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Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:16 am to tuck
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bobble-head burnings.
There was also bobble-head golfing. Those were some good times.
I'm still holding the rope, btw...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:18 am to tuck
funny to think back that we displayed so much angst over such a wonderful gift. Like bitchin about a blow job.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:18 am to T
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People don't really care about a&m. If it had been texas people would psy attention.
Ketchum (big Texas homer and recruiting analyst), on Chip Brown's show.
"Texas needs OU to beat A&M more than they need a Texas win in the Alamo Bowl"
Yawn. Yup nobody cares...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:18 am to Crimson Legend
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Crimson Legend
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I normally don't care for Ag schools
Why is this? Because of Auburn?
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:19 am to Aman
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Fran says he was not made aware of how severe the penalties could potentially be and if he had known would have never come to Bama. If that is true and I have no reason to doubt him
Here's the thing...I don't think the administration knew how badly we were gonna get screwed by the committee. There was shock and outrage over the severity of the penalties, since they were out of whack based on the precedents.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:19 am to Evolved Simian
I still have my Fran bobblehead. I remember seeing them all being smashed and kept mine thinking it might be valuable one day. 
I have a Mark Gottfried bobblehead too.
I have a Mark Gottfried bobblehead too.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:19 am to John Maplethorpe
It was pure awesomeness watching the meltdown on bama nation that a coach would actually choose to leave Bama. Then the Price scandal hit.
Good times they were.
Good times they were.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:20 am to stat19
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You can't "tard-up" whats already "tarded"
the Rant is mentally challenged....y'all were bringing it to a full blown, helmet wearing level of retard
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:21 am to genro
I had a Fran bobblehead. I took him out to the driving range and decapitated him with my Callaway. It put a ding in the face, but it was worth it.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:22 am to five_fivesix
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funny to think back that we displayed so much angst over such a wonderful gift. Like bitchin about a blow job
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:22 am to Cdawg
quote:He was and still is only the 2nd HC to ever voluntarily leave Alabama for another job.
It was pure awesomeness watching the meltdown on bama nation that a coach would actually choose to leave Bama.
The first was Wallace Wade in the 1920s.
So yeah, it's a little understandable that people may have considered it unthinkable
This post was edited on 12/5/12 at 10:23 am
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:23 am to John Maplethorpe
well, since most of us would like to see bama poached unmercifully no, no one objected. we really cheered when their coach got busted with a skank one the coast.
currently son, you a&m fans are the only ones that like bama and your reason is really transparent.
currently son, you a&m fans are the only ones that like bama and your reason is really transparent.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:23 am to John Maplethorpe
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It did work out for Bama in the end. But they were shocked, pissed, and in disbelief at the time.
And if they tell you otherwise, it's just spin propelled by their ego. Indeed, the harder they try to rationalize Fran's decision on grounds other than him wanting to be at TAMU, the more clear it all becomes.
It truly was a shocking hire. Too bad it was the worst in our history.
The rant would have been amazing.
This post was edited on 12/5/12 at 10:24 am
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:23 am to 12
I think I still have my Fran bobblehead somewhere. Somebody gave it to me in the office where I used to work, and when I left there I put it in a box to take with me. I haven't seen that thing in a long time...just like the real Fran.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:24 am to genro
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He was and still is only the 2nd HC to ever voluntarily leave Alabama for another job.
The first was Wallace Wade in the 1920s.
Bill Curry left voluntarily...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:27 am to John Maplethorpe
quote:Bama was in freefall. We were in shock that the NCAA was giving us such big sanctions and were looking for a savior, like Fran, to stay with the team and help them through the years we would be on probation.
But they were shocked, pissed, and in disbelief at the time.
I believe that a lot of people were pissed at Fran for the "holding the rope" stuff he fed the players. He kept the boys from transferring and then jumped ship.
As someone said, Fran and the rest of the Bama nation did not think that the sanctions would be as bad as they were. Bama had to scramble to find any coach that they could, hence Price, and then going to Shula, a loved past Bama player to help keep the team going while we wandered in the wilderness.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:27 am to DvlsAdvocat
quote:Yeah... no.
Bill Curry left voluntarily..
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:29 am to genro
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Yeah... no.
He did. To say otherwise is retarded. Was there a buyout paid to him? Was he terminated? He left because he found the environment untenable, just like Wade and Fran did. Its impossible to argue otherwise.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 10:29 am to DvlsAdvocat
TO a certain extent, I can understand Fran leaving but they way he did it was 10 times worse than Kiffin... At least Kiffin had the balls to say it to the players face to face.
What's ironic, is that even though we were on probation, Fran actually fielded some pretty good teams. If he had ridden it out, then who knows where he could have taken Bama. I guess the Bama job, may have actually made him look like a better coach than he really was because he fell on his face at A&M and OU but raped him severely in this game:
What's ironic, is that even though we were on probation, Fran actually fielded some pretty good teams. If he had ridden it out, then who knows where he could have taken Bama. I guess the Bama job, may have actually made him look like a better coach than he really was because he fell on his face at A&M and OU but raped him severely in this game:
This post was edited on 12/5/12 at 10:32 am
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