Every year
as college football season rolls around, it never ceases to amaze me at the
change people go through. While this is a football article, it isn’t an article
about the players. It concerns the fans of this great sport. The ones that show
the true spirit of the game and those that well…show something else.
Football
season brings many things; rivalries, changes in the weather, cookouts, tail
gaiting, and much more. It brings memes, trash talk, drunken ignorance, disrespect,
and a few things worse than that. Jealously of one team or another that happen
to be doing well, usually gets the trash talk started.
Now as a die
hard Alabama fan I fully understand the passion of the college football fan. We
bleed crimson all year, not just while the games are being played. But, unless
you live in Alabama or have lived here, you probably don’t have a true grasp of
our passion for both the sport and our beloved University.
So where am
I going with all this you may wonder? Well before this last game some very
disrespectful things were posted about our coach, his wife, and his daughter.
By the opposing teams fanbase. Now I’m not about to lump all the team’s fans in
with those that did the vulgar acts because that simply wouldn’t be fair. It
only took a few ignorant people to set the tone for what was probably a seek
and destroy mission for Alabama’s defense.
There’s only
one other team in the nation that can understand the spirit and fire of Alabama
football…the Auburn Tigers. Yes, I said it, something good about Auburn. The
reason being is that they do live in this great state and they personally know
the Hell we give each other 365 days a year. So, after watching all the games
and listening to all the BS I’ve got one thing to say. If you don’t live here
and you want your team to “Beat Bama,” I would seriously advise you not to post
stupid signs, memes, or vulgar pictures online right before playing the “Crimson
Tide.” The outcome usually isn’t pretty. RTR!
