news that we can muster at 2 A.M. in the morning. We aim to express emotions through poorly done Photoshopped pictures when using our big boy words just won’t do. We aim to infuriate Auburn fans for the sport of it, much like Johnny Cash shot that man in Reno just to watch him die.
As veterans of the message board wars, we know that one of the key words bandied about when it comes to college football websites is “bias”. Of course, we will do absolutely everything we can to put forth news and information with the same nonpartisan spirit as an issue of the Soviet Era Pravda.
Sure, there’s value in telling the truth (“Otis, I just don’t think this Shula fellow is going to work out.), but there is also something to be said telling the people what they want to hear (“I’m telling you, Bobby Claude, I’d rather have a true Auburn man like Chizik than a money hungry mercenary like Saban.”).
Welcome to Bryant Drive…it’s time to put your game face on.
